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Larger freshman class size new goal

University aware of housing violations

By JOE SMELTZER

By NICOLE TOBIAS

Editorial Assistant

While students at Waynesburg University aren’t required to live in a traditional campus dormitory, it’s against school policy for them to rent an apartment or house, outside of campus, even if it is nearby.

If a student is renting a Photo courtesy of Paul Hicks nearby apartment or house, however, then that quali- After a gun threat at Uniontown Area High School, Mike Humiston, director of Public Safety, takes solace in the fies as an off-campus living preparation of Waynesburg University's Department of Public Safety officers. situation.

Students who violate the policy will be charged a semester’s worth of housing costs, as well as a 19-meal plan, according to housing.

According to director of Housing Matt Pioch, the university is aware of students who are living offsecuring campuses. Recently, of the Department of Public about things that happen in

By ANDREW HREHA campus dishonestly.

For the Yellow Jacket this trend “hit home” when Safety at Waynesburg Uni- Texas or the state of Califor“We have RAs that go on a student enrolled in Union- versity, believes the incident nia, we are a little insulated duty every night, and a lot In the United States, a dis- town Area High School was in Uniontown resonates with from that simply because of of times they’re circulat- turbing trend of fatal shoot- arrested after a classmate staff and students at Waynes- the distance,” Humiston said. ing in the residence halls,” ings at schools has left police overheard him making burg because of the proximity. “When it’s a little bit closer to Pioch said. “So usually we and security guards in charge threats to carry out a school “When we hear about home in Uniontown, which know if residents are liv- of protecting students in con- shooting. things on the news and differing at the address they say stant search of better ways of Mike Humiston, director ent social media [platforms] SAFETY >> A3 they are. Other times, we just hear things. We live in the media age, so things travel very fast through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram.”

Jan. - Feb. 8, 2018 For Pioch, the school’s of f-campus living p olJan. - Feb. 8, 2017 ic y is in place to keep its students in a s afer Jan. - Feb. 8, 2016 environment.

“A lot of students talk Jan. - Feb. 8, 2015 a b o ut [ t h e p o l i c y ] a s though it’s just us trying to 0 3 6 9 12 15 get more money Attempted or completed suicide, Attack on other person(s) resulting Gun fired unintentionally resulting Gun fired but no one injured out of students,” with no intent to injure other person in injury or death in injury or death

Too close to home

In response to local high school's recent threat, DOPS remains alert

College Shootings in America

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For the past two years, Waynesburg University has grown as a student body by enrolling the two largest classes in its history. The Office of Admissions is working to enroll yet another recordbreaking class in the coming semester, with their goal at 450 students.

Compared to previous years, prospective students are taking a greater interest in Waynesburg according to Jacqueline Palko, director of Admissions.

“I can confirm, to date, more students have applied for admission to [Waynesburg University] for this year compared to last year, but this will not be finalized until the class matriculates,” said Palko.

Everyone from the admissions counselors to the student ambassadors are experiencing the growing interest through various tactics such as mailings, high school visitations and campus visits.

“I can say from last year to this year, we have seen more campus visitors,” said Palko.

Currently, 53 prospective students are registered for Accepted Student’s Day, but 200 are expected to be in attendance. For prospective students who may need an extended amount of time to decide where they would like to further their education, the university operates on a rolling admissions process. Although Waynesburg

Data courtesy of Every Town Research

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Students living in on-campus houses remain without recycling bin option

By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Wa y n e s b u r g University has one of the lowest recycling ratios among universities in America, yet another student organized club is pushing to change that.

Information was gathered by a student and faculty led recycling task force in 2014 that indicated Waynesburg University only recycled between one and two percent of all generated waste—a stark contrast against the national average that hovers around 30 percent. Since then,

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

the task force has fallen dormant and the recycling efforts on campus have not seen dramatic changes.

Now, a new push has been started by the EcoStewards Club to issue recycling bins to on-campus houses. Nathan Blake, president of the EcoStewards Club, started the effort after witnessing firsthand the lack of recycling offered to on-campus houses.

“This is my first [year] in an on-campus house,” Blake said. “Moving in and unpacking groceries it’s like ‘man I don’t want to throw all of this out.’ I was just bagging [recyclables] and [disposing of it myself.]”

Unsatisfied with the recycling options available to him, Blake said he took an unofficial survey with various members of on-campus houses to see if they would uti-

lize a recycling bin. With positive feedback, Blake, backed by the EcoStewards Club, started the process of putting the change in motion.

Then, in December, Blake issued a formal survey to the House Leaders across campus to determine if the interest for recycling bins was legitimate.

An excerpt of the email stated that it would be a free service for the students, “If having a free-of-charge, recycling bin at your on-campus house is something which would interest you and/or your housemates, please reply to this email and state your interest.”

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Responsibility of vans changes offices to centralized system

By LUKE GOODLING and HOLLY HENDERSHOT Staff Report

For as long as Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, has worked at Waynesburg University, the responsibility for the university vans fell under her preview.

This week that will change.

Supervision over university vans, which are utilized by the Student Activities B oard, Athl e t i c s a n d o t h e r s e rvices, transitioned from Student Ser vices to Facilities Management.

Throug h t his change, Terry Sattler, director of Facilities Planning and Management, said it will allow for easier upkeep oversight.

“A l l u n i v e r s i t y v e hicles [now] fall under our preview [at Facilities M a n a g e m e n t ] ,” S a t tler said. “ The reason is pretty simple; we just thought centralizing the fleet would be a better way for maintenance and scheduling of all the vehicles.”

Last July, the first phase of this transition took place, with university vehicles moving f rom various departments and student services into the hands of Facilities Management.

Finally, this past week,

vans were added to the list.

Sattler said the change wasn’t because the vehicles were being handled poorly, rather Facilities Management could more accurately ensure maintenance and scheduling.

“Stu d e nt S e r v i c e s … who have been taking care of the vans up until this point, has done an excellent job,” Sattler said. “[Bristor is very capable of handling what she did with the vans] – very good job.

We’re not taking things off of her because she wasn’t doing her job, that wasn’t the case in any of our areas, but we did see some cases where a centralized system would be better.”

Ryan Smith, assistant director of Student Services, said despite the change in oversite on the university vans, the process to rent or use a vehicle will remain the same.

“For the most part, the same system of logging in and filling out a form [to use a vehicle] – that’s all the same,” said Smith.

“It’s just now being sent to [maintenance], rather than to [Bristor] when this process changes.”

Although the process will stay the same, the policies are going to change.

Ac c o r d i n g t o S m i t h , students and clubs will not have to pay as much

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

The university vans are no longer under the care of Student Services, Facilities Managment recently took over. when they rent or borrow university vehicles in the future. “ The polic y used to be that if you rented or used one of the university vehicles, you would get charged for mileage and gas,” said Smith, “[Now,] instead of being charged for mileage, you’re only being charged for gas. So, it’s much cheaper for maybe smaller clubs to use the vans.”

Students can access the van request forms on MyConnect, additionally any other questions about renting or usage of campus vehicles may be directed to Sattler.

Luke Goodling, Yellow Jacket

Various university clubs and organizations use the vans to attend events. Even though the vans have changed hands, the process to use them remains the same.

Students prepare for pop culture presentation Students hosting

By SAM HIXSON

For the Yellow Jacket

When walking through the third floor of Buhl Hall there are many doors of the English department. A lot of the doors have things on them such as schedules, whiteboards, inspirational posters and some of them are blank.

A lot of the third floor of Buhl is the same color scheme that can be seen while walking through the halls – except for one door. That door leads into room 309 where you can find the office of Dr. Jamie Dessart, English professor at Waynesburg.

Dessart’s door is full of anything from pop culture to political comic strips.

Dessart has taken quite an interest in pop culture and this year, like in years past, she will be going to the Pop Culture Association national conference in Indianapolis with five students who will be presenting topics to audiences for her fourth time.

“It’s great for them in terms of exposure, it’s also good for them to see how their ideas stack up against other people’s,” said Dessart.

The students going are Shawn White, Zac Yonko, Rachael Crosbie, Tessa Masula and Steven Caumo.

They will be presenting on a very broad spectrum of topics and ideas.

“We have a number of people in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Division, we have people discussing gender in Harry Potter, mythology in the legend of Zelda, we even have somebody presenting on Riverdale,” Dessart said. “The students are taking classic ideas of literature and applying them to pop culture.”

The PCA is a chance at exposure not only for Waynesburg, but it is a chance to get exposure for Waynesburg’s English department.

As a matter of fact, Waynesburg has become a household name at the PCA.

Dessart “Last year the head of the SciFi and Fantasy Division said to me that Waynesburg is single handedly reinvigorating the PCA especially the Science Fiction and Fantasy,” said Dessart. “The conference really likes having us and they know our name now. Our name is really getting out there, Waynesburg is a small campus that is known for getting national attention from its accomplishments.”

The attention that the English department is receiving may even create a new minor at the university, according to Dessart.

“We would like to find

a way to get a focus in pop culture, get a pop culture minor,” said Dessart. “It would make us very unique as a university from that standpoint.”

The PCA gives the students a chance to not only have an impact in Indianapolis at the conference but afterwards when the students attempt to build on the already impressive portfolios they have.

“We have had some individuals go into grad programs. We’ve had two people get into Bowling Green State which has one of the top pop culture programs in the nation. One thing that comes out of it is helping students focus on what they want after they graduate,” said Dessart.

Professor Dessart and the five students will leave in March the week before Easter and when they return the students will present at a time to be determined in front of the people of Waynesburg.

Admissions event hosts accepted students

By NICOLE TOBIAS

For the Yellow Jacket

During this time of year, many high school students are preparing to make their final decision on where they want to further their education.

The Office of Admissions assists those ready to make their choice by hosting an Admitted Student Day. The Admitted Student Day will take place Saturday, Feb. 24 throughout campus.

Admitted students will also get the chance to arrive earlier Friday, Feb. 23 to stay overnight and enjoy activities such as a mixer and the campus wide coffeehouse.

This event has taken place for many years now and has proven to be a success for the Office of Admissions.

“It’s been really positive in the past of families getting excited for the fall,” said Matt McNeil, assistant director of admissions.

Currently, 100 students and families are registered to attend, but the Office of Admissions is expecting a larger turnout.

“Typically, we anticipate around 300 students and their families,” said Kyle Digiandomenico, admissions counselor. “ That number should about triple by the time of the event

McNeil rolling around.”

According to Digiandomenico, students and families registered for the event will follow a schedule that is tailored to their interests.

“We provide the options and they get to pick and choose what they want to get out of this visit,” said Digiandomenico. “It’s not neces-

Digiandomenico choose to meet with various departments around campus, explore the campus on a tour and see where they may possibly be living if they choose to attend Waynesburg University.

Aside from exploring the campus, students will attend an academic appointment where they will meet staff of

“It's important that it's not just a regular visitation day like we typically have in the fall. As opposed to a visitation day, this is a chance for students to also meet who their potential classmates might be.”

KYLE DIGIANDOMENICO

Admissions Counselor

sarily set forth from us, but more along the lines of you get to pick what you want to do for this day.”

During the day, admitted students and their families can

the departments they are interested in majoring in.

At this time, students can learn better on what their education would look like at Waynesburg.

“Rather than just talking about the program, they get to see the program kind of play out,” said Digiandomenico.

While the Office of Admissions hosts numerous visitations throughout the year, Admitted Student Day is a visitation that is tailored to encourage and guide those students in attendance to commit to Waynesburg University.

“It’s important that it’s not just a regular visitation day like we typically have in the fall,” said Digiandomenico.

“As opposed to a visitation day, this is a chance for students to also meet who their potential classmates might be.”

According to McNeil, the admitted student day plays a crucial role in helping a student and their family decide whether or not they will call Waynesburg University their home for the next four years of their lives.

“Recently, I feel like we’ve been even more intentional by giving them more sessions for them to choose from like financial aid, student services and career services,” said McNeil. “Because of that, I think they get a really true sense of what it’s like to be a Waynesburg student, and for those who are on the fence about Waynesburg, I think it’s a great visit for them.”

mental health fair, combating stigmas

By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor

A student-le d mental health fair centered on “Ending the Stigma,” will feature information regarding a variety of mental health topics including anxiety, depression, trauma and self-confidence on the third floor of Stover Campus Center Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.

The 15 to 20 booths ran by on-campus clubs will have themes related to both mental health and the organization’s particular purpose, according to Cassaundra Zadinski, a junior psychology major and one of the main organizers of the fair.

Zadinsiki was “surprised and encouraged” by the number of student groups that were interested in participating. According to Zadinski, her expectations have already been exceeded in relation to student involvement.

“One of my biggest goals for this mental health fair was to get as many people from campus involved as p ossible,” Z adinski said. “To show that we have a community that is supportive and accepti ng of d i f fe re nt p e o p l e a n d t h e i r s t or i e s and experiences.”

Zadinski, in coordination with the members of her committee and the groups participating in the event, are “dedicated to the cause.”

“Understanding mental health is one thing, but when you care about it enough to actually advocate for it, it’s a totally different investment and story,” Zadinski said.

Waynesburg has hosted mental health fairs in previous years, but, according to Zadinski, the event stopped occurring when the original organizer graduated. Zadinski attended a fair as a freshman and noticed a gap on campus without the event. She met slight resistance initially proposing the idea during a Peer Leaders meeting.

The members, according to Zadinski, said that it was a “big responsibility” and

that everyone was already spread thin.

“I said ‘If I need to do it, I will do it myself ’,” Zadinski said.

Her dedication to the c re at i on of t he e ve nt included not only the organization but advertising with flyers and on the campus radio station. According to Zadinski, she was inspired by her own struggles to create the theme for the night: “Ending the Stigma.”

“Everyone is willing to admit that they broke their arm, but not everyone is willing to openly and freely admit that they struggle with mental diagnosis. It’s a lot harder. There is a lot more shame with mental illness than any other medical issue,” Zadinski said. “There shouldn’t be.

I really want everyone to feel empowered.”

To help improve attendance as well as help students feel welcome, the event will feature music, refreshments and a “relaxed atmosphere” according to Zadinski.

“I feel like so often when people have conversations about mental health it is really sad and miserable, but it doesn’t have to be,” Zadinski said.

Int e r a c t i v e a c t i v i t y tables, including a meditation booth, will give students the opportunity to engage as well as learn information about mental health.

“I feel like I have a very important story to tell,” Zadinski said. “I want to be able to tell that story in a way that impacts large amounts of people and the fair seemed like the perfect opportunity to spread awareness.”

Zadinski’s determination in reinstating the mental health fair aligns w i t h h e r m a j o r, h e r personal struggles as well as benefits the campus community.

“I want it to go past just education — I want it to be a night about support, encouragement and understanding that having a mental health diagnosis or experiencing domestic violence aren’t ending points for people,” Zadinski said.

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Nursing program second best in state for second straight year

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

For the second year in a row, RegisteredNursing. org has ranked Waynesburg University’s nursing program as the second best in the state of Pennsylvania.

Funding schools from all 50 states, the organization judged several factors in determining the rankings, and how past and current students fared in the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses was heavily emphasized.

Out of the seven registered nursing programs in the state, Waynesburg ranked behind just St. Francis University with a 97.97 rating out of a possible 100, with St. Francis finishing at 98.25.

“It is indeed a prestigious honor to achieve such a significant ranking of No. 2 among the RN Programs in that state of Pennsylvania for the second consecutive year,” said Dr. Kathy Stolfer, associate professor of nursing and interim chair of

the Department of Nursing.

Stolfer, who has worked with the department since

“We will continue to work hard to prepare our nursing students to a commitment of life-long learning, be the nursing leaders of tomorrow and adapt to the ever-changing health care field based on societal needs...”

KATHY STOLFER

Interim Chair, Nursing Dept.

2000, has seen the program “improve in numerous ways.”

One such upgrade, according to Stolfer, has been the addition of the Simulation Lab 10 years ago.

“Furthermore, the exemplary leadership and qualified faculty have been instrumental in elevating the program to its current level,” Stolfer said.

Senior Julie Gerber has

majored in nursing since she entered the university as a freshman. For Gerber, the ranking is another example of her efforts over the past four years, as well as the work of her peers in the department, not going unnoticed.

“It’s definitely a really great honor knowing that we received that status with this ranking,” Gerber said.

“So, I’m just very excited and proud of all the students in the program who put in the work and put in the hours of studying and just trying to make ourselves the best nurses possible. Knowing that [the] hard work is paying off is just a really good feeling and I’m really proud of all of us.”

When Gerber was still a student at Uniontown High School, the nursing program’s reputation is what sold her on attending Waynesburg University.

Although Gerber’s time in the Department of Nursing hasn’t been easy, she feels that the hardships are necessary to ensure that students are ready for life after college.

“Throughout my time being here, [the program has been] very demanding,” Gerber said. “But knowing that we’re going through all of this to make us better and to get us to our full potential, so we are safe and competent nurses, has really just been one of the reasons to push through it, knowing that in the end, it will all pay off.”

T he D e p ar t me nt of Nursing experienced a change recently, with Dr. Nancy Mosser retiring at the end of the Fall semester after 15 years as chair and director of the Department of Nursing.

For Stolfer, the thing that will help the department maintain its success will be for everybody involved to work together “I strongly believe the key will be the strong collegial efforts of the nursing faculty to carry out the mission of the university, consistent with Nursing Department’s goals,” Stolfer said.

“We will continue to work hard to prepare our nursing students to a

commitment of life-long learning, be the nursing leaders of tomorrow and adapt to the ever-changing health care field based on societal needs... The nursing faculty will continue to prepare the nursing students of Waynesburg University to be competent professionals for tomorrow.”

Gerber feels that, although Mosser is gone, the current faculty will hold on to what she contributed to the university.

“We obviously had some big changes with Dr. Mosser retiring,” Gerber said.

“But I feel like her philosophy and all the contributions she made to the program were definitely all followed and respected by the other faculty here. So, I feel like they all have that goal of holding on to the reputation that this program has.”

Gerber believes that the program will flourish further after she graduates and that it has prepared her and her classmates for life after graduation.

“I feel like the program will continue to have the

same success,” she said.

“I’m really excited for [the future] just because whenever we do go out to clinical or when we’re applying for jobs, when people learn that we’re Waynesburg students, they definitely think very highly of us, and they say the best nurses come from Waynesburg. So, it’s a good feeling knowing that I came from this program and I’m excited for the other nursing majors to also have that opportunity, and to really be prepared for whenever they get out there in the field.”

Although Stolfer is pleased with the ranking, moving from No. 2 in the state to the top spot is motivation to continue to strive for improvement.

“Yes; being so close to the top program certainly remains an incentive to continue our quest,” Stolfer said.

“Having said that, we are extremely proud of our ability to maintain the second-place ranking for two years in a row.”

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is around 20 minutes away, we take a harder look at that.”

The Department of Public Safety uses these tragic occurrences to better prepare themselves to prevent and manage a similar situation. One of the better ways to do this is to increase the number of officers on campus, which the Department of Public Safety has done with the recent hiring of Officer Steve Cooper.

“Having another person on our staff that can help do some of the day-to-day stuff that our officers do on a regular basis, coupled with [Cooper’s] experience as a police officer, chief of police, working on the drug task force in Fayette County, those are all great things for our university,” Humiston said. “I think that shows the people associated with the university that we are being proactive.”

These examples of security having to deal with shooter threats have increased the awareness of the possibility of one happening at Waynesburg, Humiston added.

“We see the things that are happening in other places and we are going to do whatever we have to do to make sure we aren’t one of those statistics,” Humiston said. “So, bringing in someone like Officer Cooper is a great thing for us.”

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Photo courtesy of Paul Hicks

By staying prepared, DOPS security officers like Carin Camp can be ready for any emergency occurring on campus.

Another major part of handling an active shooter is having an established plan. Humiston said that plans have been put into place with the help of the Director of Security Operations and Emergency Management and Instructor of Criminal Justice at Waynesburg University, James Tanda.

“From being proactive, we have put some things into place with the help of Jim Tanda,” Humiston said. “We have a plan that, in the event we have an incident that occurs on our campus, we at

least have a plan to handle certain situations.”

Humiston also said that protecting the University is not just the job of the Department of Public Safety, both local and state police are also involved.

“It’s a combined effort by a number of different people and agencies to help protect our students, faculty, staff and university as a whole.”

Humiston wants students to know that the Department of Public Safety will act swiftly if an active shooter ever has

a presence on campus, and that they should not hesitate to call security if there is any suspicion of an active shooter.

“We are coming, hang on, we are going to get there and our response time is very minimal,” Humiston said.

“Our best defense against anything that could happen or may be happening is our students. They care about each other and they will call security when they find something or a person that is suspicious, and then we respond to it.”

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was sent to, Blake said 15 responded and everyone voiced support for the project. With the green light, Blake said the change started to be put in place, backed with the support of Matt Pioch, director of housing, and Ryan Smith, assistant director of Student Activities. “[Pioch] and [Smith] were a huge help in getting it approved and running some numbers,” Blake said. “[Smith] actually designed really cool branding and posters for all the recycling bins so the EcoStewards were going to purchase just the bins and Student Services was going to give the branding.”

Yet, like so many attempts before, the recycling effort ran into delays. Student workers were intended to be utilized for collecting the bins, but Blake said there aren’t enough of them.

“We ran a lot of numbers and got all the logistics worked out,” Blake said. “The issue being that there are not enough student workers and there wasn’t a budget for the additional students and the man hours it would take with the additional recycling.”

Since Student Senate handles student workers, Blake said the project was passed off to be handled by the senate.

After transitioning the project to Student Senate, Blake said he wasn’t given any time frame for solving the problem.

Despite the delays in pushing recycling into on-campus housing, Blake said other strides have been met to be more resourceful with the waste the university generates.

With help from the EcoStewards Club, the campus cafeteria no longer uses Styrofoam cups for buffet-style meals and a recycling shed has been added behind the Beehive.

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offers this process, there are certain deadlines students that interested students need to be aware of. Enrolled students who complete their new student form by March 1 will receive first priority in housing as well as their Fall semester schedules earlier.

“March 1 is like midterms,” Payne said. “It’s a pretty good indicator [of how many students will begin in the Fall].”

A second priority deadline and regular registration deadline follow where students will receive their housing assignment and schedule later. While it may seem that the university aspires to continue growing their student body, according to Payne, growth isn’t the goal.

“You’re really thinking about who is leaving,” said Payne.

The goal is to fill the void left by the graduating class of that year. Once the University reaches a certain capacity, Payne says “we’ll be more maintaining than growing.”

When t he incoming freshman class is enrolled, the Office of Admissions will take a moment to reflect on how they did in order to prepare recruiting for the next class.

This may include recruiting in different locations, hosting more events, or publishing more content online that can reach potential applicants.

“Every year we have to look at what we did well and need to improve,” said Payne.

This may include recruiting in different locations, hosting more events, or publishing more content online that can reach potential applicants.

Pioch said. “But really that’s not where it stems from. In a lot of different academic studies, it’s been proven that students that live on-campus and in an on-campus environment tend to perform better in the classroom, have better mental health, and have an overall feeling of connectedness, more so than when they live off-campus.”

Some students have decided to rent a living space within town and tell hous-

The off-campus housing p olic y regulations were put into place for any student in the 2018 graduating class or later.

In previous stories by The Yellow Jacket, freshmen were sur veyed of their knowledge of the p ol i c y. In 2 0 1 5 , t wo thirds of freshmen survey were unaware of the policy prior to attending Waynesburg, with just less than half being unaware in the same survey a year later.

As a whole,Waynesburg also looks at the policies

“We live in the media age, so things travel very fast through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram.”

MATT PIOCH

Director of Housing

ing they are commuting from home.

According to Pioch, there are specific exceptions to the policy. Students who are 27 years or older are allowed to live off-campus due to "differences in life."

If the student is a guardian of a brother, sister or child, they are allowed to live in an off-campus house.

The policy also doesn’t apply to commuters. Students are allowed to live within 60 miles of the university and commute from their parents’ address.

of similar universities to decide what its off-campus living policy should be.

“Generally, our scope is institutions that are in a similar situation to us,” Pioch said. “We have a student body of around 1,100 students, and little over 1,000 reside on campus. We want to look at other Christian universities that are private, that are around our size and see what their policies are. For the most part, at least in this region, it’s not uncommon to have an undergraduate non-campus living policy.”

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WU alumnus works at Super Bowl LII Student's self-care an essential part of maintaining health

By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant

The Super Bowl is what every team works toward in the NFL. And it’s what many sports media members across the country work toward to cover every year.

For Waynesburg University alumnus John Lydic, this dream became a reality. In October, Lydic was approached with an opportunity to cover Super Bowl LII for television station WICU, Erie News Now. Since September, Lydic was waiting to hear from the NFL if he would get access as an NBC affiliate to cover the game. That confirmation came with the new year, and Lydic left for Minneapolis Jan. 28.

There were many stories Lydic covered, including the story of Nate Solder, an offensive tackle for the Patriots, who survived cancer. Solder also had to cope with his child having cancer. But the stories Lydic claims he enjoyed were about three players from the Philadelphia Eagles team.

“Vinny Curry, the defensive end, wears number 75,” said Lydic. “He wears it because he went to Marshall University, and he wears 75 for the Marshall 75 that died in the plane crash.”

The other story Lydic favored was about two offensive players. Running back Jay Ajayi and wide receiver Nelson Agholor are both from different countries. Agholor is from Lagos, Nigeria, and Ajayi is from London, England.

Although the Super Bowl can be the peak of media cov-

By KADEN HURLEY

For the Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of John Lydic

John Lydic, a Waynesburg alumnus, now works for WICU Erie PA, News Now had the opportunty to broadcast the Super Bowl between the Eagles ans the Patriots. erage and a media career, a problem Lydic found was the amount of stories he had to cover.

“You build it up all those years as a fan that it’s going to be this big aurora, this big fantastic moment, and I guess the stage itself for the players and others was great, but I was turning in five to six packages and one minute packages a day,” said Lydic. “Not only do you have to get that out, [you also do] a morning package and a noon package and then a live shot at 11, with a 10 and 11 package.”

The whole week, Lydic was alone getting interviews, footage, and between then, he was editing all of the material

himself.

As a former member of the Waynesburg University Department of Commuications, Lydic was able to call sports games, write for the Yellow Jacket and have WCYJ radio air shifts. Looking back at his time at Waynesburg, Lydic credited a lot of the success he has had to the opportunities he received at his alma mater.

“I will say it from this

stand point: at 24 years old, I never thought I would have the opportunity to cover my first Super Bowl,” said Lydic, “I guess it turns back to my experiences and work I got down at Waynesburg to get to a job like this and to really be where I wanted to be in my career. Early on, from a career stand point, it was a magical moment getting to do that at a young age.”

‘Ain't I a Woman’ coming to GPAC

By RAY PAQUET

For the Yellow Jacket

The Core Ensemble is presenting a performance called “Ain’t I a Woman” in honor of Black History Month, as a part of the Performaing Art Series, which occurs once each semester. The performance will take place in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center Friday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

The Core Ensemble has visited Waynesburg University before, when they performed “Of Ebony Embers”. The event gives them the opportunity to see an exciting performance, with many art, music, and theater majors in the show as well.

“The Core Ensemble do different performances each semester, and it is not a certain style of music not like a classical style. They are really interested in educating different African American aspects,” said Andrew Heisey, chairman of the Fine Arts Department.

For Heisey, this performance is not only a concert, but helping to accomplish an overarching goal for his department.

“We want to immerse students in cultural experiences,” said Heisey, chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, “but this is mostly for our art, music and theatre majors so that they can experience different artist, and they get to meet them.”

“Ain’t I a Woman” is a chamber music theatre work, where actresses and pianists celebrate the lives and historical times of four significant African American women.

Performing are David Berry, who will be on the piano, and Shayla Simmons, who will be acting the part of Sojourner Truth.

Truth was a historic women’s rights activist, and she was an African American woman who was born into slavery in 1826.

Not only is Simmons playing the role of Sojourner Truth,

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Shayla Simmons will be acting in the roles of several influential African American women. but she is also acting the roles of novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, folk artist Clementine Hunter and civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.

Hurston was an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist and an anthropologist, but she is known for her African American literature.

Hunter was a self-taught Afri-

can American folk artist from the Cane River region in the United States.

“I would really encourage people to attend this event because it not like any other music concerts,” Heisey said. “It’s an experience because they are not just there performing music. They are telling stories that many do not know.”

In American culture, each generation comes to know certain “buzzwords”: a word or phrase that grabs attention and stimulates conversation such as “rape” or “suicide.”

While studying at a college or university, students are often confronted with the buzzword “self-care.”

Between 16 credits of classes, a part-time job, volunteer work and university organizations it can be difficult for students and faculty alike to take time out for themselves, something Waynesburg University’s counselors are openly passionate about.

Jane Owen, who works not only as the director of the counseling center but also as a personal counselor, explained that self-care is a vital part of students’ lives that they often neglect due to various stressors afore mentioned. Waynesburg’s fully-licensed counselors offer professional and free help that has the potential to benefit students’ lives.

Throughout her years of experience, she has laid out six components for “complete self-care,” the first of which is sleep, “the most important way to improve your wellbeing.”

The second component is stress management, which boils down to “something that you do to be aware of your thought process” and end the perpetual cycle of ruminating thoughts that cause stress.

Third is one Owen knows many have heard since childhood. Movement promotes a “mind-body connection” that acts as a coping mechanism, a form of self-regulation that releases endorphins and hormones which boosts mood.

Owen recognizes the fourth component of nutrition is a challenge for a college student, but firmly believes that “when you eat well, you feel better.” It is important to incorporate “colors of the rainbow” in each meal.

Fifth is experiencing healthy emotions, which means “being self-aware, understanding your emotions, leaning into the uncomfortable emotions.” Owen highly recommends watching the Pixar movie “Inside Out” to aid in comprehension of the brain’s handling process of emotions Lastly, Owen said to ground yourself with mindfulness, “being in the pres-

ent moment, being engaged, working on connections with people, feeling the cold air, looking up at the sky.”

Overall, she views it as important to look after yourself because it’s impossible to help others if you’re still struggling.

“If you learn self-care at this age, the rest of your life is going to be so much healthier,” Owen said.

This bit of advice came true for James Herrle, a 1996 alumnus. He attended Waynesburg University as a student athlete, leading him to create the mindset that he needn’t bother with any sort of counseling. Looking back at his experience, however, Herrle said that “counseling for me was essential to my literal survival.”

Herrle had endured a particularly challenging breakup which triggered a downward spiral, and after months of silent suffering, he turned to God and the counseling center.

“The counseling part of my Junior and Senior years was absolutely essential in my healing process and Jane was the very definition of professional and caring,” Herrle said.

Through the counseling process, Herrle learned the importance of setting aside a daily self-care routine, something that will sustain, encourage and grant focus. Typically, he sticks to five basic ideals: spend time with God, smile and laugh, make gratefulness and thanksgiving a daily focus, participate in enjoyable activities and get out doors, especially in a way that promotes movement. “ The thing that sets Waynesburg’s counseling apart is the people,” said Herrle. “It’s that way with everything in life. People like Jane care and the caring heart is like a medicine to people’s souls. Authenticity comes when a person confronts the truth in themselves that God created you and I for a purpose.”

Thanks to the aid he received while attending university, Herrle is married and has four daughters. One of his daughters, Emma Herrle, will become a Waynesburg student in the upcoming fall semester.

“Every student should meet with a counselor,” Herrle said. “Finding people who care, that changes things for a young person.

That alters the course of people’s lives. That transforms people inside and out.”

Major/Minor Fair returning to campus

By REBECCA LIBERTO For the Yellow Jacket

Later this month, the Major/Minor Fair will return to the Waynesburg University campus. The fair will be taking place Feb 20. in the Benedum Dining Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The fair will be open to all students on campus where they can explore the different options that Waynesburg offers in their academic departments. All departments will be present at the fair, so every student has the opportunity to discover every major and minor that is a part of Waynesburg’s curriculum.

Dr. Marie LeichliterKrause, Assistant Provost, played an important role in putting together the fair, as she was part of a 10-person committee who decided to bring the fair back after a hiatus.

“Our purpose in putting together the major/minor fair was to give students the opportunity to come in and talk with advisors, talk with students and have the op-

portunity to learn a little bit more about not just majors, but minors as well,” said Leichliter-Krause.

Another important member of the committee in charge of developing the event was Genna Steele, aca-

idea of reinventing the Major/Minor Fair was created.

The fair was originally an event planned by Jane Owen, director of the educational enrichment program, clinical services and counseling center. The new plan-

“I think it's time to celebrate Waynesburg and what we have to offer.”

GENNA STEELE

Academic Projects and Grants Coordinator

demic projects and grants coordinator.

“I think it’s time to celebrate Waynesburg and what we have to offer,” said Steele. “Really let the students know what is available to them.”

The members of the committee were faced with questions from students about the process of picking their major, and even questions about what a student’s life might look like after university life. They collectively tried to figure out how to assist students in finding their path in life, and thus the

ning committee “recycled” the idea from Owen's work after she gave them permission to reuse her idea.

“Sometimes students think they know what path they want to be on, but then they come and have a conversation with someone and all of a sudden, they learn that, ‘wait I can do that?’ and a door opens up that they didn’t know even existed,” said Leichliter-Krause.

Not only is the Major/Minor Fair for the undecided and exploring students, but it could even be beneficial for a student who finds a

major or minor they were not aware existed.

The Registrar will be present at the fair in case students decide to add a major or minor, or are considering adding a double major, or switching their major entirely.

Chaley Knight, a university counselor, will also be attending the fair and offering guidance to students who still might not be sure what major they want to explore.

Marie Coffman, director of career services and placement, will be making an appearance at the fair as well to offer her help to students who might have questions about a field they are looking to enter and what it might look like for them if they travel down a certain career path.

In addition to these things, there will be giveaways and prizes for students who attend the fair.

A theme of chocolate was picked in an effort to entice students to drop by. Sweets like M&Ms will be available for all students to take.

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With new data, county takes on opioid crisis

By TEGHAN SIMONTON

Graphs by Teghan Simonton

Managing Editor

The opioid crisis isn’t just a health problem.

It isn’t just a crime problem.

It’s a community problem.

That’s according to Karen Bennett, director of Human Services in Greene County. That’s the reason the county is officially expanding its overdose task force, modeling it after the successful coalition in the neighboring Washington County.

With the help of the University of Pittsburgh’s Overdose Prevention Research Program, the task force is moving beyond its current membership of a few elected officials, law enforcement and health professionals, to include community members with a variety of experiences.

“The purpose was kind of to collect data about our overdose deaths [in the county] and try to figure out a strategy to prevent our overdose deaths,” said Bennett.

According to the official list of invitees, 42 people have been invited to the new task force’s first meeting later this month. Included are professionals from academia, religious stakeholders and the “recovering community,” said Bennett.

One of the key additions, Bennett said, is the new Greene County Coroner, Gene Rush.

“The old coroner was on, but he was not very participatory,” said Bennett.

Indeed, last year, the Observer-Reporter entered into a lawsuit against the former coroner, Gregory Rohanna, for his refusal to release statistics about the county’s overdose rates. Rohanna lost re-election in November.

In the past week, Rush released information about last year’s overdoses, including gender makeup, age and types of drugs to the Obeserver-Reporter, leading the newspaper to drop the suit.

Bennett said Rush’s cooperation and transparency will be imperative to the success of the new OVERDOSE>> B4

Data pictured was released by Greene County Coroner, Gene Rush, and subsequently reported by the Observer-Reporter last week.

Snyder discusses drug issue in District's politicians react to third tele-town hall meeting Wolf's proposed severence tax

By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor

Residents of Pennsylvania's 50th Legislative District participated in Rep. Pam Snyder’s Tele-Town Hall, Thursday, Feb. 8.

This year marked Snyder’s third phone conference style town hall since she took office as a state representative.

Participants of the event would receive a phone call and be transitioned into the conference. Additionally, those involved were able to participate in polls and ask about “hot button issues.”

One of those heavily discussed issues was the opioid epidemic that has plagued Greene County, along with much of the country.

“I wish we could say it

was limited to one county, but it’s not. You know, this is something that is not just across the state but across this country,” said Snyder.

“I sit on the Fayette County and the Greene County opioid task force. You know, we’ve lost so many young people to this terrible disease, I just can’t even stand the thought of it when I look at the papers and the obituaries in the paper every day and you see another young person is gone.”

Snyder discussed the way she, along with many other government entities, are working to find ways to control, fight and end the epidemic.

One way they are striving to do this is in the recent passing of a prescription d r u g - m on it or i ng pro -

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Snyder gram in the House.

Snyder believes that the program is going to “help immensely” because doctors and pharmacists will be better able to monitor when and how often patients get opioid prescriptions filled.

The goal is to help pinpoint if a person may have a problem with addiction.

Snyder als o b elie ves SNYDER >> B4

In previous years, Harrisburg has been notorious for gridlock and bi-partisanship.

But last Tuesday, Feb. 6, in a budget proposal speech for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf called on politicians to come together.

In his 2018 budget address, Wolf hailed the progress the Commonwealth had achieved during his tenure thus far, including an expanded response to the opioid crisis, reform to the liquor system and legalizing the sale of medical marijuana.

“Now, it has always been, and will always be, my preference to work with the legislature,” said Wolf, according to a transcript of his speech.

“When we’ve found ways to do that, we’ve been able to get a lot done for the people

“I believe with every fiber of my being that we have an obligation to pass the budget on time.”

PAM SNYDER

State Representative

of Pennsylvania.”

The bulk of Wolf ’s speech detailed the importance, according to Wolf, of allocating resources to invest in education and creating jobs. In reference to the latter, Wolf talked about past actions like getting rid of “burdensome taxes” and “red tape”

that make it harder for small businesses, providing easier access of state services to business owners and investing in repair projects.

But the number one item on Wolf ’s budget proposal for this year—for a plan totaling $33.2 billion—is implementing a new severance tax.

Because Pennsylvania is abundant in job-fueling natural gas production, Wolf proposed a tax—paid by people mostly outside of the commonwealth, he said—to use the resources. The proceeds would go toward roads, schools and other government initiatives.

But local legislators in Greene County—where many natural gas companies employ people to do their drilling— BUDGET >> B4

5 Kidz Kandy holds Valentine's Day celebration on High St.

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI Editorial Assistant

It’s that time of year again.

Love is in the air.

What isn’t so magical is the stress business owners must undergo to plan for the holiday. For Kristy Vliet, owner of 5 Kidz Kandy, this time of year can be especially busy.

This is especially true considering this year, the Mardi Gras celebration falls just the day before Valentine’s Day. The candy store has had a lot to prepare for.

“We didn’t realize Fat Tuesday was going to fall the day before Valentine’s Day, but we are going to do it again because we got asked to do it again,” said Vliet.

5 Kidz Kandy offers more than just candy—their everyday menu includes ice cream, sandwiches and other meal options. The store prepared

Michael Cappelli, Yellow Jacket

At 5 Kidz Kandy's Valentine's Day Extravaganza, customers were offered chocolate, rose bouquets, and wine tasting, as local shops collaborated to celebrate the holiday. a full menu for the Fat Tuesday, which included several traditional dishes, like Jam-

balaya, Shrimp Po’ Boys, Cajun Sausage Puffs, King Cake and Bananas Foster.

“Mardi Gras was really popular last year because of all the food and Bananas

Foster,” said Vliet.

But the main attraction of the week was the Valentine’s

Day celebration. The store offered the usual Valentine’s Day delights, like chocolate, strawberries and other themed candy.

“A candy store and Valentine’s Day kind of go hand in hand,” said Vliet.

5 Kidz Kandy also partnered with a nearby flower shop to sell bouquets of roses.

“This year we are working with The Ivy Green,” said Vliet. “[The owner] used to have a store here in Waynesburg and Washington. Now she’s back to just Washington, [so] we are going to do orders and deliveries and have her carry flowers out of here and she is going to have some of our chocolates and strawberries available there.”

Thistlewaite Vineyards will add to the celebration, as well, after receiving a perV-DAY >> B4

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Being realistic is important as an athlete JOE SMELTZER Columnist

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EDITORIAL

Olympic protest

"Know yourself, know your worth."

Any fan of hip-hop music can tell you that this is an excerpt from Drake's 2014 hit song "0 to 100." I'm sure most Major League Baseball players are familiar with the line as well.

But maybe J.D. Martinez and Jake Arietta could listen to it a little more carefully, because following Drake's advice could

increase their job security from "0 to 100" real quick.

Over the past five years, Martinez has developed into one of the biggest power threats in the game, while Arietta has a Cy Young Award and helped the Chicago Cubs break a 108year World Series drought. Yet as Spring Training dawns, with pitchers and catchers already reporting and position players to follow in the next five days, neither Martinez or Arietta has a team to work out with.

Why? Because they are overvalued by either their agents, themselves or most likely both.

Martinez has become a good hitter over the past five years, with the last being his most successful season yet. His 45 home runs and 104 RBI's with the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks ranked third and 14th in the majors, respectively, and his .303 batting average was nothing to sneeze at either. The Boston Red Sox were fond of Martinez's performance, so much so that they supposedly offered him $125 million over a five-year period. While this report hasn't been confirmed, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday, Feb. 13 that Boston's best offer

to Martinez is "in the vicinity" of $100 million, it's hard to imagine that a player of Martinez's caliber would still be looking for a contract if he and his agent, Scott Boras, weren't being difficult to deal with.

Martinez is a good player.

But he isn't a superstar. He's never finished in the top ten of an MVP race. He's a defensive liability. He's never had an OnBase percentage above .400, and before last season never had an OPS (On-Base + Slugging) above .1000. To top it off, he's REALISTIC >> B3

MLB players should go get their money TYLER GODWIN Columnist

When you’re really good at what you do, don’t you feel as though you should be paid accordingly?

That’s what many Major League Baseball players are facing at this time. As of right now, there are dozens of players currently unsigned going into the back half of February.The big reason for that? Money.

The way things currently stand, players who are established superstars in the MLB are without a team to call their own,

because they feel that teams are not respecting them for their performance over the past few seasons.

Specifically looking at the cases of J.D. Martinez and Jake Arrieta, I do not think they are wrong for turning down contracts and demanding a higher amount of money that reflects the pedigree of player that they are.

Both men can be defined as late-bloomers in terms of finding themselves on the baseball diamond. Martinez, now 30 years old, had just 23 home runs in his first three years in the majors, but was traded to Detroit as a 26-year-old in 2014 and immediately took off. In his

final three-and-a-half years as a Tiger, he hit 99 home runs before a trade mid-way through the 2017 season sent him to Arizona.

Arrieta, who turns 32 in a couple months, didn’t have much success in his first MLB stint with the Baltimore Orioles.

In 69 career starts with the team, he had an earned run average well over 5.00. After a 2013 trade sent him to the Chicago Cubs, he started to find himself as a dominant MLB starter in 2014.

Since 2014, Arietta has won 64 games, has had a collective ERA under 3.50 and won a Cy Young Award in 2015.

Reports have come out recently that Martinez turned

down a contract offer from the Boston Red Sox, who are desperately looking for a power bat in the middle of its lineup, which would have paid him $125 million over five years.

Arrieta, in lieu of the recent signing by the Chicago Cubs of pitcher Yu Darvish for six years and $126 million, was reported to have turned down an offer similar to the one Darvish received before the Cubs pulled the trigger on offering Darvish.

Based on each player’s current skillset and projections of their output over the next roughly five years, they have every right to try and maximize off MONEY >> B3

Mike Pence applying the pressure on North Korea

With the 2018 Olympic Winter Games beginning last week, tens of millions of people from across the globe will watch the games, soaking in the opportunity to watch the world’s best athletes compete. Ages, races and religions of all kinds will compete against one another.

However, with the location of the games being in PyeongChang County, South Korea, politics were sure to also dominate the discussion and tone of the Olympics, at least for the beginning.

For the first time since 2007, North Korea and South Korea have formed a joint team to form the Korean Olympic delegation, marking what many hope is progress for the two countries to head towards peace.

During the Opening Ceremonies, Vice President Mike Pence was sitting near Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jung-un in a VIP press box when he elected to not stand for the Korean Olympics’ team entrance to the games, per reports from CBS News and the Associated Press.

Voice of America has since reported that Pence willingly opted to sit in that specific box, rather than sit with those from the United States.

Before arriving at the games, Pence and the United States announced that conversation between North and South Korea appears to be headed in the right direction, while also stating that sanctions on Seoul must be more intense in order to denuclearize the region.

Such news comes after months of back-and-forth threats from President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kin Jong-un.

Pence is no stranger to protests at sports events, as he walked out of an Indianapolis Colts game four months ago during this past season in the National Football League after seeing players protest the national anthem, something the players had been doing all season.

From what has been reported from The Washington Post and other news outlets, Pence is attempting to apply “maximum pressure and engagement at the same time,” which differs from the original goal of not engaging in discussion until North Korea made real changes.

With politics being such a difficult topic, and no one outside of world leaders and other with high authority knowing fully what is going on concretely between the United States, North Korea and South Korea, citizens are still left to see what has happened thus far and discuss it accordingly.

On one hand, many have criticized Pence for electing not to stand for the teams’ entrance to the games, as it signals the first real bright spot of hope in nearly a decade for North Korea in the realm of scaling back its aggressive stance, even citing his previous criticism of the NFL protests, and asking how this was not similar, especially in an Olympic setting.

While we can, we should hope that all athletes and countries can enjoy the Olympic games for what they’re worth and bask in the spirit of friendly competition amongst a semi-unified world.

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STARTING THE CONVERSATION

The following is an interview with Brett Thumm, a junior Childrens and Youth Ministry major, as part of the Starting the Conversation series.

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Q: You traveled abroad last semester, where did you go and for what reason?

A: "Lithuania, and for [most peoples] reaction.

It's a less popular, less well-known place. It was interesting looking at it because all of the popular places that people would study abroad at, like Australia or wherever you can go here, they are all placed I'd like to go to vacation to... not to go to school there.

"With Lithuania, it's less popular and it's cheaper, a semester was like three grand cheaper, and it's a place that I didn't neccesarily see myself going to in the future before this trip.

"I didn't even know where Lithuania was before this trip, so I figured it's a good place to go because it's not what people would expect."

Q: So while you were there, what are some of the classes you took?

A: "I took technically four three-credit courses and one one-credit course.

The one credit course was a cross cultural seminar, so that's a required class for study abroad students.

It's kind of just an intro to everything you're dealing with and it's throughout the entire year.

"For example, we went to Russia for fall break, and for the three or four classes before we went, we learned a little bit of Russian so we can get around and learning history about Russia.

"I took an 'Intro to Lithuanian' class so I could kind of learn the language and try to understand that. That was required but I chose to take that because any little bit helps because I'm in a foreign country with a totally different language."

Q: Had you ever been outside of the country before this? What was that like?

A: "My family went on a cruise to the Bahamas a couple years ago, so technically yes, but at the same no.

"It was also kind of my first time on an airplane.

My first time was when I was six but I don't even really remember that.

I was on the plane by myself, in the airport by myself for a very, very long flight.

"It was nervewrecking, but going there, I was more nervous about the whole airport situation then actually going to the country itself.

"There was like this overwhelming sense of peace about going to this country, so I got there for orientation and we got there, and throughout the entire semester I didn't really feel nervous, it just felt natrual to be there."

Q: Was there anything inparticular that you learned while you were there that you can bring back to Waynesburg?

A: "There's a few different

things. I grew in my faith a lot over there, like trusting in God, I was constantly praying. Cause like, I'm in a new country, I don't know any of these people.

"Something that I kept hearing from the Lord was the trust and see, like 'Trust in me and see where I'm leading you,' and I did that. A lot of different times I wouldn't know what to do, I would pray, and that's what I would hear. I would trust and see what the Lord has in store for me, and it blew me out of the water.

"And then lastly, it's the whole don't stereotype people kind of thing.

The university I went to was an international university, there were 39 different countries there.

Everyone had different perspetives. There were so many cultural differences, and it was so interesting to learn that."

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Cheat Sheet: Gun control remains a devisive topic in the U.S.

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

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI Editorial Assistant

In recent weeks, there have been more than 10 school shootings, along with several others attempted.

Since November, after the deadly mass shooting in a Texas Church, the US military has added more than 4,000 names to the nation’s list of dishonorably discharged military personnel from owning any type of firearm.

One of the more recent ones being in the Uniontown area.

In the instance of the Sutherland Springs massacre, the gunman had been kicked out of the military for assault. Federal law should have been prevented the gunman from purchasing the rifle, but later on the US Air Force admitted that it had not submitted his records to the background check system.

“I’m encouraged that they’re trying to hurry up and get through this backlog.

Tribune News Service

Airport security screeners uncovered 3,957 firearms in 2017, a 16 percent increase from 2016, according the Transportation Security Administration's Year in Review Report.

But it was a failure of duty and responsibility to not report these people to the federal database. I’m highly disappointed,” said US Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Virginia.

Scott is a former Navy SEAL who is working on a bill to improve the background check system due to the number of people that

were banned from owning firearms because they were dishonorably discharged has grown substantially.

Since 2015, that number held steady at around 11,000 but suddenly it jumped to 14,825 last November, then to 15,583 in December and now stands at 15,597.

The Defense Department

has not publicly acknowledged that the military has expanded its submissions since November, but the delayed reports mean that, for a certain period of time, more than 4,000 people had access to firearms that they should have been banded from buying.

As of now only three

branches of the military have admitted to looking over old records.

“We are in the process of conducting a thorough review of past cases to ensure that any prior failures to report are rectified and the appropriate information is provided to the FBI,” said Capt. Christopher R. Har-

rison, a spokesman for the Marine Corps.

However, the Air Force is the most scrutinized branch because of the Texas Shooter being a former airman.

Secretary of the Airforce Heather Wilson spoke to Congress in December and said that her military branch is reviewing several cases dating back to 2002.

The US Coast Guard said that its numbers were not included in the recent spike because it reports to the FBI on time.

“We can’t speak to what other services are doing. The Coast Guard puts information into the FBI database upon receiving the results of the trial. We are not clearing a backlog of personnel,” said Alana Miller a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard.

Different cities around the country, including New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco, have joined together to sue the Defense Department in federal court.

They claim that the military is being to careless and has put citizens at risk. This lawsuit is attempting to subject the military to civilian court until the reporting problem has been solved.

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.

Reagan.

Only five of the 12 positions considered most central to the president are the same person as when Trump first took office.

1) Gunmaker Remington filing for bankruptcy One of the oldest and well-known gun companies in the world has announced its plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, allowing for the Remington Outdoor Company to stay in business while restructuring its debt.

The plan would allow for Remington to reduce its debt by $700 million, and also contributes $145 million in new capital into its subsidiaries.

Remington said in a statement that its operations "will not be disrupted by the restructuring process."

"Payments to trade partners, employee wages and other benefits, support for customers, and an ongoing high level of service to consumers will continue without interruption," it said.

According to a spokesperson Monday, the private equity firm that owns Remington will give up its ownership after the restructuring is complete.

According to sales reports, some gun sales have even dropped off as poorly as 90% when compared to quarters from the previous year, leading many to believe that the election of President Donald Trump has led many to purchase less firearms.

However, the company itself has also faced recent legal trouble, such as settling a class action lawsuit regarding allegations of defective rifles in recent years, and a current lawsuit ongoing dealing with the mass shooting in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary.

-CNN Feb. 12

-Washington Post Feb. 12 4) Another Judge rules against ending DACA

Tribune News Service

Immigration activists demonstrate outside the Capitol, Feb. 7 in Washington D.C. as the Senate agreed to a deal to avoid a shutdown.

2) Amazon to lay off hundreds of employees Amazon stores all around the world are expected to see layoffs, according to sources familiar with the situation with CNN. A majority of the layoffs are affecting the company’s location based in Seattle, but other global stores are expected to experience layoffs as well. The process of notifying employees has already begun.

Amazon has stated that the departments affected by the layoffs will be the “more mature areas,” such as online retail operations.

"As part of our annual planning process, we are making headcount adjustments across the company — small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others," the statement read.

"For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring."

While layoffs are coming, the total number of workers is still not expected to drop. Amazon currently has nearly 4,000 corporate job listings in its Seattle branch, with 12,000

open positions worldwide as well. Amazon says it has added 130,000 jobs in the last calendar year, not including its recent acquisition of Whole Foods.

The news, first reported

by The Seattle Times, has been announced during Amazon’s search for a location for its second headquarters. It is expected to cost $5 billion to create and operate, whole creating 50,000 jobs at the same time.

-CNN Feb. 12 3) Trump White House continues to see many leave offices In the past two weeks alone, the White House has lost its associate attorney general, deputy chief of staff, a speechwriter while nearly also losing the chief of staff after they offered to quit.

These departures came after Rob Porter, former White House staff secretary, cleared out his office last week and left after accusations of spousal abuse.

It’s been reported that Porter was in line for a promotion, with the administration overlook-

ing problems with his security clearance over the past year. There was a reluctance to lose another senior aide, especially one that is seen as professional and reliable as Porter.

President Trump’s White House currently holds a 34 percent turnover rate, higher than any other administration in decades.

Openings have become harder and harder to fill as Trump himself is unwilling to fill positions with Republicans that he does not view as loyal while unable to entice apprehensive Republicans who do not agree with style of leadership in office.

“We have vacancies on top of vacancies,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has studied White House turnover over the last six administrations. “You have initial vacancies, you have people who left in the first year and now you have people who are leaving in the second year.”

According to research byTenpas, Trump’s 34 percent turnover rate for the first year is three times higher President Barack Obama’s was, and twice as high President Ronald

After another attempt by the Trump administration to end the Obama-era DACA program, another federal judge has stopped the program from ending for the second month in a row.

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in New York ruled Tuesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had “erred in concluding that DACA is unconstitutional. He had granted a preliminary injunction, a move that was highly sought after by state attorney generals and immigrants that had sued the administration in recent weeks.

Last month, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, California ruled similarly that DACA must remain in place while litigation surrounding the program is ongoing. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme court is considering if it should take up the Trump administration’s appeal of the ruling.

The ruling last month came as debate in the Senate on immigration reform slowed, with neither Republican or Democratic leaders being able move forward with their side.

It was announced this past September that Trump would seek to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently has a deadline of March 5 for a new legislative replacement.

Initially, the administration offered increased funding for border security

to build the wall across the U.S.-Mexico border, in exchange for a path to citizenship for an estimated 1.8 million immigrants.

-Fox News Feb. 13 5) Officers killed in action during 2018 so far Twelve police officers have already been killed while on duty this year, with 10 of those deaths being caused by gunfire.

Approximately 135 cops died in 2016, making that the deadliest year for police officers on the job in the past five years, according to Fox News records.

Last year saw a fewer number of officers killed, but by a small margin, with 129 officers being killed.

The most recent shooting involved Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering, who were officers with the Westerville Division of Police in Ohio, responding to a domestic 911 situations.

The officers exchanged gunfire almost immediately at the scene, with Joering dying at the scene and Morelli dying later at the hospital.

Just a day before those two officers were killed, Officer Chase Maddox of the Locust Grove Police Department in Georgia was shot and killed on Feb. 9. The other officers were also injured in the incident as well.

Maddox and other deputies were out to serve an arrest warrant for Tierre Guthrie for failing to appear in court for traffic violations, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

-Fox News Feb. 12 Information curated by Matthew Shinkle Associate Editor

Realistic: Don't chase the money Money: This is their time to get paid Continued from B2

hardly a young man. He'll be 31 before the 2018 season ends.

Martinez may hold out until he gets a deal he likes, which may also be a deal that will likely be more than he deserves.

Arietta, on the other hand, has seen his earned run average rise in both seasons since his Cy Young campaign in 2015.

Nonetheless, the Cubs recently

offered to keep Arietta, who turns 32 March 6, for six more years. The contract would have kept Arietta in the windy city until the principle of father time indicates he will almost certainly be a shell of the pitcher that took the sports world by storm two summers ago. But Arietta did the Cubs a favor and turned the contract down, and instead, Chicago signed Yu Darvish, who is the same age as Arietta but has more of an upside due

to his historically high career strikeout rate.

Both Arietta and Martinez will play somewhere this season, but they should be signed by now and are only depriving themselves by not reporting to spring training on time. If Arietta, a relatively old pitcher on the decline, or Martinez, a "good-not-great" player, valued themselves appropriately, they'd be in either Florida or Arizona right now. Not still negotiating.

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their talent. Martinez’s 45 home runs last year put him in third in all of the MLB, and were the most he has hit in his career.

Arrieta has been almost automatic the past four seasons, striking out almost a batter per inning and approaching 800 innings over that time frame.

Those types of work horses are tough to come by in the MLB

today, and there is a lot of value to that.

Martinez is one of the top five offensive outfielders in the game currently and deserves to paid as such. He is not wrong for thinking he is worth more than $25 million per season, because a top five outfielder should be compensated as such.

Likewise, Arrieta has been one of the top five pitchers in the game, arguably, for almost four seasons now. Pitchers of

his caliber are making over $21 million per year, the amount he reportedly turned down.

Both of these players hit their big break late in their career in terms of reaching their potential, and as such, they haven’t been compensated for the type of production they give as players. I don’t blame them one bit for trying to maximize the amount of money they bring in this offseason.

Go get your money, guys.

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February 15, 2018

Community blood drive sets hefty goal Pipe construction in Carmichaels to last until the spring

By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Organized through the American L egion Post 330 in Waynesburg, a blood drive is being hosted with one simple goal: to save lives.

While the blood drive isn’t scheduled until July 2, Michele Deems, American Blood Donor chairman for the state of Pennsylvania, said an initial survey has been sent out to local residences to raise awareness and gauge interest.

“The point of doing the survey well in advance [of the actual drive] is because any kind of blood bank wants to know how much support they would get,” Deems said. “If they are only going to get 25 people, why bring in 50 people to do the blood drive? They need to know how many supplies to bring and how much staff to bring and they want to limit your wait time.”

The survey, which was

sent out earlier this year, was originally set to end Feb. 15. However, Deems said that date has been pushed to the end of the month. Already, Deems said the reception has been optimistic.

“I’ve had very positive feedback actually,” Deems said. “So far in the last week, I think I’ve had 40 [responses]. I’m hoping to get at least 100 [donors].

The whole goal for the whole community would be 100 pints—I can’t see why that can‘t be accomplished.”

The impact that one pint of blood can have, Deems said, is far reaching — with the ability to save three different lives.

With each donor generally giving one pint, Deems said she hopes to double the interest in the blood drive by the end of the month.

Since the event is hosted during the summer, Deems said the demand for blood is higher which heightens the importance of the drive.

“The reason for doing

it in the summer time is that the schools are shut down so the demand [for blood] is higher in the sum-

“I believe [donating] is coming from your heart...I feel it is important to touch as many lives as possible.”

MICHELE DEEMS

American Blood Donor Chairman

mer with more accidents,” Deems said. “The supply is low, the demand is higher, and if they can get kind of a little of a boost — that might help them out a little bit somewhere.”

While Deems said this is the first “community blood drive” to be hosted in the region, she said other past blood drives in Waynesburg generally produce 18 to 22 pints.

Deems said this drive would be hosted at the fairgrounds in Waynesburg.

The blood collected from the event, Deems said, will likely be distributed to local hospitals in the community. Additionally, Deems said for the individuals unable to donate there are other ways in which they can help, like volunteering their time.

Following the drive in July, Deems said she hopes to continue efforts locally, with Washington as a possible location for the next blood drive the next possible location for a blood drive being in Washington.

To D e ems, donat ing blood is more than just a generous gesture but a personalized way to save someone in need.

“I believe [donating] is coming from your heart,” Deems said. “You give because you want to give—to me it is something personal… I feel it is important to touch as many lives as possible — you could be touching a child, you could be touching a mother or a father.”

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mit to hold a wine tasting throughout the day.

“You can come in and get wine, strawberries, chocolates and flowers,” said Vliet.

Also adding to the repertoire of Valentine’s Day candy, 5 Kidz Kandy also had a chocolate fountain that customers could dip different “goodies” in.

Customers can purchase several types of gifts that are not directly related to the name of the store.

From stuffed animals to jewelry, the store has it all, and since the recent closing of Art Beat, 5 Kidz Kandy is starting to sell some of the pottery from owners Jim and Linda Winegar.

“We have just about any kind of gift you can think

Michael Cappelli, Yellow Jacket

5 Kidz Kandy, located at 78 E. High St., offered special menu items and activities this week, for both Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day. of,” said Vliet.

With the major holiday season over, and other

smaller holidays coming and going, 5 Kidz Kandy is pushing on. The recent

holiday promotions are expected to attract a lot of business.

Columbia Gas of Pa. replacing old pipeline

By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant

In late January, the construction of a replacement gas line started in Carmichaels, but plans will not be complete until early spring.

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania will be replacing an older pipeline made of steel, now going with a newer pipe of polyethylene.

The reason for the change in the pipe is a corrosion build up over years of usage, according to company spokesperson Lee Gierczynski.

Those in the community will be contacted directly when their power will be shut off, then again when it will be put back on.

If any home has a meter, it will be moved to outside, free of charge to the customers.

According to the company website, the pipeline will be 5,400 feet underground and the contruction will take place Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and some weekends may see some work.

Gierczynski said the project will impact the main gas line and will also have impact on those in the Greene county area.

“As part of the project we are going to be replacing the main gas line in Greene County,” said Gierczynski.

“We are going to replace the service line to the customers’ homes and that’s gonna be done all throughout this project.”

When pipelines are being switched from one to another, depending on the location, people could see their services be withheld for a few hours, but it will be back on before the day is over, according to Gierczynski.

With such large-scale construction, the process has also closed off some roads where a lot of workers will be deployed.

“There may be some lane restrictions,” said Gierczynski.

In this regard, Gierczynski’s main concern was drivers’ speed and safety habits during the long construction process.

“Our focus is safety and we ask drivers to slow down for the least possible amount of inconvenience as the pipeline is being put in,” said Gierczynski.

More importantly, Gierczynski wants people to focus on the safety of those affected by the new pipeline, as it is slowly installed over the next couple of months.

“Safety is Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania’s mission, to be practically safe as they replace the pipeline,” said Gierczynski.

While workers are going from home to home, it is important to ensure they are indeed coming to for services related to the pipeline.

Gierczynski encouraged home owners to ask for identification from people trying to enter your home.

“Ask for identification if someone comes to your door,” said Gierczynski.

“Our service crew members have identification on them, if anyone has any questions they can ask questions.”

The new pipeline will last more than 60 years before also having to be replaced again, Gierczynski said.

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that Pennsylvania passing medical marijuana “will cut down on opioid use dramatically,” because there are a large number of people who suffer from various diseases and pain.

“I think if a doctor can prescribe the medical marijuana...instead of an opioid," said Snyder. “That’s going to have a huge impact on cutting down on the opioid use. And if we cut down on opioids, we’re going to cut down on heroin.”

The epidemic didn’t happen overnight, and Snyder doesn’t expect to fix it overnight either.

“We all have to be responsible here and do everything that we can as a community to be able to do what we need,” said Snyder. “Talk to your kids, talk to your grandkids, you know, we need to encourage our kids, whether it’s about drug use or whether it’s about what happened a couple [of ] weeks ago in Fayette County when some kids went home and told their parents that they overheard another student say that he was going to hurt people at school and they stopped that from happening.”

Snyder also said that children need to be encouraged to talk to their parents or an adult when they hear something that seems dangerous.

“It’s not being a tattle-tell, it’s being responsible,” said Snyder.

Snyder has seen a lot of interest when it comes hosting events like the TeleTown hall.

“I think for a lot of people it’s just about being able to sit at home on your couch and listen to the call, even if you don’t participate,” said Snyder, “I ran into a woman [Friday] morning and she told me ‘I listened to your entire town hall, it was so interesting to listen to and everything’ she said, ‘I didn’t have any questions, but I listened in.’ I think it’s a much more, much easier way to reach a larger amount of people.”

Because the town hall’s topics are driven by the questions that people have and the issues they face, Snyder heard about a wider range of issues and concerns from people within her legislative district— problems that concern the citizens themselves.

The district is made up of parts of Fayette and Washington counties along with all of Greene County.

“It’s really good for me to hear what’s on people’s minds – and it’s not just about that hour that we’re interacting during the town hall,” said Snyder. “It’s about all of the messages that were left after the town hall so, [the next day] we came in here and we have a whole list of voicemails that were left after the call was done and we’re going through those now and reaching out to those folks and see what concerns and issues they have.”

task force.

“The difference is just a collaboration process, and he is one of the key stakeholders,” she said. “That position [the coroner] is one of the key stakeholders. He is working with families.”

Rush said he is looking forward to being a part of the group and providing his expertise.

“I’m going to be the statistical guy,” he said. “Information on types of drug deaths and drugs involved.”

It was also reported that last year’s number of overdose deaths, listed on the official

coroner's report as "acute mixed drug toxicity," was significantly lower than in previous years. Rush said the number of deaths dropped from 20 to 13, with drugs involved including heroin, fentanyl, codeine, cocaine and others.

While it could be a result of year-to-year fluctuation and a small sample size, Rush was unable to speculate as to why the drop occurred.

“That’s strictly from [Rohanna’s] records,” he said.

“There’s no way of knowing the reason for the drop.”

One of the purposes of the task force is to privately analyze this data and take in the perspectives of multiple interest groups. Bennett said

meetings will be held with the understanding of complete confidentiality.

“It’s very important that when we talk about data, it remains in that group and in the context of that discussion,” said Bennett. “The opioid task force will release that data in the way they decide to share that information.”

Bennett said they are relying on the expertise of the University of Pittsburgh’s research unit. The Overdose Prevention Program has facilitated task forces like these with success across the state. Washington County’s program has achieved remarkable progress in a short amount of time, said Ben-

nett, “but it takes all the key people involved to get where you need to go.”

That’s why the task force is becoming community-based.

Collaborating with stakeholders across the community will help the county focus its efforts, Bennett said. For example, the religious community will have its own goals, but now everyone can work together to achieve them. No one will be “isolated.”

“This thing is a community problem, and the strategies that you use have to address all aspects of the community,” said Bennett. “It takes all of the people to help or to volunteer.”

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have conflicting reactions to Wolf ’s idea.

Camera Bartolotta, R-46, state senator from District 46, released a statement in which she lauded Wolf ’s determination to avoid tax hikes, but disagreed with the severance tax plan. Because of taxes already placed on the natural gas industry, Bartolotta fears that additional fees will discourage businesses to invest in Pennsylvania.

“Heaping more taxes on the natural gas industry – taxes that will undoubtedly only lead to fewer jobs in local communities and fewer private dollars flowing into the state – is the wrong approach,” said Bartolotta.

State Representative Pam Snyder also expressed hesitation about the severance tax—a measure she has voted

against several times in the past. For such a monumental decision, Snyder said Republicans and Democrats would have to “come together.” Despite her qualms, Snyder said this is something that needs to happen.

“I believe with every fiber of my being that we have an obligation to pass the budget on time,” she said. “And we have not been doing that for the past couple of years…

That needs to end so we can do what is right for the people of Pennsylvania.”

Also in the category of natural gas interests, Wolf proposed funding for 35 new positions at the Department of Environmental Protection and streamlining the process for permit applications.

According to a recorded news conference available on YouTube, Wolf wants the DEP to reduce wait time and backlogs – to help protect both the

environment and the natural gas companies that the economy relies upon.

"We want to protect our environment, and the way you do that is not by dragging kyour feet," he said.

Snyder said Wolf ’s budget proposal had many other aspects that would support communities and the economy.

“He talked about funding for schools, making some key investments to protect our job growth, work force development, investing on our STEM programs—which we need— and continued investment on our law enforcement,” said Snyder.

In her statement, Bartolotta was less hopeful. She was pleased that the budget proposal was “more modest” than in previous years, but felt that Wolf had left out several factors.

“While it is reassuring that

his proposal includes increases in funding for career and technical training, as well as basic education, early childhood and special education, I do have serious concerns with other important line items that were completely zeroed out,” said Bartolotta. “The Governor’s proposal struck vital funding for ALS support services and behavioral health support for our veterans. Several important lineitems for agriculture research and education programs were also completely eliminated which support the livestock and dairy industry across the Commonwealth.”

The budget must be approved by June 30; for Snyder, that is the most important aspect.

“I just want to see us get a budget done on time,” Snyder said. “I hope the four lead teams in the House and Senate go to work and get it done.”

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WRESTLING PAC CHAMPIONSHIP

Wrestling earns second consecutive title, sixth overall

By DYLAN CLELAND

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University wrestling team captured the 2018 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Wrestling Championship on Saturday, becoming back-to-back conference champions.

The Yellow Jackets had seven wrestlers complete in finals matches, three of which took home first place.

In the 125-pound weight class, senior Tristan Buxton defeated Thomas More freshman Brady Wells in the semi-

final, before going on to win an 8-2 decision in the final over another Thomas More freshman in Jimmy Murphy.

Head coach Ron Headlee was proud to speak of all of his guys, including many of his top three finishers. “[Buxton] got off to a good start and wrestled well and with it being his senior year, I was glad to see him finish up with a win,” said Headlee.

Sophomore Ken Burrs continued his dominance in the 197-pound weight class when he picked up a quarterfinal win against Washington &

Jefferson senior Dalton Wildman, as well as a fall against Thiel sophomore Devan Van Vliet. Those matches lead up to a convincing 14-6 major decision against W&J senior Will Oberschelp to secure first place. Burrs’ performance earned him the Outstanding Wrestler of the Year Award.

“Burrs was dominant all day, he was well deserving of the [Outstanding Wrestler of the Year Award,]” said Headlee. “If he keeps on, he could do really well at the regional and national level. He has a lot [more] potential.”

The final match of the day was a heavyweight battle featuring junior Jake Evans and Thiel sophomore Gage Gladysz. Evans beat Gladysz for a third win of the day to become the 285-pound champion for a third consecutive year.

“Once again, [Evans] has wrestled Gladysz three times this year and each time he has been dominant,” said Headlee.

“He has done well with staying steady and on the course.

Hopefully, this was just one of the first steps in the postseason for him to go on to the regional level.”

1,000

Senior becomes 34th men's player in program history to reach milestone

By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Mitchell Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Jon Knab scored his 1,000th point in the second half against Thomas More.

The senior reached the goal despite scoring only four points as a freshman.

With half a minute remaining in a blow out game in late December 2014 against Franciscan University, Jon Knab scored his first points as a Yellow Jacket.

Knab stripped the ball from freshman Daniel McElroy and had a breakaway layup in the paint.

He finished his freshman year scoring a total of just four points.

Three years later, on a similar fast break layup, Knab scored his 1,000th point as a Yellow Jacket and made it into program history as the 34th athlete to do so.

In the past four years, the team has experienced highs and lows, but to Knab – its been worth it all the way.

During his freshman year, the Yellow Jackets made it to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship and lost by six points to Saint Vincent.

Just three years later, the team didn’t finish in the top eight of the conference and missed the playoffs.

Entering his final season, for Knab, it wasn’t just about reaching 1,000 career points but pushing the team towards what it had once been – a conference contender.

“For me personally, 1,000 [points] was a goal of mine coming into the year,” Knab said. “[But I] also really [wanted] to develop as a leader and lead our guys with the other seniors… honestly [it was about] just bouncing back and really turning into to the team we knew we could be coming into the year after a season like last season.”

With one game remaining in the regular season, he has achieved both goals. After missing the postseason last year, the Yellow

Jackets are a playoff team again- with Knab leading the way.

While Knab and fellow senior wing Kendall Paige are the only remaining players on the roster who went to the conference championship almost four years ago, Knab doesn’t forget the memory.

“For me personally, it was a blast freshman year winning all those games,” Knab said. “Being in that atmosphere of the championship game – it was unreal. It won’t be something that I’ll forget… I really think it helps with experience knowing what it takes to get there and what it takes to get into that championship game.”

However, playoff aspirations under the jersey of a Waynesburg University Yellow Jacket wasn’t always in Knab’s future. Growing up in a basketball family, with a father who coached throughout his childhood and even for Knab in his final two years of

“For me personally, 1,000 [points] was a goal of mine coming into the year. [But I] also really [wanted] to develop as a leader and lead our guys with the other seniors.”

JON KNAB

Senior Wing

high school, it wasn’t until his senior year Knab knew he wanted to play at the collegiate level.

Even then, Waynesburg was just one of many options. After visiting half a dozen schools, Knab said his decision came down to two institutions. Knowing Waynesburg offered him the best opportunity to play basketball, Knab took the opportunity.

He remembers his freshman year, when he played a total of 22 minutes and scored four points. He remembers how he and other younger players looked up to senior leaders like Jacob Fleegle and Jason Propst.

Four years later, Knab has inherited the KNAB >> C2

With regionals approaching, Headlee is expecting more success from his firstplace guys.

“All three of them have the ability to move on now to regionals and possibly take it to the next step and go to nationals for us,” said Headlee.

Waynesburg also had four wrestlers fall in the finals to take home second-place as well as four third-place finishers.

Sophomore Josh Kuslock placed second at 133-pounds, but had a strong day leading up to the final.

“He couldn’t get his offense going, he was on the bottom,” said Headlee. “He just needs to get better and being able to score. During the first semester he did well and had more movement, but for some reason, during the second semester, he hasn’t quite got that going. [Thomas More freshman Tanner Yenter] is good, we haven’t been able to figure him out.”

At 141-pounds, freshman Matt Lascola picked up a big win in the semi-finals to CHAMPS >> C4

Wrestling pair set new program record for most career wins

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

Just one year after Filippo Crivelli set the standard for wins as a Waynesburg University wrestler with 121, two of his former teammates have surpassed that mark.

Junior 285-pounder Jake Evans and senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton, in a matter of two weeks, have rolled to 127 wins and 122 wins, respectively, to place them first and second all-time for Waynesburg wrestling victories.

Despite the size difference, the two have different stories.

Nontraditional Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was painting a porch back in 2015, something he does aside from his duties as Waynesburg University’s head wrestling coach, with assistant coach Gennaro Bonaventura, when he received a phone call from Clay Evans.

Clay Evans inquired to Headlee about the possibility of having his son come and wrestle for the team for the upcoming season. Jake Evans was not a typical wrestling recruit for Headlee. At the time of the phone call, Jake Evans was 26 years old and roughly eight years removed from high school, when he went to Elizabeth Forward.

Jake Evans spent much of his life wrestling, but was uncertain of what he wanted to do exactly once he graduated from high school after posting more than 100 wins in his Warriors career. So, he decided to just stick with wrestling and compete at open tournaments for years until he saw an opportunity to get back into academics and experience collegiate athletics for the first time.

“I did local open tournaments where anybody could really show up to. Occasionally there would be someone

good there, but mainly it was just like washed up guys,” Jake Evans said. “I was just really sticking with wrestling, I didn’t really have a plan…after one of the open tournaments after I lost, I went and started practicing somewhere and got into it and we talked about schools a little bit and college wrestling. That’s how I checked out Waynesburg.”

Late-bloomer Tristan Buxton was more of a traditional recruit for Headlee. Coming out of Trinity High School, Buxton wrestled at 106 pounds and 113 pounds for most of his career. Buxton didn’t start wrestling until eighth grade and noted that he didn’t hit his stride as a wrestler until his later years of high school, specifically when Trinity wrestling had a coaching change to Mark Powell and Ron Tarquinio. Tarquinio, in particular, had a significant impact on the standout Waynesburg 125-pounder.

“He took me under his wing and I saw my wrestling go from point A to point B so fast,” Buxton said. “I just started feeling comfortable and started to beat kids. Whenever I lost, it was unexpected.

I would start to hate losing, because I was getting so much better at wrestling and getting things done on the mat.”

Buxton’s connection to Waynesburg started many years before arriving as a collegiate athlete, as he participated in “Toss,” which is a wrestling camp run by Headlee at the university that works with dozens of wrestlers at younger levels. As Buxton continued to learn the ins and outs of the sport, Headlee said he stood out despite his smaller stature.

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Jackets lose halftime lead, game against conference leader TMC

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

After picking up important Presidents’ Athletic Conference wins over Westminster and Chatham in the previous week, the men’s basketball team took a 27-20 lead into halftime against the top team in the PAC, Thomas More.

The Saints found their rhythm in the second half, however, led by 14 points from junior guard Damion King, and eventually pulled away for a 64-50 win over the Yellow Jackets.

With the loss, the Jackets fell to 9-14 overall and 5-11 in conference play. Waynesburg entered Wednesday’s matchup

with Washington & Jefferson two games ahead of Chatham for a conference playoff spot and one game ahead of Thiel for seventh in the PAC. Thomas More won its 12th straight contest overall, and 13th straight in conference, to improve to 19-4 overall and 15-1 in PAC play, two games ahead of second place Bethany.

For head coach Mark Christner, a poor shooting day was a primary reason for the Jackets not being able to hold on. After Waynesburg shot over 50 percent from the field in its past two games, the Jackets were just 29 percent against the Saints and were 7-27 in the second half.

“I think it was just one of those days,” Christner said. “I think we had some guys under the weather and I thought we were a little low energy overall, to be honest. We had one offensive rebound, which is not typical of us.”

In the first half, Waynesburg was led by freshman guard Matt Popeck who had seven points and was 2-3 from beyond the arc. Junior wing Nate Gearhart and sophomore forward Shane Johnson each contributed six points off the bench, all of which coming via three-pointers. The Jackets held the Saints to just over 28 percent shooting in the first half, and 2-16 from three. Senior Simon Clifford

Mitchell Kendra, Yellow Jacket

The Jackets shot 25 percent from the field in the second half against the Saints. and junior guard Ryne Callahan led Thomas More with six points each in the first 20 minutes. King, who leads the Saints in scoring, was held to

two points on just 1-4 from the field in the first half. After halftime, he found his stroke.

King was 5-8 from the field in the second half, and con-

nected on all three of his attempts from beyond the arc.

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Tennis preapres to Women with chance for consecutive titles start second half of season in Erie, Pa. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

Cross has to ponder how she will use her top runners in the championships.

“It’s like playing chess,” Cross said. “There are very talented athletes in multiple different events, so like for example we have [sophomore] Taylor Clarkson seeded first in the high jump, high up in the 400-meter, but we also know that she is a talented 800-meter runner from last year, so it becomes a question of ‘how do we use her?’”

This is the last meet of the indoor track & field season, but soon after the outdoor season will begin.

“Track again is strange because it’s the end of our season it’s also kind of not at the same time because we are right in the middle of it,” Cross said. “As soon as the indoor season ends we have spring break and then we come back and immediately start [the outdoor season]. A lot of their training is just a continuous thought process from indoor into outdoor, so in a lot of ways even though it’s coming to the end it’s almost more just like we’re coming to a milestone within one season is a lot of times how we look at it.”

By JOSH WOODMAN

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams will travel to Youngstown State, Thursday, Feb. 22, to participate in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships.

The women will look to repeat for another PAC title.

For head coach Michelle Cross, the task will be harder the second time around.

“I think [winning PAC’s] will be a much more difficult task then it has been in years past, because we lost some of our seniors last year that were powerhouses in distance events,” Cross said.

The men’s team hopes to turn in a respectable performance and land in the top five. Cross feels that a top five finish would be a step forward for the team that has many promising freshmen.

“The men were seventh out of eight last year, so obviously I’m looking to improve that,” Cross said. “I think that probably really stretched we could go for fifth and make a three point jump up in our conference which would be great. I definitely think they are capable of doing that.”

By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor

Michael Cappelli, Yellow Jacket

In the last meet, senior Angie Marchetti finished fourth in the distance medley with a time of 14:04.

Cross said that the team is also looking to come out in top in specific events, which are challenging, that could be game changers.

“Some of the big upsets that you have actually come from field events,” Cross said. “That’s just the nature of track, you try to figure out and count projections, but it’s not as easy as that because

there’s so much variance to everything. It’s just like a chess game you try to put together the best team you can and utilizing them in the best way.”

Following the meet at the Kenyon College Classic for both the men’s and the women’s track & field teams, the PAC Championships will follow.

Knab: Playoffs the focus for remainder of season saw myself as a guy who would come back as a senior and hopefully develop all three years and then be the best I can be senior year.”

Reflecting back on the last four years of basketball, Knab said he realizes just how far he’s grown, on and off the court.

“I honestly think I’ve improved every single aspect of my game possible here at Waynesburg,” Knab said. “I think I’m a completely different player than I was in high

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veteran leadership from the former standouts – a transition he wasn’t sure he would achieve.

“I never really thought about [becoming a senior leader] freshman year, really [I was] just worrying about the next year and getting better,” Knab said. “But I think as [my] sophomore and junior year played out, I definitely

school, which is something that I’m proud to say.”

Knab is ranked third in the PAC in scoring, averaging more than 16 points and five rebounds a game.

Now, with one game remaining before the Yellow Jackets enter the playoffs, for the final time in Knab’s fouryear career, Knab said he isn’t focusing on the passing moments he has left on the court.

“I try not to think about it too much – that it could be

over soon,” Knab said. “[I’m] just trying to focus on this week and then the playoffs after that. But it is crazy knowing that we just have [one] regular season game left in my college career and then it’s up to us after that.”

But even when Knab walks off the court for the final time, he’ll remain in program history as a 1,000-point scorer, and one of the most successful basketball players in Christner's tenure.

The Waynesburg University men’s tennis team will kick off the second half of its 20172018 season Saturday when it travels to Penn State Behrend. The team competed in four non-conference matches in the Fall semester, finishing 2-2 overall.

Head coach Ron Headlee referred to these matches as tune-up matches, to see where the team will sit coming into the spring.

“I thought we did pretty well in the fall,” Headlee said.

“I thought there were a couple more we could have won… but it’s just a tune-up for the season. [Starting the conference action soon] I’m very optimistic about the upcoming season.”

He also said the matches in the fall allowed for some adjustment with placing players in certain positions.

Headlee, who has coached Waynesburg’s wrestling team since 2008, is in his second year as the tennis head coach.

He will be traveling with the tennis team to its match at Penn State Behrend Saturday, despite the wrestling team competing in the NCAA Division III Central Regionals Feb. 23-24.

With the two sports overlapping, Headlee said he will be the last one to say the task is easy. He said during the overlap he devotes specific time every day to both sports, making sure to spend an equal amount of time with both teams.

Last season, the Yellow Jackets finished seventh in the conference. This season Headlee believes the biggest aspect the team needs to work on is consistency.

“We need to be more consistent,” Headlee said. “That’s the area I want to work on with them the most. We are not staying in points long enough.”

Headlee said there are several returners who will be key members of the team this year. Junior Jonah Cooper is the number one singles player, and teams with junior Josh Denham as the top doubles team. Cooper has been a leader for the team in recent years and is someone who Headlee refers to as steady.

“We need to be more consistent. That's the area I want to work on with them the most.

We are not staying in points long enough.”

RON HEADLEE

Head coach

Headlee acknowledged the return of senior Andy Brunette as a significant addition. Brunette, who played as a freshman before stepping away from the sport for two years, will return with experience. “[Brunette] will definitely help us out with depth,” Headlee said. “He’s a good player and we’re excited about having him back. Him and [senior] Adam [McKnight] will compete as the number two doubles.”

Brunette said he returned hoping to have one more successful season as a studentathlete.

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PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP Men’s Basketball STANDINGS Thomas More Bethany Saint Vincent Westminster Grove City Geneva Waynesburg Thiel Chatham Wash. & Jeff

Conf.

15-1 13-3 12-4 10-6 7-7 7-9 5-11 4-12 3-13 3-13

Overall 19-4 13-10 15-8 16-7 14-7 11-12 9-14 6-15 6-17 4-19

Saturday’s Box Score

Waynesburg 50, Thomas More 64 Thomas More 20 44 64 Waynesburg 27 23 50

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

SWIMMING AND DIVING

WRESTLING

STANDINGS

MEN RECENT RESULTS

Waynesburg Thomas More Thiel Wash. & Jeff.

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

Conf.

16-0 14-2 13-3 10-6 9-7 7-9 4-12 3-13 2-14 2-14

Overall 22-1 20-3 16-7 15-8 13-10 10-11 10-13 7-16 4-19 3-20

Saturday’s Box Score

Waynesburg 62, Thomas More 107 Waynesburg 8 19 12 23 62 Thomas More 20 26 33 28 107

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Matt Popeck....................................

2. Nate Gearhart.................................11

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Anna Bartman ................................11 2. Kerri Bungard .................................10 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Lexie Arkwright.......................................26 2. Kate Balcom ............................................8 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Kelsea Daugherty....................................20 2. Ashley Duthie..........................................18 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford................................................22 2. Jodie Carlson ...........................................18 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Abby Owings...........................................20 2. Jules Howard...........................................16 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jess Vormelker.........................................18 2. Alivia Sidley .............................................9 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Ashley McClain........................................20 2. Katie Sieg ................................................12 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknect .....................................11 2. Kayla Bennett..........................................8 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1.Amirah Moore .........................................20 2.Lauren Gilbert ..........................................16 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1.Paige Montrose........................................15 2. Carlee Kilgus............................................15

Grove City Top Scorers 1. Andrew Beckman ...................................20 2. Cory Huff .................................................15 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Chaice Truex.............................................27 2. Liam Davis ...............................................16 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Jimmy Leichliter......................................23 2. Eric McHee...............................................15 Thomas More Top Scorers 1.Simon Clifford .........................................17 2. Damion King ...........................................16 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Tyreik Burton ...........................................18 2. Josh Lumbus ...........................................15 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Will Sandherr...........................................12 2. Marc Wells ...............................................11 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Austin Armwood.....................................20 2. Jarrett Vrabel ...........................................18 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Sean Stinelli ............................................13 2. Amos Luptak ...........................................13 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Jason Capco .............................................17 2. Matt D'Amicoi..........................................14

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, February 3 Grove City 65, Westminster 76; Saint Vincent 77, Thiel 74; Geneva 78, Chatham 65; Bethany 89, Wash. & Jeff. 69 Waynesburg 50, Thomas More 64

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, February 10 Geneva at Waynesburg - 3:30 p.m.; Bethany at Grove City -3 p.m.; Thiel at Chatham - 3 p.m.; Wash. & Jeff at Thomas More 3 p.m.;Bethany at Grove City 3 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 3:30 p.m.;

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, February 3

Saint Vincent 70, Grove City 67; Thomas More 108, Geneva 43; Bethany 74, Thiel 57; Waynesburg 73, Westminster 57; Wash. & Jeff. 84, Chatham 49

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, February 10 Geneva at Waynesburg 1:30 p.m. Wash. & Jeff. at Thomas More - 1 p.m. -1 p.m.; Thiel at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Grove City 1 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.

Saturday, February 3 Penn State Behrend 142, Saint Vincent 138 Westminster 188, Mount Union 110

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday-Saturday, February 14-17 PAC Championships Saturday, February 24 Kenyon Invitational Westminster Grove City Saint Vincent

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, February 3 Westminster 156, Mount Union 140 Saint Vincent 156, Penn State Behrend 88

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday-Saturday, February 14-17 PAC Championships Saturday, February 24 Kenyon Invitational Westminster Grove City Saint Vincent

PAC M. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Scoring: Calique Jones, 18.7, BET; Cameron KaneJohnson, 17, WES; Jon Knab, 16.3, WAY Rebounding: Deontay Scott, 8.5, WES; Ethan Moose, 8.0, GEN; Andrew Beckman, 7.7, GRO Assists: Anthony Bomar, 4.3, CHA; Damion King, 4.3, TMC; Andrew Beckman, 4.3, GRO

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD 3-0 2-1 1-2 0-3

12-8 9-5 7-4 6-8

MATCH RESULTS

PAC Championships 1. Waynesburg, 107.50 points 2. Wash. & Jeff., 99.50 points 3. Thomas More, 66.50 points 4. Thiel, 48.50 points

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, February 2 Thomas More 35, Thiel 10 Saturday, February 3 John Summa Invitational 6th, Wash. & Jeff., 76 pts.

8th, Waynesburg, 56.5 pts.

11th, Thiel, 39 pts.

13th, Thomas More, 26.5 pts.

UPCOMING MATCHES

Saturday, February 24 Division III Mideast Championships.

Waynesburg and Washington And Jefferson Division III Southeast Championships Thiel Division III Central Championships Thomas More

Free Throw %: Jimmy Leichliter, .879, GEN; King, .842, TMC; Burton, .825, THI

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PAC W. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Saturday, February 17 Women’s Basketball Geneva at Waynesburg Colin McLaughlin, Brandon Leasure, Howie Metzger, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Rebounding: Vormelker, 9.7, THI; Daugherty, 9.6, BET, Knetzer, 9.0, WAY

Men’s Basketball Geneva at Waynesburg, Pual Zalakar, Adam Morgante, Howie Metzger, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Scoring: Vormelker, 20.1, THI; Daugherty, 18.4, BET; Arkwright, 18.3, GRO

Assists: Temple, 5.3, TMC; Starre, 5.0, WAY; Moore, 3.5, WJC Free Throw %: Carlson, .904, GEN; Temple, .879, TMC; McClain, .875, CHA

WUSN Saturday, February 17 Women’s Basketball Geneva at Waynesburg Brandon Rossi and Mitch Montani, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

WOMEN Mount Union Jim Wuske Collegiate Invitational

60 Meter: 1. Katie Mokros, 7.82, Walsh 200 Meter: 1. Emmarie Foote, 25.51, Notre Dame (Ohio) 400 Meter: 1. Jetaiya Smith, 59.44, Walsh; 7. Taylor Clarkson, 1:04.24, Waynesburg 800 Meter: 1. Megan Soehnlen, 2:20.71, Walsh; 5.

Angie Marchetti, 2:27.92, Waynesburg 1 Mile Run: 1. Emily Forner, 5:10.52, Allegheny 3,000 Meter: 1. Jesse Margraf, 10:31.22, Allegheny 5,000 Meter: 1. Riley Crissman, 19:03.82, PSU Behrend 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Nicole Bartoletta, 8.91, Geneva High Jump: 1. Vanessa Lane, 1.61m , Cuyahoga CC Pole Vault: 1. Kaitlyn Barber, 3.96m, Walsh Long Jump: 1. Dana Crofoot, 5.38m, Mount Union; 8. Amber Yauch, 4.87m, Waynesburg Triple Jump: 1. Ana Benitez, 11.13, Point Park; 12.

Amber Yauch, 9.43m, Waynesburg Shot Put: 1. Morrisa Mallory, 13.16, Walsh; 9.

Jordan Simpson, 10.19m, Waynesburg Weight Throw: 1. Malia Turley, 14.80m, Walsh

MEN Mount Union Jim Wuske Collegiate Invitational

60 Meter: 1. Andre Butler, 7.10, Unattached 200 Meter: 1. Louis Berry, 22.94, Mount Union 400 Meter: 1. Christian Strozier, 50.18, Notre Dame (Ohio); 9. Matthew Shinkle, 55.20, Waynesburg 800 Meter: 1. Xavier Stevens, 1:58.70, Point Park; 8. Nathan Jecelin, 2:06.11, Waynesburg 1 Mile Run: 1. John Hughes, 4:21.73, Allegheny 3,000 Meter: 1. Ed Walsh, 9:02.68, Walsh 5,000 Meter: 1. Drew Thibault, 15:59.71, Grove City 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Lane Knoch, 8.33, Walsh High Jump: 1. Stone Johnson, 1.98, Unattached; 11.

Tyler Sisler, 1.78, Waynesburg Pole Vault: 1. Matt Keim, 4.80m, Mount Union Long Jump: 1. Brandon Gambrell, 6.87, Notre Dame (Ohio) Triple Jump: 1. Raphael Tshikala, 14.13, Mount Union; 9. Kenneth Barnhart, 12.39, Waynesburg Shot Put: 1. Dante Penza, 16.28, Walsh Weight Throw: 1. Marcus Myers, 18.85, Walsh 11. Blake Feldner, 13.21, Waynesburg

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Ken Burrs, Wrestling

Addy Knetzer, Women's Basketball

Men’s Basketball Geneva at Waynesburg, Donny Chedrick, Drew Brown 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

WPIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Carmichaels Boys Basketball 2/9 -Jefferson-Morgan 61Carmichaels 82 Girls Basketball 2/8 - Serra Catholic 74 Carmichaels 31 2/9 - Jeanette 43 Carmichaels 69

Jefferson-Morgan Boys Basketball 2/9 - Carmichaels 82 Jefferson-Morgan 61 Girls Basketball 2/8 - Cornell 63 Jefferson-Morgan 29

Mapletown Boys Basketball Season Completed Girls Basketball Season Completed

Waynesburg Central Boys Basketball 2/9 - Vs. Uniontown 95 Waynesburg Central 72 2/12 -Trinity 83 Waynesburg Central 49 Girls Basketball 2/8 - Brownsville 35 Waynesburg Central 40

West Greene Boys Basketball 2/10 Propel Andrew Street 58 West Greene 46 Girls Basketball 2/12 - Charleroi 67 West Greene 40

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Women can't keep up with No. 4 team in nation

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team traveled to Crestview Hills, Kentucky Saturday, Feb. 10, to take on the No. 4 team in the nation, the Thomas More Saints.

Thomas More showed its dominance in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference yet again with a 107-62 victory over the Yellow Jackets.

“It’s a tough place to play and they got on a nice little streak and got momentum,” said head coach Sam Jones.

“We had some silly turnovers and did not take care of the basketball. We had 29 turnovers and you are not going win a lot of games with 29 turnovers.”

The Yellow Jackets started off down 6-2, then came back and went up 8-6. Thomas More then went on a 14-0 run to close out the first quarter making it 20-8.

“I was disappointed with our overall passion and fire for the game,” said Jones. “We played hard, but not continuous. At no point was I like ‘wow we are playing great’ so, it was not our best night.”

One positive out of the tough matchup, though, was

Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

The women's basketball team will look to solidify itself in the PAC standings entering playoffs as the season winds down this weekend. senior Addy Knetzer becoming the first player to get 1,000 rebounds in the history of Waynesburg basketball.

“It’s pretty special you know,” said Jones. “She is the first kid in the history of the school to do that and it’s a testament to her ability, but also her hard work and determination over the last four years.”

The Yellow Jackets could not compete with the Saints when it came to points in the paint. The Saints had 52 points in the paint while the Yellow Jackets only had 20.

“I’d like to have those numbers meet in the middle maybe,” said Jones. “We need to get better defensively in the paint and we need to execute better on the offensive end.”

A big difference in the game was that the Yellow Jackets had 29 turnovers in the game, which Thomas More took advantage of, scoring 32 points off the 29 turnovers.

“You have to not give them easy baskets,” said Jones. “You have got to bear down on defense every possession and

you cannot have dumb turnovers that lead to uncontested layups on the other end.”

The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets are now in fifth place in the PAC with a 9-7 conference record. The team’s next match up is this Wednesday at Washington & Jefferson College. The last time the two teams went head to head the Presidents won 83-72.

Jones kept it simple when it came to finding a way over W&J. “We got to be better than we were last time,” said Jones.

All-American Academic Honors

Over the past two years, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team has reached new heights, winning the program’s first two Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships for back-to-back seasons.

In addition to their athletic accomplishments, the Yellow Jackets have had success in the classroom as well, and were honored for their academic achievements by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team with a cumulative team GPA of 3.54 this past Fall semester.

To be a USTFCCA All-Academic, students must obtain at cumulative GPA of at least 3.30. Four Yellow Jackets, seniors Elinore Loch, a bio chemistry major; Angie Marchetti, a marketing major; junior Teghan Simonton, a journalism and public relations double major; and freshman Becca Volz, a nursing major, were all named All-Academic. Marchetti placed first in the PAC Championships Oct. 28, while Simonton and Loch both placed in the top five.

Athletically, the Jackets’ have also have had strong showings in the past two mideast regional meet, placing in the top 10 the past two years, with Katie and Emily Latimer, who both graduated last year, qualifying for the Division III National Championships in 2016. Additionally, current senior Julie Gerber became the first runner in school history to qualify for nationals as a sophomore in 2015.

This past fall, Marchetti led Waynesburg to its second straight conference title, outscoring Grove City by 32 points. Of the top 20 runners at the meet, eight were from Waynesburg.

Other PAC schools that made the All-Academic list were Bethany, Grove City, Chatham, St. Vincent, Westminster and Washington & Jefferson.

Record: National recognition the next goal for Evans and Buxton

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Seton Hill and Washington & Jefferson, was graduating from high school in 2014. Buxton fit the mold Headlee and his staff were looking for in a 125-pounder.

“He loved coming in the room and it didn’t matter who he went with, he gave 100 percent and he was always full of energy,” said Headlee. “125 for us is the hardest to recruit because guys grow out of the weight class…we said that we wanted to start looking at 113 pounders and guys like that.

I had watched [Buxton] and known he had done well as a senior, and he was still at 113 and we liked that.”

Dominance At the time Evans was set to come to Waynesburg, Headlee already had an established heavyweight in Greg Kumer, who had won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference title at 285 pounds in 2014 and 2015.

He wanted to give Evans a chance to compete at the collegiate level, and thought that working out with an established collegiate heavyweight would be good for both of them. From the moment Evans stepped on campus, however, Headlee knew he was different.

“He just came in the room and I could just tell he had a great work ethic and wanted to get better…the biggest thing about him is he’ll just come in the room and want to get better every day,” Headlee said.

“I could tell him something today and if he had a match tomorrow, he will try it. He’s one of the few kids who is not afraid to try things that you tell him right off the bat.”

Evans established himself immediately, winning the starting heavyweight job and posting a 37-9 record in his

first season, with 13 coming by pinfall. As a sophomore during the 2016-17 campaign, Evans rolled to a programrecord 49 wins, 30 of which came by pin. This year, during his junior season, he currently boasts a record of 41-3, with 21 of those victories by pin.

Headlee believes the biggest transition Evans has made since he became a Yellow Jacket has been incorporating pinning to his game as a sophomore. He thinks the pins drive motivate him each time he takes the mat.

“You could just tell he had a new motivation,” said Headlee.

“He was going after the pins and wins, and I think that made him more aggressive.

That drove him to be a better wrestler. I think he likes pinning people and likes going after that pin record and being more aggressive on his shots.”

Steady progress For Buxton, the transition to college wrestling might not have been as seamless on the record sheet as it was for Evans, but after a freshman year in which he went 13-9, he improved to 32-14 as a sophomore and then 45-5 as a junior.

As things stand following the PAC Championships, he has accumulated a 33-5 record thus far in his final season as a Yellow Jacket.

This biggest adjustment from high school to college, according to Buxton, was learning to use “heavy hands,” which is a technique that involves a lot of pulling and snapping to try and wear down your opponent, and also understanding the college-level mentality.

“I really had to get good at that quick. Also just learning technique a lot better because you can’t [relax in a match] in college because if you do, that’s when guys capitalize,” Buxton said. “You never get an easy

match because all those guys that don’t want to wrestle are weeded out in high school. Everyone that wants to wrestle in D-III, they’re there because we’re not getting paid to wrestle, everyone that’s there wants to be there, and they’re good.”

Headlee has been especially impressed with Buxton’s development on the mat and as a person in his time as a Yellow Jacket.

“He’s not one that looks at names and gets intimidated, he just goes out and wrestles,” said Headlee. “Tristan, just overall as a person—it’s not just the wrestling he’s just such a great person. His personality and what he gives to the sport really makes me think a lot of him.”

Buxton also attributes a lot of his development at the collegiate level to Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura.

Anthony, now an assistant coach at Stevens Institute of Technology, was a wrestler for Waynesburg from 2010-2014, and Gennaro wrestled for the Yellow Jackets from 2010-2015 and is currently an assistant coach for Waynesburg. “[Anthony] still texts and calls me today to tell me what I need to do…Gennaro has a solid, gold heart and you can’t really ask for anything else from the guy,” Buxton said.

“He’s always there for you supporting you. You can’t ask for anything better than a couple of guys like that in your life.”

One last goal The wins continue to pile on for the Waynesburg big man, who wasn’t sure how it would go when he first came in to the program two and a half years ago. Now, Evans has his sights set on one thing: a national championship.

“I honestly didn’t know what to expect at all. I thought I might have a chance of doing well, but I wasn’t really sure to

Mitchell Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Tristan Buxton, who has a 33-5 record in his senior season, defeated Thomas More freshman Jimmy Murphy 8-2 to grab his second consecutive PAC title. be honest,” said Evans. “It’s nice to have the record, but winning nationals is definitely my main goal, or at least placing higher as an All-American…

I’m trying to focus a little more on my movement, especially foot movement, since heavyweights don’t usually have as much athleticism. I’m trying to use that in my favor. I’m also trying to focus on wearing guys out more.”

Buxton set a personal goal of hitting the 100-win mark, but as the curtain begins to close on his Yellow Jacket career, he too has his sights set on national-level recognition.

“I wanted 100 wins, that was just another goal, but I have my sights set on one thing right now and that’s to be an All-American and a National Champion,” he said. “You just have to simplify things now, just have to stay zoned in on one thing.”

With regionals coming up Feb. 23-24, the two Yellow Jacket standouts are looking to fine tune things to prepare themselves as best as possible to make a run at a national title.

Mitchell Kendra, Yellow Jacket

After defeating sophomore Gage Gladysz from Thiel, Jake Evans grabbed his third straight PAC title.

“I’m just trying to focus all my energy towards winning,” said Evans. “It’s only a month

left, and I’m going to try to do my best to make sure I do everything right.”

MBB: Knab's milestone a bright spot in conference loss to Saints

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score 25 of Thomas More’s 44 second-half points, shooting 10-14 in the process.

Christner felt King, Clifford were able to find themselves offensively in the second half despite not being a drastic change on defense from the Jackets.

“The biggest difference was that they were able to make a few more shots in the second half,” Christner said. “I’ll be honest; I’m not sure defensively that there was a whole lot changed. I thought overall on defense, we did a lot of

the things that we wanted to do. Damion King is a widely regarded player for a reason.

[Thomas More’s] ability to have to chip away and get the lead and our inability just to make shots across the board obviously was difficult to overcome.”

With 10:53 remaining, the Jackets tied the game at 38.

They wouldn’t score again for over four minutes.

“I thought in that 6-7 minute stretch in the second half, offensively we really got tighter, verses continuing to [spread the floor],” Christner said. “We rely on guys to be able to make jump shots too…

guys who have [made shots] for us of late didn’t really make them today.”

For Waynesburg, Popeck and Gearhart tied for the team lead with 11 points. Clifford, King and freshman forward Garren Bertsch led the way with 17, 16 and 10 points, respectively, while King contributed a game-high 11 re-

bounds.

Although senior wing Jon Knab had a difficult day offensively, being held to eight points – his lowest in PAC play this season and second lowest overall – he reached the 1,000 point milestone. With 10:53 remaining in the game, Knab became the 34th player in school history to score his

1,000th point. For Christner, Knab reaching the plateau was a result of the work he’s put in over his college career.

“It’s really neat,” Christner said. “I think any time you have [a player reach 1,000 points], it’s a culmination of a lot of things. In [Knab’s] case, he just worked really hard to become a pretty quality player in our league, an efficient scorer in our league. He gets everybody’s best defender on him. He gets chased and he gets held and its pretty physical. [He] just really worked his way into being a really efficient scorer.”

Waynesburg’s next contest

will be at Washington & Jefferson in a game past this publication date. Now with one game left in the regular season, Christner feels that now is the time for the Jackets to be at their strongest.

“You want to be sharp,” Christner said. “You want to be feeling like as a team you’re playing your best. I think we’ve had two weeks really of playing well. I didn’t necessarily view today as a major step back in that regard. You just can’t shoot the percentages we shot and expect to come away with a good result. I just don’t think that’s possible against [Thomas More].”

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February 15, 2018 BASKETBALL PREVIEWS

Last game of season deciding ‘Attention to detail’ key against factor in conference seeding beating GEN for second time

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

It’s been over two years since the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team beat Geneva. This Saturday, the Yellow Jackets will look to send seniors Jon Knab, Kendall Paige, Mike Nugent and Marcus Wallace out on a high note, at least for the regular season, in what will be their last game before playoffs.

Entering Wednesday, the Jackets were seventh in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with a 5-11 record and an overall mark of 9-14, while Geneva was two games ahead of Waynesburg at 7-9 in conference and 11-12 overall. Waynesburg entered Wednesday’s contest with Washington & Jefferson two games ahead of Chatham for the eighth and final PAC playoff spot.

In the first meeting between Waynesburg and Geneva this season, Jan.13, the Jackets shot just 31 percent from the field and ultimately lost 72-57. It was the third game in what ended up being an eight-game skid.

Although head coach Mark Christner was pleased with the team’s defensive effort, he felt that the same didn’t hold true on the other side of the ball.

“I think [our offense] was a problem,” Christner said.

“We did not shoot very well.

I didn’t think we were assertive in that game offensively against their zone. We’ll have to do a better job on that front.”

Senior Jimmy Leichliter and sophomore Ethan Moose led Geneva with 23 and 13 points respectively, with Moose adding a gamehigh eight rebounds. Junior

guard Eric McGee added 12 points and six boards.

Coming into Wednesday’s game at Westminster, Moose was fourth in the PAC in scoring, averaging 16.3 points per game, while Leichliter was seventh with a 15.7 average. Moose also led the conference in steals with 51, 11 ahead of Waynesburg sophomore guard Frank Bozicevic, who ranks third in the PAC. As a team, the Golden Tornadoes were fifth in the conference in scoring offense as of Wednesday, averaging 69.8 points per game, just behind the Yellow Jackets, who averaged 70.3.

Geneva’s ability to put points

on the board isn’t anything new, according to Christner.

“Since I’ve been here at least, they’ve always had some guys who could really [score],” he said. “Moose is a pretty complete player… he understands how to play, he doesn’t put himself in bad spots. The ball is in his hands a lot… Leichleter is kind of difficult to guard because he moves well, he’s long, and he has kind of the ultimate green light. So if he’s [hitting his shots] from the perimeter, it’s a problem.

There’s no question.”

The last time the Jackets took on Geneva at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse was last year. Waynesburg fought back from a 14-point halftime deficit, and two freethrows from current senior wing Jon Knab with 24 seconds left tied the game

at 74. But two free-throws from now graduated Chase Vaudrin with four seconds remaining gave the Golden Tornadoes a 76-74 lead, which they held on to. Moose led the way for Geneva with 19 points, 15 of which coming in the second half, while Knab scored a game-high 24 points for Waynesburg.

A key for Saturday, according to Christner, will be for the team to have the drive necessary to get a win for the four seniors on Senior Day. “Probably the biggest initiative that I’m sure that we will talk about is mak-

ing sure that we get the effort that we want [for our seniors,]” Christner said.

“That doesn’t guarantee a result, but we have to make sure that our energy levels are high, and our concentration is high.”

For Christner, the last week of the regular season means an extra emphasis on focusing towards what’s at stake.

“I think this week, in particular, is a mindset focus week,” Christner said. You kind of have to attack the week. I think we know that we have an opportunity to potentially help our seeding and ensure [a No. 7 or No. 6 seed] possibly depending on Geneva’s result Wednesday and our result Wednesday.

So I think we want to make sure that we’re playing our best.”

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

The last time the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team took the floor against Geneva, Jan. 13, the Yellow Jackets found themselves trailing the Golden Tornadoes 35-34 on the road at halftime.

Coming into the game, Geneva was just 4-10 overall and 1-6 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference action, while the visiting Jackets entered Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, with a 9-5 overall record and 5-2 conference record. Waynesburg needed a jump-start in order to avoid the conference upset, and found that in the third quarter.

The Yellow Jackets exploded out of the gate to start the second half, jumping out to an 18-4 run that snagged Waynesburg the lead back and saw its lead extend to 52-38.

From that point on, Waynesburg built all the way up to a 16-point advantage en route to a comfortable nine-point win, 80-71.

For head coach Sam Jones, the biggest difference between the first half and the beginning of the second half was something that he has reiterated for a majority of the season: focusing on the little things.

“Really for us, it’s about attention to detail. In the third quarter, we came out with high energy and paid attention to the details, and I don’t think we did a decent job of that in the first half, which is why it was a little closer,” Jones said.

Senior forward Addy Knetzer had arguably her best statistical game of the season against the Golden Tornadoes, pouring in her second-highest total for points, 28, and grabbing her highest rebound total, 15 of the season. Jones feels that Geneva is a good matchup for Knetzer based on their lack of size.

In addition to Knetzer, junior point guard Monica Starre had a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards, and senior Mackenna Drazich and junior Julie Deklaven added 12 points each in the win.

Leading the way for Geneva in points was senior guard Jodie Carlson with 21, and fol-

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In her last game, senior guard Rachel Eng contributed with six points and three rebounds. lowing right behind her were freshman forward Lauren Tipton and senior guard Callie Ford, who both had doubledoubles on the afternoon with 16 and 14 points, respectively, and 10 rebounds each.

One of the focal points for the upcoming matchup in the final game of the regular season against the Golden Tornadoes will be keeping Ford, who is currently top-five in the PAC

us, we just need to play with high energy and attention to details—making sure we’re doing our job, and typically things will take care of themselves.”

Jones also said that a driving factor of the game will be entering the PAC playoffs playing as well as they have all season.

“We’ve been stressing to be playing our best basket-

in scoring and rebounding, in check. “[There are] two things [you have to do to keep her in check]: you have to keep her in front of you and contest all of her shots as much as possible, and you have to box her out, because she’s a relentless crasher,” said Jones.

Entering this final regular season game, Geneva will be looking to hold onto their playoff spot as they currently stand in the bottom four of the PAC, but are in the playoff picture as of publication date.

That said, Jones knows that his team cannot take the Golden Tornadoes for granted.

“Geneva is very improved.

They’re a good team, and they’re not someone to be taken lightly,” Jones said. “For

ball going into the playoffs.

So, I think we’re already in that mindset of ‘it’s that time of year,’” he said. “We’re just trying to go into the playoffs on a high note playing good basketball.”

With this final game of the regular season being at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, the Yellow Jackets will celebrate senior day as well.

“It’s senior day, so we will just look forward to honoring our seniors. It’s a good class of hard workers who’ve put in a lot of hours of basketball and have had some good careers,” Jones said. “So, just looking forward to honoring our seniors that day.”

Tip-off for the PAC affair is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17.

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In winning it's second straight title, the Waynesburg wrestling team had three individual champions, four runner-ups and four third place wrestlers.

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knock W&J out of a chance at top two placing in that respective weight class.

“He had a great first year, getting in the lineup for us,” said Headlee. “[Lascola] is a great guy to have on the team, he battles and tries to get better. I was really happy for him to make it to the final, that semifinal was another key match for us.”

Freshman R.J. Hall picked up a win at 149-pounds in the semifinals, 8-0, to advance to the final.

“Hall had a pretty good match with W&J, we knew it was going to be a big match heading into it,” said Headlee.

“[Thiel senior] Jason Miller is good, he’s a good guy, but this time was just a little too much for us.”

Freshman Caleb Baxter continued his first-year success for much of the day before coming up short to W&J sophomore Jared Walker. “[Baxter] has had a great year for us as a freshman, he is going to keep getting better and I thought he wrestled well up to that point,” said Headlee.

The third-place finishers, who still made significant contributions to the team total included seniors Derek Hull and Landon Lohr as well as junior Josh Sneeringer.

Other honors for the day included PAC Coach of the

Year, awarded to Headlee. Senior D.J. Grindle, who missed most of the season due to injury was honored as Waynesburg’s representative to the PAC Sportsmanship Team.

“We are really proud of them, we knew coming in that we had a pretty good recruiting class,” said Headlee.

“Halfway through the season we lost some guys including three starters that weren’t in the lineup. Overall, it shows that you never know who will be in our lineup. Every day they come into the room and work hard.”

The Yellow Jackets will head to the NCAA Division III Central Regionals in Crawfordsville, Indiana on Feb. 23.

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The men's tennis team is looking to improve from a 5-13 record last season.

Tennis: Brunette returns to courts, ready for remaining matches as senior

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ing on a team and just playing in general,” Brunette said. “So, I figured that it would be nice to play competitively one last time and try to strive for a successful season as an athlete.”

Brunette also said he missed the atmosphere.

“Tennis is also very thera-

peutic to me,” Brunette said.

“It helps get my mind off of things and it’s nice to be active in that atmosphere.”

Sophomores Tanner McKnight and James Zeremenko and junior Brian Drake will also be returning to the team.

“I’m very excited,” Brunette said on the season. “We have a solid starting lineup and I know that if we play every

point like it’s our last, we will have a more than successful season.”

The team will compete in eight conference matches and several non-conference matches during the 2018 season. The 2018 Tennis PAC Championships will be Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28 at the Pennbriar Athletic Club in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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high 11 rebounds.

Although senior wing Jon Knab had a difficult day offensively, being held to eight points – his lowest in PAC play this season and second lowest overall – he reached

the 1,000 point milestone.

With 10:53 remaining in the game, Knab became the 34th player in school history to score his 1,000th point. For Christner, Knab reaching the plateau was a result of the work he’s put in over his college career.

“It’s really neat,” Christ-

ner said. “I think any time you have [a player reach 1,000 points], it’s a culmination of a lot of things.

In [Knab’s] case, he just worked really hard to become a pretty quality player in our league, an efficient scorer in our league. He gets everybody’s best defender

on him. He gets chased and he gets held and its pretty physical. [He] just really worked his way into being a really efficient scorer.”

Waynesburg’s next contest will be at Washington & Jefferson in a game past this publication date. Now with one game left in the regular

season, Christner feels that now is the time for the Jackets to be at their strongest.

“You want to be sharp,” Christner said. “No matter who you play, you want to be sharp this time of year.

You want to be feeling like as a team you’re playing your best. I think we’ve had

two weeks really of playing well. I didn’t necessarily view today as a major step back in that regard. You just can’t shoot the percentages we shot and expect to come away with a good result. I just don’t think that’s possible against [Thomas More].”

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

WU'S GOT TALENT

Student talent on display

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN and HOLLY HENDERSHOT Staff Report

Every year, during the spring semester, Waynesburg University hosts its annual talent show, Waynesburg’s Got Talent.

This year, it occurred Friday, Feb. 9.

A total of 10 contestants competed for prizes. A prize of $100 was offered for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place. Most of the acts were singing, but there were also unique acts such as magic and baton twirling.

This year’s first place winner was freshman sports broadcasting major Ed DiOrio.

“For m e t o [ w i n ] against such a great and talented field really makes it mean that much more,” said DiOrio.

“To get first [place] was something completely Photo courtesy of Ashley Hall unexpected.”

DiOrio chose to per- Kayla Coughlin, a junior early childhood education major, stands beside her coform his favorite song stars during a Disney villain version of a broadway song for WU's Got Talent. from the Broadway musical, “The Lion King”. The with people whether they a “broke college student”. ticipating in events on song was called “Endless are “musical nerds” or Second place went to campus.

Night”. not because the song has freshman nursing major “I haven’t really had any For DiOrio, singing that a “powerful message and Madison Walker, who stage experience here at song had a very special a powerful image” that presented a baton twirl- Waynesburg, being that I meaning to him. comes with it. ing performance. Walker also play soccer, so it was “I saw The Lion King “That’s why I wanted to performed juggling tricks fun showing everyone a when it came to Pittsburgh bring it to how ever many with three batons to a different talent of mine on in 2006, and in 2007, my people were in the audi- song, using an array of dif- stage,” said Walker. pap passed away, and this ence [that night],” said ferent twirling techniques.

Walker said she was not song really connects me DiOrio.

Walker said she had a expecting to place at the to him… so that’s why I DiOrio said the $100 great experience partici- event because of the great did it.” he received for first place pating in WU’s Got Talent, talent that went on stage.

DiOrio said he thought will probably go into his especially since sports of“Baton twirling doesn’t the song should be shared bank account, since he is ten prevent her from par- always appeal to audienc-

es, especially if you drop several tricks throughout the performance, so I was thrilled to be able to show a routine without any drops, which isn’t always possible,” said Walker. “I’m proud to be chosen for second place but honestly just putting myself out there, trying something new, and making new friends was more rewarding to me than just placing.”

In third place was a group of students who sang and danced to a p aro dy of C hicago’s “Cell Block Tango” with Disney characters, titled “Spell Block Tango”.

S t u d e nt s K r i s t i n a Fisher, Kayla Coughlin and Megan Cook choreographed the piece, said sophomore Heidi Dziak, who was in the performance.

“They came up with some dances they found online and tried to incorporate them based off the song and song lyrics.”

Dziak said she first thought of the plan after speaking to Coughlin and Cook, who always wanted to do the song. As the song was not mission compliant, the students worked to edit the song to something they could perform for WU’s Got Talent.

“We needed to rewrite it to make it appropriate,” said Dziak, “but we all got together because we really love the song and musical theatre, so we thought it would be really fun to do.”

McGarvey marches to beat of own drum

By KADEN HURLEY

For the Yellow Jacket

For Bryce McGarvey, there is no better way to worship and honor God than through music, especially when it’s music he creates.

McGarvey, a junior biblical ministry major with a focus in international missions, is the sole drummer for the worship team that leads Upper Room every Sunday night at 8 p.m.

To the members involved, the group is a band in the conventional sense of the word, but they refer to themselves as a worship team.

“We play to the best of our abilities so people aren’t distracted by the music itself but more so just the overall worship experience,” McGarvey said. “We just help to usher in the presence of God. We try not to look at it as a performance or playing for people, but worshiping with people.”

Upper room itself, led by McGarvey’s worship team and event coordinators, focuses on music and community. Each member is valued in the process.

“We have a saying that it’s not the nose of Christ. It’s the body of Christ,” said McGarvey.

Of course, McGarvey did not wake up as a talented drummer. It has taken years of practice – he has been working with percussion instruments since fourth grade.

McGarvey also gradually acquired the ability to play the guitar, acoustic and electric, the bass and a standard ukuDRUMMER >> D2

Siblings at Waynesburg University become ‘own person together’

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

Nursing major Sam Hyland used one word to describe how she felt when about her siblings joining her at Waynesburg University this fall: salty.

Freshmen Sam Hyland; Becky Hyland, majoring in psychology; and Thomas Hyland, majoring in criminal justice, are respectively among the small set of siblings who have all chosen to attend Waynesburg University.

Sam Hyland, who was born into a set of quadruplets- their brother Alex Hyland is a freshman at Duquesne University- was so used to living with and going to school with her siblings, and wanted to be thought of as her own person when she transitioned into college.

“I wanted to have a place where I could be myself because a lot of times you get grouped in as siblings,” said Sam Hyland. “They’ll just associate you as all one person basically.”

But when Sam Hyland arrived at Waynesburg, she realized that she could have her independence and maintain a close relationship with her siblings, “her people,” as she calls them.

“I don’t think it’s a disadvantage,” said Sam Hyland. “I mean, there are some things that can be thought about as disadvantages, but we’re very used to growing up and doing the same things together. So, we’ve kind of learned to adapt to being our own person together.”

The Hylands didn't necessarily plan on attending Waynesburg together. Thomas Hyland had his sights set on Juniata College. But, after his

mother convinced him to tag along on a visit to Waynesburg, he met Jane Owen, director of the Educational Enrichment Program, Clinical Services and the Counseling Center.

After talking with Owen about his major and degree setup, Thomas Hyland decided that Waynesburg would be the right fit for him.

Thomas Hyland has found a balance between talking with his sisters and getting to know people, especially those that live on the second floor in Thayer Hall.

“I don’t see [my sisters] as much in the evenings because I’m over in Thayer,” said Thomas Hyland. “it’s really community filled, so there’s a lot of the people on my floor, we all hang out, so that’s a little different. But for the most part, we eat our meals together, we share classes together.”

Becky Hyland, who rooms with her sister, feels that although the comfort of being around her siblings is important, it is still essential for the three to make themselves known around campus as individuals.

“I think we just kind of have to make ourselves aware that yes we have people that are always going to be there,” said Becky Hyland, “but we also have to expand. I think that was my goal when we first got here was to meet new people and expand myself into other groups.”

Melanie Byler, an athletic training major, and Sara Byler, a pre-law, business management major both were familiar with Waynesburg University well before they had to go through the stress of making a college decision. Being two of 12 siblings, three of their older sisters graduated from

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

The Hyland siblings, pictured above, didn't initially plan on attending the same school as each other. Sisters Sara and Melanie Byler, pictured right, both attend Waynesburg University.

According to Sara, her sister "helped her transition" into college.

Waynesburg. Melanie Byler became the fourth Byler sister to come to Waynesburg when she arrived in 2014, and Sara became the fifth two years later.

Last fall, Melanie tore her ACL and MCL playing soccer. Hampered by crutches, her younger sister- her "best friend," helped her get through everyday life.

“She was just by my side the entire time," said Melanie By-

Photo courtesy of Melanie Byler

ler. “Helping me get through the café, doing my laundry and just completely taking care of me because I couldn’t take care of myself. So, I don’t know

how I would have survived last year without her taking care of me because of my crutches.”

Just a month earlier, Sara Byler had begun her college

journey. Like many freshmen, she was anxious for what was to come. But the fact that her SIBLINGS >> D2

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February 15, 2018

Bonner program teaches student service Waynesburg Coffee Company to host ‘Coffeemaking 101’

By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor

Stephanie Rogers, junior youth ministry major and service leadership minor, has had a passion for serving since the seventh grade when she participated in her first mission trip to Worton, Maryland.

Not knowing what to expect, she took part in an experience that would focus her concentration in serving others.

“I didn’t know what a mission trip entailed but that really sparked my interest of serving, and then over the years it just progressed to being a part of my life,” Rogers said.

Rogers now serves every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and occasionally Saturdays as well. She serves at West Sides, a youth organization, and Bridge Street Commons, a senior independent living facility. Each semester, Bonner Scholars are required to have a total of 140 hours of service each semester. When Rogers came to visit Waynesburg overnight as a freshman, the senior she stayed with opened her to opportunities on where to serve as a Bonner.

“My overnight host found out that I was in the Bonner Scholarship Program before I came in, so she had the perfect sites for me,” Rogers said. “I got to know the seniors really well and they helped me figure out what I wanted to do.”

Rogers and the other Bonner Scholars had a checklist going into freshman year and got to explore and discover which specific organization sparked their interest.

“Freshman year is a ‘get your feet wet’ type thing, and

the semester after that, you pick a site that you really really love and you just keep going with that site,” Rogers said.

Rogers said that serving so many hours and juggling schoolwork is a learning curve for her, and throughout the years it has been a struggle from time to time, but rewarding at the end of each semester.

“You have to be very good at time management,” Rogers said.

Rogers added that Adrienne Tharp, coordinator for the Bonner program, taught her that taking time to take care of yourself, intertwined with service and schoolwork, is important.

“We can’t serve others if we can’t serve ourselves first – it’s kind of the motto I live by now,” Rogers said. “The only other problem is I don’t know how to say no sometimes, so I stress myself out that way, but I just have to remember to schedule in me-time.”

Although, Rogers entered as a youth ministry major and intended to focus on serving the local youth as a Bonner, she ended up finding an interest in serving those of the elderly as well.

“I came in just wanting to work with kids because I am a youth ministry major, but my friends that were seniors when I was a freshman were like ‘you have to try this site, you’ll love it,’ and it was Bridge Street Commons,” Rogers said.

She found desire in serving the elderly at Bridge Street Commons and within her years of service, Rogers expanded her knowledge by

By KADEN HURLEY

For the Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rogers

Stephanie Rogers, a junior youth ministry major, was taught time management through the Bonner program. understanding both age spectrums.

“I really fell in love with it and I really enjoy working with the senior population,” Rogers said, “it’s just nice to know that I can work with both youth and seniors.”

For Rogers, service is a good form of therapy and it’s led her to meet people she did not expect to impact her life.

“It’s kind of therapeutic helping out people, and you meet such wonderful people that you never realize would be a part of your life,” Rogers said.

Rogers mentioned that she has met many people through service that has impacted her life.

“I had a lady that I became

friends with at Bridge Street Commons, and she made such an impact on my life – my Wednesdays I would go and visit her,” Rogers said.

“We would watch old movies together and she would make me dinner, and I never thought that service would bring us together.”

From all of the hours she has spent serving, Rogers has learned the most important lesson with her service hours, and that is to serve yourself first.

“The only thing I’ve really learned along the way is to take care of yourself and serve yourself before you serve others because it’s taken me awhile to actually figure that out, too,” Rogers said.

Drew Jonson, founder and owner of Waynesburg Coffee Company, was looking for a way to involve Waynesburg University students in his business as well as teach them something useful. His conclusion is to host a Coffee Making 101 class Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. at the Waynesburg Coffee Company location.

Essentially, Jonson wants to provide students with the ability to make coffee on their own, in their own dorm rooms.

“If [the event] gets them out mingling and then they also can take something with them that they can use,” Jonson said.

Many people enjoy their daily cup of coffee, but Jonson recognizes that a large portion of them do not truly know the most effective methods.

“Seeing this task and seeing them do it, but until you actually physically do it, it seems like you can’t,” Jonson said.

“You just have to know proper times, proper temperatures, proper grind.”

The event will demonstrate the coffee making process from start to finish: what the grinds should look like, different grind settings, brewing, all the way to the finished product. The students will then separate into teams with the task of brewing their own pour-over coffee.

“We’ll help them know how to get a really good cup of coffee really simply,” Jonson said.

In fact, the brewing methods Jonson plans to address are faster and simpler than brewing with a Keurig yet still deliver a good “cup of joe.”

Students who attend the Coffee Making 101 event will have the opportunity to achieve their own pour-overs, since that will be the method taught, as well as a discounted half pound of ground coffee.

Besides wanting to give back to the university community, Jonson is interested in reaching more students and getting them familiar with his shop, in essence, an “interest gathering.”

If the interest is there, Jonson is cued up with plenty of other ideas to involve the students with hands-on events.

Assistant Director of Student Activities Ryan Smith emphasized the uniqueness of the event specifically because the Student Activities Board doesn’t typically get the opportunity to connect with businesses closer than Pittsburgh or Morgantown.

“Students are generally interested in coffee,” Smith said.

“And, I mean, it’s something anyone can learn.”

Smith said the students who sign up to go will meet on first floor Stover at 3:50 p.m. to walk, but they can also meet at the Waynesburg Coffee Company at 4 p.m.

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By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

Students at Waynesburg University have the chance to create their own theatre performance.

Those performances will come to life April 13 at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, when three one-act plays will “hit the stage.”

Junior Rachel Crosbie, sophomore Tre Thomas and senior Sean White are the writers and the directors of these one-acts.

White’s play is called “All of this,” and is about a family struggling with the suicide of their son. Thomas’ is titled “The Garage.” It is about a daughter trying to learn more about her father.

Crosbie, an English literature major and theatre minor, has never directed before but is familiar with one-acts. She got her first college acting experience in a one-act play titled “Almost Me,” and since has continued working with one-acts, as well as other Waynesburg theatre productions.

One thing that Crosbie enjoys about theatre, both as an actress and director, are the characters.

“I just really like being something different than who I am, and just trying to understand the characters and the motives as a writer interests me a lot,” Crosbie said. “Just to understand the developed motives and understanding certain characters and why they do what they do [is intriguing].”

Crosbie, Thomas and White all wrote their plays for a playwriting class last spring, taught by Professor of Theatre Edward Powers.

Although Crosbie said it wasn’t a requirement of the course for their plays to end up coming to life, all three decided to move forward with them as more than just a class grade.

Crosbie's one-act, titled “Listen,” is about a man who reveals to his family his battles with depression.

Crosbie’s mother suffers

from depression, so the issue is a familiar to Crosbie.

She would like to see it be addressed more at Waynesburg University.

Crosbie’s one-act started as a free write, and she came up with the idea of the character suffering from the condition after she had started writing.

“At some point, I just decided that this character obviously was suffering from depression, and I think that needs to be talked about more on this campus,” Crosbie said. “Especially coming from a character that most likely is seen as [not being depressed].”

Writing the play did not come easy for Crosbie.

“I went through [about] three different versions of the script before I decided I was finally okay with it,” Crosbie said. “It was definitely really hard writing it, but I think whenever I would write another play it would probably be much easier because I had to go through that [experience].”

Crosbie said that the cast has played the characters differently than she has intended, and she sees this as a positive.

“The actors are interpreting the characters a little differently than how I originally intended,” said Crosbie, “and I really like it because it seems like they’re real people other than just written characters.”

Although the one-acts won’t premiere for almost two months, Crosbie can already visualize her work coming to life.

“I just think it’s really cool that it’s something tangible now, something I can see,” Crosbie said. “I’ve always been interested in the idea of having written works being performed. I usually write poetry, and I always wanted to get [into] slam poetry, but I just can’t.

So, with scriptwriting, it’s kind of giving me the opportunity to see something performed that I’ve written.”

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His career in worship music took off when the music director at his local church expressed interest in incorporating more contemporary music, and the only person missing was a drummer. McGarvey gave it a try and stuck with it.

After a while, however, the experience became negated of enjoyment, leading McGarvey to take a step back from music in that environment.

Upon arriving freshman year to Waynesburg University, a friend convinced McGarvey to try out for a drumming position in the church band run by Melanie Catana, director of Choral Music, but he did not make the cut.

A year later, however, McGarvey felt God’s pull to try out for the newly opened position as Upper Room’s drummer.

“It was more or less a lesson in learning to obey God even when I don’t really want to,” McGarvey said. “I’ll use my talents when there’s a need, and I’ll use them to glorify God.” Thanks to his willingness

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Bryce McGarvey,a junior biblical ministry major with a focus on international missions, drums for both the Upper Room and Chapel worship teams. to listen to God and his new group of musical worshipers, McGarvey feels his “talents have grown exponentially.”

Through all his experiences and all the music he has played for Upper Room, McGarvey’s favorite song remains “The Great I Am” because of how drastically it changed the way he worshiped.

“It was the first song that showed me how to surrender myself, how to walk accord-

ing to Him. It’s a constant reminder of where I’ve come from and also of hope to come,” McGarvey said.

McGarvey says he thinks music is a way a preacher can get a message to everyone.

“Music is relatable, tangible and raw,” McGarvey said.

“But, there is a danger of seeing worship music as more powerful than scripture.”

Despite that drawback, McGarvey knows that worship

music speaks an especially clear message and will become a decent part of whatever ministry branch he elects to pursue. McGarvey will most likely pursue a pastoral route but wants to wait on God’s direction before making any big decisions.

“I want to see people informed about why they believe the things they do, and music plays a big part in that,” McGarvey said.

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older sister had already been through four semesters helped Sara Byler transition.

“I came in as this scared freshman, didn’t know what I was doing," Sara Byler said.

“And [Melanie] kind of knew the ropes and knew how to communicate to me when I was having a bad day, when people who were just getting to know me didn’t know how to do that.”

Being the third youngest of 12 children- Melanie Byler is the fourth youngest, Sara Byler was used to those comparisons by the time she was making her college choice.

While Waynesburg's campus isn't massive in size, she still finds personal space when she needs it.

“Coming from a large family, you kind of get used to al-

ways being compared to your other siblings,” Sara Byler said.

“So, I’m kind of used to it, but it definitely wasn’t a controlling factor [in making a college decision]. While Waynesburg is a small campus, it’s big enough that we can kind of both be in our own territories without it really overlapping since we’re in different departments.”

Like Sara Byler, biochemistry major Harrison Scott came into Waynesburg University in the Fall of 2016 with his older sister, Joanna Scott, a nursing major, already having completed two years of college.

During this time, the two siblings were further apart since they were no longer sharing a home or going to the same school.

Now the two are close again according to Joanna Scott, even performing together in "WU's Got Talent" this past Friday night. But as Joanna

prepares to graduate, she is concerned about the distance coming back when that time comes.

“I remember the year before Harrison came, we just weren’t as close as we used to be, because we no longer lived in the same vicinity," Joanna Scott said. "So now that we’ve kind of become close again in the past two years, that distance will probably come back. I’m sure we’ll still call [each other] and stuff, but just not seeing each other every day is a disadvantage."

For Harrison Scott, an advantage to siblings going to the same campus, particularly one of Waynesburg’s size, is that having familiarity with the people associated with the campus makes it easier for siblings to communicate with each other about their college lives.

“The fact that you can

talk about your professors and your friends… If she or I went to another campus, and I wanted to say ‘awe, this professor is so cool’, she really couldn’t connect with that much,” said Harrison Scott.

“Just being able to share those life experiences at Waynesburg and to know what each other is really experiencing, there’s nothing like it.”

For Sam Hyland, or “mother,” as her siblings call her, one of the best things about sharing her college experience with her siblings is having a “support system away from home.”

“When a lot of kids come to school, they’re alone, and they don’t always have people that are familiar with them to be of big support,” said Sam Hyland. “So, I think with having siblings that go to school with you in general, you always have somebody when you need somebody.”

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8. One in a cast 9. Circulars 10. Store collections 11. The Beach Boys’ “God __ Knows” 12. Quaint “For shame!”

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25. Full-length, as a film 26. Several CB dramas 27. Bread grain 28. Yoga pose 29. Make like 30. Sink sealant 33. Captain de scribed as a “grand, ungodly, god-like man”

35. Beirut natives 36. Bubbly prefix 39. Winged steed of myth 43. Performer with many fans?

44. Secured, as a gate 45. Tire features 46. Bouncing off the walls 48. Shape

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Inspiration for "Widowmaker" Rainone's inspiration came from a popular game she enjoys playing.

"I play a lot of Overwatch, and although I personally don't play as Widowmaker, I still wanted to draw her in spare time."

Rainone's art major decision Rainone's passion for art throughout her early years to now have impacted her decision on majoring in art.

"Drawing is my passion, and I love making things for people."

The significance of art in Rainone's life "I really fell in love with it in the sixth grade, and it got me through a lot, along with making other people smile - I was never the most academically inclined in my family and art gave me something to be proud of."

INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR ARTWORK PUBLISHED? IF SO, CONTACT TIFFANY MORGAN AT MOR4950@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU.

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Valentine’s Day Self-Love Tips Written by Kaden Hurley

Designed by Cheyenne Nester

Valentine’s Day is stressful whether you’re in a committed relationship or not. What many people forget is that the most important relationship to honor is the one with yourself. Here are 10 ways to give yourself a little extra love for Valentine’s Day – and every day after.

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1. AllowYourself Sleep

Even college students with a full schedule need enough sleep. Getting enough sleep promotes higher energy levels and a more positive outlook on the day.

2. Embrace Your Inner Cat

Cats are never tense. Not only do they take naps and play whenever they please, but they’re constantly stretching and twisting. People often hold their stress in their back or shoulders, so stretching is a natural way to alleviate it.

3. Have a Tea Party

Sheldon Cooper knows the power of a hot beverage when you’re feeling down.

Making a steamy cup of tea with a spoonful of honey helps us to relax and get cozy.

4. Don’t Forget to Breathe

Light your favorite candle or break out the essential oils and just breathe in the calming scent.

5. Channel Elsa and Let It Go

Holding onto her troubles made Elsa lose control of her ice. Imagine what it’s doing to your body! Unplug from electronics and let it go.

6. Happy Little Trees

Do something that makes you smile, like Bob Ross. Painting happy little trees made him happy. What about you?

7. Spread Your Smile

Humans are social creatures. Spreading your happiness helps other people and makes you feel better, too.

8. Nail Your To-Do List

Stop chasing a never ending to-do list. Acknowledge and reward yourself for the things you’ve accomplished, no matter how big or how small.

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Shamelessly turn on your favorite song, album, or Spotify station and let yourself get ‘footloose’. Dance like no one is watching.

10. Let Yourself Be Loved

Sometimes we forget that we’re human, too. Accept that compliment or extra cookie.

Let it warm your heart and remind you that you are loved regardless of what you have or haven’t done.

Bonus!

It never hurts to invest in a king sized candy bar, either. Treat yourself.

Source: https://toomuchonherplate.com/10-selfcare-tips-valentines-day/