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Dept. of Communication launches campaign to improve technology DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
Last Thursday, Feb. 14 the Department of Communication coupled with the Office of Institutional Advancement to launch its newest fundraising campaign, “COM 3:1,” in an hour-long event of communication-themed activities on the fourth floor of Buhl Hall. The fundraising campaign is an effort to raise an appropriate amount of funds to assist the department in its efforts to upgrade the television and remote production broadcasting equipment. Stacey Brodak, vice president of Institutional Advancement and University Relations attended the kickoff event and has played a key role in working towards making the upgrades possible for the department. “In leading our Institutional Advancement Depart-
ment, we’re largely in charge of looking at development and fundraising for the university,” Brodak said. “From the time that I started, we’ve always had a wish list of things that we would like to raise funds for priority projects and needs for the university. The Department of Communication’s upgrades for equipment has been on that [to-do] list from the time I arrived in 2017.” Throug h Insti tutional Advancement, the Department of Communication and President Douglas Lee, a proposal was designed and presented to the Stover Foundation. Brodak said a lot of talking amongst the parties went on before the proposal was finalized. “After a lot of discussion and preparation, [President Lee] had a proposal for them,” said Brodak. “When they funded it, it really gave us an opportunity to see how
we could fulfill, and they came back with the challenge grant and the good news was it left us a smaller piece to raise but we still have an effort to put forth.” Richard Krause, chairperson for the Department of Communication, said he is excited about the program and believes the kickoff event, planned by communication students exemplified the community-like feel that he sees on the floor every day. “I was very pleased with the student participation, we had a very good turnout despite having a couple conflicts in schedule,” Krause said. “Our fundamental goal for this was creating awareness among the student population within the department, it wasn’t a day to raise money. It was a day to develop a sense of community and team that we’re all working together towards
a common goal and we had to do something that had a speaking portion to it, but the activities were the most important part. We wanted the students to have fun and I think we achieved that. I was pretty happy with the way the day had gone.” Krause also said he is enthusiastic for the campaign itself and the impact it will have on the department. He said that a three-to-one match in a fundraising campaign is unique, but something the department is thankful to both the Stover Foundation and President Lee for. “The way the process will work is that we’ve established a goal of $125,000 to raise, raising $125,000 means that the Stover Foundation will contribute $375,000, hence our $500,000 goal,” Krause said. “I had some 3-TO-1 >> A3
The university will be hosting an admitted students day Saturday, Feb. 23, to give over 170 accepted students the opportunity to ask questions, learn more about various college-related topics and potentially officially commit to attending. Though the day will focus on Waynesburg University, it’s mission and resources for students, Admissions Counselor Emily Smelley, who has been heavily involved in planning the event, recognizes other potential benefits for those who attend. “They’re going to be surrounded by other admitted students,” Smelley said. “They could be potential classmates, roommates, best friends and teammates. I just think it is really cool.” The main goal of the event, says Smelley, is to invite students back to campus to answer any questions that may not have been resolved yet. To assist in this goal, an event schedule has been individually tailored for each attendee based on their personal interests and curiosities about Waynesburg. . This customized touch was to ensure every student learns everything possible about the campus. “This is gonna be their temporary home. They’re just passing through. This is gonna be the building STUDENTS >> A3
Honors Program, Waynesburg signing out of Blackboard Bonners join for ‘Poverty, Inc.’ event EDWARD BOICE Op/Ed Editor
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Waynesburg University is focused on serving with organizations like the Bonner Scholar Program serving wi th non-profits around the tri-county area. While willingly serving what the university wants to teach students, wariness also must be utilized to avoid irresponsible non-profits. To teach this wariness, the Bonner Scholar Program and the Honors Program are presenting a screening of “Poverty Inc.” and a discussion panel. “A lot of quote-onquote ‘aid organizations’ are in fact running operations that are beneficial to themselves, but not really beneficial to the people they are supposed to be aiding,” William Batchelder, director of the Honors Program, said. “When
you have a school such as Waynesburg that is so focused on faith, learning and service, it’s really important for us to be smart about what service looks like.” “Poverty Inc.” is a documentary focused on the effects of fraudulent aid organizations and their effect on the people they are supposed to aid. “These are essentially real-world case studies,” Batchelder said. “A lot of the time, the result is not what people hope or think. It’s worse.” Last year, Batchelder reached out to Adrienne Tharp, coordinator of the Bonner Scholars Program, about joining forces. For both programs, Tharp said, education on the topic is essential to what the Bonners Scholars and Honors Programs do. POVERTY >> A3
Waynesburg University’s three-year contract with Blackboard Learn will expire this coming June. Instead of renewing the contract, the university decided to change to a new learning management system, Canvas. Waynesburg’s senior staff appointed Jessica Sumpter, director of online programs, to gather a team consisting of faculty from the Information Technology Services, administration staff and instructors. The team’s goal of the team was to find a better LMS than the one Waynesburg currently was in contract wi th. David Patton, director of applications support, said the team found what they were looking for in Canvas. “We were able to test both systems,” Patton said. “Ease use of the tools that were available, what we use, everything worked out a lot better with Canvas compared to
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Starting this upcoming fall, students and faculty will leave Blackboard behind and adopt a new online learning system called Canvas. the Blackboard product.” One of the factors the team looks for is the mobile device viewing compatibility with the system. What the team found, said Sumpter, is that Canvas surpassed Blackboard in this area as well. “It’s responsive in de-
sign that you can use it on any browser on your phone or tablet, but you could also download the app, which is a little bit more robust than what we are currently experiencing with our current learning management s y s t e m , B l a c k b o a r d ,”
Sumpter said. “You could do your entire class from your tablet or phone.” IT will have an icon for Canvas to the quick launch panel programmed into myConnect April 1. An MBA graduate course CANVAS >> A3
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Job and Internship Fair to feature more than 30 employers TYLER GODWIN
Assistant Sports Editor
Waynesburg University students of all majors will have the opportunity to further their professional careers at the On-Campus Job and Internship Fair next Wednesday. On Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, more than 32 employers will be stationed at tables, looking for students to hire for summer internships or future jobs. “There are a lot of different opportunities on there,” said Marie Coffman, director of Career Services and Placement. “Some summer things that would be for any major at all are on there. Pretty much any major could come down and talk to an employer.” Virtually all of the employers attending the annual event are located in the Pittsburgh area, with a vast array of positions available for students to potentially take advantage of. Some of the organizations scheduled to be at the fair include 84 Lumber Company, Morgantown Police Department, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, The Observer-Reporter, Rolling Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation and the Washington Wild Things, among many others. Despite the notion that some of the businesses attending might be specific to a certain area of study, Coffman emphasized the fact that each individual business has many sectors and can suit the needs of many different students. “Any of these agencies have different offices –
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The Office of Career Services will host a Job and Internship Fair next Wednesday, Feb. 27. Some of the organizations scheduled to attend include 84 Lumber, Morgantown Police Department and The Observer-Reporter.
they all have human resources, they all have business offices, they all have sales and marketing,” Coffman said. “Just because you may think it’s an in-home health care agency doesn’t mean they don’t have other things available.” Althoug h many are centralized to the Pitts-
burgh and Waynesburg vicinity, Coffman believes students from out-ofstate can still gain valuable experience talking to potential employers from this event. “Even if students aren’t looking around here… that practice [of interviewing] never hurts,” she said. “They may walk out
of there and find something that would make them say, ‘well maybe I will stay around Waynesburg for the summer and do an internship with this organization, because it sounds exactly like something I would want to do.’ They should be open and give themselves chances on other things and not
have so much tunnel vision–that’s important.” For seniors, in particular, who are currently looking for opportunities following graduation, Coffman feels the job fair is a great chance for them to bring their résumés down and pass them out to as many of the potential employers
as possible. “If I were a senior…[I would] have some good copies of my resume on good resume paper with me,” Coffman said. “I would come down and just walk around and talk to the ones that...I’d be interested in, or may possibly have a position that I’d be interested in – and by that, I mean talk to some that maybe you wouldn’t talk to. Where else are you going to get 30 employers in one room with undivided attention to you that you can walk around and talk to?” One of the most valuable things Coffman believes students can gather from this event is the practice of “selling yourself,” the idea of being able to articulate their strengths to people that can utilize their skill set. “That’s what I try to get across to the students,” Coffman said. “I think it’s important to get used to talking about yourself and introducing yourself and having that thirty-minute commercial about yourself. Like ‘this is me, this is what I’m bringing to the table.’” Given the multitude of organizations attending the event, Coffman encourages students of all classes, not just seniors, to take advantage of this opportunity to speak to dozens of potential future employers. “ The employers are going to take time out of their day to come down to Waynesburg and set up a table and spend the day in our gym if they don’t have opportunities,” Coffman said. “They’re here, they have the opportunities, come talk to them.”
Chamber Works concert shows small ensembles CORY TRETINIK
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BRIEF SNOWSTORM BLOWS OVER CAMPUS
On the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 20, students and faculty plowed through layers of snow and sleet to get to classes. One major impact was a last-minute closing of the Beehive due to a lack of workers from the adverse weather conditions.
SAB hosts ’80s-themed dance event ANDREW HHREHA Editorial Assistant
Students broke out their legwarmers and dance to Prince at SAB’S ‘80’sthemed dance Saturday, Feb. 16. Julie Sipes, senior nursing major, assisted in the organization of the night and credited the creation dance to the success of a freshman orientation event. “The motivation behind the dance itself was just thinking back to the freshman ‘WUau’,” Sipes said. “People had a lot of fun with that so we wanted to do another dance in the Beehive.” Sipes believes the ‘80’s were a time period many
students’ parents have fond memories of, and that’s coming back into the forefront of popular culture. “They are really liking the songs and the stylej, so people thought the idea of that would be fun," Sipes said. The theme of the ’80’s is incorporated from the music, to the attire and even to the food. ’80s decorations and a DJ with a light show as well as top ’80s hits made created the atmosphere, with a photo booth for those who wanted photos. Sipes hoped the dance would provide a relaxing setting. “This year the ‘WUau’ was super packed in the Beehive and everyone was having a ton of fun,” she
said. “People loved it and it was a good place for them to meet new people and have fun with old friends. The goal for this dance is definitely to get that same type of crowd together, people that just want to go have fun and dance.” Mary Beth Cocchi, senior nursing major, is the president of SAB. Cocchi believes the event accomplished all of their goals despite it being the first of its kind on campus. “The event was overall a success,” Cocchi said. “While the attendance could have been a little higher, this weekend a lot of people seemed to go home. The theme was new for SAB and innovative.” Dorissa Large, sopho-
more music ministry major, attended the event and saw it as a great way for students to unwind from hard work. “As Ecclesiastes says, there is a time to mourn, in this case over homework, but there is also a time to dance,” Large said. Cocchi believes the theme worked well for the event and student response was positive. “People really embraced the ‘80's vibe and we saw a lot of fun outfits and hairdos. I love seeing students engaging in an event that we do,” Cocchi said. “Those who attended seem to enjoy the music and the overall theme. This is definitely something we may do again in the future.”
The Waynesburg University Music Program is full of students with an interest in showing off their talents. Organized by Ronda DePriest, director of the Music Program, the Chamber Works II Concert is designed to show off these talented students, DePriest said. Chamber Works concerts focus on small student sections that perform a variety of musical styles. The students will perform on Feb. 28 at noon. It will be hosted at the Marsh Center, located on the bottom floor of Roberts Chapel. Admission is free and snacks will be provided. DePriest said she took inspiration from an 18th century composer when coming up with the concept for the show. “I patterned the Chamber Works after, believe it or not, Bach,” DePriest said. “Bach had a group of students that he would showcase around lunchtime in small ensembles; it was kind of like tablemusic.” In a typical concert, a single section will play the same notes with the same instruments. In the Chambers Works concerts, however, each section is independent. Each musician has their own part to play, as opposed to trying to match notes with the rest of their section. “Part of the reason it is really good for music
students is that there are not three to four people playing the same segment of a song,” DePriest said. “They can not just hide in their section and let their friends do most of the work. They have to rely on carrying their own part, and it helps you grow as a musician.” For students, such as senior sports management major Elizabeth Nicodemus, the chance to get away from playing in one large group is both unique and refreshing. “My freshman year was the first time I’d ever done something like the Chamber Works,” Nicodemus said. “It’s cool to not have to play in a big ensemble for once.” Nicodemus has played the clarinet since she was in the fourth grade and will play in the woodwind quintet. This particular Chamber Works concert is the first of two, with the other taking place April 18. DePriest hopes Waynesburg students will take something positive from the experience. “The students can come hear their friends do something really tremendous,” she said. “Chances are you know someone who is playing in this concert, and it really helps for the musicians to see their friends in the audience. It makes the students want to play just a little better, knowing they have friends watching them. The concerts are doing what I think we need to be doing as an educational institution.”
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Ethnic Food Fair brings eccentric dishes, music to campus
foods,” Summerville said. “It’s things that would
not have thought about trying.”
First Klass’ music caught the attention of eating students. The band created a lively atmosphere than with previous guest artists. “The music is definitely more interesting,” Elizabeth Kalansky, junior English literature major, said. Bristor said the has had its ups and downs over the years. The main problem is the number of dishes available, said Bristor. The fair usually has enough in the fall because of participation from students in the Cross-Cultural Communication course and other sources. But the support does not carry over to the spring fair. “I have to evaluate even though I’ve been doing this program since February of 1995,” Bristor said. “Everyone likes to eat, but not really want to cook. So I have to evaluate whether or not to continue doing it in February.” Even after 24 years of organizing this event, Bristor still enjoys seeing the community eat and interact together. “Seeing people come together, the music, people sitting back, talking [and] communicating with one another in a different environment,” Bristor said. After every fair, all the leftover food is donated to St. Anne’s Church's Dinner Program on Tuesday nights. The next Ethnic Food Fair will return in the Fall 2019 semester.
faculty as we continue down the process to make sure they stay informed,” Dumire said. “If [anyone] wants to participate in some of these early testing and things, they can do that.” So far, IT has most of the integration for Canvas to communicate with Waynesburg’s systems almost complete. IT still needs to work on coding to transition from MyConnect to Canvas, but Sumpter and Patton ensure the problem will be fixed before the launch. Patton said the integration has gone smoothly because of IT’s experience with the process. “Our facility had an integration with Blackboard, so we had a good
start,” Patton said. “It’s something we had done internally. A lot of other schools might rely on an external vendor to do that, so luckily we have that knowledge internally.” Way n e s b u r g s i g n e d a contract with Canvas for three years, which is currently underway so the system will be ready by the Fall 2019 semester. Compared to the Blackboard contract, Dumire said the Canvas contract will save the university around $100,000. “There was somewhat of a savings in making the transition, but at the end of the day the decision was based around both faculty and student input,” he said. “Giving the very
best product we could to move the university forward to operate both now and in the future.” Waynesburg Universi ty has a continuous goal of “better learning experiences,” Sumpter said. The learning management system switch from Blackboard Learn to Canvas is one way the university is accomplishing that goal. “It’s another tool students can use to enhance their learning and instructors to enhance their classrooms to provide excellent learning experiences,” Sumpter said. For questions and concerns, contact Will i a m D u m i re at wd umire@waynesburg.edu or 724-852-3382.
made possible.” Brodak echoed Krause in that the student involvement is great to see, especially from a university perspective. “My experience in working with our donors and people that give [is that] they don’t give because I ask, they give because they recognize the benefit it has to a student,” she said. “The more we can engage our students in some way, whether it be a part of the campaign or just get to know and un-
derstand them more and what they want to do the better.” Students from a comm u n i cat i o n c l a s s d e veloped the video, brochure and activities for the campaign launch and worked actively with Institutional Advancement and branding for the campaign itself. “It has been a really nice pilot project for us to work with the students in that regard and let them take their academic skills and knowledge and apply it to
a real-world opportunity,” Brodak said. “It works to the benefit of everyone, the students are more involved and producing a real piece that has a real impact, and it’s meaningful to the university and our donors. The university feels it is a mutual winwin for everybody.” More events will continue to help as part of the ongoing fundraising campaign, with the department looking to make the upgrades in the near future.
dents feel comfortable at the university before they even enroll says Smelley. “If you can’t be with your parents or in your hometown find a place that feels like you’re home,” Smelley said. A notable alumna will return to her alma mater to speak to the students about Waynesburg’s impact on their professional career, which Smelley believes will help students grasp the impact that an education from the university can have once they enter the job field. “She will come back to discuss the foundation that was laid here for her and how that prepared her for the next step,” Smelley said. Career services will also be focusing on the professional futures of the stu-
dents by discussing how Waynesburg works with them throughout their four years of education to prepare them for the real world, says Smelley. Most students who are expected to attend the admitted students day have already visited the university on tours, Smelley said. “Now they’re coming back maybe to see the university at a different time of year or to see it at its full peak since everyone is on campus,” Smelley said. In years past, the office of admissions has seen a good turnaround of students submitting their deposits and officially enrolling at the university immediately following the admitted student day if they
hadn’t already, she said. “A good amount of these students have already committed and some of them are kind of on the fence,” Smelley said. “So, I’m looking for them to feel like ‘Okay, this is gonna seal the deal for me.’” In her position, Smelley has the opportunity to interact and build a relationship with many of the students of the incoming class, which only emphasizes her goal of making them feel comfortable on campus. “We hope that students come and they can see themselves growing here and they can envision their four years,” she said. “...we try to show them Waynesburg as home.”
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As the artist duo "First Klass Barbados" played soul and beatbox covers of pop songs, over 150 students lined up to sample dishes originating from various countries around the world at this semester’s Ethnic Food Fair. “The attendance is always very good,” Patricia Bristor, associate dean of students, said. “It’s nice to see students know what it is and they continue to come.” Many students have attended the event several times over the years for their love of food. Lydia Polarine, junior art and psychology majors, and Taylor Summerville, junior accounting major, have attended every fair since they enrolled at Waynesburg University. “There’s food that is different than the cafe’s,” said Polarine. “It mixes things up.” The various samplesized portions in aluminum pans represented various countries, such as Korean, Italian, Japanese and Polish foods. Faculty, Aladdin Food Management Services, various campus clubs and some staff members of Students Services created the bulgogi, pierogies, lasagna and other dishes. For Summerville, the event is a perfect way to extend and explore tastes
Poverty Continued from A1 “[Bonners] talk about a lot of these issues and topics in our meetings, in trainings and different things we do,” Tharp said. “So it really lined up with the mission of both programs. I think it’s good for students to hear other sides to topics and issues, to be really well educated and versed and seeing there are two sides.” The panel will discuss the topic and issues presented by the film. The panelists include Melinda Walls, W. Robert Stover chair for entrepreneurial leadership; Cassie Dorscy, program coordinator for entrepreneurial leadership; Michael Miller, director of “Poverty Inc.”; and Tharp. The reason why the eHive staff is involved, Batchelder said, is because entrepreneurialism is a factor in eliminating poverty, “One of the thrusts with “Poverty Inc.” is that it’s important not to get in the way of entrepreneurialism in the developing world and allowing people to do
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At the Ethnic Food Fair, which is held once every semester on the third floor of Stover Campus Center, the entire campus is invited to partake in cuisine from around the world. This semester, the band "First Klass Barbados" entertained those in attendance as they ate.
and likes. “It’s nice to be able
for themselves,” Batchelder said. Batchelder earned a grant from Acton Institute, a think tank in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that runs summer courses where Batchelder attended. The grant guaranteed Miller to come to the screening and panel. “What the Acton Institute have done through the Waynesburg Honors Program is funded through President Lee’s office, they have funded this visit for Michael Miller himself,” Batchelder said. Miller is a Research Fellow at Acton University. He is also the founder of PovertyCure, an Acton initiative to develop poverty-stricken areas by producing entrepreneurialism solutions. Batchelder said if this event succeeds well enough and “if we have this good relationship with Acton, we can do some of the PovertyCure stuff as well.” T h e “ P o v e r t y I n c .” screening and discussion panel is Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the third floor of Miller Hall. All students, faculty and staff are allowed to attend and admission is free.
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Canvas Continued from A1 will serve as a trial run for the new program to ensure the system works properly. All students will begin using it at the start of the 2019 summer semester in May. For students that aren’t taking the graduate course, an orientation course is created and will be available on MyConnect. William Dumire, vice president for Information Technology Services, said the orientation course will be available hopefully by March. “We do plan to be putting out email blasts and things to students and
3-to-1 Continued from A1 preliminary meetings with the president regarding equipment challenges we were experiencing in the department. The president has been absolutely instrumental in making this happen, he’s a strong advocate for this department and its students, and we can’t thank him enough for what he’s
Students Continued from A1 blocks for their future,” she said. Over the course of eight months, the office of admissions has orchestrated the flow of the event, which will begin in Roberts Chapel and features sessions covering topics such as housing, academic success and financial aid. Other sessions include student activities to cover campus events, and JoshSumpter, assistant chaplain, will discuss faith at the university. The office of admissions does everything possible to make stu-
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‘You Go WU’ event canceled, will be rescheduled JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief
This past Wednesday, Waynesburg University’s Residence Life team planned to host the “You Go WU Men’s Event” in Alumni Hall, with a prominent member of Pittsburgh Steelers history as the speaker. The event was canceled due to inclement weather. In years past, Waynesburg hosted “WU Go Girl,” which was specifically geared towards a female audience. This year, however, Residents Life added a male version, and the scheduled speaker was Jon Kolb, an offensive lineman for the Steelers from 1969-81. Kolb was one of the mainstays of a team that won four Super Bowls between 1974 and 1979 and started in all
protecting Terry Bradshaw. So, in many ways, their accomplishments stem from his ability to protect them.” The event will be rescheduled depending on Kolb's schedule. The new date has not yet been determined. Payson said Res Life was looking for a speaker that would relate well with the male audience, and Kolb’s background, both as a fourtime Super Bowl champion and an occasional strongman competitor – he placed fourth in the 1978 and ’79 “World’s Strongest Man” competitions – fit that description. Res Life thought about conducting a round table, Payson said, until they found out Kolb was available. “We wanted somebody to come in and talk that would have some credibility in the manly department [and] be
“It's not about what we accomplish, it's about what Christ has done. ” LUKE PAYSON
Resident Director
four victories. “Even though he’s not in the Hall of Fame, I personally, as a fan, would say that I think many people on those teams deserve to be in the Hall of Fame,” Luke Payson, resident director of Willison Hall, said. “[Kolb] was blocking for Franco Harris. He was
somebody that people would kind of listen to from a man’s perspective,” he said. “Of course we started thinking about professional athletes as kind of an element of that, being respected for being a strong man.” Kolb, as Payson put it, is a “friend of Waynesburg
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'You Go WU,' the new counterpart to 'WU Go Girl' was scheduled to take place Wednesday. The event was canceled due to inclement weather. John Kolb, former offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was scheduled to speak. University.” His son, Tanner, is a former employee of the institution. Along with his accomplishments on the football field and in the exercise world, Kolb is involved in ministry, and currently leads the “All in Men” men’s ministry for Christian Sports International. For Payson, because Kolb
isn’t in the football Hall of Fame like several of his Steelers teammates were, he understands the concept of “humility” well, and that is essential for a Christian man. “Humility is a really very Christ-honoring mainly concept,” he said. “It’s not about what we accomplish, it’s about what Christ has
done. W hat’s beautiful about John Kolb is to be an offensive lineman, it’s kind of a humbling position to be in. You don’t get all the credit, but yet you’re part of the team. I think he brings that attitude of that it’s not about getting the glory, it’s about doing your best, both physically as an athlete and as a Christian.”
The planned focus of Kolb’s speech is the many ways – both positive and negative – that men can use authority, with negative examples being abuse, and positive ones being the authority that Christ gives us. For Payson, Kolb shows that being a man of Christ is more important than doing so on the football field.
Stratton encourages students at Chapel Camp celebrates seven years as an officer on campus ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant
Ever y Tuesday, Way n e s b u r g U n i v e rsity students, faculty and staff come from all the corners of campus to worship together at Rober ts Chapel. Rev. Dr. Lawrence Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, said this is the essence of what the chapel service is all about. “I think the chapel service brings us all together as a community, and you can see people from all over the university here consistently,” Strat ton said. “I saw other faculty members from Stewart Hall and Buhl Hall who I normally wouldn’t see. I think it brings us together to see one another, and we can share in worship.” Stratton was the key speaker at the Feb. 12 chapel service and delivered a message about appreciating the mystery of life and religion, drawing upon the wisdom of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to convey the message. “[King] truly is an ongoing theological voice who was able to connect the message of Christ in the practical world we are in,” Stratton said. “I think he was one of the great public theologians of our age, among other things.” S t r a t t o n’s m e s s a g e was well received by those in attendance, including Owen Hughes, sophomore sports mana g e m e n t m a j o r, w h o lauded Stratton for his ability to take advanced t h e o r i e s a n d c o nv e y them effectively to the audience. “Dr. Stratton is very complex with his sermons and his meditat i o n s . T h ey a re ve r y advanced,” Hughes said. “But he does a good job of rounding it all up and making it relatable.” Stratton said his process for writing a message is a lot like a student preparing to craft
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Stratton was one of many speakers who addressed the campus during Chapel services.
an essay. “It takes time to think about a topic and usually, like writing a paper, you stumble on phrases like this ‘mystery of faith’ I kept hearing about in conversation,” Stratton said. “Then I zeroed in and found it in the Bible. For me, what I do is then read up on what other people thought about the passage, and I check out what the orig inal languages had to say. And then I prayerfully sit down and write.” S t rat t o n’s m e s s a g e was based on a basic belief that he has held and got to articulate for the audience in attendance Tuesday. He was able to narrow the core of it down to a
simple realization. “I was thinking that we face a lot of mysteries in our lives, things that happen, things that we deal with that are beyond our understand-
ing and control,” Stratton said. “As Christians we have confidence that somehow God is mysteriously holding things together as he loves everyone.”
Almost exactly seven years ago this month, Public Safety Of f icer Carin Camp obtained her current position at Waynesburg University. Camp said she is invested in her current job and is capable of doing the job well. “My biggest job is to protect you from yourself.” Camp said. “It’s a good analogy, and it’s true.” When it came to the steps leading up to this position, Camp originally went to college to obtain an adolescent psychology major. After that, she went into veterinary medicine and was in it for twenty years. “I retired from [veterinary medicine] in 2006,” Camp said. “After I retired from that, I went back into business, accounting and bookkeeping, and then I found my way here.” At her previous job, she set her own hours and days. As long as she got her work done, it didn’t matter when she went in or for how long, which gave Camp a lot of time. “I had a lot of free time on my hands and decided, rather than just sitting on the couch, I would get a part time job, and that’s how I got here,” Camp said. Camp said she likes working here so much because of the students. “The kids,” she said. “I am a mother to 1,200 other kids.” Camp has two daughters. One is age 25, the other is age 21. The 25-year-old is off on her own, while the youngest is still in college. The craziest thing Camp has dealt with was when a cow came on campus. “She was 1,200 pounds of very upset cow.” Camp said. “If she had come around a corner and a
group of students were standing there, someone would have got seriously hurt.”
Camp L ast semester, during a thunderstorm and the threat of a tornado, Waynesburg University used the emergency alert system. It was a very efficient and effective way to get word out and instruct students to stay indoors and away from windows. “When I first started here,” said Camp. “The emergency alert system has never been used yet.” P u b l i c s a fet y h i red Camp because of their need to replace a securi ty off icer from AMGARD, said Michael Humiston, director of the Department of Public Safety. “Once we saw how she did her job as an officer and who she was as a person,” Humiston said, “we felt that she would be a great addition to be hired by the university as a full-time employee of Waynesburg University.” This level of care and devotion is shared by all public safety off icers, and all of them try their best to protect students from themselves, just like Camp. “I’m a mother.” Camp said. “I ’ve always told the students, if you need a shoulder to cry on, I’ll give you a shoulder to cr y on. If you need a pat on the back, I’ll give you a pat on the back. If you need kicked in the [butt], I will kick you in the [butt].”
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Residents share thoughts on ‘God-given plant’
Pro, or Against?
TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor
The goal of the evening was civility: an “open conversation” with no agenda whatsoever. “We’re here to talk about recreational, adult-use cannabis,” said John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, who stopped in Waynesburg Tuesday for his state-wide listening tour. The tour’s mission, Fetterman said, was to help the governor’s office gauge public opinion about potential legalization of recreational marijuana. Gathered in Alumni Hall at Waynesburg University, the public forum addressed about 100 residents’ concerns and nods of approval for legalization. The event included discussion over the proper regulation and tax of recreational marijuana, the dangers of misuse and the philosophical debate over its ethicality. Some residents feared marijuana’s reputation for memory loss and psychosis; others be-
lieved it beneficial for anxiety and depression. Some residents thought taxing the plant would bring valuable income to the state while allowing the substance to be controlled; others were skeptical the government could ever eliminate the black market. T h ro u g h o u t t h e eve n i n g , speakers disagreed on whether or not marijuana was truly a “God-given plant,” as one resident referred to it, or just another “mind-altering” drug, comparable to alcohol, tobacco and ecstasy. Many residents described backgrounds of drug abuse, including narcotics like heroin and cocaine, and expressed concern about marijuana being used as a gateway drug. Still, others with the same story reported that marijuana actually helped them overcome addiction to opioids. These residents approved of recreational legalization. “Not giving it to the people is WEED >> B4
Third Waynesburg building burns Pittsburgh votes for controversial gun restrictions ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant
Luke Goodling, The Yellow Jacket
The Waynesburg-Franklin Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday from an apartment unit above Kalsey's Insurance. Officials have not identified the cause.
Fire dept. responds to emergency at apartment unit LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Yesterday evening, the Waynesburg-Franklin fire department responded to the third fire in a span of less than a week, an unprecedented number, said to the fire chief. The f ire department responded shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 to a structure fire at 238244 W. High St. After arriving at the scene, Fire Chief Jeff Marshall said firefighters were unable to immediately enter the building because of exploding ammunition in one of the apartments. “The apartment that the fire started in, the occupant stated he had thousands of rounds of ammunition and multiple guns in the building,” Marshall said. “When we arrived, ammunition was exploding. It probably continued to explode for 10 to 15 minutes.” Even though volunteer firefighters couldn’t to enter the building, Marshall
said the fire department was still able to begin the process of controlling the fire. Within an hour and a half, Marshall said the fire was under control and eventually extinguished after a “couple of hours.”
and went inside, saw the glow, tried to extinguish it and went to the neighbor and called 911.” While the building housed multiple apartments, Kalsey Insurance Agency occupies
“I have been doing this for 30 years now and we have never had six weeks like this, like we can remember.” JEFF MARSHALL
Fire Chief
Marshall said there were no injuries during the fire. The Observer-Reporter reported two house pets were removed from the building during the fire. The fire was first noticed by one of the individuals who lived in the apartment complex. Marshall said he called 911 after further investigation. “The occupant was around the building,” Marshall said. “He was outside
it’s ground floor. Marshall said the business suffered smoke and water damage due to the fire. The business did not respond to an interview request. In total, Marshall said he loosely estimates the damage somewhere around $250 million. As of now, Marshall said the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. He said the fire department has done everything it can, and the case has been
passed on to the state police fire marshal. The fire department will only be involved in the investigation, Marshall said, if the insurance company asks for further information. After working with the fire department for three decades, Marshall said he’s been more active in the past month and a half than he has ever been. “I have been doing this for 30 years now and we have never had six weeks like this, like we can remember,” he said. From Marshall’s perspective, he’s not sure the reason for the increase in fires in the Waynesburg area. “We don’t know why,” he said. “They are all different types of buildings; all different starts—accidental, commercial…” Four departments assisted the Waynesburg-Franklin department in the most recent blaze on W. High Street: Jefferson, Rices L anding, CarmichaelsCumberland Township and Center.
Last Tuesday, Pittsburgh city lawmakers passed three pieces of legislation that restrict gun ownership in the city. The legislation has caused feuding among city officials, as Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala called out Mayor Bill Peduto and others for legislation Zappala claims is “unconstitutional.” In a letter issued to Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor, Zappala references a Pennsylvania constitutional law that states municipalities cannot regulate firearms. Zappala wrote, “I am certain that you realize that if such legislation passes, there is sure to be a resident of Allegheny County who seeks to file a private criminal complaint alleging
a violation of (the constitution).” The new legislation that passed Tuesday contains three parts. First, the legislation puts in place an assault weapons ban, making it unlawful to possess an assault weapon in the city. Next, there is an accessories ban, which makes firearm accessories such as bump stocks illegal in the city. Finally, the legislation allows courts to temporarily ban someone from purchasing firearms if they are deemed to be dangerous. Tom Wolf, governor of Pennsylvania, took a stance in favor of Peduto and city council. After the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, Wolf has been pushing for Pennsylvania and other states to take on stronger gun legislation. “I stand in solidarity with GUNS >> B4
Schools consider four-day school week for 2020 HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
Due to the rise in costs for school districts over the years, public schools in the area have been searching for ways to save without hindering the quality of education. The Jefferson-Morgan and McGuffey school districts are exploring different ways of accomplishing that goal, possibly increasing other school benefits along the way. The two school districts are considering implementing a four-day school week instead of the common fiveday week schedule. Joseph Orr, superinten-
dent of the Jefferson-Morgan School district, said authorities at the school noticed a trend in schools on the western side of the country through educational journals and wanted to see if it could be applied to schools in Pennsylvania. “When we started doing the initial research, we started seeing some things that did show that there’s potential for large savings without the reduction of educational experiences for kids. It’s just something we felt we needed to start to research,” Orr said. Orr said the three costs SCHOOL >> B4
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Social media sites sell personal info LUKE GOODLING Columnist
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Social media isn’t free. Since most social media sites don’t charge a fee for users, many jump to the co nclusion they are the only ones benef iting from using the platform. The other week, someone told me how fortunate they are
Stores adapt
Supermarkets compete with online businesses Once upon a time, Americans drove to the store and spent an hour, sometimes more, at the local grocery market, hardware store, greenhouse and other types of specialty stores looking for product s on their shopping lists. Now, Americans can have products sent to them with a few swipes and taps on their smartphones while they go about their lives. Online businesses have become quite an influence in how people buy products. While these businesses are wonderfully convenient, their existence and success have created an equal and opposite reaction, to put in Isaac Newton’s terms. Supermarkets have been increasingly threatened by online businesses because of the convenience those businesses provide. Not having to get in a car and drive to the nearest store and take time out of the already busy day is enticing people enough to buy from companies such as Amazon.com. So is the looming threat of online businesses to supermarkets a detriment to society? Looking back into history, this battle has been repeated time and time again. The same thing happened when supermarkets forced many traditional grocery markets and other specialty stores go out of business. This cycle of business competition, creativity and relevancy is the normal progression of business models winning over others. To make more profit, businesses must beat out competitors by enticing more customers. To entice customers, new products must be created. To create successful new products, businesses look at what society currently wants and needs. When Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, started his company, he saw customers wanted the convenience of online shipping. Through good business practices and staying relevant to the American society, Bezos now controls one of the largest companies in the U.S., just like Walmart was at one point. Hope is not lost for Walmart, however. If there was no hope, all traditional specialty stores would no longer exist. There are still some around, however. The reason why they still exist is because they adapted to stay relevant to society. As their predecessors did, supermarkets must adapted what they sell and become just as or more relevant as online businesses. So far, supermarkets have chosen to adapt by developing grocery pickup. Some stores deliver groceries to front steps of homes. Others have teamed up with online businesses, like Whole Foods partnering with Amazon to ship the healthy grocery store’s food. These adaptations build on an advantage supermarkets already have over online business: the option to get the product the day you need it. The grocery pick-up makes the time to get groceries even less, making it more enticing to buy at supermarkets. Plus, online business can’t provide products on the day customers need it like supermarkets can. So all in all, supermarkets are in no danger of becoming irrelevant. Business is about competition, creating solutions and products to become the top competitor in their field. The battle between online business and supermarkets is another saga in the constant struggle to stay relevant and needed.
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claim the personal information they collect isn’t used or sold to third parties, but this is rarely the case. One of the biggest ways social media sites use your personal information is for advertising. Targeting advertising is extremely valuable to corporations because it allows them to push their product to people who fill their consumer demographics. For example, a sporting
goods company doesn’t want to pay to advertise to people who aren’t interested in sports. With targeted adver tising, they can specify who they advertise to based on specific information. You may think this is a fair trade off: you get to use Twitter without paying while companies get targeted advertising. To an extent, this payoff MEDIA >> B3
Do not dwell on your outward beauty HOLLY HENDERSHOT Columnist
EDITORIAL
that Twitter is free—unfortunately, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Most people don’t realize the information these social media sites are dredging off its users is far more valuable than money. These sites collect every bit of personal information you offer them, which is more than you may think. This information can be used for many different purposes. Some sites
Fashion magazines are an example of a current cultural medium that influences girls and women to present themselves in ways the culture deems beautiful. So many of us are looking for acceptance, and what’s “accepted” for women in our culture today heavily involves the way we look – the way our faces look, the way our bodies look, what clothing we wear and what make-up and products we use to express ourselves in the world. Fashion magazines promote this idea by encouraging women and
girls to define beauty in this way. Magazines such as Elle or Vogue highlight models with unrealistic body types and flawless complexions. On the front page, these magazines often display a model wearing fashionable and “sexy” clothes that are skin-tight and low-bloused. The new brand-name dress she is wearing complements her unrealistically thin body. Not everyone looking at her realizes her image has been extremely edited and airbrushed to create the perfect made-up, blemish-free face. Millions of women in the United States rely on current trends promoted in fashion magazines and online to determine their style.
In fact, the best-selling fashion magazine, Cosmopolitan, reaches more than 18 million readers a month and Vogue had a total circulation of 1,242,282 in 2017. That’s a lot of consumers, and the number is much higher when you add all the other fashion magazines. With so many people subscribing to these magazines, we must ask: what messages are these people receiving? Through the appearance of their models, the way they pose, what they wear and how their make-up is applied, the magazines convey the message that women who appear fashionable (through their perception of what the word means) portray a desirable sense of independence, beauty and
power. Models also wear brandname clothes, communicating that you must be willing to pay more for your clothes if you want to be fashionable and socially accepted. We often ask ourselves whether these things are acceptable by our standards, our families’ standards or the world’s standards, but we need to also look at what God has to say about these things. Are these messages, influences and beliefs acceptable by God’s standards? 1 Peter 3:3-4, says, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, FASHION >> B3
VOICES OF WU
Students have Valentine's Day fun HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
Valentine’s Day is not just celebrated by those who have a significant other to spend the day wi th. At least, not at Waynesburg University. According to a survey of 50 students, couples and singles alike all enjoyed themselves in different ways. Most of those surveyed who had a signif icant other on campus with available time went out to eat, watched an evening movie and/or exchanged gifts. “I took my girlfriend out to a dinner of her choice, where we exchanged gifts and later looked out into the city of Pittsburgh and took p i ct u re s ,” s e n i o r Ia n Popovich said. Freshman Conner Oliverio and his girlfriend went on a triple date with others from the university. “We ate crustaceans, exchanged gifts and went on a triple date,” sophomore Clare Rainone said. Four others, Tessa Ma-
sula, Rachael Crosbie, Kaden Hurley and Zoe Batista, ate homemade meals with their loved ones and did other activities at home.
“ M y b o y friend and I made a fancy little dinner at h o m e a n d s c r a p b o o k e d ,” sophomore Kaden Hurley said. Senior Natalie Johnson volunteered her time on Valentine’s Day, alongside her fiancé. “I spent it volunteering at the Waynesburg Bible Chapel, serving dinner with Jon. Then we watched a movie together,” she said. For those without a boyfriend or girlfriend to spend the day or weekend with, many of them spent the day doing a variety of fun activities on campus. Students from Upper Room, for in-
stance, spent part of the day handing out donuts to other students “to remind them that they are loved” no matter who they are, said senior Olivia Kelley. Many other students decided to attend Valentine’s D a y Bingo in the Beehive. A few of the surveyed students won prizes throug h the game, including Nistal Baldwin and junior Morgan McNab. Kailee Pavlinich, Charley Cribben and Kristina
Broda had their own party in a dorm room, where they participated in a “Secret Valentine” gift exchange. Another group of girls who celebrated together are senior Joanna Peters and her housemates. “My housemates and I were able to celebrate “Galentine’s Day” on the weekend,” Peters said. She said they celebrated the girl’s day with breakfast foods, games and sweet notes to each other. There were a few students who answered that they simply did homework on Valentine’s Day, but even then, most of them said they were still able to hang out with friends or text a loved one for the day.
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Cheat Sheet: Trump declares national emergency Friday EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant
As of Friday, Feb. 15, President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to secure funding for the United States-Mexico border wall. This is the 60th declaration for a national emergency since the National Emergencies Act was signed in 1976. According to CNN, out of those, 32 (including this one) are still active and this is the fourth national emergency declared by President Trump. President Trump’s first national emergency was declared back on Dec. 20, 2017. Trump declared a national emergency on “blocking the property of persons involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.” “Trump’s first national emergency was impos-
ing sanctions on 13 people deemed as ‘serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors,’” said the CNN article. “Among them was Maung Maung Soe, a general in Myanmar who was head of the Western Command that oversaw the crackdown on the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.” Trump’s second national emergency was Sep. 12, 2018 and it was “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.” “Trump signed an executive order meant to punish foreign entities for interfering in U.S. elections,” said the CNN article. “An attempt to demonstrate muscle on an issue he’s been accused of downplaying. The order allows for new sanctions against Russian or other foreign actors.” The most recent national emergency during Trump’s presidency, other than the one he declared last Friday, is the “Blocking Property of
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To fund the border wall he has promised since the 2016 Presidential Campaign, President Trump declared a national emergancy Feb. 15. Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua.” This national emergency was declared Nov. 27, 2018. “Nicaraguan protesters have been expressing outrage over the government’s social security overhaul proposals and President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly
authoritarian rule,” said the CNN article. “They’ve encountered retaliation from security forces and paramilitary groups loyal to the Ortega government.” Since the National Emergencies Act of 1976 was signed, according to Snopes Media Group Inc., every president since 1976
has declared at least one national emergency. President Jimmy Carter declared two, President Ronald Reagan declared six, President George H.W. Bush declared four, President Bill Clinton declared the most with 17, President George W. Bush declared 12 and President Barack Obama declared 13.
Now back to the border wall, Carlos Ballesteros with Newsweek wrote there are a total of 35 cities along the border with 12 million residents. According to the Government Accountability Office,” Ballesteros wrote, “federal and tribal lands make up 632 miles, or approximately 33 percent, of the nearly 2,000 total border miles.” The remaining 66 percent consists of “private and state-owned lands … most of which is located in Texas,” Ballesteros said. Whether the wall will be funded by Mexico, Congress or taxpayers, is yet to be figured out, but the cost of the wall has been declared. “As far as cost goes, Trump has cited a 10 billion estimate that was given to him during the campaign by the National Precast Concrete Association. That comes to about 7.4 million per mile,” said Chris Isidore and Jeanne Sahadi of CNN.
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. DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
1. After President Trump declares national emergency, 16 states sue In response to President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build the border wall Feb. 15, 16 states formed a coalition against the declaration. The lawsuit states that the president is misusing the declaration and improper redirecting of funds from drug, military and law enforcement programs, and protecting their residents, resources and economic interests. The states, which include California and New York, are all governed by a Democrat except for Mar yland. Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California, interviewed Trump about the emergency, and believes he caught Trump undermining his own reasoning when the president said, “I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster.” -NBC News Feb. 15 2. Feds announce large cocaine bust Over the weekend, t h e Fe d e ra l G o v e r n ment and its authorities announced Friday they found roughly 221
Fashion Continued from B2 it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” In other words, these verses tell us that we should not focus so much on our outward appearance, because to God it is of no worth compared to that of our inner self – our spirit. Proverbs 31:30 states, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Beauty will pass away, but our relationship with God will last. God says in 1 Samuel 16:7, “The Lord does not look at the things people look at.
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Immagration and Custom Enforcement and Home Security Investigations secured around 221 pounds of cocaine in Port Hueneme in California. pounds of cocaine in their most recent bust. The cocaine was hid underneath the floorboards on ships that entered Port Hueneme of Ventura County in Southern California. The shipment, which came from Ecuador, was discovered and seized Jan. 22, totaling 204.2 pounds. A second shipment from Guatemala came six days later equaling 17.5 pounds. C u s t o m s a n d B o rd e r Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Custom Enforcement worked together for the seize and bust. Arrests have not been made, although an investigation is ongoing according to CBP.
People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” In light of the above facts, it is obvious fashion magazines can have a negative influence on women. The messages that define beauty can cause women and girls to compare themselves to the images of the models they see and develop low self-esteem. The message of brand-name clothes equal beauty and acceptance can lead to another negative outcome, as women may spend more of their hardearned money for brandname clothes. On the other hand, I believe there are positive aspects as well. The magazines keep people informed on the trends in fashion and the advances in beauty products. This can boost confidence
-ABC News Feb. 16 3. Gunman opens fire in Circle K convenience store Gary Montez Martin opened fire at his former co-workers and law enforcement officers on Friday afternoon. The 45-year-old worked at a Henry Pratt Company warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, where he worked for 15 years. Martin went into the building and began to fire after being let go by the company earlier that day. Once police from Aurora and neighboring community Naperville arrived, Mar-
for those who need guidance choosing matching clothes and attractive styles. For many girls and women, it also simply gives them something fun to talk about with friends who share the same interest. Essentially, women need to be careful what messages they choose to accept from the world. We have to remember what God says about human worth: we should not dwell on outward beauty but rather on that which God deems more important – our inward person and character. Fashion magazines can benefit those who read them with these things in mind, but their messages are damaging when consumers rely on them to define who they are and their view of what beauty is.
tin was shot and killed by l aw e n fo rce m e nt . The gun battle ended in five civilians dead, one employee injured and six police officers with gunshot injuries. -USA Today Feb. 15 4. Man dies from fall off Las Vegas observation wheel A man fell about 50 feet to his death Friday evening. Police reported the 23-year-old accidentally fell from the High Roller Observation W h ee l a l o n g t h e L a s Vegas Strip. His identity has not been released to the public. The area
Media Continued from B2 makes sense for consumers. However, companies are pushing the boundaries every year on the information they collect and what they do with it. Social media sites can construct who you are as a person based on the information they collect. Do you feel safe with these companies knowing so much about you? This information may be safe in the hands of social media platforms for now, but what if it falls into the hands of criminals? If you want to know just how much informa-
where the incident occurred was shut down immediately following the accident. The ride, however, remained open. Law enforcement officials believe he fell after going into an unauthorized area, The Linq Hotel run by Ceasars Entertainment. -The Washington Times Feb. 16 5. People f lee from ‘Hamilton’ performance in San Francisco The audience at a performance of “Hamilton” self-evacuated from the SHN Orpheum Theatre Friday night when
tion social media sites collect on you, go into your account settings on Twitter. Navigate to the “personalization and data” section and review your “Twitter data.” Under this menu, you can download hundreds of folders which detail the t ype of information Twitter has about you and which advertisers are targeting your account. If the information social media sites gather on you gets into the hands of criminals, you could ver y well have your identity stolen—and that’s just one way they could take advantage of you. The FacebookC a m b r i d ge A n a ly t i c a scandal last year proved even the biggest social
a woman's cry for help turned into what was thought an attack. CNN affiliate KPIX reported someone in the crowd y e l l e d “g u n” w h e n a woman was having a heart attack. Police say the shout occured because they thought the woman had been shot. The theatre tweeted out someone pulled the fire alarm also. After people rushed from the audience, some jumped into police patrol cars. Three additional members of the crowd were injured. The woman and three injured fleers were taken to a local hospital. -CNN Feb. 15
media network in the world is susceptible to data breaches. While it was said Cambridge Analytica did not get access to users’ passwords, the damage was still done. Cambridge Analytica is a political data company which was hired by P r e s i d e nt D o n a l d Trump for his election campaign in 2016. It was found this company illegally accessed information on over 50 million Facebook users. With this information, the Cambridge Analytica built tools which identified personalities of American voters and inf luenced their decisions. Did you catch that? This is the price of social media.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2019
New business opens on High Street Program assists parents struggling with addiction JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief
Holly Hendershot, The Yellow Jacket
Formerly the location of Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming, Mankind Gentlemen's Cuts will open for business Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Local mothers team up to launch barber shop HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
A lot of men will drive out of town to get a haircut. They want a certain atmosphere that a men’s hair and barber shop has, said Laura Johnson, one of the three owners of a new men’s haircutting business in Waynesburg. Johnson, along with the other owners, Lydia Hobbs and Heather Jeffries, decided they wanted to bring that atmosphere to Waynesburg with High Street’s newest shop, Mankind Gentlemen’s Cuts. Johnson said all three of the women had worked in full-service salons before, but now they were interested in having their own business. “We have children and sometimes it’s hard working
Guns Continued from B1 all those in Pittsburgh and across the commonwealth looking to make their communities safer,” Wolf said in a press release. “Earlier this year, I signed the first major gun safety bill in decades in Pennsylvania. It was long overdue, but we still have a lot of work to do, in Harrisburg and in Washington. I’ll continue to champion common sense gun safety at the state level and urge Washington to live up to its responsibilities.” Peduto fully supports the legislation, citing public safety and common decency as the biggest reason the city of Pittsburgh needs gun reform. “No one in America wants a country where guns make our schools unsafe for children, families afraid in places of worship, and where our streets are stained every day with innocent blood,” Peduto said in a press conference. “The morality we all share, across every race, gender,
School Continued from B1 that would be reduced the most include transportation, food service and energy consumption. Although a four-day school week implies that teachers and other faculty staff may not have as many billable hours as now, Orr said the implementation wouldn’t affect the number of hours. Instead, the number of work hours teachers have on the
for someone else when you have children, with scheduling and things like that,” Johnson said. “It’s always been a dream of all of ours to have our own shop.” Johnson, Jeffries and Hobbs, who have a combined 24 years of salon experience among them, have been planning the business since last August. She said they decided to open a men’s haircut place not only because there are few in the vicinity, but also because it offers a good start-up opportunity without the cost of products needed to open a full-service salon. “We get to just do our thing, cut [hair] and enjoy being here without as much stress as a full-service salon, but still bring that unique atmosphere to Waynesburg,”
ethnicity, region and religion, compels us to take action.” As for the threats from Zappala, Peduto doubled down on his support. “Arrest me. You know what, I welcome him trying to put up a lawsuit that would arrest me if I sign this legislation,” Peduto said. “I would welcome that. It would be unprecedented simply because he doesn’t support gun reform or he is somehow so convinced the gun lobby is so important to his election that he would threaten to arrest legislators would support gun reform is astounding.” T i m M cN u l t y, c o m munication director for the mayor’s office, said even after the legislation has passed and there will most likely be lawsuits filed. However, the mayor is standing behind the legislation. “As for the DA, Mayor Peduto has said it is the right, and duty, of elected officials to do what is right for their constituents, and that of course includes protecting public safety,” McNulty said.
four days of school would increase, to balance it out.. Dr. Erica Kolat, superintendent for the McGuffey School District, said their school is also exploring the idea of implementing the shorter school week. The initial research, she said, includes several benef its, such as cost reduction, improved attendance by students and staff, improved morale and increased interest for employment at the school. Although the idea has a lot of assets, the schools will need to make sure
Johnson said. In November, the new owners rented the retail space at 11 E. High St. They decided on the location because it was right across from the courthouse—a frequent stop for businessmen, they figure—right next to Mickey’s Men’s Store and within walking distance of Waynesburg University. The ladies hope this will attract college students, businessmen and the coal, gas and oil workers in the county. Another reason for the location is its central proximity to Morgantown and Pittsburgh, Hobbs said. Since the location used to be Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming, Hobbs, Johnson and Jeffries decided to update the inside of the shop. Some of the remodeling choices they made include
new floors, fresh paint, new lighting and themed furniture. “We have an industrial and whiskey theme. So, we have whiskey barrels as part of our furniture. It a pretty good eye-catcher,” Hobbs said. “We did a lot of things we found on Pinterest and just gathered our ideas together.” The shop will use products from the brand, Manmade 18.21, and have a similar “rustic whiskey” theme. Tentatively, Johnson said they will open for business Tuesday, Feb. 26. A few more inspections must be completed before then, but Johnson and Hobbs said they do not anticipate any problems. Their official Grand Opening and the ribbon cutting with the Chamber of Commerce will be after that, March 13.
At the start of the new year, the Greene County Family Center started a new initiative aimed at assisting parents struggling to balance parenthood and addiction. The “Families in Recovery” classes began Jan. 8 and are part of a pilot program held across Pennsylvania. The classes will run for seven weeks, with new classes beginning Feb. 26. In Greene County, specifically, sessions are offered through the Supportive and Effective Parenting program. At the start of the prog ra m , K ayl a C re s s l e r, director of prevention programs, said she was concerned about how much attendees would be involved in the sessions. So far the group, numbering between eight and 10 parents, has been cooperative, she said. “We’re finding that contrary to some initial concerns… with the majority of our family centers running the program, retention has been very strong,” Cressler said. “Parents are coming. They’re participating. They’re staying. They’re asking if they can come back. Family centers are equipping and preparing parents with resources and support for when the program ends.” The idea for the program came about based on the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance’s parents in recovery program which ran previously. The problem with that operation, however, was that its idea of the “road to recovery” wasn’t as diverse as it
should have been, Cressler said. Thus, the goal was to “rebuild the program from the ground up.” “It wasn’t inclusive of those parents who may be taking a different path to recovery or a different path to sustain that recovery,” Cressler said. “Much of the program was rooted in sort of a traditional abstinence-based approach to sobriety…We wanted to be culturally inclusive. We wanted to be inclusive to those to that broadening path or faith to recovery and wellness.” Initially, concerns for those attending the program was their vulnerability and willingness to talk about their addiction. “We’re asking individuals to show up and be very vulnerable… Especially the population of people there identifying as parents, who have lots of needs and perhaps lots of fears [in their] security,” Cressler said. “They are very honestly and earnestly identifying that they are recovering from this thing that society still very much has a stigma attached to it.” A solution to getting parents more comfortable with talking about their situation is making sure the conversations take place in “safe spaces,” Cressler said. “ W hen you create a safe space where vulnerable conversations can be had, and people and seeing and feeling advocate that awareness, that’s helping to keep them present,” she said. Classes are offered in Greene County courtesy of the Family Center’s Supportive and Affective Family Education parenting program.
Weed Continued from B1 a gateway drug,” one said. Back and forth, pro or against, residents approached the microphone. The crowd included addicts, educators, law enforcement officials, parents, grandparents and more. In total, about 36 people voiced their opinion to Fetterman, either t o u t i n g t h e “s l i p p e r y slope” that legalization would create, or praising the alleged health benefits of “the noble weed.” One attendee was Nate Regotti, chief of staff to State Representative Pam Snyder. Regotti attended on behalf of Snyder to gauge the opinions of constituents in the legislative district, he said. “We’re excited that the Governor’s office is listening to hear our opinion,” Regotti said. In a “small, rural area” like Greene County, Regotti said it is just as important to communicate with the public. As of 2018, marijuana has been legalized for rec-
students and parents are on board with the idea. “Based on initial infor-
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Lt. Governor John Fetterman asked for a show of hands to gauge how many Greene County residents were 'pro' or 'against' legalizing recreational marijuana. reational use in 10 states. Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania in 2016 and became available in February 2018. Public approval for the drug has risen exponentially in recent years, which Fetterman said was reflected in his listening tour thus far. Fetterman said the public forums have been overwhelmingly pro-legalization, with the exception of Tuesday night.
Greene County was split pretty evenly, he said. Fetterman is stopping in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, and he said his reception has been overwhelmingly positive thus far. With an average of 200 people per event, Fetterman said each one has been “completely civil.” “It’s been really encouraging to see that,” he said. Fetterman was surprised
at the residents’ appreciation for his presence. Greene County commissioners and Mayor Brian D. Tanner of Waynesburg each approached the microphone to thank him for his consideration of the rural community. “That’s our job; we’re supposed to be here,” Fetterman said. “This is what this listening tour is all about.”
which is understandable,” Kolat said. After developing a pro-
families about the idea. Orr said there are only a few potential roadblocks to executing the proposal. They would need to get all parties involved on board and the individual teacher’s contracts would need to be updated. Perhaps the greatest barrier involves parents who need their children in school the extra day, so they can work. Orr said the districts would need to have a “team approach to tackle that kind of an issue.” If the research continues to show mainly posi-
tive potential results and the school board approves the idea, Orr and Kolat said the plan could be in place for both the school districts as early as the 2020 school year. “If the information leads us in that direction, we’d want to talk to our public and our school board,” Orr said. “It protects our tax-payers, but it also has to be something that would not compromise the delivery of instruction or the education to the students in our school district.”
“It also has to be something that would not compromise the delivery of instuction or the education to the students in the district.” JOSEPH ORR
Superintendent, Jefferson-Morgan School District
mal feedback, some like the idea and others still have a lot of questions,
posal and drafting a plan, Kolat said they will be able to better inform student’s
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Men's basketball suffers first-round exit in tournament Titans shoot 11-21 from 3-point range, win 95-68 BRANDON ROSSI For The Yellow Jacket
Earlier in the season, the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team came to Westminster College and left with a hardearned victory. Tuesday’s first round Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoff game was a different story. Westminster came out on fire, jumping out to a 23-point halftime advantage and coasted to an 95-68 win over the Yellow Jackets. “Not a lot of teams would have been able to beat [ Westminster] with that performance,” Waynesburg head coach Mark Christner said. “They were hungry. I thought that we had a good plan tonight, but you have to give credit where its due to Westminster.” A big reason for the early lead was outside shooting. Waynesburg shot just 33 percent from three in the first half while Titans fired in eight triples on 62 percent shooting. “[Westminster] really shot at a high clip tonight,”
Christner said. “That put us on our heels almost right out of the gate, and we were unable to play our game.” Some of Waynesburg’s main contributors to the scoring were held in check. Senior wing Jake Dougherty led the way with 14 points in his final game, going 4-for-7 from beyond-the-arc. On the opposite side of the spectrum, sophomore guard Matt Popeck, who led the PAC in scoring average during the regular season, missed all five of his 3-point attempts. Westminster also controlled the rebounding aspect of the game. The Titans ripped down 53 boards, while Waynesburg had just 22. “Statistically we were one of the worst teams in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in rebounding and that’s unacceptable,” Christner said. “We need to do a better job of teaching it, and we have to get stronger in the weight room.” Two Titans recorded PLAYOFFS >> C2
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Jake Dougherty switched from football to basketball earlier this year and finished his collegiate career among Yellow Jacket leaders in 3-point scoring.
Jackets unable to sustain halftime lead Headlee sets goal to send 4 athletes to national tourney DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
For the third straight year Waynesburg University’s women’s basketball team took the court against the Westminster Titans in the first round of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament. For the first time in that three year stretch, Waynesburg University was eliminated. Waynesburg fell to the Titans 88-80, despite taking the lead into the second half. Head coach Sam Jones concluded his 11th season as the head coach of Waynesburg in Monday’s loss, but he did have some positives as his team went into the locker room at halftime with a nine-point lead. “We only had six turnovers in the first half. So, I was pleased with how we took care of the ball,” Jones said. “I thought we had pretty good ball movement on offense and they shot 13 percent in the first half. So, our defense did a really nice job making adjustments against their zone.” Moving into the second half, the Yellow Jackets held the lead for some time, but a 7-0 run coupled with a few bad turnovers, according to Jones, let the Titans climb back into the game, taking a lead in the contest, 47-45. “Unfortunately, we had some real silly turnovers that led to some easy hoops and that got the ball rolling for them offensively and we struggled to adjust,” Jones said. Westminster’s scoring success carried over into the final frame, stretching the lead to 61-50. Waynesburg pulled back within four, but that would be as close as it came as it would lose in its first game of the PAC Tournament for the first time since Feb. 25, 2015. Senior point guard Monica Starre ended her career on a high note, scoring 21 points and grabbing eight
especially since it has been constantly changing on them. However, he still has The Waynesburg Univer- high hopes and goals for his sity wrestling team is set to team. compete at the NCAA Divi“It’s always stressful going sion III Southeast Regionals in,” said Headlee. “Hopefully at Lycoming College in Wil- Jake [Evans] starts a run toliamsport this weekend, Feb. ward being another national 22. The Yellow Jackets are champion, we just think that fresh off their third straight if we can get three or four Presidents’ Athletic Confer- guys there that we can make ence Championship victory top-15 or even top-10 in the heading into the competi- standings. So, that’s what tion. we are looking to Head coach Ron do and hoping to Headlee is ready do as a team.” for all 10 of his T h e Ye l l o w starters to comJacket wrestlers pete and make finished the regstrides towards ular season 7-8 nationals. Junior overall and swept Adam Rigney will their two PAC foes be competing in (2-0). Despite the the 184-pound PAC triumphs, weight class and Headlee Headlee said he junior Ken Burrs would have liked will return from his injury, to have seen better overall competing in the 197-pound performances. weight class. “You always wish you “I would love to get four could have had a winning guys to nationals, I think we record, so I am a bit disaphave some weight classes pointed about that,” said that [we can do that in],” said Headlee. “We had some Headlee. matches canceled that we Headlee added that the definitely would have won. four he hopes to go to na- We definitely rebounded tionals are senior heavy- good in the second semesweight Jake Evans and ter.” Burrs—both went to naHeadlee also mentioned tionals last year. Addition- the injuries the team had this ally, Headlee said he wants season and praised the rest junior 157-pounder Zach of the team for stepping up Mackall and sophomore in their place. 133-pounder Josh Kuslock to “Guys stepped in for guys make it past regionals. The who were injured so, for southeast region is a new what we have had I am very region for Waynesburg to pleased with it,” said Headbe in, which is a reoccurring lee. “I would like to be able theme for the Waynesburg to keep it going. I think there wrestling team. looking forward to the re“It’s a new region for us gion coming up, so we are again. We have changed re- going to push our guys and gions the last three years, try to have them ready for so I am just trying to learn that.” about some of the new Even though regionals are teams that we haven’t seen the biggest tournament of at all this year,” said Headlee. the year, Headlee said that “Just going in we are unsure they don’t want to overwork of what the new teams [can the team. do].” “Hopefully we can bring Regionals for Headlee and back some hardware after the team is typically taxing, this weekend,” said Headlee.
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Monica Starre finishes her career at Waynesburg University with 816 points and 621 rebounds. She led the Yellow Jackets this year in offensive rebounds. rebounds, a part that Jones believes will be missed the most about his standout floor general. “Monica is one of the more complete players to
bounders, one of the best in the program.” With just nine women on the roster after the dust settled with injuries and transfers, the team still
“'Are we better than where we were a couple weeks ago?' Probably, but we didn't quite get to where I was hoping we could.” SAM JONES
Head coach
come through here,” Jones said. “Obviously, she can score and [has] a bunch of assists. What set her apart from other point guards is her ability to rebound, she’s pretty close to being, as far as offensive re-
found a way to snatch a few highlights wins to show the growth they were able to make as a small squad in a tough conference. Jones found typical trends of any team that finds themselves in a growth year.
“It was a typical growth pattern for a young team, two steps forward and one step back,” Jones said. “‘Are we better than where we were a couple weeks ago?’ Probably, but we didn’t quite get to where I was hoping we could.” Six of the nine women on the team will return next year, including sophomore Andrea Orlosky and a host of freshmen in Haley Porter, Brooke Fuller and Kacey Kastroll, who was sidelined for the first half of this season with an injury. All three bring something different to the line-up for Jones. “We do have a good solid base coming back,” Jones said. “I do think we learned some important lessons that will bode well for us in the future.”
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FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Baseball predicted to miss playoffs Women's lacrosse hopes to avoid Preseason Baseball Coaches’ Poll winless season DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
As the winter weather moves out, the crack of a bats begin on the dawn of the new baseball season. Waynesburg baseball prepared to be led by head coach Mike Humiston who will take on his 14th season of Jacket baseball, were picked to finish in sixth in the nine team Presidents Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The PAC announced its the poll on Feb. 15 and it had the Jackets (36 points) only ahead of Bethany (29), Geneva (22) and Chatham (18). Waynesburg finished a combined 3-3 against the three PAC foes last spring. Additionally, the conference announced Players to Watch for each squad, hig hlig hting four from Waynesburg including senior outf ielder Tyler Godwin and infielder Tyler Reis as well as junior pitcher Mason Miller and classmate infielder Justin Buberl. The three fielders finished as the top three in batting average for the Jackets, Reis led the team hitting .342 with seven homeruns. Buberl knocked in 50 runs while tallying an average of .325. Godwin
2019 Poll
2018 Standings
shared the .325 average with Buberl and tied for second in doubles with 6. On the rubber, Miller held a 5.57 earned run average going 1-5 in nine appearances for the Yellow Jackets. Fo r t h e r e s t o f t h e
conference, Washington & Jefferson was picked first with 80 points including eight first place votes. Rounding out the top 5, respectively, Thiel (68), Westminster (58), Grove City Wolverines (53) who also received a
first-place vote and St. Vincent (41). The Yellow Jackets will begin their 2019 campaign on March 3 in Winter Haven, Florida against Penn State Altoona in the Russmatt Central Florida Invitational.
the fly after Stephanie Benkowski, who had coached the women’s lacrosse team When the women’s la- for two seasons and volleycrosse team takes the field ball team for 13 years, left at John F. Wiley Stadium the athletic program. for its first game on Feb. “It was kind of crazy how 28 against Alma, the ex- everything happened last pectations will leave room year with Stephanie being for overachieving. The Yel- let go,” Bonaventura said, low Jackets were ranked “we were kind of scramlast out of eight teams in bling.” the preseason poll, for the The team hasn’t been newly formed scrambling headwomen’s lacrosse ing into this seasector of the son, and that’s Presidents’ Athbeen the biggest letic Conference dif ference ac(PAC). cording to BoInterim head naventura. coach Gennaro “This year has Bonaventura, been a little more now in his secorganized,” said ond season at Bonaventura. “EvBonaventura the position, saw eryone has been his team finish on the same page 0-15 overall, and 0-11 in this year, while last year the now-disbanded Ohio was kind of hit or miss.” River Lacrosse Conference The re-established con(ORLC) last season. sistency for the program “The overall goal for the has led to great improveseason is to win a game,” he ment for the team accordsaid. “Also, be more com- ing to Bonaventura, which petitive, because the scores is the beneficiary of havwere way too lopsided last ing lost only two players year.” to graduation over the Bonaventura had to take LAX >> C4 over last season’s team on
double-double wi th a team-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, and sophomore guard Isaac Stamatiades chipping in 16 points and 10 boards off of the bench. With the 2018-19 season ending with a disappointing 8-18 record and
a sixth-place finish in the PAC standings, Christner said that they have to get back to the basics. “We have to be a group that believes whole heartedly as a team, and sometimes I think we got away from that,” Christ-
ner said. “We have to get back to playing cohesively, playing really hard and guys have to recommit to ideas that we have as a program.” The playoff defeat also marked the final game for Waynesburg’s three se-
niors in Dougherty, Nate Gearhart and Clay Carper. “We appreciate and salute all of their contributions over the past four years,” Christner said. “It hasn’t always been easy [for Gearhart and Carper] in terms of playing time,
1. Wash. & Jeff. 2. Thiel 3. Westminster 4. Grove City 5. Saint Vincent 6. Waynesburg 7. Bethany 8. Geneva 9. Chatham
Playoffs Continued from C1 double-doubles, with senior guard AJ Grant collecting his f irst career
1. Wash. & Jeff.
16-2
2. Thomas More 13-4 3. Thiel
11-7
4. Saint Vincent
10-7
5. Westminster
9-9
6. Grove City
8-10
7. Bethany
8-10
8. Geneva
7-11
9. Waynesburg
6-12
10. Chatham
1-17
MITCH MONTANI For The Yellow Jacket
but they stuck with it. [Dougherty] also added to the team as well. He really helped us with his shooting, and it was fun to have him. We wish them well and they will always be a part of our basketball family.”
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Conf. Overall Saint Vincent 14-2 22-4 Grove City 10-6 14-10 Chatham 9-7 17-9 Westminster 9-7 12-14 Wash. & Jeff. 8-8 10-16 Waynesburg 7-9 8-18 Geneva 6-10 9-16 Thiel 5-11 7-19
STANDINGS
Bethany
Geneva
4-12 5-20
Saturday's Box Score
Westminster 95, Waynesburg 68 Westminster 50 45 95 Waynesburg 27 45 68
Saint Vincent Wash. & Jeff. Grove City Bethany Chatham Westminster Waynesburg Thiel
Conf. Overall 15-1 21-4 13-3 18-7 10-6 15-10 8-8 13-13 8-8 12-13 6-10 9-17 6-10 8-18 4-12 7-19 2-14 4-20
SWIMMING & DIVING MEN RECENT RESULTS 2.16.19 PAC Championships Grove City (1st) - 948 pts.; Westminster (2nd) - 864 pts.; Saint Vincent (3rd) - 619 pts.; W&J (4th) - 294.; Bethany (5th) - 180 pts.
UPCOMING EVENTS
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
WRESTLING Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff. Thiel
2-0 7-8 1-1 7-4 0-2 5-4
MATCH RESULTS PAC Championships Waynesburg 108.50 - 1st (3) W&J 103.50 - 2nd (3) Thiel 86.50 - 3rd (3)
Saturday, February 23
Saturday's Box Score
Westminster 88, Waynesburg 80 Westminster 11 16 26 35 88 Waynesburg 16 20 14 30 80
Kenyon Fast Chance Invite
WOMEN
Kenyon Classic 2.16.19
STANDINGS Conf. Overall MEN
Top Waynesburg Performers 60 Meter Dash - Jawuan Jones (3rd) 7.13 Shot Put - Blake Feldner (4th) - 12.97m
WOMEN Top Waynesburg Performers 800 Meter Run - Teghan Simonton (2nd) - 2:34.69; One Mile Run - Aubrey Wingert (1st) - 5:23.07; 60 Meter Hurdles - Katherine Fair (1st) - 9.83.
Individual Yellow Jacket Placers
Kenyon Classic
Dylan Williams (125) - 1st
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Brennan Smith..........................365 2. Matt Popeck..............................340
Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Andrea Orlosky.........................450 2. Haley Porter...............................316
Grove City Top Scorers 1. James Wells................................389 2. Justice Rice.................................266
Grove City Top Scorers 1. Kate Balcom.................................342 2. Jess Bowen...................................309
Bethany Top Scorers 1. Allayasa Bray................................256 2. Trey Shifflett..............................214
Bethany Top Scorers 1. Sammie Weiss..............................309 2. Ashley Duthie..............................283
Geneva Top Scorers 1. Ethan Moose.................................397 2. Eric McGee.....................................234
Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford.....................................515 2. Lauren Tipton..............................233
Thiel Top Scorers 1. Terrance Holloway .......................389 2. Alonzo Brown.................................269
Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jess Vormelker..............................531 2. Destiny Johnson..........................302
Chatham top Socrers 1. Isaiah Brown.................................399 2. Will Sandherr................................354
Chatham top Scorers 1. Katie Sieg......................................411 2. Ashley McClain..........................377
Westminster Top Scorers 1.Austin Armwood........................278 2. Dylan O' Hara..............................260
Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknecht.......................297 2. Jackie Matthews..........................257
1000 Meter - Aubrey Wingeart (1st) - 5:23.07
Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Cameron Seemann.......................396 2. Primo Zini..........................................289
Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Danielle Parker...........................386 2. Alie Seto........................................343
3000 Meter Run - Aubrey Wingeart (1st) - 10:37.16
Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1.Tom Kromka....................................391 2. David Stephen...............................382
Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Madison Kollar............................342 2. Maria Morgan.............................241
RECENT RESULTS Tuesday 2.19.19 Saint Vincent 80, Thiel 58.; Chatham 55, W&J 54.; Grove City 81, Geneva 75.; Westminster 95, Waynesburg 68.
RECENT RESULTS 2.16.19 PAC Championships Westminster (1st) - 906 pts.; Grove City (2nd) - 878 pts.; Saint Vincent (3rd) - 535 pts.
Josh Kuslock (133) - 1st Matt Lascola (141) - 1st Anthony Welsh (174) - 1st Jake Evans (285) - 1st
MEN 60 Meter - JaWuan Jones (3rd) - 7.19 200 Meter -Patrick Hager (22nd) - 25.40 800 Meter - Nathan Jecelin (7th) - 2:06.39 1 Mile - Nathan Jecelin (9th) - 4:42.95 Long Jump - Dorian Hardy (8th) - 5.72m
UPCOMING EVENTS
Triple Jump - Michael Trax (2nd) - 13.16m
Saturday, February 23
Shot Put - Blake Feldner (4th) - 12.97m
Kenyon Fast Chance Invite
Team Finish 4th
UPCOMING GAMES Friday & Saturday 2.22-2.23.19 Waynesburg, W&J, and Thiel @ Dvision 3 Regional Championships
WOMEN 400 Meter - Mary Beth Cunningham (8th) - 1:06.14 800 Meter - Teghan Simonton (2nd) - 2:34.69
60 Meter Hurdles - Katherine Fair (1st) - 9.83
Long Jump - Isaac Orahood (31st) - 7.85
YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Shot Put -Jordan Simpson (4th) - 9.94m Shot Put - Jordan Simpson (10th) - 10.69m
FEMALE Haley Porter - Freshman, Women's Basketball MALE Jake Evans - Senior, Wrestling
RECENT RESULTS Monday 2.18.19 Thiel 68, Bethany 55.; Westminster 88, Waynesburg 80.
W&M UPCOMING MEETS: Thursday, Feb. 21 @ PAC Championships - 1 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Carmichaels
Jefferson-Morgan
Mapletown
Results Boy's Basketball N/A
Boy's Basketball N/A
Boy's Basketball N/A
Girl's Basketball N/A
Girl's Basketball N/A
Girl's Basketball Quigley Catholic 47, Mapletown 33.
Waynesburg Central Boy's Basketball N/A Girl's Basketball N/A
West Greene Boy's Basketball West Greene 45, St. Joseph's 78 Girl's Basketball Vs. WPIAL Quarterfinals 2.22.19
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
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Tennis set to continue season after going 3-1 in first half CHACE JOHNSTON For The Yellow Jacket
The men’s tennis team began its season back in September with a nonconference win over Muskingum, 8-1. Last year, however, the team finished seventh in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and seventh in the PAC Tournament, after a strong late season push from then-senior Andy Brunette and then-junior Jonah Cooper. Entering this season, the team was voted into a sixth-place tie with Bethany in the Presidents’ Athletics Conference coaches’ poll, each scoring a total of 28 points. Once again, Grove City was selected the favorite to win the conference this spring. The Wolverines gathered seven of the eight first-place votes and had a total of 63 total points in the poll. Washington & Jefferson grabbed the other first-place vote and totaled 54 points to earn the second position. Saint Vincent was allotted 46 points, landing in the number-three spot in the poll. Beginning the season in the fall, Waynesburg got off to a good start, going
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Senior Jonah Cooper began the first half of his season going 2-2 in singles and 3-1 in doubles. The only match Cooper lost in doubles was against Washington & Jefferson. 3-1 in its first four matches of the season. This season, head tennis coach Ron Headlee said that his team can make a push to be one of the top four teams within the conference.
“We have a lot of our key players coming back this year,” said Headlee. “After having a few players come in, we now have a very talented group of young players also.” The players to watch
for this season are seniors Josh Denham, Brian Drake and Cooper. A year ago, Cooper went 4-2 in singles and 3-3 in doubles, with his primary partner being Josh Denham. Denham compiled
a 2-4 singles record and a 3-3 doubles record last season. Both of them have high expectations heading into PAC play this season. “These two have been such a help to our program this year,” said Headlee.
“We are looking forward to them having a big year and to help us make a push in the PAC tournament.” The last player to watch is Drake. Joining the team last season, he tallied a 2-4 singles record and a 1-8 doubles record. “Brian came to us a junior last season and played really well for us,” said Headlee. “For us to improve in the PAC, he has to be one of the players that plays really good for us.” With strong teams such as Grove City and Washington & Jefferson, Headlee also said that the team will need to compete with those top teams to be a threat in the PAC. “We got to get a match from one of those teams,” said Headlee. “It would make a case for us being one of the top four teams in the conference.” Waynesburg now has a 3-1 record overall heading into PAC play, but the team will have one last non-conference matchup against Penn State Behrend, which was postponed due to inclement weather but will be played before the Yellow Jackets head into PAC play. Until then, the next match will be at home against Bethany March 29 at 4 p.m.
Softball picked to finish eighth in PAC Jackets use meet as opportunity to Preseason Softball Coaches’ Poll find seed times TYLER GODWIN
Assistant Sports Editor
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference recently released its annual preseason coaches’ poll for the upcoming softball season. The Waynesburg University softball team was selected to finish eighth out of the nine teams in the PAC. In their first year under recently-hired head coach Brett Shimek, the Yellow Jackets received 21 points in the voting system one year after finishing with a 12-20 overall record and 5-13 PAC record, which placed them at ninth out of 10 teams in the conference last season. Saint Vincent was picked to finish in first place in 2019, garnering six first-place votes and 78 total points in the voting. Westminster was voted to finish in second, grabbing the other three firstplace votes and collecting 72 points after finishing runner-up to the nowdeparted Thomas More Saints in 2018. Washington & Jefferson and Geneva rounded out the top four in the voting, with the two schools gathering 59 and 51 points, respectively. Way n e s b u r g ’s t h r e e “Players to Watch” for the 2019 campaign were senior first baseman Alex
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1. Saint Vincent 2. Westminster 3. Wash. & Jeff. 4. Geneva 5. Thiel 6. Bethany 7. Grove City 8. Waynesburg 9. Chatham Lawrence, senior pitcher Courtney Messenger and junior catcher Rachel Skon. Lawrence is coming off a 2018 campaign in which she paced the team in doubles (7), home runs (4), RBI (17) and walks (10). Messenger is coming off three-straight seasons of leading the team in innings
2018 Standings
1. Thomas More 17-1 2. Westminster
16-2
3. Saint Vincent
12-5
4. Bethany
9-8
5. Wash. & Jeff.
8-10
6. Thiel
7-11
7. Geneva
6-12
8. Grove City
6-12
9. Waynesburg
5-13
10. Chatham
3-15
pitched. Last season she led the team in wins (10), earned run average (5.55), complete games (16) and strikeouts (41). Skon was Waynesburg’s lone representative on the all-PAC teams last season, grabbing first-team laurels in her sophomore campaign. The standout backstop led the team in hits
(32), batting average (.400) and on-base percentage (.437), while finishing second on the team in runs batted in with 13. The Yellow Jackets begin their season March 7 at the Fast Pitch Dreams Spring Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina against Penn State Abington.
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The indoor men’s track & field team traveled to Gambier, Ohio last Saturday to compete in the Kenyon Classic at Kenyon College. While the goal of every meet is to focus on the task at hand, for head coach Michelle Cross the mentality of Kenyon slightly differs. “At the beg inning of the season, we go from meets with easier competition to more challenging meets with Division I and II schools, such as Spire [Academy] and Youngstown [State],” Cross said. “We slow down towards the end of the season with a meet like Kenyon. The meet has a good environment for us to place people in new events before PAC’s.” Wa y n e s b u r g p l a c e d fourth in the eight team meet with a few runners leading the way. S o p h o m o r e J aWu a n Jones claimed the top time of the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash with a time 7.15 seconds. Jones would eventually take third place in the finals with a time of 7.19 seconds. He also contributed elsewhere
and competed in a leg for the 4x200-meter relay. Freshman Silas Mays placed fifth out of 24 runners in the 400-meter meter dash, posting a time of 52.93 seconds in the event. Mays also claimed a time of 2:09.1 in the 800-meter run, good enough for a 11th place finish. Mays also competed in the 4x400 meter relays. Cross is impressed with the progress Mays has made throughout his rookie season. “We put all of our athletes through certain tests every year that consists of running, jumping, etc. and Silas came third in our 30-meter dash,” Cross said. “He’s so good in the mid distances that we do not use him in sprinting situations. He definitely has a load of talent and was even very solid for us during the cross country season. Since he’s so versatile, we have to figure out how to use him down the long run.” Sophomore Nate Jecelin contributed in the onemile event, finishing ninth out of 43 competitors with MT&F >> C4
Freshman Wingeart highlight of Kenyon track & field meet MATT MANSFIELD For The Yellow Jacket
The Waynesburg women’s indoor track & field team competed at the Kenyon College Classic this past weekend. The meet was the women’s last chance to get a seed time or distance before the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship, which takes place Feb. 21 at Youngstown State University. The team was led by standout performances coming from a young group of distance runners. Freshman Aubrey Wingeart ran two events, winning both. Wingeart won the mile in a time of 5:33 and the 3,000-meter run in a time of 10:37.1. She won both races by less than one second.
“It was nice because we had Aubrey snag the top seed in the 3,000-meter for PAC’s,” said head coach Michelle Cross. “When we had discussed the races before, Aubrey said her goal was to drop her time in the 3,000. So, we decided to have her take the lead from the start and see if she could get the time and a win.” Wingeart did just that. Her win in the mile wasn’t her main focus of the day, as she was using that race to get prepared to run the 3,000-meter. “My main focus was to try and get a better time for PAC’s.” said Wingeart. “I thought I was going to get out-kicked in the 3,000, so it was nice to be able to hold on and win; kicking is definitely my weakness.” Following Wingeart’s
lead, a group of young distance runners stepped up, with freshman Gloria Reed and sophomore Nicole Shelton taking third and fourth in the 5,000-meter run, respectively. Another athlete who was tested on Saturday was sophomore Katherine Fair. Fair was able to win the 60-meter hurdles race. Fair also participated in the 200-meter dash for the first time. “She had a good initial performance in that race,” said Cross. “We might put her in it more during outdoor season to strengthen our sprinting group.” Junior thrower Jordan Simpson also had a strong showing with a fourthplace finish in the shotput. WT&F >> C4
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Freshman Aubrey Wingeart won both events she competed in. For the mile event, she finished with a time of 5:33 and led the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:37.1.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2019 CROSS COUNTRY PAC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEWS
Jackets with chance to end Women's track & field have indoor season on a high note work cut out to defend title COREY FISCHER
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It’s championship week for all of the Waynesburg University track & field athletes. The Yellow Jacket men’s and women’s track & field teams will be in to Youngstown, Ohio Saturday with hopes of returning to Waynesburg with a Presidents’ Athletic Conference title. Both teams are coming off a strong performance last weekend at the Kenyon Classic in Gambier, Ohio, with the men’s team placing fourth out of eight teams in the competition. That event was highlighted by sophomore JaWuan Jones placing fourth in the 60-yard dash and senior Blake Feldner placing fourth in shot put. Like the men’s team, the women also placed fourth at the Kenyon Classic and managed to lock up a few first-place awards at the meet. Freshman Katherine Fair and sophomore Aubrey Wingeart both placed first in their respective categories. The 60-meter hurdles and the one mile run weren’t the only events that shined for the Jackets. Junior Teghan Simonton finished second in the 800-meter dash. The women’s track & field squad is no stranger to success at the conference tournament, as they’ll be coming in looking for their third straight conference title. For this year’s squad, Wingeart and Fair are two of the young stars as the Jackets strive to maintain their success in recent years. The Jackets have a mixture of youth and experience on the roster which is essential for a championship weekend. Simonton has been at the top of the leaderboards all year long, and she looks for her third straight finish in the top three. On the men’s side, they are looking to build on last
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The women's track & field team came from behind to claim the championship last year by beating Geneva by four points,127-123.
The team is projected to finish in 2nd place MIKE TRAX
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Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott
Last year, the team finished 5th place in the conference championships, climbing three spots from 2017. year’s meet, when it placed fifth out of 10 teams after finishing in eighth place two years ago. One standout in the Jacket’s performance at Kenyon was junior jumper Mike Trax. Trax placed second in the triple jump with a distance of 13.16 meters. For Trax, the team has evolved in its skills over the course of the semester. “O n e t r a i t t h a t h a s grown in this team is execution.” Trax said. “The team has grown since the beginning of the season making everyone more confident, and with that confidence the team is executing better than previous years.” The junior pointed to a particular meet as turning point for the men’s team
this season “ The SPIRE meet we competed in gave hope for the team,” Trax said. “At the meet there were some Division I and Division II teams and everyone held their own. After that meet the team knew they could compete with a lot of teams and not give into the pressure.” From the perspective of Trax, the team needs to compete at the highest level to be successful at the conference championship. "The most important strategic gthing that has to be doen is for everyone to go all out and do what they do best," Trax said. The Indoor PAC Championships are set to begin at 2 p.m. Thursday.
The past two years the Waynesburg University women’s indoor track & field team has won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. This week, Feb. 21, the Yellow Jackets will defend their title at the PAC Indoor Championship in Youngstown, Ohio. Head coach Michelle Cross said this year is comparable to last year’s PAC championship, but with a smaller and younger team. “We are in the same situation as last year, on paper being about 15 points behind,” said Cross. “The difference is that we have a younger and smaller-sized team.” Being primarily a young team, Cross is confident that the team will perform well when the time comes. “I have seen our top scorers, like freshman Aubrey Wingeart, perform well in a situation like this in the PAC cross country championship when we only won by
two points,” said Cross. “We were losing in that race and the team turned it around and won, so I know the team is capable of doing that again.” Senior distance runner Teghan Simonton is a captain on the team and plays a big leadership role for the Yellow Jackets. “I try to mentor the young distance runners as best as I can, but they don’t always need it because they ran in high school,” said Simonton. “But for a championship meet it is important for me and the other captains to keep them calm and not let them get nervous because it is an important meet.” Simonton agrees with Cross about the team being able to perform well when it is needed. “Our team does a really good job pulling together when the everything is on the line,” said Simonton. “My expectations would be to live up to that standard that we set for ourselves and everyone should show up and do their job and we can win.” After winning the previ-
WT&F Continued from C3 Simpson had to step up, according to Cross, now that she is the top thrower on the team. She Is looking to gain points in throwing events with the loss of Addy Knetzer, who was the team’s top thrower for the past few seasons and graduated in 2018. “Jordan really stepped it up with her lifting routine this fall, and it’s starting to show with the results she is getting,” said Cross. One of the team’s weak spots is the sprinting group, according to Cross. Seeing junior Mary-Beth Cunningham earn a new personal
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The last time the lacrosse team won a match was against Thiel on April 20, 2016. Head coach Gennaro Bonaventura hopes being in a new conference will help the team this season.
LAX Continued from C2 offseason. The team has also been working since early in the school year, when it took part in scrimmages throughout the fall. “L ast year we had a lot of new girls out [for the team] that didn’t really know how to do it the
right way or were nervous about it,” said Bonaventura. “Our catching and passing ability is way further ahead than it was at this point last year, and I think playing in the fall has had a lot to do with that.” Heading into last year in the ORLC, the team had a difficult travel schedule, going as far as Indiana and Kentucky for matches. Now in the PAC, it’ll take on opponents similar to other Waynesburg
athletic programs, plus Franciscan. This will allow the team to avoid those extremely long trips. Bonaventura said it should help in multiple ways. “Not traveling as much will be nice, and I think we’ll also have a more consistent roster,” he said. “We had some girls last year that couldn’t make trips, especially because we did a couple where we stayed overnight.”
It’s still looking like an uphill battle in 2019, but the team has a very simplistic goal. “We’ve definitely been out of the win column for way too long,” said Bonaventura. “That will be our biggest goal.” The Yellow Jacket lacrosse team will begin its spring journey Feb. 28 at home against Alma and begin PAC play Marc h 30 when they take on Thiel at 1 p.m.
Continued from C3 a time of 4:42.9. Fellow sophomores Matt Durgin and Jordan Payne took the ninth and 10th spots in the 3,000-meters with times of 9:53.6 and 10:03.4 respectively. In t h e f i e l d eve nt s , Waynesburg was led by shot putters Blake Feldner and Ryan VanTine. Feldner took fourth with a toss of 12.97 meters while VanTine had a throw of 12.18 meters, good for fifth place. Cross was pleased with her team’s performance at the meet and hopes it
ous two indoor championships, Cross believes the team will have pressure on them winning again. “When you have a team that has done well in the past, there is this fear that you don’t want to be the class that loses the streak,” said Cross. “But you can’t look back at previous years, you need to take what your team is now and what you can do with the talent you have.” Simonton also agrees the team has pressure going into this meet. “There is always pressure to always win again and we don’t have the same depth as last year,” said Simonton. “But we are still close and we have to make up the points wherever we can.” Cross’s strategy going into this meet is to rely on the consistent scorers on the team. “We need to capitalize on the athletes that we know that can get it done,” said Cross. “We do not have a lot of wiggle room this year we need to be creative to see what will work best.”
best in the 400-meter dash was encouraging, Cross said. Cunningham ran a 1:06.14, which was almost two and a half seconds faster than her personal best. A few notable members of the team weren’t able to participate at the meet. Distance runners sophomore Gianna Pugliano and junior Kathryn Thompson weren’t at Kenyon. The team’s top jumper, sophomore Amber Yauch, was unable to attend because of a family event. “I would have liked to see Amber compete because I think she could have improved her distances before PAC’s,” said Cross. The team will try to defend their indoor PAC titles today before turning their focus to a long outdoor track season.
leads to a strong showing at this week’s PAC Championships. “The competition at Kenyon is very similar to the competition at PAC’s, so I was excited to see us score that high in the meet,” Cross said. Cross also spoke on the men’s team’s journey to improvement over the last couple years. “The men have to make strides for improvement at the PAC meet,” Cross said. “The men improved from eighth to fifth last season and I would like to see them to improve to third place.” The PAC Indoor Championships will take place today at Youngstown State University.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2019 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG
WU'S LINE IS IT ANYWAY
‘IT'S MORE THAN JUST laughter.’
Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket
Meet the SENIOR cast GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor
Tuesday and Thursday nights inside the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, chaos is the norm. The sheer sound of the improv comedy show’s practices is as preposterous as their jokes: the noise is so prominent it acts as another character, demanding attention and silencing thought. The arresting sound, though remarkable, isn’t obtrusive. It’s a warm combination of careless laughter and the chatter of friends. It’s as welcoming as it is intense. The nine cast members of Waynesburg University’s “WU’s Line is it Anyway” take turns practicing, alternating back and forth from the audience to the stage. When performing, the cast members portray
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ludicrous characters in unthinkable situations, a pair of Nike tennis shoes on a dating show, a superhero whose only power is to hop like a rabbit. Boisterous screams of laughter deafen the director’s shouts: “act like your bones are hardened ramen noodles” or “what’s the most underrated Disney movie?” Junior history major Tre Thomas , slouches in his seat in the auditorium, laughing at and encouraging the pandemonium. Though he’s technically in charge as the director, it’s not obvious from the manner in which he jokes and lackadaisically allows the hour-long practice to run. But that’s because he isn’t at practice. He’s home. *** Thomas has never known college without
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his Tuesday and Thursday evenings being booked. Thomas, admittedly obsessed with all things theatre in high school, planned to continue that passion at Waynesburg. Af ter befriending the
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veals itself through their relationships and interactions. Following rehearsals, the cast surrounds Thomas and he nonchalantly makes plans, shares jokes and chats about school.
“I look forward to it not as an obligation but as the end of my day and the highlight of my day.” TRE THOMAS
Junior History Major
past director as a freshman, he auditioned for and received the role of assistant director. “I knew from the moment I learned what WU’s Line is it Anyway was that I wanted to be a part of it,” Thomas said. Thomas’s seasoned experience with the show and its cast members re-
“I hang out with these people inside and outside of practice,” Thomas said. “They’re my friends.” Though he has to attend every practice as a leader, Thomas doesn’t view the show’s late-night practices as forced. “I look forward to it, not as an obligation but as the end of my day and
as a highlight of my day,” Thomas said. The practices are open to the public, and Thomas welcomes students of all majors and backgrounds to enjoy and participate in the show. Thomas just insists that those who choose to at tend the show or practice, better are prepared to laugh. “WU’s Line is it Anyway is more than a cast,” Thomas said. “It’s a group of people who meet two times a week to have fun and be together. It’s an inclusive experience.” Thomas, because of his heavy involvement, says he couldn’t imagine his college experience without the show. He still remembers timidly walking into his first practice as a freshman, and now tries to emphasize the potential for anyone to get involved. “It’s become a place for
BRETT THUMM everyone,” Thomas said. *** Since earning the role of director at the beginning of his junior year, Thomas made minor changes to the infrastructure of the show. In his role, he is the main writer of the prompts that the cast use during rehearsals and the shows, and he also does the administrative tasks required in a leadership position. Recently, Thomas made a slight change to the responsibilities of the director. Traditionally the director of WU’s Line is it Anyway also acts as the host of the show, sitting behind a desk on stage and leading the cast and audience throug h the different games. After thought and consideration, Thomas decided to step away from hosting for the upcoming IMPROV >> D2
Civil rights movement inspires art show Students travel to SIERRA MEDINA For the Yellow Jacket
A Willison Hall residence life staff are collaborating with an artist to showcase a gallery of approximately 25 pieces inspired by the civil rights movement, Luke Payson, its residence director, said. The artist of the upcoming gallery, Peter Newitt, had previously worked alongside Payson at Eagleville Hospital in Montgomery County as a fulltime painter. After painting Payson’s office and offering to lend him some of his work, the two developed a bond. Over the course of a few years of friendship, Payson identified Newitt’s fascination with remembering and commemorating the civil rights movement. “[Newitt] was born and raised in England until he was age eight,” Payson said. “He moved to the United
States in the 60s and remembered as a kid trying to figure out why black people were so mistreated.” Payson saw Newitt’s first civil rights movement display inside the cafeteria at Eagleville during Black History Month. Additionally, Newitt had won the Martin Luther King Jr. art competition at George Washington University last spring, Payson said. “We were staying in touch,” he said.. “I thought that was incredible that he won the competition for MLK Jr. Day… it led me to think, Waynesburg would be honored to have such a great display on campus.” A central image of the gallery, Newitt said, is his first ever portrait: a painting of former president Barack Obama. During a visit to Newitt’s hometown of Norrisville, PA, Barack Obama personally ART >> D2
Christian music festival with SAB COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant
Photo courtesy of Sierra Medina
The gallery, painted by artist Peter Newitt, was brought to campus through the efforts of Willison Hall staff.
Winter Jam, a Christian music festival that travels around the United States, visited Pittsburgh Friday, Feb. 15. The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board decided to help students go to Winter Jam by chipping in $5 out of the $15 donation request per person. The headlining band of the show was Newboys United, and other singers and bands such as Danny Gokey, Mandisa, Rend Collective, Hollyn and Ledger appeared throughout the night. “ The atmosphere is definitely completely different from a regular concert,” graduate assistant Luke Carter said. “It’s a
little bit more personable. I think they all talk with the crowd a little bit more and everyone interacts a little bit more and everyone gets into it more than a regular concert.” A total of 38 students signed up to go this year, but Carter has been attending Winter Jam for the past couple of years and encourages students to go. “It is such a great experience,” said Carter. “A concert like that where it is all based off donations, so you don’t have to buy tickets that are 50 dollars and pay all of the fees on that, is a lot different than any other concert experience.” Since Winter Jam is based off donations, MUSIC >> D2
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Wellness activities focus on student health, well-being COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant
Last week, the health department and nursing majors put on a series of wellness activities around campus. One of the events took place Wednesday, Feb. 13 on the second f loor of Stewart Hall. Senior nursing majors Mallor y Eastman and Madison Dupont were stationed at a table, and showed students different methods of staying hydrated. “It is really difficult to make sure that you get enough water,” Eastman said. . “So, that is why we are trying to educate people and give them more resources.” Through their research, Eastman and Dupont found that everyone needs to drink at least two to three liters of water per day to stay hydrated. For men, the amount of daily water consumption should be closer to three liters , while women should be drinking at least two liters per day. They had two visual representations at their table for students to have a better understanding of how much water is adequate for staying hydrated. One of those representations was a two-liter bottle of soda filled up
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Nursing majors and the campus health department are hosting a series of wellness activities, which cover topics ranging from proper hydration to limiting screen time. with water. The other was five water bottles. For Eastman, staying hydrated is essential because a college student is active more often than not. “Water is essential to all functions in the body and it is difficult for college students [to stay hydrat-
ed] because you are always busy and always doing something, whether it is going to class, eating or studying,” Eastman said.” Dupont discussed an app the two had found called ‘Water Daily’, which tracks how much water a person is consuming throughout their day.
“As you drink throughout the day you can just track how much on there,” Dupont said. Eastman went on to say that drinking too much water could cause hospitalization for people as well as other health problems, so balance is necessary.
“Their hearts will not function properly and too much water will also go to other places in the body and will cause swelling in your extremities and your hands and feet,” she said. “Also, water in your lungs is never a good thing for anyone.” About 60 percent of a
person’s body weight is made up of water. So, staying hydrated is something that people need to take more seriously. Some students on campus, such as sophomore spor ts broadcasting/ sports information major Bruce Davidson, are against drinking waterbecaues he believes it lacks flavor. “It just doesn’t really have a flavor, I like stuff that has a taste to it,” Davidson said. “You have a taste with iced tea, you have a taste with pop and milk. Water has always just been bland to me.” Instead, Davidson prefers drinking a Pepsi or iced tea as opposed to water. Davidson considers himself an outlier to drinking two to three liters of water per day. “I just feel like if I drink enough liquid in general I feel like it adds up to the same amount,” Davidson said. Even though Davidson rarely drinks water, he says that he never feels dehydrated. “I don’t usually get hydrated a lot, but if it’s 95 degrees in the middle of the summer then I will probably go take a sip or two from a water fountain, but most of the time when it’s that hot out I usually have a Gatorade with me anyways.”
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Feb. 21 show for personal reasons. “It was just never my thing,” Thomas said. Taking over the role as host will be freshman biology pre-med major James Gallucci. Similar to Thomas, he has been involved with WU’s Line is it Anyway since he arrived on campus, though he acts in overseeing the show rather than participating. “I was funny until I got on stage,” Gallucci said. “That’s why I stay in the back.” Gallucci’s involvement in theatre makes him no stranger to an audience. In preparation for his first time hosting, Thomas has been allowing him to practice during rehearsals. “I have total confidence he will do great,” Thomas said. *** Thomas recognizes that it is odd for an improv show to practice since there are no lines to
signed the painting while extolling him for his work, Newitt said. For Newitt, remembering the events that occurred in the 1960s still choke him up and further his desire for this generation to experience empathy. “You have to educate people of what really happened in this country,” he said. “America wasn’t really the home of the free.” For Payson, the goal of residence life is to create programming that will better the community, as well as, having opportunities to challenge, encourage and inspire creativity. He hopes hosting this artist will achieve those aspirations. “Ever y time you see original art in person, regardless of the content, it’s pretty powerful… it’s very moving to the soul,” Payson said. “Anytime we can host art that leads to discussion and hopefully deeper appreciation and empathy for the value of human dignity, and the value of under-
standing people’s struggles, and the inequality… also the current process for equal rights.” Payson said there could be more done on-campus to celebrate and develop a discussion about Black History Month to further commemorate and elaborate its historical understanding for the students. “We should have something to develop empathy, discussion and emotional response,” he said. “Although this would be just as fantastic in another month… There’s not a time period to celebrate equal rights. I think there’s value in recognizing we don’t just celebrate unity in diversity just when it’s Black History Month.” Payson said the prospect of having a gallery for Black History Month annually would be optimal, whether it be Newitt’s work or another creative outlet that inspires thought in the student-body. “The purpose of having black history month is to say, hey, let’s spend time being intentional,” Payson said. The gallery will be open all day Feb.25 for viewing, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Stover 301.
said Booth. “But then I was like “dude I am going to meet him anyways”. So,
I didn’t touch him. That was pretty awesome as well.”
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“It felt like we were on a journey, we had a path and we had a mission that we were going towards...” DANIEL BOOTH
Sophomore History Major
“Last year they were giving out signups to help fund families in foreign countries and you could also help support a child
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Cast members Theodore Clayton, senior biology major, and Connor Hoffman, junior biblical studies major, practice improv during Feb. 14's rehearsal. memorize and the scenarios for the games change each time. Instead, the purpose of the practices, says Thomas, is to practice the craft of comedy. “We have rehearsals because you really do have to practice being funny and talk about things that worked and what didn’t,” Thomas said. The one thing that the cast can’t practice is one of the show’s best tradi-
tions: during each show a cast member goes to the audience and brings them on stage to participate. “It’s one of my favorite parts,” Thomas said. Though the audience members pulled to the stage are often tense, the show is strategically timed during midterms and finals to act as a way for students to relax.. “I want them to take a break, when they come
here it’s a sigh of relief,” Thomas said. The audience isn’t just a part of the performance, says Thomas, but the core of the show’s purpose in spreading joy. “I want people to come here and have a good time and genuinely feel like they're a part of the show,” Thomas said. “It’s more than laughter. You’re a part of the family that we have.”
in need and you got to sign up during the event,” Carter said.. “It was really cool to be able to see that happen right then and there.” For Daniel Booth, sophomore history and political science double major with a minor in psychology, it was his first time ever attending Winter Jam. Booth enjoyed the event, saying that he loved its atmosphere atmosphere because it was different from that of a usual concert. “It was absolutely phenomenal,” Booth said. “It was electrifying, but it was also wasn’t random.” “It felt like we were on a journey, we had path we had a mission that we were going towards and it provided a kick in the butt to get there as well.” Booth said that when the students got to the concert, they went their separate ways and he found a way to get front row seats. Through that, Booth got
to meet Newboys United in addition to hearing them play. “We got front row seats because some people just didn’t want them,” Booth said. . “This lady came up to us… and gave us bracelets [to be able to meet the Newboys].” For the rest r of the group, Booth said that the lights went out during the show and then came up and the lead singer of
Photos courtesy of Daniel Booth
The concert featured Christian music and notable artists. Winter Jam travels throughout the U.S. and performed at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh Feb. 15. Newsboys was in the audience singing 10 feet away from him. “I could have reached out and touched him,”
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FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Meet the Potential Presidents written by Ashley S. Hall
designed by Cheyenne Nester
The next United States Presidential election will be held on November 3, 2020. Although this day is over one year away, there is already a lot of action within the race to the White House. The Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Houston, Miami or Milwaukee, will be held from July 13-16, 2020. The Republican National Convention, which will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be held from August 24-17, 2020. Currently, there are over 500 candidates in the race for the presidential spot. Listed below are some of the most notable candidates.
Republicans
Donald Trump
Bill Weld
Current President of the United States January 20, 2019 (filed for re-election)
Former Governor of Massachusetts February 15, 2019 (exploratory committee)
Democrats
Cory Booker
Current U.S. Senator from New Jersey February 1, 2019 (announced runnimg)
John Delaney
Fomer U.S. Representative from Maryland August 10, 2017 (filed to run for President)
Kamala Harris
Pete Buttigieg
Current Mayor of South Bend, Indiana January 23, 2019 (announced running)
Kirsten Gillibrand
Tulsi Gabbard
Current U.S. Senator from New York January 15, 2017 (announced running)
Current U.S. Representative from Hawaii January 11, 2019 (announced runnimg)
Amy Klobuchar
Current U.S. Senator from California January 21, 2019 (announced runnimg)
Current U.S. Senator from Minnesota February 10, 2019 (announced running)
Elizabeth Warren
Marianne Williamson
Current U.S. Senator from Massachusetts December 31, 2018 (exploratory committee) February 9, 2019 (announced running)
Julian Castro
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of San Antonio, Texas January 12, 2019 (announced candidacy)
Author and Lecturer January 28, 2019 (announced running)
Bernie Sanders
Current U.S. Senator from Vermont February 19, 2019 (announced running)
Andrew Yang
Entrepreneur from New York November 6, 2017 (filed to run for President)
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