I N S I D E SIX STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR VIRA I. HEINZ SCHOLARSHIP. S E E A 2
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Mattie Winowitch, The Yellow Jacket
Ryan Smith, assistant director of student activities, led the project of applying for the $8,000 grant from PepsiCo to equip all residence halls with faucet aerators and energy-efficient showerheads and toiletheads.
Waynesburg receives $8,000 water conservation grant from PepsiCo GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor
Waynesburg University was recently awarded a grant totaling $8,000 from PepsiCo intended to reduce water consumption on campus. The zero-impact fund grant is to be used by equipping all residence halls with faucet aerators and energyefficient showerheads and toilet handles.
Student services, academic affairs, maintenance, the business office and institutional advancement all played a role in receiving the grant, but leading the project is Ryan Smith, assistant director of student activities. Smith, a dedicated environmental steward, voluntarily created and leads the drive to foster a greener campus.
“My passion for the environment has been what
he said. Smith compiled an in-
“I was blown away by Pepsi believing in the system and believing in the work that is ahead of us.” RYAN SMITH
Assistant Director of Student Activities
has allowed me to stay motivated through this project,”
depth proposal for the grant, which had more than
60 schools competing for the funding. “I was mentally preparing because I thought we hadn’t gotten it,” Smith said.“I was blown away by Pepsi believing in the system and believing in the work that is ahead of us.” Smith previously received a smaller grant, which provided him the GRANT >> A3
WU reflects on admissions scandal Class of ’19 selects Prestigious universities under investigation after bribery memorial garden as senior gift TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor
As someone who works in admissions, the scandalous events of the last few weeks just don’t feel real, said Jacqueline Palko, director of Admissions. Especially since there are celebrities involved — it’s like we’re all watching a movie, she said. “It didn’t really feel like it was a real thing, that people actually do,” she said. In the last two weeks, scores of admissions counselors and athletic coaches at some of the nation’s most prestigious universities have been implicated in accepting massive bribes f r o m p a r e nt s d e t e r mined to ensure their children’s acceptance.
RACHEL PELLEGRINO Editorial Assistant
Tribune News Service
The University of Southern California was one of the schools involved in the recent admissions scandal. Some of the institutions involved include Yale University, University of Southern California, Stanford and Georgetown. Some of the parents — Full House’s Lori
Laughlin and Desperate Ho u s e w i v e s ’ Fe l i c i t y Huffman. The scandal has raised many questions in national media — of the role of money in receiv-
ing an elite education, the showing of selectivity in college decisions and the presence of SCANDAL >> A3
An important part of Waynesburg University is the idea of leaving your fingerprint behind on campus. Senior early childhood education major, Jordyn Wyllie said this can be seen in the bricks of Miller Hall. That’s not the only way students can leave their fingerprint on campus. Another way that seniors specifically leave their fingerprint behind is through a senior gift. The committee for this year’s senior gift was made up of 12 to 13 seniors. David Floyd, manager of development and alumni relations, said these students were chosen by reaching out to different offices on campus
and asking for their suggestions on seniors, that would be a good fit for the committee. “We were really fortunate. We probably sent out an email to 15-16 students and we got 12 or 13 that wanted to be a part of it,” said Floyd. “... We’ve had a really good group and some good discussion when we got together for the meeting.” The senior gift committee meeting took place Tuesday, Feb. 26. They discussed possible ideas and then voted, leaving two options to decide from. Floyd said these options were a recycling initiative and a Roberts Chapel garden. Because both options received the same amount of GIFT >> A3
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Six Vira I. Heinz participants chosen from Waynesburg RACHEL PELLEGRINO Editorial Assistant
The Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership recently announced this year’s scholarship recipients. Every year, the Vira Heinz Program offers at least three scholarships for each of the 16 participating colleges to give to eligible students. These scholarships are funded by the Heinz Endowments, which has a mission to help the region “prosper as a center of creativity, learning and social, economic and environmental sustainability.” To be eligible to apply, female students must be sophomores or juniors who have never traveled outside of the country. Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, said schools can receive more than three scholarships if other schools don’t use all of the scholarships given to them. “Waynesburg University has received more than three for many years,” Bristor said. “This year, we have six.” The six recipients are: Kara Compton, junior criminal justice major with minors in sociology and political science; Nia Shuler, sophomore criminal justice major; Alexandra Reineck, sophomore
biology pre-med major; Rebecca Fremd, junior nursing major; Elena McDermott, sophomore environmental science major; and Briana Zaharko, sophomore nursing major. To be accepted into the program, these six students had to submit a completed application, two letters of recommendation and their transcripts. In addition to this, the students had to take part in an interview. “What we’re looking for in the interview,” Bristor said, “is someone who is excited about this opportunity, is well prepared, is able to convey their program to us [and] how it fits into their major [and] into their career path [and] somebody who can represent themselves well, but also the university and the United States. The selection is made after interviews, and if there are extra scholarships, Bristor said a committee from the program reviews the applications of the alternates and decides who should receive the remaining scholarships. “I think that it’s a testament to our students that over and over again, the foundation pulls from our alternate pool to fulfill the extra spots,” Bristor said. The students will be
Mattie Winowitch, The Yellow Jacket
Six students were selected to attain the Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership this year. finalizing the details for their trips in the next couple of months. Then in the summer, they’ll travel to the countries where t h e y c h o s e t o s t u dy. These include: England, Africa, Belize, India, Australia and Costa Rica. “I’m very excited; I definitely feel blessed,” Fremd said. Fremd will travel to Bengaluru, India, where she will be taking two classes and helping out in the local community. The classes she will be take include a health care class
and a women’s issues in Indian society class. “We’ll be going to women’s shelters and helping them and trying to teach them how to deal with situations of physical and sexual abuse and domestic violence,” said Fremd. “I’m pretty excited to do that because I’m a really big advocate for that.” Aside from studying abroad, the program incorporates a lot of other opportunities in which the students must get involved. “It’s more than just
an opportunity to study abroad,” said Bristor. “It’s a leadership program.” Recipients must attend retreats in March and September as well as a study abroad trip in the summer. When they return from their trip, they have to put together a community engagement experience with the other scholarship recipients and write a report about it. Altogether, the program is about a year long. “I think it’s really cool to have the Vira Heinz scholarship to offer peo-
ple that haven't been out of the country the opportunity to,” said Compton, “and then have a group or cohort of young ladies experience it together and take what they’ve learned from abroad and bring it back here and try and impact their community with it.” Compton will travel to London, England, where she will participate in a wrongful conviction and human rights program. Like the other recipients, she is currently solidifying the details of her trip.
Professionals speak during ‘PR Week’ Phishing scams infest student email accounts DEANNA NAGEL For The Yellow Jack
Waynesburg University’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter, led by President Nicole Tobias, held their annual public relations week last week. “PR Week is a celebration of the field, Tobias said. “It’s a way to provide opportunities.” Throughout the week, students were exposed to many speakers involved in the public relations field. Each speaker was diverse in what specific branch of public relations they worked in. “It was beneficial to see professionals in the field,” Silas Mays, freshman public relations major, said. “It solidified my choice to become a public relations major.” PR Week is about educating and celebrating a field that may be overlooked at times, said Mays. In Mays’ case, this helped him realize the for-profit sector of public relations is the field he would like to pursue. “I loved all of [SVP Senior Director at Burson
ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant
Photo courtesy of Nicole Tobias
Students gathered in Buhl Hall to listen to speakers and attend other public relations oriented events during the annual "PR Week." Cohn and Wolfe] Steve Radick’s speech,” Mays said. “He knew what he was talking about, and it definitely impacted me.” Radick was the keynote speaker who kicked off the week. his speech mainly focused on his
professional journey and how hard work and being authentic can be rewarded. Mays found that PR week positively impacted his thoughts on the field. “It is a week-long celebration of the study of
public relations,” Richard Krause, faculty advisor of Waynesburg University’s chapter of PRSSA and chairperson for the Department of Communication, said. “Basically WEEK >> A4
Event to bring Scouts BSA to campus CHRISTIAN WILSON For The Yellow Jacket
The Stover Center for Constitutional studies and Moral leadership is hosting its annual Merit Badge University Saturday, March 30. The event costs $20 per scout. This includes a lunch, a patch and a shirt. Te a c h i n g , l e a r n i n g and bringing people to the campus are the main purposes for bringing Merit Badge University to life. Sarah Bell, coordinator of Academic Communications, said. “For the Stover Scholars to experience educ a t i n g s t u d e nt s i n a field that they have been learning about,” she said, “and bringing more people to campus, that’s always a goal of any event”
Some of the classes that will be offered during this event will be Citizenship in the Nation, a required merit badge for the rank of Eagle Scout, and the Music meri t badge. “The Stover Scholars will be teaching both sections of Citizenship of the Nation, and Joshua Gurtner will be teaching the Music class,” Bell said. Waynesburg University and Scouts BSA have a few similarities, one of which being a mission of service and learning. This is what helped bring both of these organizations together, Bell said. “President Douglas G. Lee is an Eagle Scout, so I guess that’s where it all started,” Bell said. “He is very passionate about scouting and the
quality that it teaches. Scouts BSA aligns with the University’s mission, so in that way it is almost a perfect fit.” There are several steps scouts must go through to complete a merit badge, District Chairman of General Greene District of Scouts BSA William Flenniken said. After deciding on what merit badge to get, scouts must complete any prerequisites. Then, they start working on completing the requirements. “When they have completed the requirements they will mark the requirements down on the card, sign it and hand it over to the advancement chair or the scout master. Then, either one of the two will enter that online,” Flenniken said.
Obtaining a merit badge is diff icult, but finding a counselor for the merit badge is much harder, Flenniken said. “A lot of times, the greatest impediment for scouts getting a merit badge is finding a counselor that teaches that merit badge,” he said. “Especially in our rural communities like this, many times you have to go a great distance to find a counselor. Here they are all gathered under one roof,” Flenniken said. “I just want them to come and have a good experience here,” Bell said. “The main takeaway is an academic experience and actually learning what they are supposed to be learning and getting there requirements met.”
“ Watch this before Saturday.” Many were perplexed by this message or a similar one in their student email inboxes. For some, the email appeared to come from a close friend. For others, the message appeared to come from a complete stranger. William Dumire, vice president for Information Technology Services and chief information officer, identified the issue as a rogue source using an email link to collect personal information by
the users about the issue, having them change their password and restoring access to their accounts.” Junior accounting major Cory Love was among those targeted by the scam, but said he didn’t click on the link. “It was basically an email from some random name from Waynesburg, and it said something like ‘help me open this link’ with a green bar that says ‘open now’,” Love said. “I just deleted it because I wasn’t expecting an email from this random person.” Email scams, of ten
“Never click on any links asking for confidential personal information. ”
WILLIAM DUMIRE
Vice President for ITS and Chief Informations Officer
imitating students. “An email from an untrusted source is sent to potential victims using either a subject line that appears valid or by spoofing an email address of someone that the user knows,” Dumire said. “Upon clicking the link, users are tricked into supplying their credentials and other personal information.” The scam has been making its way across the internet and has already attacked multiple other universities. Waynesburg students who clicked on the link were locked out of their university user accounts and had to change their passwords as a result. Dumire says ITS reached out to all students impacted by the attack to fix the issue. “ To our knowledge, all impacted users have been assisted and their account access restored,” Dumire said. “(We did this) by working with Microsoft to investigate each account, educating
called “phishing scams,” are an attempt by cyber criminals to steal confidential information by sending an email posing as a legitimate source to gain access. These scams can lead to harmful malware infecting devices with the ultimate goal of holding victims’ information for ransom. Dumire says one of the best ways to protect against scamming attacks is to proceed with caution when it comes to suspect links. “Be wary of opening any email attachment,” he said. “Even when you know the sender, it's entirely possible that their efforts to prevent attacks weren't adequate and that a threat has infected their system.” Love also said he discussed the scam with friends after he was targeted. “At least five people (were attacked) in the room when I talked about it.” SCAMS >> A4
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First recipient of new Founders Scholarship chosen COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant
Waynesburg University has created a scholarship for high school students to apply for which covers all tuition and fees. The Founders Scholarship is awarded to three students from Pennsylvania and is also considered to be a competitive scholarship along with the Bonner and Stover scholarships according to Dr. Shari Payne, vice president for enrollment. “This competitive oppor-
tunity allows us to support some of the best and brightest in Pennsylvania,” Director of Admissions Jackie Palko said. “Waynesburg has a long history of providing a topquality education and this scholarship program continues that tradition.” The first student to accept the Founders Scholarship is Hope Bidleman from Windber Area High School. Bidleman will be a freshman at Waynesburg next year and plans on majoring in biology [pre-dentistry]. In addition, Bidleman will be a member
of the volleyball team. “The reason we created the scholarship is because we had applications from very talented students, but we only had full tuition scholarship and it’s for Ohio residents only,” Payne said. The second student to accept the Founders Scholarship is Briston Bennett from Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. Payne said Bennett plans to major in psychology next year. “We are very excited to have him on campus,” she said.
The third student recipient hasn’t accepted it the scholarship yet and has until May 1 to do so. According to Payne, if they don’t accept it by then, the scholarship will be awarded to another student. More than 40 students applied, and that number was then shrunk down to 16 students to be interviewed for the scholarship opportunity. “For [the Founders scholarship] we weren’t just looking to give a scholarship to the three best students,” Payne said. “But to give it to
the three best students who would come and make a contribution to our campus and be leaders on our campus.” According to Payne and Palko, recipients of the Founders scholarship must have at least a 3.5 GPA, score 1200 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading, Writing and Math sections of the SAT or a composite score of 26 on the ACT. “We think that the Founders process opened up the university to really highquality applicants,” Payne said. “Through having a
chance to compete for the reward we got to show them all the things that we are able to offer,” Payne added that out of the 16 students who were interviewed, 10 have already committed to Waynesburg for next year. and she believes that one more will enroll soon. “That’s not a bad commitment rate,” she said. “So we really pleased at the effectiveness of this scholarship and we think that we are going to get some great student on campus. We can’t wait.”
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and 265 toilets is set to occur later in the week. The new fixtures will reduce water consumption campus-wide, benefitting both the environment and the budget of the university. “I give [Smith] a lot of credit for being the one to get this initiated,” Sattler said. “I appreciate it because it helps our bottom line at the very least.” Sattler plans to have the installations complete by the time students return to campus in August. The
from. Research upon research that we could be saving a lot more than we were,” Smith said. The university didn’t previously have energyefficient fixtures because they on average have a 30-percent higher upfront cost, says Sattler. Though Smith agrees that energyefficient products are costlier initially, the long-term savings make up for their slightly higher price tag. “A misconception is that environmental products
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Rachel Pelligrino, The Yellow Jacket
This bench, located behind Roberts Chapel, is dedicated to a student who passed away during their time at Waynesburg. The memorial garden will be located nearby.
Gift Continued from A1 votes, Floyd met with President Lee and Terry Sattler, director of facilities planning and management, to discuss which option would be better. “[We] determined that one of them just wasn’t really feasible for the amount of money that we typically raise for the senior class gift,” Floyd said. That option was the recycling initiative. Floyd said the proposed recycling initiative wasn’t a specific project, but one that would make a big impact on campus. The difficulty with finding a project that would meet these standards and the budget was one of the reasons no specific project was chosen. “The reason that we went in a different direction was that it was hard to pinpoint one specific defined project, that we thought would make a really big impact,” Floyd said. “So, we ended up going with the Roberts Chapel garden.” The idea for the garden was proposed by Jonah Cooper, Julie Sipes and Mary Beth Cocchi, all senior nursing majors, who are a part of the senior gift committee. “Jonah first brought it up and me and Julie kind of talked it through with him.
[Then] Julie suggested it at the meeting,” Cocchi said. The gift idea entailed developing the area around the chapel. Cocchi said it would most specifically focus on the area near the bench on the back right side of the building. “The place will be for reflection and have stones to remember past students. It will be like a garden area,” Cocchi said. “It would be good for students to have a place where they can go for peace and time to think.” A huge part of the garden will be its use to remember students that have passed while at Waynesburg. The bench, where the garden will resonate around, already remembers a past student, but there will be engraved stones placed around it to remember other students that have also passed. “The university has lost students over the years. In fact, the bench behind the chapel is dedicated to a student who passed the year before we were freshman,” said Cocchi. “The bench deserves to have more attention to it and [the] building around that would be a really good start. So, if we begin the process now the [classes] succeeding us can choose to add to the project to keep the remembrance going.” Wyllie is another member of the committee along with Cocchi, Cooper and Sipes. She personally knew one of
the students that passed. “There’s one student that I was close with that passed away while I was here...She passed away last April. So, I think that’s where a lot of the memorial garden idea stems from,” Wyllie said. “She was one of my close friends last year, so it was a difficult time. It would be a good place to have, so you can just go there and spend time in prayer.” Floyd said they don’t know when the project will start, but he hopes it will start in the summer, so the seniors that come back for homecoming can see the finished project. Unfortunately, the reality of western Pennsylvania and having graduation in early May makes that a little difficult,” he said. Even though not every senior is involved in the planning of this gift, Wyllie said it is a way for the Class of 2019 to come together and give back to Waynesburg. “As a senior, I think it’s important to leave a legacy behind,” Wyllie said. “After spending four years at the university there's a lot that was given to us. So, as we depart I think it’s really important that we give back to the institution that gave so much to us.” Fundraising for the senior gift is currently underway. Floyd said gifts have started to roll in, but more will be coming in the next couple of weeks.
financial ability to install energy-efficient toilet handles in Burns Hall. Smith collected water usage data prior to and following the installation of the handles to determine the impact that they would have on consumption. “Burns Hall was the prototype hall for the project,” Smith said. In the month-long data set that Smith compared, the energy efficient toilet handles alone have avoided the use of 82,000 gallons of water in Burns Hall. “That’s just one residence hall for one month,” h e s a i d . “ We s av e d 82,000 gallons of water… eventually, that will be millions of gallons of water saved.” Though the initial impacts of the toilet handles seem significant, Terry Sattler, director of facilities management, is cautiously optimistic. “It is an excellent snapshot,” Sattler said. “If we could keep that rate going I would be extremely pleased and very surprised.” Sattler will gather more confidence in the impact of the fixtures as more months go by and further data is collected, he says. Sattler is organizing the installation of the new equipment and has worked with Smith in installing the initial toilet handles. The purchase of 265 showerheads, 298 faucet aerators
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corruption in the higher education machine. At Waynesburg University, admissions counselors and athletic coaches are ref lecting on what the scandal means for the state of their field. For Palko, the scandal highlights the importance of professional ethics among admissions counselors, and agencies like the Nat i o n a l A s s o c i at i o n for College Admissions Counseling that ensure i n s t i t u t i o n s a re “re spectful to each other and are respectful to families who are making college decisions.” “O b v i o u s l y, t h i s i s n o t b e i n g re s p ect f u l to families, the people who earned admission,” Palko said. “They were essentially able to buy a spot when everyone else had to earn their spot.” Pa l ko s a i d w h e n i t comes to making the pivotal decision of where to attend college, it can be easy for students and their families to get swept away, unable to take “no” for an answer. The selectivity of the big-name institutions involved in the scandal led to drastic measures being taken.
“We saved 82,000 gallons of water... eventually, that will be millions of gallons of water saved.” RYAN SMITH
Assistant Director of Student Activities
task of placing the toilet handles in Burns Hall took just a few days, but the upcoming updates are more daunting, says Sattler, because summer is typically maintenances’ busiest time of the year. In his position, Sattler oversees all of the utilities used on campus in his budgets. After reading about the Environmental Protection Act of 1992, which set revolutionary standards of water efficiency, Smith considered how most of Waynesburg’s residence halls were built before the regulations. “I realized we could be running things more efficiently,” Smith said. “That’s where all of this work came
cost a lot of money,” Smith said. The water consumption project is split into three distinct parts: phase one is the residence halls, which will be covered by the Pepsi grant, the second phase is sporting complexes and the gym and the final phase is academic buildings. Further funding will be required to complete the second and third phases. After months of research, writing and analyzing data, Smith is now set to receive the check in four to six weeks. “I’ve been at Waynesburg University for a few years now and I see room for improvement for the environment,” Smith said.
“I do think that people can have blinders on with those types of selective institutions, in feeling that’s like the ‘end-all, be-all’ in their college decision,” Palko said. “I think it’s OK for people to hear ‘no,’ and for people to think that their child should never hear, ‘no,’ that’s the problem...that’s just not how the world works.” On the athletic side, many coaches accepted bribes for allowing nonathletes on their roster-students who were not competing, or had never competed, but were accepted based off their non-existent athletic ability. “ That’s frustrating, and I’m sure it happens in more cases than you’d like to see,” said Dr. Randy Petit, assistant athletic director. Petit said while nothing like this has ever happened at Waynesburg, he predicts long-term effects for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the governing body of college sports. “Something like this is probably going to put a bit of a black eye on some of the institutions,” he said. “I think there will also be a little bit of a trickle-down to the NCAA as a whole.” While each coach at Waynesburg approaches recruiting a little differently, Petit said they are always bound by NCAA
restrictions. At a convention in January, some of the communication restrictions were lifted, but coaches can’t do much until after May 1. Waynesburg takes co m p l i a n ce t o t h e s e guidelines seriously, Petit said. Head men’s basketball coach, Mark Christner is in charge of staying up to date on NCAA guidelines and legislation, educating coaches on anything new that comes up. “We try to make sure we are handling things across the board in a fashion that is not only going to represent the school, but also the coach, the program and their team,” said Petit. Unfortunately, Petit said, there are probably even more cases that lawmakers haven’t uncovered yet--more corruption, briberies and unfair admissions. But for something as significant as higher education, which inf luences economics, social standing and more, it is important that students are given a fair chance. “They’re getting into a school that maybe they shouldn’t have in the first place,” Petit said. “The part that’s frustrating is now that particular person may have taken the spot of somebody who deser vedly should’ve been there, but maybe don’t have the funds to do such a thing.”
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Upper Room band picks five new members for team EMMA HERRLE
For The Yellow Jacket
Seasons are changing, and springing forth this March is the new Upper Room team that took the stage for the first time Sunday, March 17. Graduating members of the previous team, N a t h a n B l a k e , B r yc e McGarvey, Olivia Kelley, Christine Dawson and Allison Risinger were sent out by the entire congregation gathering to lay hands on them in prayer at the Upper Room service Sunday, Feb. 24. T h i s g av e t h e n e w band of seven just a few weeks to practice and bond before their debut as leaders of the worship service. Sarah Long, sophomore nursing major and the newly appointed leader of the Upper Room team, was excited by the unique dynamic of the new team. Five out of its seven members are new to the Upper Room stage. “It’s so cool to see,” Long said. “Even though a lot of these people don’t know each other, they’re really just bonding right away, and I feel like we are already kind of unified as a team.” Long described the
Photo courtesy of the Upper Room Team
Five Upper Room band members graduate this year, leaving newly-picked team members to fill their shoes. thorough and somewhat intimidating process of applying for new positions. “Ultimately the Lord is in control, and he is going to hand pick whoever he wants in positions, and that is so comforting to me,” Long said. Sophia Kipe and Rachel Sanders are two of those
who were chosen. One of the newest positions available was prayer coordinator. Sanders was immediately drawn to this unique and emerging title. “I thought it would be a cool opportunity to make it my own and let it evolve into something with people,” Sanders
said. “I’m really excited to connect with other people who attend upper room, who I normally wouldn’t be able to.” For Long, taking steps towards the future is a representation of the common theme of growth within the upper room ministry. “My vision personally
would just be growing t h e o u t r e a c h , g r owing the evangelism and growing the Christian community,” Long said. Long would like to see growth through Upper Room but also by encouraging people to branch out with things such as worship nights and other less formal
faith-based events. Kipe plays guitar and is a vocalist on the team. Worship has made up a significant portion of her testimony, as she was challenged unexpectedly to step up and lead worship services in her hometown at both school and church. “I was really scared at first, but then I realized leading worship was one of my greatest passions in life,” Kipe said. “I realized these gifts I didn’t even know I had. I realized what it really meant to have my affections for Christ stirred.” Kipe also shared one of her favorite quotes regarding the ministry of worship as a whole and one which she applies to upper room. The quote she likes by John Piper reads, “God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him.” Kipe is thankful for the many steps of growth that worship has nourished in her faith. “I fully realized this passion that I have, and when I am pursuing that, I feel so satisfied in the Lord, and I know it is so glorifying towards Him,” Kipe said. Upper Room services are held every Sunday evening in Roberts Chapel starting at 8 p.m.
Celebration Tree Day to plant memories on Unity Trail HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
In honor of people who have made a difference in the lives of students or community members, whether family members, friends or even pets, the first ever “Celebration Tree Day” will plant a tree for each person or group of people who want someone to be remembered. The trees are to be planted Sunday, April 28 from 1-3 p.m., and those signed up are encouraged to assist in the planting. The trees, which will be protected from deer and other wildlife, will be planted along The Unity Trail and will each have signage with the name of the person celebrated by the tree, senior Rachel Crosbie, intern for The Unity Trail, said. Janet Paladino, professor of biology, decided to create the event after a request she received last year from a community member. “Someone contacted me and said, ‘Is it possible that we could plant a tree in honor of somebody who we lost because of opioid addiction?’ and it got me thinking about what the value of a peaceful, serene place would be for somebody to walk to remember somebody.” A total of 30 trees and signage to be placed beneath them were bought for the event with grants from the RK Mellon Foundation, Paladino said.
Week Continued from A2 we are trying to develop a series of events and activities that will build skills and serve as professional development.” Tobias and the Waynesburg University PRSSA chapter are credited with organizing PR week annually. Tobias directly organized and executed the unique event that has become essential to the Waynesburg University public relations major. Waynesburg’s is the only chapter known
Edward Boice, The Yellow Jacket
A sign stands by the entrance of The Unity Trail, established in 2017 by students and community members. Because of this, Paladino and Crosbie are hoping for 30 people to sign up. As of Monday, almost 20 people were already committed, according to Paladino. Crosbie said many of those who first signed up for the event, did so to celebrate the life of a passed loved one. The Unity Trail was created in 2017 as a joint project between the community of
Waynesburg and its students. Since the trail is the only one of its kind in town, Paladino believes planting the trees in that location will help establish The Unity Trail as a calm location for community members to walk, not only to help celebrate memories, but to celebrate the environment, as well. “It’s still under construction, but it’s becoming a beautiful place,” she said.
“There’s no other place in the borough of Waynesburg to walk in a wooded area, and urban forests are really important, not only for people and public health, but also for the environment… and wildlife.” Paladino said she’s noticed that, as technology progresses and there is more to do indoors, people are losing the connection they should have with their
to hold an entire week dedicated to the major. This event has lead to the chapter being rec-
speakers,” she said. “But, once I got in touch with them they were more than happy to attend.”
For Tobias personally, the event that impacted her most was the Stronger than Hate: Tree of Life Synagogue panel. “Orchestrating [the panel] was a huge task, more so because that was only a few months ago,” Tobias said. “I knew it would be an important session to do.” Tobias worked on her event planning and communication skills during the time of preparing for PR Week. Public Relations Week is not only meant for public relations majors, as everyone is invited t o l e a r n m o re a b o u t what the profession has to offer.
“It was beneficial to see professionals in the field. It solidified my choice to become a public relations major.”
SILAS MAYS
Freshman public relations major
ognized at the PRSSA National Conference. Tobias reached out t o P i t t s b u rg h p u b l i c relations professionals through the PRSSA network to come speak at this event. “The biggest issue or task was trying to find
Tobias found speakers with different backg ro u n d s a n d ex p e r i ences. She provided a diverse group of public relations professionals, this helped students find out more about different aspects of the field.
environment. “It’s really important to keep this relationship with the land, because if we don’t have this relationship with the land, we won’t know how to protect it or won’t know the importance of it,” she said. At the planting event, Shea Zwerver, program and community engagement coordinator of the PA DCNR Borough of Forestry/PA Urban
Scams Continued from A2 Dumire said working together to protect private information is important to staying safe as a community. “All Waynesburg faculty, staff and students have a shared, solemn responsibility to help protect our critical Information Resources,” Dumire said. Along with spreading awareness of potential scam attacks, Dumire suggests a multitude of precautionary measures students should take to
and Community Forestry Council, will speak on how to plant trees properly. Crosbie said students and community members can sign up by emailing their contact information, the name of the person they would like a tree planted for and whether they are attending the planting event to waynesburgunitytrail@ gmail.com, or by contacting her.
prevent scamming. “Never click on any links asking for confidential personal information,” Dumire said. “You will never receive an email from Waynesburg ITS staff requesting your password. No other reputable organization should ever ask you for your password via email either. If you suspect your password has been compromised, change the password for all accounts associated with the compromised password immediately. Then contact our help desk. Use strong passwords for your accounts, and never share your passwords with anyone.”
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Local farms battle rainy weather LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Last week stands out to Archie Trader for one specific reason; he was able to feed his small f lock of sheep without worrying about getting his tractor stuck—a luxury he’s seldom had in the past year. As farmers across Greene County recuperate from possibly the wettest year on record, the Greene County Commissioner isn’t convinced there’s a break in the weather. “[This] week we got four days of rain coming I think,” Trader said. “Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are rain so I don’t know if that’s telling us if it’s going to be
another wet year or not.” For other farmers in the county, they hope for a dryer year ahead. James Cawell, the chairman of the Greene County Conservation District and owner of Frosty Springs Farm, said the wet year has impacted everyone. “I would have to say just about every farm… it’s really been tough on the farmers,” Cawell said. Just like Trader, Cawell experienced problems feeding his cattle. When the surrounding pasture is heavily saturated, Cawell said tractors aren’t usable, making the simplest tasks some of the hardest to accomplish. “It’s just very trying for farmers to go out and FARMERS >> B4
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At Frosty Springs Farm, James Cawell raises cattle with sustainable methods—using spring water rather than stream water, rotating pastures for use and other methods. But during an especially rainy season, his farm faces new ecological challenges.
CASA volunteers advocate for kids at risk in county HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
Alone. Abandoned. Abused. Many in Greene County don’t know how well these words describe children in their community. With an opioid epidemic that affects thousands in a total population of around 37,000, Greene County families face poverty, separation and abuse. These situations frequently yield critical cases of child dependency each year, as the children’s parents may not have the resources or the ability to care for them properly. With such uncertainty, community members ask a number of questions. Where will these children sleep, go to school, eat their breakfast? What will they eat, and how will that food be provided for them? How much will change in their lives? Child dependency cases often place children in the temporary care of foster families or relatives until suitable permanent homes can be found. In this process, children may be moved from place to place during that time, constantly uprooting from all familiarity—friends, school and family. Volunteers of the Court Appointed Special Advocates nonprofit organization serve to alleviate some of the difficult and disorienting aspects of these cases. CASA volunteers visit children in their foster or kinship homes after the dependency case is first decided, and then advocate for children in subsequent court hearings. The stated purpose of CASA volunteers: to make sure the children have a voice. “We take on the more critical cases so our re-
sources are best utilized. Critical cases are those with severe abuse and neg lect which can involve sexual abuse and/ or substance abuse,” said Matchett, director of CASA of Greene County. After only a year in the county, CASA of Greene County has a director and a board of 11 community members that work closely with President Judge Farley Toothman. The community location of the organization is serving 20 children involved in dependency cases, Matchett said. Greene County. Children in the most critical situations will each be paired with one CASA volunteer, whose full attention goes to the child. In some cases, CASA volunteers may be the only constant these children have, Matchett said. “We try to be that consistent person with the child throughout the dependency case,” she said. “We try to be there for every part of that process, and that trying time of the trial is them being involved by no fault of their own.” To do this, Matchett said volunteers are asked to commit to the case for at least 16 months, if the case isn’t settled before then. Since CASA cases are confidential, people often don’t hear these children’s stories or even know CASA exists. Volunteers must contact the children’s caretakers directly, to let them know the child they are caring for has been paired with them. When a volunteer steps into the child’s home, they speak to the caretakers— either foster parents or kin—then, they spend time with the child. “We just kind of want to build a bond with the child, let them know that CASA >> B4
Report discusses coal ash emissions TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor
The Environmental Integrity Project, a national nonprofit environmental research group, released a report about the effects of coal production on the long-term health of a landscape. Focusing on coal ash, a toxic waste product of coal procuction, EIP obtained and analyzed all groundwater monitoring data from coal pants and coal ash disposal sites. From this data, the group compared toxic chemical levels to standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. "91 percent of coal plants have unsafe levels of one or more coal ash constituents in growndwater, even after we set aside contamination that
may be naturally occurring or coming from other sources," the report reads. The 80-page report identifies states and coal plants with major ecological damage from coal dust, and Pennsylvania is a primary offender. This is especially true for the southwestern part of the state, near the Ohio River and West Virginia. One plant that is singled out for exceeding the "health-based threshold" of pollutants is the New Castle Generating Station, just north of Pittsburgh. This plant emmitted 372 times the safe amount of arsenic, three times the safe amount of boron, five times the amount of cobalt, 54 times the amount of lithium and four times the safe amount of sulfate. Closer to home, the report identifies Hatfield's
Ferry Power Station for exceeding the threshold for boron, cobalt and sulfate. The Hatfield Plant is located in Carmichaels, and was changed to a natural gas power plant in July 2018. The report predicts that eventually, "EPA and/ or the states will have to reckon with the legacy of coal ash dumping." According to EIP, due to lax monitoring at dump sites, groundwater is being contaminated and "poisoned." The group calls for more strict monitoring and transparent reporting of all data collected at these sites. "Leaving coal ash in groundwater, where there is nothing to prevent continuous leaching of toxic pollutants from the ash, is a recipe for disaster," the report reads.
While the economy of Southwestern Pennsylvania has relied on the coal industry for decades, despite ecological concerns, the industry is currently experiencing a slump by most assessments. In recent years, Greene and surrounding counties have noticed an uptick in natural gas plants. Even more recently, plastic production plants have moved into the area, bringing with them an entirely new set of environmental concerns. Whether or not these new industries replace the faltering coal plants remains to be seen, especially given the urgency of reports like EIP's. The Yellow Jacket will continue to cover the changing coal and natural gas industries, and their effects on the region's economy and environment.
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Good leaders motivate the majority TYLER GODWIN Columnist
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EDITORIAL
College liability
College scandal a lesson to watch authority Two weeks ago, America witnessed the U.S. Department of Justice uncover a scandal that has infuriated many students, parents and colleges. Federal officials reported 50 people were involved in standardized test grade manipulation and bribing school officials to let students gain admission into high standard schools such as Yale. This should anger every college student that has been through or is experiencing the college process the normal way. The four long years of AP classes and extra credit work. The part-time job worked to pay off car bills and future college bills. Then there are the hours spent traveling and researching to find the best suited college, with the looming cost of each weighing in mind. Those financially privileged students didn’t have to go through all of that. Their parents metaphorically waved their moneybags, doing all the work that should be standard for prospective college students. The kids of these parents are not at fault. They were just taking advantage of their situation. Our anger should be directed toward the adults involved in the scandal. While they may have had the best intentions in mind for their kids, their actions could have a ripple effect. The scandal calls into question the validity and worth of standardized testing. If test administrators are easily swayed by bribes, then who knows how many times SATs and ACTs have been swayed? College admission counselors could have their priorities more focused on possible income rather than if a student works hard and is responsible. This hurts their generally already tainted reputation. Just a few years ago, athletics had a scandal where some coaches bribed athletes to come play for them. High prestige colleges that were involved, such as Yale and UCLA, could be subject to questioning their real motive: providing a sound education or making money. Overall, these possible ripple’s have one unifying effect: Because these wealthy parents’ son or daughter got into their desired prestigious school, they could have eliminated a student who worked and went through the proper steps to gain the same letter of acceptance. While only high profile scandals like this are showcased by the media, they are still possible in schools as small as Waynesburg University. Waynesburg hasn’t had such controversies happen. That is not to say, however, it never will. While Waynesburg University’s executive staff and other faculty have done their best to give their students the best education for the best price possible, they still need to be held accountable for their actions. Everyone is human, and eventually they will make a mistake. It is the job of media outlets such as The Yellow Jacket and students to make sure, when those mistakes happen, those responsible are called out, and dealt with accordingly by authorities. Hopefully, scandals will never come to this university. If students and those in positions to speak out hold them accountable, maybe they never will.
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Motivating others is hard. Trying to inspire others to focus and get the most out of themselves in pressure situations is particularly difficult. As someone who has held leadership roles in different areas over the years, the notion of motivating others has been
a constant, almost daily struggle. Some people just don’t have it in their blood to get motivated, and those who do might not have it in them to stay motivated. Some people aren’t wired in a way that allows them to dig within themselves to get that extra effort out. Some just don’t care, and I think those are the ones that are the most frustrating to deal with as a leader. You can say any-
thing you want to them, you can sit down with them one-on-one, you can yell at them, reason with them, you name it. The results won’t change. That person will still give the minimal amount of effort no matter what you do. The key to motivating an entire group, however, does not lie in the probable five percent who fall into that category of “not caring.” What I’ve learned and
tried hard to engrain in my head is that you can’t focus your attention on those that cause problems. It becomes tiring and draining, often leaving you feeling defeated or exhausted. The key here is working with the roughly 95 percent that do care. They’re the ones who will listen, hear what you have to say, listen to the advice you give and implement LEAD >> B3
Make your mental health a priority MATTIE WINOWITCH Columnist
I used to think the idea of going to counseling was weird. There wasn’t any particular reason why. I think it’s just how our generation was raised. Mental health was this sort of thing that we all chose to sweep
under the rug and pretended it didn’t exist. It might as well have been the boogeyman hiding in our closets, and if we just closed our eyes, it would disappear...right? Part of it has to do with our parents’ generation’s mentality. They were raised on that good old “suck it up, buttercup” motto. There was no room for crying or feeling sad. They were taught to
pick themselves up, dust themselves off and pretend like nothing ever happened. While this attitude might be helpful in certain situations, it does not exactly foster proper emotional responses or coping mechanisms. At the same time, our parents raised us with a bit more tenderness than what they received. Some call it “helicopter parenting,” but I do not
think there’s anything wrong with caring about your child on more than a surface level. Of course, parenting is a personal challenge with a lot of specif ic choices that have to be made depending on the child, but I’m a firm believer parents should at least ask their kids about their mental health. HEALTH >> B3
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Students want higher quality events HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor
When you ask students on Waynesburg University’s campus if there are enough events going on during any given week on campus, they will most likely say yes. But, if you ask them whether they attend many events on campus, they will most likely answer negatively. This is what a survey of 50 students on campus found. So if students are happy with the amount of opportunities and events presented them, why do they stay in their dorms or decide not to go to those events? A few of the students surveyed chose to answer that question. Each one said that although there were enough events on campus, they were either not high enough quality, or it did not catch their interest. Over 65 percent of the students surveyed said they thought Student Activities Board and other student organizations on campus provide enough events, but, only 16 out of 50 students responded they often attend events on campus.
That is only 32 percent of those surveyed. In the survey, students were also asked whether they were going to the spring musical, showing this week, and/or going to the Spring Semi-Formal dance this year. Many more students, 44 percent of those surveyed, said they were planning to attend the musical than those who said they were going to the Semi-Formal dance or even those who said they attend events often. Of those who answered the survey, only eight students planned to attend the Spring Semi-Formal. The majority of the 50 people surveyed said there
were outside factors that prevented them from attending many of the events that occur on campus. For some, they may have busy majors and simply don’t have the time to spend on optional events. For others it was the quality or how enjoyable they think an event
would be. Events planned closer to dinner time may enable students to attend them more often. Another factor that would help is to plan more interesting events or make current events a higher quality to attract more students.
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Cheat Sheet: Mueller report shows no Russian collusion EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. EDWARD BOICE Op/Ed Editor
After a nearly a twoyear long investigation, special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, handed in his report on the possible Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential Elections March 22. Two days later, Attorney General William P. Barr presented a fourpage summary of the report. The special counsel investigation began in May 2017. Barr summarized President Donald Trump and his aides did not coordinate with the Russian influence in the election. He also said the report drew no conclusions on whether President Trump illegally obstructed justice. Both Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein determined there was a
lack of legitimate evidence in what the special counsel gathered. Barr added Mueller does not clear Trump from the possibility. A senior Justice Department off icial said March 22 Mueller will not recommend any new indictments. This ends the speculation that Mueller might charge some of Trump’s aids. Trump said that the report findings were, “an illegal takedown that failed.” Democrats are not happy with what Barr shared. Since the report came closer and closer to being presented, the Democratic party has voiced they want the entire report to be available to the public. The party may even begin a legal battle for it to be released, according to The New York Times. Democrats also had discussions of impeaching the president once the report was released. Republicans have been
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Robert Mueller gave his report on President Trump possible collusion in the 2016 Presidential Election controversy. quick, reported The New York Times, to vocalize the country should move on from the report’s topics and the possibility of illegal action from Trump. Barr said he plans on making the report mostly available to the public. The attorney general said in his summarization, however, that some of the information cannot be re-
leased due to grand jury material not being able to be released according to law. Barr will send lawmakers to Capitol Hill his summary that he is required to submit by law. On the report possibly being made available to the public, President Trump did not seem to care if the report was released or not.
“Up to the attorney ge n e ra l ,” Tr u m p s a i d , “Wouldn’t bother me at all.” Russian officials have had their own reactions to the report. The U.K.Russian embassy posted a tweet with a picture of an article about the Mueller report. “ That awkward moment when another anti-
Russian fake crumbles to dust,” read the tweet. “Excuses, anyone?” According to USA Today, most Russians are relieved the conspiracy is over. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned March 25 “a Chinese philosopher who said, ‘It is hard to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there.’”
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. JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief
1. Avenatti is in hot water again T h i s p a s t M o n d a y, prosecutors accused Michael Avenatti, known as the attorney of adult film star Stormy Daniels, of operating an “old fashioned shakedown.” Avenatti is alleged to have attempted to extort between $15 and $25 million from Nike, and this is not the only instance of Avenatti being wrapped up in controversy. Additionally, Avenatti has been charged with both wire and bank fraud in an isolated case centered in California. According to prosecutors, Avenatti tried to bully Nike “by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity to inf lict substantial f inancial and reputational harm on the company if his demands were not met.” The Associated Press and Wall Street Journal have identified Mark Geragos as a co-conspirator. -Fox News March 25 2. Admission rescinded from college student A student who was accepted into Yale University throug h a $1.2 million bri be has lost his admission. This is the f irst instance of a
Health Continued from B2 It’s clear our generation and the generations born after us care more about mental health and breaking down the stigmas of receiving help than any generation before. Here at Waynesburg University, the Counseling Center is overflowing with a record number of students. People are finally coming around to the idea of not only mental health but also being open about receiving clinical health. Last semester, I was going through a difficult time. It was a long time
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Controversy surrounds Stormy Daniel's Attorney Michael Avenatti again with accusations against him about extorting over $15 million from Nike. school taking away an acceptance since the scheme of wealthy families bribing universities to admit their children came to light two weeks ago. Yale, USC, Georgetown and UCLA have all been wrapped up in the scandal. 50 people have been arrested, 33 of which being parents. USC has said six students involved would be rejected. Yale spokesman Tom Corey said there will not be a delay in the decision for next school year. -CNN March 25
coming after six straight semesters of working as hard as I could at school, all while enduring a major break-up, the death of my grandmother and other stressful situations that caused me to crumble. L a s t s e m e s t e r, I couldn’t take i t anymore. I was completely depressed and burnt out, and would have very frequent anxiety attacks. I knew I needed help, but I was too afraid. My pride didn’t want me to admit I had a problem, and the idea of talking to a stranger about it was terrifying. However, thanks to the support of my friends, family and boyfriend, I got the help I needed, and I started seeing a
3. Parkland rocked by tragedy again More than a year after the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High S c h o o l , t h e Pa r k l a n d community is reliving that tragedy. Two survivors of the shooting have died in the past two weeks. S yd n e y A i e l l o , w h o graduated from Stoneman Douglas this past summer, died by suicide March 17. Aiello, who was a freshman at Florida Atlantic University, was suffering from survivor's guilt as well as post-traumatic stress disorder, her mother told WFOR, an affiliate
c o u n s e l o r r e g u l a r l y. While I am not as bad as I was last semester, I knew I never wanted to feel that way again. So far, it has been great to release a lot of the pent up stress that I’ve been holding on to, and simply to have someone listen. Since going to counseling, I have already seen a major shift in myself. I regret not going earlier in my college career, because I feel like it would have saved me a lot of grief. That said, if you’re someone who is going through something, I want to be the first to tell you that it is OK to ask for help, especially from counsellors. Never feel like you have to go at it alone.
of CNN. Six days later, a second student who hasn't been identified died in “an apparent suicide,” according to police. The circumstances surrounding this student’s death haven’t been confirmed, and it’s not clear how large a role last year's shooting played. -CNN March 25
UN also said the region’s Fulani ethnic community is frequently targeted and accused of being connected to the area’s jihadists organizations. The country’s government said it “reiterates its determination to make every effort to hunt down the perpetrators of this barbarity of another age and to punish them, in accordance with the laws in force.”
4. Tragedy and Terror strike Mali
-CNN March 24
Men reportedly dressed as traditional hunters killed 134 people in an attack on a central Mali village, according to the United Nations. The
5. Gronk calls it quits
Lead Continued from B2 it. They are the ones who give respect where it’s due and will work every day to get better. Those are the ones who are the bread and butter to your success. Another important aspect is to not lose composure, no matter how difficult things may be getting in different capacities. As a leader, many people look up to you and come to you for guidance and advice, and if they see that you can’t control your emotions, that starts to trickle down into your co-workers or
New England Patriots tig ht end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement from
teammates. That can lead to a lack of motivation as well, because if the leader can’t promote emotional stability and composure under duress, then what are the other people pushing themselves for? Why would they put everything on the line for someone who they can’t trust to lead the way through adversity? The over all attitude of a team, employees or a group is a direct reflection of the leadership. If you can lead one of these groups, you will hold a great responsibility. E v e r yo n e w i l l l o o k to you when things go poorly, go well or are stagnant. No matter what, a leader needs to inspire and motivate others by
the NFL Sunday at the age of 29. In an Instagram post, Gronkowski said, “Cheers to all who have been a part of this journey, cheers to the past for the incredible memories, and a HUGE cheers to the uncertain of what’s next.” O ve r n i n e s e a s o n s , Gronkowski was a part of five AFC championship teams and three Super Bowl winners. In his last game, the Patriots tied an NFL record by winning their sixth Super Bowl, while “Gronk” caught six passes for 87 yards in a 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams. -Fox News March 25
maintaining their emotions and focusing on the roughly 95 percent of individuals who you know are working towards the collective goal and have the greater good in mind. If you’re a leader or hope to be a leader of a group, team or organization going forward, make sure you look in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re up for the task. Can you control your emotions through the tough times? Can you find creative ways to motivate your teammates? Can you be a leader, not just a boss? Leading is difficult, but quite possibly be one of the most rewarding life skills you can have as an individual.
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Five-year study aims to reduce tick-borne illnesses EDWARD BOICE Op/Ed Editor
Last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection began a five-year environmental surveillance to discover the possibility of someone contracting tick borne illnesses across the state. This year, the study will continue. The survey was initiated by the Pennsylvania Lyme's Diseases Task Force’s recommendations to properly combat the rise in contraction of tick-borne illnesses said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell in a DEP press release. “This survey will provide important data that will help us better understand these arachnids in our environment and inform Pennsylvanians on how, when and where to avoid getting bitten by a disease-carrying tick,” McDonnell said. “We want everyone to enjoy the outdoors and take the proper precautions to avoid contact with ticks.” The department selected three tick species in different growth times for the survey to focus on, said Elizabeth Rementer,
Farmers Continued from B1 feed their livestock out in the fields when it’s so muddy they can hardly get a tractor through the fields to feed them,” Cawell said. Besides making terrain impassable, wet weather impacts each farmer differently. For Cawell, that meant tackling health problems within his herd. “ T h e re’s b ee n s o m e health issues with the cattle,” Cawell said. “They get what is called foot rot and get a bacterial infection in their hooves.” Lena Galing, the owner of Lippencott Alpacas, has also had to avoid foot/ hoof problems with her
press secretary for DEP: the blacklegged tick in its immature nymphal stage, the adult American dog tick and the adult lone star tick were the selected ticks. These three species are responsible for diseases such as Lyme’s Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichiosis and Tularemia. According to the press release, the blacklegged tick is the primary offender in contracted tick-borne illnesses. This is mainly due to people not knowing the “poppy seed sized” ticks have latched onto them. “Although we’re focused on the three tick species mentioned,” Rementer said. “We will also be looking at any tick species that we happen to collect. In particular, there are two other tick species that we know are starting to show up in PA: the groundhog tick and the longhorn tick.” Last year, the first stage of the study was a “preliminary, informal” study, said Rementer. The study will become formal starting with this year’s gathering and testing. “If we have significant updates, we will provide
livestock throug h the past year. Another issue the weather brings, Galing said, is an increase in fly population which can create an assortment of health problems for livestock. “When it’s wet for other farm animals, it encourages flies and that sort of thing,” Galing said. “We have protections from that. We order what we call ‘fly predators’ and we get packages per month.” Cawell said the weather has also had a negative impact on the community, aside from agrigulture. With unstable ground, slips can occur at any moment. “[As] the chairman of the Conservation District for Greene County, we get calls every day about roads slipping, hillsides slipping into roads, and farmers
them as they become available,” Rementer said. “The goal is to go through the five years and [then] publish our findings.” According to the DEP press release, the ticks are collected with felt drags, which are placed over the ground to catch venturing ticks. So far, 3,663 blacklegged ticks have been collected since the survey started July 1, 2018, Rementer said. “We have processes for telling the counties how to collect certain types of ticks,” he said. To survey the blacklegged tick in its nymph stage, the DEP selected 38 Pennsylvania counties to focus on that species. Every county will survey for the adult American dog tick and the adult lone star tick. The DEP selected Greene County to survey for the blacklegged tick, along with the other tick species. “We have currently existing contracts with those counties,” Rementer said, “and so we were able to provide them extra funding on existing contracts so that they would be able to do this additional work.”
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The Department of Environmental Protection is collecting three types of ticks for surveillance, with hopes of collecting data that will reduce tickborne illnesses like Lyme's Disease and Tularemia.
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Frosty Springs Farms is one of several farms in Greene County that have encountered unique challenges due to this spring's heavy rainfall. having problems, so it is a big, big issue this year,”
Cawell said. Trader said communi-
ties within Greene County are doing their best to
clean up after the slips, but money isn’t always freely available to make the necessary repairs. “From a county standpoint, the townships are just spending all the extra money they got whatsoever and some of them aren’t even able to be fixed right now because they don’t have the money,” Trader said. “So, it’s been tremendously hard on all of the townships and the state too.” Right now, there isn’t an easy solution for Trader, Cawell and Galing. Instead, they hope the summer will finally bring dryer weather. In the meantime, they just have to adapt. “Every farmer has to adjust,” Galing said. “That’s all there is to it. You just have to make the most of what you have and adjust with the circumstances.”
CASA Continued from B1 they have someone there who’s going to give them a voice and who’s going to listen to them,” Matchett said. Emily Stout, a board member and volunteer for CASA of Greene County, said it’s important to establish a bond with the child, even if it means simply talking to them, sitting with them and being present. “I’ve been in a couple resource homes, meeting with the kids and being in the kitchen, playing a game with them,” Stout said. CASA volunteers also act as the “eyes and ears of the court,” Matchett said, making sure the child’s needs are being met properly in their home and school. When the time of the child’s next permanency review hearing arrives, CASA volunteers hand in a written court report with information gathered and are given the opportunity to stand and speak on behalf of the child. They may even state recommendations on where the most beneficial place for that child would be. “Their testimony and their recommendations sometimes carry more weight than the agency’s, because they just have a way of obtaining information and communicating with the parties,” said At-
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Junior catcher John Przybylinski caught the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader and went 1-3.
Jackets give up conference lead to W&J ZAC SCHNEGG
For The Yellow Jacket
The Waynesburg University baseball team was at the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference entering Tuesday afternoon. After its meeting with rival Washington & Jefferson, its place in the standings changed. The Yellow Jackets lost both games to the Presidents, losing game one 8-4 and the nightcap 8-2. Waynesburg collected 10 hits in the first game, but got just three in the second. Senior outfielder Mitch Nordstrom said it simply wasn’t the right day for the team. “As a team we’re still finding our identity at the plate and some people had off days,” Nordstrom said. “Tip of the cap to their [pitchers] for pumping the strike zone and being efficient. Our team can hang with the other teams of the PAC, today just was not our day.”
In the first game, W&J took an early 1-0, but Waynesburg would tie it at one in the second. Senior designated hitter Tyler Godwin drove in freshman left fielder Luke Winterbottom with an RBI triple to even the score. The game remained 1-1 until the top of the fifth, when the Presidents’ bats came alive for six runs. Waynesburg fought back, scored three times in the sixth. Junior second baseman Justin Buberl plated two of the three runs on a two-run homer to left field, making the score 8-3. Winterbottom brought in junior first baseman Johnny Kutchman on a fielder’s choice to cut the deficit to four. That would be the final scoring play of the game, however, as W&J held the Jackets scoreless in the seventh. Waynesburg’s offense went cold in game two, not collecting a hit until
the sixth inning. The Presidents jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the fifth and then another four in the sixth to claim an 8-0 lead. Waynesburg’s only runs came with two in the eighth. Junior shortstop Vinny Monico scored on a passed ball to make it 8-1, and senior third baseman Tyler Reis then drove in sophomore Brandon Durbin for the final 8-2 SWEPT >> C3
Trax No. 10 in D-III for long jump LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Mike Trax wasn’t initially going to participate in the long jump event for Waynesburg track & field. After sizing up the pit and warming up, Trax knew he was locked in and asked his coach if he could be entered in the final moments leading up to the event. After he was approved to compete, Trax went on to set a new personal record in the long jump and secure a top-10 position in Division III in the event. “I was feeling good, so I talked to my jump coach Luke Payson and talked to the officials there and they said since i t is a smaller meet, you are allowed,” Trax said. “So, I just jumped—it was just one of those feelings.”
Trax won the long jump with a jump of 6.79 meters and finished third in the triple and high jump. While Trax had a record-breaking day, which got him a top-10 standing in Division III, head coach Michelle Cross said the men’s team was still adjusting to the new season. Cross said the weather was colder and windier than she expected, which also impacted individual performances. “It ended up being a high of 45 and it was very, very windy,” Cross said. “So, obviously the weather is always something at play with all of that so I thought, ‘OK, I’ll adjust my expectations.’” Originally, both teams were going to travel to the meet at Carneg ie Mellon University but late last week, it was decided
the teams would travel to West Virginia University instead. This was the first time West Virginia Univer-
gradually start building,” Cross said. “Then you go to some big ones and then you come back and you do
“I just jumped, it was just one of those feelings.”
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MIKE TRAX
Jumper
Trax sity hosted a track event for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, which resulted in fewer teams at the meet. Cross said, however, the smaller nature of the meet was part of her plan. “I do this in both indoor and outdoor where I kind of arrange the schedule so the first to meets are usually smaller meets that
D-III WEEK
some small ones. I do that just because usually in the beginning of the year, people are still working out schedules.” While Cross said most of the athletes on the men’s team were adjusting to the outdoor season, she was pleased with TRAX >> C4
Division III athletics do not have the benefits of Division I and II. They can’t give athletic scholarships, high school students often times don’t see Division III as competitive and student athletes almost never can make sports their full-time job. “Sports have been a part of my life and giving it up was an option. I play because I love [the sports],” said junior softball and soccer player Courtney Syfert. Mottos like this will be on full display from April 1-7
for the annual NCAA Division III week. Syfert and classmate Justin Buberl, a soccer and baseball player, have the challenge of balancing not one, but two sports alongside their academics. They have a lot in common. Both were recruited to play soccer, had a friend encourage them to come out for softball or baseball, and share the same passion. “It is a lot of time and effort and sometimes you have to put your athletics ahead of your academics,” D-III >> C2
Athletic Dept. secretary reflects on 50 years of service JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Editor
In her 45 years as a secretary in the Waynesburg University athletic department, Barb Tuggle has assisted a program that’s produced a Final Four basketball team from its days in the NAIA, and several PAC championships in wrestling as well as women’s track and cross country. While she’s worked in athletics—and every other university department, for that matter— longer than anybody and has talked with more coaches than anybody else, Tuggle hasn’t witnessed many great moments of Yellow Jacket sports in person. “I never attend any of the events because I don’t like crowds too much,” Tuggle said. Tuggle is in her 50th year at Waynesburg overall after transferring to the athletic department after spending five years working in what is now known as Miller Hall. He r re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s have changed over her years. Tuggle no longer has to worry about typing recruiting letters, as she did for former basketball
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Barb Tuggle has worked as a secretary at Waynesburg University for 50 years. Before that, she worked a similar position in Washington, D.C. coach and athletic director Rudy Marisa— who, like Tuggle, began his career at Waynesburg in 1969. Today, Tuggle’s duties consist primarily of scheduling departure times for road games, making sure all rosters are correct and seeing that officials for athletic events get paid. Her office, located to the right of the main gym
inside the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, is easy to miss, and it’s interior is fitting for Tuggle’s personality. There are no decorations on the walls, just pure, white paint. While she works, Tuggle, a country music fan, likes to surround herself wi th music on WANB, and the soft, easy going rhythm is the background noise for her day.
W hile the secretar y doesn’t go out of her way to be a star, she’s managed to make a significant impact on her coworkers. “I told her,” head men’s basketball coach Mark Christner said, “when she leaves, she needs to tell me because I’m going to leave too.” Tugg le’s describes herself as “quiet,” and she’s been that way since
childhood. Her favorite activities growing up in Waynesburg—fishing and hunting— supporting her personality, as neither of which typically involves a large crowd. Tuggle rarely leaves Waynesburg, not even for a trip to Pittsburgh or Washington, because she said she doesn’t like the traffic. “ I ’m c o m f o r t a b l e i n Waynesburg,” she said. “I
don’t like the big cities.” Tuggle tries to stay out of the public eye, and her job allows her to do so. She never had a “dream job” growing up— aside from helping others in some form. While she surrounds herself with some of Waynesburg’s most public figures, such as Christner and head football coach Chris Smithley, her work is done behind the scenes. At the same time, Tuggle’s job directly impacts how the more celebrated members of the department can do t h e i r s . Fo r C h r i s t n e r, Tuggle is Waynesburg’s de facto “Director of Basketball Operations,” since that isn’t an official position. “All the types of things that a Director of [Operations] would do, probably, she does,” Christner said. “So then [coaches] can focus on scouting and making sure our team is ready to play.” Christner took over the program in 2010, when Marisa was retiring from the department. Because of Tuggle’s relationship with Marisa, Christner knew Tuggle was worthy of respect. “She knows everything, BARB >> C3
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MARCH 28, 2019
Track prepares for Bethany meet Baseball looking
to rebound against the Bethany Bison
LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Waynesburg University track & field head coach Michelle Cross attributes the lack of athletes as one reason the indoor team finished third in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. In outdoor, she said she hopes this problem will have less of an impact. After the first two track & field meets of the year, Waynesburg will head to Bethany College Saturday for the Bethany Invitational. At the invitational, Cross said she is looking forward to helping the new additions to the men and women’s team. “I legitimately think we had the talent to win [the championship] but we just ran out of fresh people to put into events,” Cross said. “By the end of it, we hit the distance medley race and the 5K and the 4x4 and a lot of our women were very, very tired at that point. When you are
D-III Continued from C1 Syfert said. Homework isn’t always easy to get done on road trips or between in-season schedules, Buberl said. “It is very hard to do a lot of homework on the bus rides,” added Buberl. It is not always easy to do so in an environment that often encourages academ-
BRANDON ROSSI For The Yellow Jacket
looking at outdoor and you have a couple of new additions to our team, especially on the women’s side.” The new additions to the women’s team increase the Yellow Jackets’ depth in the field events, the sprints and mid-distance events.
“Omyrah Davis has joined and Lindsay Mullett. You are seeing them trying to get back into the swing of things and get in shape,” Cross said. “Just having those extra numbers, who are contributing numbers where you know they are going to positively affect
the team, that is going to be helpful.” With the boost in the roster, Cross said the next step is finding how to best utilize the new members on the team. “I think the biggest thing TRACK >> C4
After starting the Presidents’ Athletic Conference season 3-0 and atop the conference standings, the Waynesburg University baseball team was brought down to earth Tuesday against Washington & Jefferson, losing both ends of a double header. The Jackets fell to the now first-place Presidents 8-4 and 8-2 respectively. In game one, junior Mason Miller suffered his first loss of the season despite striking out eight Presidents in 4 2/3 innings. “It’s always either [W&J] is just that good or if I could have been better,” Miller said. “I’ve never been hypercritical of myself, but I don’t think I was as strong as I could have been.”
ics first. Athletes like Buberl and Syfert have found ways to counter the issues, though. “[Playing two sports] helps me to have better time management skills,” said Syfert. “In the offseason, I lose track of time.” However, Buberl doesn’t have an offseason. As soon as soccer wraps up its season, he is right back in the gym getting ready for baseball season, which can be as far as five months away. Mark Christner, who is
the head basketball coach at Waynesburg and in charge of compliance and player and coach development, has seen first-hand the positive impact playing Division III athletics have on and off the playing field. “In my time at Waynesburg, employers like a student that plays at a Division III level,” said Christner. “[Athletes] demonstrate sacrifice without the benefit of being paid.” The big issue that student athletes see with Divi-
sion III schools is that they cannot provide athletic scholarships, instead those come from academics. Division I and II schools give out scholarships based off of academic performance. However, Division III’s added emphasis on academics has proven to be beneficial for student athletes, such as one of Christner’s senior athletes, Clay Carper who works with the Cleveland Cavaliers public relations department. “[Division III] allows stu-
dents to excel athletically and what they want to do to further their ambition,” Christner added. “Whether that is doing a little bit more research, being in committees across campus, we don’t own student athletes.” To help celebrate Division III week, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference has waged a friendly competition with the North Coast Athletic Conference dubbed the “Change War.” Both conferences compete
Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket
Freshman Scott Miller finished second in the pole vault in his last meet, reaching a height of 3.55 meters.
Miller was pulled in the fifth for senior Nate Gearhart, who allowed a pair of runs. Reis believes Waynesburg’s next series against the Bethany Bison provides the team a chance to regroup from Tuesday’s disappointing result. “I have enough confidence in the team to make the adjustments coming up into the next series,” Reis said. Compared to W&J, Bethany is, on paper, a much more manageable opponent. The Yellow Jackets have won six of their last eight games against the Bison, but haven’t swept Bethany since 2016. Last year, Reis lit up Bethany smashing a pair of home runs and driving in six RBIs. BETHANY >> C4
to see which one can raise the most combined funds. “Both conferences have led their SAAC representatives to help with our partner in the Special Olympics,” said Christner. “This is the fifth annual event, and I don’t think we have beat them yet.” Waynesburg University will host several events throughout the week, culminating with the inaugural WUESPY’s event in the Benedum Dining Hall Sunday, April 7.
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP BASEBALL STANDINGS
W&J Saint Vincent Westminster Grove City Waynesburg Bethany Chatham. Geneva Thiel
SOFTBALL Conf. Overall 5-0 10-7 3-0 9-6 2-0 7-5 3-1 13-7 3-2 9-10 1-1 11-4 0-3 3-12 0-5 4-9 0-5 4-13
Wednesday's Box Score
WAYNESBURG 2, W&J 8 W&J 010214000 8 9 H 2E Waynesburg 000000020 2 3H 3E
RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, March 26: Westminster 7, Geneva 2; Westminster 10, Geneva3; Thiel 1, Grove City 5; Chatham 2, Point Park 8; chatham 5, Point Park 10; W&J 8, Waynesburg 4; W&J 8, Waynesburg 2.
UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday, March 27: Bethany (DH) at St Vincent; Mount Union at Westminster Friday, March 29: Saint Vincent at Penn State Altoona (DH); Geneva at Clarks Summit (DH); Waynesburg at Bethany; Westminster at Grove City
STANDINGS
Saint Vincent Grove City W&J Geneva Chatham Westminster Waynesburg Thiel Bethany
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
LACROSSE Conf. Overall 0-0 10-6 0-0 6-5 0-0 7-11 0-0 6-10 0-0 5-9 0-0 5-9 0-0 4-10 0-0 4-12 0-0 1-7
Wednesday's box score
WAYNESBURG 3, Franciscan 6 Franciscan 203 100 x 6 9H 0E Waynesburg 000 030 0 3 11H 2E
Westminster Thiel Chatham Franciscan Wash. & Jeff. Bethany Saint Vincent Waynesburg
0-0 4-2 0-0 5-3 0-0 2-3 0-0 2-3 0-0 2-5 0-0 1-5 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-6
RECENT RESULTS
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, March 22: Buffalo State 3, Bethany 10; Hope 14, Bethany 10 Saturday, March 23: Carlow 12, W&J 1; Carlow 7, W&J 6
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, March 30: Bethany (DH) at Thiel; Saint Vincnet (DH) at Geneva; W&J (DH) at Grove City; Westminster (DH) at Waynesburg
MEN
MEN
West Virginia University Invitational
Muskingum Duels
100 Meter: McKencie, Peter-Gay, WVU 12.46
100 Meter: Evan Chen, Muskingum 11.79
200 Meter: Bria Welker, WVU 25.92
200 Meter: Maurice Graham, Wittenberg 24.24
400 Meter: Bria Welker, WVU 56.70
400 Meter: Austyn Albanese, Wittenberg 53.13
800 Meter: Hayley Jackson, WVU 2:10.05
800 Meter: Silas Mays, Waynesburg 2:01.15
Saturday's Box Score
Thomas More 9, Waynesburg 7 Waynesburg 4 3 7 Thomas More 4 5 9
Sunday, March 24: Saint Vincent 3, Transylvania 23; Bethany 3, Goucher 19; Franciscan 8, Siena Heights 16; Ohio Calley 20, Wesminster
5,000 Meter: Teghan Simonton, Waynesburg 19: 05
1500 Meter: Kyle Monahan, John Carroll 5000 Meter: Will Greene, St. Vincent 15:49.44
High Jump: Asya Carney, Wheeling Jesuit 1.55m
400 Meter Hurdle: Garrin Bachinski, Wittenberg 1:01.90
Long Jump: Mary Double, Muskingum 4.57m
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: William Foster, Miami Striders 10:38.04
Shot Put: Niki Young, Shawnee State 11.74m
UPCOMING GAMES
Discus: Alexia Putnam, Shawnee State 39.84m
Wednesday, March27: W&J at Frostburg State; Franciscan at Medaille
Javelin: Jordan Simpson, Waynesburg 33.51 m
Saturday, March 30: Thiel at Waynesburg; Bethany at Earlham; Chatham at W&J
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
High Jump: Jaycee Perry, Wittenberg 1.83m Pole Vault: Nick Fulton, Muskingum 3.65m Long Jump: Paul Varnadoe, Wittenberg 6.09m
NEXT MEET: Saturday, March30;
Shot Put: Louie Reicher, Muskingum 14.00m
Bethany Invitational
Discus: J.J. Bost, John Carroll 44.41m Javelin: Jacob Fritsch NEXT MEET: Saturday, March 23: Carnegie Mellon Invitational
PAC BASEBALL LEADERS
PAC SOFTBALL LEADERS
RBI: Nick Fowkes, THI 20 RBI
RBI: Alona Sleith, SVC 18RBI
WINS: CASEY JONES - SVC 4; Jacob Brothers-GRO 4
WINS: Celia Knappenberger, SVC 5W
ERA: Jacob Brothers, GRO 0.00 ERA
ERA: Courtney Messenger-WAY, 8
Batting AVG: NICK fowkes, THI - .507
Batting AVG: Haley Bedalota - WES, .500
YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Tyler Reis, Baseball Aubrey Wingeart, Track and Field
GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan
Carmichaels
Mapletown
Waynesburg Central
West Greene
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
3/27 Vs. Bentworth, 4:15 p.m.
3/27 at Beth-Center, 4:30 p.m.
3/26 Vs. Burgettstown, 4:15 p.m.
3/27 Vs. Trinity, 3:30 p.m.
3/27 at Clay-Battelle, 5:00 p.m.
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Women's track & field focuses on transition at invitational MIKE TRAX
For The Yellow Jacket
The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team competed in the West Virginia Open in Morgantown after having half the team not travel the week prior. There were six total teams at the meet consisting of two Division I, two Division II and two Division III teams. The Yellow Jackets did not participate in team scoring. Head coach Michelle Cross was planning on going to a meet at Carnegie Mellon but changed the destination because of the brand-new facility and the location of the meet. “The facility is brand new, the track is very fast and it is closer to us than Carneg ie Mellon,” said Cross. “Also, the close relationship we have with WVU and what they have done for us in the past, any chance we get to support them I always like to take it.” Going into this meet, Cross had a certain strategy for the team. “We specifically start out with lighter meets and then go to a heavier and more competitive meets throughout the year,” said Cross. “It is important for
Photo courtesy of Connor Tibbe
Due to the small meet, head coach Michelle Cross, laying down, entered herself in the 5K and finished with a time of 21:33.9. the first couple of meets to help people get more confident about what they are doing.” Sophomore hurdler Katherine Fair said she agrees with Cross about starting off with smaller meets. “Overall, I think this was
a good shake out meet for the team,” said Fair. “It was a smaller meet but still had some good competition.” For being a lighter meet for the Yellow Jackets, Cross was pleased on how the team performed against the higher-level competition.
“Early season meets can sometimes be a surprise and you never expect a top performance,” said Cross. “The earliest part of the year is more of putting blocks together for the end of the year and the team did that and they also did what they needed to accomplish
for that meet.” Fair was a top performer for the Yellow Jackets. Fair placed third in both 100-meter and 400-meter hurdle races crossing the finish line with times of 16.3 seconds and 1:10.2. Fair contributes her success to the weekend off and the
competition at the meet. “Not having the sprinters compete last weekend was good for everyone to compete again,” said Fair. “There was some good competition there and that also helped me push myself a little more.” Cross also mentioned key performers in the throwing events including junior thrower Jordan Simpson and freshman Omyrah Davis. Simpson won the javelin event with a throw of 33.5 meters and an eighth-place finish in the shotput with a toss of 10.9 meters. Cross is excited for Davis’ first year competing. “Davis did really well in both shotput and discus events,” said Cross. “Having Davis is a nice addition to the team and I can’t wait to see what she can do.” Other key performers for the Yellow Jackets were senior distance runner Teghan Simonton, who took first in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 19:05. Sophomore Nichole Shelton also had a top finish for the Yellow Jackets, placing first in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 11:18.2. The Yellow Jackets will be back in action March 30, to compete in the Bethany Invitational.
Softball on verge of starting 16-game conference schedule TYLER GODWIN
Assistant Sports Editor
Following a pair of postponements last weekend and a doubleheader with Po i nt Pa rk U n i ve r s i t y this past Wednesday, the Waynesburg University softball team opens up its Presidents’ Athletic Conference schedule against Westminster this Saturday. As the team transitions from its 16-game nonconference schedule to its 16-game PAC schedule, the lineup should be set in stone and the team will be ready to go according to senior first baseman Alex Lawrence. “In non-conference play we are still learning the
team and figuring out our starting nine,” Lawrence said. “ W hen PAC play starts we buckle down. Both PAC play and nonconference are both serious and we want to sweep all.” Likewise, Lawrence feels that the teams the Yellow Jackets saw leading up to PAC action have helped prepare them for the type of pitching they will also see in the conference. “The non-conference helped us prepare for the pitching we are going to see in PAC, and we face good competition,” Lawrence said. “This week during Point Park [got] us ready for Westminster because [Point Park and
Westminster] both have rise ball pitchers.” Westminster is the top returning team in the PAC from the 2018 season, following the departure of the Thomas More Saints from the conference. The Titans completed 2018 with a second-place finish in the PAC Tournament, logging a 28-10 overall record and 16-2 record in PAC play. After graduating eight seniors following last season, Westminster has not had the same success to start 2019, going 5-9 across its 14 games so far this season. Perhaps the biggest loss for the Titans SOFTBALL >> C4
Photo courtesy of Mitchell Kendra
Junior centerfielder Courtney Syfert went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in last Wednesday's 6-3 loss at Franciscan.
Swept score. For Godwin, W& J’s pitching was a difference in the two games. “In game one we faced a pitcher that threw harder and worked at a quick pace,” he said. “In game two, we faced a pitcher that relied on his off-speed pitches and took his time on the mound. I think we were trying to do too much and we could not get anything rolling offensively.” Junior Mason Miller was tagged with his first loss of the season in game one, falling to 3-1. Kutchman took the loss in game two in his first
appearance back from an early season injury. He is now 0-3. For W&J, senior Garrett Harstine (3-1) and senior Tanner Gaerke (2-1) each picked up wins. The Jackets will be back in action Friday against Bethany, who just played against PAC-leading Saint Vincent Wednesday. Nordstrom knows what the team must improve on to compete against the Bison, and believes the team is up to the challenge. “We have to jump on opportunities as they are presented and capitalize on their mistakes while minimizing our mistakes,” Nordstrom said. “If we play our game like we have during other series this season, we will perform up to our potential and good things will happen.”
employee in any department, and somebody who has been there through five Waynesburg presidents, four athletic directors and many more head coaches. “I’ve been here 11 years, and we’ve had three different athletic directors and one Barb,” Jones said. “And I really hope that she’s able to train her replacement because we’re going to be in serious trouble if she doesn’t.” For Headlee, the athletic department won’t fully enjoy Tuggle’s work until she’s no longer doing it. “ To me, always, you don’t really appreciate someone until someone
else takes their job,” Headlee said. “I think we probably don’t give her enough appreciation for all that she does do, then someone else would come into the job and we’d say ‘well Barb always…’ and things like that… She’s been under a lot of people for a long time.” What keeps Tuggle motivated to work in that tucked-away office right by t h e g y m w h e re s o many events that Tuggle has chooses to miss, is, much like her personality, straightforward. “I like working, and I want to be able to do the job right. I guess that’s it.” she said.
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Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket
WOMEN'S LACROSSE SCORES THE MOST GOALS SINCE 2017
In the Jackets' 9-7 loss to Thomas More on Saturday, the team scored the most goals since their match against Westminster April 24, 2017, where they lost 19-12. Against Thomas More, Breanna Martini scored five goals.
Barb Continued from C1 and she knows when to do it, and she knows to do it without being asked to do it,” Christner said. “That just demands, I think your honor there.” While Christner is best known on campus as the basketball coach, he is also Waynesburg’s assistant athletic director and its NCAA compliance officer. It’s in that field, Christner said, that Tuggle is the most helpful. “I honestly could not do the compliance stuff with-
out her,” he said. “From organizing rosters to helping with NCAA online forms, [she submits], those, gets them to the right people, helps me look over them before she submits them, all those types of things. In a lot of ways, it feels like [Tuggle is] my secretary, because the compliance is a big part of [athletics].” Christner isn’t the only coach Tuggle has impacted. Head women’s basketball coach Sam Jones started at Waynesburg in 2008 and remembers how accommodating Tuggle was when the two first met. Head wrestling coach
Ron Headlee recalls Tuggle helping him with a project on his house and is fond of the snacks the secretary leaves on her desk that all are welcome to take. “I can’t think of any [stories] that stick out, because we’ve just had so many conversations with Barb,” Jones said. “She’s someone I always make sure to say good morning to, she’s always very friendly with me. She makes a batch of homemade cookies, she’ll bring them and always make sure that I get one... She’s just super friendly and nice to see on a daily basis.” For Headlee, Tuggle is somebody coaches can al-
ways turn to for help, regardless of how stressful their jobs can be. “She’s willing to do anything for any of the coaches,” Headlee said. “She’s very personable… she’d just do anything for you and for the program.” Tuggle isn’t sure when she’s retiring, but plans on working for a few more years depending on her health. Whenever Tuggle leaves, Waynesburg’s coaches hope her replacement is well prepared, as they will have big shoes to fill. When she decides to move on, Waynesburg will lose its longest tenured
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MARCH 28, 2019
Tennis back in action this week after 2 postponed matches DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
The men’s tennis team will go into the Presidents’ Athletic Conference opener Friday after not playing for over two weeks due to scheduling and weather conf licts throug h the month of March. “ We def ini tely were hoping to get a match in before we started conference play,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “We got to play down in Hilton Head and I thought our guys played well then, but we really would’ve liked to have played with somebody else before we started conference play but unfor tunately i t’s just not working into our schedule with the weather and everything.” Waynesburg (4-2) began the spring portion of its season with a loss to St. Vincent and a win over Penn State Harrisburg in Hilton Head, South Carolina over spring break. Headlee said while he was pleased with how the guys performed, there was a definite difference between the first and second day of the trip. “Our two freshmen did really well for us down there and they’re playing doubles together,” said Headlee. “Then, they had some good singles wins for us when we needed
Bethany Continued from C2 “I went into every at-bat knowing that I was better than the pitcher and the work that I put in was going to put me over the top,” Reis said. “I’ve been struggling with that this year.”
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Senior Jonah Cooper, paired with classmate Josh Denham, picked up wins both individually, and as a doubles pair in the recent win over Penn State Harrisburg. them. In the second day, Joe [English] didn’t play as well as he did in the first outing against St. Vincent, but Connor [Cassidy] came through for us on that one. Just right down the line from the first match to the second match we kept our heads better and were a little more focused the second day.” In addition to the freshman, seniors Jonah Cooper and Josh Denham acquired
a win in singles as well as a win as a doubles pair. Sophomore Brett Thumm also contributed to the team’s 5-3 victory over PSU Harrisburg with a solo win of his own. Headlee however, said with the extended layoff the team has had an ample amount of time to prepare for the PAC opener against Bethany. “Our guys have been working really hard in
practice and I’ve been happy with the way practices have been going and the early start in Hilton Head [has] helped our guys play a lot better,” said Headlee. When looking at Bethany, Headlee said the Bison are a tough conference opponent to start the season with, but it’s a challenge his team needs if they want to contend for a top four finish in the PAC. “ T h ey a ct u a l ly h ave
Reis, a Second-Team AllPAC selection last season, is hitting .314 through the first 19 games, but has only one home run. In the past, Reis has been known for his power, hitting 18 home runs over the past two seasons. With Reis struggling to hit the long ball, younger players, such as freshman catcher Tyler Woodrow, have stepped up.
“We have shown a lot of flashes of potential,” Reis said. “There have been some young guys that have gotten hot that everybody feeds off of. It builds more confidence in all of our teammates knowing that they will get the job done.” Woodrow leads the team in batting average (.390), slugging percentage (.683), runs batted in (14) and home
runs (3). Bethany, however, boasts one of the top records in the PAC to begin the season. After years of hovering in the bottom half of the PAC, the Bison have relied on pitching. They have the second lowest earned run average (4.01) trailing only behind Saint Vincent. Friday’s game is scheduled for 3:00.
one of their better players back this year, Rhone Thrash wasn’t playing last year but he’s back and is their number two so it’s going to be a tough matchup for us right off the bat,” said Headlee. “It’s one where we need to win if we want to be in the top four.” Another challenge that the Jackets will likely face in the first few weeks of the season is the weather.
Due to a small amount of rain so far this spring, Waynesburg has been able to practice outside more than usual, but they’ve had to deal with the extreme wind. “It’s been really windy out there, I mean for us hopefully it’ll be an advantage,” said Headlee. “But this course there is just so much wind this time of the year between the fall and spring is totally different. They’re tough conditions to practice in a lot of the time with the wind blowing the benches and everything else but fortunately we’ve been able to get out on the courts a lot, I know the past two years we’ve been in the gym the whole time.” Regardless of the conditions or lack of play to this point, Headlee said the goals from the start of the season have remained the same and he is excited to see what they can do in PAC play. “We have two goals for the season: to have a winning record this season, that’s one and the other one is to be in the top four of the PAC and make the tournament,” said Headlee. “They know that Bethany right off the bat is going to be a good test for us and they’ve been preparing for that and hopefully we’re ready for them Friday.”
Track Continued from C2 with the women is trying to figure out the best place to use them,” Cross said. On the men’s side of the track & field program, Cross said the team is still waiting for some players to return from injury, including JaWuan Jones. According to Cross, she is hopeful Jones will be back in the lineup to compete at the Bethany Invitational. As a whole, Cross said the track & field program shares a common goal through the beginning of the outdoor season, with progression being the focus. “The goal pretty much for the first six weeks of the season are the same, which are just like try and progress as much as we can,” Cross said. “The way this falls, we kind of view indoor and outdoor as one
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Mike Trax reached 10th in Division III in the long jump after reaching a distance of 6.79 meters.
Trax some individual results. Cross said Silas Mays ran a ‘decent’ 400-meter dash after he finished second in the meet with a time of 52.27. In the 800-meter run, Cross said Nate Jecelin wasn’t slowed significantly by colder conditions. “Nate ran a very consistent 800, even with the weather and all of that,” Cross said. For the f ield events,
Cross said she was pleased with freshman Roman Lessard’s performance in the javelin. “Roman did well in javelin, I think he got second,” Cross said. “A lot of people, again same thing, were just knocking the rust off, but this was their second meet and it looks like it was exactly what you would expect out of a meet like that. People did well, but no one had any crazy personal records.” The men’s track & field team will be back in action this Saturday at the Bethany Invitational in Bethany, West Virginia.
42 innings as of Tuesday. The team also boasts the number one hitter in the conference so far in terms of average in sophomore Haley Bedalota, who sports a .500 average in 12 starts this season. As of March 26, before the team played Point Park, junior Ashley Dubovich paced the team in average at .441. Lawrence leads the team and PAC in home runs with three so far and junior Courtney Syfert leads the team in RBIs with eight. On the mound, sophomore Emma Kubalak has the most innings pitched wi th 56, while senior Courtney Messenger is leading the team in ERA (1.87) and strikeouts (12) in just 30 innings pitched.
Waynesburg, as a team holds a slig ht edge in team batting average over Westminster (.268 to .260), but the Titans have the upper hand in ERA (3.71 to 4.51). Lawrence is confident in the team that surrounds her as the Yellow Jackets head into conference play this Saturday at 1 p.m. at home. “Our expectations are high, we know that they’re a good team so we’re going to give our all in every inning,” Lawrence said. “Playing Point Park… definitely [gave] us confidence against rise ball pitchers because they also have one. It will take hard work, hustle and teamwork to start off on the right foot.”
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Junior Katie Jones finished first for the Jackets and fourth overall in the steeplechase with a time of 5:59.3 on Saturday. coherent season so where this falls for almost all of the athletes, this is some of their heaviest training.” As the team prepares for the Bethany Invitational, they may encounter rain along the way. Though the forecast is predicting rain over the weekend,
Cross said moderate rain will not alter the team’s game plan. “Bethany tends to be, if it’s a nice day, it can be windy as well,” Cross said. “If it’s just like a little drizzle or like cloudy or something, it probably won’t be too bad of a meet.
Of course, it is Pennsylvania, so that could also mean pouring down rain the whole time.” Most events will continue through the rain, though Cross said pole vault would most likely be one of the first events to be canceled due to rain.
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Senior first baseman Alex Lawrence has returned for a final year with the Yellow Jackets. She is a former All-PAC selection and batted .301 last year.
was Jazmyn Rohrer, who was named PAC Player of the Year last year. On the mound she went 21-6 with a 0.88 ERA in 175.1 innings pitched to go along with 254 strikeouts. As a batter, she hit .318 with eight doubles and 22 RBIs. The Titans do not have the same dominant pitching as last year but utilize a one-two punch from freshmen Krystyna Burdelski and Madison Brown who have split the innings nearly even so far, with Burdelski tossing 43.2 innings and Brown throwing
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Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket
Spring musical, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' premieres COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant
The Waynesburg University spring musical for 2019 is 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' The musical’s opening night was Wednesday, March 27, and will run through, Sunday, March 31. The show is being performed inside of the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. Edward L. Powers, professor of theatre, is directing the show. This story, he says, varies from how other musicals are structured. “This is a different kind of musical in a sense that there is so much music that is used to help narrate and tell the story,” Powers said. “Things are really coming together now. So, we are expecting a good production week.” Powers added that the music is the driving factor of the plot in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' even more than compared to musicals he’s directed in the past. The main reason behind this is that 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' isn’t structured like a typical musical.
“Often times in a lot of the standard musicals, you would have the characters meeting in a scene and then there would be dialogue. In ['The Hunchback of Notre Dame'], we have the storytellers adding music that helps convey the narration of the story,” Powers said. Powers said that there are a lot of musicals that don't have any narra-
said. “And I have carried it even further to the point where everybody basically is a storyteller.That’s the way the show is written.” For this year’s musical, there are a total of 10 Waynesburg University students as well as community professionals in the orchestra, which is lead by Dr. Ronda DePriest, professor of in-
“This is a different kind of musical in a sense that there is so much music that is used to help narrate and tell the story.” EDWARD L. POWERS
Director of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
tion at all, whereas this show is largely based on it. During the performance there are characters who break down the fourth wall and talk directly to the audience throughout the entire musical. “There is a lot of that in this show,” he
strumental music and director of the music program. Even though DePriest calls it a pit orchestra, there are no strings in the group. Instead, all of the string sounds are played on a keyboard. “So, it does sound like an orchestra in places, but Logan Koller has us cov-
ered in the whole string section. He is doing pretty well,” she said. It’s a challenge for the orchestra to gather together with each other as well as the actors and the choir, says DePriest. The group sits down and runs through the entire book of songs and tweak how notes sound if DePriest feels necessary. Then they meet with the actors and go through all of act one the first week and the next week they go through all the second act. Then they don’t meet again until tech week, which is the final week before the show opens. There’s also a choir involved with this year’s musical that DePriest manages as well. “The choir is actually under the Notre Dame façade, and they are watching me [conduct] on a video monitor,” she said. “So, they are seeing me conduct from the back of the house on a monitor and singing with us.” The show will start at 7:30 p.m. in the GPAC each night and tickets for the show are three dollars for students and five dollars for the general public.
Graduate student will ‘miss WU's spirit’ Quasimodo actor
prepares for first musical showing
JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief
In April 2017, Luke Carter didn't know what he wanted to do. A month before graduation, Carter, set to receive a degree in accounting, knew his goal was to become a Certified Public Accountant. Because he didn't have the necessary credit hours to do so, however, he decided to pursue graduate school at Waynesburg. As for where he wanted to work, Carter spoke with Associate Dean of Students, Pat Bristor, about a graduate assistant opening in student activities, but Bristor told Carter the position had been filled. “Then not even three days later, [Bristor] email me and said ‘hey I’d like to talk to you,’” Carter said. “Somehow the person who did get the graduate assistant po-
RACHEL PELLEGRINO Editorial Assistant
Photo Courtesy of Luke Carter
Luke Carter, graduate assistant, hadn't worked in Student Services before his position. After his gradution, Carter will be working at a government agency. sition took another job, so then it opened up for me. In a matter of two weeks, I applied, and then about a month later they gave
me the position. I started a month later, so it was a quick turnaround.” This May, he'll be leaving that position when he gets
his MBA. Carter said he isn’t sure what his exact time of departure is, but his conGRAD >> D2
Student senior recital features flute DYLAN CLELAND Assistant Sports Editor
Susan Dunsworth, senior entrepreneurship major with a music minor, performed her senior recital Sunday in front of family and friends. Growing up, Dunsworth watched her passion for music develop in the comfort of her home. “My dad has played guitar for as long as I can remember,” Dunsworth said. “A lot of times on Sunday evenings he would play things from the hymnal or
songs he knew from growing up, some silly songs and we would always sing with him. My mom dabbles in piano and encouraged all of us to learn musical instruments.” Af ter going throug h high school trying multiple instruments, such as the piano, Dunsworth, an Erie native, settled on a different instrument from both of her parents--the flute. “I played piano when I was little, never practiced enough and it never stuck, b u t I l ea r n ed e n o u g h
about music theory that I took up flute in the fall semester of my junior year of high school,” said Dunsworth said. “I learned it a lot faster than most people who had never touched an instrument before.” As she was searching for a college, , Dunsworth wanted to f ind a place where she could receive specialized one-on-one lessons. After enrolling at Waynesburg University, she wasted no time setting them up. “I wanted to take lessons specifically for my
instruments,” Dunsworth said. . “So, I started taking lessons and I requested those before I graduated high school and after I enrolled here and then orientation weekend, I did matriculation choir. Word got out that I was a business major that was interested in music.” Dunsworth has spent the last three years taking classes in the business department, which have been particularly busy for her. While she FLUTE >> D2
After weeks of long nights and hard work, it was finally time for the cast of this year’s musical, ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ to take the stage. The Goodwin Performing Arts Center was filled with friends, students and parents ready to embark on a music-filled journey during the show’s premiere, Wednesday, March 27. The lead role, Quas i m o d o , i s p l ayed by Thomas Faye, junior music ministry major. Even though the musical is running this week, Fay said he isn’t nervous. He claims that he is, in fact, much calmer compared to the week leading up to other musicals he’s performed in the past. Faye said he has been performing musicals for about five years, but this is his first time being the main role. “I have had a few leads now, not the main character but some big roles,” Faye said. Edward L. Powers, director of theatre, said Faye was given this role because of his talent. “When I cast a show I look at the talent. Can they act the role? Can they sing the role? Can they give us the look of the role? Bottom line, it’s the talent,” Powers said.
Practice for the musical started Jan. 21. The cast has been practicing Monday through Thursday 7 to 10 p.m. and Friday 3:30 to 5 p.m. with additional practices due to being behind schedule. “We were a bit behind,” Faye said. “We’re starting to get back on track and it’s starting to come together very well.” Faye said he’s had many late nights due to musical. Last week especially, leading up to the musical was crazy. “It’s just been going to classes, finding time to do homework and going to musical practices every single night,” he said. “As always the week before a performance is very very hectic,” Powers said. . “There is stress because we have so many people still practicing their lines and their words and their music. And we’re hoping everything jells together. So, there’s a lot on everybody’s plate.” This week, Faye said he’ll be constantly running over lines and songs and getting in the character of Quasimodo as much as he can. One problem he’s had wi th get ting into his character is always needing to hunch over, which h a s g i v e n Fa y e b a c k problems. ACTOR >> D2
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Student-directed one act plays complete final rehearsals
atrical element to history when you have to present it to other people, which is definitely what I want to do for the rest of my life: teach. Directing shows really helps a lot with presenting to other people so they aren’t just bored with what you’re telling them; it adds an element of fun drama to it.” Thomas says the process for this show is proceeding smoothly due to dedication from the actors and support from Edward Powers, director and professor of theater. “One of my biggest pushers here on-campus is Ed-
ward Powers. [Powers has] He’s given me so many theatrical opportunities to get involved so quickly. I’ve learned so much, so [I thank] just a thank you to him for supporting me and helping me develop my skills and talents in theater.” Cook said these opportunities will benefit her be beneficial as she pursues entering the entertainment industry. “All of these film and theater opportunities will be beneficial; we’re putting it into practice versus just sitting in a classroom and learning about it,” she said. “You learn more by doing., Hhaving a small school is advantageous because of all the hands-on opportunities.” One Acts are free and available for viewing on Wednesday April 10 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. GPAC. At that time, Thomas said, he can enjoy his favorite aspect of directing. “My absolute favorite part about being a director is watching the end of it; when the show is finally going on and there’s nothing I can do more at that point,” he said.. “I can just sit back and watch all the hard work that had been put in months before be on stage, and it’s wonderful.”
sic program, on campus, in town and in my church has just helped me grow so much as a person and I’m really grateful,” Dunsworth
said. “I almost didn’t come here, but then I did and I’m really glad I came here, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
SIERRA MEDINA For The Yellow Jacket
Although Tré Thomas, junior history major, director of an upcoming original one act and assistant director for this year’s spring musical, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” has performed on-stage since his freshman year his time here at Waynesburg University, his numerous directing experiences have captured his focus. “I’ve become stage manager, moved all the way up to assistant director and directing my own one acts,” he said.. I’ve thrived more behind stage than I’ve ever done onstage.” Directing has been an opportunity for growth and evolution from directing for a class, to pursuing a chance to showcase original playss, said Thomas. “My first show that I directed I was very timid,” Thomas said.. “It was the first time I had ever taken a directing position, so I didn’t really want to take full control,” he said. “I’ve evolved; it’s a lot easier for me to come in and take control, know what I want and then ask for what I want.” Thomas’ original “This Hill” is a short story of handling a break-up that
Grad Continued from D1 tract expires May 30. From there, he plans on working for a government agency in Washington D.C., and in doing so, he'll be leaving behind the place he's called home between late August and early May for the past six years. As a former captain on the Waynesburg University
“It's shown me that I can be a leader. It's kind of a nice stepping stone for the real world.” LUKE CARTER
Graduate Assistant
baseball team, Carter had experience in a leadership position before, and he said his work as a graduate assistant enhanced his leadership qualities. “It’s shown me that I can be a leader,” he said. “It’s kind of a nice stepping stone for the real world. Just getting out there, talking to different companies, making calls on the phone, setting things up, making sure all the work is in the correct places. Just kind of help running the business here will help me run a business wherever I may go.” As an undergraduate, Carter never worked in student activities. Bristor said that most graduate students have worked for her in some form, and this made the transition more challenging for Carter. "Luke was at a disadvantage in that although he was involved in organizations— the business club—he really didn't have knowledge of student activities or what goes on behind the scenes," Bristor said. Carter is involved in almost every SAB-related event. If he can’t be there in person, he still contributes by putting up flyers and posting online forms, and also makes sure every student has paid their fee, and gets reimbursed if they don't show. Additionally, Carter assists Bristor with weekend and nighttime coverage. Because Assistant Director of Student Activities Ryan Smith has been occupied with the universities up-
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The play "This Hill," written by Tre Thomas, junior history major, is a drama that focuses on a couple meeting once again after a painful breakup. is meant to be have both heartfelt and heart wrenching elements. a combination of both heartfelt and heartwrenching. “You should find yourself relating to both characters; you sympathize with one and the other to the point where there is no bad guy.” Megan Cook, senior communication major and lead in “This Hill,” has participated in six different one acts at Waynesburg. throughout her time at Waynesburg. She detailed how Cook said her first directing experience with Thomas has been
dated website, however, Bristor said Carter has had to do more office work . “Things that I thought the GA’s would be able to do in terms of weekend coverage, I had to pull them back into the office to do some of the customer times of things," she said. “He's done a good job.” For Carter, despite living in the same town, the life of a graduate student at Waynesburg University is much different than that of an undergraduate. For example, Carter's graduate classes are on Waynesburg's Southpointe campus, and take place in the evening. "There’s a lot of different points during the day where I [would have been] doing stuff with my friends, but instead I’m working, so I’m not going to be able to see them because they’ll still be in class and I’m still working," Carter said. “…I also have my own school work to do. … So basically, I kind of did feel like I was going to a different school in hindsight.… It’s still Waynesburg, but it’s a different life than what undergrad is." Both Bristor and Smith will miss Carter’s upbeat, easygoing personali ty around the third floor of the Stover Campus Center. "Luke is kind of an easy go lucky guy,” Bristor said. “[He's] always kind of happy and willing to do whatever we ask of him. So he’ll be missed." "He’s always on the positive side of life," Smith said. "Just the enjoyment of his company, in the office or at events. He’s never [stressed]. He’s very calm. Sometimes events can be stressful because there’s something not going right, but Luke’s always had a clear mind, clear head, and can really look through and see things will work out and will be fine.” Carter will miss the people of Waynesburg more than anything else, for how they are able to treat others with gestures that could be as simple as saying hi. “What I’m going to take from Waynesburg is the way that we treat everyone,” Carter said. “Even just starting out as a student, I noticed how friendly everybody was here and how much they’d be willing to do for everyone, especially when I was a student ambassador, they’d comment on how nice everybody was… that’s something that I’m going to miss the most, and I’m going to take that with me.”
a positive one. “I love working with Tré because he gives actors more freedom to dive deeper,” she said. . “[The cast] They can really become their character on-stage rather than just being told what to do, every motion to make and motivations for the character. ,” she said. “During rehearsal he’ll ask a question: why do you think your character would do that? Sometimes he doesn’t even necessarily have the answer, he just wants to see how you think the question should be answered and how you’re go-
ing to portray it. It’s a style of directing that shows that he cares about the actors and the story he’s portraying that much.” Thomas said the various theatrical opportunities afforded him have provided a link between his major and his passions as a history major. “It’s the ‘knowing what I want and then asking for it’ that has translated a lot into my everyday life because now I know what I want in real life and I feel more confident in asking for it,” he said. “There’s a certain the-
Flute Continued from D1 brought credits in from high school, putting her on track to graduate in three years, but adding a minor to that makes for a busy schedule. Staying focused and on task with such a demanding lifestyle can be difficult, but Dunsworth said she couldn’t have pulled it off without the knowledge learned from professor and flute instructor, Jeremy Olisar, as well as Dr. Ronda DePriest, professor of instrumental music and director of the music program. “I’ve had f lute lessons with [Olisar] every semester, I’ve been in band every semester,” Dunsworth said. “I did choir but that wasn’t really my thing. I’m more of an instrumentalist, but I’ve made a lot of really good connections and [Olisar] and [DePriest] have helped me grow so much as a musician and a person. I’ve definitely learned a lot.” Following graduation in May, Dunsworth plans to go to upstate New York and continue working at a resort she’s interned and worked with over the past two summers. “It’s a wonderful atmosphere, it’s a Christian
Actor Continued from D1 “[Hunching over] was fine for awhile. It started coming back this week, which didn’t help,” Faye said. “But I’m still working on it and we’ll see how things go.” Over the years at Waynesburg, Powers said Faye “has come a long way on the stage.” “In his freshman year he was new to the game, new to the theatre, at least the theatre here anyway,” Powers said. . “Over the years, we have seen him grow so much.” He said Faye has improved his stage presence, his line interpretation and his ability to present a “captivating character on stage” since his start in the theatre program at Waynesburg
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Susan Dunsworth, senior entrepreneurship major, has been involved with the music program throughout her three years on campus. After graduation, she plans to work at a resort. nonprofit camp and resort and they raise a lot of money for missions and a lot of the people there are involved in music,” Dunsworth said. To conclude, one word that Dunsworth used to summarize her time at Way n e s b u rg b e s t wa s “growth.” “I think as a whole being at Waynesburg in the mu-
three years ago. He described Faye as having finesse and panache when being on stage and said he it is nice to watch him on stage. The scene that Faye is most exci ted for the audience to see the cast perform is the last scene. “I know i t’s a huge scene and there’s just so much energy that can be put into it. I’m just excited for everyone to just be wowed,” he said. Even though the musical will soon be coming to an end, it is a sweet ending for Faye. “It feels nice for things to be almost over and that all the hard work will pay off,” he said. The performance of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' will run through Saturday, March 30.
Grace Hutchison The Yellow Jacket
Thomas Faye, junior music ministry major, will be acting as the lead character in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' After weeks of rigorous practice, Faye says he isn't nervous for the show.
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THE STUDENTS My name is Jenna Bartley, I am a junior computer security and forensics major and work as an ITS Student Support Specialist through the University’s IT Department. I am truly grateful to have been able to call Waynesburg my home over the past three years. My journey thus far has not only been exciting but fulfilling to say the least. To give a little insight on my home life, I grew up as an only child in Irwin, Pennsylvania. I attended Penn-Trafford High School with a graduating class of about 400 students. Before coming to Waynesburg, I had put much thought into what I wanted out of my college experience. My faith, serving others and learning were all important factors to me and Waynesburg automatically
checked all those off my list. As soon as I stepped foot on campus, I instantly knew this was where I belonged. My mom attended school here back in the day, so I guess you can say Waynesburg runs in my blood. Coming from a small town, transitioning into this new chapter has had its ups, downs, twists and turns but overall it has not only been rewarding but smooth sailing. My parents have instilled in me to stay true to myself, follow my heart and pursue my dreams but when it came to determining what career path I wanted to pursue, it was a struggle for me. Having a variety of different interests, picking a major did not come easily to me. Working as an ITS Student Support Specialist, I get to not only gain
experience in my field, but I get to serve others. In addition to working at school, I have an internship at the West Virginia State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit this semester. As I look ahead at my future endeavors, I am unsure of where I will end up, but I know God has a plan for me. The people whom I have met along the way have made a huge impact in my life. My roommates, friends, professors, and co-workers have all helped me grow into the individual I am today. Being such a small campus, the community life here is something unlike no other. In addition to all that, my life outside the classroom consists of hanging out with my friends, watching and/or playing sports, and a love for photography.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a series that highlights the experiences of Waynesburg University students. Photo courtesy of Jenna Bartley
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5 Steps to Growing a Spectacular Succulent Written By: Mattie Winowitch
Designed by: Elaina Spahmer
In the past several years, succulents and other potted plants have exploded in popularity among younger individuals. What began as a fun way to liven up a bookshelf or windowsill has slowly turned into a lifestyle for many millennials who consider themselves to be “plant parents.” However, while owning a succulent may seem quirky and cool, they do require a bit of work. After all, plants are living things. If you plan on joining in on the trend, here are five steps you can take to make sure your succulent stays alive. 1. Pick the right pot. When choosing a pot to place your succulent in, make sure you choose one that drains at the bottom. Succulents don’t like a lot of water, so by using a pot with built-in holes, it will reduce the likelihood of your plant drowning. 2. Be mindful when choosing soil. If you want to raise a successful succulent, you need to start from the ground up -- literally. Most gardening stores sell soil made just for succulents. Going back to the theme of succulents not liking too much water, it is important to note that regular soil does stay very moist. Dry, sandy soil is best. 3. Don’t forget to water, but don’t overdo it. The best rule of thumb for watering a succulent is to water it until water starts to slightly drain from the bottoms. Be sure to dump out any excess water, and do not water again until the soil has completely dried. 4. Pick a sunny spot. When choosing where to place your succulent, it is important to pick a spot that will have direct sunlight for at least four hours a day and will stay relatively warm. Be sure that they don’t get too warm during the summer months, and make sure they get extra light during the winter months. 5. The secret is in the leaves. Want to know how your succulent is doing? Check its leaves. Underwatered succulents will appear to be dry and shriveled. Overwatered succulents will look plump and soggy. If your succulent’s leaves are beginning to die, be sure to remove them to avoid pests.