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MARCH FOR Elementary art program alumna attends March for Our Lives in D.C. By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor
Amy Gartley could hear the crowd from the Metro. Once she got off, she began walking towards the crowds of people forming in downtown Washington, D.C. March 24 for the March for Our Lives, a peaceful protest held mainly in response to the Parkland, Florida shooting. As she moved in closer, she saw the stage and the U.S. Capitol Building surrounded by a sea of people of different ages and ethnic backgrounds all fighting for one thing: change. “In that moment, I knew I was not alone,” Gartley said. “We were all just there to show our love and compassion towards these people who have gone through tragic instances in their life.” Gartley currently serves as an elementary art teacher at Uniontown Area School District.
As a 2009 alumna of Waynesburg University with a degree in art education, Gartley is following her career path, but lately, she has been feeling burdened by what she sees and reads in the news.
Specifically, it was the Parkland shooting that rocked her to her core, and when she and her friend, who is also a teacher, heard about the March for Our Lives, she knew she had to go.
“Every time one of these tragedies happen, it's just another weight on my shoulders as to what can I do about this problem. But in the midst of feeling like there's nothing we can do besides give our thoughts and prayers, what could I do?”
AMY GARTLEY
Art Teacher, Franklin Elementary
“Every time one of these tragic events happen, it’s just another weight on my shoulders as to what can I do about this problem,” Gartley said. “But in the midst of feeling like there’s nothing we can do besides give our thoughts and prayers, what could I do?”
“I didn’t want to just be one of those people who sit there and complain,” she said. “I wanted to make a difference.” On an impulse decision, both teachers made the trek to the nation’s capital with the hopes to seek knowledge and comfort, as well as
a revolution of ideas when it comes to school shootings. In her classroom at Franklin Elementary, Gartley said she is too familiar with gun violence protocols. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School didn’t inspire safety procedures. These procedures were already in place after the shootings at Virginia Tech, San Bernadino, Pulse Night Club, Sandy Hook and Las Vegas, just to name a few. For Gartley, she said it isn’t the additional safety procedures that upsets her. Instead, it’s the fact that she has to interrupt drawing and finger painting to teach her fiveyear-old students how to “Act and React” to a potential school shooter. “There is absolutely no reason why, as an elementary art teacher, I should have to go through trainings as to what to do when there is an active shooter in my classroom,” CHANGE >> A3
Lucas-Hathaway awards granted to faculty Housing updates made in response to student backlash By JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
James Tanda retired from one career on a Friday and began another at the start of the next week. After spending 27 years in law enforcement, Tanda started teaching at Waynesburg University in 2013. Last Tuesday at the annual chapel service to commemorate Charter Day, Tanda, instructor of criminal justice and director of security management and emergency management, was one of three university faculty members honored with the 2018 Lucas-Hathaway Te a c h i n g E x c e l l e n c e Award, being recognized as a faculty member with
By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor
Photo courtesy of Paul Hicks
Three professors were granted the Lucas-Hathaway Teaching Excellence awards during the Charter Day Chapel service. teaching excellence in introductory subjects. The awards are presented
annually to three faculty m e m b e r s , n om i n at e d by students, alumni or
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McCoy elected as new Senate president By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
Waynesburg University Student election results are in, and the new Student Senate president is Tyler McCoy. Former president T.J. DeNoforio will move to vice president. Among other vice president elections, sophomore B enjamin
Dodge won against freshman Drew Hreha. Freshman Daniel Booth was able to win against senior Lauren Harvey, who became the treasurer. The election was pushed back due to a controversy involving Olivia SchultzFa l a n d e s . S h e p l a c e d promot i on a l f lye rs i n illegal places, such as door
knobs. While there was consideration to ban her from the election, SchultzFalandes was eventually permitted to run. She, however, ended up losing to McCoy for president. “I don’t regret doing it, despite the fall out with the whole door hanger issue, and I thought it was a good learning experience.
Overall, I’ve never run an actual campaign before,” Schultz-Falandes said. “It was really great to get into that and know how all of that works. I think overall it was extremely helpful.” After winning social vice president, Dodge vowed to provide a way for Student SENATE >> A3
After changes in the housing selection process were met with considerable student backlash in the last two weeks, Matt Pioch, director of housing, said the university is doing its best to address concerns. Last Wednesday, March 28, selections for suite-style doubles were released to the campus community. There are a projected 44 doubles being made available for next year—compared to the approximately 72 doubles in use this year. P i o c h s a i d 1 0 m ore doubles were made available to students than the administration had originally planned—but students still took to social media to voice their discontent. “We were adding 38 triples to the suite-style halls, and after getting a lot of student feedback and just hearing that there were a lot of major student concerns with that direction, we were able to move some things around…” said Pioch.
Now, 2 8 t r ipl e s w i l l be added to suite-style housing instead of 38, and the university also opened more on-campus houses as options. Pioch said the university always sets certain houses aside for students with special living requirements or food allergies; and this year, had one set aside to start a “living learning community” center through the C enter for S er vice Learning. “After seeing the crunch and the student response, I spoke with Rev. [Jim] Tinnemeyer, [vice president] of Student Services, and we came to the decision that this would not be the year to open that living learning center and really that oncampus house should be open to the people that were next in line in the scoring, in the way we score our house applicants.” Opening more on-campus houses has allowed the university to house two more groups of four students— HOUSING >> A3
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University marketing team wins award ‘You’re Not Alone’ discussion group to help ease anxiety By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor
Waynesburg University has been recognized for its creative excellence in marketing and communications in education in 2018 with two CUPPIE Awards. The awards, given by College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals [CUPRAP], were a gold and a bronze CUPPIE. The university received its gold award for the production of the 2015-2016 Annual Report. This was an especially proud achievement for Stacey Brodak, vice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations because the entire product was done “in-house” by members of the Waynesburg team. “They have a division and they do awards for campaigns for universities ... they do them for in-house design as opposed to as to external, where you’re hiring externally for a marketing firm to do them,” said Brodak. “Almost exclusively, all our work is done in-house and that’s pretty remarkable for a school of our size and a department of our size, that we’re doing all of our marketing work internally.” Brodak, along with the rest of the members of the team do all of the creative work, marketing and writing that is part of the process. The newest challenge for the team is the new marketing message in the GROW Campaign. “What I would want to strongly applaud is our university’s in-house team, that we’re able to do this. It saves the university a tremendous amount of resources that we are able to do the campaigns with just our in-house staff,” said Brodak. Brodak also said that audiences would never be
By KADEN HURLEY
For the Yellow Jacket
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The marketing team has won five CUPPIE awards over the past three years for events like 2016's Day of Giving, the 2016 annual report, a 2017 newsletter along with the annual report for the 2013-2014 school year and a newsletter from that school year as well. able to tell the difference between the Waynesburg team’s work and a professional marketing group because they are of just as high quality. According to Brodak, saving money isn’t the only benefit of doing this type of work with an inhouse team, as opposed to hiring a marketing firm. “When you talk about message, and particularly for our institution, you really want to have s ome one t hat understands it. Another piece of this is when you talk to perspective students, undergraduate students or graduate students, they know if something doesn’t feel authentic or it’s a sales pitch,” said Brodak. “So you really have to do a good job, I think,
of presenting the university in an authentic way, and I think that would be very difficult to do if you weren’t housed here on campus and really, fully understand who we are, what our mission is, what our students are all about, what they’re wanting to experience and what we have to offer.” Waynesburg also won a bronze CUPPIE in “PR and Marketing – Special Event Promo” for its Day of Giving Campaign in
2016. In total, the university has won five CUPPIE awards, a gold and a bronze in 2018, a bronze in 2017, and a gold and a bronze in 2016. The team is also planning on turning in the Day of Giving campaign from this year in next year's CUPPIE awards because it show President Douglas Lee's personality and how much it reflected his love of running along with the university's desire raise money.
Accounting firm speaks to business majors By ANDREW HREHA
For the Yellow Jacket
Waynesburg University recently hosted representatives from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. Commonly referred to as simply Deloitte, the company is one of the most widely admired accounting firms in the world and is often recognized as one of the “Big Four” accounting firms. On their website, Deloitte describes their own company as determined to not only help their clients but to change society. “For us, good isn't good enough,” the website reads. “We aim to be the best at all that we do—to help clients realize their ambitions, to make a positive difference in society and to maximize the success of our people. This drive fuels the commitment and humanity that run deep through our every action.” Representatives from Deloitte visited Waynes-
burg University March 29 to discuss careers in public accounting with faculty and students of the Business Administration Department. Professor William Stough was able to use his connections to bring representatives from the firm to Waynesburg University. “Dan [Potetz] and I have known each other for a lot of years,” Stough said. “I just asked him if he would come to campus.” Stough believes that for students to meet those who have climbed the ladder in a “Big Four” accounting firm would show them it is obtainable. “It is not out of reach to go to a Big Four,” Stough said. “To understand Dan [Potetz] and Michael [Sorkin] are normal people.” The visit began with a lunch hosted by President Douglas Lee, at which the Deloitte visitors were greeted by senior staff members chair of the business ad-
ministration department Dr. G ordon McC lung , business administration professors Jayne Olshanski and William Stough as well as business administration students. The visitors also spoke to students in Alumni Hall regarding the public accounting profession. Dan Potetz, a partner at the international firm and Michael Sorkin, a senior auditor, were able to share what types of students the firm is looking to hire after college and what it is like to work for one of the biggest accounting firms in the world. Aside from getting to meet members of a Big Four firm and adding them to their network, students were also able to learn how to get on the path to a career in public accounting for when they graduate. The meeting also proved valuable for the Business Administration professors. Professors were able to learn
what they need to be teaching to better prepare their students for careers in the field. The Business Administration Department is not new to interacting with professionals in the business world. Michael Colgan, chairman of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, visited Waynesburg University in March to talk about the effect of technology on the accounting profession and how students should plan to handle it. Colgan was brought to the University by the Business Club, who regularly hosts speakers from across the business spectrum. After the event, Stough says that he looks forward to Waynesburg working closely with Deloitte in the future. “I hope this is the beginning of a long relationship between Deloitte and the University,” Stough said.
Fifth graders visit WU for Career Day By REBECCA LIBERTO For the Yellow Jacket
The future generations of the Greene County community paid a visit to Waynesburg University March 26 for Career Day. Fifth-graders from the Carmichaels School District, Central Greene School District, Jefferson-Morgan School District, Southeastern Greene School District and West Greene School District took part in the event. The five districts came to campus to learn about what kind of careers they could obtain with a degree from the programs at the university.
Students currently enrolled at Waynesburg separately launched 15 minute presentations on each different program Waynesburg University has to offer. The featured programs that had been represented were the departments of communication, chemistry, criminal justice, math and computer science, humanities, education and fine arts. Sarah Bell, advisor for The Yellow Jacket and academic communications coordinator, worked with faculty from the university while organizing the event with her student assistant, Olivia Kelley. Together, Bell and Kelley,
worked with the members of the Greene County Career and Technology Center [GCCTC], located down the street from the university. Katie Sleasman, a guidance counselor at GCCTC, worked with Bell and Kelley, splitting up the large group of fifth graders in order for all those attending to have the opportunity to visit campus. “The Greene County Career and Technology Center kind of started this process,” said Bell. “There were about 400 total fifth-graders in Greene County, which was a lot for either Waynesburg or Greene County Career and Technology Center to host
all at once. So we split them, 200 at Waynesburg and 200 at the center.” Due to the large number of children, they switched the split groups in the afternoon, allowing everyone to see both facilities. While at Waynesburg, the elementary schoolers visited the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, Stover Center and the Paul R. Stewart Science Hall to watch the presentations. The GCCTC programs of study that are offered are; automotive technology, automotive collision, KIDS >> A4
In the face of divisiveness that is tearing through the American people, freshman psychology major Angela Veltri decided to take a stand for Waynesburg University’s campus through her discussion group, You’re Not Alone. “Our main focus is for people with anxiety to know there are people right here on campus that know what you are going through; that they are there to support you,” Veltri said. “Since it is an open group, we like to discuss a whole range of things. Things like coping skills or something that is going on in their lives.” In her eyes, school counselor Chaley Knight and Veltri originally created the group for people struggling with anxiety. Veltri envisioned a higher purpose for their group, which works against the hatred and rifts throughout America that affect even Waynesburg’s campus. “I will say our society views these issues as there’s a right answer or there’s a wrong answer. These issues bring so much conflict that it brings the world more anxiety,” Veltri said. “I want to definitely dive into these issues, but most importantly, I want others to respect each other’s beliefs and opinions on these issues.” Director of the Counseling Center Jane Owen finds herself in agreement with Knight’s and Veltri’s goals and ambitions for the You’re Not Alone group. “Even here [at Waynesburg], on our level, we can’t discuss things that need to be discussed. You know, like, here’s our side and why we think it should, and here’s our side and why we think it shouldn’t,” Owen said. “We should encourage an academic community that has different viewpoints and is mature and intelligent enough to be able to disagree.” Both Veltri and Owen recognize that this abundance
of despair among people is causing mental illness rates to increase exponentially, especially suicide rates. “So many people feel hopeless, you know, [they think] what difference does it make if I live,” Owen said. “[They say] the world sucks. People are unhappy anyway, and I’m not going to be happy. There’s a real despondency of ‘life is not good’ for many people who are feeling hopeless. People don’t feel safe or secure. There is a correlation. That’s why there is a rise in people taking their own lives.” According to the Brady Campaign, an organization that studies and raises money to prevent gun violence, around 59 people every day use a firearm to take their own lives in America. “More young people die each year from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, strokes, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung diseases combined,” said President of Brady Campaign Dan Gross. As for Veltri’s ambitions, Owen says she is fully supportive, because it has been proven time and time again that “it is young people who make a difference.” “We’re all human beings,” said Owen. “If we would just be empathetic and try to see things from other people’s perspectives. We can do this here, on campus, just by talking to each other, getting off the phone and talking.” The You’re Not Alone group meets every Thursday evenings from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the third floor of Stover Campus Center. The group is open to everyone, and Veltri hopes the group has a lasting impact on those who choose to attend. “Throughout our lives there will be people who are different or associated with an opposite party,” said Veltri. “These issues will affect people in different ways and, for me, it’s important for people to hear what the other side has to say before they speak and remain respectful of another person’s beliefs.”
Programs available for student research, international studies By REBECCA LIBERTO For the Yellow Jacket
Numerous programs are available on campus for students who are interested in international studies, language or research. The Boren Awards and Gilman International Scholarship programs offer scholarships for students who are studying abroad, specifically for those hoping to expand language or national security skills. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for students who have designed study and/or research projects as well as students involved in the English Teaching Assistant Program. Sarah Bell, academic communications coordinator and newly appointed study abroad coordinator, assists students who want to apply to the Boren or Gilman programs. “Students have to go through the specific guidelines and submit a thorough application,” Bell said. “And, basically, my role is to help them submit something that makes them stand out.” Bell said the Boren scholarships are offered to students who require funding while they study abroad in regions of the world where the language is less commonly taught. However, according to Bell, the Boren Award is not meant for students who wish to just
study abroad. They must also be goal-oriented and be looking to learn a new language and apply said language to their career path. Like Boren, Gilman is a grant awarded to students who have limited funds and would like to gain critical skills that apply to the national security and economy. Dr. Marie Leichliter-Krause, assistant provost, advises the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. In order to apply for the Fulbright program, a student must submit a “Statement of Grant Purpose” which must have activities to take place throughout the duration of one full academic year in a country outside of the United States. “The primary goal of the Fulbright award program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other nations through cultural exchange,” said Leichliter-Krause. “Students are immersed in the culture of the host country so that they may gain an appreciation of the viewpoints and beliefs of the individuals with whom they are living.” Leichliter-Krause, like Bell, takes the role of meeting with students to guide them through their application process. Those who are interested in learning more can contact Dr. Leichliter-Krause at mleichli@ waynesburg.edu or Sarah Bell at and sbell@waynesburg.edu.
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receive a commemorative plaque and $1,200. Along with Tanda, Dr. James Hepburn, professor of psychology and director of the Graduate Counseling Pro g r am re c e ive d an award as a faculty member with a history of teaching excellence. R e v. C h r i s t y Wi s e , lecturer of biblical ministry studies and communication, was honored as a non-fulltime faculty member. Tanda didn’t know he would be one of the three recipients until Provost Dr. Dana Cook Baer announced the winners towards the end of the service. When he heard his name called, he was moved because of the award's history and prestige. “I was absolutely thrilled and excited to be a recipient of that award, and humbled,” Tanda said. “Because I’m aware of how many great educators that came before me to win this award and I just couldn’t explain the feeling that the university and whoever nominated me would feel that way [about me], and I was so proud to be able to receive it.” Some of the past LucasHathaway Award winners were honored at the Charter Day service as well. Anthony Bocchini, who won the award in 2012, along with Dr. Nancy Mosser (2008) and Susan Phillips (2004), were all honored along with Dr. Marilyn Roberts with professor emeritus status. Until the morning of the service, Wise didn't know that she'd even be eligible to win the award since she is an adjunct professor. Wise has been teaching at the university since 2007, while also serving as a pastor at Bates Fork Baptist Church in Sycamore, where she was ordained three years ago. When Wise found out she was one of the recipients, “tears welled.” “Even though I’m part time, [the university] looks at me as valued and important to the structure of the education of the students that I have,” Wise said. Hepburn has been at Waynesburg University for a quarter-century, and what he takes the most pride in throughout his 25 years at the university isn't just his work in improving the Graduate Counseling Program, but helping it come to fruition. “I think in terms of my work at Waynesburg Un i v e r s i t y, t h e m o s t
important thing is the e s t a b l i s h m e nt of t h e Gr a du at e C ou ns e l i ng Program itself,” Hepburn said. “When I came to Waynesburg in 1993, we didn’t have any programs at all. And then [former president Timothy Thyreen] began to develop graduate programs, first in business and in other areas. We worked to develop a counseling program, and I was part of that initial thrust for that.” For each recipient, Baer read an excerpt from a student nomination written for their professors. One student said of Tanda: “He is a true professional and treats everyone with fairness and respect. He inspires and motivates me to do my best academically and professionally. I am a better person because of this teacher.” Ever since arriving at Waynesburg, Tanda, father of three boys, hoped to communicate with his students in the same way he does with his children. He sees that nomination as a sign that his teaching has made an impact. “One of the mantras that I adopted when I got here almost six years ago was that I wanted to be able to treat every one of my students as if they were my own child coming into school,” Tanda said. “Meaning with care and concern and compassion and understanding, and trying to bring everybody up to the level of their highest potential. For a student to echo that back to me unsolicited, and say that I mattered, that I was relevant in their life in that way, professionally and academically, it reminds me that I’m on the right track and I should stay the course. I’m hopeful other students feel the same way.” Although Tanda had experience in teaching before coming to Waynesburg, teaching at a university forced him to make adjustments. He credited the Criminal Justice Department for a successful transition, w h i ch has g ive n h i m the opportunity to be recognized with the LucasHathaway Award. “I thank [Chairperson Adam Jack] and Dana Baer for showing me that way in the department,” he said. “They were absolutely vital in teaching me how to teach the right way. So, I learned from those who came before me, and I continue to try to improve. I still have a lot to learn.”
University releases new marketing campaign By MICHAEL CAPPELLI Editorial Assistant
Within the last week Waynesburg University has released a new general marketing campaign. The campaign is titled Grow for t h e ke y m e s s a g e s that are being sent. For undergraduate students, t h e ke y m e s s a ge s are growing your mind, grace and spirit as well as growing through service according to the Grow marketing initiative playbook. The Grow campaign has a primary goal of attracting students to the university, according to Stacey Brodak, vice president for institutional advancement and university relations. “The top goal in designing this was our p e r s p e c t i v e m a r k e t s ,” said Brodak. “Both undergraduate and graduate students.” The campaign was
brought to life by the university relations team and has been something the university has been trying to accomplish for some time. “2013 was our last marketing campaign effort and over time you realize in about five years we were well due for a n e w m ar ke t i ng e f for t completely," said Brodak. According to Ashely Wise, director of university relations, the campaign showcases what the university stands for while also appealing to a broader audience. “I think one of the goals was to really share the mission of the university through the campaign in a way that appeals to all of our different markets,” said Wise. While the campaign t argets b ot h g radu ate and undergraduate students, the numbers of
undergraduate population out-weighs the population of graduate students. The graduate population still presents an opportunity to market according to Brodak. For Wise, this was the reason for choosing the title of the campaign, its wide audience range. “I t h i n k t h at’s w hy we landed on the Grow concept, because it can be applied to all the different markets,” said Wise. Another goal for this campaign was to attempt to make the images and videos as real as possible, after testing some of the materials with different groups like millennials and people from Generation Z. “ The one thing we really particularly noted, [Millennials and Gen Z] can see if something isn’t authentic,” said Brodak. “They know if its fake, so we knew that stock images
were not going to speak to that audience.” When making the promotional posters and videos Brodak said they received permission to go into classes to capture “authentic” images. The posters, which can be seen hanging on the glass doors in the Benedum dining hall, feature real students and give you the students' first name if university relations are able to acquire it. Brodak's hope is that the new campaign will reinforce what Waynesburg represents and set the universit y ap ar t f rom others. “I think the idea behind it is that there is an opportunity with this campaign to really build a strong brand for who we are,” said Brodak. “It really differentiates us from other institutions that we are competing against.”
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including a group of students who last week, started and promoted a campuswide petition to revise housing regulations. Six nursing majors, Alyssa O’Day, Shaley Schreckengost, Kaitlin Potutschnig, Jessica Matrogan, Natalie Fortna and Brittany Kennedy, had gathered more than 500 signatures before the university offered them two of the newly-available houses. “It just happens that the individuals that were leading the protest all were next in line,” Pioch said. “Which, at the end of the day, makes sense, since they were the ones most frustrated because they were very close to getting into an on-campus house.” Matrogan, who started the petition, said they are still planning to submit the petition and a written proposal to Rev. Tinnemeyer. “Even if we didn’t benefit from it, we were hoping,
at least in the future, they would change something,” said Matrogan. Pioch said applicants for on-campus houses are put through a score sheet that considers collective grade point averages and credit hours, and the housing committee examines essay submissions, disciplinary violations and other factors. This year, Pioch said several applicants for oncampus houses had scores within 0.4 units of each other, making selection all the more difficult. Despite all the shuffling, students are still frustrated by the decreased availability of doubles in suite-style halls, as well as the changes to the selection process. In years past, students would take part in a “selection night” where students with a certain number of credits were able to choose their dormitory and room location. This year, under the new application process, students could mark a preference for floor and dorm hall, but were given no guarantees.
“In creating this double application that happens earlier…anyone applying for the suite-style halls is not afforded the luxury of picking the specific room anymore,” said Pioch. “And that just has to do with the logistics of trying to make everyone happy…” Still, the amount of doubles available next year has been cut by approximately half, something Pioch attributes to the small size of the 2018 graduating class. “The senior class we have was a rather small class when they came in, and so when they graduate, they will be replaced by a freshman class that is in similar size to the freshman classes we’ve had [more recently],” he said. “In doing so though, our suite-style halls have been more open the last few years because of that smaller class size with the senior class.” Pioch said he and other members of the housing committee were surprised by the outpour of negativity toward the increase in t r i p l e s , t h i n k i n g t h at
students would appreciate another opportunity to reduce the cost of housing. He said that while last week’s petition has not been officially brought to his office, he is still working to address students’ concerns as best he can. “We do hear the students; we do underst and t he frustrations,” he said. “We’ve been working very hard and diligently to address the concerns, and there are still places available in suitestyle halls. They are just in a triple capacity, which will save $1,460 a year, which is pretty significant.” Matrogan said her group’s goal is to encourage fellow students to use their resources and approach the problem respectfully. “We appre c i at e t h at they’re listening and we know that they’re listening,” said Matrogan. “So it’s important for other students to know that if they have a problem don’t just take it out on Twitter…you have to use your voice and speak up to someone who's listening.”
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Senate and Students Activities Board to run events without both groups interfering with each other. “I plan to create more events on campus and try to come up with new ideas,” Dodge said. “One thing I don’t want to do is get in the way of whatever SAB has planned, I want it to be a
nice conjunction.” Dodge has not committed to any plans for next year, but will begin to plan when he meets with his committee in the fall. Over the course of this election, Booth has been around campus pursing what students think could make the campus better. Booth said the points on the list are not defined plans, but things to investigate.
Booth “One thing I never really got was, [Student Senate] said they wanted to do
what the students want but never said what the students want,” Booth said. “What I tried to do [was go] around to find what the students wanted.” Booth told a story of guys who asked him for grips on the pull-up bars. He said it could be simple to accomplish, but there is the potential issue that student senate money cannot be spent on “capital purchase.”
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Gartley said. Gartley said she tries as hard as she can to stay calm for her students, but she can’t help but feel afraid at times. However, she thinks that teachers who ignore the problem to focus on curriculum can end up making it worse. “Education isn’t just solely about PSSA scores,” Gartley said. “If you’re raising a person who is completely wellrounded and compassionate, you have to let teachers share that part of them and teach what’s on their hearts too. That’s more important, in my opinion, than learning.” While at the March for Our Lives, Gartley was taken aback by the powerful words from the young speakers, who she said were all under 18. “Their speeches were all passionate and filled with love and compassion for future generations,” Gartley said. “They weren’t even just
Photo courtesy of Amy Gartley
The day after March for Our Lives, Amy and her friend went to see the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument the day after seeing his granddaughter speak. about gun violence in schools. Gartley said. “My face was Luther King, Jr. carved into preaching.” It was about violence in actually chapped from crying. the “Stone of Hope,” which Now that she has returned communities.” I have had chapped lips emerges from the “Mountain to her classroom, Gartley For Gartley, one of the before, but I have never had of Despair.” said she has a new outlook most powerful speeches came a chapped face.” After attending the March on teaching and life after from Martin Luther King, The next day, Gartley and for Our Lives, Gartley made attending the march in D.C. Jr.’s granddaughter, Yolanda her friend visited the Martin her own assessment of the While the worry still sits in Renee King. Luther King, Jr. monument, monument. the back of her mind, she said “I could imagine [Martin which further solidified the “Even though we often feel she can now live out each day Luther King, Jr.] there, words of his granddaughter. stuck as if we’re in stone, there with a purpose. preaching about love, telling The monument showcases is a way out,” she said. “But “My trip was a constant everyone to come together,” a 30-foot statue of Martin the key is that you can’t stop reminder that I need to be
doing this and I need to be aware of what’s happening,” she said. “I need to understand that there is suffering, but there is also tenderness.” Gartley said she has also been able to enlighten her colleagues throughout this entire process, but even more so after attending the march. However, more than anything, she wants to comfort those studying education at Waynesburg University like she was 10 years ago, and she wants them to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel— that is, if they choose to let it shine. “At Waynesburg, you have to take the ‘Fiat Lux’ class, which means, ‘Be the light,’” Gartley said. “My words of wisdom are to keep that light burning as brightly as you can, and don’t let anybody blow it out. Don’t get discouraged when you see and hear these things happening. We need compassionate, loving brave teachers now more than we ever have.”
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Exchange students take WU experiences and lessons home By HOLLY HENDERSHOT Convergence Editor
Waynesburg University’s exchange program partners with programs in Northern Ireland and South Korea. Typically, two students from Ireland attend Waynesburg University through the Study USA program every two to four years, while Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, South Korea usually sends two students each semester, according to Admissions Counselor Robert Barnhart. Even when exchange students go back to their own countries, their ties with Waynesburg do not end. While they are at Waynesburg, they form friendships and contacts they keep long after the semester or semesters they are here. Barnhart said the university checks up on the exchange students after they leave through the relationships they make during the time they spend at Waynesburg. “They often do become at-
tached while they are here at the university. So, they will even connect through social media and some emails once in a while just to follow up, and they kind of keep track of us as well just to see what’s going on here and what’s new on the campus or what’s interesting,” Barnhart said. Gina Park, a senior at Ewha Women’s University in South Korea, is double majoring in English and journalism. She spent the spring semester of her junior year at Waynesburg last year. Park said she believes coming to Waynesburg gave her a new perspective on her major and the world. “It was a great opportunity for me to study in a totally different environment than I had back home. Since I only had one semester to stay [at Waynesburg], I tried to have diverse experiences with my new friends there. Being with people from different backgrounds and cultures definitely broadened my perspective of the world.” Park plans to become part of a newscast after she gradu-
Photo courtesy of Gina Park
Gina Park anchors a newscast in South Korea but learned many of the skills she now applies to her position from her classes at Waynesburg. ates. She believes the classes she took while at Waynesburg will help her with her ambitions after graduation. “I had a News Writing and Reporting class with Dr. Szuminsky, and it was one of the best choices I made at WU,” said Park. “Not only was I able to learn a lot of knowledge about journalism during the class, I could
also have an opportunity to interview people and write articles, which helped me with both my English and writing skills. As part of the practicum hours, I also learned about the radio, which he recommended, and I’m sure that all those experiences will be very helpful for my future.” Yunhee Kim also came
to Waynesburg from Ewha Women’s University. She says the experiences she had here will make her stand out while looking for a job as a producer in her own country. “I have a lot of experience from WCTV, and this experience will be special compared to other people who want to be producers
in Korea. Also, I can speak English much better than before, so that makes me stand out even more,” said Kim. “Learning broadcasting and English from America can be a differentiation and a strength.” Kim’s ambition is to become a producer of Korea’s entertainment television program. So, she did and internship with the Olympic Broadcasting System and is now looking for another internship or a part-time job with a broadcasting company to help her move further toward her goal. Not only did Kim learn new skills at Waynesburg that will help her in her future career, but she also made friends and considers herself part of the Waynesburg University family. “I experienced friendship beyond nationality from a lot of people at Waynesburg University. Waynesburg's people were very kind to me and considered me as family and a friend,” said Kim. “I was very happy to be a friend and part of their family.”
Several departments Kuis sees Waynesburg as second home currently in process of updating classes By NICOLE TOBIAS
For the Yellow Jacket
By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor
Multiple depar tments on the campus of Waynesburg University are currently going through the lengthy process of changing or updating curricula. Such changes can be small or large in scale; however, plenty of work goes into ensuring the changes are appropriate for the university while also benefitting students. “It may be a single course or it may be the entire curriculum they’re looking at,” said Assistant Provost Marie LeichliterKrause. “It goes through multiple desks… we’re looking at a whole lot of different pieces so that we can give feedback to the department.” The paperwork documenting the changes that departments would like to make goes through the registrar’s office, the provost’s office and is seen by many other faculty members to make sure the proposed changes make sense while also checking how it would affect students at the university as a whole. Once approved the proposed changes go to the Curriculum Committee, made up of representatives from all departments at the university. Their job is to evaluate the changes from all avenues. “That way they have time to really review every piece of the proposal and look and share p ersp e c t ives f rom ac r o s s c a m p u s ,” s a i d Leichliter-Krause. “Once that piece is complete and it passes that stage, it goes before the full faculty. Typically, at the point, it’s been vetted enough that it then passes.” For changes to be made, such proposed changes must pass with a majority vote by both the Curriculum Committee and by the faculty. However, these guidelines are for changes being made to existing programs. Wh e n d e p ar t m e nt s propose new programs that Waynesburg University does not yet have or offer, there are a few additional steps that need to be taken. “That process is a little bit different; when a
department is proposing an entirely new program, there’s an additional step before the proposal goes to the committee,” said Provost Dana Baer. “We do a feasibility study, a cost-b enef it ana lysis. We’re looking at the market, whether there’s a market for that particular career. So, on the way out, is there a job market for that. Also, we’re looking at the front end. Are perspective students interested in that?” Additionally, it is also important for the university to examine if it currently has the resources to handle the proposed new program, and what additional resources would be needed, if it were added, to make it useful for students. Such additions can include implements or materials, lab time or even new faculty. One department expected to make big changes at Waynesburg University is the athletic training program. The university currently offers a bachelor’s degree in athletic training, however as a profession, such a degree has been elevated to require a master’s degree. “Here on campus, we’ve decided to go ahead and do that transition,” said Joseph Shaffer, athletic training program director. “We actually are star ting our f irst cohort of graduate athletic training courses this summer. That’s a professional standard that is being met.” As with all programs, changes that are made are expected to help students. Both the provost and assistant provost stated ch anges are never made with the intentions of keeping students on campus longer than necessary. For example, with the changes being made to the athletic training program, students already enrolled in the university while the proposed changes are made will still receive a degree and are not expec ted to have problems after graduation. “Students that are enrolled in the program already will continue to go through their progression,” said Shaffer. “This will not hinder their ability to find job placement once they graduate.”
Home can be found in many different places and people. To many students and staff on Waynesburg’s campus, home is found in Debbie Kuis, secretary to the Office of Admissions. Ku i s h a s wor ke d at Waynesburg University for nearly 21 years. She first started working in Student Services before making the transition to secretary. Kuis’s tasks can vary, depending on what time of the school year it is, but usually include arranging prospective student visits and working registration at visitation days. “It’s always nice to talk with the families who visit,” said Kuis. “It’s easier to talk to people because they know it’s a Christian school.” Her work helps the Office of Admissions keep moving, but her loving and caring personality has greatly impacted those who work alongside Kuis.
Kuis Bob Barnhart, an admissions counselor, finds Kuis to be an incredible co-worker and friend. “She means a lot to me because she’s a calm presence in the office,” said Barnhart. “She doesn’t get rattled, and you can literally tell her anything that’s on your mind; that means a ton to me, because I have a lot of stuff on my mind.” Senior Associate Director of Admissions Renee McElligott has known Kuis as long as she has worked here and believes Kuis plays a much larger role in the university beyond secretary to the Office of Admissions. “I think she’s the true reflection of what Waynesburg
University is,” said McElligott. According to Barnhart, Kuis brings a warm and lighthearted presence to the office on even some of the gloomiest days. “She keeps the mood kind of lightened in the office sometimes when it would otherwise be somewhat tense,” said Barnhart. “She can usually inject some humor into the situation.” Many students naturally gravitate towards Kuis because of her loving and caring personality. “You know where the students are if you can’t find them; they’re with Debbie,” said McElligott. Kristen Friday, a student ambassador in the Office of Admissions, sees Kuis as a grandmotherly figure and someone she can go to in times of greatness and sadness. “She’s the one you go to for a hug, Band-Aid, cough drop, coffee or snack,” said Friday. “She is always will-
ing to listen to whatever is on your mind or heart.” To Janelle Chuah, a student ambassador in the Office of Admissions, Kuis has significantly impacted her life outside of work. Due to Chua’s family being back home in Malaysia, she cannot travel home frequently. “My fondest memory of Debbie was when she arranged a birthday party for me on my 18th birthday,” said Chuah. “She knew I was away from family and wanted to be there for me.” Ultimately, Kuis believes Waynesburg University is a wonderful place to work. “I think it gives me a good feeling that I’m working in a good place with good people and good relationships,” said Kuis. “You feel at home here.” As students and staff come and go, Kuis hopes to leave an impact on them that goes deeper and beyond her work. “I would just hope that everyone I meet would get a good feeling and a good experience while I am here.”
Environmental expert discusses chestnut trees By EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant
Students’ first impression Tuesday, March 27, when meeting Mark Double, West Virginia University research assistant, was of his social nature. Matthew Colaluca, a senior environmental science major, had the same impression. “He def initely broke the stereotype that environmental science people don’t like talking to other people,” said Colaluca. Students attended Double’s presentation titled, “Where Have All the Chestnuts Gone and Can We Get Them Back?” Double split his presentation into two parts: The history of the american chestnut tree and How to cure the blight that has ravaged the tree for the past century. The tree used to be an integral part of 18th and 19th century America. The importing of root stock brought an unfortunate dis-
ease now known as chestnut blight to America, ravaging the tree’s population. Since then, scientists concocted three ways to combat the bl i g ht : hy p ov i r u l e nc e, breeding and genetic engineering. Double said he hopes attendees walked away with a few key ideas in mind. “[Hopefully students received] an understanding of what the whole concept of chestnut blight is about, an appreciation of what the tree was, the struggles it has faced over the last 100 plus years and the hope for the future,” said Double. B orn and raised in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Double graduated with a master’s degree in micro biology. He originally wanted to work on acid mine drainage, but his plans did not work out. Out of sheer need for a job, Double accepted a temporary job on researching chestnut blight. He has kept that temporary job
since 1977, and will retire in October. Janet Paladino, associate professor of Biology, explained that since WVU is a forerunner in plant pathology and Double worked for that institution, he was one of the best when it comes to chestnut trees. “WVU is kind of the founder of plant pathology of the work in the American chestnut tree,” said Paladino, “Their work in genetic engineering has just come around in the last ten years or so, but they have been doing things for the last 40 years.” Paladino had another reason for inviting Double to speak. Double said he is planning on providing Paladino a few saplings of the American chestnut tree for her to plant along the Waynesburg Unity Trail. Paladino explains that she hopes planting native trees will solve issues the trail has. “Along the trail, at one
time, it was completely cut down, and what comes back after a clear cut of forest is invasive species,” said Paladino. “So we have really have a big problem in controlling invasive species, because they take over the forest. So what we would like to do is give a chance for native trees to grow back in.” While the presentation was meant to inform, science majors took Double’s experiences and engagement in his work as an inspiration. Colaluca said that Double encouraged him to keep pursuing environmental science. “It’s interesting to see that you can get a doctorate walking around scratching trees with a bee comb and seeing what happens,” said C olaluca. “It also means that, if you do get a doctorate, you’re not just spending time in a lab, you’re going around and talking about it, which is really important.”
Kids: Greene County Career Day viewed as success Continued from A2
building construction, computer information technology, cosmetology, culinary arts, electrical occupations, emergency services, health assistant, precision machining, sports medicine and rehabilitation and welding/
fabrication. Career Day was a day of new experiences for the fifthgraders of Greene County and during their visit at Waynesburg, the featured departments had many events planned for them. Kelley said that the criminal justice department had an interactive activity for the
children. “Criminal justice showed them how to properly handcuff somebody,” Bell added. Overall, the event was successful and Bell and Kelley received good reviews from the adults who watched over the fifth-graders during their tour. “It went smoothly, we
heard positive feedback from all the teachers that chaperoned the students,” said Bell. The children of the Greene County community were given access to a deeper look of what their futures could potentially hold following the excitement and new experiences from Career Day at Waynesburg University.
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Overdose task force hosts meeting By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor
County draws awareness to gambling addiction Public forum addresses issue and provides resources
By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor
The month of March was Problem Gambling Awareness Month. The title was created in hopes of creating more public awareness on the topic, as well as spreading the word on the available treatment and recovery services. Gambling can become easily addictive, interfering with a person’s everyday life. A problem gambler lets gambling get in the way of work or school, harms a person’s physical or mental health or hurts a person financially. This national topic was brought to a local level and discussed at the Community Foundat ion of Greene County building in Waynesburg at a gambling public forum, sponsored by Greene County Human Services. The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs awarded
grants to several counties across the state to help study and fight problem gambling. For the past few weeks, the group, tasked with studying the problem in Washington
“It's to raise awareness, to make sure people understand that there are resources out there and to help make resources available, from prevention all the way to treatment and intervention. So, the whole continuum of care.”
BRUCE DECKER
Owner of Collective Impact
and Butler Counties, also retrieved data from Greene County to help better understand the problem in this region. “They awarded grants to various counties across
Pennsylvania to implement problem gambling initiatives,” said Bruce Decker, owner of Collective Impact, who led the public forum. “The casinos fund DDAP; a certain percentage of their revenues as part of the requirements for them to get their license [go towards doing] drug and alcohol programs in the community.” The public forum had the testimony from a person in recovery, Melanie Pivarnik, who elaborated on her escalation into the gambling world and why it got so troublesome. “Instead of talking to someone about my problems, I would run to the casinos because I had no one telling me no,” said Pivarnik. “There was always the hope of winning at a casino.” Her discussion helped shed light on other important topics and studies, like the ones ongoing in both Washington County and
Butler County. They have uncovered that, according to statistics provided, three in four problem gamblers have a major depressive order. This makes it even more difficult to diagnose problem gamblers and to have them realize they may have a problem. With gambling being a ‘legal escape’ for some, it can be easy for most to become lost in the excitement of trying to win. This doesn’t only pertain to the traditional casino atmosphere that most would expect; multiple other forms of gambling can be destructive, such as online betting in fantasy sports, dog and horse racing, fairs and carnivals, the stock market and much more.
The public forum stressed the importance of raising such awareness for problem gambling and how ingrained betting is into American culture, which can cause numerous problems. DDAP hopes to continue to promote multiple messages year after year in helping to attempt to tackle this issue. “I think it’s a multiple unified message, it’s not one message; it’s to raise awareness, to make sure people understand that there are resources out there and to help make resources available,” said Decker, “from prevention all the way to treatment and intervention, so the whole continuum of care.”
Sports Editor
After a law was imposed 10 years ago, homeowners across the state are starting to see the benefits with energy reducing technological updates rolling into most households over the course of the past year. In 2008, Act 129, which requires the seven biggest electric distribution companies in Pennsylvania to improve their efficiency and energy conservation, was passed. One way companies are tackling improvements is through the deployment of smart meters. According to a fact sheet from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, these devices are “an advanced meter that measures electric usage more often than conventional meters and sends that information more quickly to the customer.” Dave Hixson, deputy press secretary for the state
Public Utility Commission, said the adaption of smart meters was due to the passing of Act 129. “[Act 129] was not strictly about smart meters,” said Hixson, “it was actually about the energy efficiency and conservation of overall energy usage…that opened the door for smart meter technology.” There are multiple ways smart meters can benef it the consumer and the suppler, Hixson said. With smart meters, Hixson said power outages can be identified and corrected much quicker than with analog meters. “[Smart meters] help utilities restore ser vice faster during power outages,” Hixson said. “They can identify exactly where the outage is on the grid and can go and address it more quickly and efficiently.” C onsumers w ho us e time-of-us e rate plans through their power sup-
plier can also save money, Hixson said, due to reliable energy usage identification. “The advanced technology [identifies] where their energy usage is and where [there are areas] they may be able to curtail usage and be more efficient within their household,” Hixson said. “Ultimately, that helps them be able to reduce their electric bills and it reduces demand on the grid – especially during peak periods.” The fact sheet about smart meters stated that the seven companies subject to smart meter conversion – like Duquesne Light, MetEd and others – must replace analog meters by 2023 for full compliance. The replacement process, Hixson said, is straightforward and not invasive upon the customer. Though it varies on a case-by-case basis, Hixson said, most replacements are exterior installations with adequate customer notification.
Initiative begins to boost internet By JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
separate correspondence METERS >> B4
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Homeowners now have access to energy-saving smart meters, which reduce the cost of energy. “The utility [will] notify [the customer] through billing, through letters, [or]
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To improve internet access in Pennsylvania’s rural areas, Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled the Office of Broadband Initiatives to supervise access to highspeed internet March 26. In addition, private companies could receive up to $35 million in financial incentives to expand broadband access. State Rep. Pam Snyder, D-50, said part of the funds will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. She has worked alongside state Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York, to help bring 800,000 Pennsylvania citizens access. On the same day of the unveiling, Snyder and Hill announced an emphasis on legislation that allows state assets to be used to increase internet access. “The governor has released $35 million of money that is through the Department of Transportation’s budget for companies to use to leverage the connect America money from the federal government,” Snyder said. “So this money will be used to leverage the federal funds so they can draw down on that and hopefully be able to provide upgraded services and provide high-speed broadband to more rural parts of Pennsylvania.” Snyder said education and farming will be among the ar-
Smart meter technology implemented across state By LUKE GOODLING
T h e G re e n e C ou nt y Overdose Task Force held a public meeting last Monday, March 26. The task force, which was formed earlier this year and includes voices from several groups in the community, invited the public to hear from law enforcement professionals and recovery advocates. Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman, a member of the task force, said the meeting was set with the goal of opening a new channel of communication to address certain misconceptions about overdose care in hospitals and law enforcement. After hearing from Troy Rivetti, chief of violent crimes section of the U.S. attorney’s office in Pittsburgh, and Ashley Potts, a recovery advocate, about these two perspectives, the audience broke into groups to learn specifics from the individuals. Zimmerman attended Potts’ presentation on the healthcare and recovery perspective. “A lot of people don’t understand the red tape of government and what it actually takes to get somebody committed,” he said, describing the process of committing recovering ad-
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Multi-talented
“13 Reasons Why,” a Netflix original series, took the world by storm when season one was released last year. It called mental health, suicide, sexual assault, subst ance abus e and other real-world problems into the center of the conversations everywhere.
This was a highly debated topic from the release of the first season. In the book the series is based on of the same name, Hannah Baker commits suicide by overdosing on pills, but in the TV series viewers instead see her commit the far more gruesome act of cutting herself and bleeding out. Between that and the scene where she is raped by Bryce, I was left feeling sick to my stomach. The scenes were incred-
ibly graphic and disturbing. There have been depictions of these situations in other mainstream media, but it was never addressed in such graphic detail until “13 Reasons Why.” It wasn’t until that point that many people were exposed to just how real of a problem these issues are. What is really interesting about the upcoming full release of season two is that, as there was only
one book for "13 Reasons Why," the producers can now take the show in a variety of different directions with no physical manuscript to lead it. The part about “13 Reasons Why” that had so many people up in arms about the show was how the issues are addressed and how real they were shown. Since the few limited viewings of the show, a new video was released, TV >> B3
How far should TV go for entertainment? TEGHAN SIMONTON Columnist
Originally, I was never going to watch “13 Reasons Why,” the Netflix original series released last year, based off the popular young adult novel of the same name. But, curiosity got the best of me, and before I knew it, I had binged the entire first season in the span of one weekend. Recently, it was announced that the series’ second season will be released soon, focusing on a new social issue—not teen suicide or sexual assault.
This season is rumored to center around a school shooting. Having watched the first season, which showed realistic depictions of rape and suicide, I am curious to see how far the show’s producers will go to act out another violent event. Don’t get me wrong: I am a huge fan of the show. I think it brings light to important issues plaguing the youth in America, which are often ignored or underestimated. However, to a certain extent, the series disregards the fact that such graphic images can encourage copies, especially among vulnerable viewers. This phenomenon is noth-
ing new: the news media has struggled with this question for as long as time. Do we report the details of horrific events like school shootings or homicide, or will that simply empower the perpetrators, giving them the fame and attention they seek? Will it encourage perverted fans to commit similar crimes in their own areas? In short: how important is the public’s right to know the gory details, compared with the risks? Reporting on suicide poses the same question. Experts refer to the problem as the “suicide contagion effect,” where after viewing or reading graphic depictions
of someone taking their own life, a person is more likely to attempt the act. Surely, this was not the intent of the show’s producers: they were going for shock value. In fact, they even changed Hanna Baker’s method of suicide from swallowing a bottle of pills—as it was in the novel—to slitting her wrists with razor blades. They created a more violent, upsetting scene, because watching Hanna bleed to death was much more impactful than watching her gently fall into a pill-induced sleep. But what does this gory
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Being as well-rounded as possible is a must
Dare to be different. Such advice is often the words of encouragement given from professionals to those seeking to make it in a chosen field. This can apply to professional and collegiate sports, the job market, career goals and many other areas. If there’s something to accomplish, the rule of thumb is that it typically can’t hurt to make yourself stand out just a bit more than others. In recent years this topic has risen to popularity in the world of sports, specifically looking at the sports children play while growing up. Sport specialization refers to athletes that choose to dedicate themselves to a single sport that they will primarily focus on. In contrast, multisport athletes pursue multiple sports simultaneously. This allows them to focus developing a wider range of abilities, which studies show can lead to long-term success, fewer overuse injuries and the accumulation of cross-sport skills. In turn, being more well-rounded can help create stronger athletes for a longer period of time. In celebration of this week being Division III Week for the NCAA, it is important to also bring up the important and essential attributes Waynesburg University helps its students learn in the classroom as well. The value of a liberal arts education is something most high school students debate when they begin college searching. After all, years of science, math, social studies and other subjects can lead many to want to finally settle down and focus on a single major when getting to college. However, being well-rounded is an important skill set that can never be underestimated. For example, public speaking is a class that many majors, if not at all, are required to take during their time at Waynesburg University. Although it can certainly be daunting in the moment—leading students to question why they must take such classes at all— it’s an important skill. A liberal arts education can lead to helping develop multiple skills that will most likely be needed out in the work force. Of course, focusing on and studying specific career paths are essential as well. However, chances are you’ll also have to speak to other people or in front of a group of people during your career. Chances are it will benefit you to know more than simply the specific avenue of your major once out in the actual work force. Chances are those soft skills will be important. Once all put together the combination of these skills during college can certainly help set you apart, as can the development of multiple skills through playing multiple sports when growing up. Becoming a diverse and dynamic individual is certainly an appealing skill set to have for employers. In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, for example, students should continue learning. Never assume that you know everything. Teaching and helping others is an easy way to be a team player, but never ceasing to learn is also a distinct way to give yourself an edge over the competition.
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Automakers in Trump's latest fight with CA
Editor's Note: Courtesy of Trbune News Service. By JAMES F. PELTZ
A possible clash between the U.S. government and California over future fueleconomy standards raises the question of whether automakers one day might have to build different sets of the same vehicles for various parts of the nation. Even though automakers pushed the Trump administration to loosen standards, they will work to avoid such a costly and complicated scenario—one that probably would raise the price of cars prices as the companies pass some of those costs along to consumers—analysts said. "Automakers do not want to build two sets of cars, for sure," said Jessica Caldwell, director of industry analysis at Edmunds.com. Still, there's a good chance that the Environmental Protection Agency and California could be locked in court for years over the EPA's expected plan to scale back mileage targets that the Obama administration drafted in tandem with California. The targets aimed to boost average fuel economy for passenger cars and sport utility vehicles to 55 miles per gal-
lon by 2025. But the agency plans to replace those targets with a weaker standard that would be announced soon, according to people familiar with the plans. Officials in California, whose standards have been adopted by a dozen other states, said the state would challenge any rollback by the EPA. "California has its own authority under the Clean Air Act to fight pollution," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement Friday. The EPA's plan "will create confusion for the industry because manufacturers will have to meet two separate standards," she said. "The years of litigation and investment uncertainty will be far harder on the auto industry than simply living up to the fuel-economy standards they once embraced." Assuming California prevailed in court, "if we got to two standards, the consumer is going to suffer," said Rebecca Lindland, executive analyst at Kelley Blue Book. "Nobody wins, including the environment, in this scenario." The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing a dozen major automakers including General Motors, Ford and Toyota, "would prefer to have one standard for the entire
country," said spokeswoman Gloria Bergquist. "We think that's better for consumers, the auto industry and California." She acknowledged that while the automakers currently have vehicles that could meet the rising fueleconomy standards—hybrids and other vehicles using electric power—there would be disruption in the marketplace if California's legal fight was upheld and there suddenly were two sets of mileage standards in the country. Those vehicles with full or partial electric power, and thus higher energy efficiency compared with those running with internal-combustion engines, account for only 3 percent of the nation's auto sales, Bergquist said. "Companies wouldn't be able to sell certain vehicles in California," she said. "California would have reduced choice." For now, the automakers want a government-industry
review of the situation "to gather all the current data— what the sales are, what the cost of technology is, what gas prices are—crunch it together and propose standards for the future," Bergquist said. California's aggressive stance toward anti-pollution standards is found in other sectors, notably in automotive emissions and in the gasoline market where the state requires special blends of fuel. But fuel prices have remained in check in recent years. That plus and buyer tastes toward SUVs have prompted many consumers to keep buying fuel-burning vehicles. Despite improvements in their gas mileage, trucks like the best-selling Ford F-150 pickup—whose 2018 model gets 18 percent better mileage than the 2008 model did, according to driving data compiled by the Fuelly website—are less fuelefficient than hybrids and electrics.
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Cheat Sheet: Trump takes hard stance on immigration, DACA Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. By MICHAEL CAPPELLI Editorial Assistant
Officials from the White House announced earlier this week that the Trump Administration is making another push on immigration. A string of tweets from President Donald Trump pushed for a hard line on immigration and touched on the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals [DACA] program. A senior White House official said Trump will continue to push for an extensive list of policies the administration has been asking for since October. “DHS is working on another legislative package, obviously we’ve been talking about this for many months now, including when we sent the immigration priorities over Congress back in October that would basically close these loopholes, so we can have a lawful immigration system and save a lot of lives on both sides of the
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U.S. President Donald Trump waves from Air Force One upon arrival in West Palm Beach Airport, Florida. Trump on Monday morning again declared "dead" the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. border,” the official said. The administration proposed a version of its “wish list” for a deal to preserve DACA. The proposal, however, did not receive 40 votes in the 100-member senate and the official claimed that any politician who opposes the changes that the White House is seeking supports
illegal immigration. “If you oppose those fixes, as Democrats do, basically you want endless numbers of new waves of illegal immigrants,” the official said. Trump has criticized the Democrats for failing to support a program that he terminated when faced with the idea of defending it in a lawsuit.
“Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats…totally abandoned!” tweeted Trump on Feb. 16. Trump spent the previous day with the Department of Homeland Security, refusing any compromises that were viable. When the holiday week-
end rolled around, Trump abandoned the claim that he wants to make the program permanent. The annual Easter Egg Roll, hosted by the White House was interrupted by questions about the DACA program. Chief White House Correspondent for CNN Jim Acosta was in attendance
and asked the president about the program. “Mr. President, what about the DACA kids? Should they worry about what is going to happen to them, sir?” said Acosta. The question came while the President was seated with a group of children from across the country. Trump’s response probed more questions from Acosta, who was later slammed by several of Trump’s allies for asking the questions in front of children. Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale went so far as to request that Acosta have his credentials suspended. “Maybe it’s time for Jim Acosta to get a suspension for breaking protocol. He continues to embarrass himself and CNN,” Parscale tweeted. Following into Monday, Trump completely called off the DACA program and any deal that could have been made. “ N O M O R E DAC A DEAL,” Trump tweeted on Monday, to indicate that he would not move forward with negotiations.
In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week of the former spy and his daughter in England. Republicans have criticized Trump for calling Putin, but Trump justified the call by tweeting that Obama had done the same thing in 2012.
Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. 1) Medical Marijuana study yields results against prescription opiates
A recent study done by JAMA Internal Medicine has proposed that it shows that medical marijuana can help Americans who struggle from opioid addiction. One study looked at those with opioid prescriptions covered by Medicaid Part D between 2010 and 2015 against those Tribune News Service opioid prescriptions on Medicaid between 2011 and At the Amazon fulfillment center in Monee, Illinois, general manager Jeff 2016. Messenger talks about the robots in use there on March 28. The findings revealed states that allow medical medical marijuana laws, we laws could use a way to check 3) President Trump invites marijuana had 2.21 million have already seen decreased them for racial profiling. Russian President Vladimir less doses of opioids admissions for opioid-related “[A] provision could be Putin to the White House prescribed per year. treatment and dramatically crafted to review the racial They also compared reduced rates of opioid impact annually,” according President Trump has states that did and did not overdoses.” to Jackson Free Press. In invited President Vladimir have medical marijuana, 2017, there were 413 Simon Putin to the White House, and states with medical -CNN City Royals under custody according to an aide to Putin. marijuana have up to a 10 -April 2 and none were charged while This comes out after the two percent decrease in opioid sitting in prison, but one spoke last month, as Trump prescriptions. States that 2) Law in Mississippi man did die of a heart attack congratulated Putin over his permitted recreational accused of profiling African while in custody. election victory. use, for example, saw an Americans Sen. Brice Wiggins, Press secretary Sarah additional 6.38% reduction Republican, also expressed Huckabee Sanders said in opioid prescriptions under In Jackson, Mississippi, concerns that the bill can be the phone call included “a Medicaid when compared a new “gang law” has come used to profile Mississippians number of venues,” which with those states that under scrutiny for being of color. included a meeting at the permitted marijuana only for too biased against African “It’s not a Republican, White House. medical use. Americans. Democrat(ic), black or white “As the President himself This comes as the U.S. In Mississippi, 53 percent (issue),” he said. confirmed on March 20, is tangled in one of the of gang members are white, Even through criticism of hours after his last call with worst opioid addictions in according to the Mississippi the law Pascagoula District President Putin, the two had its history, seeing 500,000 Association of Gang Attorney Tony Lawrence discussed a bilateral meeting deaths since 2000. Investigators (MAGI). told the Jackson Free Press in the ‘not-too-distant future’ Medical marijuana Since 2010, there have via email that the state’s gang at a number of potential provides a real opportunity been 97 cases. Only 22 pled investigators are not only venues, including the White for a solution to the opioid guilty, 15 were dismissed in fixated on people of color in House,” Sanders said during problem. Another study some way or another and gangs. a press briefing. found that states which allow the remaining 59 had some “I have not seen that There are no other medical marijuana laws impact on those charged. statistic and cannot comments on the issue from saw 24.8 percent less opioid The third largest gang in comment on it, but I can the White House about the deaths. Mississippi is the white say, in remembering gang potential meeting of the two. “There is a growing Simon City Royals that have cases in my office, I have This information comes out body of scientific literature not been charged with the prosecuted more white gang after sanctions put on Russia suggesting that legal access gang crime charge. members for crimes than of for poisoning a town in to marijuana can reduce The law has fallen under any other race.” England in attempt to kill a the use of opioids as well criticism for being racially Russian ex-spy. as opioid-related overdose biased and threating young -Jackson Free press Trump did not bring up deaths,” said Melissa Morre, African American men. State -March 29 Russia’s involvement in the New York deputy state Public Defender Andre de election or the suspected director for the Drug Policy Gruy suggested that gang involvement in the poisoning Alliance. “In states with
-AP News -April 2 4) The President’s newest target: Amazon President Trump fired off tweets going after Amazon, blaming the company for the closing of post offices all over the country. In a tweet, Trump said, “Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field!” That was just one of a couple of tweets President Trump used to go after the retailer Amazon. He included a tweet that said for every delivery, the U.S. loses $1.50, which he claims leads to billions of dollars lost and that the post office should raise its rates. The information may have been taken from The New York Times, but Trump also called the Washington Post “fake,” which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Trump’s tweets imply that Amazon has not been paying a fair amount of sales tax and the Washington Post is working for Amazon to help keep those prices down. But federal regulations have found the contract with Amazon to be profitable. The Post response has been saying Bezos has no role with the journalism side of The Post. Federal regulators go over the contract with Amazon to review the value each year. -FOX News - April 2
5) Sexual harassment case making waves for Democratic Party member
Democrats are still asking Connecticut Rep. Elizabeth Esty to step down after it was revealed that she had knowledge about sexual harassment by her chief of staff for three months and only just recently fired him. In 2016, Chief of Staff Tony Baker allegedly punched a woman he had a romantic relationship with and also left a voicemail threatening to kill the same woman. After apologizing, Esty conducted an internal review of her office and all the practices, where it was discovered that a pattern of behavior affecting many female staffers and Baker’s threat was not a singular incident. Esty was advised to enter into a nondisclosure agreement with Baker,. “What she does in the future is really a decision for her constituents. She needs to talk to her constituents,” said Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Esty will answer questions on whether she will resign, but has not announced if she will run for reelection. As of Saturday, six state democrats have called for Esty to step down including Connecticut Senate President Martin Looney. “Congresswoman Esty has long been a conscientious leader in the fight against harassment and abuse in the workplace,” Looney said. “However... if the facts of this matter involving former staff of the congresswoman’s office are as they are alleged to be in recent news articles, then Congresswoman Esty should do the right thing and resign.” -FOX News -April 2 Information curated by Antonio Pelullo Editorial Assistant
TV: Tough issues can be hard to watch Entertainment: Producers beware Continued from B2
warning viewers of the graphic content and upsetting topics that are to come when season two is fully released for the public eye. I t h i n k t he p ote ntial topic of season two, which many expect to be that of an active shooter situation, is a very concerning focus for the show, because an active
shooter situation may create an unavoidable encouragement for people who want to commit such crimes. Mu c h l i k e m e n t a l health, gun violence, especially mass shootings, have been at the fore front of the media recently with the latest one occurring Tuesday at the YouTube Headquarters, where several people were injured. The biggest issue I fear
is if “13 Reasons Why” tries to tackle a topic of active shooters, will it make people more inclined to commit those atrocities? How could the producers get their message of awareness across without causing more harm than good? Or have the producers abandoned that prospect all together in favor of a different issue, despite the timeliness and rise in gun violence?
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scene look like to someone who is contemplating suicide? The show was certainly criticized for its crassness, and perhaps for good reason. According to The Atlantic, in the 19 days after the show aired, Google queries about suicide rose by almost 20 percent, equaling somewhere between 900,000 and 1.5 million more searches than usual. The producers knew they
had gone too far, having received advice from mental health experts not to release the first season, and after some countries mandated that the show be watched with an adult. But, they were determined to banish stigmas, so they simply added warning screens before the questionable episodes, advising viewer discretion. That may be a good fix, but cast members have gone on record to say that this coming season will push even more
boundaries than the first. Is viewer discretion enough? The “13 Reasons Why” producers place a dangerous amount of trust in its viewers to respond in a particular way. They expect the dominant message to be the only message, failing to consider the negotiated or oppositional meanings that viewers can easily draw from the show. Producers must take into account the unintended consequences of the scenes they are creating.
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April 5, 2018
Bowlby begins seasonal coding classes Local businesses team up for Easter By HOLLY HENDERSHOT Convergence Editor
The Eva K. Bowlby Public Library in Waynesburg kicked off their seasonal Coding Program Thursday evening, with the first meeting of 2018 for their weekly program titled, “Code Squad.” E ach s emester since December 2016, Bowlby Library has hosted Code Squad sessions every Thursday evening at 5 p.m. The program begins teaching children between the ages of 6 and 12 how to do simple computer coding, using programs such as Scratch Jr. and Hopscotch. Kathy Douglas, manager at Bowlby Library, said the library was able to start this program through their partnership with PBS Kids and Inquire Within. According to the Inquire Within website, the program brings educational resources into community libraries to help children learn new skills in subjects such as reading, math and technology. “We partnered with PBS to do the Inquire Within
programs, and so this is part of that in that they are teaching really young kids to code,” said Douglas. This spring, 10-12 students are signed up for the weekly sessions. Susan Strnisha, youth services manager at Bowlby Library, teaches the program to the children each season for eight to 10 weeks. According to Strnisha, each student starts out learning on devices called Playtime Pads, provided by a grant from Inquire Within and PBS Kids. They use the program Scratch Jr. to begin learning computer programming. “The idea was to introduce coding to [children] at an early level so that it wouldn’t be such an overwhelming experience once they got older, because then they’ll see these concepts in a more written form,” said Strnisha. “Once they start to see that, whether it be in high school, college, wherever; they won’t be so overwhelmed, because, for the concepts, they already had good foundation blocks with Scratch Jr. early on.”
At first, the group Strnisha taught only used Scratch Jr., in which students learned simple programming by learning how to make commands for characters on a screen to follow, including movement and speech. These commands are in the form of puzzle pieces the children can connect on the screen to create a scenario in the program. “It looks like puzzle pieces to the kids. It’s all done with graphics,” said Strnisha. “Kids don’t necessarily need to know how to read to start this coding, but by the time we get into it, they’re using the literary components with reading and writing.” After they learn Scratch Jr., students are able to develop games, such as mazes and character dodging games, on the devices. Strnisha said her group size grew as the sessions progressed, and as the students gained more knowledge on coding, they wanted to learn more. “I had a group that was so interested and excited about learning coding, I couldn’t stop there,” said Strnisha.
To accommodate her students’ desire for more education, Strnisha decided to do research on more advanced programs and contacted PBS. She got in touch with one of their media representatives in Ohio, who introduced other programs. Once students finish working with Scratch Jr. and have shown they understand it through an assessment, Strnisha said they can now proceed to a more advanced program called, “Hopscotch”– another coding program, involving more reading. “It’s amazing to see the progression and see the advancement happen so quickly,” said Strnisha. The program at Bowlby Library recently received a grant by the Community Foundation of Greene County through the Bradford Forever Greene Squad in order to purchase new laptops. The laptops will allow students who have advanced from Hopscotch to continue to learn more difficult programming through the more advanced Scratch program.
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Opioids: Community report by task force involves all perspectives Continued from B1
dicts to hospitals. Often, an addict must detox and reContinued from B1 main drug-free for 4-5 days before they are even able to enter treatment. through the mail,” Hixson In the other session, said. “They will notify [the Rivetti explained how law customer] in advance that enforcement across the nasomeone will be in their tion is trying to stem the area and they also will let flow of drugs across borders them know who will be do- and through prescriptions, ing the work.” domestically. Despite a state-wide “There is not a quick fix initiative to replace smart [for the opioid crisis],” said meters, customers will not Zimmerman. “But I guess notice an increase in fees. the goal is to get people Hixson said the required to talk about it, and get a costs for the conversion perspective of what might have been covered by Act make things a little bit bet129 or worked into the pre- ter and what might help try established billing agree- to control it.” ment between the consumKaren Bennett, direcer and the supplier. tor of Greene County Hu“There is no cost to go man Services, said Rivetti from the old analog meter also fielded questions from to the smart meter,” Hixson concerned audience memsaid. “There were smart me- bers to address public fears ter surcharges that the law, about the opioid crisis. He Act 129, provided for and spoke of the roles played by there was a surcharge that Pennsylvania State Police went right on the electric and other local law enforcebill and those covered any ment units. costs the company needed “Their concern is what for the development or de- is law enforcement doing ployment of the smart me- about this problem?” said ter systems.” Bennett. “He took all kinds Since Act 129 does not of questions from the audirequire full compliance un- ence, based on these contil 2023, Hixson said not all cerns that people had…like, households across the state why does it take so long for will be serviced this year. If people to be investigated…? an individual wants to inOne key development quire about converting that was made public at the early, or learn more about meeting was the acquisition the benefits of smart me- of “addiction navigators,” ters, they can contact their Bennett said. Through a electrical distribution com- grant from the Pennsylvapany for more information. nia Commission on Crime
By IAN POPOVICH
For the Yellow Jacket
For many, Easter is the holiday that signifies the arrival of Spring. On High Street, one restaurant owner along with the help from the owner of an antique shop, decided to host their own Easter event for families and customers. It was last March when Kristy Vliet, owner of 5 Kids Kandy Café and Catering, and Tammy Fischer, owner of Fischer Antiques, decided to host the first every “Spring Dream ’in Tea Party.” The event was planned to be a four-course luncheon with all kinds of treats, bite sized meals and even a visit from the Easter Bunny. According to Vliet, customers enjoyed bottomless iced or hot teas, along with different mini sandwiches as the entrée, all with different meats and cheeses. Both businesses provided their own part to the event, helping to accentuate and make it even more memorable. “This was the first time we have done this luncheon,” said Vliet. “It gives us a chance to show off our businesses, and we’ve pulled so much together for the event.” Vliet specialized in the cooking and catering for the event while Fischer provided the space to host it and provided the party with
and Delinquency, along with collaboration among different local agencies, a team is coming together to hire individuals to help along the recovery process, according the The Observer-Reporter. Navigators will partner with hospital staff and Greene County Human Services to provide a point of contact for anyone in the
The Greene County Overdose Task Force's first community report provided information about law enforcement and recovery advocacy. midst of recovery. Bennett said the addition of navigators is an exciting development to how the county is addressing the overdose issue. “They will be available in non-traditional hours… to go out and work with overdose survivors and try to get them into treatment,” she said. “As well as a bigger thing, I think, they’re going to do, is work with families and significant others to understand addiction, help their loved one get help and be there for support.” Right now, Bennett said the task force is compiling information and resource packets for outreach purposes and planning to train navigators. They are working closely with Steps Inside, which holds Narcotics and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings within the com-
munity. The task force’s objective at all times, Zimmerman said, is to keep the conversation going. No one knows the right answer, so this is all we can do, he said. “It’s one of those things where I can ask you, and I can ask anyone: what can we do?” he said. “And as a county commissioner, I wish I had an answer… [We’re] digging and looking for answers that maybe people haven’t answered yet so we can maybe save some lives.” The task force was organized by the University of Pittsburgh and modelled after the school’s successful program in Washington County. It was formed earlier this year and includes community members from a variety of disciplines: health care, law enforcement, the coroner’s office, education, religious groups and others. Together, the group is attempting to bring changes to how the community addresses the drug epidemic, Zimmerman said. The task force will be holding private meetings in April and May, and another community report in June. In the long term, Zimmerman said the task force’s grand plan to implement change will take place during the next three years. “Ult i mately, we just want to make things…better for everybody,” he said. “It’s an awful [situation]. This just seems to be at its worst. We’re seeing so many deaths from this.”
tables and chairs, along with several different kinds of antique merchandise she holds in her store. The space was remodeled and painted just for the event. “We had so much fun planning and getting everything ready for the party,” said Vliet. According to Vliet, there was close to 50 people that reserved a table for the event, and around nine or 10 of them were children. “It helps to forget things for a while and allow people to enjoy themselves,” said Fischer. The event location was right next door to the 5 Kids Kandy Café, and is under ownership of Fischer Antiques. Fischer felt that this event would help to be a sort of “pick-me up” from the dismal weather Waynesburg has been having lately. “This will provide something new for people to do, and maybe even bring some new business back towards Main Street and businesses on it,” said Fischer. “It may only be a few hours, but it is a way to sit down, talk and enjoy a little party that brings families together.” Vliet and Fisher discussed a possible plan to host a similar event during Mother’s Day, May 13, and could potentially do this event annually for Easter, after considering customers’ reactions and responses.
Internet: Enhanced broadband access coming to rural towns Continued from B1
A shooting occured at a Waynesburg apartment last Monday, March 26, in an armed robbery involving drugs. Police arrested the first of the two suspects, Kody Alan Scott, March 27. The second suspect, Cody Jannenga, fled the state before turning himself over to authorities in Tennessee this week.
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eas that benefit from enhanced broadband access. “It impacts [students’ abilities] to complete their assignments,” Snyder said. “It’s extremely important for people who want to take online college courses and can’t. In today’s world, agriculture and farming have become very high tech. Farmers now need access to high-speed broadband, to do a lot of what they want to do in the agricultural community.” In 2016, the Federal Communications Commission released its annual broadband progress report. The report stated that 12 percent of Greene County residents didn’t have broadband access, making it one of 34 counties in Pennsylvania that fell below the national average. For Snyder, the effect that increased broadband technology would have on the local economy is massive. “It has a huge impact on whether or not a business is going to locate in Greene County and provide jobs that we need,” she said. “There’s probably not many businesses out there that would even consider locating in an area that doesn’t have access to highspeed broadband.” Snyder said she received encouragement from local businesses in the effort to improve internet access. “I have business owners come up to me all the time and say ‘keep working at it, make sure that you keep trying to get this issue resolved for everyone,’” she said. “Because it does impact their businesses. When you are in an area where there’s only one provider, and there’s no competition, and homeowners and business owners only have to ability to have one choice of their internet provider. That choice might not be up to par with what they need. [It’s] a really huge issue for them.” Although the initiative will
have a significant local impact, Greene County isn’t the only area to be affected economically. According to Snyder, the entire 50th district will benefit. “This isn’t just about Greene County,” Snyder said. “This is about an entire district. You want to always be looking to increase the tax base in a school district, in a township, in a county, and if you have new businesses coming in, that helps increase that tax base, and it helps keep everybody’s property taxes lower.” The executive director of the Office of Broadband Initiatives will be Mark Smith. Smith has previously served as a commissioner of Bradford County as well as Wolf’s deputy chief of staff. Snyder has been working with the efforts on “multiple levels.” She sent a letter to the FCC in February, asking it to dedicate four TV stations of white space to Microsoft Corp. The letter featured the names of 44 representatives and senators. Snyder said that she hasn’t yet received a response. She also met with Microsoft, as it has high-speed internet through the white spaces on TV stations. “We’re trying to move this in a lot of different directions, so the end result, people can have what they need for their internet service,” Snyder said. The Office of Broadband Initiatives hopes to develop a detailed proposal to expand high-speed internet access by 2022. Because of the complicity of the issue, Snyder thinks it will be a huge plus if Gov. Wolf is able to reach his goal. “[The goal is] aggressive, and I hope he’s right,” Snyder said. “I hope we can accomplish that. I just think we need to continue to work toward that goal and to work towards the goal that everybody has that access. If we can make that happen within the next four years, that would be phenomenal. Because this is not an easy issue. There’s no easy fix to this.”
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Confidence leads Buberl to sophomore success By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Sophomore infielder Justin Buberl was hitless in his last three games entering the second game of the doubleheader against Thomas More March 23. Each plate appearance that came and went for Buberl was another opportunity for him to snap t he st re a k and provide t h e Ye l low Jackets something they desperately needed in t h e
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
In the most recent series against Bethany, Buberl produced three hits for the Jackets' offense.
midst of a 13-game skid—a leader. “You just got to remember that you’ve been playing this game your whole life,” Buberl said. “You know how to a hit a baseball; you know how to field
last year, Buberl found the pitch that had eluded him for so long and reached first base on a single to shortstop. So far this season, Buberl leads the team in total hits and is second on the team in battling av-
“[It's about] showing the younger guys that you have to go in with confidence. You have to have that [in baseball].”
JUSTIN BUBERL
Infielder
a baseball—it is just routine stuff that you work on every day.” During the doubleheader against Thomas More, Buberl’s teammates reminded him of something that has played a crucial role in his athletics—confidence. “[You just can’t] get down on yourself,” Buberl said. “That is what you have to tell yourself.” After flying out in the first inning, Buberl had another opportunity in the third inning to finally end his dry streak. Facing a team that finished second in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference
erage at .328 and runs scored. Additionally, Buberl has a perfect steal percentage in three attempts so far this season. As a two-sport athlete for Waynesburg University, serving as a midfielder for the soccer team and an infielder for the baseball team, Buberl said he’s grown exponentially since the beginning of college. “Last year, as a freshman, it was just getting acclimated to college level classes,” Buberl said. “But this year, I seem to be doing pretty good and [am on] top of everything.” Entering Waynesburg with the desire to play two sports, men’s
Men's track & field sets individual records By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Despite expected snow flurries in the forecast, the men’s track & field team excelled in the unexpected sunshine at the Bethany Invitational this past Saturday, with a few breaking personal records and qualifying for the ECAC. The Yellow Jackets traveled to Bethany, West Virginia for an optional meet the day before Easter. Though the athletes had the option not to attend, assistant coach Bill Lubich said only a few didn’t compete, due to the holiday or injuries. “We’ve had several [athletes] go home for Easter, given the fact they haven’t been home for a while, which is understandable,” Lubich said. “We’ve had some injuries also—[they] were licking their wounds—some sprinters are in rehab [too].” The throwing team had a strong outing at the invitational, which Lubich said speaks to the atmosphere among the group. “[The throwers] are a tight knit group and they seem to be having a lot of fun this year,” Lubich said. “They are enjoying some incremental success each track meet. They are getting better and I think that motivates them to continue with their training and do well.” The throwers were paced by junior Blake Feldner, who collected 12 points for the team, placing fifth and seventh in the discus and shot put, respectively. In the discus, Feldner threw 37.5 meters in the finals and in the shot put, he threw 12 meters. In the javelin, the Yel-
soccer head coach Brad Heethuis said it was made clear the expectations Buberl would have to meet. A year later, Heethuis said Buberl has excelled under the rigors of being a two-sport athlete. “During the recruiting process, we were supportive of [Buberl] playing both sports,” Heethuis said. “But [we were] also clear with our expectations and [Buberl] has not disappointed.” After a pair of unsatisfactory seasons last year with the soccer team only winning four games and the baseball team missing the playoffs by one game, Buberl said he dedicated more time to what it takes to be a contributor. “[I] definitely put a lot of work in the weight room to try and make my game better and become a lot stronger,” Buberl said. “I think it’s definitely proved to help; it’s definitely been pretty good so far.” With a year of experience under his belt, Buberl said he hopes that the current freshman class will realize just how far confidence can take them. “[It’s about] showing the
DIVISION III WEEK
Athletes choose to compete for variety of reasons, passion By TYLER GODWIN
Sports Convergence Editor
Teghan Simonton, Yellow Jacket
Runners competed in the steeplechase for the first time this season. Sophomore Michael Cappelli finished with a time of 11:36.
low Jackets were assisted by a strong performance from freshman Roman Lessard. According to Lubich, Lessard has had impressive performances as a newcomer, and has potential to be a leader in the seasons moving forward. Lessard placed second in the javelin throw with a distance of 48.6 meters, which Lubich said was a personal record for him. In the running events, Lubich said senior Matthew Shinkle paced the Yellow Jackets with impressive performances in the hurdles. “[Shinkle] did well in both of his hurdle events,” Lubich said. “The [400-meter] highs and the [110-meter] highs [he did well in]. He’s now qualified for the ECAC championship [in the 110-meter].” Other notable performances this weekend came from a trio of runners in the steeplechase for the Yellow Jackets. Junior Jacob Pryor,
sophomore Michael Cappelli and freshman Matt Mansfield competed in their first steeplechase of the season. Despite a challenging event, Lubich said Mansfield performed exceptionally well in his first steeplechase of his collegiate career. “Particularly for [Mansfield], it was the first time [running the steeplechase],” Lubich said. “That race is very intimidating, particularly with the water jump. The sun was shining, it was warm, but the water is still cold. [Despite this], they did well.” In the event, Mansfield led the Yellow Jackets with a thirdplace finish at 10:37. Pryor and Cappelli finished with times of 10:44 and 11:36, respectively. Senior Mitchell Kendra also performed well in the meet, according to Lubich. In the pole vault, Kendra reached a height of 4.1 meters, which was high enough for a second-
place finish. Coming out of the weekend, Lubich said he was pleased with the men’s teams progress. “We [made] a lot of individual personal records and career personal records – we’ve had seasonal personal records also,” Lubich said. “That shows that our training plan to get progressively better and better throughout the season for the PAC Championships [is working]. I think that was the guiding light for the program. They did well and they are getting better.” Along with the training that contributed to the meet, Lubich said the weather didn’t hurt either. “All in all—it was a good day,” Lubich said. “The sun was shining; it wasn’t raining or snowing so I think that speaks to everyone doing well.” The men’s team will compete at Slippery Rock this Saturday.
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As the academic school year begins to wind down, Division III student-athletes across the country are celebrated in the annual event known as “Division III week.” Typically, the week is at the beginning of April, and this year it started April 2 and runs through April 8. According to the NCAA’s website, “Division III Week is a positive opportunity for all individuals associated with Division III to observe and celebrate the impact of athletics and of student-athletes on the campus and surrounding community.” As for many student athletes at Waynesburg University, the week serves as a reflection of why they chose to attend a Division III school and remind them of all the hard work they put into their sport and academics. “I liked how [Waynesburg University] was a smaller school, and how they focus more on your studies instead of mainly softball,” said junior softball player Alex Lawrence. “What I like about coming to a Division III school—the girls that are here are because they want to play, it’s not because they get money. The commitment is there and it’s like [we] want to be here more than anyone else does.” For senior women’s basket-
ball player and track & field athlete Addy Knetzer, the appeal of being able to compete in multiple sports really attracted her to Waynesburg whereas Division I or Division II schools may not have provided that opportunity. “I liked the idea of being able to do two sports. I was really good at track, potentially a Division I thrower, but I loved basketball more,” Knetzer
Athletes given the chance to celebrate their dedication to collegiate athletics during NCAA D-III week activities said. “Waynesburg was the first school to really show me I could do both. Since I came [to Waynesburg], I have found so much success in both sports and I’m so happy I got to compete in both rather than sacrificing one.” Coming from Division II Alderson Broaddus, junior outfielder Mitch Nordstrom saw first-hand what the differences are between Division II and Division III after transferring to Waynesburg in the fall of 2016. “While [Alderson Broaddus] did emphasize school D-III >> C4
Baseball ends 13-game skid in doubleheader split with Bison Srbinovich receives PAC Rookie of the Week after 4-RBI game By HUGH O’NEIL
For the Yellow Jacket
With the Waynesburg University baseball team entering its Saturday doubleheader against Bethany on a 12-game losing streak, the last thing the Yellow Jackets wanted to do was get off to a slow start. That's exactly what happened, as the visiting Bison took advantage of seven Yel-
low Jacket errors to win the first game 11-4. That Jackets (5-13, 1-3) bounced back in game two, defeating the Bison 8-1 to win their first game since March 5. “I told our guys that we need to keep the energy up,” junior infielder Tyler Reis said. "We were dead the first game. We needed to start off strong and have some fun with it.” In the first game, Betha-
ny came out strong with a two-run double from senior second baseman Ryan Nickerson in the first inning. Waynesburg responded in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly from senior outfielder Tyler Godwin that scored leadoff man, fellow senior outfielder Mitch Nordstrom. In the bottom of the fourth inning, after Bethany scored three more runs, junior second baseman Reis supplied some power, hitting a solo home run that made the score 5-2. Bethany put three unearned runs
on the board before Reis brought in two more runs in the seventh inning. The Bison scored three more unearned runs in the ninth, making the final score 11-4. Miller was tagged with the loss, dropping his record to 1-4 on the season. He allowed four runs, on seven hits, and recorded four strikeouts after pitching 4 1/3 innings pitched. Miller continued to have control problems as he walked four batters. Senior Noah Lolley and juniors Nate Gearhart and Colton Uzzell finished the game after Miller. Al-
though none of the three pitchers allowed an earned run, six unearned runs game came across the plate for Bethany. In total, Waynesburg accumulated seven errors in game one. Junior Nick Gross got the win for Bethany, improving to 2-3. The Yellow Jackets got off to the strong start that Reis hoped for in the second game. Waynesburg was able to clean up the sloppy play in part due to a quality outing from sophomore pitcher Johnny Kutchman who helped the Jackets came
away with an 8-1 victory. Waynesburg brought power to game two, hitting three home runs. Freshman Tyler Srbinovich supplied the early offense for Waynesburg, hitting an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning. In his next atbat, Srbinovich hit his first collegiate home run. This increased the Jackets’ lead to 4-0. “It was awesome,” Srbinovich said. “I had a job to get done with a runner on third. He had to get in. I’ll BASEBALL >> C2
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April 5, 2018 COMMENTARY
Jackets offense stalls in conference series Freshman has star Westminster pitching shuts potential for Jackets down Waynesburg hitters By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor
The Waynesburg University softball team traveled to New Wilmington Wednesday, March 28, to take on Westminster College in a doubleheader. The Titans managed to edge the Yellow Jackets in both affairs, falling 5-1 in
calls from the umpires and it should have been closer games.” In the first game between the Yellow Jackets and the Titans (11-5, 2-0), Waynesburg tallied seven total hits, but only managed to bring across one run in the contest. Senior Jazmyn Rohrer was the one inside of the pitcher’s circle for Westminster, who is also its ace with a Presidents’ Athletic Conference leading ERA of 0.89. Rohrer twirled a complete
the first game and 4-2 in the second. Despite the losses, head coach Richele Hall wasn’t discouraged with the team’s effort. “Neither game was a bad game,” said Hall. “[Junior starting pitcher] Courtney [Messenger] put us in the position to win both games, there were a couple of bad
game, only allowing one run one seven hits, one walk and 12 strikeouts. Messenger also went the distance and gave up a total of five runs, most of which coming on a fourth inning grand slam, on seven hits, two walks and two strikeouts. Hall was pleased with how the offense fared against a pitcher of Rohrer’s caliber. “We h a d s e v e n h it s against their No. 1 pitcher, which is really good for us,”
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In the fourth inning, Reis hit his second home run on the day and sophomore right fielder Brendan Kohan provided an RBI single, making the score 7-0. Bethany was able to score one run in the seventh inning with a RBI groundout from senior catcher Saige Micomonaco. Reis continued his great day in the eighth inning with his third home run. This gave the Yellow Jackets an 8-1 lead. That score stuck, and Waynesburg was victorious. Reis was feeling good throughout both games. “Today felt amazing, I was seeing the ball well,” Reis said. “I wasn’t trying to do too much, just put the barrel on the ball as much as I can and good things will happen.” Kutchman was able to bounce back from his early struggles, picking up his first win of the season to improve to 1-2. He pitched a solid six innings, allowing only three hits and no earned runs. Sophomore Isacc Wengert
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Reis had an offensive breakout against Bethany, scoring six runs on five hits with three home runs. took the loss for Bethany, falling to 1-3. “My changeup and curveball were working well today,” Kutchman said. “Everything was feeling good today and [Pryzbylinski] did a good job behind the plate.” Reis has high expectations for the team for the remainder of the season. “When we put everything together, we are a dangerous
team,” said Reis. “We were better than how we have been playing and I think the second game showed it.” Kutchman said both offense and defense played well in the contest. “I think we all needed this win and everyone played well today offensively and defensively,” Kutchman said. “I think our season is about to turn around in conference
play after the first conference win under our belts now.” Waynesburg is tied with Geneva for eighth place in the PAC. The team is back in action Thursday to face Geneva pending on weather conditions. Following the contest against Geneva, the Yellow Jackets will face Westminster in a doubleheader Saturday, April 7.
ances. Although he struggled in his lone start of the season, allowing five earned runs over Columnist five innings in an 8-1 loss to Penn State Behrend March 25, he’s allowed just one unearned While it is still too early to run in seven relief appearanctell how successful the 2018 es. Srbinovich is 2-2 and has Waynesburg University base- been the winning pitcher in 40 ball season will be, one thing percent of Waynesburg’s victhat is guaranteed is that most tories. He also picked up the of the team’s contributions will first save of his college career have to come from new faces. March 4 against Penn State After losing 12 seniors from Altoona. last year’s team, head coach Humiston has a dilemma Mike Humiston is dependent regarding Srbinovich’s role on players who are either new though. While Srbinovich to the program or taking on has been nearly flawless in the an increased role from 2017. bullpen, the Jackets’ starting Freshman pitcher/infielder rotation could use a boost as Tyler Srbinovich represents well, ranking seventh out of 10 the former, and he is already PAC teams with a team ERA of making himself known. 6.89. A key benefit to keeping This past week, Srbinovich Srbinovich in the bullpen for was named Presidents’ Ath- the time being is that it adds letic Conference Rookie of the more flexibility for him as a Week for the second time. He position player. The freshman also received regional recog- has started 15 of Waynesburg’s nition, being named Eastern 18 games and has a respectCollegiate Athable batting average letic Conference of .275 to go with a (ECAC) Division home run and eight III South Rookie of RBIs. The fewer inthe Week. nings Srbinovich Srbinovich has has to work on the earned these honmound, the more ors with both his he’ll be available in bat and arm. In the everyday lineup, Saturday’s doubleand as Srbinovich header split against continues to deSrbinovich Bethany, he started velop, he can play both games at third a major role in the base, going a combined 4-9 Yellow Jacket offense. with a home run. In the secWaynesburg is currently 1-3 ond game, which the Jackets in conference and will be in won 8-1, he also pitched 1 1/3 danger of missing the postseascoreless innings out of the son for the third year in a row bullpen, retiring all four bat- if they don’t put some wins ters he faced. At the plate, he together over the next two went 3-5 with four RBI and his weeks. The exodus of talent affirst collegiate home run. ter this season, however, won’t As a pitcher, he has been be as large as it was the past used almost exclusively out two years. After missing the of the bullpen, having thrown 12 innings over eight appearJOE >> C3 JOE SMELTZER
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP BASEBALL STANDINGS Wash & Jeff Geneva Thiel Westminster Thomas More Grove City Saint Vincent Waynesburg Bethany Chatham
SOFTBALL Conf. 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-3 0-4
Overall 11-8 14-3 7-11 7-6 5-10 7-9 5-9 5-13 4-13 6-10
Sunday’s Box Score
Bethany 1, Waynesburg 8 Bethany 000 040 100 1 Waynesburg 103 300 010 8
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, March 30 Thomas More 0, Wash&Jeff 7 Saturday, March 31 Thomas More 3, Wash&Jeff 10 (Game 1); Chatham 11, Thiel 14 (Game 1); Geneva 11, Westminster 6 (Game 1); Bethany 11, Waynesburg 4 (Game 1); Thomas More 5, Wash&Jeff 6 (Game 2); Chatham 6, Thiel 8 (Game 2); Bethany 1, Waynesburg 8 (Game 2); Geneva 10, Westminster 11 (Game 2) Monday, April 2 Bethany 2, Penn State Behrend 9; Bethany 3, Penn State Behrend
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, April 5 Waynesburg at Geneva - 1/4 p.m. DH; Westminster at Grove City - 1/4 p.m. DH; Bethany at Thiel - 1/4 p.m. DH; Saint Vincent at Wash and Jeff - 2/5 p.m. DH
STANDINGS Saint Vincent Westminster Thomas More Bethany Thiel Wash & Jeff Grove CIty Geneva Waynesburg Chatham
LACROSSE (ORLC) Conf. 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-2
Overall 11-3 11-5 9-11 8-6 6-12 4-8 2-6 8-8 7-9 2-12
Monday’s Box Score
WAYNESBURG 2, CARLOW 5 Waynesburg 000 200 0 Bethany 000 220 X
2 4
RECENT RESULTS
WOMEN STANDINGS
Transylvania Hanover Wash and Jeff Saint Vincent Thiel Westminster Earlham Franklin Chatham Mount St. Joesph Thomas More Waynesburg
Conf. 4-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
Overall 9-1 6-3 4-2 4-2 2-4 1-4 2-5 1-3 2-5 1-6 0-2 0-4
Monday’s Box Score
Sunday, March 28 Waynesburg 1, Westminster 5 (Game 1); Waynesburg 2, Westminster 4 (Game 2)
BRYN ATHYN 15, WAYNESBURG 3 Waynesburg 0 1 1 Bryn Athyn 18 7 25
Monday, March 31 Thiel 1, Bethany 5 (Game 1); Thomas More 4, Chatham 2 (Game 1); Thiel 6, Bethany 2 (Game 2); Thomas More 3, Chatham 0 (Game 2)
Wednesday, March 28 Earlham 2, Hanover 13; Trine 16, Mount St. Joesph17; Thiel 17, Waynesburg 4; Saint Vincent 8, Wash&Jeff 14
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
BETHANY INVITATIONAL
BETHANY INVITATIONAL
100 Meter: 1. Jessica Kelosky, Geneva, 12.41; 2. Alicia Collier, California, 12.50 200 Meter: 1. Alicia Collier, California, 25.89; 2. Mykera Days, West Virgina, 26.36; 8. Cassidy Guiser, Waynesburg, 27.95 400 Meter: 1. Hannah Lacey, Wash&Jeff, 62.20; 2. Burgess Grace, Wheeling Jesuit, 62.30; 3. Cassidy Guiser, Waynesburg62.75;
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, March 30 Chatham 11, Westminster 12
Thursday, April 4 Mount Aloysius at Geneva - 3:30/5:30 p.m. DH; Chatham at Saint Vincent - 3:30/5:30 p.m. DH; Grove City at Wash&Jeff - 3:30 /5:30 p.m. DH
Saturday, March 31 Transylvania 24, Franklin 2; Earlham 15, Thomas More 4
Saturday, April 7 Grove City at Westminster - 1/3 p.m. DH; Geneva at Chatham - 1/3 p.m. DH; Wash&Jeff at Thiel - 1/3 p.m. DH; Saint Vincent at Waynesburg 1/3 p.m. DH; Thomas More at Bethany - 1/3 p.m.; DH
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, April 7 Chatham at Hanover - 11 a.m.; Westminster at Mount St. Joseph - 12 p.m.; D'Youville at Waynesburg - 12 p.m.; Wash&Jeff at Franklin - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Earlham - 1 p.m. Sunday, April 8 Chatham at Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Wash&Jeff at Transylvania -1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Earlham - 1 p.m.
PAC BASEBALL LEADERS
Batting AVG: Hauer, .471, TMC; Rossier, .458, WES; Pagaduan, .455, GEN RBI: Luciana, 30, GEN; Wieland, 25, GEN; Rossier, 18, WES WINS: Grant, 3, Gen; Rowe, 3, GEN; Taufer, 2, WJC ERA: Houze, 1.12, TMC; Grant, 2.19, GEN; Malone, 2.38, SVC
PAC SOFTBALL LEADERS
Batting AVG: Johnson, .522, WJC; Kondracki, .522, GRO; Sainato, .490, GEN RBI: Gahan, 24, TMC; Sleith, 22, SVC; Lude, 18, GEN WINS: Rohrer, 9, WES; Theiss, 6, GEN; DeDreu, 6, TMC ERA: Rohrer, 0.89, WES; Bowers, 2.07, WAY; Duerr, 2.21, SVC
Saint Vincent Hanover Westminster Transylvania Wash&Jeff Grove City Thiel Chatham Mount St. Joseph Bethany Earlham
Conf. 3-0 3-0 1-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-4 0-4
WHATS ON THIS WEEK WCYJ-FM
Overall 6-3 3-6 4-3 5-6 4-7 5-2 3-5 5-4 1-9 2-7 0-8
200 Meter: 1. Andre Butler, Unattached, 22.52; 2. Brian Vandusen, Wheeling Jesuit, 22.73; 3. Jack Fitch, Wheeling Jesuit, 22.98 400 Meter: 1. Antwon Foster, Alderson Bro, 50.60; 2. Korey Fennell, Alderson Bro, 51.22 800 Meter: 1. Xavier Steohens, Point Park, 1:56.86; 2.Kyle Tumpak, California, 1:58.18; 10. Nathan Jecelin, Waynesburg, 2:02.69
1500 Meter Run: 1. Anna Shields, Point Park, 4:21.71; 2. Angie Marchetti, Waynesburg, 4:58.10
1500 Meter: 1. Brett George, California, 4:08.22; 2. Joe Uliano, California, 4:12.29; 4. Nathan Jecelin, 4:12.85, Waynesburg
100 Meter Hurdle: 1. Nicole Bartoletta, Geneva, 14.80; 2. Nina Jones, Wheeling Jesuit, 15.02; 13. Katherine Fair, Waynesburg, 17.15 400 Meter Hurdle: 1. Ashley McIntosh, Wheeling Jesuit, 65.02m; 2. Dominique Jefferson, Pitt-Johnstown, 69.15 4. Katherine Fair, Waynesburg, 70.77; 3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 1. Jenna Furr, Wheeling Jesuit, 11:54.01; 2. Elizabeth Trump, Waynesburg, 12:15.28 High Jump: 1. Mariah Harmon, Wheeling Jesuit, 1.58m; 2. Erin Meckler, California, 1.58m; 11.Taylor Clarkson, Waynesburg, 1.37m;
5,000 Meter: 1. Albert Schrimp, Unattached, 15:33.70; 2. Andrew Weiss, Bethany, 16:32.17; 6. Morrison Colomb, 17:04.51, Waynesburg 110 Meter Hurdle:1. Paris Vaughan, Alderson Bro, 15.16, 2. Tavon Jeter, Wheeling Jesuit, 15.40; 4. Matthew Shinkle, 16.25, Waynesburg 400 Meter Hurdle: 1. Paris Vaughan, Alderson Bro, 56.00, 2. Bryan Partika, Point Park, 58.04 8. Matthew Shinkle, 61.11, Waynesburg 3000 Meter Steeplechase: 1. Nicholas Long, Franciscan, 9:51.53; 2. Anthony Camasso, Seton Hill, 10:06.30; 3. Matt Mansfield, Waynesburg, 10:37.76 High Jump: 1. Michael Morris, Point Park, 1.98m; 2. Isiah Claytor, West Liberty, 1.93m
Pole Vault: 1. Amanda Theodoro, West Liberity, 2.59m; 2. Andrea Precurato, Bethany, 2.25m
Pole Vault: 1. Nathaniel Wheeling, Wheeling Jesuit, 4.25m; 2. Mitch Kendra, 4.10 m, Waynesburg
Long Jump: 1. Kailah Holmes, California, 5.44m; 2. Kia Clayton, Pitt-Johnstown, 5.44m; 20. Taylor Clarkson, Waynesburg, 4.36 m
Long Jump: 1. Andre Lowery, Point Park, 6.80m; 2. Brian Vandusen, Wheeling Jesuit, 6.70m
Triple Jump: 1. Kia Clayton, Pitt-Johnstown, 11.65m; 2. Kailah Holmes, California, 11.33m;
MEN STANDINGS
100 Meter: 1. Jae'Len Means, California, 10.84; 2. Andre Butler, Unattached, 11.00; 5. Mark Minjock, 11.43, Waynesburg
800 Meter: 1. Anna Shields, Point Park, 2:09.48, 2. Summer Hill, California, 2:18.66; 6. Elinore Loch, Waynesburg, 2:26.20;
5,000 Meter: 1. Sarah Taylor, Seton Hall,, 18:12.08; 2. Julie Gerber, 18:13.49, Waynesburg
UPCOMING GAMES
Friday, April 6 Thomas More at Bethany - 1/4 p.m. DH
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Shot Put: 1. Addy Knetzer, Waynesburg, 13.35m, Waynesburg Discus: 1. Lauren Dickerson, Wheeling Jesuit, 40.12m 2. Jessica Beal, Seton Hall, 39.42; 10. Addy Knetzer, Waynesburg, 32.99m Javelin: 1. Demi Katie, West Virgina, 39.80m 2. Mackenzie Mangun, Point Park, 34.98; 3. Jordan Simpson, Waynesburg, 34.25m
ORLC W. LACROSSE LEADERS
Goals: Nelson, 46, SVC; WUEST, 45, TRA; Quinn, 30, THI
Shot Put: 1. Dominique Hudson, West Liberty, 14.02m; 1. Jordan Hunkins, Bethany, 14.02m; 7. Blake Feldner, Waynesburg, 12.08 m Discus: 1. Dominique Hudson, West Liberty, 45.04m; 2. Alex Eye, West Virgina, 42.51 m; 5. Blake Feldner, Waynesburg, 37.54 Hammer Throw: . Dominique Hudson, West Liberty, 46.10m; 2. Hogan Wells, West liberity, 45.59m Javelin: 1. Henry Kennedy, Geneva, 56.92m; 2. Roman Lessard, 48.67, Waynesburg
WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Assists: Wuest, 24, TRA; Oliver, 20, TRA; Gleason, 12, TRA
Addy Knetzet, Track and Field
Saves: Vinel, 98, MSJ; Blackburne, 84, ERL; Cefola, 78, CHA
Tyler Srbinmvich, Baseball
Shots: Nelson, 89, SVC; Quinn, 78, THI; Wuest, 77, TRA
Waynesburg Baseball and Softball Games Will Be Broadcast Live All Season Long on WCYJ-FM
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Many positives in Golf prepares for second half of season optional meet for women's track team By DYLAN CLELAND
For the Yellow Jacket
By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor
The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team competed at the Bethany Invitational hosted at Bethany College March 31. There was no team scoring at the event. The morning did not start off ideally for the Yellow Jackets. A communication issue resulted in the team not having a bus to take to Bethany. However, head coach Michelle Cross said the team was able to respond in a positive way at the meet. “The beginning of the meet was marked by a little bit of chaos just because we had a miscommunication with the buses and had to get a little creative with our transportation up there,” Cross said. “And again, that just speaks to our team… that just speaks to the leadership of that team to how they can roll with and handle adversity.” Since the meet occurred on Easter weekend, not all members of the team competed, as many athletes went home for the holiday. However, Cross said the members of the team that were present at the meet showed their dedication. “[Athletes who competed on a holiday weekend] means the people that were there were really motivated, wanted to be there and wanted the opportunity to compete,” Cross said. “And I think that reflected in a lot of the performances that I got feedback from, is that they went very well.” Senior Addy Knetzer lead the Yellow Jackets in the field events, as she finished in first in the shot put. Knetzer broke the meet and stadium record from the 2017 Bethany Invite – with a throw of 13.35 meters, or 43 feet 9.75 inches. “I think with Addy, [former head coach Jason] Falvo did a very, very good job
of mentoring her and encouraging her and motivating her…She has a brandnew coach in two areas, one as a head [coach] and one as a throws coach, and I think where a lot of other athletes dealt with that transition in indoor, she is going through that now,” Cross said. Cross mentioned Knetzer’s transition to having the new throwing coach Tim Barnes in charge, and said the transition has gone smoothly. “It’s just incredibly encouraging to see that…I think she is ahead of where she was last year,” Cross said. “She broke her own meet record from last year, so she is already that far ahead, even with everything that has happened. It’s just encouraging to see that we are starting to make strides and having her feel more comfortable and transition through the change.” Knetzer also finished 10th in the discus. Sophomore Jordan Simpson also placed in the top three in the throws. In javelin, she had a top throw of 34.25 meters, or 112 feet 4 inches. Cross said she knew Simpson was excited to throw javelin again coming into the meet. “She just kept saying ‘I can’t wait to go through jav’ so you can tell she has just been itching [to do so],” Cross said. “Bethany isn’t known for a stellar javelin runway…so to see that she did so well in conditions like that is just really encouraging.” On the track, junior Cassidy Guiser’s time of 1:02 earned the sprinter a thirdplace overall finish in the 400-meter dash. Guiser also finished eighth overall in the 200-meter dash and ran one leg of the 4x100 meter relay, which finished fourth. Junior Liz Trump finished in second place in the TRACK >> C4
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The Waynesburg men’s golf team has returned to the course for the spring portion of its schedule. That schedule includes different invitationals, a match and PAC Spring Championships over the upcoming weeks as part of the spring golf schedule. Over spring break, head coach Sam Jones and the team went to Barefoot Landing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for a few rounds of golf. The team was able to enjoy the break on the beach, while honing some skills on the links at some of the nicest courses in the country. “We had a great time and had a match while we were down there,” said Jones. “We didn’t play as well as we wanted to, but it was early in the spring. We had a one practice round before they played a round the next day. The courses were beautiful, they were really nice. It was a good trip.” Seniors like Aaron Hill and Ivan Li will head into the spring as team leaders, but Jones expects the five freshmen golfers to develop and emerge in the spring. “We have some freshman who are playing really well, but [Aaron] Hill is playing really well and is usually our number one or two,” said Jones. “And [Ivan] Li [is another leader], they both do a nice job of leading and getting guys to where they are supposed to be.”
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Earlier this semester, during spring break, the golf team traveled to North Carolina to fit in more practice rounds before the second half of the season starts. Jones is looking for all of the men to improve and develop through the spring. The simulation room in the Marisa Fieldhouse enables the golfers to get some swings in without fighting Mother Nature. “We just want to be better than we were in the fall. We came back from the trip and were getting them in the sim room during this rainy, nasty weather. We’re all looking to take a couples strokes off of our game, so well work to get better.” The spring schedule will conclude with the final round of the PAC Spring
Championships. After two rounds, which were played in the fall, the Jackets sit in seventh out of eight teams. Jones looks for the team to play a simple game of golf. “The thing with golf is there is no film to watch, no preparing for the other team, it is just getting out there and playing,” said Jones. “We have a match at Bethany’s home course, which is where PACs are so were hoping to play that course in a match setting before the PACs to get used to the course, because that’s really what it’s all about.” With the current place-
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said Hall. “We just need to better our plate approach and not get intimidated by who’s pitching.” Waynesburg’s only run in the first game came off a RBI single in the fourth inning by sophomore catcher Rachel Skon, which plated freshman pinch runner Hannah Batovsky. In the second game, the result wasn’t much different from the first game. In the fourth inning, Waynesburg jumped out to a lead in the fourth inning behind a RBI-single by sophomore infielder Cheyenne Wasko that plated sophomore second baseman Ashley Dubovich. The Yellow Jackets added insurance shortly after the first run, as freshman Christina Baker notched a pinch-hit RBI single that plated freshman third baseman Tara Staley to give the team a 2-0 lead early. However, Westminster immediately responded
with two runs of its own in the bottom half of the fourth inning. The Titans took the lead and added the final two runs of the game in the fifth inning behind a home run from junior shortstop Kailey Liverman. Messenger suffered the
“It was nice to play Westminster first to see where our team is right now and our team definitely competed every single inning with them.” RICHELE HALL
Head coach
loss in game two as well, giving up three runs, two earned, over 4 innings of work. Titan senior Hannah Ritter threw the first 4 innings of the second game, allowing only two runs on four hits, before being replaced by Rohrer, who
secured her second win of the day with 3 scoreless innings. “They scored late in both games,” said Hall. “It was nice to play Westminster first to see where our team is right now and our team definitely competed every single inning with them.” After the two games, Messengers record went to 5-4 on the season and Rohrer’s went to 9-1. Hall saw bright sports despite the losing effort. “I thought that Courtney [Messenger], Rachel [Skon] and Keri [Renzler] all had good games today,” said Hall. The Yellow Jackets are now 7-8 overall and 0-2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Yellow Jackets were back in action for the first time since these games against Grove City in a doubleheader yesterday past publication date, and will play again at home against Saint Vincent Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader.
ment at PACs, winning is most likely out of the picture, but individual improvement is something that Jones wants to see by the end of the spring season. “I’d like every guy to be a couple strokes better than they were in the fall in the championships,” said Jones. “Maybe learn a lesson here or there, whatever it takes, just a little bit better.” The Jackets will travel to Grove City for the Grove City Invitational on April 10 and the PAC Championships will conclude on April 28.
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playoffs in 2016, Waynesburg had to replace both its best hitter in Matt Bensinger and one of the best pitchers in PAC history in Brian Resnik. The Yellow Jackets faced a similar situation this past spring with first baseman Jonathon Kletzli and pitcher Luke Carter graduating. This time, even if the Yellow Jackets don’t qualify for the postseason, the whole crew theoretically should be back to get over that hump in 2019, and Srbinovich will play a big part in that, whether it be on the mound, at the plate, or both. Oh, and Srbinovich’s talents aren’t limited to baseball. He’s also a backup quarterback who earned all-conference honors four times in high school. So, it’s fair to say he has the athleticism that can impact Waynesburg sports.
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Good luck to all Jacket athletes! younger guys that you have to go in with confidence,” Buberl said. “You have to have that [in baseball]. Baseball is a big mental game and you can’t get down on yourself, you just have to push through.” Heethuis said he has seen the confidence that Buberl brings to athletics every day since his freshman year at Waynesburg. “[Buberl] came to Waynesburg with a conf i d e n c e a b o u t h i m ,” Heethuis said. “We’ve seen that continue to grow and along with that, seen his influence and leadership on the team grow.” The mindset that Buberl has developed has been the one constant in two contrasting sports. “The key is really confidence,” Buberl said. “If you have confidence go-
ing into the sport you’ll be good to go. There are some similarities [between soccer and baseball], but there are big differences too. It’s hard to sometimes mix them, but you just have to have confidence and play how you’ve always done it.” At this point in the season, Buberl’s mental toughness lets the statistics speak for themselves. With just over a dozen games remaining, he leads the team in hits, is second in batting average and fourth in on base percentage. Even if he finds himself in another dry streak in the remaining games, Buberl said he doesn’t worry about the game-to-game details, but rather the season outlook. “It has to be [overall] confidence,” he said. “Just because you have a bad game doesn’t mean you lose confidence—it’s a season thing.”
Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket
This fall, Justin Buberl started in nine games and scored four goals on 21 shots for the Yellow Jackets.
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Jackets hope to build off Bethany win Softball starts home stretch with SVC doubleheader By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN AND ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Report
The Waynesburg Yellow Jacket baseball team has struggled for the majority of the first half of the season, however they did stop their 13-game losing streak with an 8-1 victory against the Bethany Bison last Saturday. Head coach Mike Humiston declined comment, stating he did not want to look past the team's Thursday opponent. “I know that we have been struggling for the most part at the beginning of the season, but I think playing against Bethany in the second game was kind of an eye opener for us and that the potential that we have and what we can do to teams,” said junior Tyler Reis. “So, I think going into these next couple of games against Geneva and Westminster that we will have a new attitude and approach coming into those games and the series against Westminster being at home gives us a chip on our shoulder. I think it will give us the advantage.” The last game against Bethany according to Reis and freshman Tyler Srbinovich has changed the mood of the team. The game against Westminster, though, will still be a challenge.
“[Westminster] is a good team, we like to forget about how the season has gone so far,” said Srbinovich. “We have had some growing pains, but the talk of the [losing] streak is over we don’t mention it. We are on a new streak and after our last game against Bethany last Saturday we need the team to be in a good spot. We got a lot of confidence back and a lot of guys do too, so let’s see what we can do. So, I feel great going into Saturday.” So far there have been a lot of games postponed and made up due to rain and snow, but Reis thinks that it has, and can, help the team in the long run more than hurt it. “I think [the rain delays] will help us as long as our pitching keeps forming well and doing what they did against Bethany,” said Reis. “If they do that I think that we are going to be fine. It’s not going to be like in Florida having 10 games in five days, but I think we have the depth both in our starting rotations and our bullpen to manage playing a couple of games within a couple of days.” Srbinovich was named ECAC Rookie of the Week with his pitching, fielding and hitting performances in the games against Bethany. “It really is an honor, es-
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Through 18 games played, Reis currently has a .919 fielding percentage at second base. pecially being a freshman at a college level like this is a whole different game, but the practices that we go through and the guys pushing me to be my best – I owe it all to them,” said Srbinovich. Reis at the beginning of the season was also struggling along with the team, but according to him, his mentality has changed and he is ready for big things the rest of the season. “Coming into this year I was focused on putting up good stats and good power numbers and I think that’s what I really struggled with at the beginning of the year and whenever I made every-
thing easier on myself and told myself to relax and just have fun, things got easier for me,” said Reis. Westminster is currently 2-2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and Waynesburg is 1-3. “I expect big things out of us, carrying off of that last game against Bethany puts us back in the groove,” said Srbinovichj. “You can feel that the energy has changed in the locker room and taking the field. I am excited and expect big things.” The Yellow Jackets will play Westminster at home in a doubleheader on Saturday, April 7, scheduled for 2 p.m.
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3,000-meter steeplechase, after crossing the line in 12:15. Cross said this was the first meet of the outdoor season where the team ran both the 4x100-meter relay and the 3,000-meter steeplechase. After tough conditions at Muskingum University and the inability to practice going into the meet so early into the outdoor season, the Yellow Jackets did not compete in the 4x100 meter relay or the 3,000-meter steeplechase. After the second meet of the outdoor season was canceled, the Yellow Jackets were able to compete in both events at the Bethany Invite. “It was really encouraging to see that they performed as well as they did,” Cross said on the athletes who competed in the steeplechase. Senior Julie Gerber and junior Teg han Simon-
ton finished second and third, respectively, in the 5,000-meter run. Gerber finished with a time of 18:13 and Simonton finished with a time of 18:46. For Simonton, she broke her own personal record by 11 seconds and qualified to run the 5K in the ECAC meet in May. S enior Angie Marchetti finished second in the 1,500-meter run after crossing the finish line with a time of 4:58. Marchetti also finished seventh in the 800-meter run, one spot behind her was classmate Elinore Loch. Cross said the team has constantly made improvements since the beginning of the outdoor season, despite the inconsistent weather. Cold weather this coming weekend made Mount Union cancel the John Homon Open, so the team will now compete at the Dave Labor Invitational at Slippery Rock University April 7.
Michael Cappelli, Yellow Jacket
Simonton beat her personal record in the 5K and qualified for the ECAC with a time of 18:46.
Photo courtesy of Waynesburg University Department of Athletics
Three-year starter, Keri Renzler, has a .932 fielding percentage over 11 games played so far this season.
Last-place Jackets look to get back on track against Bearcats By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
The softball team will play three teams in five days spanning the weekend into Monday. With the added pressure of consecutive games, head coach Richele Hall is excited to see how her team will handle the stretch. “It’s kind of hard to get hot or into a streak if you’re playing for two days then sitting for seven,” Hall said. “I am actually excited to see how the girls do having that many games in a row. We’re not worried about tiredness, we have days for rest.” After two losses to Westminster, the upcoming games against Grove City on April 6 and Saint Vincent on April 7 are crucial to meeting the expectations set for a young team. “We a lw ay s w ant to sweep on the road and the sweep at home is even more crucial after the sweep by Westminster,” Hall said. “We have a lot more expectations and team expectations.” The st ar t ing pitcher for the first game will be Courtney Messenger. So far this season, Messenger has a 5-4 record with an ERA of 3.38. In practice this past week, Hall pushed her girls to focus on the mental part of hitting to improve the team that holds .312 average with runners in scoring position, which is fifth in the conference. “I think the biggest thing
is getting a key hit when we have runners in scoring position,” Hall said. “We worked a lot with getting relaxed in the box and making sure we keep our mindset no matter what the count is.” After the losses to Westminster, these upcoming PAC games will help establish what the Jackets season will amount to. As they get deeper into the season, they will begin their PAC play, which for Hall, has been everything they have built up to. “The beginning of our training, our gym practices, our spring training, it’s led up to right now and making sure we are putting our best foot forward for PAC play and finding who our best hitters are,” Hall said. “I have a pretty good idea of who are best hitters are at this point.” The plan for Saturday, against a team that lost a crucial player to graduation, is to jump on whatever they can as teams are hitting .315 off Saint Vincent this year. “Really I think our biggest thing is Saint Vincent does not have their pitcher they have had in the past,” Hall said. “I think I the biggest thing is jumping on them right away because their pitching this year is not the strongest.” First pitch against Saint Vincent is 1 p.m. on Saturday with the second game of the doubleheader following.
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before sports, here [at Waynesburg] I feel it’s really driven home at the DIII level that you’re here for your education and not for the athletic side of things,” Nordstrom said. “Overall, it’s less of a job and more of a fun thing to do. It’s more of a sport instead of something you’re forced to do because at [Alderson Broaddus] most of us got scholarship money and benefits for being an athlete, whereas here you don’t get direct benefits for being an athlete. It’s more because you want to—it’s more driven and work-ethic based rather than work-based.” Junior quarterback Jake Dougherty feels that there is occasionally a negative connotation associated with Division III athletics, but emphasizes the fact that there is something bigger when it comes to competing at this collegiate level. “It’s more than a game, once you come Division III,” Dougherty said. “I don’t think people really understand that about Division III, but Division II athletes and Division I athletes [sometimes] look down on Division III athletes, but I think it takes a lot of pride
to play Division III and a lot of perseverance and work ethic because we’re not on scholarship, we are here for school. We just do it on the side because we love the game and I think academics is a big part and just loving the game and wanting to play Division III.” Additionally, Dougherty senses an aura that surrounds all athletes that walk Waynesburg’s campus, and couldn’t be happier with his decision to go to school at the university. “I think just the style of players that play here—everyone that plays, and I’ve noticed it with every sport, they want to be here,” Dougherty said. “It’s not like guys are Division III and they don’t want to be here…If you’re here to play, you love the game, you’re here for academics, you want to get the job done and then you want to get a good job after college. I think that everything I thought Division III was has lived up to expectations and I’m glad I chose to come Division III.” For senior women’s soccer player Melanie Byler, Waynesburg afforded her an opportunity that she may not have received at a Division I or II institution—the opportunity to walk-on to the team as a
freshman back in the fall of 2014. Three seasons later, she ended her career as a captain and mentor to younger players all while enjoying an experience that many people don’t always get to enjoy at other collegiate levels. “DIII is an awesome level because there’s no scholarships involved—there’s no money involved—so it’s just athletes that are playing for fun,” Byler said. “So it was that really and playing after one year, I played for fun, and that really drew me in and the team aspect of it made me want to keep playing the rest of my four years here.” As a part of Division III week, Waynesburg is participating with events and activities throughout the duration of the week. On Tuesday, Benedum Dining Hall offered “ballpark food” to students, Wednesday was the 3v3 basketball tournament, today there is a refreshments table featuring cookies and punch from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse and Friday students can “Pie the Coach/Faculty,” where they can donate a dollar to throw a pie at their favorite coach/ faculty member. “Very few times do we get a chance as faculty, staff and
a community recognize the commitment level that are student athletes put forth for our institution, on behalf of our institution,” said head basketball coach Mark Christner. “It’s a two-way street in some respects in terms of people choosing to come here and be a student athlete and then we want to make sure that the student athletes feel like it’s worth it—it’s worth their time, it’s worth their commitment and it’s worth their time and their soul.” As her career comes to a close, Knetzer is extremely thankful for all the opportunities Waynesburg provided her and was able to successfully balance all aspects of life. “My experience has been incredible. Waynesburg is such a personable school,” Knetzer said. “I’ve made close connections with a variety of people and professors that I may not have had time for somewhere else. I love the impact I’ve been able to make as an athlete and student. DIII has allowed me to pursue my degree while playing the sports I love. Waynesburg has helped me keep my priorities straight…focusing on faith, family, academics and finally, sports.”
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Marrow donation gives new viewpoint By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor
HANGING UP THE COSTUME Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Denise Branthoover, senior nursing major, took the stage as Janet Van De Graff in her latest Waynesburg production, The Drowsy Chaperone.
After balancing academics and rehearsal schedule, student gives final performance By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor
Senior nursing major Denise Branthoover has acted in two musicals at Waynesburg University; “The Princess and the Pea” and "The Drowsy Chaperone.” She has also choreographed two shows, “The Little Mermaid” and “The Addams Family.” Branthoover’s love for theatre predates her collegiate acting career while at Waynesburg. “I did musicals for four years while in high school, and then in middle school they had a musical in eighth grade and I did that too. I have always been in love with theatre-type things,” Branthoover said. In this year’s spring musi-
cal, Branthoover played the starring role of Janet Van De Graaff, who is a celebrity “giving up her life of glamor” and marrying Robert Martin, played by co-star Ed DiOrio, freshman sports broadcasting major. Although it was her last time working on a show on the Goodwin Performing Arts Center’s stage, Branthoover said she really enjoyed the experience, in addition to collaborating with other students and each of their roles in the play. “The whole cast was so much fun to hang out with and really made rehearsals fun,” Branthoover said. “There was this one time with Thomas [Faye], he was the only one that remembered a line that we all were supposed to say. We were all supposed to say
‘yeah’ and Thomas was the only one who said it and it was so funny.” According to Branthoover, her favorite song in the show was “As We Stumble Along”, because of its tune and melody. As a nursing major in her senior year, it was challenging for Branthoover to balance nursing classes and going to rehearsals for the show, but according to Branthoover, it was not as demanding as she thought it would be. “I thought that it was going to be really bad, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be,” Branthoover said. “I am a super academically-focused person, so that was something I was concerned about, which is why I chose not to do shows here years before. This semester it
just worked out that I was able to balance everything.” Performing on stage was something Branthoover missed, and she compared coming back to the joy to riding a bike again. “It was really, really amazing being in a musical again,” Branthoover said. “I missed it because that is who I was in high school – doing musicals, singing, dancing and acting. Who I am kind of shifted during college. In high school, I wasn’t academically focused. Now that has totally changed.” With graduation approaching, Branthoover said that she will miss being a student at Waynesburg because “you never really feel alone here.” Because of the size of the campus, she said that whenever she walks through various
educational buildings she always knows somebody. Branthoover has one piece of advice that she would tell incoming freshmen: “be yourself.” “It’s always a good motto to live by,” Branthoover said. “You go through high school and you know they talk about being yourself and finding yourself and that’s great. But then you finish high school and feel like you have to do that all over again and you forget how to be yourself. If I would have known that I would have maybe done things differently.” Branthoover’s plans after graduation from Waynesburg University is to move to northern California and get into a residency program, so she can further pursue a career in nursing.
Mackenna Drazich walks through the library with a confidence only someone in his or her senior year could possess, passing students reviewing notecards and highlighting textbooks. She almost blends in among typical college students as she discusses her lifelong love of mac and cheese, her family and her enduring passion for sports as a former member of the women’s basketball team. But the story she holds is far from average. Beneath her red basketball hoodie is a tattoo on her lower back. The design of doves, a Bible verse and flowers, however, is more than artwork. Each of the four flowers of her tattoo are placed where a needle was plunged her spine when she donated her bone marrow to a complete stranger. She sits, prepared to speak of how luck led her to saving a woman’s life, though it’s a story she has repeated many times before. “I get more empowered every time I tell it,” Drazich said. When God, according to Drazich, brought together her and Andrea, a stranger at the time of donation, she became more than just a student, lifelong athlete or friend. By a one-in-a-billion chance, Drazich, in a self-described miracle, saved a sick woman’s life. In September of her DONOR >> D2
Director of student success uses religion, passion to ‘drive career’ By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor
“Many moons ago,” as Brian Carr recalls, he was walking into his first meeting on Waynesburg University’s campus, when the person running the meeting asked the group, “Does anyone have any prayer requests?” “I almost fell on the floor,” Carr said. Carr was joyous to witness his first meeting on a university campus in prayer. He was speechless because he was surrounded by an atmosphere where he could share his Christian beliefs. As the director of the center for student success and disability services, Carr uses his religion to drive his career and everyday passion to help students with prayer and, as he calls them, “biblical nuggets.” “We are really wanting to keep everything we do in line with God’s will,” said Carr. “I think we have to not lose sight of that, and I think it’s really cool to work in a place that embraces our Christian values.” Carr is passionate about working with students who are trying to find their calling, because he has been in the same position. Carr did not originally start in counseling work. His undergraduate was in civil engineering, and he worked as a civil engineer for several years. Although successful in his field, he did not find the work personally fulfilling. But Carr was skeptical on
changing his major, since he thought that he would have to pay more expenses. “My preconceived notions as a student who is paying for his college education was if I change my major, I am going to have to pay more money,” Carr said. “I found myself in a position where I had to drop everything and go back and do what I should’ve done to begin with.” Carr then took the initiative to get a more fulfilling occupation that helps others by getting a degree in school counseling. After earning his degree, Carr worked as a high school counselor. He then applied and moved into a universitystyle counseling position at Waynesburg. Carr said it is important to find fulfillment, as well as being able to change with your passions to find a career path. “There has to be a fit with who you are and what you’re doing in this world, because then that’s when your passion can come out,” Carr said. “I think we’re always exploring. We’re constantly faced with change and different things that occur within our work setting and our life experiences as well that cause us to have to adapt and reanalyze situations.” Carr has been impacting Waynesburg’s campus for 11 years. He worked as a counselor for four years, before transitioning into his current position as director of the center for student suc-
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Brian Carr, director of the center of student success and disability services, rearranges papers on his desk, above, and looks at his meticulous scheduling board, right. cess and disability services, which is more academically-involved. “It was brand new for me and a really difficult decision, because I really enjoyed working in the counseling center,” Carr said. Carr said one of the key pieces to his job when changing positions from a counselor was the disability services offered with his new title. Although it was a tough decision to transition, he found an occupation that has played a major role in student’s academic success. “There’s so many different aspects in what I do – working with students with
disabilities and seeing the challenges students have that they overcome, because it has opened my eyes
so much, and to see their adversity to overcome the challenges they have and to succeed at such a high level,
I feel so blessed to be able to be a part of that,” Carr said. In addition to Carr’s drive to help students overcome challenges, he also loves to work on freshmen student schedules with Charles Beiter, scheduling coordinator and retired Waynesburg University English professor. Carr stated that they both started freshmen scheduling in February. “It’s an elaborate web of interconnected parts,” Carr said. “We try to do the best that we can to ensure that a student is in the classes they need for their major and to be in classes that could potentially help them succeed.” Ac c o r d i n g t o C a r r, scheduling can become more difficult when high school credits are brought in, but Carr loves the challenge. “It’s a grueling experience but it’s something that is so cool to see,” Carr said. At the end of each day, when Carr is filing papers, finishing another freshman schedule or talking to a student about a futuristic schedule with a different major in mind, he focuses on the sole purpose of his mission: to help students through God’s will. “We all have our own individual wills and agendas but we all want God’s will to be done and we want things to be of benefit to everyone,” Carr said. “It’s a student-centered focus but we’re also not ignoring the main reason why we’re here and acknowledging our creator – because without him, we don’t have anything.”
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High school art class motivated Heisey Counseling Center offers an outlet for struggling students By DYLAN CLELAND
For the Yellow Jacket
Finding a skill, craft or even interest to pursue can be a difficult task, and the discovery often comes at unique times. For Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the fine arts department and assistant professor of art at Waynesburg University, it came in a 10th grade art class. “I was not an artist as a kid – I was not one of those students who was always sketching and drawing,” said Heisey. “It just wasn’t me – I didn’t grow up in that setting.” Heisey, a central Pennsylvania native, wasn’t introduced or forced into art. In fact, it didn’t play a large role in his childhood. “I grew up in a conservative Christian family,” said Heisey. “I worked on a farm, we had a produce farm and so everything we did had to be functional. You did things because you had to make a living. We never went to art museums. If we went anywhere, it was camping or to the beach. I had never been [fully] immersed into art, it just wasn’t something that we did.” As a sophomore in high school, Heisey took an art class because of his interest in building and constructing. “[Growing up] in my family we had many builders who worked in construction,” said Heisey. “Many of the men in my family liked to build things. My grandfather, who has been an example to me, in his retirement was a toy builder. He made wooden toys. I have a wooden boat he made at home. I never saw myself as an artist, I liked art class, but I only took it because I liked to make things.”
It was in that class that Heisey would find his calling. He hadn’t found his skill or interest, but he was always told that God had a plan for him. “It wasn’t until a tenth-grade class in high school [where] we did a lot of mediums, it was a 3-D art class, so we did some clay, but it was one week that I was on the pottery wheel for the [entire] week,” said Heisey. “I made a couple little pots and the one was this little tiny ceramic pot. I was sitting there and thought ‘I made that.’ It wasn’t anything special, but I was just impressed that it was something I made. It changed my life.” Heisey remembered what others had told him about “God’s plan” and thought that plan could center around art. “I wasn’t good academically, I wasn’t good at sports and really didn’t understand them, there were no gifts that I had, but that little pot changed everything,” Heisey said. “Suddenly I thought maybe I can do this.” With a newly discovered talent, Heisey went through high school taking more art classes and after previously ruling it out, decided that he would give college a shot. “When it was time to go to college I wasn’t going to go,” Heisey said. “I was going to follow the family business and do some kind of construction, but I applied to one school and got in by the skin of my teeth. My grades were not great, but I got into one school for art.” Heisey moved through college, determined to gain a strong art education through improving his work ethic. “I began studying art,” said Heisey. “I started taking courses; drawing, painting, sculpture and I was doing well
because I worked harder than I ever did. Then, February of my senior year I got hired at a Christian school nearby to teach art. So sometimes things happen that you just wouldn’t expect. It was one of those things that had me go out on a limb and do what my dream was [to study art] and I did that with this job.” The job that Heisey received out of college would be the only one that separated him from finding Waynesburg University. After spending 15 years as a middle and high school art teacher and contributing to the arts program at Messiah College as an adjunct professor, he began to search for another position. Heisey sifted through many schools, but Waynesburg stood out to him. “I was thrilled when I started looking for university jobs [and found] Waynesburg, because I had applied to many different schools, but Waynesburg was the only one that had a Christian foundation and I was thrilled,” said Heisey. Six years later, Heisey found himself as the chair of the Fine Arts Department. “Just this year, they asked me to be chair of the whole department, but I have been running the art program and gallery for the last six years, while I’ve been here,” said Heisey. Heisey lives in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania with his wife and two children, ages 16 and 12. Currently, he is working with other staff members at Waynesburg to develop an art academy for local community members. “A big project I am working on now is the Fine Arts Academy,” said Heisey. “It is an opportunity for the arts here at Waynesburg to influence the
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Greene County community. We have a great program here, a great university and all along, my goal has been to bridge the gap between the community and the university, so we are offering art, music and theatre classes to middle and high school [students] as well as adults.” Heisey wanted to create the program to give Greene County a financially efficient way to be introduced to the arts. “Greene County is the fifth poorest county in Pennsylvania, and therefore there isn’t a lot of opportunity for them to study the arts,” said Heisey. “We want to make some [opportunities] available for them. Once we have that established we are hoping to get grant funding to create scholarships, so that students that can’t afford to buy lessons, there is a way we can subsidize that. Art changed my life in such a significant way, there are other people whose lives can be changed by art.” Heisey continues to create new pieces of art on his own and through his classes at Waynesburg. However, his interest in the arts is still given to that little pot and God, who had a plan for him all along. “The artwork I have been making forever has been something that isn’t completely worthless, nothing is worthless,” said Heisey. “I do a lot of sculptures with things that are broken and the purpose for that is because it’ll be better when it’s put back together than what it was before it was broken. For me, as that high school student that didn’t know what they were going to do, I was this broken vessel that had no purpose. But, God took all of the parts of who I was and made something out of it.”
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Bryce McGarvey, junior biblical ministry studies major, plays guitar to accompany the singing of Veronica Steen, junior children and youth ministry major, as they perform at Chapel March 27. During the service, international student Thomas Drake, a junior marketing major from Ireland, and Josh Sumpter, assistant chaplain, both gave messages of faith to those in attendance.
By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
When she first started going to counseling, sophomore business administration major Susan Dunsworth knew it had been a long time coming when she walked in with a friend for the first time. Dunsworth, who is minoring in music, went not for herself, but to support a friend. It would eventually lead her to set an individual appointment in the Counselling Center. “I’d been meaning to go to counseling for a few months but I kept chickening out,” Dunsworth said. “But then I had a friend who needed to go to the Counseling Center for a pressing issue. So I went with her, and after I went with her I set up a meeting for myself.” Dunsworth is a junior by credit, but is in her second year at Waynesburg University. A couple of weeks
to declare a major by their sophomore year, which was largely the cause of so much career-focused counseling. However, today, they need to declare as freshman but what Owen believes has changed the most over her career is personal counseling. “It’s not just the Waynesburg University counseling center, its Counseling Centers across the United States,” Owen said. “We’re seeing significant increase in numbers of students seeking counselling service. For students diagnosed with anxiety and depression and other disorders, I think there is much less of a stigma. Students see it as a service to use while on campus.” There are students who have been to counseling before, including sophomore psychology major Kevin Stephanik. He goes to counseling after not being able to find anything closer that took his insurance. Stepha-
“We're seeing a significant increase in number of students seeking counseling service. For students diagnosed with anxiety and depression and other disorders, I think there is much less of a stigma.” JANE OWEN
Counseling Center Director
into her first semester she decided to go to counseling to help deal with anxiety along with personal issues. Before she came, Dunsworth didn’t view the counseling as a viable option to deal with problems. “I kind of grew up with a stigma around it to some extent,” Dunsworth said. “So it was a hard decision to make for me to get out of that stigma and to be able to take care of myself. Even though I had grown up with the attitude, that’s something you push under the rug.” Over the 30-year career of Jane Owen, director of the educational enrichment program, clinical services and counseling center, she has noticed a difference in what students come into the Counseling Center for. Often students would come up to talk about gifts, abilities and skills and for advice in making career choices. When Owen began working for the university, it was required for students
nik has been to counseling on and off since he was 13 for a variety of different personal reasons. According to Stephanik, he didn’t care much in high school, saying it didn’t really matter too much to him. Stephanik has been going to counseling sessions with Owen around fall break and has been dealing with the pressures of school life. He has come to the conclusion that as someone who thrives to be excellent it can cause more problems than solutions. “I deal with all or nothing thinking,” Stephanik said. “I struggle to be a perfectionist. I try to do as well as I can, I need to easy up on that because it’s stressful.” With more and more students open to talking about mental health and going to the Counseling Center, there is the possibility that there may be continued higher attendance to the Counseling Center.
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sophomore year, Drazich attended the Health Fair, admittedly on a whim. She nonchalantly signed up for Be the Match’s donor program, as it so happened to have a booth that caught her eye. She never anticipated the call she would receive, just two months later, requesting bloodwork to determine the full extent of her mysterious potential match. When Drazich answered that call, she had a “feeling from God” that the most viable match would be her. “I just knew it was going to be me,” Drazich said. “I remember telling my mom about it and saying ‘Mom, I know I am going to be the one.’” She would later discover that her intuition was correct; that she was the selected match for her recipient. To be a selected match, according to Drazich, they look for a similarity of 80 percent or above. Drazich happened to be a 100 percent match. “You are only matched 100 percent to one to two people in the entire world,” Drazich said. “It makes it even more of a miracle.” Drazich clung to three se-
Photo courtesy of Mackenna Drazich
Drazich poses with her bone marrow recipient, Andrea, who she was a 100 percent match with. lect thoughts as she continued to go through rigorous rounds of bloodwork during her hectic school schedule and was further scouted for her bone marrow. 34. Female. Severe aplastic anemia. That was all the information the organization could
provide to Drazich about her match, due to privacy restrictions. The three microscopic bites of who her recipient was were too vague to be even considered as a description. To Drazich, the information was heart-wrenching. Enough so for her to go through seven months of
testing and four needles placed in her spine to draw out two quarts of bone marrow. Drazich only learned Andrea’s name over a year after surgery when they both elected to withdraw their privacy rights. A n d re a , a s D r a z i c h
learned, had been ill throughout her life. The recipient was more than three sections of random information; she was a mother and wife who had survived having two holes in her heart and intense chemotherapy. This time Andrea, described by Drazich as “petite
and bubbly,” was in need of a bone marrow donation. She was counting on Drazich, who was located approximately 780 miles away from Andrea's Wisconsin residence at Allegheny General Hospital, and just waking up from surgery. According to Drazich, the recovery after-surgery took longer than expected. She was reminded of her donation when she would walk upstairs and feel looming tiredness as her body replenished bone marrow. It followed her for weeks after surgery. For Drazich, the pain was worth it. 34. Female. Severe aplastic anemia. As the pain faded, the curiosity within her about her match grew. “We finally got to Facetime, and it was just incredible,” Drazich said. “We ended up talking for over an hour and a half.” As Drazich continues to heal and tell her story, she has since met Andrea and her family, and continues to greet the nurse that took her saliva sample that unknowingly changed her life over three years ago. “I would do it again,” Drazich said. “I would do it for anybody.”
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Your business is her business 6. Tiny cut 10. Jeans line 14. Spreadsheet pro gram 15. Comes to the res cue of 16. “The Time Ma chine” race 17. Like a cowboy in denial? 20. Emotional wound 21. “At __, soldier!” 22. Quartet in “Whose woods these are I think I know” 23. Fodder for Forbes, initially 25. Play a part 26. Like an eager cow boy? 35. Riveting icon 36. Overplay a part 37. Mission lead-in 38. Potentially offen sive, for short 39. Tends to the sauce 40. Nerve 41. Early 16th-centu ry date 42. Earthquake 43. “Impression, Sun rise” painter 44. Like a cowboy out of retirement? 47. Ky. neighbor 48. Show stoppers 49. Limoges product 52. Entertainment show VIP 55. Builder’s map
59. Like a cowboy in charge? 62. Area behind an altar 63. Wonder Woman’s friend __ Candy 64. Temporary tattoo dye 65. Get weepy, with “up” 66. State openly 67. More curious
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sula 43. Satiric magazine since 1952 45. Less harsh 46. Fill and then some 49. Converse 50. Partner of pray 51. Ingrid’s “Casa blanca” role 52. “Tiny House Hunters” cable chan nel
53. Bart and Lisa’s bus driver 54. Professor Higgins’ creator 56. Swedish soprano Jenny 57. Hathaway of “The Intern” (2015) 58. Winter Palace resident 60. Org. for teachers 61. 17th Greek letter
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MUSICAL REVIEW: 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live!' The following is a synopsis and review of a musical from the perspective of a student who studied film in Los Angeles, California. By MEGAN COOK
For the Yellow Jacket
It was no April Fool’s joke that NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert aired on Easter Sunday. The production is based on the rock opera musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The original Broadway production in 1971 was nominated for five Tony Awards. Film adaptations were released in 1973 and 2000. The plot follows the final week of Jesus’ life including Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It gives a lot of insight into Judas’ emotions than most Holy Week depictions. The musical also adds a romantic element to Jesus and Mary Magdalene. John Legend starred as Jesus joined by Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene and Alice Cooper as King Herod. Singer-songwriter Cooper recorded a version of “Herod’s Song” in 1996. The concert performance was not as much of a showstopper as it should have been, but Cooper used his fame to further engage the audience. The concert setting also allowed Legend to use his star power to further represent the influence of Jesus; however, during the private moments such as in the Garden of Gethsemane, the crowd could be a little
distracting. Although, Legend, Bareilles and Cooper were most advertised, there were many standout performances by other feature roles. The Pharisees including Norm Lewis and Jin Ha were strong villains with strong vocals. The apostles, Jason Tam as Peter and Erik Gronwall as Simon, also provided solid performances in minor roles. The set design was simple, yet powerful. The final image of the cross left a lasting impression as Jesus disappeared into the light. Unlike other productions, the backstage moments occurred in the bottom right corner of the screen during commercial breaks. The visual representation of behind the scenes material was not distracting from the performance. NBC’s next live musical production will be Bye Bye Birdie, starring Jennifer Lopez as Rosie; however, due to her busy schedule, it is rescheduled again for 2019.
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Spring Cleaning for College Students Written by Tiffany Morgan
Designed by Cheyenne Nester
Spring cleaning is originally an ancient Jewish practice in anticipation of the Passover. This tradition has become an annual routine for others as well, and can be important as a student in college.
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Whether it be notes, PowerPoints saved for an exam, or screenshots to blackmail friends, cleaning out cluttered files help with the speed of your computer.
Backpack
Old papers, gum wrappers, broken pencils, or even the ink stains from your busted pen, the bag you lug around the most should be cleaned out when spring comes around. It is important to lighten the load on your back and not having to worry about carrying excess supplies or abundant amounts of junk from class to class. Keep it simple.
Dorm
Cleaning your dorm room is important for good health. Cleaning the crumbs off of the couch and vacuuming the floor around your desk can make a big difference.
Car
For resident students that frequently use their car to make a late-night Sheetz run or commuters that live in their car, keeping your automobile clean can make you feel refreshed. Vacuum the interior, throw out old receipts, organize the glove box and even wash the outside of your car. A clean car is a happy car.
Bedroom
If you commute, your room can be your comfort zone, so keep it that way. Maintain your room’s freshness and clean by keeping things tidy and smelling fresh.
Source: https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-hintstips/cleaning-organizing/spring-clean-in-spring2.htm