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Annual Day of Giving competition tops university goals ANDREW HREHA
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The air is getting cooler, and the season of giving is here. This was especially apparent last week, as Waynesburg University held its annual Day of Giving. This year, the Day of Giving yielded more than $230,000 from 2,366 individual donors across 43 states. All of those numbers are up from last year’s Day of Giving, which raised just more than $214,000 from 1,610 individual donors across 41 states. The fundraising initiative was created to encourage students, alumni and friends of the university to donate — with some extra competition involved. The university offers cash awards for the academic department and athletics team that receives the most individual donors. Donors were able to choose which department or team they wanted their donations to count towards. This year, Biblical and Ministry Studies won the department award with 165 donors, fending off Fine Arts with 138 donors and the Department of Communication with 133 donors. Meanwhile, the Waynesburg softball team brought in 437 donors, winning the athletic and overall award,
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outlasting the football team, which had 393 donors. President Douglas Lee thanked all of the students and faculty for their efforts through an email on the Day of Giving. “This Day of Giving was the fourth year of the program and the fourth year of consistent growth,” Lee
said in the email. “We have come a long way from the first year goal of 150 donors to now over 2,300.” Josh Sumpter, instructor of biblical and ministry studies and university Chaplain, said that while the BMS program may be smaller than other departments, they were able to compete and win because
of a collective effort. “I encourage the BMS majors to get three donors a piece. If they can do that, I will work to get about 100 donors to allow us to compete with larger programs,” Sumpter said. “I learned a lot about fundraising through years in ministry and have built a large contact list over the
years. We may be small, but we are also motivated by competition and the underdog story. It sounds like a biblical challenge.” Sumpter plans to put the winnings of the contest to good use, giving it back to the students. “The money we raise from the Day of Giving goes directly to impacting stu-
dent learning experiences,” Sumpter said. “A goal would be to convert some of the money to a scholarship for an incoming BMS student and to give students opportunities to travel with outof-the-classroom learning experiences.” Sumpter expressed gratitude to all who gave and helped BMS win, but wanted to highlight one supporter in particular. “I am grateful for partners of the BMS program like Chuck Bailey, a former Waynesburg resident director and CCO campus minister,” Sumpter said. “Chuck is an advocate for campus ministry and students growing in faith while at Waynesburg University. He greatly impacts the BMS program during the Day of Giving by collecting close to 40 donors by himself. Our students know what he means to our program, both as a financial supporter, but also as a strategic ministry partner.” Across the university, alumni from many different departments gave back to their respective programs as a part of the Day of Giving. Sumpter noted that this is also the case with Biblical and Ministry Studies. “In 2019, we graduated our largest class for BMS of 11 students,” Sumpter said. “Many of our recent grads gave back as we grow our alumni base. It was a joy to hear their stories of how the BMS program and the Day of Giving impacted their journey.”
Security foresees rise in drug-related incidents Partners devoted to food security HOLLY HENDERSHOT Executive Editor
With the recent proposal of Senate Bill 350, the state of Pennsylvania may soon see the legalization of cannabis, also known as marijuana, for recreational use. Although the bill has not yet passed due to a lack of support from Republicans in the House of Representatives, many believe the bill will eventually be enacted. However good or bad this may be for the state, enacting such a bill could create policy issues for college campuses and facilities that prohibit the use of drugs, including marijuana, on their properties. Waynesburg University could see a rise in drugrelated incidents on campus if the bill is passed, said Michael Humiston, director of the Department of Public Safety at the university. “My experience is that when things become legalized, numbers have to escalate,” he said. “We, as a department are anticipating that. We hope they don’t, but we are going to be prepared when they do.” Humiston said even if marijuana is legalized, Waynesburg University will not change its policies, and both use and possession of the drug will continue to be prohibited on univer-
sity property. Despite this, Humiston said there are always those who will go against the policies. With the use of marijuana gradually becoming more accepted, incidents concerning the drug are already one of the most common on-campus. “Unfortunately, it’s being widely accepted,” Humiston said. “Even though it is spelled out a number of different ways in our policies and procedures at the university that there are no drugs and no alcohol on campus, there are always those people who either choose to ignore that policy or procedure, or just f lat out refuse to abide by it.” According to Waynesburg University’s crime statistics log located on their websi te, 23 drug abuse violations were reported in the past three years. Although this is a small number compared to larger schools, and even many colleges and universities the same size as Waynesburg University, over a third of the reported incidents were due to possession or selling of marijuana on school property. Chris Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, said that since Waynesburg University has continued to be strict with their policies
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Security officer, Carin Camp, converses with students in Stover Campus Center. against drug use, despite the changed perception of recreational drugs. Like Humiston, Hardie believes those numbers will only continue to rise. “It’s just going to become more prevalent in society and more culturally accepted, so students are going to come in with this idea that it’s OK and probably break policy here and there. That would be my sense,” he said. Hardie said the university is looking into options to keep policy violations
down, especially if marijuana becomes legalized in the state. “We’ve gotten in front of the issue. We’ve tried to look at new policies and adapting our policies,” he said. “If Pennsylvania changes things, I think we need to adjust our policy as well. Regardless, drugs are still going to be a policy violation, it’s just how we are going to process it [that may change].” Beyond possible adjustments to policy, Hardie and Humiston said faculty,
staff and students continue to create an environment that discourages violations. Hardie said they try to combat peer pressure and put an emphasis on making sure students know how policy violations and the use of drugs can hurt their futures. “I think we have a great student body that believes in the policies and procedures of our institution, and if they see something, smell something, or hear something, they say something,” Humiston said.
Carnegie Mellon University, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently started working with Waynesburg University on the foundation of a universal service accomplishment. Through the partnership, the two schools focus on conquering food insecurity in rural areas — more specifically, Greene County, Pennsylvania. “It’s the notion of looking at a large university that’s world class in research [and] development, and then a world class liberal arts institution like Waynesburg,” President Douglas Lee said. “It’s having a real impact on the community through service and the programs we offer.” Earlier this spring, four instructors from Waynesburg University and Carnegie Mellon University, including the CEO and co-founder of 412 Food Rescue, Leah Lizarondo, taught a one-credit “micro” course on the issue. Ten students from each university worked towards addressPARTNER >> A4
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Shootings highlight horrifying truths RACHEL PELLEGRINO Columnist
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EDITORIAL
Fighting for rights Protests continue throughout Hong Kong Protests have ravaged the city of Hong Kong since June, with increasingly violent friction festering between rebels and police. The protests, sparked by a bill that would allow criminals within the city of Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China for trial, have no signs of slowing after five months of demonstration. Though Hong Kong criminals would only face extradition under certain circumstances, the threat of extradition to mainland China was concerning to Hong Kong citizens. Citizens of the city of Hong Kong are given rights such as freedom of speech and assembly, whereas China has been under communist rule for over 70 years and their citizens lack many basic human rights. Thus, trials in China put Hong Kong citizens at risk for unfair proceedings and violent treatment. Contrary to popular belief, Hong Kong is actually starkly different from mainland China in both governmental structure and culture. Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997, when it was returned to China, though the city remains autonomous from mainland China. China introduced a “one country, two systems” arrangement after Hong Kong was reabsorbed, which allowed for the independence and the rights of Hong Kong citizens, while keeping those within mainland China under the grasp of communist control. Hong Kong maintains its own judiciary system and a separate legal system from mainland China. These freedoms, otherwise known as the Basic Law within Hong Kong, are set to expire in 2047, and the fate of Hong Kong’s government after that date is unknown. The protests have resulted in injuries to both protestors and policemen, with some officers firing live bullets into demonstrations of protest. Other violent acts of the protests have included lighting people on fire and stabbings. After weeks of protest, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspended the bill indefinitely in June. Fearing that the bill would be revived, protestors demanded that the bill be withdrawn entirely. Finally in September, the bill was withdrawn, though protestors saw this victory as “too little too late.” The protesters have outlined five demands and vow to continue their demonstrations until each have been met. These demands include: amnesty for arrested protestors and an inquiry into police brutality within the city. Rallies in support of the protestors have taken place in countries including: the U.S., France, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, though many of these demonstrations have been met with pro-Beijing rallies. Despite these protests being heavily reported by global media outlets for months, many citizens outside of Hong Kong lack an understanding of the purpose of these demonstrations. The rights of 7.3 million Hong Kong citizens are at stake, and many countries seem largely apathetic to their woes. Sure, demonstrations have taken place in support of the protestors, though they seem few and far between.
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Last Thursday, Nov. 14, Santa Clarita, Calif. High School students were left helpless and scared as one of their fellow students opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol. The site is one that has become very familiar to students across America as this shooting served as the 44th school-shooting in the last 46 weeks, according to “CNN.” It is horrifying to imagine: a stampede of students running down the hallway, tripping over each other, as they are all trying to find shelter in a familiar place they once considered safe. Meanwhile, the parents of these students are slowly receiving their “goodbye, I love you” text messages as the hope of survival dwindles away. For me, accounts like these are terrifying. I spent countless hours at my high school learning, studying, participating in sports, going to school dances, performing music concerts, etc. Sometimes I spent more hours of my day at my high school than my own house. My high school was essentially my second home.
I think many other students can agree with me on this sentiment. Whether you’re a high school or college student, your school becomes your home away from home. Having someone infiltrate your home and bring violence to it, is not just scary, but frightening. It is frightening to think how easily your safe place can become deadly. It takes only a few seconds for a schoolmate to pull a gun out of their bookbag and start shooting other students; however, it takes longer for that student to arrive at that emotionally unstable state to want to kill one of their own classmates. I don’t understand what leads people to commit these actions and I will not try to draw conclusions based on my own perceptions and beliefs. However, whenever these events occur, which has ultimately become all too common, psychologists and journalists try to investigate what led this person to kill innocent people, in the hope of preventing similar cases in the future. In this specific case, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told “CNN” that the student that opened fire was not a loner nor socially awkward, two characteristics people usually associate with school shooters.
The shooter was not known to have been mentally unstable either. This is just a prime example of the idea that school shooters cannot be stereotyped. They are not always the socially awkward kid who’s too shy to talk to anyone or the kid who’s been bullied time and time again. A school shooter can be anyone. For many, this event has been eye-opening and emphasizes the need for a call to action. This does not just mean the government should take action, but I encourage you to do something as well. Even though this event happened all the way on the other side of the country, we are the people this inadvertently affects. We are students too and we live in a world where students cannot feel protected in a place that is supposed to act as a safe space. So, we need to fight back. “CNN” reported text messages from a child involved in the high school shooting this past Thursday that she sent to her mom saying, “Hey mom I don’t know what’s going on here at school, but I love you and I’m so thankful for everything you’ve done for me. I love you so much.” According to “CNN,” this message brought this girl’s
mom to tears; her heart sank. Our parents are not supposed to be receiving these goodbye messages. That is not the world I want to live in and that is why something needs to change. The government passed the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing School Violence Act in 2018, but what’s changed since then? There are still numerous school shootings and statistically more shootings in 2019 than last year. More recently, in September U.S. Senators David Perdue and Doug Jones introduced legislation called the School Safety Clearinghouse Act that focuses on the best practices for school safety. The government has also talked about stricter gun laws, like banning assault rifles and raising the age to buy a gun, but that is all talk. Nothing has been done. I’m not going to propose my own solutions because I don’t think there is just one solution to this issue. I think the first step is for students to become aware of the dangers of school shooters and to not be afraid to talk about it with their teachers or faculty. We need to be aware, but more importantly, we need to not be afraid anymore.
Dream jobs are not unrealistic feats HOLLY HENDERSHOT Columnist
I can’t say I have a lot of work experience. I’ve held different full-time jobs for the past four summers and a part-time job before that, but compared to almost anyone with more life experience than I, that’s nothing. However, I have come to understand facts about the workplace and myself through the experiences I have had. One of the most important of those facts is that different jobs suit different people, and you learn pretty quickly if a job does not suit you. Many people dream of the “perfect job” for them. That doesn’t come easy to most people, however, and
many get “stuck” in a fulltime job just for the money they earn. They don’t truly enjoy what they do. I happen to be a fastpaced person. I need to be continually working on projects and reaching toward goals and objectives. But, I also am the type of person that gets bored with repetition. New goals, new adventures, new projects, new experiences; new things get me excited. Lastly, I’m the type of person that needs to go somewhere and see my work do something to contribute to people’s lives. I can’t stand working in an environment where I cannot see the fruits of my work. Take theatre for example. I love the work of entertaining people. I love acting in and helping put on a show. There is nothing like expe-
riencing the feeling of accomplishment and joy when all the long hours put into rehearsals have paid off, and I just can’t wait for people to see and enjoy the results. Journalism is another example. Every time an issue of “The Yellow Jacket” comes out, it feels like my team and I have created beauty. It is nice to see the articles arranged on the pages of the print publication. But, the most enjoyable aspect is when I receive feedback from people in the community or on-campus from people who thoroughly enjoyed one of my articles or one or the articles of someone on my team. When this happens, I get that same feeling of accomplishment and joy that I do after a stage performance. The job that I want to be doing for the rest of my
life is telling stories. On the stage, these stories are usually fiction. In my writing, they are truth. But in order for me to feel fulfilled with them, I want to see them contribute to the lives of those around me. If you aren’t doing what you know God made you to do, then why do it at all? Like I just did, list the personality traits you have that correspond with what you want to do in a career. I know I’m young and still have a long way to go before I am in the “perfect job” for me, but my advice is don’t give up on pushing toward whatever job you know is right for you. Don’t give up on finding what it is that God has made you for. God wants to use you in the job you will enjoy the most, and He will help lead you to that.
NEWS
In the news: Three notable headlines EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. EDWARD BOICE Region Editor
1. Shooting occurs outside of Walmart in Oklahoma According to “NBC News,” three people died outside a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, the morning of Nov. 18. A handgun was found at the scene of the crime. A man and woman were killed inside their car. The shooter then turned his handgun on himself, reported the Duncan Police Department. The department also reported that while their identities have not been discovered, the shooter and the man and woman in the car had some sort of relationship prior to the shooting. 2. Protests persist at Hong Kong University as face mask ban stuck down Protestors at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have prohibited police from entering the university for several days, according to “The New York Times.” Police gave the pro-
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An anti-government protester puts out a fire at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, one of the many effects of the protest that injured 38 people on Nov. 17. testors two choices Nov. 18: surrender while dropping weapons or be confronted with tear gas and rubber bullets. At least 38 people were injured in a battle Nov. 17. While protests were occurring, the Hong Kong High Court ruled Nov. 18 that the ban on face masks was unconstitutional with the territory’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law. 3. Colin Kaepernick hosts public workout for NFL scouts The former San Francisco 49er’s quarterback
held a showcase Nov. 16. Kaepernick was not signed to a team by the end of the day, even though an NFL executive told “Fox News” that his arm talent was “elite.” The showcase also
could have been marred by the change of location the day of the showcase. Open access to all media and insufficiently written liability waivers hosted throughout the city.
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Criminal Justice Department hosts second-annual job fair MADISON STRUNK For the Yellow Jacket
In the criminal justice field, there are many directions that a student’s career path can go, and the annual job fair demonstrates to them just how vast their options are, according to Adam Jack, chair of the department of Criminal Justice and Social Science. “I think everybody thinks that criminal justice is just police work, but a number of our students end up going into other careers like working with troubled juveniles, in counseling, in corrections or probation,” Jack said. “So, this year we broadened our group of vendors by bringing in agencies that were related to other career paths and not just the federal, state and local police agencies.” Networking is important in any career; criminal justice is not any different. The job fair is when these students have the opportunity to start making decisions about their futures. From freshman to se-
niors, there are opportunities at the job fair. “If you’re a freshman or sophomore and you’re looking for an internship that gives you opportunities for an internship and to get your foot in the door and maybe even a guaranteed job offers after graduation,” said Paris Harsley, senior criminal justice major. “For seniors, definitely for ones who aren’t sure what agency or what job path they want to go with, it kind of shows them what’s out there. You go and you speak to them and you learn about their salaries and what benefits they have and how this agency might be better than the next.” While many students may be interested in criminal justice work outside of being a police officer, there are still many who want to work for a typical police agency, the job fair gives students an opportunity to hear about the different kinds of agencies that they can be involved in. Some students enjoyed talking to federal agen-
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Waynesburg University hosted professionals in the criminal justice field for Waynesburg's second-annual criminal justice internship and job fair. cies that were vendors at the job fair. “One of the ones that was a big hit was the National Park Rangers, they are the ones that work at the monuments and national parks and they had a number of students that signed up to get more information from them,” said Jack. Most schools do their
job fairs in the spring semester, according to Jack. Waynesburg University tries to be different in order to give their students the best chance. “The reason we do it in the fall, while many others do it in the spring, is because in criminal justice there are 8 to 12 month background checks for most jobs,” he said. “So,
we feel like we’re getting in ahead of the curve for these agencies. So, our students are now, in November, getting the word out that their interested in these jobs.” Jack was given a lot of positive feedback from the vendors that attended the fair. “Several said that this was a very well put to-
gether fair and that our students are so engaging, which makes me very proud because what we preach to them is communication skills,” he said. Sarah Bell, career development specialist, got the chance to work with the faculty in the department and handle the logistics of the fair. This year was the second time the criminal justice department had their own job fair and the plan is for the fair to continue to grow each year. “We’ll definitely assess how the day went and determine what changes need to be made to make sure we’re offering the best experience possible for students and for employers,” said Bell. “The university’s campaign is the “Grow” campaign and I feel like that fits us very well because we are trying to grow professionally, personally and socially with these students so that when they leave here in 4 years they have these opportunities in front of them and they’re able to do them,” said Jack.
Praising God in a different language SAB planning trip Exchange student sings in Korean at Chapel service to Pittsburgh for nationality rooms JARETT CHOI
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A South Korean exchange student at Waynesburg University shared her own language with students in Chapel Tuesday, Nov. 5 when she performed a worship song in Korean. Waynesburg University Assistant Professor of Voice and Music, Melanie Catana, introduced Jee Yun Chung at the Tuesday Chapel service. “I think it is really important that our little community at Waynesburg University takes advantage of meeting and getting to know people like international people,” Catana said. “That has a completely different experience and upbringing and culture and outlook on life possibly. I think that’s one of the most important things you can get out of going to university.” Chung is an exchange student from South Korea. She is a junior digital desi gn major at Waynesburg and is only staying for the Fall 2019 semester. Chung and Catana met each other through voice les-
sons that Catana instructs. Catana suggested to Chung she should sing a worship song at Chapel. “Professor Catana wanted me to sing a song with my own language, Korean. She thought that it would be cool to share my own language because we are worshiping the same God but [through a] totally different language,” Chung said. “I was very nervous because I never have sung a song in front of a lot of people. I’m glad that she suggested a good experience. If there is a chance to sing again, I’m willing to sing again.” It was a unique experience for Waynesburg students and faculty members that listened to the performance. Chung tried to teach students and faculty how to say “Jesus is our Savior” in Korean while having the phrase in Korean projected on the video screen inside Roberts’ Chapel. Waynesburg hadn’t seen a unique opportunity like this prior to Chung. She shared what her feelings were about sharing a
part of her culture in front of students and faculty members. “I was afraid that many people here don’t know about the country. So, when they heard my language, I thought my language will not be fa-
“I didn’t expect that I was going to pray with the team and people before the service starts,” Chung said. “I was so glad that I participated in prayer time with the team.” Catana spoke about why this opportunity was impor-
“This idea of welcoming international people to our school makes our school much more diverse and ... better in many ways.”
JEE YUNG CHUNG
Junior Digital Design Major
miliar to students and faculty members,” Chung said. “I tried to pronounce very properly and loud so students and faculty members could hear my language and what it sounds like.” The chapel team always prays behind the stage before the service starts. Chung shared that her favorite part was professor Catana inviting her to prayer before the service took place.
tant to Waynesburg students, faculty and staff members. “This idea of welcoming international people to our school makes our school much more diverse and much more interesting and better in all ways,” Catana said. “The more diverse our population is the more each student and faculty member is being exposed to and learning and more effectively we can interact with the world.”
Students discuss artificial intelligence MICAH LEITH EMMA HERRLE
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“They said multiple times that the robot will never replace the nurse, but who are they replacing,” said Inni Ngijoi-Yogo, a junior biology pre-med major and president of Waynesburg’s American Medical Student Association chapter. Students met to discuss the impact that artificial intelligence will have on the medical field Monday, Nov. 18. The event, held on the third floor of Stover, was hosted by a collaboration of students from AMSA and the computer science club. “We want the floor to be open for discussion,” said Andrew Gordon, junior biology pre-med major and secretary of AMSA. The meeting began with a powerpoint presentation built with videos and information to drive the discussion. It explained the origins of AI and its current application in medicine. This was followed by a structured conversation, where students touched on issues such as the application of robots in surgery and ethics of AI
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Waynesburg's American Medical Student Association Chapter and the computer science club met to discuss artificial intelligence Nov. 18. in healthcare. The organizers also included points that questioned these implications for Christians. “As a Christian, is this what God wants us to do? Are we progressing in the way that He would want us to go?” Ngijoi-Yogo asked. “He created so many natural compounds and substances and plants that we could use to treat and heal ourselves, so is this what God wants?” Lexi Reinnick, a junior biology pre-med major and vice president of AMSA, said the discussion showed her the
importance of knowing the extent to which we should apply technology to medicine. “I think it’s important to be cognizant of how far technology should go, especially in the medical field. We don’t want to necessarily be afraid of technology, but we also should not get to the point where it’s valid to be afraid of technology,” Reinnick said. The discussion also informed students on how developments in technology will affect their future career. “I do want to be more
aware of the new technology coming out, because that is really important as doctors. One of the things that they fall short on is being aware of what is going on with recent research and how drugs are changing and things like that,” Reinnick said. “People don’t think about how technology is changing medicine, and we need to know that.” The meeting also marked a moment when two clubs on campus worked together to tackle a controversial topic. “I don’t think there’s ever been a joint collaboration between two clubs,” Ngijoi -Yogo said. “And on top of that, it will really open people’s minds up to the sciences and STEM fields, especially freshmen and sophomores.” Reinnick also hopes more events like this will help boost interest and involvement in their respective clubs. “We want more people in the club to be involved in events that we do. It’s so easy for people in the club to be involved when you are already interested in a similar topic,” Reiddick said. “I think one of the most important things is community involvement and getting people interested in those things.”
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Waynesburg University’s Student Activities Board is hosting a trip to the Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 23. Michelle Keith, graduate assistant for the Student Services office, coordinated the logistics of the trip, which costs $5 per student. After the Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh trip was added to the university calendar, Keith worked to ensure all details would be properly arranged including transportation, hours and coordinating social media and print promotion. This year’s trip to the University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms will be the same as it has been arranged in previous years, said Keith. “Students will get a chance to visit the Pitt Nationality Rooms and then enjoy lunch at the Pittsburgh-famous Pamela’s diner,” she said. The Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh are located within the Cathedral of Learning, the tallest academic building in the western hemisphere. The Nationality Rooms are classrooms utilized by the university that are decorated to represent the different ethnicities that immigrated to Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located. According to the University of Pittsburgh’s websi te, these rooms were designed to enhance the learning experience of students, as they are able to learn not only from the course curriculum, but their classrooms themselves. The rooms are meticulously decorated to represent dozens of different cultures, including Italian, Japanese, Armenian and Norwegian, among others. The University of Pittsburgh redecorates the Nationality Rooms near the Christmas season to show how each culture celebrates the holiday. The holiday decor of the rooms has boosted
the success of the trip in past years, said Keith. “I think students enjoy going to this trip because not only is it historically informative and an opportunity to experience other cultures but around Christmas time, but the rooms are all decorated for the Christmas season, which gets everyone in a festive mood,” she said. The University of Pittsburgh is well-known for its Nationality Rooms and receives high tourist traffic particularly around the Christmas season of people curious to explore the classrooms. According to the University of Pittsburgh’s website, the tours held displaying the Nationality Rooms garner nearly 30,000 visitors yearly. The trip to the Universi ty of Pi t tsburg h Nationali ty Rooms is common among residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and Keith is no stranger to the impressiveness of the classrooms. “As someone who has grown up in Pittsburgh, I’ve visited the Pitt Nationality rooms several times,” Keith said. “The beauty of them never gets old.” The classrooms are designed with great detail and accuracy for each particular ethnicity to evoke pride in the heritage of visitors and a warm appreciation of other cultures, states the website. The trip offers an opportunity for students to explore the city of Pittsburgh and broaden their horizons. Because of the rural setting of the university, it can be eye-opening for students to experience urban life, particularly near Christmas. The attendees of this trip will have the opportunity to explore new cultures just in time for the holidays. “If students have gone every year or it’s their first time, students will get a chance to enjoy learning about other cultures and Christmas traditions while getting to see some of downtown Pittsburgh during the holiday season,” Keith said.
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Recycling bins taken out of storage, placed on campus REBEKAH VAUGHAN For The Yellow Jacket
New recycling bins have appeared throughout campus at Waynesburg University. These seemingly mysterious bins have popped up in various spots, including the Stover Campus Center and some of the dormitories. The new recycling bins were placed by senior John Pryzybylinski and his classmates, Austin Zurik and Nate Kummer, for their Leadership and Stewardship class project. This isn’t the first time the campus has seen recycling bins, though. Some time ago, the same bins could be seen in similar places, but they were removed after students began to misuse them. Students were throwing items that belonged in the garbage bins into them, contaminating the recycling. The company that collected the recycling refused to take the recycling if such items were in them, and the staff collecting it would’ve had to sort through all of it to make sure only the
proper items were being recycled. It was decided that the work wasn’t worth the trouble, and after these incidents, the recycling bins were placed in storage. The recycling bins were taken back out of storage for this project and were placed around campus Nov. 11. There is currently no plan to remove them. “We’re hoping it becomes a sustainable process,” Pryzybylinski said. “We’re hoping it can stay in Waynesburg for years to come.” The group talked to Dr. Janet Paladino, professor of biology, about how recycling in the United States is corrupt, and how a lot of the recycling taken to China gets thrown in the ocean. Pryzybylinski and his group wanted to get in contact with an organization called Thread. Thread makes backpacks and other supplies out of recyclables turned to thread. They could not get in contact with them, however, as they are no longer in Pennsylvania. Instead, the students are working with the company Greene Arc, the recycling
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Newly placed recycling bins promote less waste on campus. agent for Greene County. Pryzybylinski and Zurik plan to help collect the recycling from the bins, and Kummer plans to do analytics and gather data on the items they collect. This data will show if having the recycling bins on-campus
are worth sustaining this second time around. If the recycling bins prove to be sustainable, different clubs around the university have offered to take over the project after the students graduate. “This is kind of like our
trial run, round two,” Pryzybylinksi said. The group has already gotten positive feedback from faculty and staff around Waynesburg University. Students are also generally pleased to see the bins returning to campus.
“Honestly, I just hope it does what we want it to do,” Pryzybylinski said. “With there not being a lot of recycling on campus, our goal was to go campus-wide with it. We’re going to do everything that we can to make that happen.”
Dual-enrollment Ethnic Food Fair represents cultures classes offered to Grove City school RACHEL PELLEGRINO Op/Ed Editor
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Most people at Waynesbu r g Un i ver s it y k now Adam Jack as the chairperson of the Criminal Justice Department. Those outside the university know him for his work in Greensburg as a detective. What many might not k now, however, is that Jack’s roots were planted in Grove City, and 25 years after leaving Mercer County for Greene County, Jack is leading an effort for Grove City High School and Waynesburg University to work together. With the help of Provost Dana Bear and Vice President for Enrollment Shari Payne, two classes that are a part of Waynesburg’s curriculum will be taught at Grove City by James Tanda, instructor of criminal justice. Jack g raduated f rom Grove City High School in 1994, and went immediately from there to what w a s t hen Way ne s bu rg College, where he graduated in 1998. Jack has been teaching at Waynesburg in some form since 2000. A few years ago, Jack s p oke at G rove C it y ’s commencement, and after that, spoke to students sp e c i f ic a l ly ab out t he criminal justice program. From there, Jack and Grove City’s principal, Dr. Rea Lin Howard, began to talk about the two schools working together to bring aspects of Waynesburg’s criminal justice and forensic science program to Grove City. “We thought it was a good idea, and from there, we started pursuing it,” Jack said. “Dr .Shari Payne has put a whole lot of work into this with Dr. Howard from Grove City, and ended up being a great mix because Jim Tanda was willing to drive up there and teach the classes, and he’s one of the most beloved professors here on Waynesburg’s campus.” Waynesburg’s criminal justice program is highly regarded, so Jack feels raising awareness of the program to high school students helps Waynesburg and Grove City. “My thought is it’s a win for both of us, because
we’re get ting Way nesburg instructors into the classrooms, and hopefully it will grow our criminal justice and forensic science programs to some of those students,” Jack said. Although the program won’ t of f icia lly launch until January, Jack is confident that the process will go through without a hitch. “It seems like it will be pretty seamless,” he said. “We’re going to roll right into it, and hopefully it is a great, longtime partnership. There will be two classe s of fere d e ach t er m: Criminal Justice Administration, which Jack currently teaches at Waynesburg, and Introduction to Forensic Science. B ot h cl asses w i l l be handled by Tanda, who has a convenient commute to Grove City, as it is only 30 minutes from Tanda’s home in Cranberry. The drive to Waynesburg is nearly twice that. In high schools across t he countr y, t here are plenty of advanced level classes, taught in subjects such as Math, Science and English. For Payne, having criminal justice levels would give students knowledge t hat t he common core subject cannot and allows students to further study a subject they may be passionate about. “They’re sort of limited in certain areas,” Payne said. “We t alked about how offering these types of classes would open up the students to careers in the law in a way that taking AP Biology, AP English and really the standard classes would not.” There are a few Grove City students currently at tending Way nesburg University, and Jack would love to increase that number, especially in the feild of criminal justice. He said he knows of at least one graduate from Grove City High School that is currently attending Waynesburg University for criminal justice. “I’d like to get some more,” he said. “That was my home. That’s where my family is from. My parents still live there, and my brother lives there, so I really have a love for that region.”
Students sampled foods from around the world Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the annual Ethnic Food Fair, which is held every year by the Student Activities Board. There was a variety of dishes and desserts from Sweden, Thailand, Japan and many others. Michelle Keith, graduate assistant for the Student Services Office, was in charge of organizing the event. She coordinated with the university's Cross Cultural Communication class, taught by Beth Merry, professor of communication, the international business class and the Black Student Union to prepare meals for this event. “Beth Merry’s Cross Cultural Communication class was involved. They were the primary food providers along with Mary Cumming’s international business class. The Black Student Union provided a dish as well,” Keith said. The Ethnic Food Fair has become an annual event for SAB and the Cross Cultural Communication class. “We host [this event] usually once a year, sometimes twice a year and we do it in conjunction with SAB and Beth Merry’s class,” Keith said. For the Cross Cultural Communication students,
Partner Continued from A1 ing the issue, then proposed possible solutions to the commissioners and the Greene County Food Security Partnership for implementation. Stacey Brodak, vice president for institutional advancement and university relations has a major hand in the partnership, with the launching of the university’s Chevron Center for Corporate Social Responsibility. “The model that we have of the collaborative approach between two complimentary universities is really interesting,” Brodak said. “I think it’s a dynamic way to help address problems in our community, and I think it’s beneficial to both institutions.” Brodak said they are unsure if their possible solutions have been implemented by the county just yet, but numerous suggestions have been proposed as a result.
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Students from Cross-Cultural Communications class serve food at the Ethnic Food Fair. the Ethnic Food Fair serves as a graded project. But, it goes further than making a foreign dish. “They have to partner with someone from another country and get to know that person and their culture and spend time with them doing different activities,” Merry said. Merry’s primary goal for having students do this project is to get them to push past their level of comfortability. “They get to try new things that are totally outside of their comfort zone,” she said.
For other students who didn’t prepare a dish, Keith said this was a great event for them to try something different. “I think this is a really awesome event. You get to try new food that isn’t always found in the cafeteria or even in America. So, it’s a nice little sampling and the music is really good too.” The music was provided by Steel Pan Dan from the Pittsburgh area. The artist is a solo steel drum artist. He mixes Caribbean, Reggae, Jazz and Brazillian songs with popular dance tunes to create his unique sound that
set the mood for the Ethnic Food Fair. “He has been at the ethnic food fair for as long as I have been at Waynesburg [and] this is my fifth year here,” Keith said. The music and diverse food are two of the reasons why Merry and Keith thought the event went very well. “I think they [the students] did beautifully this year. They picked a wide variety of foods … They did a great job of getting all different kinds of countries from Japan to Ukraine to South America to Africa,” Merry said.
Along with intergenerational poverty and nutrition, transportation and broadband connection are two major issues that directly cause food insecurity, especially in rural areas. The comprehensive plan for Greene County, updated in 2018, identified sufficient broadband access as the biggest issue across the county. Rural transportation is more scarce than public transportation in urban communities. The Department of Energy awarded a grant to Waynesburg University and Carnegie Mellon University to help study the issue of rural transportation. President Lee describes this conquest to end food insecurity as having “national consequences” and extending far past the limits of Greene County or Allegheny County, as these solutions could impact rural communities across the country. “They may get access to food, but it may be the convenience store up the road, and it may be a bag of potato chips instead of nutritional food. That’s food insecurity,”
Lee said during a recent news conference. One of the four instructors, Rick Stafford, a distinguished service professor of public policy at Carnegie Mellon University and former chief of staff for Gov. Thornberg, recognizes the importance of fighting food insecurity and getting his students in Pittsburgh involved. “Food insecurity ... exists in urban areas, it exists in rural communities. It’s there, in a big way,” Stafford said. Stafford, a Waynesburg native, wants support for his hometown and county and describes the restricting factors of transportation and communication as “enablers” to food insecurity. He also emphasizes how infrastructure issues impact aspects of the community, such as healthcare, employment, entertainment and others. “That idea of experiencing other places and other situations and other cultures should be a fundamental part of your university experience,” Stafford said. “So
what’s really neat about this is that Waynesburg University students had a chance to come to CMU [and viceversa], and we need to do more of that.” Dr. Melinda Walls, chair for entrepreneurial leadership at Waynesburg University, suggested the idea of rural food insecurity to Stafford and served as one of the instructors for the micro course. “She [Walls] took the list of potential solutions, and I think her class was working through those,” Brodak said. “The agencies we work with, we provided numerous suggestions for them that they could implement.” There is optimism from both ends for the future of the partnership. “I have to be honest, I think it’s endless where this could go,” Brodak said. “I think that it will go wherever the student and faculty and community interest will take it. I really believe there’s enough interest from CMU and there’s enough attention to this right now on some of the issues and challenges.”
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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Local business owners tell how to keep small businesses EDWARD BOICE Region Editor
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Waynesburg has struggled to keep small businesses running in recent years. Over five businesses, such as Four Horsemen and Comic and Games, Hot Rods and Waynesburg Coffee Company, closed in 2018. While other businesses have taken their retail spaces, the constant opening and closing of businesses
keeps the economic environment alive, but not thriving. Working to create and sustain a profitable business is as hard as it has ever been in Waynesburg, a town with a population of around 4,000. There are small businesses that have stayed open for several years in Waynesburg, despite all the closures around them: 5 Kidz Kandy, Joe Riggs Sporting Goods, Scotty’s Pizza and The Fashion Shoppe. Kristy Vliet, owner of 5 Kidz Kandy, said the business has been open for around five years. Jim Hunyady, owner of Joe Riggs Sporting Goods, said he bought the sporting goods store 26 years ago from Joe Riggs. Riggs started the business 33 years before selling it to Hunyady. Chris Kiger, manager at The Fashion Shoppe, said her family founded the shop in 1940 and has since owned it. Jim Whipkey, owner of Scotty’s Pizza, took charge of the shop more than 30 years ago, after his brother passed the business to him. The closures, however, are a sign that the small shop environment in town is not excelling. “There’s strength in numbers,” Vliet said. Instead of boosting sales due to less competition, these stores have suffered because of the lost diversity in businesses, explained Vliet and Kiger.
“A lot of people would come to town if they had more places to go, but they are going to go where they have more choices and shop at other places then a single or two places,” Kiger said. “You need a variety of things in order to draw people to town for shopping itself.” For potential shoppers for businesses like 5 Kidz Kandy and Fashion Shoppe, the closure of local restaurants such as Hot Rods is another deterrent. Vliet would sell desserts to customers who came to Waynesburg to eat at Hot Rods. Kiger said. The Fashion Shoppe has seen fewer groups of friends come to Waynesburg for the day to eat and go shopping. “I think that probably affects our outof-towners more than it would locals,” Kiger said. Online shopping and chain franchises have not helped either. While social media has helped with advertising, the convenience, diversity and price competition of online businesses have taken sales from Vliet and Kiger. While the opening of Walmart has not affected the sales of The Fashion Shoppe significantly, Vliet said Sheetz has taken 5 Kidz Kandy customers. “When Sheetz redid itself, that really hurt,” Vliet said. “It hurt me a lot and a couple other businesses that are around that I’ve talked to.” SHOPS >> B2
Lions Club builds 2019 county electees eager to serve amphitheatre to host larger events SIERRA MEDINA For the Yellow Jacket
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“We have 19 acres of land in our parks, we had plenty of room and we decided it was time to put up another structure that would house this summer concert event for the foreseeable future,” said Ted Chapman, president of Waynesburg Lions Club. Chapman explained the park has been around since the 1960s and has received some upgrades over the years, such as a playground for local children and a community building which is used as a meeting structure. This growth is continuing, as the club built an amphitheatre to add to the parks’ event capabilities. The reason behind this new building is for the community’s Sounds of Summer event series, which begins in June and continues throughout July. The bands will play from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings. “We’ll usually have eight to nine groups from in and out of town.” Chapman
said. W hen the club f irst started the event, the concert would be held in one of the pavillions. It was not big enough, however. Chapman said he likes the event as it makes the Lions Club visible to the public eye and gives them an idea of what the organization can do. “We determined that that was working with about 75 to 100, 10, 15 people ever y Tuesday night and has been well received by the community. It is a free concert, there is no charge. We realized we needed a little bit of a different application, or building to really bring this to light,” he said. In doing this, the organization visited other groups and determined that an amphitheatre was the right structure to add. “We looked in the area, we went north, south, east and west to that partner with the municipalities and built amphitheatres,” Chapman said. LIONS >> B2
Election day, which was Tuesday, Nov. 5, significantly altered the political landscape of Greene County. For the first time in 45 years, republicans will hold the majority in the Greene County Commissioner’s office. After being a volunteer politician for seven years, Mike Belding, newly elected county commissioner, is eager for the change to the status quo. “Ineffective and inefficient government is not responsive and is overly expensive for taxpayers,” Belding said. “Politicallydriven decisions cause a lack of trust and the current organizational structure of Greene County Government is dysfunctional.” Belding has a score of issues he would like to begin to tackle, the first being the budget that he will inherit Jan. 6, 2020, when he is sworn in. The budget is in the process of being approved by the incumbent county commissioners. “Although we will have to execute next year's budget, we do not have an opportunity to influence it,” Belding said. As Belding moves for-
ward with the hope of achieving his campaign slogan, “Not red, Not blue, Greene,” he targeted some areas that require direct aid. “I want to see a positive impact on the problems we identified early and highlighted in our campaign strategy,” Belding said. “Better governance, diversified economy and addressing the illegal drug crisis.” He will focus on quality service to the taxpayer,
link between population growth and the availability of high quality, familysustainable employment opportunities. A capable workforce is an incentive to attract diverse businesses.” The national opioid crisis and its effects are also on his radar. “It affects health and welfare, crime, workforce availability and development and the future of our children,” Belding said. “I believe there are four re-
“I want to see a positive impact on the problems we identified early and highlighted in our campaign strategy.” MIKE BELDING
2019 Elected Greene County Commissioner
beginning the switch from coal mining to a source of economy that is not declining. Belding also wants to offer more opportunities for students in high school to gain technical experience so they can work and improve the county, Belding said. “We must stop both high school and college-educated individuals from leaving Greene County,” Belding said. “There is a direct
quirements to combat this issue at the local level: education, prevention, supply reduction and appropriate treatment.” Belding said he loves Greene County and choosing to move back here after retiring from the United States Marine Corps has given him the opportunity to impact the county. “I am all in to contribute positive input to all recognized issues within the
county. I’m excited for the future of Greene County,” Belding said. “For the first time in a long time, we have a new vision and determination, changing of the old to the new. I am excited to be in a leadership position to affect that change.” Belding is not the only newly elected official excited to take on a new role. Megan McCarthy King, the new judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Courts, will be transitioning from her prior job as a prosecutor. “While I will miss being in court on a daily basis, I am looking forward to being part of the hardest working court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Superior Court,” King said. King worked seven days a week prosecuting murder trials, as well as campaigning in almost all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. “It was a lot of work, no one worked harder than King, I’ve never seen someone with this kind of determination and grace,” said Mary Lou Doyle, King’s campaign manager. King will also be officially sworn in January, with an informal swearing-in midDecember, on her family bible in front of friends and GREENE >> B2
Turkey Trot is a reliable fundraiser for Bowlby Library EMMA HERRLE
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To prepare the body for Thanksgiving dinner and the coming holiday season, the Eva K. Bowlby Library is holding its annual 5k Turkey Trot in Waynesburg Nov. 23. This is an event that draws participants of all ages. “We were looking for a fundraiser that would fulfill the library’s mission. We wanted something that would be fun for all ages and that could educate the community on the different opportunities available,” said Kelly Hardie, Waynesburg University’s assistant dean of Student Services and former mem-
ber of Bowlby Library’s board of directors. The race will begin and conclude at the library’s gazebo, with walkers starting at 9:15 a.m. and runners taking off at 9:30 a.m. The 1k Wobble Gobble for children ages 3 to fourteen will begin at 9 a.m. There will also be several programs taking place within the library to occupy children during the race. This provides parents who hope to run a source of childcare. Admission is $25 per person to register as a walker or runner in the 5k and $15 per child to register for the Wobble Gobble. All prof its will benefit the library’s mission, “to provide through
the use of traditional and emerging technologies, materials and services for community residents of all ages for literacy, information, fun and enrichment.” Hardie came up with the idea to hold the annual Turkey Trot while she served as committee chair of fundraising for the library up until about a year and a half ago. She still holds a volunteer position as race director when the Turkey Trot comes around each year. There is much more that goes into the day besides just planning the race. “We’ll have all of staff on deck to facilitate and ensure things run smoothly,” said Kathy McClure, exec-
utive director of Bowlby Library. McClure’s role regarding planning for this day largely encompasses overseeing that things are in order, registering sponsors for the event and supporting her board of directors who do much of the planning. “The director of children and youth services particularly does a lot for this day,” McClure said. In each trot packet, participants will receive information regarding programs available at the library during the day of the race. Many of these children’s programs will be available to kids during the day and are also a
small sampling of the programs that are available at the library year-round. “We hope that this day can showcase the many program opportunities that the library has to offer to the community,” Hardie said. Many of the past profits from the Turkey Trot have contributed to programming and “extra things we aren’t able to do on our regular budget,” McClure said. A significant portion of the money raised from this year and last year is fueling the library’s recent building campaign. McClure said they have been gathering funds to build a two-story addition to the
library. Some prospective ideas on how this space will be used are a meeting room, expansion to the library’s reference section, a few quiet rooms available for public use and a multimedia room. They are in the process of applying for a Keystone Grant and most likely will not begin building until at least the spring of 2021. The 5k Turkey Trot has proved a successful annual fundraising event since Hardie established it. “It’s a great community event,” McClure said. “It brings awareness to our library. People who support the library can come in and see just how much we offer besides books.”
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Badali's take pleasure in operating My Son's Rib Shack EDWARD BOICE Region Editor
He has leukemia. He has had open-heart surgery and a heart stem. He is 65-yearsold. Yet he keeps working 17 hours a day. He keeps life fun. He keeps going. “I figured if you stop, you die. And I don’t want to die, but I enjoy what I do.” Matt Badali has owned My Son’s Rib Shack for 10 years. He is the face of the food trailer, greeting customers and cooking in front of their small greenhouse business. His wife, Sharon Badali, helps with a myriad of tasks behind the scenes. “It’s fun. It’s fun to make people laugh; fun to make people smile.” Matt Badali said. “I have a sense of humor, so I try to make people laugh. Sometimes, I tick somebody off, but I try not to. If you don’t have a sense of humor, don’t come here.” Matt Badali fell in love with cooking while learning from his grandmother during the summers he spent at Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. Then, at 16-years-old, he took a job at the now-closed Stable Pitt and Pub cooking steaks and other pieces of meat. He then became the night shift breakfast cook. “I started my shift at midnight, and I would get all the drunks and feed them from midnight till 8 a.m. in the morning,” Matt Badali said. “I had a 12-foot grill, and I mastered that grill at 16,17-years-old.” After attending school to become a chef, he bought a
beer distributor called Colonial Beer in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He paid the previous owner the store’s gross sales of the previous year of $25,000, which was a common practice in the 1970s. Within 10 months, Matt Badali earned the store an income of $1.6 million. “In the state of Pennsylvania, you have to sell at cost [of the product] or higher. You can’t sell it below. There was some finagling somewhere, but nobody could match my prices,” he said. “I was selling it for what everyone else was paying for it… I didn’t make money on the books, but I made money because they came and bought this and bought that.” Matt Badali then sold Colonial Beer and bought a nightclub titled Listello’s Lounge. After some time, he sold that business and bought a used car dealership in Texas. After selling the dealership and moving back to Pennsylvania, an embroidery shop became his next project. The shop became the embroidery for the University of Pittsburgh through “luck,” said Badali. He then changed professions again to truck driver. “I take something, get it to work, then I sell it; take something, get it to work, sell it,” Matt Badali said. “That’s basically what I did my whole life. I needed another challenge.” My Son’s Rib Shack was supposed to be a retirement hobby after truck driving. With the success the rib shack has had, however,
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Matt Badali has run My Son's Rib Shack with the help of his wife, Sharon Badali, for 10 years. Despite multiple health issues, Matt Badali keeps working because he loves cooking and being the face of the food trailer. “this is more work then when I was working,” said Matt Badali. “It’s a constant worry, constant fear, constantly making sure he’s doing everything he’s supposed to be doing [and] not overdoing what he’s not supposed to be overdoing,” Sharon Badali said. “Nagging, in other words.” This will be his last endeavor though, Matt Badali explained. In April of 2018, he started feeling chest pain. His doctor said to stay away from certain foods. Still, the chest pain continued. A visit a few months later involved a blood test. On the night of the visit, Matt Badali re-
ceived a call from the doctor’s office. “I’m at Costco at 8:15 that night, July 13. I get a phone call. The doctor says, ‘we don’t know how you’re walking, let alone being alive. You need to go straight to the emergency room.” The hospital proceeded to give Matt Badali openheart surgery. The shack had to close for multiple weeks, which did not mean the end of the business. “We have good customers. They proved that to us when we had to shut down for a while,” Sharon Badali said. “They all came back.” In October of the same year, Matt Badali had to visit
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With this building, more people will be able to attend the event as it can house more visitors who may or may not have to bring lawn chairs, as visitors sometimes had to bring in previous years, explained Chapman. Additionally, it could add more musical groups to the event. “The layout of the park was just not conducive for a crowd of say, 200 people,” he said. “We appreciate the situation in its present form in a pavillion, it was time to bring something about that would make it easier to let the community to come
Greene Continued from B1 family. “Her family will be there, including her 104-yearold grandmother, who is so proud to be there and witness this, because she’s a woman who was alive when she couldn’t vote, let alone have a woman on the bench,” Doyle said. King was largely supported by the business community for her adherence and commitment to the rule of law. She is a constitutional conservative who will not legislate from the bench, Doyle said. Marcus Simmns, returning sheriff, offers perspective on keeping things fresh as a returning official. “Throughout my time as the interim sheriff of Greene County, I have found the best way to keep moving forward is to have multiple goals set and keep striving to reach those goals until they are met or exceeded,” Simms said. “Then set new goals.” Simms feels assured that his many years of service have equipped him to handle any circumstances and
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The Waynesburg Lions Club built an amplitheatre for bigger crowds at their Sounds of Summer event. in and listen to see during concert season.” Chapman hopes the amphitheatre will entice more people to attend the Waynesburg Lions Club Sounds of Summer event series next year.
that his relationship with other law enforcement agencies are helping him to better serve the citizens of Greene County. “I believe that myself and the members of my office have the knowledge and skills to adapt and overcome any situation, “ Simms said. “While acting as the interim sheriff, my office handled a bomb threat to the courthouse.” Since Simms’ time in office, school districts have been provided with deputies, and deputies have also received additional training. “Deputies have started receiving free training in areas typically outside of our usual training,” Simms explained. “Deputies received a search and rescue training and it proved as a vital skill set when our office, along with others, were able to locate a lost elderly female early August.” Simms hopes to continue to make advancements in the services that the Sheriff’s Office can provide to the citizens of Greene County. “I look forward to continuing to serve the citizens of Greene County,” Simms said.
“We knew if we wanted to grow this bigger we would have to ‘pony up’ and make it more appealing. We had to kind of ‘pony up’ and build a bigger structure for this event,” Chapman said.
Hunyady and Whipkey said they have never had chain franchises significantly take customers from them. Hunyady speculates most of his success comes from accepting special orders, offering cheaper prices and having loyal customers. Whipkey said customers keep coming back because they love his food. Product diversity is the main change of these businesses. Each has added numerous products to their stores. 5 Kidz has added retail, food, and catering; Fashion Shoppe is constantly adding clothing brands; Hunyardy added archery products. Scotty’s
his doctor again because his “blood count was high.” Probably from the openheart surgery, the doctors thought. The results came back as leukemia. “So here I am in October, taking chemotherapy pills every day for the rest of my life, like $15,000 a month to survive,” he said. “Insurance is paying most of it. So, that’s ok. I’m ok with that.” In March of 2019, Matt Badali had trouble breathing. After a failed stress test followed by a catheterization, his doctors had to perform a heart stem. He continues to visit doctors to monitor his heart and to
change prescriptions. Still, Matt Badali keeps doing what he loves at My Son’s Rib Shack with the support of his wife. The doctors did not place any restrictions on him except to stop if something hurts. With loyal customers and a will to work, the Badali’s are waiting for this door to close and another to open. After all, Sharon Badali explained, “that’s all you can do.” “I have all the excuses in the world to lay down and say ‘I don’t want to do this. I can’t do this.’ But that doesn’t phase me. I work because I enjoy working, not because I have to,” Matt Badali said.
is the exception, as Whipkey said he has had the same recipes and menu since he started. The aspects that have changed are faster production and no longer selling beer. “You don’t want someone to come in and duplicate what you do. Each of the aforementioned businesses has also focused on customer relationships; learning about the people who come into their stores and maintaining the already established relationships. Relationships and quality products that people want lead to positive word-ofmouth. “Word-of-mouth is big in this type of business, especially with the gas boom in the area,” Whipkey said. While customer relationships, product diversity and
quality keep shops unique from each other, more shoppers visiting Waynesburg for their needs is imperative for the survival of small businesses. A main deterrent for shoppers is the lack of free parking for businesses on E High Street, Vliet, Hunyady, Whipkey and Kiger said. The amount of two and one hour parking is lacking. “Free parking helps. We do have a lot of traffic here,” Hunyady said. “There’s more traffic here than on the interstate.” Vliet, Hunyady, Kiger and Whipkey aren’t certain as to why their businesses have survived and others of their kind have closed. They focused on growing relationships and diversify their products, and their strategies seem to be paying off.
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COACHES MAKE TIME FOR LOVED ONES Headlee, Hardie balance successful teams and families MATT MANSFIELD For the Yellow Jacket
Recruiting. Practices. Tournaments,meets and games. Long bus rides. Athlete meetings. Those responsibilities all fall under the umbrella of being the head coach of a collegiate athletic program. There's another responsibility some coaches must handle too: marriage. Ron Headlee, the head wrestling/women’s and men’s tennis coach, has been married to his wife, Karen, for 37 years. The couple knows that juggling coaching and marriage requires sacrifice. “I always realize at the end of the day I have to do stuff for our marriage. You just have to be invested in it and things are easier,” Ron said. Karen knows that there are times her husband can't be around because of coaching, and for her, that's just part of the deal. “I understand he loves what he does, so I want him to be able to coach. He's making a difference in people's lives,” Karen said. With her husband being on the road throughout the year for his team to participate in different tournaments, the time they get to spend together is limited, but they have found ways to carve out time over the years. “It's tough coaching yearround, but we still find time to spend with each other,” he said. We always try and find a weekend or at least a night of the week to go out and spend some time with one another.” The couple agreed that life has been less hectic since their children, now grown, have moved out of the house. But Chris Hardie, another successful Waynesburg University coach who is balancing marriage and his coaching career, still has a child at home. Chris and his wife, Kelley, have been married for 14 years, and have been together for 20. They have a daughter, Madison. Both agreed that they don’t spend as much time together as they would like,
Wingeart to run at NCAA D-III Championships JOE SMELTZER Sports Web Editor
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Waynesburg wrestling coach Ron Headlee (above) has been married to his wife, Karen, for 37 years. Chris Hardie (right) has been married to his wife, Kelley, for 14 years. Headlee and Hardie balance a busy coaching schedule with their family lives. but the two still find a way to be together as a family. "Sunday is a sacred day for our family," said Kelley. "We go to church in the morning and spend family time. We really try to avoid doing work if we can." Even with a day of the week dedicated to family, Kelley still sometimes finds herself solo parenting when Chris, who coaches women's and men's cross country, has busy weeks recruiting or traveling to meets. “I have a new appreciation for single parents,” Kelley said. Chris is around a lot, and on the days he isn't, it's difficult. I can't imagine dealing with that all the time.” One thing that helps keep things in perspective is Kelley's investment in her husband's teams. “There's no bigger supporter of our program than
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her,” Chris said. Kelley concurs. She may not be a coach, but her support of and enthusiasm for the Yellow Jackets enables her husband to have the time and freedom to commit to getting the most from his athletes. “I think I play a role just by being there for Madison and helping out with little things around the house. It's certainly a busy lifestyle,” Kelley said. With challenges to balance their time, Kelley and Chris agree that one thing has made their unconventional
lifestyle much easier: communication. "It might sound nerdy, but the best thing we have is a calendar on our refrigerator. We just pencil in things that may affect the other," Kelley said. Karen Headlee and Kelley Hardie both have common denominators: the women are invested in their spouses coaching careers, and both love the teams. Being married to a coach isn't easy. But, as couples, the Headlees and the Hardies make great teams themselves.
Chris Hardie saw this day coming for years. When Hardie f irst started recruiting Aubrey Wingeart, she was a junior at King George High School in Virginia, he had a conversation with her that Wingeart’s father, Paul, was quick to remind him of this past weekend. Hardie didn’t have a strong recollection of the conversation, but the coach’s words would prove to be an accurate prophecy. “Apparently I had told her when she was a junior that she would be a national qualifier,” Hardie said. Hardie doesn’t have a strong recollection of that conversation, but remembers Wingeart’s senior year of high school. “She was my top recruit that year, so I saw her three or four times in action,” he said. “It was reenforced with me even when I saw her, how good she was. She’s such a competitor, and her runners IQ is super high. She’s very smart, very strategic and you could see that right away.” When Wingeart arrived at Waynesburg University last fall, she entered a program that was already on its way to dynasty status in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Between 2015 and 2018, the Yellow Jackets won two PAC Championships and sent three runners to nationals. Last year’s team had several key contributors who had already plowed the PAC road twice. Yet, from Wingeart’s f irst race, the rookie managed to stand out in the sea of veterans. As a freshman last season, even on a team that was already on its way to
winning a third straight conference championship, Wingeart stood out. She placed second overall at her first collegiate race in the Westminster Invitational, and continued to blossom from there. At the PAC Championships, on her home course in Greene County, Wingeart paced the Jackets and finished third in the conference. At regionals, Wingeart again led all Jacket runners, running her way to freshman all-region honors. Wi t h a y e a r u n d e r her belt, it was time for Wingeart to take the next step in 2019. “That was a big goal this season for me was qualyfiyng [for nationals],” Wingeart said. “I’m both excited and nervous for the race. The best of the best get to run there.” Indeed, Wingeart has asserted herself as among the best in the Mideast Region and, at this rate, will almost surely be one of the best in Waynesburg history. For Hardie, however, Wingeart wasn’t far away from that status as a rookie. “I definitely thought that she was a national level runner even as a freshman,” Hardie said. “So maybe freshman year, it would have been tough [to qualify]. And it was.” As her accolades continue to build up, and Wingeart’s name gains in stature, the increased attention isn’t something her quiet personali ty craves or even wants. More eyes then ever will be watching Wingeart perform at nationals. Nationals will serve as an opportunity to race without feeling like the weight of the world is on her shoulders. NCAA >> B4
Women take 13th at Regionals, send Wingeart to Nationals JOE SMELTZER Sports Web Editor
For the fourth time in five years, Waynesburg U n i v e r s i t y ’s wo m e n’s cross country program will send a runner to the national tournament. Sophomore Aubrey Wingeart, two weeks removed from taking first at the 2019 Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships, took 10th place at Saturday’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional tournament. Before the race, head coach Chris Hardie proj e c t e d t h a t Wi n g e a r t would need to place in the top 20 to qualify. While the region only ended up sending 12 runners, Wingeart still ran well enough to be selected. “I was extremely nervous,” Wingeart said. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, I was sitting on the outside looking in. I started moving up after the first mile, and it gave me some confidence. I said ‘I’m going to try and do this today,” and just kept going.” “She got really hungry after that year when she was just 15 seconds out
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Junior Nicole Shelton (at front) and sophomore Gloria Reed (at back) finished inside the scoring five for the women's cross country team Saturday at the NCAA Divsion III Mideast Regionals. of nationals last year,” Hardie said. “So, I think her natural progression is, ‘this is the next step.’ So it doesn’t surprise me.” The Jackets performed well as a group aside from Wingeart, placing 13th in
the 49 team field. Hardie said juniors Giannia Puggliano and Nicole Shelton, both of which made the all-PAC team two weeks ago, were among those who stuck out. Shelton placed 46th
with a time of 22:56.1, and Puggliano was the fourth of the Jackets scorers to cross the line at 23:59.1. Sophomore Gloria Reed joined Wingeart and Shelton in placing in the top 100, finishing the course
in 23:35.3. Rounding out the top five was another sophomore, Monica Kolencik, who ran a time of 24:23.7. Although the Jackets fell short of the top 10 finish they had hoped for, Hardie was pleased with
the race overall. “I think they ran really well,” Hardie said. “It was a good day, I think there were a couple of other personal best. We’re really excited for them. I think Gianna Puggliano and Nicole Shelton were close again. So I think, overall, it was a good day.” Usual powers Johns Hopkins and Dickenson finished first and second place, respectively. Rounding out the top five were Carnegie Mellon, Haverford and Swathmore. Wingeart is the first Jacket runner to qualify for Nationals since the Latimer twins, Katie and Emily, did so in 2016. Previously, Julie Gerber qualified in 2015. Nationals will be held in Louisville, Kentucky this Saturday. As great of a day as it was for Wingeart, she’s still not sure if her performance at Regionals tops what she accomplished at the PAC championships two weeks prior. “Winning PAC’s with the team was really great, so I don’t know. I put it even I guess. I wouldn’t put it above PACs.”
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Jackets split matches at Waynesburg Duals tournament RILEY HOLSINGER For the Yellow Jacket
O n S a t u r d a y, t h e Waynesburg University wrestling team hosted its annual Waynesburg Duals at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. Fairmont State University was supposed to attend the events, but backed out, leaving the Yellow Jackets with only two matches on the day. Despite this changing the make-up of the event, Jackets head coach Ron Headlee felt Fairmont State’s absence didn’t affect the day, but was still disappointed by it. “They were only going to have two wrestlers, so it didn’t matter too much,” Headlee said. “You know I hate to see them [not attending], it’s a match we don’t win.” Despite Fairmont State not attending, Waynesburg still had competitive matches against Johns Hopkins and Messiah. In session one, the Jackets were essentially given 18 team points right off the bat from Johns Hopkins forfeiting three matches. Noah Grossnickle [133], Matt Lascola [141], and Adam Rigney [197] all benefited from receiving forfeits. The Jackets had no issue taking down the
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Hometown standout Colby Morris is off to a quick start in the 2019 season. Coming from Wayensburg Central High School, the freshman won his fourth and fifth matches of the season over the weekend. Bluejays by winning four out of the remaining seven matches that took place in route to a 32-14 win. Johns Hopkins jumped out to a 5-0 team lead after Jeremy Berger won by technical fall over Brenden Hanning. After Grossnickle’s forfeit, Waynesburg took the lead and never looked back. At 149 pounds, Jace Guy won by major decision in his collegiate debut against Jared Osborne. Another
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Blanket rulings in NCAA lead to debate, disputes ANDREW HREHA Columnist
Let’s face it; the NCAA stinks, man. I say this in a casual way, but at this point, what’s really left to say? It stinks, and the biggest reason for it is because the NCAA fails to acknowledge its biggest flaw. In sports, just like life, blanket punishments for infractions aren’t good practice. This is because not one case or scenario is ever the same. You see people argue the three strike penalty in law for the same reason. Blanket punishments take out the scenario and strictly look at the outcome. Anyone with a pulse knows that an inf inite amount of scenarios can result in the same outcome. The NCAA is the king of blanket punishments, and this is why it always seems to be messing things up. The latest example is the James Wiseman case. Wiseman, a freshman basketball player at the University of Memphis and potential number one pick in next year’s NBA draft, is currently ruled ineligible. Here’s the situation. As a high school athlete, Wiseman’s mother accepted a loan from Wiseman’s A AU coach, who happened to be Penny Hardaway, to cover moving expenses. Anyone who has dealt with moving knows it can be financially stressful, and Hardaway, caring for his players both on and off the court, decided to help out a player’s family. A kind gesture. However, Hardaway, being a Memphis alum, had donated money to the university in the past. Hardaway then became the head coach of Memphis’ men’s basketball team, where Wiseman
followed him. In the eyes of a normal human, this all makes perfect sense. However, in the blanket-punishing eyes of the NCAA, this is a booster giving money to a recruit and the recruit agreeing to attend the university. That’s a nono in NCAA blanket land. Therefore, the NCA A will be suspending Wiseman from action, and Memphis has ruled him ineligible to try and limit the damage. I understand the NCA A’s concerns. Paying a recruit to choose a school has no place in college athletics. But this simply isn’t the case here. The rule is in place to stop a certain action from happening, and that action didn’t happen. So what’s the issue? You guessed it, blanket punishments. The scenario clearly points to no foul play. But because the NCAA feels the need to look at the result and ignore the intent, another student-athlete has to get into a legal battle instead of focusing on his future and, you know, being a college student. This lunacy from the NCAA needs to stop. Not only is it detrimental to the athletes it impacts, but it also hurts the product. Who wants to see the potential future number one pick on the sidelines? A guy by the name of No Body. Let’s stop with the idiotic blanket sentencing already. The NCA A has drug enoug h student athletes through the mud. Make rulings on a case by case basis and inject a little bit of common sense while you’re at it. You can still protect against foul play, but you can also not make a fool out of yourself in the process. Let’s keep the game safe and fun at the same time. We need to be better, and it starts with ridding college athletics of these unnecessary sanctions.
freshman, Col by Morris continued his hot run and won by decision over Bradlee Lamontagne at 157 pounds. Johns Hopkins tacked on their second victory of the match at 165 pounds, when Dominick Reyes defeated Zach Mackall. Then, Caleb Baxter won a close match against Joe Paul at 174 pounds. The Bluejays added their final win of the match, with a Nate Wertheimer pin over Dillion
Charlton at 184 pounds. After Rigney’s forfeit, Rocky McGeary got his hand raised in a major decision victory against Hank Behaeghel. McGeary said he’s satisfied with the start to his freshman campaign. . “I think I did pretty good, like I’m happy with where I’m at in the beginning of the season.” McGeary said. In session three, Waynesburg lost to Head-
lee’s alma mater, Messiah College, 30-16. Waynesburg gave up bonus points in all six of the team’s losses in the match, an area where Headlee wants to see improvement. “We have to get better off the bottom, we’re just laying around,” he said. Waynesburg dropped the first four matches, but then saw a momentum shift in the match at 157 pounds where Morris won by decision against
Joshua Paige. At 165 pounds, Mackall pinned Kevin Edwards, a win that Headlee was particularly impressed with. “That was a good win over Edwards, an AllAmerican, so for him to battle him was good.” Headlee said. The Eagles slowed the Jackets down by adding two straight falls. Then, Waynesburg added two more wins of its own with Rigney beating Joe Embleton at 197 pounds, and McGeary winning by major decision over Sam Blevins. McGeary started on top in a scoreless match before getting back points on Blevins, something that he heavily worked on over the past week. “I kind of struggled last week riding and today I got a few turns and it changed the match in a lot of situations so I was really happy with that.” McGeary said. Finishing the day with one win and one loss was something that Coach Headlee was satisfied with earlier in the season. “Overall I was happy with our day.” he said. “Early in the season, you’re just seeing how you match up with the competition and I thought we had some good quality wins today.”
Men’s season concludes at regionals JOE SMELTZER Sports Web Editor
When the Waynesburg University men’s cross country team ran at the 2019 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships Nov. 2, a top three finish was the goal. The Yellow Jackets met that objective, placing third. Waynesburg set another objective before running at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals this past weekend. This one was a top 20 finish, which the Jackets have never achieved. Although Waynesburg failed to meet this goal, head coach Chris Hardie wasn’t disappointed by the result, and doesn’t feel his team was, either. “A lot of [setting goals] is going off on projections,” Hardie said. “I didn’t project out very well, but that’s ok. I [probably] didn’t do the best job of that. Because I did have us anywhere from 18th to 20th. But visually and looking at times, they ran really well, and conditions weren’t great.” With November in full swing, the Jackets ran through sub-40 degree temperatures in the late-morning sun. Just as he did at the PAC championships, junior Jordan Payne paced the Jackets, finishing the course at 27:25.1. Like Hardie, Payne felt the Jackets performed well through the conditions. “I know that this year, people had been throwing out the word ‘historic’ and how we did really well at all our meets and PAC’s,” Payne said. “At regionals I believe
NCAA Continued from B3 As far as the 2019 cross country season goes, her mission is accomplished, and the rest is gravy. “It’s going to be a tough race, but it will be fun,” she said. “ There’s really no pressure. There’s nothing else to aim for after this race. It’s just going out and running a good time.” Hardie, who is more outspoken than his top runner, was quick
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Jordan Payne (left) finished first for his team this past weekend at the NCAA Mideast Regionals, while Matt Durgin (right) helped round out the scoring five for Waynesburg. the best we’d ever done was 27th, and this year we came in 27th. I’m looking forward to next year.” That is, if Payne is with the program. Although Payne is just a junior, he is looking into transferring to Penn StateHarrisburg for an engineering opportunity next fall. Payne’s status for next season is uncertain, but his role within the program is not. “He’s just such a smart runner,” Hardie said. “He knows himself and his style. He settled back. I think he was fifth on the team at the mile, and then just continued to cut down until he got up toward the front there at the end. He’s just been really consistent all year, and it's starting to really pay off for him.” Payne said that the PAC
to praise Wingeart for all she’s done, and all she’ll continue to do, for Waynesburg. “I wholeheartedly believe she could be an All-American in this program, and run toward the school record at some point in her career too,” he said. “She has a year or two left to do that. So it doesn’t surprise me. She’s amazing.” Wingeart will have her shot at becoming a National Champion this Saturday, Nov. 23. The race will be held at E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
Championships are usually where he performs best. This year, however, he put an emphasis on finishing strong at rRegionals, and feels he was able to meet that objective. “Usually I peak at PAC’s, and then at regionals I don’t do so well,” Payne said. “This year, I came into regionals with a goal of doing really well, and then I turned around and did that, which was really nice to see.” Several of Payne’s classmates had strong performances as well. Nate Jacelin was the second Waynesburg runner to cross the finish line at 27:30. Behind Jacelin was freshman Jac Cokley, who finished at 27:35.9. Two more juniors, Matt Durgin [27:40.5] and Mac Colomb [27.44.7] rounded out the Jackets’ scoring five. What impressed Hardie
more than anything was that the range of Waynesburg’s top five runners was only 17 seconds, a number he believes was up there with any school in the region. “We have never had a spread like that,” Hardie said. “Probably one of the best in the region. It just shows how well the guys work together and how kind of chunked together they are.” The Jackets have a strong core coming back next season, with Colomb, Jecelin, Durgin and possibly Payne taking on the senior leadership roles. Payne hopes to be back, but if he isn’t, he’s pleased with his career to this point. “I still have the goal of coming back, and if that was my last race, I’m very happy with how it turned out,” Payne said.
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Wingeart will represent Waynesburg at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23.