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University reacts to Kavanaugh ANTONIO PELULLO For The Yellow Jacket

Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as the 114th U.S. Supreme Court justice after several weeks of debate over a sexual assault claim from more than 30 years ago. The claim came from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a high school party.

Dr. Richard Waddel, professor of political science, said politically, the results

are the same and it is no longer just about a Supreme Court justice seat.

“What has happened is that this whole advice and consent role for the Senate has been so mangled by the democratic minority that it poised all other nominations especially at the supreme court and the lower levels of court,” Waddel said.

Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, agrees with the idea that this con-

firmation has created concerns. Along with that, he believes the accuser, Ford, should have been brought to the forefront sooner rather than later.

“People are concerned about safe spaces, and the male-female relations in situations like that as well as the process,” Stratton said.

“This issue should have been raised much earlier in the whole process.”

Waddel said he viewed this as a political attack by JUSTICE >> A3 Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service

eHIVE officially opens during ceremony ADAM MORGANTE For The Yellow Jacket

This semester, Waynesburg University has implemented a new program for students looking to sharpen their entrepreneurial skills.

Students who have business ideas can now go to the eHIVE, located on the second floor of Stover, where they can seek for advice from a mentor.

The eHIVE off icially opened Friday, Oct. 5 wi th a ri bbon-cutting ceremony. Mindy Walls, chair of the Stover Entrepreneurial Leadership program, was brought to Waynesburg to start the program.

“I was hired by Waynesburg to develop a crossc a m p u s p ro g ra m a n d entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadership,” Walls said. “The eHIVE is our student entrepreneurship center. It’s a place where students regardless of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior even graduate students regardless of major can come if they have an idea they would like to work on.”

Walls said students can learn a variety of skills that would benefit them

New .edu website a work in progress GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

The university’s anticipated relaunch of their website, posted in mid-September, featured a total overhaul of the site, including an entirely new look, manners of navigation and a different style of organization.

The website faced some minor technical difficulties immediately after its posting, as students and faculty had trouble using the search bar and received error messages after clicking on links for the website found on Google.

Josh Beppler, integrated marketing coordinator, “stayed involved” in every phase of the process while creating the new website Paul Hicks, The Yellow Jacket and is assured that the technical issues are “common for During the eHIVE opening ceremony, Jim Lowe, president of the Board of Trustees, Mindy Walls, W. Robert Stover this type of project.”

Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Douglas G. Lee, university president participated in the ribbon cutting.

“I think every website remains a work in progress for jobs in the future. in teams and groups,” successful business op- ing towards for students for the entirety of its exis“Things like creative she said. “Those types of erators but really for all to have.” tence,” Beppler said. “We will problem solving, innova- skills are real skills that jobs. These are the skills tion, the ability to work are necessary not just for that businesses are lookEHIVE >> A3 WEBSITE >> A3

Drake, Wyllie named as 2018 Homecoming royalty ED BOICE

Editorial Assistant

As Waynesburg University students, alumni, faculty and staff cheered on the Waynesburg football team’s comeback win against Carnegie Mellon, Brian Drake and Jordyn Wyllie basked in the glory of becoming the 2018 Homecoming king and queen, respectively.

While Drake and Wyllie applied for Homecoming king and queen for different reasons, they can agree on one fact: the journey contained as much fun as winning the court.

Drake, a senior criminal justice major, applied for the court for the fun of it. Seeing if he would make it and

who would join him on the court was what he looked forward to.

“It was a lot of fun, everyone on the court was awesome,” said Drake. “We all jerked around with each other and took pictures together. We are all pretty good friends, all of us. It was more of a good gathering of good people and [we] didn’t really care who would win.”

While winning the title of Homecoming king was a fun experience, Drake chooses to focus on the times of fellowship with his friends.

Attending Upper Room on Sunday nights and working as a resident assistant for two years are the times he looks back fondly on. For Drake, “it’s all the people you

surround yourself with.”

Wyllie, a senior early childhood in special education major, almost did not apply for the ballot. While she never planned to pursue, let alone win, homecoming queen, she will never forget the journey to the title, thanks to her friends.

“All my friends hyped it up,” said Wyllie. “They put it on their Snapchat and Instagram, and when we’re walking across campus. [It] was kind of embarrassing, but I appreciated it.”

Being Homecoming queen was an experience Wyllie “will never forget.” She was more excited about her parents’ experience, however, as

Paul Hicks, The Yellow Jacket

Seniors Brian Drake and Jordan Wyllie were crowned by President Douglas G. Lee

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McCoy reflects on time as Stover Scholar, Senate leader NATE WESTFALL For The Yellow Jacket

When a student takes t hei r f i r s t s t ep s ont o Waynesburg University’s campus, they may wonder how they will leave their legacy by the time their senior year rolls around.

That’s exactly what Student Sen ate P resident Tyler McCoy, senior history and political science major, wondered three years ago.

McCoy recently reflected on how he discovered the university.

“I heard about Waynesburg through literature the university sent to me,” McCoy said. “I decided to visit the school, and after touring and looking up all the opportunities Waynesburg could offer, I decided to apply.”

With his college career w inding dow n, McCoy looked back at his time at Waynesburg and, all-andall, enjoyed it. “ There are not many t hings I would change about my time at Waynesburg,” McCoy said. “I have had a plethora of great opportunities here, including the opportunity to be a Stover Scholar, to

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Senior Tyler McCoy performs during the Stover Scholars play in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. McCoy has spent four years in the Stover Scholars program as well as serving on the student senate. take classes that I love and that challenge me and to study abroad among other things.”

As for his work in Student Senate, McCoy knew that was something he wa nted to be apa r t of from the beginning, because he wanted the op-

portunity to give back to the campus community “I wanted to join Student Senate because I wanted to be able to serve the students,” said McCoy “I’ve always been interested in working for others in whatever capacity I can, and joining Student

Senate presented me with that opportunity.”

As president of Student Senate, and a recipient of the Stover scholarship, McCoy has worked very closely with the Senate's faculty advisor, Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Consti-

tutional Studies and Moral Leadership, over the past few years.

Stratton praised McCoy for his attributes both as a person and as a student.

“A s a s t u d e nt , S t o ver Scholar, and a campus leader, [McCoy] is very diligent, works very

hard, ver y prompt and efficient,” Stratton said. “[He is] level headed and reasonable.”

Strat ton said McCoy has shown great traits as Student Senate president and is a good example for other students to follow.

“There are many leaders in the Student Senate who have shown a passion for leadership and persuasion, and any number of them can follow in his footsteps.”

Stratton said. “He is a vision of decency and order, which has characterized his leadership in the Student Senate in the past as the former executive vice president and as a senator.”

McCoy has talked about expanding his education further after Waynesburg.

“A f t er g r adu at ion , I plan to go to law school,” McCoy said. “I am in the process of applying so I haven’t decided where exactly I am going to go.”

Dr. Stratton has high p r a i s e fo r M c C o y fo r what he’s accomplished at Waynesburg and what his future holds.

“He’s a great leader and I know that he has a great future in the professional world,” said Stratton.

Students attend national Waynesburg partners with EIJ conference in Baltimore The Washington Center JACK HILLGROVE For The Yellow Jacket

The Yellow Jacket newspaper at Waynesburg University has proven year in and out that it is one of the best student-run papers in the state, and several Yellow Jacket editors went to Baltimore, Maryland, in hopes to make it even better.

Seniors Mattie Winowitch, Teghan Simonton, Luke Goodling, and junior Grace Hutchinson attended the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism conference, which ran from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29.

The Department of Communication Chairperson Richard Krause said that the conference gave students a chance to have their skills enhanced on a professional level.

“I am very pleased that they are pursuing professional development opportunities like attending an SPJ conference,” Krause said.“I’m just very excited about these opportunities for the students.”

The four attendees, are members of both The Yellow Jacket and the SPJ chapter of Waynesburg University, participated in several workshops at the conference that touched on the top issues in journalism today.

Simonton, president of Waynesburg’s SPJ chapter, said that the issue of fake news and focusing on how to make a more digital newsroom were some of the topics at the conference.

“Basically, a lot of the programming revolves around sessions where

t here’s panelist s and speakers and the talk about hot button issues in the industry today,” Simonton said..

Simonton, a doublemajor in journalism and public relations,is also the region editor of The Yellow Jacket newspaper.

Krause also praised the

where attendees can network with possible employers.

Simonton said that the job expo was eye-opening as to how many options students like her will have after college.

“Going to these national conferences is a really great way to see that there’s so

“Going to these national conferences is a really great way to see that there's so many more job opportunities out there.”

TEGHAN SIMONTON

President, Waynesburg SPJ

value of students attending the conference.

“This conference is going to allow them to take their work in a whole new direction, and I think that will continue to allow us to be the kind of paper we want to be,” Krause said.

Although Goodling is heavily involved as both SPJ’s secretary and the sports editor for The Yellow Jacket, his official major is sports broadcasting and sports information, unlike Simonton and Winowitch, who both major in journalism, or Hutchison, who is an advertising major. Goodling said that the conference taught useful lessons on the broadcast side of communication in addition to journalism.

“There was a wide variety of things that we covered from a journalism and broadcast standpoint,” Goodling said.

In addition to the seminars and workshops, there was also a job expo event

many more job opportunities out there,” Simonton said.

Even t houg h t he se students have been involved with journalism at Waynesburg and beyond for several years, there are still things to learn at the SPJ conference.

“It gave me a greater sense overall of where journalism and broadcasting and all of these things are in relation to the current media,” Goodling said.

This was the second consecutive year that the Department of Communications has sent students to the SPJ conference, and Krause expects Waynesburg to be involved in conferences like these in the future.

“We are going to continue to make those opportunities available for our students,” Krause said.

“We’d like to get them out there and we want to be very visible off campus.”

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Washington D.C., is home to several people who choose to live where some of the world’s most important decisions are made.

Waynesburg University students now have a chance to find out what it might be like to call Washington home.

Waynesburg University has partnered with The Washington Center, a nonprofit organization that looks to bring students to Washington D.C. for internships.

Sarah Bell, coordinator of academic communications and study abroad, said this is a new opportunity introduced recently and is available to interested students.

“In the Spring semester, we signed an affiliation agreement,” said Bell. “This is really our first full year of having this program on campus.”

Bell, along with Sam Fansler, manager of college and university relations at The Washington Center, held an interest meeting last Wednesday, Oct. 3. At the meeting, they talked extensively for around an hour about the possible benefits of the program.

“We’ve spent years honing in on the perfect internship,” Fansler said in the meeting..

“We want to give this opportunity to as many students as we can. We want you to be proud of your resume [and] give you stories that will make your interviews shine.”

Students who receive the Washington Center internship get to spend one semester in Washington D.C., in an optional apartment style dorm that includes cable, internet and appliances, along with kitchen and bathroom equipment.

Classrooms are in the academic suite on the first floor of the building. The internship is based around living the lifestyle of a local working in the U.S. capital.

To be considered for the internship, students must have attended at least three semesters of college , and be maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0.

“We’re looking to see if you’re responsible enough to go to D.C.,” said Bell. “We want to keep everyone moving forward.”

Students can choose from a variety of courses, such as arts, humanities, business as well as several others. Courses are subject

to change with every new semester.

“We really do try to dispel the myth that D.C. is just for politics students,” said Fansler. “D.C. is a hub for so many private companies, public service organizations, non profits, communications opportunities [and] foundations.”

Though no one from Waynesburg has enrolled in the program, that has not stopped Fansler from continuing to spread the word.

“Sam came to my leadership class and gave us a brief about when the meeting was,” said Allyson Barker, a student who attended the meeting Wednesday as a double major in both marketing and art. “I’m looking at internships for the summer. I’m a junior and just looking to better my career for the future.”

When Fansler was all done, she had attended a total of 11 classes in the two days she was in the borough of Waynesburg.

“We really wanted her to talk with the Stover Scholars,” said Bell. “We think that the Stover Program and The Washington Center Program are really a good fit together.”

Financial Aid Office wants to keep students informed ANTONIO PELULLO For The Yellow Jacket

The first thing Matt Stokan, director of financial aid, wants students to know is that the financial aid office is there to help students.

Oct. 1 was the sign up day for financial aid for the 2019-20 school year.

“We are here to help students and you would be surprised with the amount of students we are able to help,” Stokan said.

A lot of students have financial situations that may prevent them from paying their bill and Stokan believes if more students came up, more students could be helped.

“If financial issues are a problem and an impediment, come talk to us,” Stokan said. “I can’t promise we solve every problem but I promise we’ll do our darn

best to solve every problem.”

Problems have occurred in recent years due to federal government cuts to funding higher education.

Students used to be able to go through the Federal Perkins Loan but as of June 2018 that is no longer an option Stokan said.

“Once they abolished [The Federal Perkins Loan] it took about $4,000 additional dollars out of that student’s hand,” Stokan said.

“Now that gap they need to pay to come to school has gotten bigger and that’s just one less resource for them to use.”

The financial aid news is not all bad however, the Pell grant has gone up $100 from last year and will go up again next year along with other federal grant programs.

Additionally, Stokan said that Waynesburg institution

funds have gone up significantly.

“Institutionally we have increased our institutional funds well over a million dollars this year,” Stokan said.

C h a n ce l l o r T i m o t hy Thyreen, who is on the board of directors for PHEAA helped come up with more money for higher education. Unfortunately, there is a threat to cut funding from the state grant, leading to students borrowing more money. . Stokan wants students to know the Financial Aid office is open and the most important part for students is to walk in.

“The problem is we need to know the student needs help,” said Stokan. “If the student drops out of school or decides they can’t come back to school or can’t enroll to the school for financial reasons.”

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For some students and faculty members, fall break might mean spending time with family or catching up on sleep, but for others, it is an opportunity to serve.

Kelly Hardie, assistant dean of student services, said a total of three service trips will be taking place this fall break, and they include Gettysburg, Greene County Immersion and Greene County Habitat for Humanity.

The leaders of the service trip to Gettysburg are Rea Redd, director of the Eberly Library, and Courtney Dennis, associate director of the Paul R. Stewart Museum. The trip to Gettysburg has been a trip for a total of four years so far, with the focus of it being historical.

Hardie said that some of the trips tend to have more of an academic focus, with the Gettysburg trip being rich in history, but trips are open to students of all majors.

“Regardless of major, all students are welcome to participate,” Hardie said.

The service trip to the Greene County Habitat for Humanity has been ongoing for 12 years, according to Hardie. The leaders of it are Adrienne Tharp, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program, and Paul Hicks, senior electronic media major.

T h e G ree n e C o u nt y Immersion trip is led by Hardie and Samantha Hyland, a sophomore Bonner Scholar. This trip has been hosted for over eight years.

Hyland became a service leader by simply showing interest and wanting to be a leader, and that is what Hardie looks for.

“Ultimately our office would really love to see more student leadership within that role,” Hardie said.

In regards to the local trips during fall break,

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In order to create the site, Beppler and the office of university relations created a “core team,” which was comprised of staff and faculty members from several departments.

“We tried to ensure every office and department had a voice and was represented on the core team, and that shines through in the orga-

Hardie says being able to work locally gives students a perspective of how poverty is not a far distance away.

“There’s so much need within the Greene County area and just exposing our students to those volunteer opportunities and the want and desire to give back to their community after the trip ends,” Hardie said. “To understand poverty and major social issues, students don’t have to travel a far distance to understand those needs, that can happen right here in their own neighborhood, and I think that’s evident in those two trips.”

Hardie said that each trip over the fall break will fulfill the service learning requirement for students, but students are also encouraged to participate after that requirement has been fulfilled.

Hardie said that there was a total of four initial trips planned for the fall, but there was not enough interest in the fourth. With it being a brand new trip, Hardie will be promoting it for next year. The trip is called the Appalachian Service Project, and it is similar to the Habitat for Humanity trip, but the focus is working on homes that have a serious condition or issue, according to Hardie.

Hardie’s goal as a service leader has stayed the same; to get students involved.

“The goal has remained the same, we just really want to expose the students to the many service opportunities that exist within Greene County and fall in love with them and want to return as a regular volunteer,” Hardie said.

Hardie encourages students to sign up for upcoming trips, including future trips that will take place over the spring semester. For more information or to sign up for service trips, go to the service tab on MyConnect.

nization and presentation of our content,” Beppler said.

Beppler also assisted in the selection of a branding and marketing firm, Ologie, to assist in the endeavor. In order to confront the technical issues some users are facing, Beppler is relying upon faculty input.

“We are still finishing the scope of the project before moving into the support phase, so bugs and glitches are being dealt with as they’re found,” Beppler said.

“We have a MachForm that faculty utilize to let us know of any updates they need.”

As the university enters

Walls said a big reason for creating the e-Hive was for students to get more experience in entrepreneurial leadership.

“The reason that we developed the program in entrepreneurial leadership was so that we can provide something that students from across the university can get more experience wi th,” she said. “Creativity, problem-solving, innovation working on problems that don’t readily have an answer. Doing that not just through study but actually through experiences.”

After students go to the eHIVE with business ideas, there are multiple ways for them to get help through different types of programming.

“We will do programming on innovation, we can do workshops, we can do lectures, will also host a series of challenges and competitions,” Walls said.

The second function of the eHIVE involves more personal attention to the student.

S a m a nt h a Brow n , a sophomore marketing major, has taken advantage of the benefits behind the eHIVE. Regardless of the scenario, Brown said

Justice Continued from A1 the democrats to try and regain political seats lost due to President Donald Trump’s election.

“Nobody has disputed his qualifications,” Waddel said. “He’s been on the federal circuit for 12 years; he’s written over 300 decisions that nobody talks about because they are basically unimpeachable.”

Althoug h the bat tle between the democratic leaders and republican senators seems intense, this isn’t the first time a party has fought hard against a Supreme Court

the height of recruiting season, the peak number of prospective students are searching for more information about the university and are dependent upon a website to retrieve it, Kyle Digiandomenico, admissions counselor, said.

“The website is, now more than ever, the first interaction a student has with the university,” said Digiandomenico. “A pleasant one will lead to the next steps whereas a notpleasant experience may deter a student altogether.”

Digiandomenico, who believes that the website

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they have not seen Waynesburg University come together as a community.

“My favorite part was having my family there when campus is alive,” said Wyllie. “They come to volleyball games, but there is not a lot of turnout to volleyball games. So to see everybody and all my friends at the football game was really cool to show them what my home [here] is.”

For both Wyllie and Drake, senior year is halfway over, and their time here at the university went “too fast,” as Wyllie said.

“I am recognizing ‘lasts.’

If it’s the time I’ll play in a volleyball game, or if it’s the last homecoming I’ll be at as a student,” said Wyllie. “I

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The new eHIVE was celebrated by students and faculty alike after the ribbon cutting ceremony. All were invited into the space to mingle and enjoy refreshments. the program helps people get their business ideas started.

“My mom had breast cancer when I was in high school and just seeing a lot of the lack of aftercare products for her I’ve been trying to think of ways to make it more available to other people,” Brown said. “I heard this was a great opportunity because when you come in you have to sign a nondisclosure and they just really genuinely want to

help you just get your business off the ground which I think is awesome.”

Brown has already received help on plans for her business.

“We’ve been going over about the basic business plan and [Walls] has been helping me kind of get in contact with people who later are going to help me make product samples, competitions to go to and be able to get more money to start my business,” Brown said.

The f irst event that students can get involved in with the eHIVE is Oct. 29 called the “Nothing Into Something” challenge. Students will be in groups of no more than four people and create an idea from an everyday item which will be provided. The winning group will win $100 each.

To learn more about the eHIVE and everything it has to offer, contact Walls at mwalls@waynesburg. edu.

nomination.

Robert Bork was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, but he was eventually denied by the

Senate would not hold a hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, of which Senate Majority

Senate, which led them to nominate Justice Kennedy who was confirmed 97-0 and is now retiring.

Current Justice Clarence Thomas was also almost denied a seat due to accusations against him by Anita Hill.

Just two years ago, the

Leader Mi tch McConnell said in 2016 was “the greatest achievement of his life.”

Stratton said because of the power of the Supreme Court, politicians lean on it to make decisions instead of trying to find a way to pass laws through

the U.S. Congress and the Senate.

Stratton also said he didn’t watch the debate but read the comments after because he was shocked by the “circus when you have distinguished people, a distinguished judge and distinguished professor discussing what they discussed on national television.”

Along with the shock value of the hearing, Justice Kennedy often split votes.

For Stratton, he believes it will be interesting to replace the split vote.

“To some degree, it’s a fascinating game; to another degree it’s all very tragic because it’s so serious,” Stratton said.

plays “a tremendous role in recruiting a student,” often pulls the website up while meeting with prospective students to show them where to access certain links and areas that may benefit them.

“I am convinced that the functionality, appearance, and general usefulness of a website will attract or deter a student,” Digiandomenico said.

Beppler, the core team and Ologie worked together to create the website with prospective students focused as their “target audience,” said Beppler.

“We do anticipate the website serving as a recruitment tool, but we kept current students in mind as we worked through where information was being placed,” Beppler said.

Beppler, who labeled the website as one of the university’s “primary recruitment tools” created the website with prospective students and their tendency to search for websites on their cell phones in mind.

“We took a mobile-first approach with our design efforts while ensuring our mission and values were prominently displayed

throughout the site. We want people to know what Waynesburg is all about in the most concise, easy-todigest way possible,” Beppler said.

Digiandomenico said admissions, as well as “many” other offices within the university, worked together to ensure that content for the site was “current, correct and useful” for all who visit the website.

“We feel as if the new waynesburg.edu will serve as a resource for prospective students, parents, current students and the community at large,” Beppler said.

“To some degree, it's a fascinating game; to another degree it's all very tragic because it's so sad.”

LAWRENCE STRATTON

Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership

am excited when I go to all these events, and at the end I’m like ‘oh wait, that was the last time I am ever going to do that.’”

Wyllie said there are also some “firsts” seniors experience. These “firsts” involve stepping out into the workforce, taking all their education and applying it to their careers.

While neither senior has solidified a job after graduation, they are considering all opportunities. Wyllie hopes to obtain “a teaching position somewhere in the state of Pennsylvania.”

Drake has a main goal like Wyllie, but he has to start somewhere else before he can reach the position he wants.

“My main goal is federal law enforcement agencies,” said Drake. “But right now I am looking for probation [officer], parole [officer] or maybe a police officer.”

Paul Hicks, The Yellow Jacket

Both Brian Drake and Jordyn Wyllie said they weren't expecting to win, but were happy with the results.

As final words to his fellow students, Drake said to not waste time here at Waynesburg University, either aca-

demically or socially.

“Don’t take this place for granted. Enjoy as much as you can.”

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At Grad School Expo, students consider future options HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

After graduating, many students decide to pursue further education, such as graduate school. Every year, Waynesburg University hosts recruiters from multiple graduate schools in a Grad School Expo for those who have decided to attend graduate school after graduation, or are considering it as a possibility.

This year, the expo took place Oct. 9 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. Tables were set up for recruiters from schools across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia.

Rev. James Tinnemeyer, vice president for Student Services, said the main purpose of the event is to give undergraduates an opportunity to learn about the quality graduate programs available to them, both at Waynesburg and other schools.

“By having face-to-face interactions with representatives of those schools,” Tinnemeyer said. “Our students will get a much better idea of what possibilities exist to further their education as well as what they can be doing to further that right now, and also what exactly is involved in those programs and, perhaps most impor-

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Students that attended the Grad School Expo received information about their intended area of study. While the expo faced new challenges this year, several schools still made the effort to attend. tantly, have an opportunity to meet with the people who are there.”

Although Waynesburg holds the expo every year, the event was different this year.

In previous years, Waynesburg was part of a

consortium with five other schools for the expo, according to Marie Coffman, director of Career Services and Placement. These five schools would each hold their own events in the course of a few days, and graduate school represen-

tatives would travel to each of them to speak to students.

This year, the schools discontinued this, but Coffman said Waynesburg still wanted to hold the expo separately.

Ben Brudnock, director of Graduate and Professional

Enrollment, said the only difference for students is the possibility that recruiters from further schools might not come in the future.

“It makes it a little more challenging from a recruiters’ standpoint, but individually the fair will still pro-

vide opportunities for both students and grad schools to connect with each other,” Brudnock said.

Coffman believes the event is beneficial to students of all years, as they have the opportunity to talk to recruiters and figure out whether graduate school is an option for them.

For upperclassmen who know they want to attend grad school, the event allows them to find out the expectations of the graduate schools so they can be efficiently prepared.

“I think it’s good for students to get out and just start talking to the recruiters…and start networking,” Coffman said. “I think it’s important to make the one-onone, face-to-face contact, and that helps these recruiters remember the student’s faces.”

Brudnock encourages students considering graduate programs to speak to Career Services or the office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment.

“We’re all here to help our students become successful alumni.” Brudnock said. “It’s never too early to gather information and to start planning for the future after graduation. It’s all part of that planning process of where your life is going to be headed.”

Senators volunteer for committees Alumnus to speak

at WU as part of leadership series

GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

The Oct. 9 Student Senate meeting began with the weekly invocation led by its president, senior history major Tyler McCoy. Following the prayer, the meeting contained the organization’s signature st yle of shor t, concise tasks including role call, committee meetings and the bureaucratic voting on the approval of minutes.

To some, the rigid routine and structure of the senate’s meetings may seem monot onous . To others, including freshman political science major Alexandra Morar, it’s a source of great appeal.

“I love how it runs like an actual congress,” said Morar, who transitioned into her role on the senate just a few weeks ago.

Having experience in student government since fourth grade, which resulted in her being president of her graduating class in high school, Morar said that she enjoys the structure of the senate because of her high school government’s laidback attitude.

After being elected and officially sworn in, Morar ref lects on her experience.

“It feels like a great accompl ish ment ,” Mor a r said. “I feel proud to represent the students but also some pressure.”

Mor a r i s one of t he four freshmen senators inducted at the beg inn i n g of t he s eme s t er, who placed their hands on a Bible and swore to accurately represent the student body. For Morar, that was one of her favorite memories of her senate experience so far.

“I loved being able to put my hand on the Bible when I was being sworn in. That was such a special moment,” Morar said.

Among Morar’s current goals within the senate is to revitalize Lake Juanita, as well as balance her role within the Treasury and Budget Committee.

Morar was able to select which committee to serve under, and decided upon the treasury and budget committee because she enjoys keeping records.

The decision to allow people to volunteer into their

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During meetings, senators break into individual committee meetings to discuss issues realting to budgets, campus beautification and event planning. This year, freshman senators were given the option of which committee to choose. committee positions is different from years past.

“This year I just let ever yone choose,” McCoy said. “I just encouraged them to split up evenly…

I think if I let them chose they will obviously feel more engaged.”

McCoy said that says there are no strict policies that are set on helping freshmen leap into their roles as senators, and the upperclassmen “help them whenever they can.”

The freshmen, who McCoy described as “diverse” in majors, ranging from biolog y to political science, have integrated into their committees and use the upperclassmen senators as their mentors.

“Really a lot of the work gets done in the committees,” McCoy said. “They can of course always come

to me if they have questions on anything.”

McCoy says the senators’ attendance of meetings pr ior to enter ing t heir positions helped their underst anding of how the senate operates.

“They came as public before they were elected, so they got to see how things work,” McCoy said.

As his senior year pro-

gresses, McCoy sees the freshmen as the future of the senate.

“I see a lot of potential in them, they’re very engaged,” McCoy said.

“They’ve integrated great into their committees and in the larger senate. I’m very happy with them so far and I think that they will have great contributions to the senate.”

Waynesburg University students are well aware of the university’s mission, which includes educating students to make connections between faith, learning and serving. What they may not be aware of, however, is how former students have used those connections to build successful lives after leaving Waynesburg.

That is the purpose of the servant leadership alumni speaker series “Leaving Your Fingerprints.” Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of student services, started the program so that students could learn how alumni apply the university’s mission to life after college.

“The intention behind it was for our students to hear from alumni about how the mission of faith, learning and service had an impact on them after they graduated,” Hardie said.

“I chose the title ‘Leaving Your Fingerprints’ because of the many alumni that left their fingerprints behind building Miller Hall.”

Hardie used the fingerprints as a symbol of the impact alumni have on the university.

“After seeing the fingerprints that were left behind in Miller Hall, I thought this would be a great series to initiate here on campus,” Hardie said.

“Our students are really enjoying it.”

The series, which began last fall, brings in alumni every month to speak to students. The event is free, and occurs on one Thursday every month in Buhl Hall’s McCance Auditorium. The alumni discuss a number of different topics to show how the university’s mission applies to all walks of life.

“What I ultimately want students to take away from the series is that everybody has their own journey and each of the alumni shared a different story of how that mission impacted them,” Hardie said. “Whether that be an

athletic focus, scientific or academic focus. It is very unique, all of our alumni were completely unique in the sense that they all had different majors, different stories and they participated in different clubs and organizations.”

Hardie believes the series has been a success early on because of the current students’ enthusiasm to learn from the alumni that have preceded them.

“I just think it is really great because our students want to hear from alumni,” Hardie said. “They want to hear from alumni, they want to hear these success stories, they want to hear about how the mission has an impact on them, and they have lots

“I think it is really great because our students want to hear from alumni.”

KELLEY HARDIE

Assistant Dean of Student Services

of questions to ask them.

So it is really neat to have our alumni come back and share some of their words of wisdom with our current students.”

The next “Leaving Your Fingerprints” event will be held on Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. with Charles W. Trump Jr., executive vice president and secretary of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County.

The end goal of the series is to show current students examples of former students who are making an impact in the world with the education they received at Waynesburg and inspire them to do the same when they leave.

“Ultimately what I would want students to take away from that is they can leave their fingerprints in a number of different ways,” Hardie said. “And to continue to do that upon graduation.”

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High St. comic store closes New funding to

aid Greene County

farming practices LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

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Eric Moore, former owner of the Waynesburg location of Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming, could not find someone to take over the store when he took a different job. Now the store is closing down altogether.

Four Horsemen owner finds opportunity elsewhere EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming has a motto: connect with comic and gamer fans and give them a place to come together, to enjoy their pastime and share their experiences with others.

This mission is no longer present in Waynesburg, however, as the Four Horsemen’s Waynesburg location closed two weeks ago.

The store closed a week after Eric Moore, former owner, announced he was stepping down. Since the shop owners of the main store in Morgantown, West Virginia, couldn’t find a replacement owner, the store had to shut down.

Moore packed up his store’s merchandise, shipped it back to the main store and the Waynesburg Four Horsemen closed Sept. 30.

While the Waynesburg Four Horsemen did prosper while open, Moore said he closed the shop because he found a better job opportunity for himself. He is currently in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to learn a trade in the oil and gas industry.

“I’m at the Schlumberger Kellyville Learning Center for seven weeks of training,” said Moore. “As I’ve decided to return the oilfield and accepted a position within the company as a field technician for their Surface Systems and Well Head Division.”

The Waynesburg store

succeeded financially when it was open, but game shops are not always so fortunate. Teetering on the brink of going bankrupt is a state most game shops know well, said Four Horsemen Owner Ron Davis.

“Any game store these days that is able to keep the lights on and the doors open is doing well,” said Davis. “With the climate of the way things are with everything moving online - you’ve got pressure from online retailers undercutting the local shops.”

Since its closing, rumors have spread among the former customers of the Waynesburg Four Horsemen that Moore was not able to adjust his products to appease his customer

base, due to the main store enforcing a business plan which he could not deviate from. Davis, however, said Moore had freedom in how he ran his shop.

“I wasn’t aware of any issues,” said Davis. “The distributors give us parameters we have to run underneath… Other than that, Eric ran it however he wanted it run.”

While the closing of Moore’s shop is “unfortunate,” Davis and the rest of the Four Horsemen staff are still looking for places to expand the Four Horsemen name even though their only branch store closed.

“I’m not sure what areas we’re looking at, but we’re always looking at various locations,” said Davis.

Farming and agriculture throughout Greene County recently received a significant boost in funding with the approval of the GRACE Program.

Last month, the Greene County’s Reinvestment in Agriculture: Cost-share Enhancement Program was approved by the Greene County Conservation District’s board of directors for $163,000 of funding for local agriculture. The funding is available primarily for water and soil conservation, but can also be applied in additional areas.

Benjamin Schweizer, conservation technician, said the funding will be through cost share assistance for a variety of needs.

“The GRACE Program is a cost share program for farmers where we are able to offer technical assistance and cost share assistance to improve farmers operations in ways which promote soil and water conservation,” said Schweizer. “Some of the practices that we can help with are application of lime and fertilizer, interior livestock fencing, watering systems and we also just started offering forestry practices.”

Schweizer said funding through the GRACE Program is available for anyone currently farming and not restricted to only small or large farming operations.

“It can be for anyone who is actively farming the land,” Schweizer said. “Certain practices such as fencing and watering systems, they do need to have livestock on their farms. But, for farmers

with just crops – such as hay fields or corn fields – they can also apply for the lime or fertilizer.”

Recently, Schweizer said, the GRACE Program branched into forestry as well. For individuals with forests on their property, Schweizer said funding is available for the specific areas they want to improve.

The application process is simple, Schweizer said, only requiring people to stop by the Borough Offices or call to get started. Once a farm has expressed interest, the property will be inspected.

Schweizer said the GRACE program is a way of reinvesting in the land and those who work it.

“Farming is a big thing here, there is a lot of people with farms in Greene County,” Schweizer said. “We see this as an important way to give back their practice and their hard work. Then also to promote soil and water conservation, because farmers do impact all of Greene County’s land.”

With monies now available for agricultural funding, Schweizer said the GRACE Program will most likely bolster the farming community in the county.

“I think it will definitely motivate some farmers who were maybe thinking about slowing down their operations,” Schweizer said. “I think this will be something to help them boost their motivation to farm and keep their land as cropland or as pasture.

That’s something we like to see, because for a lot of these people their true passion is farming and they love doing it.”

Coal and natural gas shape area's land, economy TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

For at least three decades, Greene and surrounding counties have relied on coal production to sustain economic development. In Greene, Washington and Fayette counties alone, there are 14 mines in operation, drawing from the Appalachia North basin.

But in recent years, the outlook of the coal industry has shifted. In early September, for example, 4 West Mine, located in southeastern Greene County, laid off nearly 400 workers. This news was not unusual - last year, Consol furloughed about 300 workers from the Bailey Mining Complex, in northwestern Greene County.

Veronica Coptis, executive director of the Center for Coal field Justice, believes the coal industry will be nonexistent or obselete within the next few decades.

"Companies are going to bail," she said, as resources deplete or become too costly to extract.

Coal industry executives are not convinced. Zach Smith, manager of external affairs at Consol Energy, described this prediction as an "exaggeragion." The coal industry is certainly changing, he said, but it is adapting and becoming more active on the global market.

This is certainly true for Southwestern Pennsylvania, where most coal is exported for use elsewhere.

There's a chance that natural gas mining could replace the coal industry eventually, Coptis said, with gas wells popping up all over Southwestern Pennsylvania. The Greene County website calls oil and gas drilling a "modern gold rush."

These maps, right, show the locations of all oil and gas wells in the surrounding areas, and the locations of all coal mines in the surrounding areas.

While there are fewer coal mines, coal complexes produce significantly more in short tons than the wells do gas, in cubic meters. However, in 2017, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that nationwide, for the first time, more energy was produced via natural gas than coal.

So what does this mean for the future of Southwestern Pennsylvania? The Yellow Jacket will continue to cover these changing industries online and in print.

Teghan Simonton , The Yellow Jacket

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We all agree natural disasters are awful. But for some reason no one cares about them.

Following hurricane Florence, recovery efforts have begun due to the unpreventable damage it caused.

A good example involves a couple, Gerry and John Leighton, that

Votes count

Social media makes voting registration easy Especially since the Kavanaugh case took the United States by storm the past month, the subject of who we should allow in government offices has moved to the forefront in political conversations. Fortunately, we live in a country that places the power of who is elected into office in the public’s hands.

As midterm elections are quickly getting closer and closer, it is important for the general public to recognize the importance of making their voice heard in elections. The way we do this in the United States is by voting.

There is an increasing number of eligible American citizens who simply decide not to vote in the midterm elections. The United States Election Project found that voter turnout for midterm elections from 2010 to 2014 decreased by five percent of the eligible voting population. It may sound like an insignificant amount, but that insignificant amount is an estimated 11,546,596 people.

The younger eligible voters, specifically ages 18 to 29, are notorious for their absence in elections in comparison to older voters. In an effort to National estimates of voter turnout expressed as a percentage of the increase the number voting eligible polulation. of young voters, social media organizaSource: United States Elections Project (http://www.electproject.org/) tions added features, such as headlines and links, to their apps, allowing users to register directly on their mobile device.

Snapchat was one of the social media organizations to recently added this feature. The app included a simple button located underneath the “Add Friends” button on the user’s profile.

Instagram started their own campaign to encourage voting. They featured ads in both users’ feeds and Stories with links to information on registering to vote.

The hope is that the convenience of registering will encourage more young people to vote for those they believe should be part of our country’s leadership.

Hopefully the Kavanaugh case has brought to light the importance of who is voted into office. While citizens did not vote in the case, the senators citizens voted in did. Who we vote affects all three branches of government, and in turn, affects us.

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change in commercials from insurance companies to Walmart taking dollar donations for hurricane relief.

I we n t t o Wa l m a r t before the storm and i n t h e s e l f- c h e c k o u t machine, I was asked if I could give a dollar towards the recover y efforts. Again, this was before the storm hi t.

These corporations are profiting off natural disasters. They run ads that show pictures and videos of families whose

lives were destroyed, usually sending the message, “We are a part of the community,” or, “Helping build homes for our family,” to guilt people into donating.

They often work, especially after hurricane Katrina, which famously led to countless lawsuits because contractors built poorly built homes, leading people to only trust Walmart and insurance compaINVEST >> B3

Everyone needs to listen to Kanye West ANDREW HREHA Columnist

EDITORIAL

moved to South Carolina after hurricane Sandy destroyed their last home. There was not much this couple could have done to avoid this, except live in the middle of America and avoid all bodies of water.

Watching football on Sundays these past few weeks, you would think these corporations are chomping at the bit for a natural disaster to ruin lives and homes.

What you may have not noticed is the sudden

Kanye West has been in the news a lot recently.

Whether it’s for good or bad depends entirely on who you ask. If you ask a majori ty of the nation’s media outlets and entertainment industry, they will tell you

West is a trai tor and will most likely joke at his expense. If you ask conservatives across the nation and President D o n a l d Tr u m p , We s t has opened the eyes of many to the bias of Hollywood and the groupthink mentality that has had a stranglehold on American politics for the better part of our recent history.

After President Trump won the 2016 presiden-

tial election, West met with the presidentelect, much to the dismay of his peers in the hip-hop community and Hollywood in general.

Si n ce t h e m eet i n g , West has come out in suppor t of President Trump, often wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while doing so.

President Trump has returned the favor, often thanking West on Twit-

ter for his support. West h a s s t a t e d h e wo u l d have voted for President Trump if he were registered, tweeting that he likes the way conservative Candice Owens thinks and often refers to his MAGA hat as his “superman cape.”

His most recent run in with the political spotlight came on the season 44 premiere episode of LISTEN >> B3

C O N N E C T I N G C U LT U R E S

Professor relays West African culture HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

As students who attend a school focused on faith, learning and service, we often hear of mission trips to several locations in Africa. We hear of people in the United States traveling there to help in poverty stricken areas or try to make a difference in the lives of African children.

And yet, for those of us who have never been out of the United States, it is not an everyday experience to even meet someone who is from there, especially at a school of predominantly white ethnicity.

Dr. Abolade Ezekiel Olagoke is an associate professor of Sociology.

About 20 years ago, however, he was a student from Nigeria in West Africa with dreams of studying abroad and making something of himself.

When he first came to the United States, Olagoke said, he noticed many differences between his home country and the new country he had entered.

One of the most obvious differences is the pace.

“Over here seems to be

very fast-paced,” Olagoke said. “Nigeria is more laid back… People take time to relate and have fellowship with one another.”

On the walls in Olagoke’s office, pieces of African culture are displayed, one of these things is a mask from Senegal, another country in West Africa.

Carved on the mask is a monkey in thought, representing wisdom.

“He represents a sage; someone who is old and full of wisdom,” Olagoke said.

One piece of wisdom people in Nigeria hold onto is the amount of time they spend in prayer. To them, prayer is very central to their lives, and churches may have gatherings where they spend entire nights in prayer.

“It is a culture that really is permeated by spirituality,” Olagoke said. “They say that a prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian and a powerless Christian is a prayerless Christian.

The focus on prayer is extremely important.”

Much of the reason prayer is so important in Nigeria is the reliance the people must have on God

for things we, as people who live in a privileged country, take for granted.

People in the rural areas of Nigeria often struggle to retrieve items for survival, like food, Olagoke said, so they pray for rain for their crops.

“The United States is so developed that farmers don’t have to pray for rain,” Olagoke said. “[in Nigeria,] if rain doesn’t come, it may result in famine.”

Olagoke said it is rare to meet someone in West Africa who would identify themselves as an agnostic. People in that culture would be surprised at meeting someone who doesn’t believe in God. “They would ask, ‘Why are you an agnostic? You’re living, you’re breathing; God has not snuffed you

out, so why?’,” Olagoke said.

Community is central to the way people in West Africa live. Those who are privileged enough to have more money and items in their possession are unofficially responsible to help take care of those who are less fortunate than themselves.

“Whoever is the richest or whoever gets on in life will carry the responsibilities of this world, the less privileged,” Olagoke said.

Around 20 years after first leaving Nigeria, Olagoke has written multiple publications and now teaches classes here at Waynesburg, continuing to research subjects involving youth in religion, globalization, immigration and diasporic cultures.

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Cheat Sheet: Kavanaugh sworn in to the Supreme Court EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

MALARIE YODER & EDWARD BOICE Staff Report

The United States Supreme Court has off icially confirmed nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be a Supreme Court Justice.

During a long hearing Sept. 27, Kavanaugh endured the tension of one of the closest votings America has ever witnessed. But how did this all begin?

The hearing began between Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. The court hearing lasted a total of four days before Kavanaugh was voted in.

Within these four days, the world heard testimonials, grueling questions and the famous line, “I liked beer… I still like beer,” from Kavanaugh himself during the trial.

The trial also sparked the controversy of the # M eTo o m o v e m e n t that started a year ago, and asked the question “what should victimized women and men do in circumstances where the Supreme Court seems to not be on their side?” Dr. Blasey Ford described in detail the occurrences of the night she was supposedly sexually assaulted.

“I was pushed on the bed, and Brett got on top of me and he began running his hands over my body and grinding,” Ford said. “I yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me, and I tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy.”

One of Ford’s accusations stated, “Thirty-five years ago, the other students in the room chose to laug h and look the other way as sexual violence was perpetrated on me by Brett Kavanaugh.

As I watch many of the

senators speak and vote on the floor of the Senate, I feel like I’m right back at Yale, where half the room is laughing and looking the other way.

Only this time, instead of drunk college kids, it is U.S. senators who are deliberately ignoring his behavior. This is how victims are isolated and silenced.”

Kavanaugh was voted in Oct. 6 by a 50 to 48 vo t e . K ava n au g h wa s promptly sworn in by both Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. As the hearing subsided and Kavanaugh was sworn in, President Donald Trump stated his approval.

“He’s going to go down as a totally brilliant Supreme Court justice for many years.” Trump said.

“Women, I feel, were in many ways stronger than the men in this f ig ht.

Women were outraged at what happened to Brett Kavanaugh. Outraged.”

Kavanaugh is now of-

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Brett Kavanaugh, associate justice of the Supreme Court, raises his right hand during a ceremonial swearing-in event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. ficially a Supreme Court Justice and is starting another turn of his life.

He sparked the hashtag #BeersForBrett, which has now become a movement for men who are frustrated with Kavanaugh’s situation. He is seen as unjustly accused and defended himself from a false accusation.

The Supreme Court is now predominantly con-

servative. Republicans have accused the Democratic party of using Blasey as an attempt to give the party another chance of having their candidate elected in the preceding election if Kavanaug h was voted guilty. Kavanaugh believed these accusations, saying the trial was “a calculated and orchestrated political hit” against him.

Now that Kavanaugh is sworn in, Senator Mike Lee, R-UT, said he saw Kavanaugh as, “someone who was seeking sincerely to defend his own record of public service, his own private conduct against great adversity, in circumstances in which he and his family have been dragged through the mud by no choice of their own.”

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of recent topics trending in world or national news.

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1. Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh.

At Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House last Monday evening, President Donald Trump expressed regret for “the terrible pain and suffering” Kavanaugh and his family were “forced to endure.”

Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, got confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice this past Saturday after the United States Senate voted 50 to 48 in favor of his appointment.

E a r l i e r M o n d a y, Trump claimed the accusations were a “hoax set up by the Democrats.”

“You sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent,” Trump said to Kavanaugh.

-CNN Oct. 8 2. Kavanaugh touts all-female unit.

Upon his conf irmation, Kavanaugh became the first Supreme Court Justice in history to hire an all-female team of law clerks.

Invest Continued from B2 “Saturday Nig ht Live” where, after the show, West gave a speech to t h e b e at of h i s s o n g ‘Ghost Town’ following his final performance of the night, wearing his MAGA hat. “ Yo u s e e , t h e y a r e l a u g h i n g a t m e . Yo u heard them, they are screaming at me. They bully me. They bullied me back stage,” West said, referring to the cast of the show. “They said ‘don't go out there with that hat on.’ They bullied me backstage, they bullied me. And then they say I’m in a

Shannon Grammel, former president of the Stanford Law Review; Kim Jackson, who worked with Kavanaugh on the appeals court; Megan Lacey, who was o n t h e W h i t e Ho u s e team that handled Kavanaugh’s nomination; and Sara Nommensen, a former student of Kavanaugh’s from Harvard Law, made up the contingent.

Kavanaugh said that he made the decision to hire an all-female contingent before the sexual-assault accusations against him came into the spotlight.

-Fox News Oct. 8 3. Watchdog presses FEC for audit on Maxine Waters’ fundraising practices.

Representative Maxine Waters, D-C.A., has come under fire regarding an unusual fundraising tactic. The method involves taking in thousands of dollars from California politicians, on the condition they be listed on Waters’ state mailers.

A conservative watchdog group, “The National Legal and Policy Center”, filed a complaint against Waters and her campaign, along with Families and Teachers for Antonio Villaraigosa, to the Federal Election Commission.

Waters’ mailers have been criticized for al-

sunken place.”

West also referenced the media in his speech, questioning if Hollywood really represents the thoughts and beliefs of the nation as a whole.

“90 percent of news is li beral. 90 percent of T.V., L.A., New York, writers, rappers, musicians. So it’s easy to make it seem like it’s so so so one-sided,” West said.

Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, you have to admire West’s courage to speak out against his peers and should take what he says into consideration.

Our country was founded on civil discourse. Different opinions working towards

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James Franco, left, and brother Dave Franco backstage at the 75th Annual Golden Globes in California, Jan. 7. most a decade over payments to Rep. Waters’ daughter, Karen Waters, or Progressive Connections to produce, print and mail sample ballots.

-Fox News Oct. 8 4. Franco accused of assault.

One of James Franco’s former co-stars has accused Franco of physically assaulting her nearly two decades ago.

According to Radar Online, Busy Phillips, who worked with Franco on the 1999, oneseason NBC Sitcom, “ F r e a k s a n d G e e k s ,”

a common goal. When our media and entert a i n m e nt i n d u s t r y i s dominated by one way of thinking, should we not be open and welcoming to other views?

Even if you agree with little to nothing of what West has to say politically, can we not agree that bringing an opposing opinion to our mainstream media and Hollywood is a good thing for the nation as a whole?

West best summarized his speech when he said, in melody, “I feel kind of free. I thought this country said I could be me,” before bringing the entire band back and singing the defiant chorus of Ghost Town, “and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kind of free.”

wrote in her memoir, “This Will Only Hurt A Little,” set to come out Oct. 16.

During a scene involved her gently hitting Franco in the chest, he broke character and created a physical confrontation.

“He grabbed both of my hands and screamed in my face, ‘don’t ever touch me again,’” Phillips wrote. “And he threw me to the ground. Flat on my back. Wind knocked out of me.”

Phillips said Franco was forced to apologize to her the next day, but never faced any discipline for his behavior.

Franco has yet to issue

Listen Continued from B2 nies.

Let me be clear. I am not saying you should not donate money to these causes after the f a c t . I a m s ay i n g we should use our democra cy t o h e l p p reve nt f looding damage and not let corporations profit off natural disasters.

Now, J. J. Wat t , t h e defensive end from the Houston Texans, so famously “raised” money after f looding in Houston last year. Let’s be clear. The people who donated raised that money. Watt just used

a response to the claims.

Five different women have accused Franco of sexual misconduct in the past, and he has denied those accusations.

-RadarOnline.com Oct. 8 5. Former “first daughter” gets married.

Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, married her longtime partner, Craig Louis Coyne, in a private ceremony in Kennebunkport, Maine, Sunday afternoon.

his platform to help raise it and it went viral. I will give him credit for not just handing the money over to the Red Cross, who needed that money to help the people of Texas, and holding onto it until after the NFL season months after the recovery had begun.

Of course, when this new NFL season begins and the NFL continues their ‘football is family’ promotion, guess whose handing water off of the back of a truck, helping lift on the interior of a wall or playing with children? None other than J.J. Watt.

I ’m f i n e w i t h Wa t t helping out as much as he can, as it’s the least he could do after not

The couple read their vows at Walke’s point in front of family, according to a statement released by the office of the 43rd President of the United States.

George W. Bush posted on Instagram: “Barbara is named for a unique and strong woman—and rightly so, because she is unique and strong. @laurawbush and I are so proud of our compassionate, daring, fierce, kind, intelligent, loving daughter. And we’re thrilled to welcome Craig Coyne to the family,” Bush wrote.

-Fox News Oct. 8

getting a sack for a year and half, but the NFL like Walmar t and insurance companies are profiting off that image.

I understand Waynesburg University’s mission of faith, service, and learning, but we could do a greater service to the people in South Carolina than just a dollar a time.

We have two options: first, actually listen to scientists about climate change, because South Carolina isn’t supposed to be getting those kind o f s t o r m s . S e c o n d l y, invest in these poorer communities ahead of time. Even if disaster strikes, there are some preemptive things that can prevent the mass f looding.

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Local school districts receive grants for safety measures LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Two Greene County school districts were recently awarded grants to invest in security upgrades for students and staff.

The Central Greene School District and the Jefferson-Morgan School District were recipients. Joe Orr, superintendent of JeffersonMorgan School District, said the district received close to $12,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education Safe Schools Equipment grant.

“I can’t speak for every school, but obviously most of us are all in the same situation: wanting to provide the most safe and secure environment for your student and your teachers that you can,” said Orr. “Dollars are always tight, so any grant money that can help a school district purchase equipment for safety personnel is definitely a good thing and appreciated.”

Over the years, Orr said Jefferson-Morgan has identified security areas it wants to improve, and with the new grant money, those upgrades can happen - like implementing door barricades.

Luke Goodling, The Yellow Jacket

Jefferson-Morgan and Central Greene school districts both received funding to invest in security updates.

“We wanted to upgrade some things that we are doing in regard to safety and security,” Orr said. “That money is going to be a big help. Specifically, we’ll be using those dollars for what we are called fashion door barricades, or devices that could help secure a door so a potential active shooter or intruder can’t get into your classroom.”

Orr said the grant will allow Jefferson-Morgan to implement 220 door bar-

ricades across two buildings. Additionally, Orr said it would be enough to cover every interior door from classroom to the gymnasium to the library.

Along with bolstering door safety in the buildings, Orr said the school also plans to couple the money with another grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to enhance video surveillance efforts and other safety measures. “[Through] that grant

we’re also doing equipment that’s specific to replacement upgrading of video surveillance throughout the building and improving that, also improved communication and trauma and medical kits for classrooms and buildings,” Orr said. “We’re using a couple of grants for equipment to upgrade the facilities here for our kids.”

The next step in implementing the new safety features, Orr said, will begin with a meeting between the

district’s safety team and formally accepting the grant through the school board.

With the primary goal of getting the door barricades in place as quickly as possible, Orr said he hopes the school can spend the money immediately.

“We think they are important enough to get in and ordered quickly,” Orr said.

“Then, we’re going to look for using some of our other grant money to have those installed by an independent

contractor so they can get to it quickly and get it done on the weekends and it won’t be disruptive to the kids.”

At the end of the day, Orr said they never want to have to employ the door barricades or the other safety features in the school, but it’s always important to keep them up-to-date.

“Obviously, you hope you never have to utilize those plans and so forth,” Orr said.

“But the reality is we got to prepare for it whether it’s going to happen or not.”

Even with the new funding for the school, Orr said they will continue to look for additional grants. He hopes to eventually institute a security guard at JeffersonMorgan through the assistance of a grant.

“We’d love to see a school based police officer or security officer, that’s something that we’ll continue to work for and continue to apply for grant funding and so forth,” Orr said. “I think that would be one of the optimal things that we can do to provide a safe environment for our kids. We got dollars coming in for equipment and that will definitely be helpful and we’re just going to keep plugging away.”

Pastor launches Vineyard celebrates 10 years of success program to combat student absences MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

When the Rev. Ed Peirce arrived in Waynesburg eight years ago, he quickly began talking to local figures, such as Judge Farley D. Toothman, about the possibility of a counseling and remediation school in Greene County.

Last year, eight percent of students in Greene County schools went through truancy cases.

2018 is the first year that a school districts’ funding will be affected by students’ attendance rates.

To combat school absences, Peirce, a pastor at First Baptist Church of Waynesburg and a founding board member of the Coalition for a Brighter Greene, is launching a program to combat student absences.

In Greene County, Peirce said, a student is committing truancy when he or she misses three or more classes without an excuse.

He stated that the main objective of his program is to not only make sure kids are going to class, but also to tackle a deeper issue in Greene County: the opioid crisis.

“The statistics show that without question, one of the greatest forecasting statistics of the delinquency and potential drug use for youth is truancy,” Peirce said. “If [students are] not in schools, then that can lead to all sorts of family issues. Truancy has emerged as one of the first indicators. If there’s a problem in the family or with child, there is dysfunction there, and if they’re not addressed, that would be very problematic.”

At this stage, Peirce has eight certified mediators and is looking to roughly double that number. Peirce recently held a training seminar for volunteers who are considering becoming mediators.

His vision for this program began to materialize in 1979 when he received his doctorate in resolution dispute systems design from Ashland University.

Peirce said that he has been in the field for more than two decades and

while in Ohio, worked to design truancy remediation systems.

Peirce sees truancy as a “very troublesome problem that keeps getting worse.”

While the mediators aren’t final decisionmakers, they will provide guidance for those who are responsible for solving the truancy problem. “[Mediation] allows a representative of the school and the parent and the student in question to collaboratively design a solution to the truancy,” Peirce said.

Greene County schools combat the truancy problem through their own Student Attendance Involvement Programs.

SAIT requires each school to have a conference to determine the complexity of a specific truancy case, or if the student in question is a repeat offender.

Peirce’s program is an option for how the schools will decide to handle each specific case.

Peirce said that absences aren’t the only issue to focus on regarding class attendance “I don’t think it’s just showing up for class,” Peirce said. “It would be ‘are they in school. [or] are they coming to school late?’ It’s up to the schools to determine how they want to use this.”

For Peirce, there is a lot that goes into students not showing up to their classes. He said that as students get older, they stop going to class and start to “take over.”

“The parents [either] don’t know how to handle it, or the parents just don’t have the skills or the resources to adequately cope with that they are facing,” Peirce said. “On top of that, you could have addiction issues, you could have all kinds of family problems.

All of these situations are unique. It’s not a cookie cutter kind of thing. That’s why mediation is such an effective tool because it has the flexibility of addressing all of these sorts of issues.”

The program will officially launch when funding is approved, which Peirce hopes will happen by the end of this year.

Some say wine gets better with age. Celebrating more than ten years of “fruitful” business, the owners of Thistlethwaite Vineyards in Greene County know this from experience, after their homemade wines have been available in their tasting room since 2008.

Duann Thistlethwaite, one of the owners, remembers the days when the business first began.

The first grapes were planted in 2000, but it wasn’t until 2007 when Thistlethwaite Vineyards received its licensing. In 2008, they converted an old stable into a tasting room and they opened for business.

A decade later, Thistlethwaite said she and her husband, Jaime, have seen a lot of success, mostly due to their willingness to change.

“Our business has been on the rise over time,” she said. “In 2014, we refurbished our old barn and moved our winemaking processes from the tasting room to the refurbished barn, so that gave us space for events and activities in the back.”

To celebrate the past ten years of business, the vineyards hosted a weekend of activities spanning from Oct. 5-7.

Friday night’s activities featured a VIP reception for some of Thistlethwaite’s most loyal customers. They had wine tastings, cheese and meat trays and live music.

“It was a fun evening just to be able to compare year to year how the wines have changed and to taste some of them as they’ve aged,” she said.

Saturday included a customer appreciation cookout, which Thistlethwaite said was the least they could do for the support they’ve received over the years.

“It was a little something to give back and say how much we appreciate all of the customers and everybody from the community who supports us,” she said.

“We wouldn’t be here without them.”

The vineyards wrapped up their weekend on Sunday with a “family fun day,” which included hayrides, pumpkins, face painting, a DJ and food from 5 Kidz Kandy.

“It was a great afternoon for everyone to enjoy the outside,” she said.

Thistlethwaite said the vineyards have also experienced their fair share of hardships over the years.

“In the beginning, we had some harsh winters that did damage to the Riesling variety [of grapes] that we

Photo courtesy of Thistlethwaite Vineyards

Learning from Pennsylvania's harsh winters, Thistlethwaite Vineyards began growing a hybrid grape that is more resistant to the cold. planted, and we actually planted fresh hybrid grapes because they’re better in the cold,” she said. “We also have a deer fence that protects our crops from unwanted wildlife.”

Overall, though, Thistlethwaite said the positives

have outweighed the negatives.

“I think we have all grown in being better planners and organizers and realizing that it takes a whole team to accomplish the goals that we’re looking to meet,” she said.

Billy Wayne concert to fight epidemic HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

The Coalition for a Brighter Greene is hosting a free concert Saturday, Oct. 13, featuring Billy Wayne, a contemporary Christian youth musician and speaker. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene, located at 115 Deerfield Lane.

Tom Schlosser, vice president of the Coalition for a Brighter Greene, said one of the coalition’s committees is the interdenominational committee. The committee’s goal, Schlosser said, is to use a faith aspect to “fight the opioid and drug battle” that Greene County is facing.

He said this year presented an opportunity for them to bring someone to the county who puts on a show and speaks about the drug problem in a musical aspect.

“We are constantly trying

to find different ways to engage with the community,” Schlosser said.

Billy Wayne is a minister, a world renowned contemporary Christian vocal artist, a motivation speaker, writer, director, producer and actor.

Jared Edgreen, board member of the Coalition for a Brighter Greene, came up with the idea for the concert, as he remembered Wayne coming to Greene County when he was growing up.

“It left an impression on me, and not just me, but everyone in the community,” Edgreen said. “Really, we haven’t seen that in 10 years or more, him coming back with all the youth getting together.”

Edgreen said they are focused on doing what they can to do away with the drug epidemic in the community. In order to accomplish this, the committee is bringing churches together

to fight the epidemic as a team rather than working independently.

“We believe it’s a possible feat to accomplish,” Edgreen said. “Can we get rid of drugs altogether in our world?

That’s not going to happen.

But getting the epidemic to stop, reverse it and go backwards, is what we are trying to do.”

Schlosser said many of the churches in the community are involved in putting the event together and bringing in a larger audience from the county. Although they have no way of determining how many people will attend, Schlosser said many of those involved in the planning process are hoping for up to a thousand people.

“We’re just kind of trusting the Lord to bring whoever needs to be there,” Schlosser said. “So whether it’s 200 or 1,000, I’m going to think whoever shows up are going

to be the ones who need to be there for the concert.”

Agencies that provide drug and alcohol care will have tables set up at the event to offer material and show people in the community what they offer.

“We just want to be able to offer a concert for the local teenagers and kids and adults also as a healthy environment to come hang out in, but also continued awareness of the problem,” Schlosser said.

Edgreen said because the epidemic is a multi-faceted problem, they need multifaceted methods of fighting it, and bringing Wayne back to the community is one way to do that.

“What Billy Wayne brings is anti-violence, anti-bullying, anti-drug, all of them kind of rolled into one and that’s what we are seeing in our community, it’s all of those things,” Edgreen said.

sports SECTION C

OCTOBER 11, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

Homecoming heroes

Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

Andrew Brncic (left) had a fourth quarter interception, Tyler Perone completed a season-high in passes and JaWuan Jones had 55 yards receiving against the Tartans.

Jackets extend winning streak over CMU, longest since 2014 JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

Two years ago, Garret Guthrie had a chance to kick a game-winning field goal at John F. Wiley Stadium.

In the first game of the 2016 season, Guthrie, then a sophomore, went to kick a 32-yard field goal with a little more than a minute to play and the Yellow Jackets down 17-16 to Muskingum.

The kick went wide left and Waynesburg lost the game. Since then, Guthrie has struggled with injuries and this season, he had to watch from the sidelines for the first five games.

Now, finally healthy and playing before a Homecoming crowd Saturday against Carnegie Mellon, Guthrie again had a chance to win the game for the Jackets. This time, he cashed in, nailing a 35-yarder with less than two minutes on the clock to put Waynesburg ahead 24-21.

Senior safety Andrew Brncic sealed the win with an interception on the Tartans’ ensuing possession, and Waynesburg (3-3, 3-2) won its third straight game for the first time since 2014.

“I’m not the same kicker as I was two

years ago,” Guthrie said. ‘‘When we come together as a team, we bring ourselves up.”

Head coach Chris Smithley said that going with Guthrie over freshman Garrett Horne, who had started Waynesburg’s first five games, had to do with Guthrie’s experience and dedication.

“He cares dearly about this football pro-

“I'm not the same kicker as I was two years ago. When we come together as a team, we bring ourselves up.”

GARRET GUTHRIE

Kicker

gram,” Smithley said. “He came off the injury and he got healthy, and we felt that he was kicking the ball well in practice. I’m always going to go with the senior in that respect.”

The Jackets drew first blood right away to begin the game. Junior quarterback Tyler Perone led a seven-play, 74-yard drive that ended with Perone’s first rushing touch-

down of the season from 13-yards out. Perone went 3-3 passing with 44 yards on the drive and rushed for 19 more yards on two carries. Guthrie’s extra point was good, and Waynesburg led, 7-0.

After the defense forced a three-andout, Perone kept the offense moving. The Jackets started the drive in Tartans’ territory and took advantage with an eight-play, 43-yard scoring drive that ended with a six yard rushing touchdown by junior running back Chad Walker, who ended the day with 61 yards on 17 carries. With 5:22 to play in the first quarter, Waynesburg was out to its biggest lead of the season at 14-0.

The Yellow Jackets’ defense also came up big in the first quarter. After the Jackets went up by 14, the Tartans (2-1, 1-3) responded by driving the ball down to the Waynesburg 1-yard line. On fourth-andgoal, head coach Rich Lackner decided to go for it, and senior linebacker Logan Eller stopped junior running back Chris Haas at the goal line to keep the game at 14-0.

Carnegie Mellon threatened again on its next possession, driving to the Waynesburg 21-yard line. Once again, the defense

Interception, field goal in 4th quarter solidifies win TYLER GODWIN

Assistant Sports Editor

The Waynesburg University football team is currently in the midst of its longest win streak since the 2014 season, when the Jackets went 8-3.

After starting the season 0-3, a 10-7 win over Geneva helped jumpstart a team that desperately needed a spark, especially on the offensive side of the ball and just overall as STREAK >> C3

WIN >> C4

Pair honored by Women move up in regional rankings PAC for impact in last three games MIKE TRAX

For The Yellow Jacket

got his first shutout of the season against Saint Vincent.

The Waynesburg UniDolan was forced into versity men’s soccer team action last season when had t wo players g iven junior goalkeeper James Presidents’ Athletic Con- Snyder went down with an ference (PAC) awards for injury. Dolan started seven the week of Oct. 1. games last season and has Adam Dolan, sopho- started every game so far more goalkeeper of the this season.

Yellow Jackets (4-7, 1-1), “I didn’t know I was goreceived Defening to have the sive, Goalkeeper star ting spot,” of the Week and said Dolan. “I Thomas Robinbusted my butt s o n , f re s h m a n in the offseason midf ielder for and hoped that I the Yellow Jackcould just come ets, won Rookie in here and play of the Week. my best.”

“I was really Dolan is curexcited when I rently ranked first found out,” Robinson third in the PAC said Dolan. “I in shutouts. think that the defensive Robinson won the Rookaward shouldn’t have been ie of the Week award for an individual thing. When his two-goal performance the goalie has a good de- against Saint Vincent. fensive game, that means Robinson also had three the whole team had a good shots on goal in the game defensive game.” against Mount Union.

Dolan won the award “I didn’t even know what based on the Yellow Jack- this award was until my ets games against the Uni- high school friends started versity of Mount Union re-tweeting it,” said RobRaiders and Saint Vincent inson. “Once I found out College Bearcats. Through I was really excited, and the two games, Dolan al- I noticed people started lowed just one goal and had 10 saves. Dolan also AWARDS >> C2

TYLER SUMMERS For The Yellow Jacket

After having a weekend off, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team was back in action.

This past Saturday, the Yellow Jackets competed in the DeSales Invitational in Center Valley. The team placed fifth out of 27 teams.

Head coach Chris Hardie was happy with the team’s performance as whole.

“The team ran really good at DeSales,” said Hardie. “We got to see how we stacked up against the four regional teams that were there and I was happy with the outcome we got.”

Out of the 27 teams that were at the meet, five teams, including Waynesburg, are in the top ten of the region.

“We beat one of the teams and then the other three teams barely beat us,” said Hardie. “Now we know we can get a top-five spot for when the regional meet comes around.”

Waynesburg is currently ranked 10th regionally, but Hardie believes that his team can improve to a top five regional team.

With the regional meet being held in Center Valley, Hardie has mixed emotions about the team’s future.

“The team got to preview the course a couple of times, so they will be

Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott

The women's cross country team competed at DeSales University last week and placed fifth out of 27 teams with freshman Aubrey Wingeart crossing the line first at 23:37. ready,” said Hardie. “But the team still needs to get a little faster if we want to be where we want.”

Wi th a multi tude of high-caliber runners at the meet, consisting of 268 competitors, the Yellow Jackets were able to place six girls in the top 100.

The weekend off gave the Yellow Jackets some time to recover, which played a key role in the impressive performance this weekend.

“I think a week off at

this time of the year always helps,” said Hardie.

“They have been working really hard, so the week off recharged them which helped them a lot for this meet.”

The Yellow Jackets were led by two freshman runners, Aubrey Wingeart and Gloria Reed. Wingeart was the 15th runner to cross the finish line, with Reed following right behind her in 16th place.

Wingeart has consistently been a top runner

for the Yellow Jackets, but as the season progresses more runners are becoming standouts. Reed was one of these athletes to catch Hardie’s attention this week in the process.

“Reed ran very well, she was just a few seconds behind Aubrey,” said Hardie.

“We knew she was capable of running this good, we just haven’t seen it before so that was great to see.”

Reed contributes her WXC >> C3

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Tennis swept by Jackets finish 11th in competitive field Bethany in home conference match CHARLES POINDEXTER For The Yellow Jacket

GREG FIKE

For The Yellow Jacket

For the Waynesburg University women’s tennis team and head coach Ron Headlee, this one can just be chalked up to a bad day at the office.

The Yellow Jackets lost to Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponent Bethany 9-0 Monday afternoon, and it wasn’t the outcome Headlee was hoping for or expected.

“We just came out flat today,” said Headlee. “We were in a lot of matches, but we just couldn’t pull any out.”

Headlee gave credit to the Bison and said that they deserved to win this match with how well they played overall, pushing the Yellow Jackets to make mistakes all afternoon.

“They were forcing us to make errors,” said Headlee.

“We also committed a lot of unforced errors, but they were the better team today.”

Freshman Kyleig h Schmidt played in the number one singles spot for Headlee and came close to taking a set in her match, but came up just shy as she fell 7-5, 6-0.

“Kyleigh played really well today,” said Headlee.

“She lost a close game.”

Schmidt teamed up with junior Noelle Hughes on the number one doubles team and they fell 8-0 both

games.

Hughes said that she felt she played a good game today, just not good enough as she didn’t have an answer for Bethany’s attacks.

“I liked my service game today,” said Hughes. “I didn’t double fault. But they were doing a good job of keeping themselves in the

“We were letting the other girls control the points.

We have to be more consistent..."

NOELLE HUGHES

Tennis player

points. They deserved to win.”

Hughes said that she feels Bethany isn’t too far ahead of the Yellow Jackets, they were just much better on that specific day.

“We just weren’t getting our shots in today,” said Hughes. “We were letting the other girls control the points. We have to be more consistent and have more confidence in our shots.”

The team is hoping to get some good weather in the upcoming week so they can get on the courts and work on some things before next week’s PAC tournament.

Hughes said the amount TENNIS >> C3

In a competitive field f illed wi th Division II teams, the men’s cross country team managed to place in the top 15 overall.

The Jackets returned from Center Valley where they competed at the DeSales Invitational Saturday, Oct. 6 and finished 11th place out of 26 teams.

The performance by the men was noticed by the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, with two runners from Waynesburg winning individual awards.

For the Jackets, sophomore Nate Jecelin was named PAC men’s cross country Runner of the Week and freshman Silas Mays earned the title of PAC men’s cross county Rookie of the Week.

From the perspective of head coach Chris Hardie, the Yellow Jackets put on a strong performance with the entire team finishing in the top half of the invi-

Awards Continued from C1 recognizing me. If I keep working hard I can get higher awards and more people will recognize me.”

Robinson is currently second on the team and eighth in the conference in goals with four as of Oct. 9.

Robinson, a Mount Lebanon High School graduate, said he was drawn to

Photo courtesy of Patty Kacynski Scott

Nate Jecelin led the Yellow Jackets at DeSales, finishing at 27:41. For his efforts, he was awarded PAC men's cross country Runner of the Week. tational.

“We were happy with the placing as a team, they ran really well,” said Hardie. “We had a strategy go-

ing into it and the majority of them implemented it really well.”

In the race, Jecelin finished first for the Yellow

Jackets with a time of 27:41. For Hardie, Jecelin’s performance was a testa-

Waynesburg beschool.” cause of his love Men’s soccer of soccer. head coach Brad “When I came Heethuis said he here I knew not knew Robinson many people would be an asfrom my high set to the team school were immediately. looking into col“ We didn’t lege soccer, so know if he would I was just really be starting right hoping for the Dolan of f t h e b at o r best,” said Robcoming off the inson. “I found out about b e n c h , b u t w e k n e w Waynesburg through soc- he could help us,” said cer from visits my junior Heethuis. “He has a high and senior years of high soccer IQ, good technical

ability, he is very versatile and can play a few different places for us.”

After having a week off, the Yellow Jackets hosted the Bethany Bison on Wednesday night, but the result of the game was determined past print of this issue.

Waynesburg will play its next game on Saturday against the Thiel Tomcats (5-7-1, 1-1-1), and then have four more games in the PAC to finish off the season.

MXC >> C4

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS Wash. & Jeff Case Western Reserve Bethany Waynesburg Westminster Geneva Grove City Carnegie Mellon Saint Vincent Thiel

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 5-0 6-0 3-1 4-1 3-2 3-3 3-2 3-3 3-2 3-3 2-2 2-3 2-3 3-3 1-3 2-3 1-3 1-4 0-5 0-6

Saturday’s Box Score

CARNEGIE MELLON 21, WAYNESBURG 24 Carnegie Mel. 0 14 7 0 21 Waynesburg 14 0 0 10 24

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WAY - Tyler Perone 13 yd TD run (Garrett Guthhrie PAT), 10:39; WAY - Chad Walker 6 yd TD run (Garret Guthrie PAT), 05:22.

Second Quarter: CMU - Karl Kumm 5 yd TD pass from Alex Cline (Brandond Nguyen PAT), 06:05; CMU - Chris Haas 3 yd TD run (Brandon Nguyen PAT), 02:14.

Third Quarter: CMU - Alex Cline 1 yd TD run (Brandon Nguyen PAT), 10:01.

Fourth Quarter: WAY - Dozhay Crumb 11 yd TD pass from Tyler Perone (Guthrie PAT), 10:08; WAY - Garret Guthrie 35 yd field goal, 01:56.

STANDINGS Grove City Geneva Westminster Thiel Bethany Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff.

Saint Vincent

Conf. Overall 1-0 8-1-3 2-1 5-5-1 1-1 7-3 1-1-1 5-7-1 1-1 4-7-2 1-1 4-7 1-1 3-7-1 0-2-1 1-10-1

Saturday’s Box Score

WESTMINSTER 4, WAYNESBURG 0 Westminster 3 1 4 Waynesburg 0 0 0

Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Walker.................................... 17 61 1 Perone...................................... 7 18 1 Waynesburg receiving

REC YDS TD Booth................................. 7 75 0 Moretti................................. 5 57 0 Crumb................................. 2 18 1 Carnegie Mellon passing COM ATT YDS TD Cline................... 15 26 161 1 Carnegie Mellon rushing

ATT YDS TD Haas........................................... 20 65 1 Cline........................................... 6 23 1 Carnegie Mellon receiving

REC YDS TD Kumm........................................ 5 78 1

RECENT RESULTS

Overtime: WES - Goal by Kayla Trozzi, (Assist by Josephine Barnhart), 96:34.

Saturday, October 6: Saint Vincent 1, Thiel 1; Westminster 1, Geneva 2.

Friday, October 5: Wash. & Jeff. 1, Grove City 2.

Wednesday, October 3: Geneva 4, Saint Vinent 0; Waynesburg 0, Westminster 4; Bethany 1, Thiel 2.

UPCOMING GAMES

Second Half: WAY - Goal by Teagan Jenner, 75:27.

RECENT RESULTS Saturday, October 6: Westminster 1, Geneva 0; Saint Vincent 3, Thiel 3; Chatham 7, Bethany 7.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Conf. Overall Westminster Bethany Wash. & Jeff.

Grove City Geneva Saint Vincent Thiel Chatham Waynesburg Left off here

9-0 22-1 7-2 14-8 7-2 11-9 5-4 5-13 4-5 10-9 4-5 8-11 3-5 10-13 1-8 5-15 0-9 4-17

Thursday's Box Score

WAYNESBURG 3, LA ROCHE 1 La Roche 25 16 23 18 Waynesburg 17 25 25 25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (UPG) Waynesburg Kills

Wylie.............................................................17 Waynesburg Assists Zuchelli..........................................................49 Waynesburg Digs Guiser.............................................................21

Friday, October 5: Wash. & Jeff. 0, Grove City 2.

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, October 12: Geneva at Wash. & Jeff. - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 10: Grove City at Geneva - 1:30 p.m.; Bethany at Waynesburg - 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 6: Chatham 1, Bethany 3; Chatham 0, Westminster 3; SUNY Canton 2, Thiel 3; Thie 3, Pitt-

Friday, October 12: Geneva at Wash. & Jeff. - 7 p.m.

Bradford 2; Westminster 3, Bethany 1.

Saturday, October 13: Westminster at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Bethany - 3 p.m.; Waynesburg at Thiel - 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 9: Chatham at Wash. & Jeff. - 7 p.m.; Thiel at Westminster - 7:30 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 6 DeSales Invitational 1. Dickinson 88 pts.;11. Waynesburg, 323 pts.

Saturday, September 22 Waynesburg Invitational 1. Wash. & Jeff., 33 pts.; 2. Geneva, 70 pts.; 4. Waynesburg, 89 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, October 13: Waynesburg, Wash. & Jeff., Saint Vincent, Geneva, Westminster, Bethany, Chatham, Grove City, and Thiel @ Oberlin: Inter-Regional Rumble - 10:30 a.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 6 DeSales Invitational 1. PSU Berks 74 pts.; 5. Waynesburg, 162 pts.

Wednesday, October 3: Bethany 0, Thiel 1; Grove City 1, Chatham 0; Waynesburg 2, Westminster 3.

Wednesday, October 10: Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.; Thiel at Westminster - 7:30 p.m.; Bethany at Waynesburg - 8 p.m.

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, October 5: Wash. & Jeff. 3, Saint Vincent 1; La Roche 1, Waynesburg 3.

Saturday, October 13:Waynesburg at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 3 p.m.

Saturday, September 22: Waynesburg Invitational 1. Waynesburg, 44 pts.; 2. Grove City, 64 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Iregui, 33, WES; Mattocks, 30, WES; O' =Halloran, 33, GEN. GOALS: Iregui, 11, WES; Mattocks, 7, WES; Oliver, 6, THI ASSISTS: O'Halloran, 5, GEN; Broadwick, 4, GEN; Iregui, 4, WES. SAVES: Conrad, 70, THI; Stasko, 53, Wash. & Jeff.; Grether, 53, BET.

Case Western Res. 36, Wash. & Jeff. 44; Thiel 13, Saint Vincent 35; Carnegie Mellon 21, Waynesburg24; Westminster 3, Grove City 36; Bethany 26, Geneva 20.

GOALS: Marsh, 7, SVC; Chambers, 7, BET; Schoeneweis, 7, GEN.

Saturday, October 13 Waynesburg at Grove City - 1:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Case Western Res. - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Carnegie Mellon - 1 p.m.; Geneva at Wash. & Jeff. - 2 p.m.

WESTMINSTER 3, WAYNESBURG 2 Westminster 2 0 1 3 Waynesburg 1 1 0 2 First Half: WAY - Goal by Jill Moyer, 14:01; WES - Goal

by Ashley Frank, (Assist by Regan Moorhouse), 23:33; WES - Goal by Regan Moorhouse, (Assist by Keely Birsic), 41:33.

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday's Box Score

Conf. Overall 3-0 10-3 2-0 9-3 2-1 6-6 1-1-1 2-8-3 1-1 5-3-2 1-1 4-6-2 1-2 7-4 0-2-1 4-6-1 0-3 3-8

First Half: WES - Goal scored by Nick Iregui, 02:46; WES - Goal by Sam Accordino, 14:13; WES -Goal by Justin Brandt, 32:05.

Second Half: WES - Goal by Paul Kellar, 89:12.

RECENT RESULTS Saturday, October 6

STANDINGS Westminster Grove City Geneva Thiel Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff.

Chatham Saint Vincent Bethany

SCORE RECAP

SCORE RECAP

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone................ 22 41 222 1

WOMEN’S SOCCER

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

KILLS: Sparks, 320, BET; Saxton, 262, WES; DeGeorge, 239, WES. ASSISTS: O'Brien, 708, W&J; Grubbs, 638, THI; Hunsinger, 551, GEN. BLOCKS: Lydic, 59, W&J; Adelman, 53, WES; Jacques, 52, W&J. DIGS: Moore, 453, WES; Parker, 444, BET; Allen, 370, THI.

UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday, October 9: Waynesburg at Bethany - 7 p.m.; Chatham at Wash. & Jeff. - 7 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City - 7 p.m.; Geneva at Saint Vincent Thursday, October 11: Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Chatham - 7 p.m.; Wash. & Jeff. at Thiel 7 p.m.; Westminster at Waynesburg - 7 p.m.

POINTS: Schoeneweis, 23, GEN; Burke, 17, GC; Chambers, 16, BET.

Saturday, October 13: Waynesburg, Westminster, Wash. & Jeff., Chatham, Saint Vincent, Geneva, and Bethany @ Oberlin: Inter-Regional Rumble - 10:30 a.m.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Adams, 1742, WJC; Saxton, 1597, CWR; Cline, 1108, CMU. RUSHING YARDS: Schools, 841, GRO; Marshall, 783, GEN; West, 691, WJC. TACKLES: Henry, 87, SVC; Maines, 57, THI; Gonzalez, 55, WES.

ASSISTS: Schoeneweis, 9, GEN; Heckman, 6, GC; Burke, 5, GC.

SACKS: Gray, 5, SVC; Tran, 3, CMU; Williams, 3.5, WJC. INTERCEPTIONS: Cann, 5, GEN; Queen, 4, WJC; Quattrone, 2, WJC.

SAVES: Tresler, 65, THI; Watins, 64, Wash. & Jeff.; Syfert, 63, WAY.

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan

Carmichaels

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

Football

Football

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JEFFERSON-MORGAN 8, RIVERVIEW 19 Jefferson-Morgan 0 0 0 8 - 8 Riverview 6 0 6 7 - 19

WASHINGTON 65, CAMRMICHAELS 0 Carmichaels 0 0 0 0 - 0 Washington 22 21 8 14 - 65

GREENSBURG CC 43, MAPLETOWN 6 Greensburg CC 21 14 8 0 - 43 Mapletown 0 0 0 6 -6

QUAKER VALLEY 46, WAYNESBURG 14 Waynesburg 0 14 0 0 - 14 Quaker Valley 20 6 6 14 - 46

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

West Greene Football

Friday’s Box Score

WEST GREENE 14, CALIFORNIA 24 West Greene 8 0 6 0 - 14 California 16 0 0 8 - 24

The Jefferson-Morgan Rockets travlesed to Riverview for another tough out of conference test. Riverview struck first in the game, with a 55-yard TD pass from Ryan Alber to jump out to a quick 6-0 lead. The Rockets defense looked good, but Riverview's was too much to handle. J-Mo was shut down in the first three quarters, but scored a late irrelevant touchdown to fall by a final score of 19-8.

Friday was a night under the lights the Mighty Mikes are sure to forget. Carmichaels did not stand a chance against Washington on Friday night when they stepped on the field. Washington had a very good start putting up 23 points in the first half.

Washington continued to add-on, and their defense continued to flourish, and Washington won 65-0.

Coming off their 48-0 loss to Chartiers-Houston, the Maples went into Greensburg Central Catholic in desoerate need of a big win. GCC got out to a quick lead scoring 21 in the first quarter, and another 14 in the second. GCC shut down the Maples until the fourth quarter when Brandon Donley connected with Lance Stevenson on a late, desparate 73-yard TD pass.

Waynesburg Central played host to the defending state champion Quaker Valley Quakers on friday night when they looked to put an end to their 5-game losing streak. The state champion Quakers were too much to handle from the start.

Scoring 20 in the first quarter and holding the Raiders to 0 points in three of the four quarters. Quaker Valley got another impressive win, winning in Wayneburg by a score of 46-14.

The West Greene Pioneers, who going into friday night had a 5 game winning streak to protect, had their work cut out for them in a showdown against the red hot Trojans of California.

Phenom Jelani Stafford scored teice for the Trojans, and Ben Jackson scored twice for the Pioneers. Lucas Qualk connected for California with the late 26-yard TD pass to seal the game, and a 24-14 win for the Calfornia Trojans.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

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Jackets draw on local schools for talent acquisition JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team is off to a 5-3-2 start.

Two of the biggest reasons for the Jackets’ success are sophomore forward Emily Hill, who leads the team with four goals, and junior goalkeeper Courtney Syfert, who’s allowed just 14 goals in 10 games thus far.

Both Hill and Syfert were familiar with each other well before arriving at Waynesburg, having played soccer together since middle school and through four years at Richland High School in Johnstown.

When Hill arrived at Waynesburg University last fall, Syfert had been at Waynesburg for a year, and Hill was excited to be reunited with her former teammate.

“It was pretty great,” Hill said. “[I] knew coming in that I’d at least know somebody [at Waynesburg]. I’d played with Courtney for almost my whole life, so it was really cool to continue playing soccer with her and extending my career.”

Hill and Syfert are part of a large network of players from the eastern part of Pennsylvania. Those two, along with sophomore defender Emily Facci—who

is one of Syfert’s roommates—all played at Richland. Freshman midfielder Lea Holtz is also from Johnstown and played for one of Richland’s rivals, Bishop-McCourt. Sophomore forward Amelia Beland; who developed a close friendship with Hill in high school, is from Bedford. Sophomore midfielder Maddie Walker is from Shanksville, which is roughly 20 minutes away from Somerset.

Head coach L aura Heethuis said that junior midfielder Teagan Jenner, a native of Berlin, Pennsylvania, was among her first recruits from the area. Since then, Heethuis has developed a bond with schools that are located in eastern Pennsylvania.

“Anywhere you start to recruit, you start to build relationships,” Heethuis said. “Whether those relationships are with players and their friends that are still in high school, or if it’s relationships with coaches.

I have a really good relationship with Richland, Somerset, Bedford, those coaches that I try to keep in contact with next year about kids to keep watching.”

Several members of the team knew each other in high school not as teammates, but opponents. Sy-

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Head coach Laura Heethuis has connections with regional high schools, which help her in recruiting each year for the soccer team. fert and junior defender Hannah Sembower, who went to Somerset High School, played against each other frequently. The two developed a friendship in high school, and when they arrived at Waynesburg in the fall of 2016, they roomed together.

Syfert was happy that the two finally had a chance to play on the same team at Waynesburg.

“It was definitely exciting,” she said. “You go from being [rivals] and then be-

come teammates so you know their style of play. It was cool to actually get a chance to finally play with her instead of against her.”

Like Syfert and Sembower, Hill and Beland were both opponents in high school. Having developed a friendship before coming to Waynesburg last fall, Hill feels that her and Beland, as well as others from the area, now being on the same team has strengthened their bond.

“You look at them not

as a rival, but a teammate,” Hill said. “So it’s really cool to get to know them more as a person and you’re the relationship is growing.”

Both Beland, Holtz and Sembower all played for rival schools before coming to Waynesburg, and were familiar with each other to the point where when Holtz visited Waynesburg while still in high school, she recognized Sembower from their high school days.

Earlier this season, the

Light schedule allows team to prepare Tennis Women play just two games in two weeks mid-season RAY PAQUET

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With Presidents’ Athletic Conference play just a couple weeks in, the Waynesburg women’s soccer team has only had a total of two games in a two-week span, while other teams in the PAC have had a total of three games in the past two weeks.

Head coach Laura Heethuis doesn’t see the time off as a

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“I def initely think it helped,” said Reed. “Sometimes our bodies need a rest so it can recuperate from the workouts we have had before.”

Even though Reed had a solid performance, she still believes there can be more improvement.

“I definitely think I could have been more conservative on the first mile,” said Reed. “At the end, I was exhausted, so there is always

detriment to the team.

“It’s been okay, we have had a little break here, the girls don’t have a break during the fall break,” said Heethuis.

“So, it was really nice having a break this past weekend to rest their minds and focus on school.”

With having a heavy workload thanks to eight nonconference games to start the season, having fewer games as of late has helped give the Yel-

room for more improvement.”

Other key performers at the meet were sophomores Nichole Shelton, Becca Volz and Gianna Pugliano, as well as freshman Monica Kolencik.

Following such an impressive meet, both Wingeart and Reed received a Presidents’ Athletic Conference award in the women’s cross country category.

Wingeart received the Athlete of the Week award and Reed received Rookie of the Week.

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low Jackets time to relax and catch up on their school work.

“Any season that you have is a marathon, not a sprint,” said Heethuis. “[We are] definitely hitting mile 16 or 17, so there are some girls that are banged up and there are some girls that are, school-wise, mentally exhausted. So, we are giving them a couple days off to rest the bodies and [give them] extra time in the classroom.”

The extended rest has helped the team to recover from being banged up and or rehabbing from certain injuries thanks in large part to the spaced-out PAC conference

schedule it has this season.

For players on the team, it gives them extra time to go over previous games and analyze what they need to improve on for the rest of the season.

“I kind of like it a lot,” said senior defender McKenzie Shaffer. “Because it gives us a chance to review after each game with what we struggled with and gives us a chance to build on that, to get better as a whole group and make any changes that needs to be change.”

WSOC >> C4

Continued from C2 of rain in the Waynesburg area lately has forced the team to practice a lot indoors. She thinks that the difference between indoor and outdoor preparation may have helped contribute to some of the inconsistencies in the match.

“It’s been hit or miss with practices lately and you could tell with our play,” said Hughes. “With the rain we’ve had, we’ve had to move a lot of practices indoors in the gym. We work on hitting and things

Streak Continued from C1 a team in the second half.

Heading into a stretch of three consecutive road games that begins Saturday at Grove City, the Yellow Jackets are riding a threegame win streak that have each been decided by a field goal. For head coach Chris Smithley, the team’s jump the past three weeks is a testament to the mentality he’s trying to establish.

“I think it’s just keeping the course and just keeping our focus on what we need to take care of on our end as opposed to focusing on what our opponents are doing or what anybody else is doing,” he said. “I think that alone has helped us to really work through some of this adversity that we face in some of these games and to be able to overcome it rather than in the first couple of games where we didn’t necessarily overcome that adversity.”

After allowing just 252 yards of offense against Carnegie Mellon this past week, Waynesburg sits atop the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in total defense—giving up just 278.2 yards per contest.

Offensively, Smithley knows the team has a way to go to get to where he wants it to be, but said the offense is doing enough based on the strong defensive play to scratch out wins.

“It’s been more of us offensively matching the defensive efforts in the second half,” said Smithley. “I think the defense has been

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Head coach Chris Smithley feels the team is more balanced compared to recent years. playing well. Every now and then they have minor breakdowns, but their effort and how hard they’re playing the game kind of compensates for some of those hiccups we have. We’re playing really good defense and that’s been a backbone to our success right now.”

Another reason for the win streak lies in the arm— and occasionally legs—of junior quarterback Tyler Perone. Over the past three games, Perone has turned the ball over just once via interception, while throwing three touchdown passes and rushing for another touchdown.

In his last 18 games played, Perone threw 19 interceptions. While Smithley said there are still small adjustments the Seton Hill transfer needs to make, he feels Perone is getting much more comfortable each week.

“He’s taking his chances when he knows it’s the right time to take the chances,” said Smithley. “I think that that stretches defenses out, it makes them nervous about you stretching them vertically. I definitely think that we take plenty of shots down the field to make people on edge.”

Another key in the Yellow

Yellow Jackets were shorthanded on defense, and Sembower knew that Holtz, normally a midfielder, was capable of defending since she had done it at BishopMcCourt. Since then, Holtz has started two games for the Jackets as a freshman.

Sembower feels that those on the team who were familiar with each other before coming to Waynesburg know the capabilities of one another, and that has helped the program.

“That’s definitely something that helped,” Sembower said. “Not just with the [team] chemistry, but that we know how each other plays and the playing styles that we came from.”

For Heethuis, players who developed a relationship before coming to Waynesburg having a chance to continue that bond is unique, and will benefit the program going forward.

“It’s really exciting to see a group of girls that knew each other coming and that kind of set a foundation of what it means to be on a team here at Waynesburg and what our culture is going to be,” Heethuis said.

“So they’ve helped those freshman kind of learn the ropes so to speak. That’s really helped with relationships on and off the field.

like that, but the lighting is different, the floor is different from the courts. So, it’s harder to transition to the courts.”

The Yellow Jackets hope to get healthy and get a full squad ready for their final match Wednesday, Oct. 10 passed the paper’s publication date.

Freshman Abigail Stahl missed Monday’s match due to an undisclosed injury.

“We just have to get back to practice and work on getting better,” said Hughes. “It was a little discouraging losing today’s match like we did, some players felt they played well some felt they didn’t.”

Jackets’ ascend to .500 has been the balanced distribution of the football, according to Smithley. Over the last three games, three different receivers have paced the team in catches and yards. Each game has also featured at least four receivers with multiple catches in the game.

With receivers like sophomores JaWuan Jones and Cole Booth, juniors Nick Moretti and Bobby Grishaber, and even freshman Dozhay Crumb, who caught the game-tying touchdown against Carnegie Mellon, among others, the Jackets have plenty of options.

“We’re really balanced with who’s touching the ball. All of our guys that are playing are touching the football,” Smithley said.

“Everybody is playing a major role in what we’re doing, which I can’t explain how important that is because those guys are just feeding off each other and they’re all excited because they all know they’re going to be major role players in each game that we play.”

As the team looks to extend its win streak to four games, which was last done in 2014, Smithley continues to see his team grinding to give themselves the best opportunity each week.

“I think that the guys are really coming together as a team and when things are getting tough they’re still playing as a team,” said Smithley. “They’re just staying the course and they’re just doing what they need to do to help us win games.

That’s why you see us come together here these last couple weeks and we just find a way to win.”

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OCTOBER 11, 2018 WEEK SEVEN FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GROVE CITY COLLEGE

Jackets begin 3-game road trip at Grove City College BRANDON ROSSI For The Yellow Jacket

After coming off of another come-from-behind victory, this time over the Carnegie Mellon University Tartans, optimism is high for the Yellow Jackets heading into the rest of the season.

“It f inally seems like we’ve got some guys stepping up and we’re finally starting to click together,” said junior quarterback Tyler Perone. “Over the past couple of years when the team falls behind, everybody seems down. But recently, especially over these past three games, we’ve continued to barrel forward and continue to fight.”

Continuing to fight is something Perone has done throughout his college career. A transfer from Seton Hill University, he ignited a quarterback mix

up following the 2016 season which saw him move into the starting role after Jake Dougherty broke his collarbone. After going 0-7 to begin the 2017 season and getting benched for the final three games, the change up rolled over into the 2018 campaign.

Perone responded by winning his first games in which he started in his collegiate career, posting a season-high 222 yards in the win against Carnegie Mellon. His performance was the third highest in his career, and the most since week seven of 2016.

“I needed those wins for my self-confidence,” said Perone. “It was something that has been plaguing me.

I couldn’t seem to find myself on the winning end of things and that has finally seemed to change.”

The coaching staff has also taken notice in the improvements.

Waynesburg University YELLOW JACKETS Last Game - WAY 24 CMU 21 Record 3-3 (3-2)

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Last Meeting - September 30, 2017 GCC 21 WAY 14 “[Perone] is not getting fazed because he’s feeling more comfortable with the routes, the different schemes, and getting comfortable in the pocket,” said head coach Chris Smithley. “We’ve been taking some different routes in practices to make him more comfortable and he has gotten a better understanding [of the defense].

We’ll do whatever it takes to win, and if he threw the ball 15 or 60 times I’d

be confident in [Perone’s] ability.”

A team that Perone has historically struggled with has been the Grove City College Wolverines, which is Waynesburg’s opponent this coming week. Last year, Perone was intercepted three times by the Grove City defense in the fourth quarter, leading to an eventual Wolverine win.

“They have a little bit of a different scheme than last year,” Perone said.

“They’re a good football team and they proved that by beating Carnegie Mellon and Westminster.”

Grove City has been a team on the rise and the Presidents’ Athletic Conference has taken notice.

T h e Wo l v e r i n e s w e r e picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll.

Despite starting 0-3 to begin conference play, Grove Ci t y picked up consecutive wins over Carnegie Mellon and

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and some bad, but I think that as time went on we battled well,” said Purbaugh.

“We finished well as a team and we are going to work over the winter so that our momentum keeps up.”

Jones believes that his team is in the best position in a long time that it can compete to improve its standings.

“The goal for spring is the same as it was for the fall,” said Jones. “We are always going to be looking to improve.”

ment to his training.

“Jecelin was our top guy, he’s been training really well,” said Hardie. “He has been training at a really high level these last few weeks.”

Jecelin placed 45th out of 263 competitors, crossing the finish line first for the Jackets. Another sophomore runner who placed in the top three for the Yellow Jackets was Matt Durgin, who placed second for the Jackets and 62nd overall in the race with a time of 28:28.8.

With a strong ability to adjust and maneuver the course, Durgin said Jecelin helped the team place in the top 15 this week. “[Jecelin] ran pretty conservative up front at first and he really ran the hills well,” said Durgin. “I think as a team we ran pretty well as we finished 11th out of 25 teams – that was a good thing we did this week.”

Other runners for Waynesburg University in the top seven included sophomores Jordan Payne and Mac Colomb. For the Jackets, Payne finished

66th overall while Colomb finished 71st.

According to Hardie, Payne’s execution of the game plan allowed him to place well within the team.

“Payne strategically did really well throug hout the race and his placement was really well,” said Hardie.

Rounding out the top seven on the team included sophomore Kyle Warmbein, freshman Silas Mays and junior Jared Scott.

Despite the strong performance from the team, Durgin said there is still room for improvement for future invitationals.

“I believe I could have ran as a pack more,” said Durgin. “We were a little more spread out in our times this past weekend. I think if we just got our first place through fifth place [to finish] a little closer, that would have helped us perform better.”

With the NCA A Division III Mideast Regional Invitational being hosted at DeSales later in November, Hardie said it was important for the team to get experience on the course before the event.

Next, the team will travel to Oberlin, Ohio to compete in the Oberlin InterRegional Rumble Saturday, Oct. 13.

ing to our guys what it was going to take to win, and they responded and made it happen.”

The Tartans took the lead on the first possession of the second half, with a one-yard run by Cline ending a 10-play, 60yard possession. Cline finished the day going 15-26 with 161 yards along with a passing touchdown, a rushing touchdown and two interceptions. Neither team scored for the rest of the third quarter, and after starting the game with consecutive touchdowns, Waynesburg went more than a half of football game without putting up any points.

“We went out there and we took it to them the first two drives,” Perone said.

“It’s a shame we couldn’t continue that behavior because the game probably wouldn’t have been as close…hopefully next week we come out and we score [on] three or four drives in a row and it’s a different football game.”

With 4:22 left and the contest tied at 21, Waynesburg took over at the Carnegie Mellon 48, aided by a 10-yard penalty on a punt return. A 19-yard pass from Perone to sophomore receiver Cole Booth and an eight-yard run by Walker put the Jackets at the Tartans’ 21, and on

third-and-two, Walker ran for 15 more yards to set Waynesburg up with a first-and-goal at the six.

It briefly looked like the Jackets took the lead when Perone hit Booth in the end zone on a third-andgoal from the eight, but a holding penalty pushed the ball back to the 18-yard line. From there, Guthrie put the Jackets ahead and on the ensuing possession Brncic picked off Cline to seal Waynesburg’s third straight win.

Collectively, the Yellow Jackets outgained Carnegie Mellon 310-252 yards.

Perone threw a seasonhigh 41 passes and completed 22 of them for 222 yards and a touchdown.

Booth led the way, receiving with 75 yards on seven catches, while junior Nick Moretti and sophomore JaWuan Jones each caught five balls, with Moretti picking up 57 yards and Jones 55. For the Tartans, Kumm led the way receiving with 78 yards on five catches.

Defensively, senior linebacker John-Glen Davis had 10 tackles for Waynesburg while sophomore linebacker Mason Tolliver posted a game-best 11 tackles for Carnegie Mellon.

The Jackets are now tied for third in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with

a 3-2 record, and their three conference wins are the most since 2014 when the team went 6-2 in the PAC. With four games left, Waynesburg has already eclipsed its win total from the past t wo seasons, in which the team went 2-8. The Jackets begin a stretch of three-straight road games next Saturday at Grove City; kickoff is at 1:30.

For Perone and Smithley, this win streak is a sign that the Jackets are going in the right direction.

“It’s huge for the program,” Perone said. “…We had a lot of recruits in the stands today, and moving this program forward we need those guys. Guys are going to want to come play for a program that isn’t [ just] winning two games at the end of the year… I think that that’s huge for the program, and that’s huge for us as a team too.”

Smithely feels that Waynesburg’s work ethic is finally starting to produce results.

“It means that the things that we’re doing, we’re making great improvements,” he said. “I think that [getting to .500] matters for our guys because they work so hard and they’re doing everything that they can possibly do to be winners, and it’s starting to pay off for us.”

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OWEN HUGHES

For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s golf team completed its season this past week with a solid performance in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships. The team placed second to last, but finished with a very convincing final round of the fall.

Head coach Sam Jones felt the Yellow Jackets had an overall solid season, but believes the team can improve for the spring season.

“This final match showed me that our team is definitely capable of being where I think they can be regarding the standings,” said Jones. “I feel that we still have plenty of room for improvement and development.”

At the beginning of the season, the team’s main goal was to ascend in the standings, placing above Bethany but below Thiel. Even though this goal was not achieved, Jones noticed how his players showed they can compete.

“In the final round of the championships we only lost to Thiel by a single shot,” Jones said. “Not only does that give me confidence with my players, but it makes

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The men's golf team will utilize the sim room at Waynesburg University during the off season to prepare for the spring portion of the schedule. them feel that they can also compete.”

Sophomore Will Purbaugh echoed his coach with words of belief for his teammates.

“While I myself may not have played well that match, I feel that was our best round as a unit,” Purbaugh said. “We shot the ball well and made the putts we needed to. I think we can for sure improve and be more prepared for the spring season.”

The season had many highs and lows for the team.

While they will go into the

spring season with a 1-0 record in dual matches, they also had a few shortcomings.

“Throughout the course of the season we had a couple ups and downs,” Jones said.

“Even though there were some days that we could have played much better, I am happy with the way we finished.”

Purbaugh, one of the lower scorers throughout the season, also felt that his teammates performed well as the season progressed.

“We had some good days

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Emily Hill leads the Yellow Jackets in points and goals scored this season.

WSOC Continued from C3 Shaffer also added that as she gets older, extra rest is a blessing to her.

“I think it had benefit me since I know that I’m a lot older now, I’m a lot sorer now,” she said. “So, it gives me a lot more recovery time and for the team.”

Shaffer would go on to say that she thinks everyone enjoys that so that they have a recovery day, where they just get back into the swing of things and start going over things.

It’s also giving the team more time to prepare for the

upcoming game, according to Heethuis.

“We have been looking at the film as coaches, find key things that we need to focus on and maybe do better for the upcoming opponent,” said Heethuis. “We try to play as much as possible and give them some full game experience when we can’t get a full game in with a normal practice mix, so making sure we give them a heavy workload and when we need to go lighter we go lighter.”

The Yellow Jackets’ next game will be this coming Saturday, Oct. 13, as they travel to Greenville, Pennsylvania for a PAC match up against the Thiel College Tomcats. Start time is set for 1 p.m.

came up big. On thirdand-eight, junior defensive back Brennan Sefick picked off junior quarterback Alex Cline to end the threat.

T h e Ta r t a n s f i n a l l y cracked the end zone midway through the second quarter, when a fiveyard touchdown pass from Cline to senior receiver Karl Kumm capped a 10play, 54-yard drive. The Tartans tied the game on their next possession when Haas finished a seven-play, 50-yard march with a three-yard touchdown run. He finished the day with 63 yards on 20 carries.

Both of the Tartans’ scoring drives in the second quarter started near Waynesburg territory, while the Jackets best starting field position in the quarter was at their own 27-yard line.

“It was a field position battle there in the second quarter, and even in the third quarter we got into some field positions that we weren’t exactly excited about,” said Smithley. “But we knew what we had to do and we kept talking to our guys and we kept preach-

Westminster as it was led by junior running back Wesley Schools. Schools is currently second in the PAC in rushing yards only behind Geneva’s Trewon Marshall.

“This rushing attack is a little different than Geneva’s,” said Smithley regarding a defense that held Geneva to just 208 yards rushing. “Grove City is a little more spread out, so they have more ability to throw the ball. This team makes it a little more difficult when it comes to stopping the run because they spread the ball and make you cover the whole field.”

The game can be heard on WCYJ-FM with Paul Zalakar, Chris Hulse and Nick Callas on the call and Sam Hixson and Chace Johnston in the studio. Coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

THE WINNER IS....

FIRST-EVER WU VOICE CHAMPION ANNOUNCED

Photos courtesy of Christian Wilson

Heidi Dziak, junior accounting major, was named the winner after her rendition of Queen's "Somebody to Love." She was on a team led by Matt Pioch, director of housing.

COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

In the Goodwin Performing Arts Center last Friday, the WU Voice Finale took place.

It was another great outing for Matt Pioch’s team “The Wild Matts,” which consisted of Matthew Haux and Heidi Dziak, who both took the top two spots of the night.

Dziak came in f irst, Haux came in second with Kayla Coughlin finishing third.

“It feels fantastic,” said Pioch. “A lot of people say that I picked well, but in all honesty [Heidi and Matt] both picked me. They both had other options, so, I was just blessed to have both of them on my team. I am so proud of the both of them they have come such a long way and I have seen them perform year after year and so it has just been great.”

When Dziak was announced as the winner, tears of joy followed immediately after.

“It feels really good [to finally win]”, said Heidi Dziak. “I have definitely wanted this for a while and every year it kind of hurt not winning, but I just kept working at it and I just kept trying new things, surprising the audience a little bit, getting their attention, working on my voice. I have practiced songs for

this throughout most of the year I do and finally it paid off.”

Dziak also said after she won that the song she sang, “Somebody to Love,” meant a lot to her due to a past experience when she was a child.

“The song I sang actually means a lot to me,” said Dziak. “So, to back it up a little bit, when I was 10 years old I had an incident happen where I was on stage and some-

competitions the past three years.

“I am very pleasantly surprised,” said Haux.

“But I think that this is the best that I have ever done considering that this year I did more choreography and other stuff that I had never done and I was also less awkward.”

For Coug hlin, this was her last ever time performing solo on the Waynesburg University stage.

“It feels really good [to finally win]. I have definitely wanted this for a while... but I just kept working at it.”

WU VOICE 2018 FINAL STANDINGS: FIRST: HEIDI DZIAK SECOND: MATT HAUX THIRD: KAYLA COUGHLIN

EMILY STEVENSON

Sophomore Forensic Science Major

MEGAN LEITER Junior Nursing Major

HEIDI DZIAK

Junior Accounting Major

thing went wrong and it scared me from performing. I didn’t want to perform ever again. So, I quit singing. I did choir to help me sing because I missed singing so much, but it still was not enough to make me happy. So, when I was in the 7th grade, for my last spring concert my director offered me [the song I sang tonight] a week before the show, nobody else wanted to do it and it was his favorite song so I said ‘yeah I will do it’.So, I have not quit since.”

For Haux, he said that this was his best finish ever in all of the singing

Since she is a senior,, Coughlin was thankful to finish well and gain some great memories over the past four years of her participation in WU's singing competitions..

“Honestly for the last solo performance that I get to do here I thought that I did fantastic,” said Coughlin. “I really could not have asked for a better performance.”

Coughlin decided to sing a song by Adele for her last ever performance.

She said that she thought it went well and was definitely the best option for her last song.

KAYLA COUGHLIN

Senior Education Major

JONAH COOPER Senior Nursing Major

MEGAN COOK

Senior Electronic Media Major

Lazear treats students ‘as her own’ Student-led group brings community to campus houses

RACHEL MANGAN Web Editor

If you’re a lady living in an on-campus dorm, t h e re’s a re a l l y g o o d chance you’ve seen them around.

The cleaning women, JoAnn Lazear and Teresa Davis, hang the orange tags in female upperclassmen dorms indicating that they’re due to be tidied.

When Lazear and Davis go around with their cleaning cart, they are “overjoyed” to find the room they are set to clean that day has students in it.

For Lazear, it makes the job more pleasurable.

“It gives me someone to talk to,” said Lazear. “It’s more fun cleaning when you can chit-chat with the students and then it’s not as lonely too.”.

SIERRA MEDINA

For The Yellow Jacket

Rachel Mangan, The Yellow Jacket

JoAnn Lazear cleans South, West, East and Pollock halls. She enjoys being able to interact with students as it makes her job more "fun."

Lazear started at Waynesburg University as a part time employee in 1998, the year most current juniors and sophomores were born. At the

time, she was working at the local KFC when someone suggested she put in an application to work as a cleaning lady for the university. Since that day,

she hasn’t looked back.

Prior to her employment with the university, Davis worked at a carpet LAZEAR >> D2

Tanya Vecere, senior psycholog y major and biblical ministries studies minor, has been leading the nightly, 10 p.m. prayer group since her sophomore year.

After attending prayer for the entirety of her freshman year, the group suddenly dispersed.

Identifying the need, she took the reins.

“I really felt a lack in the community,” she said. “I felt we really needed to just keep praying.”

After discussing with the participants of her freshman year prayer

group she decided to recreate the club.

Originally held every night in the prayer chapel, Vecere shifted to a different house location per week her junior year.

This year she had a different plan: to hold the group at a different house each night.

“I just thought it was a really awesome way to bring others into the community,” Vecere said.

“It’s a lot easier to invite somebody if it’s at your house, for example the boys [of 402 Morris St.] never really came before, but now they can hold it PRAYER >> D2

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Resident Assitant hosts exercise event Chamber Works

featured variety of diverse music

MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor

Residence life at Waynesburg University has taken the initiative to try to connect with the student body. In Willison Residence Hall students can see posters hanging in the hallways and inside and outside the elevators.

For Ryan Lemmon, senior criminal justice major and resident assistant, fitness is a good way to connect with the residents of Willison hall.

“It’s a good way to get people together to discover a common interest,” said Lemmon. “They are definitely community building events, so just getting people to know each other.”

With midterms taking place this week, Lemmon also uses his fitness program as a way to relieve stress.

“I also try to get people to pick up a healthy coping mechanism,” said Lemmon. “Because exercise is great way for people to relieve stress and what not.”

Lemmon said that these weekly programs often happen on a three night basis. With his first event beginning on Sept. 27. The second night was held on Oct. 4 and the third and final night is Oct. 11.

ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

Michael Cappelli, The Yellow Jacket

Students participate in Resident Assistant's Ryan Lemmon exercise program through Willison Hall.

“The first week was supposed to be if want to start doing fitness whether that be lifting or running, this is how you do it properly and safely,” said Lemmon.

“The next week, is competition. It’s bodyweight king, so just bodyweight movements to see who can do the most. And the third event will mirror the NFL combine, like 40-yard dash, 135 bench instead of 225 bench. The second two are supposed to be fun competition events.”

In residence halls, RA’s have been implementing programs like this for several years.

“This is my third year as

an RA and this is my third year doing a weekly program,” said Lemmon. “I’ve been doing it twice a year since then as well.”

Aside from individual programs, Lemmon said that residence halls will do an “all hall event” as well to further building of the community.

Last year in Willison Hall, Lemmon said that the all hall event was a real life game of Fortnite in which students were given nerf guns and they were able to reenact the popular video game.

In the upperclassmen dorms, Lemmon said it is sometimes difficult to

get people to come out to these events.

“It’s harder to get people because you don’t have people walking around, or people in the bathrooms quite like you do in the underclassmen dorms,” said Lemmon. “Generally, if we can get 10-plus people to attend the event in its entirety we consider that to be a successful program.”

Lemmon also said that the success of each program will vary from dorm to dorm.

“Different dorms might have different success levels with different programs,” said Lemmon.

The Chamber Works concert had student musicians performing a variety of songs under the direction of Dr. Rhonda Depriest, director of the music program Oct. 4.

There were snacks to create a more easygoing vibe for the attendees as they listened to the musicians who gather to practice once a week.

Although it may have been a relaxed experience for the listener, small chamber works concerts like these also put a lot of pressure on the performers, says DePriest. Another feature of the Chamber Works is variety.

“I thought the variety we had today was just wonderful,” Depriest said. “I thought everyone did just a great job and that takes a special kind of confidence.”

The biggest performance of the night came from Seoyoung Kim, who played ‘Knight Rupert Op. 68, No. 12’.

“It was a late addition as it was not on the program but it was an excellent performance. Robert Schumann

who wrote the piece suffered from multiple personality disorder so even in the work you can hear how Schumann painted how he struggled with it,” said DePriest.

Kim is a foreign exchange student at Waynesburg and is only here for the remainder of the semester.

“Getting her in the piano studio was one way I knew she was going to be able to perform the couple of times she’s here but she also wanted to expand out,” DePriest said. “She’s actually a member of the symphonic band, she’s never played percussion equipment before but we have a lot of keyboard instruments in the band so she’s doing that.”

Many of these students spend time out of the classroom to perform these pieces. For DePriest that was “evident” during the performances and DePriest grants much of that success to the professors within the music department.

“All of these instructors are doing great work with these students,” Depriest said. “They all looked professional, they all looked ready for the performance.”

Center for Campus Ministry designed as informal hub COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

Students at Waynesburg University might have noticed the new look to the center for campus ministry, which is located on the first floor of Stover. It now has Instructor of Biblical and Ministry Studies and Assistant Chaplain, Joshua Sumpter’s office as well as an “informal” space instead of a “formal” space for students to gather in..

“The center for campus ministry provides a space for students to get connected, is a resource center for students who are interested in finding opportunities to grow in faith and there are also bible studies who meet in here really throughout the day,” said Sumpter.

The center for campus ministry is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but is reserved from 7 to 10 p.m. each week night by different groups.

“One of the blessings is just to move,” said Sumpter. “[I get to be] more present

Colin McLaughlin, The Yellow Jacket

The Center for Campus Ministry, nicknamed "the hub," was intended to act as an extension of Stover Campus Center's lounge for students. Campus ministry assistants act as a resource for those in the hub. with students, which is the primary reason for me to move from Buhl to the center of campus ministry on the first floor of Stover is to ultimately have a presence with students.”

In previous years, the center of campus ministry room was used for catholic adoration and mass on Tuesday’s.

However, since the room has been completely renovated, the Catholic adoration and mass that originally were there on Tuesday’s is now being held in Roberts Chapel.

“Adoration and mass now takes place in Roberts Chapel with Father Mike on Tuesday nights,” said Sumpt-

er. “However, the Catholic ministries do have two bible studies that meet in the center for campus ministry.”

Since the entire space is new, according to Sumpter, the people who work at the center for campus ministry have new opportunities to be able to connect with Waynesburg University stu-

dents.

“We provide coffee for the students throughout the week starting at 9 in the morning,” said Sumpter. “[The center for campus ministry] is now a living room set up, it’s more of an informal place for students to gather and find community and get connected.

Lazear

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store, but she never lost her love of cleaning. When the opportunity arose to work for Waynesburg doing just that, she jumped at it.

For Lazear, cleaning the dorms is a very personal affair.

“I treat the dorms as if they are my own home,” said Lazear. “And clean them as if they are my own home.”

Lazear also loves being around the students.

“I treat them as if they’re my own,” said Lazear. “I listen to them and talk through whatever they want to talk through.I keep it all confidential, whatever they vent to me stays between me and them. Especially because they might want to talk to someone who has zero connection to whatever problem they’re dealing with. I don’t judge them.”

The other reason Lazear loves talking to the students, just a quick

in their house. It’s an opportunity to bring more people in.”

Her goal was to make the organization more inclusive and provide a more comfortable atmosphere.

However, it was not an easy start.

T h e r e w e r e several occasions where no one attended and Vecere questioned if this was what she was supposed to do to try and bring community to campus.

“It was really just the Lord humbling me and teaching me a lot about who He is,” Vecere said.

“It was a really nice to be before the throne of the Lord.”

Vecere said the Lord then answered her prayer for revival. “ There were nig hts where there were 30 people and I would just cry in amazement at His faithfulness despite my lack of faith,” Vecere said.

Rachel Mangan, The Yellow Jacket

Students leave encouraging sticky notes on JoAnn Lazear's closet door. Lazear said she loves being able to interact with students.

“Hello, how is your day going? Anything new or exciting?” may be enough to brighten someone’s day.

One of Lazear’s favorite things to do: travel.

“If you name it, I ’ve probably been there,” she said. “I’ve traveled all over the country.”

As a native of California, Lazear spent a lot of time traveling and eventually met her husband in

Louisiana.

He was the ultimate reason she ended up settling down in Southwestern Pennsylvania after he got a job in the region.

Even thoug h L azear is the cleaning lady for Pollock and Davis is the cleaning lady for Burns, often times they are seen cleaning together.

They prefer to team up and work together to get the work done faster and

help each other out. They also have very similar interests in outdoor work, puzzles and playing dominos.

Both Lazear and Davis agree that Waynesburg University has been nothing but good to them.

It has a great environment, they love what they do and love being around the many students they see throughout each and every day.

Whereas before it was more of a formal space, and students did not feel like they could come in and just be themselves. So, we have couches, chairs, resources, snacks and music playing. It is really just a student oriented place.”

The center for campus ministries goal is to be able to better connect with students on campus and help guide them so that they can grow in their faith.

“It’s the center for campus ministry, so, ministry takes place in there,” said Sumpter. “Our ministry assistants have done their training and meetings in here as well and they have had opportunities to build relationships and make connections with students. It is really a first floor store front type of space where students can easily just get connected to our entire campus ministry staff.”

“We have a presence for people to meet and for people to be able to pray and also to journey with students here at Waynesburg University,” said Sumpter.

“I ’m really excited to see what God has in store… Prayers matter, He hears them and He cares.”

Ve c e r e i s g o i n g t o maintain the club next semester, however, when she graduates she will rely upon the Holy Spirit to continue to allow the group to thrive each night of the week.

Chuck Bailey, former re s i d e nt d i rect o r fo r Martin Hall, attends the prayer meetings every night.

He is involved wi th college campus ministry at the First Presbyterian Church, Coali tion for Christian Outreach and has been working with students for 45 years.

“We average four nights a week with students,” Bailey said.

“The reason I can keep doing this is my family insurance business three blocks from campus, so it’s easy for me to come out and hang out with the kids.”

Prayer at 10 p.m. occurs Sunday through Thursday nights, and details for location can be found on the ‘Prayer at 10’ Facebook page.

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Across

WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1 Take to the cleaners 5 Lay low 8 Pretty companion?

14 Windows alternative 15 Drop the ball 16 Dragster’s wheels 17 Wedding ring?

18 Class-conscious org.?

19 Charge 20 “Wow!” (2) 22 Actress Kate (2) 24 Cal. column (2) 25 Univ. aides (1) 28 Damage (1) 30 Helpless? (1) 32 Infamous Amin 33 Constriction of the eye’s pupil 35 Apple’s apple, e.g.

39 Hail, to Hadrian 40 All over again 41 “I’ll second that” 42 Result of polar ice melt graphically shown by the second part of six two-part puzzle answers 47 Isn’t idle 48 Deep blue 49 Track meet segment 50 Authenticity emblem 51 Parlor furniture item 53 Hot time in Haiti 54 Sinusitis docs (2) 56 Author Fleming (2) 57 Sign of nerves, maybe (2) 58 Happy hour spot (1)

61 Many an Omani (1) 63 Remaining loan amt. (1) 65 Individually 67 Dug, with “up” 69 Big times 73 A through E, at times 74 Sprout 75 Courteous 76 Snares with a loop 77 Med. show locales 78 Serve sparingly, with “out”

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1 “Say what?”

2 Dedicatee of Lennon’s “Woman” 3 McCartney’s title

4 Checkup 5 Applying a temporary tattoo 6 Boiling state 7 Scotch serving 8 Seven Wonders lighthouse 9 One from town 10 “Yada yada yada” letters 11 Jack-in-the-pulpit family 12 Fair 13 First place?

21 Mideast capital 23 Faulkner’s “__ Lay Dying” 25 Pageant toppers 26 It may be unsolicited

27 Daybreak?

29 Agile deer 31 Norse patron 34 Hard work 36 Fare filled and folded 37 Trattoria desserts 38 With no guarantee of payment 43 Cartography dot

60 Purges (of) 62 One may be stored in a barn 64 Advance 66 Sci-fi staples 68 Blacken, in a way 70 Copacabana city 71 Commonly torn ligament, briefly 72 Note

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

MIDTERM WEEK

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JACK

44 Against 45 Reluctant risers 46 Barack’s 2010 High Court appointee 51 Emphasize 52 That, in Tijuana 55 Snack chip 58 Much more than a sniffle 59 Samoa’s capital

By CLARE RAINONE

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ESSAY

TEXTBOOKS

PAPERS

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of Waynesburg

THE STUDENTS EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a series that highlights the experiences of Waynesburg students.

"My name is Miguel Morales and I am the son of an immigrant; my father came to this country at the age of 17 from Mexico and has been here ever since.

My mother moved from Puerto Rico to Connecticut at the age of 16.

I was born in Wi l l i m a nt i c , C o n n . , which is a such a small town that even many people in Connecticut tend to look up on a map to find it.

The first language I

learned was Spanish as I was raised not just by my parents but my grandmothers and grandfather.

I had to speak in Spanish to them since, although they could understand Eng lish, they weren’t fluent in it.

I chose to major in psycholog y because I have always wanted to work with at-risk youth in low-income communities and show them that it doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have been through, or what the world labels you as, only you have the power to become the person you want to be."

“...It doesn't matter where you come from, what you have been through."

MIGUEL MORALES

Junior Psychology Major Photo courtesy of Miguel Morales

INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR WORK PUBLISHED? CONTACT GRACE HUTCHISON AT HUT1575@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU

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The Supreme Court Ruling Written by Grace Hutchison Designed by Elaina Spahmer

After much news coverage and anticipation, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm another Supreme Court justice Oct. 6, allowing the court to yet again be comprised of nine members. With so much coverage and controversy surrounding the latest confirmation, more people may be wondering what exactly are the basic responsibilities and credentials of a Supreme Court justice and the exact role of the court in modern America.

Overview The U.S. Supreme Court’s main duty, as outlined in the constitution, is to keep in check the power of the president and congress. The court also acts as the final and ultimate judge in deciding cases of law.

To become a justice of the court, the candidate must be nominated by the current president and be approved in a vote by the Senate.

After being officially accepted into their roles on the Supreme Court, justices serve for life, in comparison to the president of the United States, where a national vote is held every four years. In order for the court to rule on a matter, they need a majority vote, with at least five justices agreeing on one side over another.

After a decision is rendered, one of the members of the majority write a majority opinion paper outlining the reasoning for the court’s decision.

The Supreme Court of the United States is comprised of nine justices, with one being the chief justice who has special responsibilities outside of their typical duties: having a large part in what cases are heard by the court and selecting who, in the majority vote, can write the majority decision paper.

fun facts for you to know: The first woman to become a Supreme Court justice was Sandra Day O’Connor, who entered the role in 1981.

Members of the Supreme Court can be impeached if corrupt behavior is detected, though a justice has never been removed from their position.

The first Hispanic justice, Sonia Sotomayor, was appointed somewhat recently in 2009.

NOTABLE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: 2008: District of Columbia v. Heller:

The court decided that citizens have the right to possess firearms in their home for self-defense purposes.

2010: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:

After a tight vote, five to four, the court mandated that corporations and unions can spend unlimited amounts in elections.

2015: Obergefell v. Hodges:

Potentially most notable of recent years, the court ruled that same-sex marriage must be legal across all 50 states.

Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/us/u-s-supreme-court-fast-facts/index.html https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/role-supreme-court/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/26/supreme-court-cases-history/29185891/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx