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THE WOMEN
of Waynesburg A closer look at the female figures of the university's past, present and future Photos courtesy of Courtney Dennis | Mattie Winowitch, Yellow Jacket
MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor
Residing in the basement of Miller Hall is the Paul R. Stewart Museum, which serves as a collection of artifacts and novelties from Waynesburg University’s rich history. Tucked away behind the museum’s ill-lit corridors of glass-encased exhibits and rustic decor is the Visitor’s Center, also known as the office of Courtney Dennis, the associate director. In her small corner of the world, Dennis spends
her days working by herself, quietly carrying out a variety of tasks for the university. Her main duties include giving tours of the museum to alumni and visitors, conducting research on the university’s history, archiving photos and creating new exhibits. “I am the only museum staff person, so I wear a lot of hats when it comes to this portion of my job,” she said. Hanging above Dennis’ desk is a handkerchief s ew n by M a r y C h a rity (Scott) Martin, a 1901
alumna who is known for her time devoted to helping soldiers and families during World War II. Done completely by hand, the work features a d e p i ct i o n of M i l l e r Hall in the center, with t h e n a m e s of f a c u l t y members sewn around it, along with the words “ Waynesburg College 1898” underneath. For Dennis, the handkerchief is a daily reminder of the strong women who came through Waynesburg before her. “Waynesburg University has always been a spe-
cial place for female leaders,” Dennis said. “We’ve come a long way.” *** The history of women at Waynesburg College began in the 1800s with Margaret Bell Miller. According to the book “The Waynesburg College Story” by William H. Dusenberry, Miller was employed by the university in the 1850s to “take charge of a school for female students.” Miller later became principal of the “Female Seminary,” which
was originally separate from Waynesburg College’s first president, the Rev. Joshua Loughran’s classes. Dusenberry wrote that this was likely due to a general reluctance to mix males and females in a co-educational classroom. W hile teaching, she met her future husband, Alfred Brashear Miller in the historic Hanna Hall, and they got married in 1855. Alfred Miller became president of Waynesburg College in 1859, and both he and Margaret Miller worked
to support the college and plant the roots that have slowly grown into what the university is today. Outside of the college, Margaret Miller was also a mother to eight children, leaving little time for much of anything else. Douglas G. Lee, the current president of Waynesburg University, said a typical day for her would include teaching for seven to eight hours a day, then heading home to tend to her family. WOMEN >> A3
HOMECOMING 2018
2018 Homecoming court announced ‘Cram the Van’ JOE SMELTZER
Senior Editorial Assistant
Last week, the Waynesburg University Student Activities Board [SAB] announced the 10 seniors — five male and five female — that will make up the 2018 Homecoming court. The court will walk together at John F. Wiley Stadium during halftime of the Homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 6. The students on the court include Tyler Godwin, Josh Sneeringer, Brian Drake, Avery White, Tyler Turbett, Mattie Winowitch, Jordyn Wyllie, Michelle Keith, Kristina Fisher and Mary Beth Cocchi. The male and female couples will be walking together in a ceremony that will culminate with the crowing of this year's king and queen. Drake, a criminal jus-
event replaced by toiletry collection TIFFANY MORGAN Copy Desk Chief
The annual Cram the Van is a program initially organized by the Student Activities Board, with the purpose of being the collection of non-perishable items, with the end goal being to fill up the van as much as possible. The program would run for a week, during or near HomeAshley Hall, Yellow Jacket coming, and the total donations collected would then All 10 members of the 2018 Homecoming court will make their debut at John F. Wiley go to the Greene County Stadium during the Oct. 6 Homecoming game. Salvation Army. tice major, and Cocchi, a knew of each other at Mt. two found out they’d be Pat Bristor, associate dean nursing major will both be Lebanon, they didn't be- walking with each other, of students, said that due to walking together Satur- come close until they be- they were thrilled. the gradual decline in donaday, and both of them are gan their respective jour“It was really awesome,” tions over the years during graduates of Mt. Lebanon neys at Waynesburg. the week of Cram the Van, High School. Although they Cocchi said when the COURT >> A3 they are moving on and cre-
ating a new project. The new program will be a “Toiletry Closet” project, and it will work in the same style as Cram the Van did, accepting donations, but more specific to toiletry items: deodorant, shampoo, tampons and more. Bristor said with the new program, it will still be a way for the university to give back to the community. “We’ve been doing [Cram the Van] for about six years and donations have decreased considerably,” Bristor said. “In essence, [we were] trying to find another project within the years to come.” DONATE >> A3
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Service dog provides relief for anxiety Four freshmen elected as new Senate members HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor
Students walking around campus this year may notice a new cute and furry member to the community: a dog named Ebony. Dogs have been brought on campus before for a few hours or a day, but Ebony lives on campus, as she has an important job. She is a service dog. Ebony’s owner is Sophia Vietti, a freshman environmental science major. Vietti experiences anxiety, which can make everyday activities seem daunting, but Ebony stays with her to help her calm down so she can go to classes, clubs, the gym and do common college activities. “I get anxiety attacks, and she notices changes in my behavior,” Vietti said. “She lets me know when one is coming on, and when I’m in the middle of an attack, she helps me calm down.” Vietti found Ebony, a 3-year-old rescue dog, online before bringing her home in late March. “We went to visit her
JOE SMELTZER
Senior Editorial Assistant
Photo courtesy of Sophia Vietti
Ebony is the first service dog to work on the Waynesburg University campus. Ebony works with freshman Sophia Vietti whenever she has anxiety attacks. Ebony helps Vietti calm down if she were to have an anxiety attack. and she was really good from the get-go,” Vietti said. “She behaved well and was really interested in me and my mom.” Vietti said she trained Ebony herself with books she got off Amazon on how to train service dogs. In addition, Ebony went through a basic obedience class to be certified. Vietti said it was not dif-
ficult to train Ebony, and it only took about two months. “She is an amazing dog,” said Vietti. “Some things took a little bit longer to train her on, but she is a quick learner.” Vietti said the process of making sure Ebony was able to live on campus was long, but not difficult. She had to receive
a letter from her therapist saying she needed a service dog, and to make sure Ebony had the necessary vaccines and to get a certificate of health from her vet. Being a Michigan native, Vietti also had to get a Pennsylvania dog license. Courtney Balban, acaDOG >> A4
Alexandra Morar is familiar with the student government. Throug hout middle and high school, Morar, now a freshman political science major, was involved in student council and student government, and will get a chance to continue her involvem e nt at Way n e s b u rg University. Morar was recently one of four freshmen elected as new members of Student Senate, joining Luke Diel, Elijah Jennings and Alexander Wess. The student body elected the four, after a three-day election that featured five candidates. Morar said that before the voting took place, she was already trying to learn as much as she could about the Senate. “Before elections, I went to all of the meetings,” Morar said. “So it was interesting to watch because, at my hig h
school, student council and class government were more like organizing class dances and stuff. So I’m really excited [that] this is an actual Senate.” Senate president Tyler McCoy said that Morar
“I think all four of [the newly elected senators] had been to the meetings before they were elected. They seem very active and engaged” ALEXANDRA MORAR
Student Senator
wasn’t the only new senator to get their feet wet before the election. “I think all four of [the newly elected senators] had been to the meetRESULTS >> A4
Dorms host open Student Senate evacuates meeting door challenge to Meeting build community location moved due MATTHEW MANSFIELD For the Yellow Jacket
Several dorms on Waynesburg University’s campus participated in the Open-Door Challenge to promote communication and socialization among students. Matthew Pioch, director of Housing, said that an objective was the push students to leave their doors open throughout the day. “Essentially, we challenged students to leave their doors open to facilitate a sense of community,” said Pioch. Among the dorms that participated in the challenge were Thayer, South, West, East and Pollock halls. Each dorm offered a reward to the winning room of the contest. “Each [resident assistant] would walk around at some point during the day, and if they noticed a room’s door was open they would sign off on the room,” said Pioch. In Thayer Hall, students received multiple signatures a day from their RA’s “Most days, our room got three to four signatures,” said freshman electronic media major Dylan Winters. “ There was only one, maybe two days that we only got one signature.” Winters and his roommate, electronic media major Ben Ledbetter, were co-champions of Thayer, along with, sophomore accounting major Will Purbaugh and sophomore sports management major Owen Hughes. Pioch said students who left their doors open for longer periods of time were much more likely to get signatures, as opposed to those who only left their doors open for brief periods of time. Pioch said the Residents’ Life activity started last year when Liz Diviney, resident assistant in Burns and Ray halls, implemented it. The challenge went over well, and this year after discussing the idea at a weekly Residents’ Life meeting, other dorms decided to give it a shot. To get students to be more receptive to the Open-Door Challenge,
RAs decided to entice them with cupcakes from Terra Café in Morgantown, West Virginia When Winters found out cupcakes were on the line, he and Ledbetter decided that they would do whatever it took to win the contest. “We decided that with cupcakes involved, we would leave the door open if either of us was in the room,” said Winters. Winters also said that leaving his door open had it’s benefits . He said that although not a ton of people would stop by, some people he hadn’t talked to before started conversations. “We still leave the door open so people feel free to come in and say hi,” said Winters. Pioch said that his RAs and Residents’ Life staff noticed that some people seemed to open up more and hang out with students who had left their doors open more regularly after the challenge. “Some rooms that were more quiet and had their
“We decided that with cupcakes involved, we would leave the door open if either of us was in the room. We still leave the door open so people feel free to come in and say hi.” DYLAN WINTERS
Thayer Resident
doors shut we’ve seen have their doors open and have generally been out in the hall hanging out with people more often,” said Pioch. Pioch said Waynesburg is considering doing this activity again. The residence halls would maybe do it at the beginning of next semester when some new students would be transferring in and moving into the halls. The challenge would be offered twice a year at most.
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GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor
The typical chatter of senators and public attendees immediately before the Oct. 2 student senate meeting was interrupted by a campus security guard, alerting them of a tornado warning in the area. “It was a first-time experience for me,” Benjamin Dodge, junior premed major and social vice president of the senate, said. The guard notif ied those in attendance that, if the tornado was to come throug h the university, the location of the meeting posed a serious threat due to the large windows in the conference room on the third floor Stover, where the meetings are typically held. Tyler McCoy, senior history major and president of student senate, says that the security guard declared the conference room “the most dangerous place you could be” in the event of a tornado. “The building itself is brick so we’re pretty safe,” McCoy said. The panic and excitement of this warning caused senators to begin the meeting early and fly through the typical procedural matters such as role call and the review of minutes. By the scheduled start of the meeting at 5:30
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Benjamin Dodge, Tyler McCoy and Ryan Williams discuss part of their weekly meeting on the top floor of the Stover Center outside of their normal conference room. p.m., the senate had already moved through the entirety of the minutes, leaving only committee meetings to take place.
tight space. During these meetings, Dodge, who heads the event planning committee, goes through the
“Tonight's meeting was as exciting as the weather.” BENJAMIN DODGE
Social Vice President, Student Senate
Senators and members of the public quickly grabbed their things and evacuated the conference room. The committees, composed of three groups, moved swiftly into the hall between the conference room and the Student Services office to discuss their perspective goals and related topics. The committees talked loudly among their members, as their voices were muffled by the loud storm, other senate members who were crammed in a
tasks given to his members over the week and collects updates. After the allotted 10 minutes for the committee meetings elapse, the heads of each committee typically give a short summary of what was discussed or approved during their scheduled time. This summary acts as the only insight the public is allowed into the committee meetings, as non-senators are instructed to not linger around in an attempt to overhear the committee discussions. Following the com-
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mittee meetings, Lauren Harvey, junior accounting major and treasurer of the senate, declined to elaborate on what her committee discussed during this time. Dodge, in his committee, had further talks about advertising HarvestFest, which was given a theme of cartoons at last week’s meeting. “HarvestFest is our next event. But as that finishes up we’re now looking towards the christmas tree lighting in November,” Dodge said. The 10 minutes of committee meetings composed the vast majority of the Oct. 2 meeting, as the discussion before and following the committee talk lasted a total of two minutes. The meeting, labeled as “unique” by McCoy, was a diversion from the senate’s typical orderly fashion. “Tonight’s meeting was as exciting as the weather,” Dodge said.
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Women Continued from A1 “She worked day-in, day-out,” Lee said. “She is a really good example of a life of purpose for the glory of God.” When she died, Margaret Miller was buried behind Burns Hall, and her grave can still be visited today. “When they carried up her casket, the procession was female students, male professors and male students,” Lee said. “That’s how important she was.” *** When Waynesburg College was created, it was English common law that women were not equal to men, and thus did not need the same education. The Millers, as well as the other founders of Waynesburg College, did not agree with this sentiment. Instead, they made it a point to give women access to higher education. The college was one of the first institutions in Pennsylvania to grant degrees to women, with university records reflecting female graduates as early as 1857. To Lee, this co-educational concept coincides with the overall mission of the university. “I think, for Waynesburg, it has been our heritage to go against the grain of society,” Lee said. “Part of that was because of scarce educational resources in the region in terms of higher education. Profoundly, though, it was the belief that women should have the same rights as men.” *** Dennis always dreamt of working for a museum. “I had such a huge interest in living history, but the museum field is a hard one to break into,”
Court Continued from A1 Cocchi said. "It was really cool going from high school where we weren’t friends to now.” Godwin is the only person on the court who will be alongside his girlfriend, as he and Winowitch are walking together. Regardless of how the final voting turns out, Godwin feels that walking together will be something that the two can look back on in the future. “It’s something that she and I talked about whenever the voting was happening,” he said. “Even if we don’t end up winning king and queen, that would be
she said. “But still, it was always in the back of my mind.” Dennis received her undergraduate degree from Bethany College in 2003. With her dream of working in a museum as her motivation, she attended IUP to receive a master’s in public history. Eventually, she landed a job in Waynesburg with the Greene County Tourism office. While living in the Waynesburg area, Dennis had the chance to fall in love with Waynesburg College. “Living in Waynesburg for so long, the college was a major institution here, and the school, I thought, seemed like a wonderful place with a lot of opportunities,” Dennis said. In March 2010, Dennis was hired by the college through the Office of Institutional Advancement. As her department began to grow, Dennis said she finally had the chance to branch out and find new opportunities for herself within the college. That’s when she began working with James D. “Fuzzy” Randolph, the curator for the Paul R. Stewart Museum since 1974. As they began working together, Randolph and Dennis grew a “beautiful” friendship. He taught her everything he knew about the university, and she absorbed his knowledge of the institution like a sponge. “Not only was I able to work in a museum, which was a dream for my career, but I also got a chance to form a relationship with Fuzzy, which was so special to me,” Dennis said. After Randolph passed away in 2016, Dennis became the full-time director and curator of the museum. For her, it’s more than a job — it’s an honor. “My variety of roles at Waynesburg are a reflection on the fact that this institution allows you to follow your interests and
something we’d have the rest of our lives to talk about. Like, ‘Hey, we dated in college and we actually got this opportunity to walk together at Homecoming as Homecoming Court members.’” Godwin decided to pursue Homecoming Court because it was something that he didn't get to experience when he was a student at South Fayette High School. After developing a solid reputation at Waynesburg, running for the court was something he said he felt comfortable doing. “I got to know a lot of people here,” Godwin said. “I’ve made countless friends over the years. I’ve built a lot of good relationships around the area, and I just thought [Homecoming
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my job here. We’ve got a lot of really, really great stories to tell.” ***
While today’s campus has zero traces of Greek life, at one point, Waynesburg was flourishing with fraternities and sororities. In the fall of 1960, the college already had two sorority chapters, Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Kappa, but several freshmen girls wanted to start a third: Beta Sigma Omicron, a southern national sorority. After inquiring to the sorority chapter’s national headquarters, the group was made official in January 1961. In the sorority’s third year, the spring of 1963, two students expressed
interest in joining the sorority: Marilyn West, who was black, and Lynn Marcus, who was Jewish. After checking with national headquarters, there were no discriminatory clauses that would stop them from joining, so they continued with the initiation processes. However, soon after, the chapter received a letter to halt all initiations. Several months later, it was clear to the sorority leaders on campus that the halt in the process was discrimination against West and Marcus. At this point, the national organization gave the Waynesburg chapter three choices: West could join the sorority only as a social member, she could leave the sorority altogether or they could send their charter back.
In President Lee’s mind, the choice they made was “humbling.” “They sent their charter back,” Lee said. “That’s part of who we are.” Eventually, the BSO women became Alpha Beta Nu, which was a new, local sorority. While some women were upset with the new chapter, the majority of the group’s new motto was this: “God and others before ourselves.” Dennis said this small act of just a few women eventually garnered the attention of thousands. “This was a story that originated in The Yellow Jacket, but ended up being picked up as a national story,” Dennis said. “It’s just another great story that has come out of this school, which is another thing I love about
When it comes to sexism in the workplace, Dennis describes herself as one of “the lucky ones.” “I really have not experienced discrimination in any of my roles,” Dennis said. “I am one of the lucky ones. That’s not something I have had to struggle with. I have always had the same opportunities, respect and compensation as my male counterparts.” Dennis said she is especially impressed by Waynesburg’s clear efforts of hiring women and placing them in important positions. “If you look around campus, especially if you look at our senior staff, I think a majority of them are women,” Dennis said. “That’s very telling of what type of institution we are. The only thing we have not had is a female president, but I don’t feel like that’s out of the realm of possibility.” Lee said having female leaders is important to him, but discrimination is not in his vocabulary. “I wanted women in leadership roles here for the perspective,” Lee said. “More often than not, my question becomes whether or not they have the tools and knowledge to get the job done. It doesn’t matter whether they’re a man or a woman.” Despite never feeling the weight of gender discrimination herself, Dennis said she feels a strong connection to the women of Waynesburg’s history. “Though I didn’t go to school here, I still feel like part of the Waynesburg family,” Dennis said. “For those who stood up against prejudice and discrimination, I appreciate their struggles, and I am always so amazed by what they’ve done. They changed history.”
Court] would be something that would be pretty cool to try and do.” In her time at Waynesburg, Wyllie, an education major, has taken up several extra-curricular activities,
has to offer," Wyllie said. “I’ve made a lot of good friends here, so I was hoping that I’d be on the court with a lot of my friends, which came true.” White, a business man-
agement major, is one of Wyllie’s friends on the court and is the person she will be walking with. White said his motivation to run for the court was “simple.” “My friends were going to do it, and they were like, ‘Hey, you should do this with me,’” White said. “And I [said] alright, senior year, might as well, why not? So there wasn’t really much
thought to it. It was just kind of something that we all did for fun.” Like Wyllie, Keith is blessed simply to be one of the five women on the court. “I would say it’s a really big honor and I’m really thankful for everybody who voted for me,” Keith said. “There were so many amazing people who applied for court and it’s a really big honor. So I’m excited to get to know the people on the court and experience the weekend and the festivities.” This will be the last Homecoming that the senior class will experience at Waynesburg University as a part of the student body. Both Godwin and White see the day as a way for the court, along with the rest of Waynesburg's students and alumni, to come together. For White, the biggest thing to focus on for Saturday is “just having fun.”
“I think what senior year is about is enjoying the moment and being intentional with people and not moving on too fast,” White said. “This is the last time we’re going to be surrounded by this many friends at this capacity.” Godwin said that this year’s court is a collection of people with different stories coming together for one day to enjoy with each other before graduation. “We all come from pretty different backgrounds here on campus,” Godwin said. “I’m a baseball player, I’m involved in the [Department of Communication]. Brian [Drake] is a tennis player and is involved in just so many different campus activities. Everyone is a different major. Everyone kind of had a different track to getting here. So it’s kind of cool that we’re all going to be kind of doing this together in our final year at Waynesburg.”
drive dealing with toiletries. She reached out to the five middle schools in Greene County, contacting principals and superintendents, to ask them if they were interested in collaborating with the new program. “I made contact with the superintendents and/ or principals of the five middle schools in Greene County to see if they would be interested in supplying toiletry items for middleschool children,” Bristor said. “We’re doing this to give the children in Greene County the opportunity to get the products.” After Bristor got a confirmation from each school she pursued the ideas
to bring the new program to life, and it has already begun. Donations have already been brought in, according to Bristor, and will be continuing throughout the week during homecoming. There are a number of ways that students can get involved to donate. This year, there are limited edition homecoming shirts, and Bristor said they are only $6 and that money will go towards buying toiletries for the program. Students can also bring in a total of five toiletry items and receive a shirt that way as well, in addition to providing toiletries. Bristor’s focus for the new program is to make the closet recognizable to the par-
ents in the region, in hopes they will get involved as well. “Our goal is not that we get this going and supply it a couple of times a year but we also want to work with the superintendent and principal so maybe parents know that [students] benefit from it,” Bristor said. “We’re hoping that parents will become aware of the project and will also become donors to the closet.” Students are allowed to bring in items all yearround and are encouraged to by Bristor, but she said that there will be three total weeks during the school year that the program will officially run; homecoming week, in January and one week in April.
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Courtney Dennis flips through a scrapbook donated by alumnae from the original Beta Sigma Omicron chapter, featuring letters and documents that go along with the history. your passions, and puts you in a position where your strengths are put to good use,” Dennis said. “I feel so fulfilled.” ***
“I think what senior year is about is enjoying the moment and being intentional with people and not moving on too fast.” AVERY WHITE
Business Management major
such as volleyball, Criminal Justice club and Newman club. With everything she's experienced in college, Wyllie saw Homecoming Court as an opportunity to add to the list. “I guess the reason that I decided to be a part of Homecoming Court or at least try for it was just that I wanted to experience everything that Waynesburg
Donate Continued from A1 Other factors that contributed to Cram the Van coming to an end is the university vans are being used more often and it also takes up parking spots for the one-week event, according to Bristor. When Bristor decided to discontinue Cram the Van, she was searching for inspiration on what kind of service project that SAB could host next. Bristor said she heard about a program in Morgantown, West Virginia. that did a similar donation
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Maintenance done on university sewers after back up Several unflushable items have caused a repetitive clog in the sewer system Cumberledge, assistant borough manager, said the reason for the clog was because certain objects that are not supposed to be flushed down toilets were flushed. Sattler said a majority of what caused the clog was paper towels. The clog, however, is getting worse. In past years, Cumberledge said, it takes an hour to unclog the sewer;his year it took two days. To p r e v e n t f u t u r e clogs from becoming more troublesome, Cumberledge has an idea to fix this problem. “The only idea we’re thinking is to do a preventative cleaning maybe every three to six months, so that if something starts to build up we can get it cleaned out before it becomes a clog,” said Cumberledge. The university will respond, Sattler said, by having toilet seat covers available in more bathrooms across campus. “We do have toilet seat covers in the [Eberly Library] currently, and we
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Last week, students mig ht have noticed a red maintenance truck at the intersection of West College Street and North Washington Street on campus. Waynesburg Borough sent the truck to clear a clog in the sewer line that runs down West College Street. While the clog is an uncommon occurrence, Terry Sattler, director of Facili ties Planning and Management, said it happens once every year since he has been director at Waynesburg University. “ We have the same [problem] at least once a year,” said Sattler. “I’ve been here six years and we have had it every year I have been here.” Since the clog was on the main sewer line, Sattler said, the issue falls into the hands of the Waynesburg Borough. When the borough unclogged the line, Bryan
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The main sewer that received maintenance is located at the intersection of West College Street and North Washington Street, outside of Hanna Hall. The sewer system on campus needs maintenance at least once a year. are going to put them in Buhl [Hall] shortly,” said Sattler. “And we will probably start that and it will just be part of an expansion.” While unclogging the sewer, a new problem
arose according to Cumberledge, who is not sure exactly what the problem is. He does however, have an educated guess as to what the problem could be. “The old sewer lines
are Terracotta and they are two-foot joints put together back in the early 1900’s,” said Cumberledge. “Sometimes, roots get in the cracks and things like that shift a little bit and offset. So
Results ings before they were elected,” McCoy, a senior history major, said. “They seem very active and engaged. So I think that they’re ready to hit the ground running, and we’re excited for their ideas to come up. They’ve all shown themselves to be very engaged in the Senate, and we’re excited for them to join.” Throughout the campaign process, each candidate came up with a f lyer and a slogan. Morar's motto was “If you want a star, vote for Morar,” and she passed out Starbursts to go along with the theme. For Lawrence Stratton, faculty advisor for Student Senate, the new senators had to be outgoing for their campaigns to be successful. “To be elected, they all had to reach out and communicate with a lot of people, because it was a competitive election, and persuade others to vote for them,” Stratton said. All four senators were sworn in by McCoy in a ceremony at last Tuesday's meeting. “When we got to take the oath,” Morar said. “It was really fun because we got to put our hands on the Bible. So it was
exciting.” Already, Morar, who is a member of the treasure and budget committee, is thinking of ideas of how to improve the campus, one of which is pushing to install a printer in the Stover Center. “The library’s not really open on weekends as much,” she said, “and during [finals week] and stuff if we have a paper due past midnight, we can’t print it until morning.” Overall, Morar is looking forward to simply being a part of Student Senate, and is eager to listen to anybody with ideas to improve Waynesburg University. “Just being on Senate in general [is exciting] Morar said. “Getting to help improve the campus, and definitely being able to listen to my peers and adhere to their wishes if they want any change in the school.” Stratton is eager to see “what the new Senators bring to the table.” “Like the apostle Paul said, everything they do is done decently and in order,” Stratton said. “I think that comes from the executive board, President McCoy’s leadership, the commitment to follow Robert’s Rules of Order, as they really set an example for the community at Waynesburg, and for society at large.”
Balban said that to her knowledge, no service animals have lived on the Waynesburg campus before now. “ We have had emotional support animals before, but no service animals. They serve different purposes and are governed differently so the distinction is vital,” she said. Vietti said Ebony has been well-behaved on campus and said she has met multiple people because they are curious about her service d o g a n d wa nt t o a s k questions. “I’ve met so many people through that,” Vietti said. “It’s just like a really good ice breaker.” Vietti said she hasn’t received any negative
comments about having Ebony on campus, but she wants to prepare herself for the future. “I expect to [get negative comments] at some point in time, so I just like to be as prepared as possible for the situation,” she said. For Vietti, having her service dog, by her side has definitely made a difference in her life and has been “a step forward.” “ W i t h t h e a n x i e t y, i t’s been a great help to me when I feel overwhelmed. I can just sit down and pet her, and she’ll come up to me and lick my face and really calm me.” Vietti said. “It’s taken a lot of work [readjusting], but now I can’t imagine not having her.”
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Maintenance on Eberly Library has been taking place this past week. Workers have been outside painting the the windows for several days.
Library undergoing renovations MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor
For the past week, maintenance has been occuring on Eberly Library. According to Rea Redd, director of Eberly Library, the maintenance has been long
delayed. "I've mentioned the need to replace wood in front of the windows," said Redd. The maintenance should not take up too much time, according to Bill Pauley, an employee of Promp Quality Painting. However,
mother nature may not permit the painting to be finsihed on time. "Depending on the weather, it should take another week," said Pauley. For Redd, the mainteance is not needed for several reasons,
the main one being to improve the appearance for prospective students. "Visitors coming to campus go into the library," said Redd. "So the changes will drastically improve the appearance for the better."
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demic support counselor, said Waynesburg has no other requirements than those required by law, such as to remain in control of the animal, pick up after it and respect others. “Sophia simply notified us that the dog would be on campus and informed us of the specific task the animal is trained to perform. Sophia and her service animal are protected by law, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and are not required to provide any additional information or documentation,” she said.
there may be some sewer irregularities in the line. But I think a lot of it is contributed to things that are f lushed down the toilet that shouldn’t be, like paper towels and stuff like that.”
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Forgeries found on ballot petition ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant
In the 46th District of Pennsylvania’s State Senate, Republican Incumbent Camera Bartolotta is being challenged by Democrat James Craig. To get onto the ballot in November, Craig had to collect at least 500 signatures. When Craig turned in his signatures, he had a total of over 1,200.
Craig However, the legitimacy of more than 400 of those signatures are now being
called into question. Some of the signatories are individuals who are deceased, not living in Pennsylvania or were not registered voters at the reported time of the signature. When asked about the fraudulent signatures at a town hall event, Craig stuck to the fact that even without the 400 signatures in question, he still had enough to make it onto
the ballot. State Senator Bartolotta said she isn’t worried about Craig being on the ballot. She is concerned, however, with the integrity of the election and her constituency as a whole, calling Craig’s potential forgery “immeasurably offensive to those that participate in the electoral process.” When Bartolotta ran four years ago as a new-
comer, she ran to rid Harrisburg of what she believed were “lazy and disrespectful” politicians. “The reason I ran four years ago was because I was tired of politicians taking advantage of their constituency,” Bartolotta said. Many Waynesburg residents have come to find that their names and signatures are on the petitions fraudulently. One
Waynesburg resident, Travis Lemley, led a charge online, via Facebook, to keep locals aware of the issue. “In my opinion, the community has shown outrage and disgust,” Lemley said. “You cannot have a candidate that cannot be trusted.” As a voter, Lemley said he was most frustrated by FRAUD >> B4
Voter registration rises in Greene County
Data source: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends)
In Pennsylvania, health care is the highest trending Google search result out of all political topics this week. Greene County follows this pattern.
Young Democrats show concern about issues of health care, finances BY MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor
In just 37 days, Midterm Elections will take place. In Southwestern Pennsylvania, there has been a trending increase of voter registration, specifically, within a younger demographic. Kelly Watson, Chair of Communications for the Washington County Democratic Committee, said there are multiple reasons for the increase. “It used to be that if you wanted to register or change your registration, it was by paper in the mail or you had to go to the elections office,” said Watson. “Now there are websites and also apps where you can do it, so that’s one of the reasons why: it’s more accessible.” In addition to the greater accessibility, Watson said that there is a greater emphasis, recently, to encourage people
to register. Even more significantly, Watson said, young voters seem to be motivated to vote due to the current state national politics. Watson said the increase is significant for this area, because here, getting people out to vote can be a challenge, and the vote of young people can become crucial. “Every vote is important right now,” Watson said. “People are realizing now that the youth vote brings a new perspective, but also brings a new energy.” After getting young people registered, the goal then becomes to inform them about buzzing topics in the political conversation--what is going on in the area--Watson said. “The overall mission is to get young voters informed, get them involved, really listen to them and see what issues are of concern,” said Watson.
When it comes to listening to young voters and what their concerns are, Watson said that it depends on who you ask. “If you ask younger women what their concerns are, the #MeToo movement is enormous right now. And these are on a national level: equal rights, equal pay, equal opportunity,” said Watson. Where everyone starts to come together in their concerns, Watson said, is healthcare—a topic so far-reaching that it often overlaps with other political subject matters. “In this area right here of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the main issues are financial,” said Watson. “You have kids considering college or coming out of college and they are facing student loan debt. They are worried about what their future is going to look like and what kind of tax rate they are facing.” Controversies around finances influ-
ence voters’ healthcare concerns, Watson said. “Healthcare is really big,” said Watson. “You have the capability right now of staying on your parents health insurance until you are 26, if you are student. But not everyone is a student. There are people out there in the working world whose jobs don’t offer any kind of healthcare coverage.” The trend in Greene County is consistent with state-level data. In Pennsylvania, health care is among the top political topics searched in the past week. Watson encourages all people to not only register, but to actually go out and vote. “Our leg islators are elected to work for the people and represent their interests,” said Watson. “Voting is our chance to have a say in who is speaking for us.”
Morgan's Treasures building for sale Greene County Comprehensive Plan in draft stage LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Since the 1930s, the building which holds Morgan’s Treasures, an antique store in downtown Waynesburg, has remained in the same family, but now that’s likely to change. After choosing to downsize Morgan’s Treasures, owner Kim Pedilion made the decision to put the building, which sits just off of E High St, up for sale in August. For more than 85 years, the building has been passed through Pedilion’s family, beginning with her grandfather’s dry-cleaning business. Despite the heritage, it’s only recently become an antique store selling vintage items. “This was my grandfather’s dry cleaners, so it was here about 85 years, probably, and from there, my dad took it over,” said Pedilion. “Given health reasons, he couldn’t do it any longer, so I ended up with it.” After taking over the dr y-cleaning business from her father, Pedilion
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Owner of local antique stop, Morgan's Treasures, Kim Pedilion, has decided to downsize the store. started to make slow progression towards changing the family business six years ago, with influence from her parents’ background in auctioneering. “My mom and dad were auctioneers; they’ve been in the business for years,” Pedilion said. “I’ve always helped them at the auctions, so I accumulated a lot of stuff. We had yard sales outside when the dry
cleaner was here for probably 10 to 11 years.” As the dr y-cleaning business began to fall off, Pedilion said it only made sense to convert the business into an antique store to help move some of the items her family had acquired through various auctions. “Dry cleaning is a dead business, so we had been selling stuff in the dry-
cleaning business like jewelry and dishes and stuff like that,” Pedilion said. “We had already been doing that for about 10 years or so before we started [Morgan’s Treasures] and then just decided to get rid of the dry cleaning and turn it into a store.” While there had been segments of the property SALE >> B4
When Greene County residents walked into the public meeting, they were handed 10 pretend $100 bills, said Robbie Matesic, executive director of Greene County Economic Development. “This is really a demonstration of the fact that if you are the county official, you have to decide how county tax dollars are spent,” said Matesic. “So, here’s $1,000. How would you invest it if you were the county?” The Greene County Planning Commission is drafting a new comprehensive plan, to be put in place early 2019. The plan, containing goals and strategies for the county to work toward within the next decade, will be based on the priorities of Greene County residents. The Planning Commis-
sion hosted several public meetings in the last three weeks to determine those priorities. Matesic said after careful focus group research, the Planning Commission established six pillars for the new plan: Business and Industry; Grow and Protect County Assets; Workforce and Education; Mobility, Transportation and Infrastructure; Quality of Life and Local Government. From these pillars, 25 goals for improvement were established, and the Planning Commission is now tr ying to decide what is most important for the development of the county. Matesic said the meetings have been surprisingly well-attended. She said she thinks people see this as “a unique moment in history.” A lot has changed in PLAN >> B4
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Résumés don't work like they should LUKE GOODLING Columnist
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Character matters Set political affiliation aside in Kavanaugh case The Judge Brett Kavanaugh case has dominated the media in the past few weeks. But although it may be tiring to see the same topic in the news week after week, we have to remember the reason why it is. Brett Kavanaugh, nominated by President Donald Trump for the Supreme Court on July 9, was accused of sexual assault by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who said he assaulted her at a high school party when he was 17 years old. Members of both political parties have many questions to consider about the case. Is Kavanaugh’s testimony accurate? How much did he drink? Is this case a ploy by Democrats to give them a second chance to get one of their candidates in the Supreme Court in 2020? Sometimes, however, people can get caught up in details and with what is in front of them. Shouldn’t we be asking if Kavanaugh's character is good? Is he honest? These are two character traits people want in a judge of the highest court in our judicial system. There are two main ways of looking at the case. First, Judge Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted Ford 36 years ago. Should he be kept from a position in government because of something he did as a teenager that he says he has no recollection of? On top of this, both he and Ford were drinking, she said. Teenagers can be young and stupid. No one can argue with this, but Kavanaugh’s record shows that he has followed the law in his adult life. On the other hand, even something Kavanaugh did as a teenager can still give insight into his character, although it may be better developed and matured by this time. And the accusation that he is facing is very serious. Even if he was intoxicated at the time, even if it was 36 years ago, something as grave as sexual assault deserves a closer look. We have to look at questions of his character honesty and closely, especially due to the nature of the position Kavanaugh may potentially hold. As a member of the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh would hold the position for his entire life or until he decided to retire, so if he does not live up to the standards we expect of the average “good” man, we should be very wary to put him into such an influential position in our government. How then should we, as students, react to the Kavanaugh case? It starts with thinking about the case logically, no matter what political affiliation you consider yourself. Sure, whether or not Kavanaugh becomes a Supreme Court judge may have significant political repercussions, but the focus should be more on the type of man Kavanaugh is. We often become too focused on which “side” we are on, but we should talk about the case together without conflict to avoid being distracted from what’s important: character, not affiliation.
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Résumés don’t work. Ever since high school, the importance of having an up-to-date résumé when applying to colleges, internships and full-time jobs has been pounded into our heads. Every instructor has their own ideal of the perfect résumé to land you into your college
of choice or a position at your dream job – but there’s no consistency. Should it be two columns or a single column? One font or two… or even three? Do I need to include references or not? If I do include references, do I put down just their names, or should I include contact information? Also, does it really matter if it’s printed on résumé paper? As a senior in college, I’ve heard contradicting information about
résumés – how they should look and what they should include – nearly every semester since high school. Every professor has their own opinions, and every hiring manager has their own preferences, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Compared to portfolios and cover letters, resumes contain the simplest information but are the most complicated to put together. Most résumés contain informa-
tion on just education and work experience, so there’s no need to overcomplicate them. For résumés, a standard format needs to be enforced. Not only would it make the job application process much easier, but it would save people time when applying for jobs and reviewing applications. Students will no longer have to worry about customizing résumés for each specific RÉSUMÉS >> B3
There are times a break is necessary JOE SMELTZER Columnist
When I was 17, I decided I wanted to be in a high school musical. To this day, I'm not quite sure why. I've never been a good dancer, I've never been to a Broadway show and I could probably have counted on one hand the
amount of Show Tunes I had memorized. When I saw my high school's production of Chicago in April of my junior year, I got it in my head that I was going to go be on that stage in some form for our next musical production. A lot can happen in a year, and I knew there was a chance that as time passed, my will to be in West Allegheny's 2016 spring musical could
dissipate. But it didn't, and roughly nine months after proclaiming that I would give the stage a try, there I was, waiting for the call to audition for “A Chorus Line”. My audition tanked. I forgot my lines, stumbled over my words, and as a result, didn't get a callback to audition for any of the nine male leading parts. I decided to stick it out as part of the “ensemble,” where I was
featured in nothing aside from the beginning and closing numbers of the show. Both were dance numbers, which I'm not fond of. So essentially, I spent two and 1/2 months of my life watching other people perform. Although the musical had it's positive aspects, I was at best frustrated by the experience - at BREAK >> B3
C O N N E C T I N G C U LT U R E S
Professor relays stories from travels HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor
Beth Merry, professor of communication, has traveled to over 40 different countries, and she is still thirsty to visit more. When Merry was young, she would travel with her family within the United States, from California and back, she said. Merry started traveling to different countries in Europe with her family when she was in 8th grade. After graduating high school, Merry traveled with her family to see Israel, Beirut, Cypress, Egypt and Russia. Merry said this adventure took place in the middle of the Cold War. “There were some scary moments, I have to say,” Merry said. When her family was going into Russia during the trip, Merry said they were told they were each allowed to bring one russian Bible into the country, but when they reached customs, they were detained because of those simple belongings. “They put us in this little room. We didn’t think they were going to let us in the country,” Merry said. “It was beastly hot in there, and
they just kept us in there with no water or food for quite a while.” Merry said they were eventually let into the country, but Merry’s parents told her and her siblings to leave their Bibles so they wouldn’t cause trouble. She said they were watched closely for nearly the whole trip. Despite this, her family got the opportunity to meet with some Christians from the underground church there. “My brother disobeyed our parents and kept his Bible…but in this case it worked out pretty well,” Merry said. One of the people Merry’s family met with was a pastor in the underground church, but he owned no Bible to preach from. He used only pieces of paper with sections of the Bible written on them. So Merry’s brother gave him the Russian Bible. “When we gave him the Bible, he was just ecstatic,” Merry said. When they visited the pastor at his home and met his family, Merry said they had to close all the doors and windows. Then another scary incident occurred. “The KGB was outside the door, and they were going
to come in and arrest him and, who knows, maybe us,” Merry said, “but Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn came outside and chased them away. So it was pretty exciting.” Although this is one of her more exciting stories, Merry said she has many different stories from other places she has traveled to. One of her favorite places, where she has traveled to more than once in her adult life, is New Zealand. “New Zealand is just gorgeous, and it’s so varied,” Merry said. “You could be on a glacier hiking through an ice tunnel one minute, and then a few hours later you’re on the coast, where there are these magnificent rocks jutting out of the ocean.” Merry said that in New Zealand, you can pass an apple orchard, a vineyard
and an orange grove within 10 miles of each other, as the weather is very mild due to the coastal waters. Not only is the landscape a beautiful sight, but so is the culture in the area which is displayed through traditions and museums. “People are very proud of their heritage and their culture. The museums all have living cultural exhibits, where they dance to traditional dancing and do crafts like weaving, tattooing and carving jade,” Merry said. “It’s just really beautiful to see.” Merry has her bachelor’s degree in cross-cultural communication, partly because of her love of traveling. Through her knowledge and experience, she continues to teach students her passion at Waynesburg.
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Cheat Sheet: President Trump mocks Ford's testimony EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer
President Donald Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh at a Mississippi rally. Trump mocked Blasey for not being able to remember all the answers to the questions she was asked. Trump also went after the Democrats, saying they are out to ruin honorable Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s life, calling Democrats “evil people” who want to “destroy people.” President Trump also said he didn’t know Kavanaugh before choosing him as the Supreme Court Justice nominee, and that the two only met a few weeks ago. He also claimed that now in America, you are guilty until proven in-
nocent when it comes to sexual assault claims. At the same rally, Trump said “Think of your son. Think of your husband,” mocking the same phrasing the #MeToo movement has used to build momentum. He also said a vote in the midterms election for the Republican Party is a vote for Trump. The The New York Times released a letter written by Kavanaugh in 1983, where he described himself and his friends as “loud, obnoxious, drunks with prolific pukers,” which goes against what he said in in the senate hearing. Before the letter was released, the committee asked Kavanaugh if he went by the nickname “Bart.” Kavanaugh replied by saying to ask one of his friends from high school if they meant him or another man. In this letter, it is confirmed Kavanaugh signed as “Bart.” After the hearing, President Trump decided to allow the FBI to update
Kavanaugh’s file, but only gave one week for the inquiry. Robert Muller’s office allowed two prosecutors to leave the office. Kyle Freeny and Brandon Van Grack left after the Paul Manafort criminal case was closed. Van Grack left to return to his job with the National Security Division of the Justice Department. Freeny will return to the Criminal Division Office in mid-October, where he will return to the money laundering and asset recovery section of the Justice Department. Manafort’s sentence hearing will be Dec. 18, but he is not the only one connected to criminal behavior with Trump. Trump’s parents also are. Trump help Fred C. and Mary Anne Trump evade taxes and potentially commit fraud by hiding gifts in sham corporations, according to The New York Times. Chris Harder, a lawyer of Trump’s, completely
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Dozens of people protest against the nomination of the judge to the Supreme Court in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles Sept. 28. denied the story and attacked the credibility of The New York Times. “The New York Times’ allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false and highly defamatory,” Harder said. Trump’s brother, Robert Trump, defended his parents and brother. “Our dear father, Fred
C. Trump, passed away in June 1999. Our beloved mother, Mary Anne Trump, passed away in August 2000,” Robert Trump said in a statement to The New York Times. “All appropriate gift and estate tax returns were filed, and the required taxes were paid. Our father's estate was closed in 2001 by both the
Internal Revenue Service and the New York State tax authorities, and our mother’s estate was closed in 2004. Our family has no other comment on these matters, that happened some 20 years ago, and would appreciate you respecting the privacy of our deceased parents, may God rest their souls.”
In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant
1) Mitchell email damaging to Ford Case against Kavanaugh. After months of speculation, four days of hearings, weeks of scandal and testimony from both Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s accuser, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted last Friday to carry Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States to the Senate Floor. After the party line vote was cast, however, Rachel Mi tchell, Arizona sex crimes prosecutor who was brought in to question Ford, released a nine page memo detailing the wrinkles in Ford’s story. Mi tchell asked Ford questions methodically and was often interrupted by Senate Democrats. Mitchell’s memo points to inconsistencies in the time period Ford stated the alleged incident occurred and Ford’s inability to identify Kavanaugh by name as the assailant. -Washington Examiner Oct. 1 2. Canada finally signs new NAFTA deal. The United States and Canada agreed on
Break Continued from B2 worst: miserable. I stuck with it mainly because I didn't want the word “quitter” attached to my name. Kids and early adults are often taught to “never give up.” Whenever an activity isn't going according to plan, it’s a common thought that the best thing to do is to stick it out and make the most out of it. While there are certainly cases where continuing to pursue an activity - such as a school musical or a baseball team - ends up being the right call, there are
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A row of wooden crosses bearing the names of those killed during the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting off Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas. changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement late Sunday night. For months, President Donald Trump has put pressure on Canada to re-negotiate terms to become more suitable to the United States. Then, after a new deal was agreed upon by the United States and Mexico, President Trump threatened to leave Canada out of the agreement all together if they did not come to terms with the United States. The agreement, now going by the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, comes just in time for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to sign the deal before he leaves office on Dec. 1.
also occasions where the best thing to do is move on. In the fall of my sophomore year at Waynesburg University, I was failing one of my classes at midterms. If I had stayed in the class, there’s a good chance I would have failed the course, which would have hurt my GPA a great deal. So after talking it over with my parents, the teacher of the class, my academic advisor and others, I decided to withdraw from the course. I ended the semester with a respectable GPA, and ended up passing the course in the spring. So my initial hypothesis was correct, and withdrawing from that class proved to be
-The Slate Group Oct. 1 3. High school football player dies after collapsing on field. Last Friday in Georgia, Pike County High School junior Dylan Thomas collapsed during his high school football game. Two days later, just hours after a vigil was held for him on the field, word spread that Thomas had died. After the incident on Friday night, Thomas was airlifted to Grady memorial hospital where he stayed until his untimely death. On Saturday, swelling had yet to go down in Thomas’ brain. Another Georgia
the right decision. I have nothing against the “never give up” mentality. As Walter Matthau said in the 1976 movie Bad News Bears, “This quitting thing, it's a hard habit to break,” and certainly nobody wants to be known as a quitter. There are times, however, when a break is necessary. So to anybody who is involved in an activity and is contemplating whether or not to step away, I would advise considering all options. If every scenario is thought out carefully and it turns out that backing off is the best possible option, then there is nothing wrong with deciding to do just that.
football player is fighting for his life after a similar situation. Christion Abercrombie, a sophomore at Tennessee State that went to high school in Georgia, was rushed to the hospital after losing consciousness in Tennessee State’s game against Vanderbilt on Saturday. -Cox Media Group Oct. 1 4. Las Vegas strip district goes dark to honor shooting victims. The marquees lining the strip district of Las Vegas went dark Monday night to honor the victims of and those affected by the shooting
Résumés Continued from B2 job application or school assignment, and hiring managers will no longer have to hunt through résumés with every different font, color and organizational format under the sun. To reach this standard for résumés, the initiative must start with colleges and universities. Nearly every professor I’ve spoken to about resumes at Waynesburg University has given me their own advice on how to formulate them, and most times it’s the exact opposite of what some-
rampage that killed 58 people at a country music festival last year. Several events are scheduled to mark the one year anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. After a nearly year long investigation, local authorities were unable to f ind a motive for the event, and the FBI is still searching for one. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval ordered all flags across the state to fly at half staff on Monday. -USA Today Sept. 30 5. Kanye West speaks out on Saturday Night Live.
one else has told me. By having institutions teach students a base standard on format and content for résumés, it’ll promote equilibrium across the board. I understand the need for individuals to be creative and stand apart from their peers when applying for jobs, but it shouldn’t start with the résumé. By all means, get creative with your cover letters and portfolios, but don’t make me have to change the format of my job experience list with every application I submit. Furthermore, I shouldn’t be put at a disadvantage for landing a job if the hiring manager doesn’t like that I used
Season 44 of Saturday Nig ht Live premiered wi th performance by K a n y e We s t a n d L i l Pump with their collaborative song “I Love It,” where West and Pump were dressed as water bottles. West afterwards went on a lengthy rant about President Trump while wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. In the rant, West called President Trump a “builder” and accused the cast of the show of attempting to bully him out of wearing the hat on stage. President Trump tweeted in support of West yet again, saying “He’s leading the charge!” -People.com Sept. 30
two columns on my résumé instead of one. Instead, I should be judged on my actual job experience, how I conduct myself in an interview and the contents of my portfolio. As I begin the process of finding work outside of college, I ’m quickly f inding that it can be overwhelming and stressful at times. One way to easily reduce the amount of effort that goes into the job hunt process is simplifying the expectations behind creating job résumés. Instead of focusing on the finite details, let’s focus on what actually matters when we apply for jobs.
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Hot Rod's owner Alpaca Open House engages locals seeking to repair before selling LUKE GOODLING AND COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Staff Report
JOE SMELTZER
Senior Editorial Assistant
Before Sept. 6, Rodney Phillips and his wife, Stephanie, planned on selling Hot Rod’s House of Bar-B-Que. The owners of Hot Rod’s announced their intentions to sell the popular restaurant located on S Morris St. in an effort to move down south, so their son could pursue a career in bull riding. Then, shortly before 4 a.m. on a Thursday morning, Hot Rod’s caught fire, putting the restaurant— and the sale— on the shelf indefinitely. “There’s nothing to sell, so it’s not for sale anymore,” said Phillips, owner, and founder of Hot Rod’s. “Hot Rod’s is no longer for sale because there is no Hot Rod’s. We lost basically everything. 13 years of work has basically gone out the window.” It wasn’t until the morning of Sept. 6 and the fallout from the fire that Phillips realized what his restaurant meant to the town of Waynesburg. Although Phillips is at the center of the restaurant’s daily operations, he said that he’s learned a lot about Hot Rod’s’ impact from a business standpoint, in addition to the social aspect. “I have had a lot of business people come up to me in the last few weeks,” he said. “Even though I’m in there every day, I never realized how many business meetings are done inside Hot Rod’s. It was the only place in town they felt they could go in and do a business meeting. So I think a lot of that dynamic was lost when we lost the restaurant.”
For the past 13 years, on Phillips said that it will the last weekend in Sepbe 2 to 3 years before the tember, the community has restaurant will be back in a had the opportunity to get position to sell. The focus, a closer look at the count’s for now, is to get Hot Rod’s only active breeding alpaca back on its feet as soon as farm. This past weekend, Lippossible. Phillips said that the goal is to have the res- pencott Alpacas hosted taurant ready to reopen its annual Open House in six months, but that it for the general public to might take a year or more learn more about fiber, to really pull it off. Even the animal husbandry and albest case scenario, Phillips pacas. Lena Gailing, who said, is still a major setback runs the farm with her for selling the restaurant. husband, said this year’s “Six months is a long turnout of 400 people was time to not be in the mar- bolstered by good weathket doing what you do,” he er and increased advertissaid. “So as it stands now, ing on social media. we’re not going anywhere “I certainly try and ad[since] there’s not busi- vertise. So, I do try and ness anymore. Our plan advertise a little more, now is just to reopen Hot but what mainly did it was Rod’s.” Facebook,” said Gailing. “I Phillips said that the per- had some help from the spective that he’s gained as tourist office.” a result of the fire is driving Another factor which him to reopen the place he Gailing said helped instarted more than a decade crease participants was the ago. National Alpaca Farm Day. “It never really came to Each year, Gailing strategimy attention, even as a cally hosts her open house business owner, that we on the same weekend of were that integral a part of the National Alpaca Farm town,” Phillips said. “Even day, which helps her gain beyond the food, I never more attention. “We are very much a part realized what an impact losing that restaurant made of the national organizain town. It never crossed tion and the Pennsylvania my mind. We’ve had a lot organization,” Gailing said. of positive comments and “[The national organizastatements and reinforce- tion] also advertises, you ments from people inside send in information on that town, so we want to what you are going to do to the organization and then get it responded.” Phillips said that the fire they post it.” Every year Gailing was unlike anything he had chooses a theme for the ever experienced. “I’ve never dealt with open house, this year it was anything like this before,” focused on “wishes come Phillips said. “It was defi- true at Lippencott Alpacas.” “It’s the idea that a lot of nitely a change. Less than a month ago, people have said ‘oh I reit looked like the Phillips ally wish I had an alpaca,’” family would be selling Hot Gailing said. “Well, this way Rod’s House of Bar-B-Que. we try to encourage more Now, they are “in this for people to get involved with the long haul,” Rodney Phil- alpacas, whether it be own them or get involved in the lips said.
Photos courtesy of Lippencott Alpacas
Lippencott Alpacas hosted the 13th annual Open House last weekend, inviting community members to learn about fiber, animal husbandry and alpacas.
fibers such as spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, or felting. But mainly we were trying to sell a lot of our older alpacas.” A few months ago, Gailing said she had 31 alpacas on the farm. Today, she has only 14, and was able to sell two alpacas during the open house. In addition to selling a pair of alpacas during the event, Gailing said business in the farm store was successful. The store was open for people to purchase a wide variety of fiber products, including sweaters, gloves and socks. “We’re promoting alpaca products, whether its yarn, clothing and socks, of course, are my main best seller in the whole store,” Gailing said.
Since alpaca f iber is more comfortable compared to wool, Gailing said it creates more desirable clothing. “ The dif ference be tween alpaca wool and sheep wool is that alpaca fiber is softer and sheep fiber can be itchier than what alpaca fiber would be,” said Gailing. “ The main thing is alpaca wicks away water better than sheep wool. Even though it does well, alpaca does better. Your skin is dryer
Gallo launches Love Greene Project Fraud MALARIE YODER For the Yellow Jacket
Volunteers woke up early last Saturday to help with a collaborative service project, the Love Greene Project. Juan Gallo, along with a group of youth ministers and other affiliates, created the project with the goal to “invest in the local youth and local community.” “We had been working together for a while in various ways, and we wanted to see what we could do on a larger scale to try to have an impact on the community,” said Gallo. “We feel that that is one of the greatest ways to model our faith, to serve those around us.” Gallo’s group met once a month for several months to brainstorm and implement the project that took place Saturday. “People from all over the county are going to show
Sale Continued from B1 for sale earlier, Pedilion said her husband encouraged her to put the entire building up for sale through a realtor. “People approached us about different things and so we entertained selling parts of it, but then we just decided that to do all of it in one big shot with the realtor would be best,” Pedilion said. Even though the property is up for sale, Pedilion said she hopes to continue the antique store – just in a different location.
up at the EQT REC center at 8 a.m. and there they will be checked in, they will have an opportunity to check out all the service opportunities that we have available,” said Gallo. “Then they will be able to sign up, get some instruction from that specific project. Then they will get a free T-shirt and then they will have the opportunity to have some breakfast and then we will go into orientation to go into some of the rules and what our vision is and have a prayer before everyone leaves.” Gallo wanted everyone in the community involved. “The call is for just anyone in the community that wants to come out and serve,” he said. Gallo hopes those that attended the event received the same life lessons he has learned from service. “I think the age-old thing,
“At this time, I’ll probably just go somewhere else,” Pedilion said. “There is no set plan since we don’t know how long it will take for the building to sell.” After putting the store up for sale towards the end of the summer, Pedilion said there hasn’t been significant buyer interest. But, as she prepares to sell the building, which has been passed down in her family for decades, Pedilion said she’ll miss having it. “My husband has been trying to get me to do this for a year and a half,” Pedilion said. “It took him a year and a half; it was a difficult decision to make.”
that it’s better to give than to receive,” said Gallo.“Just from going out and getting to work on a project and watching it get completed and seeing the gratitude with which people receive that and that sense of accomplishment.” Gallo is passionate about faith by serving and hopes that the group that came out was inspired. “The reason why we are doing this is just to inspire people and let them realize they can do things to improve their community,” Gallo said. “They don’t have to wait for politicians and community leaders to start agendas. That any individual can decide and go out and make a difference on any given day and do their part to improve their community. We hope to inspire people in that way and also as people go out to different area of the
Plan Continued from B1 Greene County since the last comprehensive plan has gone into effect - especially in areas relating to industry and technology. And the county is still changing, she said. “ Yo u ’ d h a v e n e v e r thought that 10 years ago, the critical element was going to be expanding reliable high-speed internet service across the county,” Matesic said. “And now it’s essential. It is the utmost essential piece of infrastructure.” When the current plan
and warmer.” Going into the Open House, Gailing said she was very encouraged by the response of the community. “The community supports us 100 percent,” said Gailing. “Every event we go to, people always want to see the alpacas, we are promoted on the radio now and at McCracken Pharmacy. Everyone seems to bend over backwards for us, which is phenomenal. The community has been very good.”
community.” G a l l o a n d t h e L ove Greene Project’s main goal is to start a relationship with the charities and nonprofit groups. “A group of individuals get to go out and serve at the nursing home and maybe they will want to do it again next month and the month after that,” Gallo said. There are so many areas of need in Greene County, Gallo said. Areas that need more attention even past the Love Greene Project. “ There’s addiction, neglect of children and crime, and a lot of things a lot of us turn our eye away from that and just expect law enforcement or judiciary system to do something about it,” he said. “But I think that there are a lot of positive things that individuals can do that can affect those things as well.”
Criag's inability to explain himself in public meetings. “Mr. Craig’s misuse and fraudulence in this matter, along with his attitude towards the same, are not that of someone you want in office. He is very callous with his responses regarding this possible petition fraud,” Lemley said. “He should know better. He is untrustworthy. You simply cannot have a person like that in office. I believe that the people of the 46th District of Pennsylvania can clearly see for themselves what he has done and they can make an educated and intelligent decision.” While Craig has stated that his office is conducting an internal investigation, voters whose names were forged are encouraged to take the next step by contacting their district
attorney’s office and file an affidavit. Lemley believes the best defense against issues such as this is to tell voters. “I feel that voters need to be more informed. Ask, seek, and demand transparency from any candidate,” Lemley said. “Let the records speak for themselves. This is our future. Take a stand. We need more young people voting.” Bartolotta will be debating Craig Thursday, Oct. 4 in Beaver County, and encourages everyone with questions to come and seek answers. Bartolotta believes the election will speak for itself come Nov. 6. She said she is hopeful the people of the 46th District of Pennsylvania will demand better from candidates for office. “We have to do better, we must do better,” Bartolotta said. “The people of the 46th District deserve better.”
was put into place back in 2008, Matesic said, the natural gas industry was also just getting settled. Now that it’s been 10 years, the new plan will certainly look for ways the county can take advantage of natural gas revenues and protect the area’s resources. “Instead of just exporting out of the county and out of the region, how do we use it here, for manufacturing and for power generation and for other uses?” Matesic said. The coal industry is another aspect of economic well-being that will be addressed on the new plan. While Matesic said coal is “as strong as it’s ever
been” in Greene County, she knows that this is not the case in other areas of Pennsylvania and nearby West Virginia. Greene County needs to plan ahead, she said. The future of the coal industry is what led Veronica Coptis, executive director of the Center for Coalfield Justice, to attend a Sept. 27 meeting. Coptis said she was interested in being another voice to inf luence the county’s priorities during the next 10 years. “I got a lot more understanding of what a comprehensive plan is and how it is written,” said Matesic. “Engage in the process, because this is
our opportunity to enge in the draft.” Matesic said there are still many more public meetings on the schedule for the coming weeks. Af ter gathering input from Greene County residents on where they believe money should be invested, the Planning Commission will begin working on strategies to achieve the new goals and determining what agencies will be responsible for each respective tasks. Special attention is also being given to making the new plan more adaptable as the county continues to develop, to maintain its functionality over the next decade.
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OCTOBER 4, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG
Jackets dominate first PAC game Football 4 of 5 shots on goal went in extends for the offense against SVC winning streak RAY PAQUET
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Over a month ago, Waynesburg University’s women’s soccer team had one of the best starts to the season in team history. This past weekend, the Yellow Jackets had the opportunity to prove their caliber in the opening game of the conference schedule. The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team (5-2-2, 1-0) had their Presidents’ Athletic Conference home opener this past Saturday as they took on the Saint Vincent Bearcats (4-5, 0-1). The Yellow Jackets defeated the Bearcats, 4-1. Head coach L aura Heethuis was pleased with how the team played from the get-go in its first game at John F. Wiley Stadium since Sept. 7. “I thoug ht we came
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Gina Bonura scored her first goal as a Yellow Jacket against Saint Vincent.
out ready to play and excited and energetic, good to get back on the home field and in front of the fans,” said Heethuis. “Energy and all of that was great for the team, they play really well.” Heethuis said that the Jackets had some really good stretches of soccer where the team was able to move the ball and give themselves opportunities to finish. “We got a little sloppy at times, we did give up a set piece goal,” said Heethuis. “It was great to come away with the win and get some goals but [we] also have things that we have to fine tune.” With only 11 minutes into the first half, freshman forward Leesha Wagner scored her second goal of the season off a cross by junior defender Gina Bonura. S o p h o m o re f o r wa rd Emily Hill scored her fourth goal of the year 20
minutes later. Hill headed in a free kick from junior midfielder Teagan Jenner. T h e Ye l l o w J a c k e t s added on quickly to start the second half with Wagner’s second goal of the match from 8-yards out off of an assist from sophomore midfielder Maddy Manz. Initially, Wagner didn’t believe either one of her goals on the day would find the back of the net. “For the f irst one, I thought I was going to miss, I thoug ht it was going to bounce out or something weird like that, so I’m glad that it went in because we wanted to score in the first ten minutes or close to that,” said Wagner. “The second goal, I didn’t think that it was going to go in either, but our coach has been telling us to shoot whenever, so I took my shots and they went in.” Wagner was recognized by the Presidents’ Athletic Conference for Rookie of the Week.
On paper, most would believe the Waynesburg University football team would come out victorious last week. Although it did, it did not happen as easy as most people might have expected. Waynesburg trailed 14-3 after the first quarter, but would go on to score the next 21 points in the 24-21 victory over the Thiel College Tomcats. The comeback was sparked by a 5-yard touchdown pass from junior wide receiver Nick Moretti to junior Chad Walker. It was the first of two scores for Walker, and the first time head coach Chris Smithley
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Tennis player adjusts to life after season-ending injury ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer
Aubree Brown always knew she was going to struggle with injuries. But she never knew she would never play a competitive match again after her sophomore year at Waynesburg university. After going 3-7 in singles and 2-9 in doubles, Brown suffered from a career ending shoulder issue. What was once a promising career in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference as Waynesburg’s No. 1 came to a premature close. “It’s kind of disappointing when your college career ends with an injury and you don’t have that next season,” said Brown.
in a sling and said if [it was] still bothering me in a few weeks to get it checked by an orthopedic surgeon.” A teammate’s parent was an orthopedic surgeon and told Brown to get her injury checked out soon. That’s when she was diagnosed with multidirectional shoulder
“It's kind of disappointing when your college career ends with an injury and you don't have that next season.” AUBREE BROWN
Tennis player
*** As a kid, Brown was primarily a softball player, but also ran track in middle school. When she began her tennis career as a freshman in high school, Brown started dealing with injuries. “I was playing in the first match of my season and I hit a ball awkwardly,” Brown said. “The way I hit it I dislocated my shoulder and it popped back in. I went to the emergency room and they put me
instability mobility [MDI]. MDI happens when the ligaments that hold the shoulder in place are loose. In addition to MDI, Brown also has hypermobility, which gave her more than normal range of motion in her shoulder. “Going into college tennis it never really bothered me too much, but I ran track in high school too,” said Brown. “So, I always had that break from tennis
to rest versus in college where I was playing full time year-round and that was added stress.” After only one year of playing in high school, Brown had worked her way into the top two of doubles and by her junior year, she was one of the better players on the team. In the second round of her WPIAL tennis match her senior year, Brown and her teammate were eliminated in the quarterfinal and didn’t qualify for states. That was the only loss on the season for the two of them. Physical therapy trained Brown to deal with the pain. So, when her shoulder dislocated for the sixth time, she walked it off and slept on the injury. The next day, however, the pain was overwhelming. “I hit a shot awkwardly and I felt my shoulder slip out so it was only a partial dislocation,” Brown said. “But it was the sixth partial dislocation I had from freshman year of high school to end of sophomore year of college, so it popped back in—it’s okay and it felt fine.” Brown said she usually feels a dead feeling in her arm but the pain was worse this time. “I woke up the next day and I BROWN >> C3
Photo courtesy of Aubree Brown
Aubree Brown started experiencing injuries after starting tennis her freshman year of high school.
Team battles with mid-season injuries Golf in sixth after opening rounds in fall PAC finale MIKE TRAX
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After hosting their first home meet in five years, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team had this past week off to prepare for the DeSales Invitational. Despite having early success in the year, the cross country team has been facing roadblocks of its own. Injuries to top runners have been affecting the team since the start of the season. With all the injuries happening, head coach Chris Hardie is not letting it stop the team from succeeding. “We always have to stay as positive as we can be,” said Hardie. “Because of the depth we have, we never make excuses about injuries.” Since the team is suffering from injuries, the practice style was altered for the women’s team. “ We usually focus a
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lot on putting in effort and the quality of the effort,” said Hardie. “But these past two weeks we have been focusing more on the health of the runners.” Hardie described the situation the team is in as an uncomfortable place for the coaches. “We don’t feel like our girls are training at a high level right now,” said Hardie. “They are just trying to get back to being healthy again.” Hardie is not letting the injuries hold the team back for future success. “The plan is the plan, and the g irls that are
healthy are still moving forward,” said Hardie. Hardie and assistant women’s cross country coach Michelle Cross are not sure why the team is battling an uncommon amount of injuries this year. “Last year coming into this year is the worst injury year we have had,” said Hardie. “But there is no certain reason why the injuries have happened.” Cross feels that the injury bug might just be poor luck rather than the training, because the training has worked in years prior without these types of is-
sues. “This style of training we have done before for a regional-caliber team,” said Cross. “Just two years ago no one was injured but this year injuries happened.” Both Hardie and Cross agree that the team is getting healthier and the weekend off has been beneficial for the team. With the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship approaching at the end of the month, injured athletes that are returning could WXC >> C2
Waynesburg Universi ty’s men’s golf team competed in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships on Monday and Tuesday in Warren, Ohio, finishing sixth out of seven teams. In what the team was hoping to be a solid final round for the team’s season, the men sit at the exact same place they started at due to the team’s fluctuating scores. S o p h o m o r e Wi l l i a m Purbaugh felt the team performed adequately and as a cohesive unit, despite the overall result. “I feel that we, as a team, played well,” said Purbaugh. “I felt that we could have had a bet-
ter first round, but even then, we scored decently well. We did, however, definitely step our game up the second round and I feel we have a lot to be proud of.” From an outside perspective, Purbaugh said there wasn’t much expectation for the team to win the PAC Championship, but instead further improve as a team. “This is a growing season for us,” said Purbaugh. “We won’t be competing for the championship, but the way we performed these last few rounds makes us feel confident we can improve in the future.” Freshman Luke Diel led the charge for the Jackets, shooting an 85 to start and MGOLF >> C4
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Track & field NCAA rule changes in effect for next season ZAC SCHNEGG
For the Yellow Jacket
The NCAA recently approved the revision of a few rules for the 2018-19 track & field season. These rules include the expansion of exchange zones in relay events, uniform changes and shortening the start time for field competitors. With the season still a few months away, Michelle Cross, head coach of the men’s and women’s track & field teams, has scarcely talked about the changes. “We have spoken about them with the PAC but with no other teams,” Cross said. “I have also spoken about them with my assistants a few times.” The main change for the 2018-19 season is the expanding of the exchange zone for relay events. The zone was expanded to 30 meters, up from the previ-
WXC Continued from C1 play a major role in the future meet. Senior Teghan Simonton, junior Katherine Thompson and sophomores Megan Studebaker and Becca Volz were mentioned by both coaches that could be big contributors if they all compete at full health. Thompson is one of those athletes that could play a significant role. “Katherine was one of
Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott
The men's track & field program finished fifth and seventh for indoor and outdoor seasons, respectively, last season. The women won the conference championship in both of their seasons. ous 20 meter standard. “It will definitely affect our strategy,” said Cross. “The goal in the majority of
those races is to have your fastest runner run the longest distance and this could affect it.”
Junior sprinter and jumper Mike Trax said he believes the changes will help many of the Jacket runners.
the top competitors on the team her freshman year,” said Cross. “She has been slowly making progress, which could put her back to the level she was at freshman year.” Thompson thought she was just having shin issues from last year, but it turned out to be Compartment Syndrome. “C o m p a r t m e nt Sy n drome is a lot of pressure built up in my lower leg muscles,” said Thompson. “I had to go through surgery this summer on both legs to deal with the injury and to relieve the pressure.”
Thompson feels good to finally be back racing. “I surprised myself with how quickly I bounced back,” said Thompson. “I thought it was going to take a lot longer than it did.” Thompson gave high praises to her coaches for helping her recover. “They have been really great and patient with m e ,” s a i d T h o m p s o n . “Every day they ask me how I am feeling and if there was a problem, they would modify my workout.” Through all the problems the team has been
facing, Thompson believes the team has gotten closer through the injuries. “We grew together in talking about how we could help each other through the injuries,” said Thompson. “ We ran in little packs the last meet which gave us our confidence back and took our minds off of the injuries.” T h e w o m e n’ s c r o s s country team is hopeful for a healthy team for the PAC championship. The Yellow Jackets will continue their battling season this Saturday in Center Valley for the DeSales Invitational.
“It will benefit our team,” Trax said. “We need more room to get the handoffs down. We were close to be-
Soccer Continued from C1 Bonura capped off the scoring for the Yellow Jackets when she lofted the ball over the goalkeeper from 12 yards out. She said she felt a lot of emotions after scoring her first goal in 44 games as a Yellow Jacket. “I was pretty excited, it was my first collegiate goal,” said Bonura. “I always try to take shots and everything and that’s the
ing disqualified a few times last year because of delayed handoffs.” The NCA A also ruled that all members of a team must wear the same uniforms. The report from the NCAA states that, “the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Rules Committee believes it should be easy to distinguish which team everyone represents during track meets. Committee members also received similar feedback via a national survey of track coaches.” It goes on to say that any athlete who does not comply with the rule will be disqualified from their event. Cross believes it will have a small effect on some of the athletes on her team. “Traditionally, our throwers have worn whatever they want,” said Cross. “We RULES >> C3
first one that went in.” The Bearcats would get on the board in the 66th minute to avoid the shutout. Saint Vincent outshot the Jackets nine to seven, but Waynesburg put five on goal compared to Saint Vincent’s four. The team will have a week off following another PAC tilt with Westminster, which was on Wednesday night in a game that took place after the deadline for this publication. The Yellow Jackets will host the Bethany Bison Wednesday, Oct. 10, at John F. Wiley Stadium. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS Wash. & Jeff Case Western Reserve Westminster Geneva Bethany Waynesburg Carnegie Mellon Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel
MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 4-0 5-0 3-0 4-0 3-1 3-2 2-1 2-2 2-2 2-3 2-2 2-3 1-2 2-2 1-3 2-3 0-3 0-4 0-4 0-5
Saturday’s Box Score
Thiel 21, WAYNESBURG 24 Thiel 14 0 0 7 Waynesburg 3 14 0 7
21 24
SCORE RECAP
First Quarter: WAY - Garrett Horne 21 yard field goal, 11:05; THI - Josh Page 22 yard TD pass from Marko Bakovic. (Chris Rosales PAT), 05:18; THI - David Pugh 39 yard TD pass from Damon Smith. (Chris Rosales PAT), 03:19. Second Quarter: WAY - Chad Walker 5 yard TD pass from NIck Moretti. (Garrett Horne PAT), 08:41; WAY - Nick Moretti 72 yard TD pass from Tyler Perone. (Garrett Horne PAT), 04:38; Fourth Quarter: WAY - Chad Walker 1 yard TD run. ( Garrett Horne PAT)., 14:56; THI - Alex Porco 5 yard TD pass from Marko Bakovic. (Chris Rosales PAT), 03:58.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone................ 16 26 185 1 Moretti...................... 1 1 5 1 Waynesburg rushing
ATT YDS TD Walker.................................... 23 134 1 Taylor...................................... 6 51 0
STANDINGS Bethany Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff. Grove City Westminster Geneva Thiel Saint Vincent
Conf. Overall 1-0 4-6-2 1-0 4-6 1-0 3-5-1 0-0 7-1-2 0-0 6-2 0-1 3-5-1 0-1 4-7 0-1 1-9
Saturday’s Box Score
Saint Vincent 0, WAYNESBURG 6 Saint Vincent 0 0 0 Waynesburg 2 4 6
SCORE RECAP
First Half: WAY - Goal by Matt Hlasnick, 14:11; WAY Goal by Daniel Hott, 29:00; Second Half: WAY - Goal by Tyler Sisler, 59:21; WAY - Goal by Thomas Robinson, 73:43; WAY - Goal by Lane Chaney, 78:33; WAY - Goal by Thomas Robinson, 87:51.
RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday, September 26: Baldwin Wallace 1, Grove City 6; Bethany 0, Northern Kentucky 5; W&J 1, Muskingum 2. Saturday, September 29: Bethany 1, Geneva 0; Grove City 3, Thomas More 1; Thiel 0, W&J 4.
Thiel passing
COM ATT YDS TD Bakovic.................... 15 28 133 2 Smith ...................... 1 1 39 1 Thiel rushing Barca...................................
ATT YDS TD 13 44 0
Thiel receiving
UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, October 2: Buffalo State at Grove City - 4 p.m.; Wash. & Jeff. at Allegheny - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 3: Geneva at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Waynesburg at Westminster - 5 p.m.; Bethany at Thiel - 8 p.m. Friday, October 5: Wash. & Jeff at Grove City - 2 p.m.
Saint Vincent 1, Waynesburg 4 Saint Vincent 0 1 1 Waynesburg 2 2 4
SCORE RECAP First Half: WAY - Goal by Leesha Wagner, (Assist by Gina Bonura.), 10:09; WAY - Goal by Emily Hill, (Assist by Teagan Jenner.), 30:09. Second Half: Way - Goal by Leesha Wagner, (Assist by Maddy Manz.), 48:34; WAY - Goal by Gina Bonura, 58:51; SVC - Goal by Katie Ryan, 65:52.
RECENT RESULTS Saturday, September 29: Waynesburg 4, Saint Vincent 1; Bethany 0, Geneva 4; Chatham 1, Westminster 2; Thiel 0, Wash. & Jeff. 3.
STANDINGS Conf. Overall Westminster Wash. & Jeff. Bethany Geneva Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Chatham Waynesburg
6-0 19-1 6-1 10-8 5-1 12-7 4-4 10-7 4-4 4-13 3-4 7-10 3-5 8-12 1-5 5-11 0-8 3-16
UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday, October 2: Geneva at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Wash. & Jeff at Oberlin - 7:30 p.m.
GOALS: Iregui, 11, WES; Mattocks, 7, WES; Caporaso, 5, GC.
PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS
ASSISTS: Elnolf, 3, W&J; Kotkiewicz, 3, W&J; Curry, 3, GC. SAVES: Greenway, 37, GC; Bove, 35, WES
KILLS: Sparks, 265, BET; Saxton, 211, WES; Buchanan, 170, GROV. ASSISTS: O' Brien, 538, W&J.; Grubbs, 513, THI.; Hunsinger, 500, GEN. BLOCKS: Buchanan, 48, GRO; Lydic, 46, W&J; Jacques, 44, W&J. DIGS: Moore, 370, WES; Parker, 367, BET; Taylor, 326, SVC.
GOALS: Marsh, 7, SVC; Chambers, 7, BET; Sschoeneweis, 7, GEN.
Grove City 31, Carnegie Mellon 21; Wash. & Jeff. 27, Bethany 20; Waynesburg 24, Thiel 21; Case Western 35, Westminster 14.
ASSISTS: Schoeneweis, 8, GEN; Heckman, 6, GC; Burke, 5, GC.
CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, September 15 Allegheny Classic 1. Carneie Mellon, 31 pts.; 6. Waynesburg, 179 pts. Saturday, September 22 Waynesburg Invitational 1. Wash. & Jeff., 33 pts.; 2. Geneva, 70 pts.; 4. Waynesburg, 89 pts.
Thursday's Box Score
Waynesburg 0, Geneva 3 Geneva 25 25 Waynesburg 5 15
25 17
I NDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (WAY) Waynesburg Kills
Waldman.............................................................5 Waynesburg Assists Proper..........................................................16 Waynesburg Digs Proper/Guiser............................................................12
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, September 28: Westminster at Washington & Jefferson Invitational - 5:15 p.m. 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, September 15 Allegheny Invitational 1. Carnegie Mellon, 52 pts.; 4. Waynesburg, 105 pts.
Thursday, September 27: Wash. & Jeff. 1, Penn State Altoona 0.
Friday,October 5: Wash. & Jeff. at Grove City - 4 p.m.
POINTS: Iregui, 25, WES; Mattocks, 17, WES; Sisler, 13, WAY.
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, September 29 Waynesburg vs. Carnegie Mellon - 1:30 p.m.; CWR at W&J - 1 p.m.; Thiel at SVU - 1 p.m.; West. at GC - 2 p.m.; Beth. at Gen.-3p.m.
Saturday's Box Score
Conf. Overall 1-0 8-3 1-0 5-2-2 1-0 5-5 1-0 4-5-1 0-0 7-3 0-1 6-3 0-1 4-5 0-1 3-6 0-1 1-8-2
PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS
PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS
UPCOMING GAMES
Westminster Waynesburg Geneva Wash. & Jeff. Grove City Chatham Saint Vincent Bethany Thiel
Wednesday, October 3: Bethany at Thiel - 5:30 p.m.; Grove City at Chatham - 7:30 p.m.; Waynesburg at Wstminster - 7:30 p.m.
REC YDS TD Page................................ 2 28 1
Saturday, September 29
STANDINGS
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Friday, September 28: Grove City 3, Allegheny 1.
Waynesburg receiving
REC YDS TD Moretti.................................. 6 114 1 J. Jones................................. 5 35 0 Booth ................................. 2 17 0
WOMEN’S SOCCER
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, Septemer 28: Bethany 0, Franklin & Marshall 3.
Saturday, September 22: Waynesburg Invitational 1. Waynesburg, 44 pts.; 2. Grove City, 64 pts.
Thursday, September 27: Bethany 3, Saint Vincent 2; Geneva 2, Wash. & Jeff. 3; Waynesburg 0, Chatham 3.
UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 28: Westminster at Washington & Jefferson Invitational - 4:15 p.m.
UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday, October 2: Geneva at Westminster - 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 13: Waynesburg, Westminster, Wash. & Jeff., Chatham, Saint Vincent, Geneva, and Bethany @ Oberlin: Inter-Regional Rumble - 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 3: Mount Aloysius at Chatham 6 p.m.; Bethany at Wash. & Jeff. - 7 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Waynesburg - 7 p.m.; Thiel at Case Western - 7 p.m.; Grove City at Chatham - 8 p.m.
PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS
PASSING YARDS: Saxton, 1183, CWR; Adams, 1451, WJC; Cline, 947, CMU.
POINTS: Schoeneweis, 22, GEN; Marsh, 15, SV; Chambers, 16, BETH.
RUSHING YARDS: Marshall, 714, GEN; Schools, 716, GRO; West, 510, WJC. TACKLES: Maines, 55, THI; White, 31, SVC; Smith, 38, WAY. SACKS: Gray, 5, SVC; Tran, 3, CMU; Williams, 3.5, WJC.
SAVES: Syfert, 57, WAY; Tresler, 48, THI; Holzschuh, 48, WES.
INTERCEPTIONS: Cann, 4, GEN; Queen, 3, WJC; Quattrone, 2, WJC.
GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan
Carmichaels
Mapletown
Waynesburg Central
Football
Football
Football
Football
JEFFERSON-MORGAN 0, CALIFORNIA 54 Jefferson-Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 California 23 19 6 6 54
EAST ALEGHENY 50, CAMRMICHAELS 8 East Allegheny 14 30 6 0 50 Carmichaels 0 0 0 8 8
CHAR-HOUSTON 48, MAPLETOWN 0 Char.-Houston 7 20 14 7 48 Mapletown 0 0 0 0 0
CENTRAL VALLEY 41, WAYNESBURG 14 Waynesburg 0 0 0 14 14 Central Valley 14 21 6 0 41
Friday’s Box Score
Friday’s Box Score
The California Trojans, led by Senior back Jelani Stafford went into Jefferson-Morgan and picked up the win by a score of 54-0. The trojans offense went off from the very beginning, jumping out to a quick 23-0 lead at the end of the first. Jaeden Zuzak also contributed to the Trojan win with a 39yard toucdown run, and 49-yard punt return for a touchdown.
East Allegheny's Daniel Kasmier, Kiyon Delts, and defense were too much to handle for the Mighty Mikes on friday night. East Allegheny capitalized with not one, but two fumble recoveries for touchdowns in their 50-8 blow out over Carmichaels.
Next Game: @ Riverview 10/5 - 7 p.m.
Next Game: @ Washington 10/5- 7 p.m.
Friday’s Box Score
Friday’s Box Score
When Mapletown took their home field friday night, they had one thing in mind . . . vengence. The Maples-who were coming off a 49-0 loss to Bentworth-were loking for anything to help them get a victory. The Maples started out slow, and continued slow, suffering a 48-0 loss at the hands of Chartiers-Houston.
The Wanesburg Central Raiders traveled to Central Valley this past weekemd for an out-of-conference match up with the Central Valley Warrioris. Centrl Valley strucck quickly and consistently scoring 14 in the first quarter, and 21 in the second. Waynesburg did not have an answer until the fourth quarter, but 14 points was not enough to knock off the Warriors. Central Valley wins 41-14.
Next Game: @ Greensburg C.C. 10/5 - 7 p.m.
NEXT GAME: Vs. Quaker Valley 10/5 - 7 p.m..
West Greene Football
Friday’s Box Score
WEST GREENE 52, AVELLA 0 West Greene 21 25 6 0 52 Avella 0 0 0 0 0 The West Greene Pioneers went into Avella on Friday looking to continue their win streal of 4. Ben Jackson led the Pioneers with 179 rushing yads, and five touchdowns in the West Greene Win. West Greeens looks to add on to their five game win streak when they travel to California to face the red hot trojans Friday night at 7 p.m. NEXT GAME: @ California 10/5 - 7 p.m.
OCTOBER 4, 2018
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Men shut out Saint Vincent College Women's golf ends fall season at PAC Championships TYLER SUMMERS For the Yellow Jacket
Five different players scored last Saturday as the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team opened up Presidents’ Athletic Conference play with a statement. Challenged with facing the one-win Saint Vincent Bearcats, the Yellow Jackets found the back of the net early and often en route to a 6-0 decision to start 1-0 in conference action. The lone Waynesburg (4-6, 1-0) player to score two goals was freshman midfielder Thomas Robinson. Head coach Brad Heet h u i s s a i d h e wa s pleased to see the depth of his team shine in the victory. “We’ve got a lot of depth, if you look at the roster there is no out-and-out scorer,” said Heethuis. “ We have a number of guys who can carry that scoring load. I think that is one thing that makes us dangerous.” For his efforts against the Bearcats (1-9, 0-1), Robinson was recognized as PAC Rookie of the Week. Waynesburg, as of Tuesday, Oct. 2, ranks second in the PAC in goals per
DYLAN CLELAND
Assistant Sports Editor
Christian Wilson, Yellow Jacket
Tyler Sisler scored his fourth goal of the season last weekend against Saint Vincent. He is currently second on the team for shots made. game and is tied for first in overall goals with 26. The Jackets also have the second most shots on goal per game with an average of 7. Senior defenseman Tyler Sisler and sophomore forward Daniel Hott lead the way in goals with four, which is third in the PAC.
Along with the big day on offense, Waynesburg’s defense had its first clean sheet of the season, holding the Bearcats to just six shots on offense. Tightening up defensively was one thing that Heethuis said he and his staff wanted to see. “The message going in
to the game was stay disciplined defensively,” said Heethuis. “If we don’t get scored on we can’t lose. This game was a big one. We wanted to set the tone discipline wise in the first game of PAC play.” GOAL >> C4
Tennis drops second straight match
Earlier this week, the Waynesburg University women’s golf team finished fifth out of five teams through two rounds of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, which were held in Vienna, Ohio at Avalon at Squaw Creek Golf Club. The Yellow Jackets had four golfers compete and finish throughout the 24-woman field. Sophomore Deanna Nagel finished a team-high 14th place through two rounds. Head coach Sam Jones was happy with Nagel’s first day success. “She had a pretty good first round,” Jones said. “It was her best one of the year, so I was pleased with that. We gave her a goal and she actually hit the goal right on.” Jones said that Nagel struggled a little bit on the second day, but he is encouraged for what she can do in the future. “The second day she was a little frustrated, a shot here and a shot there but that is the game of golf,” said Jones. “Overall, I was pleased with her performance and it’s great to have her on the team.” The other three women that took to the course this
week were freshman Samantha Pero, senior Patience Yopb and senior Reagan Zeppernick who finished 21st, 22nd and 24th, respectively. Jones believes that they all played well but can continue to improve. “All three of them are great attitude kids,” said Jones. “They show up and work, they’re trying to get better at the game of golf which is all we can ask of them. They are all returning from last year, but last year’s season was shortened by a bunch of different variables. Two of the three just joined in the spring and so for all three of them this was their first crack at the PAC Championships as a team.” With the way the PAC designs its golf schedule, the season is split into a fall and a spring season. Therefore, the Jackets will have time to continue to improve before the weather warms up. During the winter, Jones hopes to see the women utilize the simulation room that the golf teams have available in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. “We have the simulation room, obviously, we only have a certain number of weeks where we can reWGOLF >> C4
GREG FIKE
For the Yellow Jacket
For the women’s tennis team, it is all about finding the positives that can be taken from the 9-0 loss in which they suffered to Westminster on Monday. Junior Noelle Hughes believes the team keeps a positive mindset even when the matches get tough. “Westminster is a really good team,” said Hughes. “They are probably going to finish second or third in our conference. I thought we stayed positive throughout the match and fought hard.” Hughes feels that some of the stuff that they have been working on in practice started to show in the match and hopes it will carry over into future matches. “Coach is always encouraging us to mix our shots up,” said Hughes. “Differ-
Brown Continued from C1 couldn’t lift my arm up,” said Brown. “It was the worst pain [I felt] in a really long time.” At this point, there were only two weeks left in the school year and there wasn’t much athletic training could do for Brown. W hen Brown returned home, she went back to physical therapy and the dislocation wasn’t improving, which led to a final option: a cortisone shot. This was Brown’s last chance to play her junior year, but after two weeks the symptoms returned. *** Brown came to Waynesburg University on a visit before her senior year of high school. From the recruiting process of former head coach Ron Christman, along with the scholarship she received from Waynesburg, she picked to attend the school. Brown helped with the tennis rebuild after Christman left, even after she thought about walking away from tennis amid uncertainty of the team’s future. The new head coach, Ron Headlee, reached out to Brown and asked her for help with the transition.
Rules Continued from C2
Patience Yopb, Yellow Jacket
The tennis team has yet to win a conference match this season. Last year, the team finished 0-8 in conference play. ent things like drop shots, angles and coming to the net will help us all improve our games. Personally, he’s
been working with me on serving the ball harder and I was pleased with how I did that today.”
After hearing that Brown wouldn’t play her junior year due to MDI, Headlee was devastated that he would lose her for the season. Brown was going to be the part of the number one doubles team, which meant she would play the opposing team’s best players. With Brown out for the season, it meant others would have to fill her spot. “She was playing number one, I thought her and Wendy [Wall] were a good team playing doubles then we lost her,” said Headlee. “ With her being a one that’s the weird thing about tennis, you lose one then everyone has to play up a higher position.” Recovering and being in good health has always been Headlee’s number one concern as a lifelong coach. “I’ve been talking to her after and before the surgeries—you hope the best they can come back and I think she’s being precautious with the injury,” said Headlee. “That’s the thing and I am the same way. [If] you feel a little hinge in your knee you’ve had something it takes a while for you to get over it.”
“It was a very humbling experience because you get out of the sling and you have absolutely no strength in your arm,” she said. The day of the surgery wasn’t bad, Brown said. She was preoccupied preparing for the surgery during the day, it was the night before where the fear of being under the anesthesia put her in a crying panic. “I texted my roommates and I was freaking out, I started crying,” said Brown. “I am a control freak, whenever I am not in control I was just like ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen.’ It could go well, it could go badly. It was at that point I was absolutely terrified.” Although Brown’s parents tried to comfort her, she said it was difficult because she was afraid of losing capabilities as an athlete, with the rehab process coming after the surgery. After two months, she was still unable to do some of the simple exercises, such as lifting her arm up. “I was in so much pain, I remember my goal through all of rehab was to not cry in athletic training,” said Brown. “I remember as soon I left athletic training my arm was throbbing so bad, just everything was aching, I remember going back to my apartment and laying on my floor for an
*** Brown went from being one of the best on the court to her career ending with two years of eligibility left in her career.
Head coach Ron Headlee was pleased with the effort TENNIS >> C4
have had sprinters wear different shorts and tops but that hasn’t happened for three or four years. We have been pretty standard with our uniforms.” In the final rule change, the NCA A reduced the time limit for a field event athlete to initiate their attempt. The time limit was changed to 30 seconds after the athlete is introduced from the previous standard at 60 seconds. “I’m not a big fan of that rule,” Cross said. “I understand the reasoning of it, which is to speed up larger meets such as our meet in Youngstown [Ohio], which
has 65 teams. For other meets, this just creates unnecessary anxiety.” Trax shares the same mindset on the rule as Cross. “Personally, I don’t like the change,” Trax said. “One minute allows for a longer time for you to focus and relax and to go through your routine. I do understand the rule though, especially for our larger meets.” The panel also approved the usage of starting blocks that can detect if an athlete faulted in their start for sprint events. Cross believes this will not have a major affect on her teams. All of these changes will be in effect for Waynesburg’s first indoor meet at West Virginia University on Jan. 11, 2019.
For the Yellow Jacket
Despite her injuries, Aubree Brown played in the No. 1 spot for singles in her final active season with the Yellow Jackets. hour crying because I was in so much pain.” The emotional trauma got even worse when talk started about possibly going into surgery again to break up scar tissue. By this time, Brown was questioning whether the surgery was a good idea in the first place. Her physical capabilities were so limited. “I had such a reduced range of motion for such a long time,” Brown said. “Everything hurt.” *** Once symptoms re -
turned and the steroid shot didn’t work, the discussion began for Brown on whether or not it was time for surgery going into her junior year. “We decided surgery was the best option even though it was risky,” said Brown. “It’s a really long rehab and there is no guarantee you can return to your sport at the same level.” The surgery took place five days before Christmas. Even after the surgery, getting back to normal tasks was difficult. “You get off the sling
and you have absolutely no strength in your arm,” Brown said. She was in the sling for four months. As of Oct. 1, Brown has begun doing light swings with the tennis racket. After a year of sitting out due to recurring injuries and a 12-month recovery from surgery, Brown made the difficult decision to officially end her career on the court. “As much as I love playing tennis and at the level I can, there is a certain point you have to function normally too,” Brown said.
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OCTOBER 4, 2018 WEEK SIX FOOTBALL PREVIEW: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSIT Y
Jackets have chance at first 3-game win streak since 2014 JOE SMELTZER
Senior Editorial Assistant
It’s been four years since the Waynesburg University football team won three consecutive games. After beating Geneva and Thiel the past two weeks, the Yellow Jackets (2-3, 2-2) have a chance to win three straight games for the first time since the 2014 season, when Waynesburg reeled off four consecutive wins between Oct. 4 and Oct. 25. Carnegie Mellon, who has beaten the Jackets two years in a row, is standing in the way of both a threegame winning streak and a .500 record in the PAC for Waynesburg. The Tartans (2-2, 1-2) will look to spoil Homecoming this Saturday. Last week, the Jackets held on for a 24-21 win over the 0-5 Thiel Tomcats. Waynesburg fell behind 14-3 in the first quarter, but touchdown receptions by junior running back Chad Walker and junior wide receiver Nick Moretti gave the Jackets a 17-14 lead at the half. The teams traded touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but an incomplete
Goal Continued from C3 The Yellow Jackets defense has allowed just one goal in the last two games. Sophomore goaltender Adam Dolan made four saves in the game and was forced to make just one of those saves in the second half. “I was excited to get the clean sheet and I was really happy with the defensive performance,” said Dolan. “I didn’t have to face a lot.” Dolan was lauded by the PAC for only allowing one goal, which was against #24 Mt. Union last week, over 180 minutes of time. The Yellow Jackets came away with the win even though they were missing starting defensemen Ste-
Tennis Continued from C3 that his players put forth in the match. “We played some really good games,” said Headlee. “There were a lot of deuce points and we just couldn’t get an add to go our way.” Headlee said that going into this match against a tough Westminster squad his goal was to win at least 5 games and his team did
pass by junior quarterback Marko Bakovic on fourthand-19 with little more than 1:30 to play sealed the win for Waynesburg. The Tartans, on the other hand, suffered an upset loss to Grove City, 3 1 -2 1 . C a r n e g i e M e l lon allowed 308 rushing yards to the Wolverines, who were winless in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference coming into that contest. In Waynesburg’s win over Thiel, the Jackets rushed for 205 yards—134 of which were by Chad Walker—while the defense held the Tomcats to just 76 yards on the ground. An effective running game will be one of the keys to the Jackets getting back to .500 Saturday afternoon. Balanced Attack In Waynesburg’s seasonopening loss to Muskingum, the Jackets ran the ball 42 times for 101 yards, netting just a 2.4 average. The next week was worse, with Waynesburg gaining just 70 yards on 38 attempts, averaging 1.8 yards per tote. Last week, Waynesburg
ven Haines. “The defense stepped up really well without Steven,” said Dolan. “They filled in the gaps really well even though we were fighting the injury bug.” Looking ahead, the Jackets will move through PAC play starting with their next match Wednesday, past publication date. Heethuis does not want his team to get ahead of themselves but believes that the team should build off of the win. “We have got to take it one game at a time,” said Heethuis. “Learn from Saturday and put it in to training on Monday and Tuesday…we need to get back to the basics of playing good soccer.” The Jackets will have the weekend off and hit the pitch again next Wednesday, Oct. 10.
just that. Sophomore Lauren Wa d s w o r t h t o o k t w o games in the five spot but lost in straight sets 6-1, 6-1. Hughes took multiple games in each set falling 6-2, 6-2. Even in defeat, Headlee saw some positive takeaways for all of the women on the team, including consistency and shot placement. The Yellow Jackets return to action Thursday at 4 p.m. for a conference match against Bethany.
Waynesburg University Carnegie Mellon University YELLOW JACKETS TARTANS Last Game - WAY 24 THE 21 Record 2-3 (2-2)
Last Year 2-8 (2-6)
Last Game - GCC 31 CMU 21
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Record 2-2 (1-2)
Last Meeting - September 16, 2017 CMU 30 WAY 20 set a season-high with 160 rushing yards, and Walker led the way with arguably the best game of his career. While head coach Chris Smithley is pleased with how the Jackets’ ground attack has progressed since week one, he feels that the running game is still hasn’t reached its ceiling. Waynesburg is currently fourth in the PAC in passing offense, but ranks just seventh in rushing average. “I think that we have to continue to get better in the run game,” Smithley said. “I’m obviously coaching our guys to be great, and I think that we did run the ball well [against Thiel]. But I think we could have had another 100 yards. I think we left about 100
yards out there.” The last time these two teams met, Waynesburg struggled to run the ball against the Tartans, gaining 67 yards on 35 carries [1.9 average]. Motivated CMU With the Tartans coming off their first bad loss of the of the season, Smithley expects Carnegie Mellon to come to John F. Wiley Stadium with added fire. “I think they’re going to come down here with a little bit of a chip on their shoulder,” Smithley said. “After losing that game to Grove City like that in their place.” Smithley said that knowing the Tartans will have
No Benger, No Problem Carnegie Mellon came into this season needing to replace the heartbeat of its offense, running back Sam Benger, who rushed for 5,386 yards in his four years at CMU. Thus far, however, the Tartans’ offense has more than held its own without Benger. CMU ranks third in the PAC in both scoring aver-
Continued from C1 brought out the play in the season. “The play was designed for the red zone,” said Smithley. “[The play] was off of a fullback dive and instead of pitching it to [Walker] we pitched it to Moretti coming around the back. We struggled in the red zone on our first possession and we needed to score a touchdown. We felt it was a good time, and things fell in place for us.” Walker had a career day, taking advantage of going up against the worst rushing defense in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Walker rushed for 134 yards on 23 carries, including a career long 54-yard run early in the first quarter which set the tone for the Jacket rushing attack. “I changed my running style this year to more of a north and south runner,” said Walker. “The line was also blocking really well. We’re all just doing our part in order to help the team.” Last year, Walker recorded his first 100-yard performance against Thiel College, so Smithley believes it was only fitting that he recorded not only his second 100-yard rushing day against the Tomcats, but also his new career high. “Chad had a great game to bust out of the cloud that
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Tyler Perone took all but one snap at quarterback and completed 16-26 passes for 185 yards and one touchdown against Thiel. was resting over top of him with not being able to get in the end zone,” said Smithley. “He comes out, he runs hard, and him getting two touchdowns was key.” After Walker’s 54-yard run, Waynesburg could only manage a field goal. Then, a pair of gaffes committed by the Yellow Jackets’ special teams led to Thiel’s two first-quarter scores. A bad snap on an attempted punt gave Thiel excellent field position to score just three plays later, and then a fumbled kickoff return set
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Patience Yopb, Yellow Jacket
After competing Monday and Tuesday during the fall half of the PAC Championships, Waynesburg sits in sixth place with a 687 total. The second round showed me the work I put in this season and I’m happy with where I’m heading.” Quickly following them was sophomore Dylan Nowakowski, shooting a
added motivation hasn’t changed how the team prepares this week. “We’re not going to treat it any different than any other football game,” he said. “We have to prepare the same way we do each week and find a way to go 1-0 this week.”
Football
MGolf a 78 in round two, resulting in a 19 over par for the tournament. He placed a team-high 17th overall. Sophomore CJ Sekanick followed with a plus 21 score of 93 in the first round but came back with a respectable 83 the second round, capping off his tournament with a total score of 32 over. Sekanick felt proud of the way he played because he stayed calm but said there was still more he could have done to improve. “The past two rounds I felt I for sure played well but I still feel I can do better in the future,” said Sekanick. “I scored in the 90’s the first round of the championship, but I feel I deserved to be in the 80’s.
Last Year 7-4 (5-3)
age [27.0 PPG] and yardage [411.3 YPG]. Junior quarterback Alex Cline— who went 12-20 for 187 yards and three touchdowns last year at Wiley Stadium— is third in the conference with 947 yards passing and is tied for third with eight touchdowns in his second year as starter. Filling Benger’s shoes at running back is senior Rory Hubbard, who has averaged 5.6 yards per carry through four games. Hubbard picked up the slack against Waynesburg last year. While the Jackets’ defense held Benger to just 34 yards on eight carries, Hubbard led the way on the ground with 94 yards on 11 carries. Although the Tartans offense lost its top individual player to graduation, Smithley said that Carnegie Mellon has a more balanced attack this season. “ Wi t h B e n ge r b e i n g gone, it’s actually made them more difficult to defend because of their balance with their run game and their pass game,” Smithley said. “They’re throwing it around. So we have to be ready to go in all phases.”
90 on Monday with and an 87 the next day, finishing with an overall score of 33 over. Purbaugh started out well with 14 over equivalating to an 86, but
couldn’t continue his form on Tuesday with a plus 20 and a score of 92, finishing with a total score of 34 over. Junior Alex Orlandini also made the trip, shoot-
up a 43-yard scoring drive. “It wasn’t anything we were doing offensively or defensively,” said Smithley. “That’s just how quickly things can turn when you make little mistakes in any phase of the game. All we talked about was doing our jobs and not worrying about anything else.” From that point on, Waynesburg took control of the game by rattling off three touchdowns to grab a 24-14 advantage. Thiel threatened with a late touchdown, but the Yellow
ing 95 and 85 in his two rounds leading to a 35 over. Sekanick was pleased with how he performed, especially considering his poor season by his standards. “It was not the best season for me for sure,” said Sekanick. “I was not in the right mentality to start and I didn’t play well as we went on. But I feel I gradually got a hold of myself, regained a strong mentality and control over my swing. I’m glad about how I ended, I felt in control and I feel ready to start the upcoming spring season.” The team finished above Bethany in the tournament, but the result will not have any effect on the standings in their conference. While there was 36 holes of golf played, there will be an additional 18 played in the spring to conclude the PAC tournament.
Jacket defense was able to force a turnover-on-downs on a four-play drive with 1:32 left to go before running out the clock. The Yellow Jackets host Carnegie Mellon University this coming Saturday. It will be a part of Homecoming weekend at Waynesburg. The game will be broadcasted on the Waynesburg University Sports Network with Luke Goodling and Paul Zalakar, and WCYJ-FM also will be providing radio coverage with Sam Hixson and Jack Hillgrove.
WGolf Continued from C3 quire stuff, but I know all of the girls are very active in heading down to the sim room and trying to get better,” said Jones. When the season resumes in the second semester, the Yellow Jackets will have a few invitationals before the final round of the PAC Championships. Jones believes the spring should be a big step for the women’s golf team as the Jackets are continuing to grow and develop. “I was pleased with all four girls, two of them had pretty good first days and not horrible second days,” said Jones. “They are working hard at the game of golf and we’re improving so that is good to see. They continue to grow and understand the game of golf.”
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THE HEART Four teams compete for the WU Voice title
RACHEL MANGAN Web Editor
WU Voice has brought a new approach to Waynesburg’s annual singing competition, previously titled WU Idol. Although the new layout of the show adds a fresh perspective, there are students who mentioned being confused about the number of finalists. According to finalist Heidi Dziak, junior accounting major, there are nine people in the finale this year as opposed to the four finalists on WU Idol in previous years. “I like the style of WU Voice,” said Dziak, “but I miss the competitive aspect of WU Idol. Having nine people in the finale is going to make it really hard. It’s a lot of people for a final show; on any singing competition, it’s usually only three or four people max.” On the opposite side of that spectrum, is finalist Matthew Haux, junior, Dziak’s other teammate who is also moving on to the final show. Haux said that he likes that everyone gets to perform during the second night. “It gives contestants another chance to showcase their talents and fix any mis-
takes they may have made on the first night,” Haux said. As a participant in WU Idol, Haux has seen growth in his comfort level on stage. Haux’s coach Matt Pioch, director of housing, said "seeing him come alive" on the stage made his performance really stand out from the rest. “Even though he’s on my team, Matt Haux really stood out to me,” said Pioch. “His song incorporated rapping, which is not something we’ve seen before, even on WU Idol. He was very animated, especially being that [the song, You’re Welcome] it was a musical song. He normally comes off as very timid, but he really showed energy.” For Haux, being comfortable and animated on stage was a major goal for last week’s performance and one he wants to continue to use in the finals. “I choose to sing [You’re Welcome from Disney’s Moana] because I knew the song really well and I needed a song that would force me to move around and not stand still and be awkward,” said Haux. His biggest goal for finals; continuing to try and not be too awkward on the stage. The crowd response to Haux’s rapping
came as a surprise to his fellow teammate Dziak. “I don’t feel rapping is a good thing to go with every week for the competition,” Dziak said, “but for him it worked really well. The crowd and everyone loved it.” Despite being called WU Voice, the competition does not feature a week two battle round like the television show does, much to Dziak and others’ disappointments. It did feature a save thanks to a best dressed team category. Coach Liz Diviney’s team won the event and Diviney used her save to take Emily Tuddle to finals with the rest of her team. Although there are nine finalists, there will still only be one overall winner, there will just be a larger playing field to choose from. Haux got into performing on stage his freshman year by performing in the talent show. Last year he performed in WU Idol, this year he is a WU Voice finalist alongside teammate Heidi Dziak on team Matt Pioch. “Last year on [WU Idol] I didn’t even make it past the first night,” said Haux. “I feel really accomplished and proud of myself [for making finals], but I’m terrified.”
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Art show features wide range of skills WU outdoors club re-emerges after low membership HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor
“I honestly never considered doing anything else,”said senior art major Abigail Balkovec. Balkovec decided to major in art while she was a sophomore in high school and said there were no other choices competing with it in her mind. She knew art was her passion and what she wanted to find a career in. Now, as a senior in the program, Balkovec has many pieces of art to display in one final show in the art gallery. But this time, she has the gallery all to herself, as it is her senior show, a requirement for all art majors. The show is scheduled to have its opening on Oct. 8 and will stay open until Nov. 2. Refreshments will be served outside the gallery at the show’s opening Oct. 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. According to Katie Rearick,
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Abigail Balkovec, senior art major, "never wanted to do anything else" in her future career. Her art show will have diverse media including both print and handmade work. adjunct professor in art and director of the art gallery this semester, as many as 100 students come to the senior show openings. Balkovec will be setting up multiple types of artwork in the gallery for her show including ceramics,
jewelry, colored pencil art, pen and ink, graphite and digital work. Balkovec picked up a digital design minor during her junior year, wanting to work more with digital art. “I wanted to be able to move my skills over to a
corporate area,” Balkovec said. “So, I wanted to have those computer-based design skills and the art skills to improve my own ability to get into probably ART >> D2
Among the many clubs that Waynesburg University has to offer, a relatively “new” organizationone is the Waynesburg Outdoor Experience (WOE) club. Taylor Clarkson, sophomore marine biology major and president of WOE, had heard about the club and had looked for it her freshman year; however, she was not able to find it. This club had been deactivated due to low membership before Clarkson entered the university. It was during her sophomore year that Clarkson decided to bring
the club back to life. Clarkson "loves" spending time outdoors, which was always something she did with her parents as a child. They took her on camping trips and hiking which was how she discovered what she wanted to do when she grew up. “I’ve always been an outdoorsy person,” said Clarkson. “My parents were always doing stuff like snowboarding, camping and traveling.” Clarksonorganizes different events for the club including camping trips, caving in Laurel Highlands, cookouts, and more. During camping trips, CLUB >> D2
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New Catholic chaplain joins university Intramural sports
give all students a chance to play
DYLAN CLELAND For the Yellow Jacket
At the start of the semester, Waynesburg University welcomed the Rev. Mike Conway as the new catholic chaplain for campus. Conway, a native of the south hills area of Pittsburgh, grew up going to church every Sunday with his family.
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Conway “We had a catholic family, went to church every Sunday, [I went to] catholic high school, catholic grade school,” said Conway. “I wound up at a catholic university. I went to Wheeling Jesuit in Wheeling, West Virginia.” After spending time obtaining a history degree in hopes of becoming a high school history teacher, Conway’s plans started to change. He worked in the finance field for some time while keeping his options open. “I had every intention of becoming a high school history teacher [and] that didn’t work out,” said Conway. “I made a career out of that for about six years and then in 2008 I lost my job because the economy had completely melted down.” At this point, Conway turned to what he knew since childhood: faith. He felt God had called him into faith and upon further consideration, applied for seminary. In 2008, Conway began his path to becoming a pastor at St. Paul Seminary. “[Then], I studied at Duquesne University to get a master’s degree in philosophy and I did that for two years. In 2010, the bishop sent me to do theolog y studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, which is in Rome.” For the next few years, Conway spent time in R o m e , It a l y, s t u d y i n g theology and the catholic
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The Catholic events on campus are now held in Robert's Chapel. The Rev. Mike Conway, the new Catholic chaplain, is described as a "caring and compassionate priest." religion. “I got to Rome in July of that year and did three years at Gregorian,” said C o nway. “A f t e r t h at I needed to do a specialized degree. So, I studied
in a language you don’t speak.” Conway believes that this was God’s way of assuring him that this is what he should be doing with his life at the time.
“...This university is a bright point of light and I'd like to help that light burn brighter.” MIKE CONWAY
Catholic Chaplain
dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, which is also in Rome.” F i v e ye a r s i n R o m e wasn’t easy for Conway, missing holidays and birthdays, but being homesick wasn’t the only challenge for him. “The first three years all of my classes were in Italian, which was a language that I had no familiarity with prior to being sent to Rome,” said Conway. “Imagine trying to learn a graduate level [in] anything
“For the first time I had to throw myself completely into God’s hands, this was far beyond what I thought my capabilities were,” said Conway. “If he wanted me to do this he was going to have to make something happen, which seems immature to tempt the Lord, but I did, and it worked out.” Sophomore criminal justice major, Aaron Sielski, is involved in the catholic activities at Waynesburg and believes Conway is excited to be a part of Waynesburg.
“He is definitely a caring and compassionate priest,” said Sielski. “He cares deeply about his faith, but not only that, he connects with the students very well. He is very communicative with us and always lets us know if he’s going to be around.” Following his time in Rome, Conway spent time serving parishes around western Pennsylvania. Now he is the campus chaplain for Washington and Jefferson College, Waynesburg University and California University of Pennsylvania. He finds working with college students and faculty different, but rewarding, especially at Waynesburg. “I love the fact that the motto is Fiat Lux, ‘Let There Be Light,’” said Conway. “You are in a place and an area where I feel everyone overlooks Greene County, and it’s just a place you drive through to get to Morgantown. There is a lot to do here, this university is a bright point of light and I’d like to help that light burn brighter.”
Club Continued from D1 students get more in tune with nature, play lots of games and cook out over the fire. over a weekend. Samantha Morad, the vice president of WOE, said, “We tried to make mac ‘n’ cheese at a higher altitude, and it took an hour and a half.” Morad, tried this club because she wanted to become more of an outdoorsy person. The first event she attended was in the fall of 2017. The club went to Ohiopyle, where they had the opportunity to gowent camping as well as caving, and where Morad she was surprised that her senses did not work when it was so dark. This is where Morad fell in love. “The camping trip last fall where we went caving and hiking was really fun,” said Morad. “ You have to stick with it and enjoy the change. I was really surprised that I liked it.” The club is always looking for new people and ideas, so they can get more people involved. “ We are looking for new things, new people, creative minds
As the varsity teams in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference are in the process of competing in fall sports, a different kind of conference is gearing up to play the same fall sports. Waynesburg University’s intramural football league has just begun, and intramural volleyball will start in a few weeks. Bryce McGarvey, senior biblical ministry studies major, has been captain of his intramural volleyball team since his freshman year. Like every intramural team, McGarvey gathered up his friends and other students interested to compete. While his team has changed over the years due to graduating seniors and people losing interest, McGarvey has always had enough to send his team to the volleyball court. “The roster has been fluid each year, [but] we have had the same core group of people that I’ve been playing with,” said McGarvey. “They are just some of my friends that I enjoy playing with.” Gathering a team, instead of joining a single team, is one factor that separates intramural from varsity sports. Like with McGarvey, the captain is responsible for organizing their team. To submit their team, captains go to myConnect and click on the Waynesburg Athletics t a b . T h e Way n e s b u rg Athletics websi te will then open. At the bottom of the page is a tab marked “Intramurals.” Clicking on that will open a website that gives a team two types of forms to fill out: the team form and the individual participation form. The captain, however, must f ill out the team form before team members can fill out the individual participation forms. Registration for volleyball started Sept. 17 and ends Oct. 5; intramural football sign ups, however, have ended. There is still a chance for students to play intramural football, said Colton Shorts, manager of the intramural football league. “At this point, no one is technically allowed to join,” said Shorts, “but if there is a sub that’s needed, we might allow that.” Seasons for both intra-
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Photo courtesy of Taylor Clarkson
Taylor Clarkson, president of Waynesburg Outdoor Experience and sophomore marine biology major, arranges hikes and other outdoor activities for members. and participation,” said Clarkson. The club also wants to know where the students at Waynesburg want to travel. “If people have suggestions, please tell us,” said Morad. “We want to know what people want to do to gain an interest in
our club.” Also, the club is also open to members who have busy schedules. “ There aren’t really obligations,” said Clarkson. “You can just jump in and out when you can.” These activities and trips are open to any student at the university, not
just club members, for a small fee. If anyone is interested, students can contact Taylor Clarkson at cla9787@student. waynesburg.edu, the club meets every other Wed n e s d ay at 6 p . m . in or outside of Stover, weather-permitting.
marketing or product design.” One of Balkovec’s digital art pieces is already featured on the front the postcards she is handing out to advertise the show. Andrew Heisey, chair of the Art Department, said digital art is becoming more popular. “It’s really different with the new technology,” Heisey said. “Certainly something we didn’t have when I was in school, being able to work on digital material.” Balkovec said she has plenty of digital art pieces that she will have printed to include in the art show,ut for Heisey, it is sometimes difficult to get digital art printed well. “When you go to print it, you have to make sure you are printing it with a quality printer,” Heisey said. “Some-
mural sports are shorter than varsity sports seasons. For volleyball, teams play each other at least once, and then play in single elimination playoffs. For football, the entire season is a double elimination bracket. Shorts said that football teams are guaranteed two games and can get upwards of five games. A challenge for McGarvey and Shorts, is setting up the time and date for each game. The time and date needs to work for all players from both teams.o, it can be a hassle to find a specific time that works for everyone. Communication is key, and Shorts has a system that makes sure everyone is on the same page. “I am just the mediator, where I am collaborating with [the captains] to see, ‘hey could you guys play tonight at this time,’” said Shorts. “But mostly it is on them to discuss with other captains. We have a group message with me and the six captains and I am there to just oversee it all.” One problem intramural sports have are dominating teams. If there is a team that skill level is significantly higher than the other teams, the other teams lose significantly each game. Anyone that has been crushed by another team knows that those games are not fun in the slightest. McGarvey said his team has dominated in the past, and because of this, they try to extend mercy, without being disrespectful, to the other team. “It’s just like when you go into a gym to play pickup basketball but then someone from the basketball team shows up, like just have more experience and have more talent in that area,” said McGarvey. “But we recognize that and we recognize it’s intramurals, people are there to have fun. Not to say we will take it easy, but I guess not as intense play as we would.” Overall, intramural sports is a way to indulge in athletics without having the pressures of winning and peak performance. “I played volleyball in high school, and all these other people I play with generally have also had experience,” said McGarvey. “So, it gives us a fun outlet to play and to play with people wouldn’t otherwise get to.”
times you have to pay for good paper and good ink. That transition from the digital world into a hard copy can be difficult.” Another challenge that Balkovec faces is arranging the art gallery in an aesthetic way. “For her, a lot of it is framed work,” said Rearick, “So, it’s laying it out against the walls to see what looks good together or, spacing wise, what works and what doesn’t.” Although Rearick will be there to give guidance, Balkovec will be doing most of the work in setting up the show, as well as giving a lecture at the show’s opening night. Balkovec will also have the opportunity to put her artwork up for sale at the show. “It’s always nice to see how a student progresses during their four years here,” Heisey said. “It’s been really neat to see [Balkovec] step up her work and push herself to do something different.”
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1 Abruptly end a relationship with by ignoring texts, calls and such 6 European airline 9 Uninspiring 14 Pizazz 15 Flightless bird 16 Not in the dark 17 Prickly shrub 18 Prefix with match or fire 19 One with no hope 20 Spotify category for courageous Motown lovers? 23 Alpine lake 24 Fair-hiring initials 25 “The Waste Land” monogram 28 One hiking in a Maine national park? 32 Org. for the Williams sisters 33 Blood fluids 34 Damascus native 35 Says 22-Down, perhaps 37 Octane Booster brand 39 Loan figs. 40 “Field of Dreams” actor 43 Cy Young stats 46 Final: Abbr. 47 Weekend in the Hamptons, say? 50 Pinafore letters 51 Hebrew for “day” 52 Small fruit pie 53 Like a delivery truck blocking your car, maybe ... and a
hint to 20-, 28- and 47-Across 58 Gulf States inlet 61 Bagel go-with 62 Flower child’s greeting 63 Track meet part 64 Cooperstown winter hrs. 65 Legally bar 66 Sees regularly 67 Rehab issue 68 Angioplasty implant
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1 Mongolian desert 2 Traffic sound 3 Jump over 4 Ancient Pelopon-
nesian state 5 Winds (one’s way) through 6 Some advanced college courses 7 Surrounded by 8 Prince Harry’s dukedom 9 Without much detail 10 MPs’ concern 11 Bad review 12 Steam 13 German article 21 __-dieu 22 Unwelcome word from a barber 25 Catch in a lie, say 26 NutraSweet developer
27 Accounting giant __ & Young 28 Courtyard that may feature glass elevators 29 Pod-bearing trees 30 Consumed 31 60 minuti 32 __ corgi 36 R-V link
38 Excuses 41 Casting calls 42 “__ Ben Adhem” 44 “Stat!” 45 Skins, as a knee 48 Strolled 49 Taking it easy 53 Finished 54 In need of guidance
55 “This Is Us” role for Chrissy Metz 56 Micro or macro subj. 57 Cabinet div. 58 __ Bath & Beyond 59 “Selma” director DuVernay 60 Nevertheless
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Incredibles sequel ‘continues trend of beloved characters’ MEGAN COOK
For the Yellow Jacket
Who is the Underminer? How will Violet Parr’s date with Tony Rydinger go? Will the family find out about Jack Jack’s many superpowers? Nearly fourteen years later, questions about the ending of The Incredibles are answered in its sequel, Incredibles 2, released in June 2018. Picking up right where the original left off, the family of supers battle a new villain, the Underminer. Although they are victorious, their destruction causes the government to shut down the Superhero Relocation Program, leaving the Parr family of Bob, Helen, Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack without financial support. Superheroes are still illegal, but Frozone (Lucius Best), Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr), and Elastigirl (Helen Parr) inquire about an offer
from Winston Deavor from Devtech. Winston and his sister, Evelyn, suggest a plan to improve the public image of superheroes. To Mr. Incredible’s surprise, the siblings want Elastigirl to serve as an example. Bob tries to swallow his pride to serve in his new role as a full-time stay-athome dad. He must take care of his three children, each struggling with a specific issue in their personal life: Violet is heartbroken, Dash needs a tutor, and Jack Jack has uncontrollable powers. Rick Dicker, a government agent, had to erase Violet’s date’s memory after he discovered her true identity. As a result, Violet thinks she was stood up and confronts Tony who denies knowing her at all. Bob tries to reassure his daughter but his efforts, though wellmeaning, lead to further embarrassment. Bob’s oldest son, Dash,
asks his dad for help with his math. Bob questions how they could change math because Dash needs to learn new methods, different styles from Bob’s education. Edna Mode gives Bob a much needed rest when she babysits Jack Jack for the evening. During that time, she also designs the baby a new suit with a remote control that will help anticipate, manage and control Jack Jack’s powers. Meanwhile, Elastigirl tries to track down Screenslaver, a new supervillain that can control the mind of anyone through a screen. It’s difficult for sequels to live up to their originals, but The Incredibles franchise continues the stories of its beloved characters with a plot that challenges them in new ways. The series has also aged with time as the Parr’s nuclear family now includes a working mother and a stay-at-home dad. Most of the original cast
returned for the sequel including Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible and Bob Parr, Holly Hunter as Elastigirl and Helen Parr, and Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best and Frozone. Director Brad Bird also returns as supersuit fashion designer Edna Mode. Only a few characters required new voices. Spencer Fox, the original voice of Dash, is no longer a child fourteen years later so Huck Milner replaced him. The new Rick Dicker character starred the voice of Jonathan Banks after the original voice actor of the character, Bud Luckey, passed in February 2018. The film is dedicated to Luckey. The biggest flaw of the movie was the reveal of the true villain because it was very obvious throughout the movie; however, overall, the movie was still very fun, especially for those kids that grew up with the 2004 original.
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WHAT THE YELLOW JACKET STAFF IS READING DESIGNED BY GRACE HUTCHISON
As fall break approaches and students find themselves having more time to curl up with a good book, The Yellow Jacket staff shares some of their best recommendations to unwind and have some much-needed relaxation time.
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MATTIE WINOWITCH, “FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN” As a lover of overlapping plot lines and strong character development, I am happy I chose to pluck “Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain” off the shelf at Barnes and Noble. The story surrounds five individuals living in modern-day Salisbury, England. As the book progresses, you can see how all of the characters lives’ intertwine, showing that it is in fact a small world after all. “Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain” is emotionally gripping, and it will have you hooked from the beginning. I highly recommend this book.
TEGHAN SIMONTON, “THE KITE RUNNER” I read “The Kite Runner “for AP Literature, my senior year of high school. I was quickly engrossed in the novel, and it no longer felt like an assignment. Khaled Husseini is one of the most talented, descriptive and relatable writers in existence. The plot, which focuses on two young boys growing up in pre-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan, is heart-wrenching and beautiful. The story explores concepts like guilt, trauma, forgiveness and grace in a way that is honest and raw. You will relate to the characters, you will empathize and you will get lost in Husseini’s prose. This book will seriously change your life. Read it.
LUKE GOODLING, “DANDELION WINE”
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Growing up, I spent a lot of time reading Ray Bradbury. While many know him for “Fahrenheit 451”, Bradbury also has written an extensive number of short stories. These stories captured my attention the most. In only a few pages, Bradbury possesses the ability to build entire worlds with captivating characters and subplots. While I love many of his short stories, “Dandelion Wine” will always be my favorite piece from Bradbury. The sense of anemoia in “Dandelion Wine” is powerful and isn’t lost when reading it for a second or third time. While no reader will be able to fully relate to the personal stories which throughout the book, Bradbury ensures each reader will close the book wanting more.
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