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recently has been students not abiding by visitation hours. Hardie estimates that there is an average of “one or two” violations per week involving issues such as drugs, alcohol and vandalism, while visitation rules are broken “every three days.”

According to Page 9 of the 2018-19 Code of Conduct, students are permitted to have guests of the opposite sex from 11:00 a.m. to midnight Sunday-Thursday and all visitors must be escorted upon leaving the building. If a student violates these guidelines once, it will likely result “in disciplinary action with the potential loss of visitation privileges.”

Hardie said that visitation violations are handled on a “case-by-case basis,” depending on the student’s prior history.

“Let’s say it’s a repeat

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CAUGHT RED HANDED What really happens when students break the rules?

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Students voted for first time in midterm election ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant

With midterm elections finally upon us, new voices have registered to be heard in 2018. For freshman aerospace engineering major Luke Diel, the opportunity to vote in a midterm election is a great way to experience his first time voting.

“I’m excited,” Diel said.

“I think it's a very important time in our country, especially in the midterm elections. It's important to go out and vote.”

Another first-time voter, Jacob Nicolas, freshman communication-sports broadcasting major, had his polling place moved to Waynesburg and was ready to cast his first ballot.

“I am actually going

to be voting in Greene County; I set my address for Waynesburg,” Nicolas said. “I am hoping to have a quick process. I am not quite sure how it goes but I’m going to fill out my ballot, turn it in and hope for the best.”

While some students chose to vote in Waynesburg like Nicolas is, others like Diel chose to return home to vote.

“Its something I have been looking forward to for a really long time,” Diel said. “I voted in the primaries this year and I am excited. I’m driving an hour and a half to vote and I think it is completely worth it.”

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Along with his responsibilities as the director of the Department of Public Safety at Waynesburg University, Mike Humiston has been the Yellow Jackets’ head baseball coach since 2006.

When recruiting high school athletes, Humiston makes sure to stress a particular aspect of Waynesburg’s code of conduct.

“We are an alcohol and drug-free campus,” Humiston said. “So when people get here and they have a violation for alcohol, they have nobody to blame but themselves. We don’t keep that a secret.”

Although drug and alcohol possession are among the most serious conduct violations at Waynesburg, both Humiston and Assistant Dean of Student Services Chris Hardie said that the most frequent violation

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University leaders mourn Tree of Life MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

Josh Sumpter, assistant chaplain at Waynesburg University, opened his Oct. 30 sermon at Robert’s Chapel with this quote.

This sermon took place three days after 11 people died in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill.

Sumpter said he purposefully chose to open with the quote, which was originally spoken by Fred Rogers of “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood,” to symbolize brotherly love in a time when it was needed most.

“In the Christian community, we need to critically think about what it

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Individuals mourning the death of 11 individuals worshipping at the Tree of Life Synagogue after the Oct. 27 shooting have left flowers and notes in remembrance. looks like to care for our neighbors,” Sumpter said.

As a chaplain, Sumpter said he has found it challenging to know the right

things to say to the campus congregation in times of turmoil, and this was no exception. “[I ask myself ], what

words of comfort, what words of truth,” he said, “what does our community TRAGEDY >> A3

Winners of first eHIVE innovation challenge announced ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant

M e l i n d a W a l l s , W. Robert Stover Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership and director of the eHIVE, did not expect the turnout that the first “Something From Nothing” challenge received.

“I am thrilled with both the participation, and the quality, of the ideas that were shown,” Walls said. “I had no expectation that we would have as many students participate, or that they would have so many creative and thoughtful ideas; I was really impressed with that.”

Before announcing the winning teams, Walls mentioned that 37 teams signed up, 20

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Competitors in the eHIVE's "Something From Nothing" challenge had to create something using duct tape. teams presented, and over 160 people showed up to vote for the con-

test. This was far beyond the expectations of many including Chyanne Vanz-

ant, junior international business major and stud e nt a s s i s t a nt i n t h e

eHIVE. “I think it was amazing.

When we were planning it and having focus groups, we were really scared that it wouldn't be big or that students really wouldn't want to participate,” Vanzant said. “We were anticipating having ten teams.”

A wide variety of duct tape-based products were unveiled last Friday, but according to Vanzant, they all had a common theme.

“Something about this project that is very underlying is how it really showed off how we embody service here. Everybody had something that was helping people.

So, I loved it so much and how it shows our heart through being creative

and through the work,” Vanzant said.

One project, in particular, took home first place and $100 to each team member.

The team of Kara Compton, junior criminal justice major; Annalise Cardish, junior nursing major and Liz Diviney, residence director of Ray and Burns hall, won with an innovative way to raise money for a recent tragedy.

“We made stickers out of the duct tape,” Diviney said. “It has the Pittsburgh skyline on it because we are raising money for the Tree of Life synagogue and the wounded officers from the shooting last Saturday.

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Heisey commemorates Fuzzy Randolph with bust statue DYLAN CLELAND

Assistant Sports Editor

Andrew Heisey, chairperson of the Fine Arts Department has been working on a new project to commemorate the life and legacy of longtime Waynesburg resident and friend James D. “Fuzzy” Randolph.

Randolph, who was the father of the “Lamplighters Choir,” which has been a Waynesburg University institution since 1961, died Nov. 10, 2016.

“Fuzzy is such an impact in Greene County and Waynesburg University,” Heisey said. “Just yesterday, I was walking down main street here in town and there are these little metal discs on certain buildings with QR codes. I took my QR reader and clicked on it, and it took me to a website that had the information of the impact he had, not just at Waynesburg but also Greene County.”

Heisey’s personal connection with Randolph goes back to when the two started playing together in the James D. Randolph Kiltie Band, something that Heisey remains deeply indebted in today.

“He’s had an impact on me, I’m a member of the Kiltie Band, [and have] been playing bagpipes for a while, playing while he was still alive, so certainly he encourages me

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Fuzzy Randolph, the founder of the Lamplighters choir and the Kiltlie band, will be commemorated with a statue made

by Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the Fine Arts Department and assistant professor of art. that way,” Heisey said. “I wanted to honor him, so people would remember who he was.”

Heisey said the process of designing and creating the statue is long and takes a lot of patience and research.

“Every year in the fall, I make a clay head bust

with my sculpture class,” Heisey said, “And that’s what I’m doing, making a bust of Fuzzy right now.

The goal then is to make a full-size portrait of him as well.”

The research aspect of the project has been done around Greene County, and Heisey has

also spoken with some that were close to Fuzzy.

Heisey views all of it as valuable to the creative process.

“It’s a process because I’m not just going to make a sculpture,” Heisey said.

“I’ve been doing a lot of research on it. I have collected a number of

images, talked to Bruce [Fuzzy’s son] and got some images and from here in town and university.”

Perhaps the most intriguing part of the project is that Heisey is trying to dig up the material, which would be for sentimental value, from

a Waynesburg park to use in the final piece.

“I’ve been doing some research about where some of the clay material to build Miller and Hannah [Halls is],”Heisey said.

“Fuzzy was an archeologist and had won several different awards for archeological discoveries and things in that region.

One thing I do want to do [is with] Lake Junita, the reason we have that pond is because that is where the clay was dug to build Miller. I’d love to find some actually clay here in Lake Junita to build my sculpture with.”

Heisey hasn’t yet set a target date for completing the project. He said his work will play however it does, and he doesn’t have a set deadline for the finished product.

“It’s going to happen as it happens,” said Heisey.

“It’s a long process because I want to make something worthwhile to really honor him.”

Nearly two years after his passing, Heisey feels that Fuzzy’s reputation lives on , especially within the Kiltie Band when they it performs.

“I ’m constantly going different places, and [having] people come up to me and say, ‘I remember that Fuzzy Randolph guy,’” said Heisey.

“He’s often talked about by various people as the Kiltie Band travels around performing.”

Project Linus warms up community WU ACS named Chapter of the Year for third time COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

Assistant Dean of Students, Kelley Hardie was searching last school year for an organization that Waynesburg students can get involved with on campus. During her research, she found Project Linus; a non-profit organization that has chapters in all 50 states.

“Whenever I did research on Project Linus I just fell in love with their mission and I wanted to get involved with them, but I noticed that Greene County did not have a chapter,” said Hardie. “In April I applied to be a chapter coordinator to be able to host a chapter here in Greene County and we were then accepted through the national organization.”

Project Linus’ mission is to provide new or homemade blankets for children in need. Hardie said that a child in need is defined by the child having a chronic illness, having been traumatized through sexual, physical, or mental abuse or have a serious illness.

“It’s just such an amazing cause and it is difficult because we may never see the child ever receive the blanket,” said Hardie. “But the sense of comfort and warmth that the blankets give we know that it will provide them with such an amazing joy.”

The blankets are created by “blanketeers,” which is a fancy way of saying individuals who make blankets and that can be done by hosting blanket parties in the community. Anyone can host a blanket party with their club, organization, church, school or youth group and they can make blankets for the cause.

“Events thus far have been hosted within the residence halls, through our center for service leadership office and athletic teams,” said Hardie. “So far to date the brand-new Greene County chapter has raised and donated over 100 blankets on behalf of Project Linus.”

The new Greene County Project Linus chapter con-

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The new Greene County Project Linus chapter brought several students and faculty together to provide blankets for children in need. The chapter has already provided over 100 blankets. Next month, there will be a party for students to make more blankets.

sists of over 100 student volunteers from Waynesburg University as well as community members. Hardie said that she has eight community volunteer leaders that have been working with their church, with their organization or with their non-profit organizations to make blankets and fulfill the mission. Any type of blanket is accepted for Project Linus, they just

have to be new or homemade.

Next month there will be a blanket party here on campus for students to make blankets. Last year there was a blanket party hosted by Waynesburg University students along with Second Sam Nine, which is a non-profit organization for adults that have a mental challenge.

“They loved it,” said Har-

die. “They made over 10 blankets and we donated them to the Ronald McDonald house in Morgantown, West Virginia.”

If interested in being a part of the new Greene County chapter for Project Linus by either hosting a blanket party, being a part of a blanket party or by donating blankets, contact Kelley Hardie by email atkhardie@waynesburg.edu.

The Waynesburg University chapter of the American Chemical Society [ACS] has a long history. The student run ACS chapter has been around since the 1950s, according to Dr. Evonne Baldauff, chairperson for the Chemistry and Forensic Science department and associate professor of chemistry.The chapter started receiving recognitions and awards in the early 2000s, and has been recognized as “Chapter of the Year,” for three years in a row.

For Baldauff, what makes chapter of the year such an achievement for the students and staff involved is that it’s a highly competitive process. Baldauff said, each May, the chapter submits a report of all the events, ranging from community outreach programs, professional development, presentations, social events and home school labs to name a few.

“There are hundreds upon hundreds of chapters that submit for the award each year,” Baldauff said. “Only 40 of those hundreds of chapters get the award. For the past three years, we’ve been lucky enough to receive the honor [of being one of the 40 selected chapters].”

2016 was the first year of the chapters recent run of success. In 2016, the chapter ranked third in the country in total activities in a given year.

The chapter hosted more than 104 event that year.

Some of the events that fall into that category are the Haunted Chemistry Lab, seminars, National Chemistry Week and chemical tie dye.

One of the other events Baldauff hopes to add to their growing list of yearly events is a partnership with Waynesburg Central teachers and students.

“We want to go out in

the community more,” Baldauff said. “We want to help teachers do what they want to do with their students and to help them be more effective with that.”

One thing Baldauff attributes to Waynesburg’s success compared to other

Baldauff chapters is that there has been a lot of “young interest” in the ACS. Baldauff said that in the past, most of the chapter was made up of juniors and seniors that never really had any growth up until recently.

There has been a much higher number of underclassmen membership and participation the last few years.

This upcoming March, the chapter will travel to Orlando, Florida, to officially accept the award.

Accepting the award won’t be the only thing the chapter does at the national conference.

The president of the chapter, Jenna Gearhart, will be giving give a presentation on a research project she is working on.

Several other students in the chapter will also present their work.

Baldauff said that officers of the chapter usually get first dibs , s to events like the national conference, but she always wants a few juniors to go as well.

“When juniors go to conferences like [the national conference] they tend to bring back the enthusiasm for science and the experience they had for the upcoming members, especially with the seniors graduating,” Baldauff said.

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Policies Continued from A1 visitation violation, but it was really close to visitation hours,” Hardie said. “In a lot of cases, that could be a warning, but if it’s a repeat behavior in a short period of time, then we move it to a fine... So it really just depends. We definitely have some discretion in there to offer up sanctions that we feel are appropriate.”

Because these violations are considered minor, Hardie said that students would be subject to meeting with their residence director if they are caught.

Humiston doesn’t feel there is a specific reason behind students not abiding by visitation policies, but it has become more of an issue in recent years. He said that the most prevalent code of conduct violations in a given year depending on the mindset of the students attending Waynesburg at that time.

“I don’t think there’s any cause to [the frequency of a particular violation],” Humiston said. “There are years that have gone by where we have minimal alcohol violations, and I think that’s just a group of students that we have at that particular time. I just think [the increase in visitation is] kind of the thought process of our students. [Some students think] that it’s ok and they don’t adhere to our timetable as far as visitation [goes.]”

For alcohol violations, detailed on Page 12 of the Code of Conduct, students face a $100 fine, an interview with a designated Student Services staff member and possible dismissal from the university, among other potential consequences. Punishments for level two offenses also include a fine of $150 and possible dismissal for the university, along with mandatory attendance of a university-sponsored Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program.

For third level offenses, students face a minimum of a one-semester suspension from college and must write an appeal to the president of Student Senate or designee.

When students commit more severe violations, Luke Payson, the resident director of Willison Hall, is

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Students can refer to the Code of Conduct within their Academic Catalogues to learn more about the repercissions of their actions on campus. among those on a panel which sits on that student’s disciplinary meeting. Students who come to those meetings, Payson said, often compare Waynesburg’s conduct code of conduct to other surrounding schools. For Payson, however, it’s important for Waynesburg to set itself apart from its peers.

“Occasionally students will

“They have to realize that there are rules...”

MIKE HUMISTON

Director of Public Safety

come into the conduct meeting and complain about what Slippery Rock lets students do or [California University of Pennsylvania] lets students do or [Washington & Jefferson],” he said. “We’re not any of those schools. We want to hold ourselves to what Waynesburg

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considers to be the standard. That is basically what student conduct is all about.”

Hardie feels Waynesburg’s student conduct standards are consistent with the university’s history and follow the example set from the top of the administration.

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The Rev. James Tinnemeyer, vice president for Student Services and university chaplain, learned a very similar lesson when he was first ordained in Aug. 2001.

One month later, the events of 9/11 took place, but he was scheduled to preach. For him, what he had to do was going to be a full act of faith.

“When these horrible things happen, you have to put aside what you had planned to say,” Tinnemeyer said. “I knew I had to get up and help to lead

versity, and administrations important too,” he said. “So we kind of follow the lead of what [President Douglas Lee] would like to see and then what the vice presidents would like, and there’s also historical precedents in there which past presidents and vice presidents have

had and how we kind of make decisions. We like to keep with historic patterns.”

For Humiston, students who break the rules too often blame the university instead of themselves for their situation.

“I think it's ironic that when people get written up or investigated, it always seems to be security's fault,” Humiston said. “I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that over the years. ‘Well, security has it out for me. Security doesn’t have anything else to do.

Security, they’re just being who they are.’ So it appears that over the last probably 10 years, some of our students are not taking responsibly, and they have an entitlement mentality that needs to be checked. They have to realize that there are rules, there are policies and there are procedures that if you decide to violate those, you have to be ready to suffer the consequence whatever they may be.

Your actions have consequences.”

said. “When I was younger I would always go with my mom and grandma to the polls and help them vote.

Once I started getting older and being allowed to vote myself I would go with my mom and stepdad and we’d go vote together.”

Conf luence, Pennsylvania is home for Purbaugh, located in S o m e r s e t C o u n t y. I n Conf luence, Purbaug h said voting is something the entire communi ty gets involved in, which makes his voting experience different than those

who vote in larger, more populated areas.

“What I think is unique is that afterwards, our town holds a spaghetti d i n n e r t h a t e v e r yo n e goes to after they are done voting,” Purbaugh said. “It brings a real sense of community to something that was always meant to be a community event.”

Information regarding midterm elections and the candidates running can often be more difficult to come across than in presidential elections.

Still, Purbaugh knows the

importance of collegeaged voters casting an informed vote.

“For us as college students, the results of this election and the next presidential election are going to be very key going forward,” Purbaugh said. “ These elections have the possibility to set the policy that could be in effect for the majority of our adult lives and as a college student I definitely feel the importance of casting my vote for who I want to be the policy makers going into the future.”

fort,” Diviney said. “We made like 45 stickers Wednesday and our intention was to sell them [Thursday] and [Friday], and we ended up selling almost all of them [Thursday] so we had to make more last night.”

Walls hopes that this event will become an annual competition, with a different challenge item each year.

As for this year, Walls saw the potential for many of the products to continue to grow and encourages students to schedule an appointment with the eHIVE to develop new ideas, as well as to grow already developed ideas.

“Today we saw the beginning of a lot of wonderful ideas that both could be commercial-

ized and also social entrepreneurship ideas,” Walls said. “I really hope that we don't stop just at the idea phase and that is what the eHIVE is here to help students do. To really move from the idea stage into a full implementation where we can really solve some of the problems that we are seeing in society today.”

my people that I was serving to know of God’s love and God’s care and that they weren’t alone.”

Tinnemeyer said the recent Squirrel Hill shooting hit extremely close to home for him, as he and his family used to live a block away from the synagogue.

“We have a number of very close friends who are Jewish and live in Squirrel Hill,” Tinnemeyer said.

“While I’m not currently a part of that community, my heart was breaking.”

To f ind hope in the midst of brokenness, Sumpter said he relies heavily on his faith for strength to help himself and others. “ My h o p e i s i n t h e promises of God,” he said.

“Ultimately, God calls us to participate in bringing light forth.”

As he continues to cope, Tinnemeyer said he has remained overwhelmed by the amount of love within Pittsburgh after the shooting.

I’m struck again through this horrible experience at the stories and the outpouring of compassion,” Tinnemeyer said, struggling to hold back tears.

“That to me is hope. In the face of something so horrible, to see all this love and kindness and outpouring gives me hope.”

University President Douglas G. Lee confirmed this display of compassion in Pittsburgh. “ P i t t s b u rg h h a s re sponded to hate wi th

love in a way that provides hope in the face of tragedy,” Lee said. “This act of violence is unfathomable, but I have been moved by the bravery of Pittsburgh’s first responders and police officers. I continue to pray for our community as we all come together to heal.”

As the dust begins to settle after the Tree of Life shooting, Tinnemeyer said he urges those who are hurting to visit the university’s Counseling Center and to continue positive and honest discussions.

“It’s important that we do talk about it,” Tinnemeyer said. “The more that we talk about these kinds of things, as hard as they are, there’s hope.”

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Criminal Justice Department hosts Job/Internship Fair EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

Waynesburg University’s Criminal Justice and Social Sciences Department hosted their first Criminal Justice Job/Internship Fair Nov. 7 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse and the

ployers really like. They are strong students. They are ethical and moral, and I think [employers] are now realizing that [now] they are in their ranks, and they’re coming here.”

The large attendance of agencies was due to the professional experience

“We are very lucky for the type of program we have .”

ADAM JACK

Chairperson for the Criminal Justice Department

Waynesburg University Gymnasium.

Over 50 agencies attended with over 90 presenters said Adam Jack, chairperson of the criminal justice and social sciences department.

Most of the attending agencies are local, such as the City of Pittsburgh Police and Washington County Jail.

Some of these agencies have had relationships with the department for years, like the Ocean City Police Department. Others are just making contact, one being the Arlington Police Department from Virginia and the Pentagon Police.

Jack said the new contacts are because of the reputation of the department’s students.

“We are very lucky [for] the type of program have,” Jack said. “We are sending students out into the working world that em-

and reputation of each faculty member in the department, said Jack. Each faculty member contacted what people they knew in agencies and asked if they wanted to send recruiters.

“For instance, as federal agents, Jim Tanda or Kevin McClincy could pick up the phone and call the IRS, the ATF, or the FBI,” Jack said. “[They] can say to their colleagues, ‘hey, we’re having this job fair, and you take our interns already.

Would you be interested?’”

The faculty decided that all criminal justice majors must attend the event.

For freshmen and sophomores who cannot get credit for an internship until they are a junior or are not ready for a job, attending may seem pointless.

Jack wants them to learn more about all these agencies and figure out what they really want to do as a career.

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Gigi Pugliano and Brian Drake explore different opportunities with various police departments and federal agencies.

“My focus is in career development and career planning, and I want them to really take in [everything], go talk to these agencies and hear what the job really is [like] working for the West Virginia State Police or working for Abraxas. So I want them to go talk to people, and see what these careers are about. They might not

even know that their is an agency that does ‘this type of thing,’” Jack said.

For many years, the department and the Ocean City Police Department have partnered for several students to spend the summer in Ocean City and intern for whatever criminal justice field interests students.

Students get paid, they

are at the beach and they gain valuable experience in law enforcement, Jack said.

Jack said that it is important for students to be proactive and start searching for opportunities that will build connections and later land them in their field of interest.

“A lot of students have commitments at home.

Some of them don’t want

to go into law enforcement,” Jack said. “I’d say half, maybe sixty percent, of our students end up going into some aspect of federal, state or local law enforcement. But the other forty percent go into some of these social services type of jobs: working with juveniles, law school, CYS and victims advocacy.”

Ethnic Food Fair offers chance to learn After Harvestfest,

Senate prepares for future events

ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

The Ethnic Food Fair was held Nov. 6 on the third floor of Stover. The different kinds of foods ranged from Russian borscht to Chinese dumplings. From beginning to end the room was packed with students, faculty and staff to get a taste of culture around the world The students cooking had to find a partner of another culture to choose what they would make for the Cross Culture Communications class.

The cooking assignment has been happening for around five years according to Beth Merry, assistant professor of Communications. Before it would just be the Department of Communication faculty, then librarians and now the whole university is welcome to come.

Outside of service trips, this has become one of Merry’s favorite events of the year, she said. Her reasoning was that students are given the opportunity to learn through eating and friendship.

“Food is an important part of every culture, and you really haven’t experienced a culture I think until you have tasted their food and eaten it with friends,” said Merry.

“That’s what this is all about music food friends.”

AJ McClure, senior business major, made German pancakes for the meal he had to prepare. His goal for the class is to open up to new experiences.

“The class is all about learning to interact with other cultures and try to be more a part of the world,” McClure said. “Be more of a world citizen and this particular was to do that by taste.”

The buffet style of feeding started with lentil soup and borscht as well as a beet soup. Then moved along into different kinds of Asian foods then back to the western European foods.

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Students that attend the Ethnic Food Fair get to try differnt foods and learn about different cultures.

The nations represented a range from Eastern Europe to Asia.

McClure also recognizes there is not much diversity in the Waynesburg community. So, this always provides an opportunity to start dialogue.

“Waynesburg honestly doesn’t have a lot of culture doesn’t have a lot of things to choose from,” McClure said. “It’s usually just one aspects and this bring it to the table, literally.”

For Natalie Johnston, senior communication major, this also provided an opportuni ty for Waynesburg to bring some diversity without forcing it.

“It’s important so people get out of their comfort zone, it’s eye opening to see all the other types of food in the world,” Johnston said. “It’s fun to explore and appreciate other cultures, I think on

campus there isn’t a lot of diversity so this is a way to bring more diversity to the campus without making a huge fuss over it, it’s something fun everyone can enjoy.”

Along with the cultural experiences it also gave

students that don’t cook often a chance to put their cooking skills to the test.

“The students also don’t usually know how to cook really well so this is a learning experience in that way as well,” Merry said.

With Harvestfest behind us, it’s time for the student senate to prepare for activities they have coming up for the rest of the semester.

There were many activities taking place during Harvestfest this year, but the big highlight was the annual pumpkin bowling tournament put on by the campus radio station WCYJ-FM. Tyler McCoy, student senate president, spoke about the event as a whole and some of his favorite moments from this year.

“I was very happy with Harvestfest this year,” McCoy said. “A good number of people from the community came in, kids were dressed up in their costumes with their families, and other students from the university came in. I thought it went well.”

Music echoed throughout the event and candy was distributed by tables to local children trick-or-treating and attendees in general.

McCoy reflected on his own personal highlights of the event.

“Pumpkin bowling is always great,” McCoy said.

“I was also happy with the groups and the games they came up with for the people that came to Harvestfest, a lot of great food, and it’s nice to see staff, faculty, and administration come together and have a good time.”

Harvestfest, an annual tradition in the fall for Waynesburg University, connects the campus to the surrounding community.

President Douglas Lee was dethroned as champion in pumpkin bowling, local children got an early start on trick-or-treating, and organizations had the opportunity to interact with one another.

The senate however, has more activities to accomplish before the fall semes-

ter ends, and McCoy lead into some of those upcoming events.

“The big thing we’re going to do is the tree lighting,” McCoy said. “That will come at the end of November, we’re talking about some other things, but nothing is really solid right now.”

The senate also participated in the recent e-Hive innovation challenge.

Andrew Hreha, sophomore senator was at the event as well as being a part of the events and planning committee.

“The big thing we're going to do is the tree lighting.”

TYLER MCCOY

Student Senate President

“I would consider it a success.” Hreha said. “We gave out a lot of cotton candy, which people seemed to enjoy, the kids also liked the cotton candy as well.”

Hreha also gave details on what is coming up for the tree lighting in November.

“Senate is going to provide hot chocolate and cookies for the community and students.” Hreha said. “A few of us will be dressed as elves and hand out treats.”Hreha went into further detail about the tree lighting.

“Basically we coordinate the event with [Edward L. Powers], he dresses up as Santa, the choir performs, and we light up the tree by the chapel which always look nice.”

Ha r ve s t fe s t , a n a n nual tradition in the fall for Waynesburg University, connects the campus to the surrounding community.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG ELECTION 2018

Voting Numbers by the

63.6% 59.5%

7,489

53.5% 6,395

6,941

51.5%

46.4%

46.7%

5,550

5,543

6,109

46.5%

6,154

5,523

40.4%

36.3%

51.9%

4,718

4,273

Snyder

McClure

State House

Craig

Bartolotta

State Senate

Wolf

Wagner

Governor

Boerio

Reschenthaler

U.S. House

Casey

Barletta

U.S. Senate Teghan Simonton, The Yellow Jacket

In the four races that most affect Greene County — for seats in the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, State Senate and Pennsylvania Governor, the county favored only one Democratic candidate. This is in spite of the fact that Greene County has more registered Democrats than Republicans.

Candidate surprised by voter turnout, party leanings TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

Despite possessing more registered Democrats than registered Republicans, Greene County, once again, showed overwhelming support for Republican candidates in the 2018 Midterm Elections.

"People are still trying to figure out where things went wrong," said James Craig, the Democratic candidate for State Senate, who lost Tuesday's election to incumbent Republican Camera Bartolotta.

Craig said that based on voter registration within the counties in his district, his team projected that with 35,000 votes, he could take the election. Craig received well over that number, but still lost the race. Bartolotta was unavailable to comment after the race.

In places like Greene County, where, according to Pennsylvania voting statistics, the number of registered

Democrats outnumbers Republicans 11,334 to 8,412, the high turnout for Republican voters seems unexpected. Local party committees have reflected upon this phenomenon in the past: Greg Hopkins, chair of the Republican Committee of Greene County said voter registration does not accurately represent the county's conservative values.

Craig believes the disconnect occurs because rural Democrats like those in Southwestern Pennsylvania don't fully identify with the party nationally, and are left behind as a result.

"The problem is that in Pennsylvania, it seems like the top of the ballot sets the messaging and the agenda," said Craig. "Unfortunately, the messaging that Democrats are running on are antithetical to the opinion working upon blue-collar workers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The Democratic party has taken a dramatic shift to the left."

Craig, who came under scrutiny earlier in the election

cycle for forgeries found on his ballot petition, doesn't think the scandal had much to do with his loss. He thinks it's indicative of a failure of the party to invest in "down-ballot" races, resulting in a higher-than-expected Republican voter turnout.

And he is not alone. Overwhelmingly, Republican candidates dominated Greene County, even if they did not take the entire state. The one Democratic candidate who did win the county was Pam Snyder, the incumbant state representative who identifies as a conservative Democrat.

As of right now, Craig said he has no immediate plans to try running for office again. He thinks he can better affect positive change this way.

"I've realized that oftentimes the best way to do that is not being elected," he said. "You spend so much money on a campaign and end up being owned by people who pay for your race."

Award renamed for Ruff Creek Crafts closes after 5 years Northrop family, its newest recipients TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

The month of September was an emotional one for Thomas Northrop, former publisher for the Observer-Reporter, when he and his sister, Lucy Northrop Corwin, announced the sale of the family paper to the company Ogden Newspapers.

Northrop’s last day of work was Sept. 28.

But the family is still somewhat of an institution in southwestern Pennsylvania.

The Northrop family received news that not only would they receive the Washington County Community Foundation Philanthropist of the Year Award, but it would also be re-named the Northrop Family Excellence Award for Community Philanthropy. The family received the award, along with other award winners, at the Hilton Garden Inn

at Southpointe, Pennsylvania.

Northrop said, when he first found out WCCF named the award after his family, was stunned.

“We went into the office actually; it was my father, my mother, my sister Lucy and myself,” Thomas said.

“It was stunning and humbling all at the same time, very surprising. I know there are a lot of people who have done a lot of good work.”

The family is spread all over the United States, said Northrop, but has been affecting the tricounty area specifically.

Since 1902, when John L. Stewart, Northrop’s great grandfather, co-founded the Observer-Reporter, the family has kept the paper running while influencing and aiding surrounding counties for five generations.

The family has worked AWARD >> B4

Ruff Creek Crafts is a cluttered shop of knickknacks and antiques, where the owner, Lauren McMurray Stauffer, stands leaning over the counter, smiling and chatting with a customer. Behind her, her daughter’s German Shepard puppy, Draco, perks up at the sound of anyone passing through to see the vintage furniture pieces, books and art, zooming over to anyone who glances in his direction.

But after five years in business, this comfortable shop, said Stauffer, is now reaching its bittersweet end.

“My grandchildren moved back to the area, and I basically want to be a full-time grandma. And my husband and I have both reached retirement age, and it’s time for us to start a new chapter,” said Stauffer. “This has been a very tough decision.”

Before opening Ruff Creek Craf ts, Stauffer was an operations man-

Teghan Simonton, The Yellow Jacket

Lauren McMurray Stauffer, owner of Ruff Creek Crafts, said owning a small business in a rural town can be just as challenging as managing a bigbox store. ager at Wal-Mart, where she managed the growth and expansion of a large franchise. In that position, Stauffer said she was responsible for building a store, staffing it, and merchandising. But building a small business in a rural town could be just as chal-

lenging, she said.

“I sort of stepped down from all that responsibility to a small store, thinking it would be easy and it’s just as hard,” she said. “The hours, the commitment is a lot more. It’s non-stop, never far away from your thoughts and ideas.”

Stauffer said that during its years of operation, Ruff Creek Crafts gave her a strong connection to the community--one that she continues to cherish. She was not just a business owner: she was CLOSED >> B4

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EDITORIAL

Vote intentionally It is important to be informed before voting

In current times, it is common for people to just vote solely with one's political party in elections, because if that candidate does end up in the office they are running for, they will vote with that same party in most, if not all, decisions requiring their vote.

The knowledge of this fact, however, can cause people to vote without any additional understanding on the candidates who are running. People just go to polling places, vote straight party and leave two minutes later. If the people who end up in office correlate with the voter’s party, the voters are pleased with the result; if not, they are upset.

Knowing preliminary information on the candidates is more important than most people think.

Character, values and beliefs matter more than the idea of party affiliation. Although you may generally agree with the basic ideas and values of one party more than another, that does not necessarily mean everyone who claims to be with the party will have all of the values you agree with. It is important to actually do some research into the people in your party to find out where they really stand on issues you perceive as the most important in our country.

There is no such thing as a perfect political party, there is no such thing as a perfect candidate, just as there is no such thing as a perfect human being (other than Jesus Christ). Because of this, difficult choices often need to be made. People vote for whom they think will influence our government for the better.

The diversity of opinions in the country make it very difficult to find people who agree with you on every single political subject, let alone have all the same morals and values you hold.

One of the main reasons it is so important to find out the views of political candidates on the prevalent issues the U.S. faces is for the purpose of comparison.

Due to diversity of opinions, in order to best help the country through your vote, it is best to compare and contrast the opinions and values of the candidates against your own. It might surprise you to find you agree with both parties on different values surrounding current-day issues.

In the end, it may come down to which of your beliefs, values and opinions matter the most to you; which ones you feel will influence the country in a greater and more prominent way. Then, vote for the candidates who hold those values which are most important to you. Rather than voting for candidates in accordance with the political party that generally holds the same values and beliefs as you on a higher quantity of subjects, it may be far more important and influential to your country to vote in accordance with the candidates who hold the values you view as most important to have in the country.

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Any student who passed even the most basic civics class would be able to identify these words as the first amendment, located in the U.S. Bill of Rights.

Although the first amendment is often pi-

geon-holed as simply the legal backing for freedom of speech, one can see that the one-sentence amendment actually guarantees much more.

Our founding fathers intentionally wrote the amendment with their signature vagueness, using generalizations and ambiguous language that allow for the amendment to be applied to a variety of circumstances. This vagueness, though beautiful in the way it’s sweeping language protects many important rights, leads to some of the arguments and filibustering found both legally and in politics because of the amendment’s lack of specificity.

Thus, it is left to the

highest court to try to clarify what exact rights the amendment does and doesn’t protect.

As a U.S. citizen and journalist, I exercise the rights provided to me by the first amendment constantly and, I am ashamed to say, wi thout much thought or gratitude. It is second nature for Americans to vocalize opinions, hold religious beliefs and criticize those in power, though citizens in other countries are consistently and unjustly persecuted for such acts.

Freedom of speech is straightforward in it’s intention: citizens have the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. Since its

establishment, some laws have come forward placing limits on the freedom, citing hate speech, slander, libel and threats as unlawful uses of speech.

For the previous centuries, freedom of speech has worked exquisitely in its role in society. But, now, in 2018, I humbly dare to say the amendment is broken.

W hat, you may ask, could undermine such a solid-built, straightforward right that has worked wonderfully in its role for hundreds of years? The answer is simple: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, 4Chan, Reddit and WikiLeaks.

The same things that SPEECH >> B3

Schedule your years ahead of time JOE SMELTZER Columnist

In the spring semester of my freshman year, a few hours after I completed my scheduling for the following fall se-

mester, I sat in the basement of Eberly Library.

Usually, when I'm in the library, I am using my laptop, either for classwork or for leisure. On this day, however, my focus was on the academic catalog and figuring out what classes I wanted to take for the remainder of

my college career.

Planning out my classes for the next six semesters was smart back then, and it still is a good strategy to implement today.

I left the library feeling excited for my future.

Somewhere along the lines, however, I abandoned my plans, and for

the past two years, I’ve waited till the week before scheduling to even consider what I wanted to take for the next semester. I have two semesters left to schedule for college, so it's a little late for me to plan far PLAN >> B3

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

From northern lights to town lights HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

Sydney Howe used to be able to see the northern lights from her yard. Now, those lights she was so used to seeing in the sky are far away.

“The northern lights were one of my favorite things,” Howe said. “We’d go driving and we’d just follow them to where they’d get brighter.”

As someone who lives over 4,000 miles from where she attends college, Howe, a junior criminal justice major, is often asked how she found out about Waynesburg University. Alaska is home for Howe, but she said she was pretty sure she wasn’t going to stay there for college.

In her junior year of high school in Palmer, Alaska, Howe said she began looking around at colleges far and wide. During the summer, her mother found out about the CSI summer camp Waynesburg University offers to high school students.

Since Howe was looking into the criminal justice major at the time, she decided to attend the camp.

“I was like, ‘well might as well try it, and if I can’t

handle being that far away from my home, I might have to rethink what I’m going to do.’”

One of the first things Howe noticed was the change in the weather.

Howe said she noticed at camp that while she was wearing capris, everyone else was wearing shorts due to the hot summer weather. After deciding to attend Waynesburg for college, Howe said she officially decided she needed to buy new clothes. Due to the short supply of summer clothes in the stores near her in Alaska, she bought her items online.

Aside from the difference in temperature, Howe noticed other weather differences. In Alaska, the weather in an average day usually includes heavy winds and dry air, she said, whereas it rains a lot more often in Pennsylvania and the air is humid.

“We don’t get a lot of rain [in Alaska] and when it does rain, it rains for like 10 to 15 minutes and it’s like these little bitty misty rain drops, but here… I was drenched within a couple minutes walk.”

Howe said the biggest

change she had to adapt to was constantly being around people. Since she never lived in a place with so many people in such close proximity, she said living in the dorms was an adjustment.

“The towns are really spread out, so you don’t see that thick volume of people,” Howe said. “You can go through an entire Walmart and be alone.”

Howe said she also noticed a difference in the way people interact with each other. She said people don’t talk as much about religion.

People often don’t know whether someone goes to church or not unless they see them there.

“Here, everybody is really open about things, and they’re really willing to talk,” Howe said. “Back home, ev-

eryone’s really individualistic.”

In the Alaskan winter, Howe said the roads become so icy that police are lax about pulling people over for red lights, because, although drivers try to stop, they can’t.

“Cops will sit there and watch you pump your breaks and just slide through the intersection, but everyone else is at a dead stop because they can’t start yet because their wheels aren’t turning, so lights take a lot longer, and less people make it through lights.”

Howe continues to get used to seeing deer rather than moose and experiencing the weather changes that come with western Pennsylvania as she works toward graduation.

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Cheat Sheet: Courts looking into voter suppression cases EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

ANTONIO PELULLO For The Yellow Jacket

With the Nov. 6 midterm elections over, the court system will continue to look at many different voter suppression cases across the United States, the most notorious one being in the state of Georgia.

The State Secretary orig inally blocked a large amount of firsttime registering AfricanAmerican voters earlier this year. After losing the court case, the State Secretary had to register all the voters by a court order.

On Nov. 3, there was an accusation that the Democratic party attempted to hack the state’s voter registration database. The accusation was made by the Secre-

tary of the State Brian Kemp. Kemp, the Republican candidate running for office, also said that even if the election came down to a run-off he would not remove himself from the Dec. 4 count.

“It's wrong to call it an investigation,” Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams told CNN Monday. “It’s a witch hunt that was created by someone who is abusing his power.”

This however is not the first time a Georgia election has been at risk. Back in 2015, a lawsuit accused Kemp of not keeping the election information correctly protected, allowing the information of six million Georgia voters to be stolen.

In North Dakota, many Native American voters have been disenfranchised because of a new law that requires voters to have a street address.

The Native Americans in North Dakota live on reservations and use P.O. boxes for mail. As they do not have a street address, they will be unable to vote. Voting in North Dakota did not used to require registering.

People could go to polling places with a valid ID or sign an affidavit confirming their eligibility to vote.

That changed in 2017, when the eighth Circuit Appeals Court upheld the decision from the state court, and up to 2,300 citizens were unable to vote. The law in question was led by the Republican party.

In North Carolina, 20 percent of early voting places will be closed.

This was recently passed

by Republican-controlled legislature. North Carolina cited cost as the reason. Other polling places were to be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In the state of North

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The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. Carolina, the closings could impact minority voters more than others, due to the fact that they are less likely to have flexible work hours along with a car to transport them to the polling place of their choice.

President Donald Trump recently tweeted that security will be ramped up to prevent any non-citizens from

voting .

“L aw Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING which may take place in Tuesday’s Election (or Early Voting). Anyone caught will be subject to the Maximum Criminal Penalties allowed by law.

Thank you!” Trump said.

Tr u m p we nt o n t o tweet later in the day

that there is no voter suppression.

“So funny to see the CNN Fake Suppression Polls and false rhetoric.

Watch for real results Tuesday. We are lucky CNN’s ratings are so low.

Don’t fall for the Suppression Game. Go out & VOTE,” Trump said.

As of Tuesday night there have been no reports of illegal voting.

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.

DREW HREHA

Editorial Assistant

1. GOP keeps Senate, Democrats take house in midterm elections Midterm elections are officially behind us and many of the results came in as expected. With the house having a five in six chance of going to the Democrats and the senate having the same odds of staying Republican, most of the results from Tuesday’s elections were no big surprise.

Republican Ted Cruz narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in the Texas Senate race. The race was closer than many expected, with just a two point difference when many media outlets called the race. Across the election, President Trump said he is very pleased with how the elections went.

-CNN Nov. 7 2. Voters experience problems voting Voters across the nation experienced issues while trying to cast their ballots this Tuesday for the midterm elections.

Various problems occurred during the elections, including broken machines, long lines and undertrained or even

Plan Continued from B2 ahead.

I understand that taking your time is probably a theme for most college students, so for any underclassman reading this article, I implore you to not repeat my mistake.

Instead, decide what classes you need to take and when you need to take them to graduate.

Since the end of my freshman year, I've had to withdraw from two general education courses, and while I'm still on track to graduate on time in the Spring of 2020, I’m a little behind because of losing those six credits.

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A poll worker gets "I Voted" stickers ready to hand to voters at the ballot booths at Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library in South Tampa, Florida. untrained poll workers.

One of the bigger issues raised was in Georgia, where many believe voting problems may have interfered with a close gubernatorial race.

W hile these issues pursue, Republicans have been pushing for new voting laws to help limit voter fraud. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have both warned about voter fraud prior to these elections.

3. Fox News Slaps Hannity on Wrist for Rally Appearance

Fox News has come out against host Sean Hannity after he made an appearance at a rally for President Donald Trump when he said he would not do so.

B e f o r e t h e r a l l y, Hannity clarified that he would only be at the rally to interview the president beforehand, but then appeared on stage during the rally along with fellow Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro.

Hannity complemented President Trump’s work in office while on stage, referencing his “Promises Made, Promises Kept” campaign slogan. A spokesperson for the network stated that

I'm not sure if outlining my classes ahead of time would have affected my performances in those classes, but I do know that I'd be spending a lot less time stressing about what I still need to take to graduate.

Believe me, I understand how hectic college is. I know that we spend every day thinking of our present challenges and worrying about the future when it gets here.

We don't like to plan ahead, and often, we don't have time to plan ahead. Scheduling future classes, however, is something that's worth doing as soon as possible.

Now, planning to take certain courses at specific times doesn't always

end up working out. I found that out last week when the seats for one of the classes I had planned on taking filled up just before I completed my registration.

It's likely that students will have to tweak their schedules at some point, regardless of how far in advance they plan out their classes. Having a good idea of what to take and when to take it and then making a few adjustments, however, is better than putting off thinking about next semester's classes until the deadline.

I did the latter, and I strong ly encourage freshman and sophomores at Waynesburg University to do the former.

-The Washington Post Nov. 6

they addressed the issue in house, however neither host was mentioned by name.

-Daily Beast Nov. 6 4. Colorado man pleads guilty to murder of wife and daughters Chris Watts of Colora d o p l e a d g u i l t y t o murdering his pregnant wife and daughters. The district attorney in the case dropped the death penalty in exchange for Watts’ acceptance of all nine charges brought against him.

Shannon Watts, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant

Speech Continued from B2 have turned the world upside down have broken one of America’s most fundamental rights.

The internet and social media sites have magnified freedom of speech in such a way that it is no longer able to be enforced among those platforms. The internet is built on anonymous users posting as many lies, threats, hate speech and conspiracy theories their hearts may desire, without worry of repercussions.

Lawmakers are sluggish as always in creating legislation that combats violations of freedom of speech on the internet, desperate-

when she was killed.

She was found with her daughters Celeste and Bella, ages three and four respectively.

Wat t s p rev i o u s ly claimed his wife had killed one of the children before coming after him and the second child. Watts is facing three consecutive life sentences at his hearing later in November.

-BBC Nov. 7 5. At least four dead after buildings collapse in Marseille Multiple buildings collapsed in the french city of Marseille, resulting

ly trying to catch up as the world becomes more and more reliant on the web and it’s content.

America has already run a marathon, the internet is now a place of unfiltered speech, and lawmakers haven’t quite tied their shoes yet.

A place of uncensored speech, in theory, would be a utopia of information and informed opinions and an absolute highlight of one of America’s greatest rights. But, instead, as we have discovered with Facebook and other outlets on the internet in general, giving citizens freedom of speech seemingly without repercussions results in a dumpster fire of lies, misinformation and hatred of minority religions and races.

in the death of two men and two women. The city has experienced unusually high levels of rain and bad weather in the recent weeks, but the cause of the buildings collapsing is still unknown.

Two buildings collapsed early in the morning Monday, with another collapsing later in the day.

Fire workers then pulled the bodies from the rubble, which fell in the working-class area.

While four bodies have been found, there is still potential for more to be unburied.

-CNN Nov. 6

Lawmakers need to create legislation to filter the hate speech spreading on social media, which, over time, will undoubtedly curb the extremist culture that has been plaguing our county and government.

Note: I understand the hypocrisy found within writing an article to voice a criticism of the first amendment. As a journalist and citizen, I am vocal in my absolute support of all of the rights provided by the first amendment. I simply find it to be critical to the well-being of Americans for our government to monitor the content being spread over social media and the internet to check for misinformation and hate speech, particularly in this period of hatred, bipartisanship and fear.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

EQT Center hosts childrens' event Airport seeks new projects to generate revenue LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Photo courtesy of EQT Recreation Center

The 1-year-old facility aims to enhance the community by providing family events. After cancelling the Kids Night Out event last year for poor registration numbers, EQT has now seen significant involvement.

Center hopes to add community value through kids GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

The EQT Recreational Center, established in Waynesburg approximately one year ago, has a commitment to providing local families with opportunities for fun they might not have had otherwise, says Meghan Ricciuti, who has worked as a childcare lead at the center since it’s opening.

The EQT center was “most definitely” established in response to the apparent lack of family-oriented activities in the Waynesburg area, said Riccuiti.

“Everybody says that it’s really hard to find things to do as a family in Waynesburg, and are looking for somewhere safe to bring their kids, and our goal was to give them a chance to do that,” Riccuiti said.

In her position, Riccuiti works with co-workers to organize events for com-

munity members looking for family-friendly events within the area.

“We definitely want to have more things available in the community for kids of all ages and families in general,” Ricciuti said. “The programs we’re bringing in now are entirely focused on doing those kinds of things.”

The latest program to be coordinated in relation to this objective is the ‘Kid’s Night Out,’where children were welcomed to the rec center for a night of movies, free play, crafts and fun, Ricciuti said.

The EQT center has tried to plan the ‘Kid’s Night Out’ event previously, but didn’t have enough children registered to execute the event.

These prior struggles, says Ricciuti, were related to a lack of advertising and promotion of the event.

The ‘Kid’s Night Out,’ held Nov. 7, had a final tally of approximately 60 children

from the community registered to come, providing the parents five hours to shop and run errands during the event.

“It’s an extremely good turnout,” Ricciuti said.

Riccuiti isn’t sure what directly to attribute the sudden success to, but said it could be a combination of the time of year and improved advertising both on Facebook and in schools locally.

“We’re labeling it as a kid’s night out but we’re also advertising it towards the parents so they can enjoy the night out too as their kids are here,” Riccuiti said.

Through events such as the ‘Kid’s Night Out,’ Riccuiti says the EQT center is fulfilling its goal of benefiting the community.

“We definitely hope that we’re facilitating childhoods in Waynesburg,” Riccuiti said. “Ever since the building opened, personally, my

children have benefitted by having these opportunities that they might not have had before.”

Playing with children and tailoring events to their interests isn’t outside of Ricciuti’s comfort zone. In her job, she cares for children six weeks old and older and works to create events at the center for children in the community.

“We want to offer kids something that they wouldn’t normally be able to get in Waynesburg without having to go out of town,” Ricciuti said. “We try to keep everything local and I hope that this building stays here and keeps bringing in families and making Waynesburg a little bit safer.”

But, Riccuiti said, at the heart of all of the events and goals of the rec center is to ensure that the children are truly enjoying themselves.

“If they’re happy then we’re happy,” Riccuiti said.

Greene County to gain WWI memorial RACHEL MANGAN Web Editor

It all started 16 years ago, when Glenn Toothman, Founder and CEO of Memory Medallion Inc., and Candice Buchanan, a board-certified genealogist with a master’s degree in public history from Duquesne University, started writing a book called “The Rain Day Boys.”

The book focused on the soldiers of World War I from Greene County and Company K. The more the duo looked into the history of the Rain Day Boys, the deeper the history became. According to both Toothman and Buchanan, there are familial connections to the soldiers everywhere.

“After 16 years of research,” said Toothman, “We wanted to get the book finished in time for the 100-year anniversary.”

Both Toothman and Buchanan traveled to France to conduct a portion of their research.

“When we were in France, we were awestruck by how the French remember the events of World War I,” said Toothman. “I mean they had memorials all over the place to honor all of the lives lost.”

Buchanan and Toothman came to the conclusion that honoring those lives lost needed to be done here in

Closed Continued from B1 also a member of the Rain Day Committee and the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, and she currently serves on the Greene County Tourism Board.

Stauffer said that as she closes the shop, she’ll step down from the other business-related affiliations as well, but she’ll stay focused on the tour-

Greene County in the same way.

“One really unique thing about all of France’s memorials was that all of their memorials are lined with trees,” said Buchanon. “In a way, the tree equals the lives they represent. The memorial [in Greene County] will also be lined with trees to represent the lives of the soldiers lost in the war.”

The memorial, which will be dedicated Nov.11, Veterans Day, will be 100 yards long with two rows of 29 trees.

Each tree will be placed 10 feet apart from one another.

Those 58 total trees represent the 58 soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the war.

Each of the soldier’s trees will have a solar-powered garden light and memory medallion. The medallions can be read by smartphones, which will give visitors access to each soldier’s story.

All of the information in the medilians was provided by family members and through the research of Toothman and Buchanan. Some of those medallions include training footage from the 24 soldiers who were a part of Company K. “It’s going to be really overwhelming to see all these families come forward after all these years of helping with our research,” said Buchanan. “We had so

many different families that shared lineage with the Rain Day Boys come forward and share photos and stories and letters from them with us.”

The dedication of the memorial will last approximately one hour, when Waynesburg University President Douglas Lee will speak, along with Major General Bruce E. Hackett, commanding general of the 80th training command.

Four of the 58 soldiers came from what is now Hackett’s division.

Buchanan will read the letter of euphoria when the Armistice occurred, and then each of the 58 names will be read and recognized.

The event will conclude with the playing of Taps on the bagpipes.

The service will be held at 918 Rolling Meadows Rd, Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.

ism board, hoping to bring more out-of-county visitors in “to benefit all of the businesses.”

Ruff Creek Crafts is the latest in a long list of local businesses in Waynesburg that have permanently closed their doors in the past few months--with others including Artbeat, Coach’s Cafe and Four Horsemen Comics. And while the shop’s closing is not due to any financial or business qualms, Ruff Creek Crafts has not been immune to the difficulties, Stauffer said.

“It’s a challenge,” she said. “I mean, you have to work a little bit harder than you did when the economy--when the mines were in...You’ve got to go with the times. It’s not that it’s wrong; it’s just changed.”

Though she is stepping down, Stauffer said she is hopeful that the smalltown community will pull together in a time of economic uncertainty. With bigbox stores and online sales a growing trend, she is fearful for small busi-

nesses like her own.

“It’s not something that I can change but it’s a wish that I would have for everybody to take the time to shop and enjoy what the local merchants have to offer,” she said.

Despite the challenges of running a business here, Stauf fer regrets nothing. She has full faith in the community and its value.

“I really wish the very best for the community,” Stauffer said. “I love this area. I love this town.”

Photo courtesy of Glenn Toothman

Greene County will open a WWI Memorial this month.

Roughly five years of construction at the Greene County Airport has completed, but economic development plans are just getting started.

Construction began at the airport with the intentions of replacing old, dilapidated hangers and creating shovel-ready lots for development. Robbie Matesic, Greene County Economic Development director, said the construction process was intended to complete the “infrastructure” of the airport.

The process took multiple years, Matesic said, due to the way the project was funded.

“We tried to do it without using county tax dollars,” said Matesic. “We had to raise the money from economic development sources that took a few years – it took five, maybe six years to raise the dollars.”

After building new hangars and demolishing the old ones, Matesic said the final part of the project was moving the parking lot.

“The parking lot for the airport administration building had to be moved,” Matesic said. “That’s what has been concluded now in 2018. That final piece was moving the parking lot. So, now we are at the point where we have marketable shovel-ready sites.”

The next step for the Greene County Airport, Matesic said, is development. Now, with space available, Matesic said finding a sit-down restaurant is high on the priority list.

“The commissioners really want to see at least one sit down restaurant,” Matesic said. “We have a lot of fast food restaurants in the county, but they are hoping they can have a nice sitdown restaurant that is like an anchor on [Route] 21.”

As one of the first development projects taking place east of Interstate 79, Matesic said the airport offers many desirable features for a potential restaurant.

“It’s right along 21, which has very good traffic on it,” Matesic said. “It is very close to the interstate so easy on and off access for anyone traveling through

Award Continued from B1 with Washington Hospital, The United Way of Washington County and even helped found WCCF. Although there is an extensive family history of service, Northrop said he and his siblings never felt pushed to follow in his ancestors’ footsteps.

“We were never pressured to do [service], but I think there probably was subconsciously an expectation that people were going to do it,” Northrop said.

What gave him the push to be involved in the community revolved around an interaction with his grandmother: One day, while eight-year-old Northrop was at a store, his grandmother left the store having all of her items paid for except for a book under her arm.

When she realized her mistake, she walked back into the store and told the cashier.

The manager was nearby, and saw what was transpiring. He asked

and because it meets a need in the county.”

Matesic said a few chain restaurants have been contacted. However, Matesic said the location doesn’t perfectly fit the “specific formula” chain restaurants look at for locations. Because of this, Matesic said a smaller business would make a better fit for the airport.

“We’re not just talking to chains, we’ve also reached out to more small business restaurants that are in the region,” Matesic said.

“There is always an entrepreneurial spirit there and the hope is that someone will want to take their restaurant business to the next level and open up a second or third restaurant.”

Besides restaurants, Matesic said the location is also available for developers interested in office and retail space. Already, Matesic said the shovel-ready sites are getting attention by developers.

“We’ve had prospects and we have prospects right now that we know are considering the site,” Matesic said. “We anticipate one day soon a developer will want to move forward and will want to make the level of investment that is needed there.”

Since the Greene County Airport is in a small county, Matesic said it is important to find revenue for the location.

“Having an airport in a small county is not a common thing,” Matesic said.

“An airport needs revenue – it’s not just pavement.

There are a lot of parts of an airport that needs to be upgraded so to go the traditional route to seek airport funding is very, very competitive in Pennsylvania.”

Matesic said there isn’t a specific timeframe for further economic development at the airport, but when the right business comes along everything will be in place.

“We’re giving it everything we have and we have every reason to be optimistic given the interested expressed already,” Matesic said. “With any development, the developer is looking for the right niche and the commissioners are looking for the right developer – that’s where we’re at right now.”

Northrop’s grandmother why she took the time to come back into the store to pay for the book. Her answer, Northrop said, impacted him for the rest of his life.

“She said, ‘well, because it’s the right thing to do.’

At eight years old, [boys] are pretty oblivious to the world and to things, and boys sometimes can be pretty stupid,” Northrop said. “But it made such an impression on me as an eight-year-old, that you just do the right thing. It was one of those things that has stuck with me I just turned 62 - for all those years.”

Having this experience in mind, Northrop has pushed himself to serve.

He looks for opportunities wherever he can.

Northrop is currently a chairman of the board for the Washington Health Systems and WCCF and a member of the Washington Rotary Club.

Even though he is retired now, Northrop is not going to slow down because of that.

“I’m only 62,” Northrop said. “So hopefully I ’ll par t i c i p at e f o r a l o n g time.”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

Headlee, program prepare for new season Track & field faces rule changes for upcoming season It goes on to say that any athlete who does not comply with the rule will be disqualiThe NCAA recently ap- fied from their event. Cross proved the revision of a few believes it will have a small rules for the 2018-19 track & effect on some of the athfield season. letes on her team.

These rules include the “Traditionally, our throwexpansion of exchange zones ers have worn whatever they in relay events, want,” said Cross. uniform changes, “ We have had and shortening sprinters wear the start time for different shorts field competitors. and tops but that With the season hasn’t happened still a few months for three or four away, women’s and years. We have men’s track & field been pretty stanhead coach Midard with our unichelle Cross has forms.” scarcely spoken Cross In the final rule on the changes. change, the NCAA “We have spoken about reduced the time limit for a them with the PAC but with field event athlete to initino other teams,” Cross said. ate their attempt. The time “I have also spoken about limit was changed to 30 them with my assistants a seconds after the athlete is few times.” introduced from the previThe main change for the ous standard at 60 seconds.

2018-19 season is the ex“I’m not a big fan of that panding of the exchange rule,” Cross said. “I underzone for relay events. The stand the reasoning of it, zone was expanded to 30 which is to speed up larger meters from the previous meets such as our meet in 20-meter standard.

Youngstown, Ohio, which “It will definitely affect our has 65 teams. For other strategy,” said Cross. “The meets, this just creates ungoal in the majority of those necessary anxiety.” races is to have your fastest Trax shares the same runner run the longest dis- mindset on the rule as Cross. tance and this could affect it.”

“Personally, I don’t like Junior sprinter and jumper the change,” Trax said. “One Mike Trax believes that the minute allows for a longer changes will be an asset to time for you to focus and remany of the Jacket runners. lax and to go through your “It will benefit our team,” routine. I do understand the Trax said. “We need more rule though, especially for room to get the handoffs our larger meets.” down. We were close to beThe panel also approved ing disqualified a few times the usage of starting blocks last year because of delayed that can detect if an athhandoffs.” lete faulted in their start for The NCAA also ruled that sprint events. Cross believes all members of a team must this will not have a major efwear the same uniforms. The fect on her teams. report from the NCAA states “I’m waiting to see how that “The NCAA Men’s and the style matches up with Women’s Track and Field the ones we use now,” said Rules Committee believes it Cross. “I want the athletes should be easy to distinguish to be comfortable with the which team everyone rep- blocks, but I’m assuming the resents during track meets. new blocks will be similar to Committee members also the ones we have now.” received similar feedback All of these changes will via a national survey of track be in effect for Waynesburg’s coaches.” first indoor meet Jan. 11, 2019.

ZAC SCHNEGG

For The Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of Mitchell Kendra

The Yellow Jackets enter the season with the opportunity to win the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship for a third consecutive year.

Jacket wrestling begins season with intersquad match ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

The Waynesburg University wrestling team’s season started last weekend with the Orange/Black wrestleoffs. In the annual intersquad battle, the black team emerged victorious 19-9.

This year the Yellow Jackets are filled with the veteran wrestlers like senior Jake Evans, the returning Division III National Champion at 285-pounds, junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs, who also competed in the national championship tournament last season, and sophomores Caleb Baxter, (165-174) and Josh Kuslock, (131-141), who were PAC runner-up’s last year.

Head coach Ron Headlee saw Baxter and Kuslock grapple well in the Orange/Black wrestleoffs and even saw a freshman emerge as a competitor for a starting role.

“They’re two guys that are going to battle, they have great attitudes, shaking hands and saying they wrestled well,” Headlee said. “Dillion [Charlton] and Baxter are a great match and they also battled and gave us everything we want out of them.”

This was also the first time for the two new freshmen to wrestle and Headlee expects them to have an impact in the starting roster this year.

Dylan Williams will be replacing last year’s starting 125-pounder Tristan Buxton, who was a national tournament competitor in his senior campaign. Dylan Winters is anticipated to fill the role of starting 133-pounder.

“Dylan Williams, who transferred from [University of Pitt-Johnstown]— we like a lot of stuff he’s doing in the room and just seeing him out there solidifying some of the stuff we did there,”

Jake Evans, the defending national champion, beat Penn State recruit Seth Nevills, who is the No. 2 heavyweight recruit in the country. said Headlee. “The other Dylan [Winters]—it’s kind of nice having Dylan [and] Dylan back-to-back and I am just happy. Sometimes you recruit, and you don’t know what you got. You can watch them in school a bit, but I think they are going to be good ones for us.”

Overall for Headlee, it was a productive start to the 2018 season.

“I thought it went well, I was happy with close matches. I knew that we would have some good, contested matches,” Headlee said. “Overall you’re looking for conditioning to see if our guys are using the stuff we’re working on.”

Evans and Burrs were both at the Clarion Open instead of the Orange/Black wrestle-offs in order to start the season off with some stiff competition, knowing their roles in the starting lineup for the Yellow Jackets were solidified.

Both Burrs and Evans were the only Division III talent at an event which hosted many wrestlers from Division I. Burrs went 2-2 and fell one match short of the bronze match.

Evans had a much more dominant day on the mat, going 5-1 and finishing third. He was knocked off by Demetrius Thomas from University of Pittsburgh, who eventually won the 285-pound title.

For Evans, he didn’t think twice about going against high competition, which included a Penn State recruit in Seth Nevills, who is a four-time state champion in California and comes into the 2018-19 season as the number two heavyweight recruit in the country. Evans defeated EVANS >> C3

Jackets fall against Jackets prepare for regional meet nationally-ranked opponent, 41-17 MIKE TRAX

For The Yellow Jacket

CWR sits at No. 19 in D-III DYLAN CLELAND

Assistant Sports Editor

Heading into Saturday’s penultimate contest of the season against Case Western Reserve University, the Yellow Jackets had a chance to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2014.

However, it didn’t go that way, as the Yellow Jackets lost 41-17 to the Spartans in Cleveland.

The Yellow Jackets (4-5, 4-4) played competitively in the first half and kept pace with Spartans (8-1, 7-1) as they headed into the locker rooms trailing by a touchdown, 17-10.

Head coach Chris Smithley was satisfied with how the team played through the first 30 minutes.

“I thought we played a really good first half as a team,” said Smithley. “[In] all three phases we capitalized on our opportuni-

ties and special teams did their part – pinned them in there tight. Defense created a turnover and the offense scored a touchdown.”

The offense moved the ball well in the first quarter, chewing up some time on the clock before the Yellow Jackets took a 3-0 lead, early. Smithley liked what he saw from the Yellow Jackets on that first drive.

“Our first drive was a 12play drive, had six minutes of the clock that finished in points, but obviously going up to Cleveland and playing a 20th-ranked Case team, we were really proud of our guys for how they did that,” said Smithley.

The Spartans answered with a field goal and a touchdown to take a 10-3 lead five minutes into the second quarter. The teams traded touchdowns later in the quarter, which included a 1-yard touchFOOTBALL >> C3

After winning its third Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) championship, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team had this past weekend off.

With the weekend off, the Yellow Jackets prepared for the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional meet this coming Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets competed in this meet last season and finished seventh out of 49 teams.

Head coach Chris Hardie has similar expectations for the young team this year.

“This year is odd because of the 11 schools that are within 100 points of each other,” said Hardie.

“We can find ourselves in sixth or seventh place if we run our best.”

Hardie has been preparing the team for this meet all year, including previously running on the course earlier in the season.

“I think already running on this course helps the runners,” said Hardie.

“But we also have had a

Photo courtesy of Paul Hicks

For the Yellow Jackets to qualify for nationals, they need to at least finish in the top five teams at regionals to have a chance. Last year, the Jackets finished seventh. plan all year on how to approach the hills of the course.”

The course contains extensive gradual hills which can cause trouble

for the Yellow Jackets WXC >> C3

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Jackets end season sixth in conference

PAC Preseason Wrestling Poll

RAY PAQUET

For The Yellow Jacket

With the women’s soccer season wrapping up two weeks ago, in a 1-0 loss to Washington & Jefferson College on senior day, the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets finished the season 7-7-2 overall.

In the conference standings, the Jackets final place was sixth, one spot behind their projected finish of fifth in the preseason PAC poll.

Head coach L aura Heethuis said moves were made during the season to build the program.

“Overall, I thought we had a good season,” said Heethuis. “We have continued to improve.”

The Yellow Jackets went 4-2-2 in the non-conference portion of their schedule, including a 4-0 start to get the 2018 season underway. The early win streak ended when they went to New Concord, Ohio and suffered

Following its second-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) title last year, the Waynesburg University wrestling team was picked to finish in first place for the 2018-19 season.

In the three-team league, the Yellow Jackets received four of the seven first-place votes and a total of 18 total points in the poll. The voting came from the league’s head coaches, the sports information directors from Waynesburg, Washington & Jefferson (W&J) and Thiel and the PAC. W&J received the final three first-place votes and 14 total points for a projected second-place finish, while Thiel is anticipated to finish third after accumulating 10 total points.

Additionally, two of Waynesburg’s wrestlers will start the season ranked nationally by two of the prominent wrestling polls across the nation.

Senior 285-pounder Jake Evans, who is the returning Division III national champion at his weight class, was selected as the number one heavyweight wrestler in the country by both Intermat and D3Wrestle.com. Junior Ken Burrs, a returning national championship competitor last season at 197 pounds, was ranked fifth by both polls in his weight class.

The Yellow Jackets also enter the 2018-19 season returning three PAC tournament second-place finishers in junior Matt Lascola (141 pounds) and sophomores Josh Kuslock (133 pounds) and Caleb Baxter (174 pounds).

Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

This season, there were eight freshman on the team. Haley Frizzell played in 16 games throughout the season with eight starts. a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Muskingum University Muskies.

Looking back, Heethuis

was satisfied with how the team performed out of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

“We won some more games than we did last WSOC >> C4

Men's soccer gets within one match of playoffs, falls short ence play.

Reflecting on the season, head coach Brad Heethuis believes there were some positive takeaways despite the skid at the end of the season.

“Throughout the season, we had our ups and downs,” said Heethuis. “I think we were right there in a few games.”

Waynesburg played in

TYLER SUMMERS For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets (510-1, 2-4-1) men’s soccer team finished its season Oct. 27 with a 3-0 loss a g a i n s t t h e Wa s h i n g ton & Jefferson College Presidents. The Yellow Jackets lost four of their last six games in confer-

seven games this season that were decided by one goal, winning three o f t h e m . T h e Ye l l o w Jackets had to win by three goals in the final game of the season against W&J to make the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), but finished in fifth place, just outside the four-team field, after dropping the contest.

Sophomore goalkeeper Adam Dolan believes the team faired decently in PAC play, but they needed to close out some of the more impactful games down the stretch.

“PAC play started off great,” said Dolan. “We didn’t play well in the games we needed to, and we lost some tight games.

We tied Geneva and lost

to W&J—those two games were big.”

The Yellow Jackets are graduating four seniors this season, including forward and leading scorer Tyler Sisler, midfielder Sam Almeter, defender Matt Hlasnick and forward Kaylib Young-Argyle.

“The seniors left a mark and a legacy here,” said Heethuis. “Their fresh-

man year they played on a team that won just one game. They sacrificed a lot for this team on and off the field.”

Heethuis described the seniors as leaders, who set a good example for the younger players. The lasting impact could help the team in upcoming MSOC >> C3

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

STANDINGS Case Western Reserve Wash. & Jeff Westminster Grove City Bethany Waynesburg Carnegie Mellon Geneva Saint Vincent Thiel

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

Saturday’s Box Score

Case Western 41, Waynesburg 17 Case Western 3 14 14 10 41 Waynesburg 3 7 0 7 17

STANDINGS Grove City Westminster Bethany Wash. & Jeff.

Geneva Waynesburg Thiel Saint Vincent

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Conf. Overall 6-0-1 13-1-4 5-2 12-5 4-2-1 7-8-3 4-3 6-9-1 3-3-1 8-7-2 2-4-1 5-10-1 1-5-1 5-11-1 0-6-1 1-15-1

Saturday’s Box Score

First Quarter: WAY - Garret Guthrie 33 yd field goal, 09:56; CWR Robertson Albrecht 32 yd field goal, 05:56.

Second Quarter: CWR -Joey Spitalli 17 yd pass from Drew Saxton, 14:21; WAY - Zach Baughman 1 yd run, 09:02; CWR - Justin Phan 9 yd pass from Drew Saxton, 00:46.

Third Quarter: CWR - Kyle Turcovsky 26 yd pass from Drew Saxton, 10:51; CWR - Luke DiFrancesco 51 yd pass from Drew Saxton, 07:42.

Fourth Quarter: CWR - Colt Morgan 2 yd pass from Drew Saxton, 13:15; CWR - Robertson Albrecht 37 yd fied goal, 08:30; WAY Dorian Hardy 18 yd pass from Tyler Perone, 07:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone................ 16 30 205 1

Grove City Westminster Wash. & Jeff.

Geneva Chatham Waynesburg Thiel Bethany Saint Vincent Saturday's Box Score

Wash. & Jeff. 3, Waynesburg 0 Wash. & Jeff. 2 1 3 Waynesburg 0 0 0

Conf. Overall 8-0 15-3 6-2 14-5 6-2 9-7-2 5-2 9-7 4-3 10-5 3-5 7-7-2 1-6-1 2-13-3 1-7 5-13 0-7-1 4-11-1

Wash. & Jeff. 1, Waynesburg 0 Wash. & Jeff. 0 1 1 Waynesburg 0 0 0

SCORE RECAP

SCORE RECAP

STANDINGS

First Half: W&J - Goal by Paul Mokrzan, 09:14; Goal by Paul Mokrzan, 31:04.

Second Half: W&J - Goal by Matt Prezioso, 64:22.

SCORE RECAP Second Half: W&J - Goal by Brianna Floryshak, 58:26.

RECENT RESULTS

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 3: Westminster 1, Grove City 0.

Saturday, November 3: Westminster 1, Grove City 1.

Waynesburg 3, Thiel 1 Thiel 22 23 25 22 Waynesburg 25 25 22 25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (WAY)

Wylie....................................................................... 12 Waynesburg Assists Zuchelli.....................................................................42 Waynesburg Digs

Saturday, November 10: Chicago Vs. Grove City at Danville, KY - 1:30 p.m.; Pfeiffer Vs. W&J at Westminster, MD - 2 p.m.; Alfred Vs. Westminster at Reading, PA - 2 p.m.

GOALS: Iregui, 17, WES; Mattocks, 10, WES; Caporaso, 9, GC.

RECENT RESULTS

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UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 10 Westminster at Geneva - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City - 1:30 p.m.; W&J at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Case western - 5:30 p.m.

Team Saturday, October 27 PAC Championships (8k) 1. Washington & Jefferson, 33 pts.; 5. Waynesburg, 111 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, November 2: Grove City Twilight (5k) Saturday, November 10: Division 3 Mideast Championships (8k)

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 27 PAC Championships (6k) 1. Waynesburg, 44 pts.; 2. Grove City, 47 pts.

Grove City Twilight (5k) Saturday, November 10 Division 3 Mideast Championships (6k)

POINTS: Iregui, 42, WES; Mattocks, 26, WES; Caporaso, 22, GC.

ASSISTS: Ireguli, 8, WES; O'Halloran, 7, GEN; Sisler, 6, WAY. SAVES: Conrad, 112, THI; Stasko, 72, W&J; Bohn, 70, SVC.

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

KILLS: Sparks, 377, BET; Saxton, 353, WES; Mcnulty, 325, GEN. ASSISTS: O' Brien, 871, W&J.; Grubbs, 981, THI.; Hunsinger, 844, GEN. BLOCKS: Buchanan, 81, GRO; Lydic, 88, W&J; Jacques, 74, W&J.

UPCOMING GAMES Friday, November 9: Christopher Newport at Bethany - 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 10: TBD at Westminster - 5 p.m.

DIGS: Moore, 615, WES; Parker, 549, BET; Taylor, 544, SVC.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Saxton, 2375, CWR; Adams, 2280, WJC; Cline, 1533, CMU.

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Birsic, 28, WES; Schoeneweis, 22, GEN; Williams, 26, GC.

Saturday, November 3 Carnegie Mellon 19, Westminster 23; Bethany 20, Thiel 0; W&J 33, Saint vincent 9; Waynesburg 17, Case 41; Grove City 35,

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, November 2

Saturday, November 3: Bethany 3, Westminster 0.

Case Western passing COM ATT YDS TD Saxton .................... 27 37 327 5

RECENT RESULTS

MEN

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING GAMES

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

REC YDS TD 12 90 1

Thursday's Box Score

Saturday, November 10: Capital at Westminster 1:30 p.m.; Wilkes at Grove City - 2 p.m.

REC YDS TD Moretti.................................. 6 108 0 J. Jones................................. 3 19 0

Phan ................................

15-1 29-2 14-2 18-9 12-3 19-9 9-7 18-11 7-9 7-18 6-10 14-19 5-11 9-17 2-13 6-20 1-15 5-23

CROSS COUNTRY

UPCOMING GAMES

Waynesburg receiving

Case Western receiving

Westminster Wash. & Jeff.

Bethany Geneva Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Chatham Waynesburg

Guiser........................................................................28

ATT YDS TD Walker.................................... 21 66 0 Baughman............................... 3 5 1

ATT YDS TD Saxton ................................... 6 34 0 Hall .................................... 6 16 0

STANDINGS Conf. Overall

Waynesburg Kills

Waynesburg rushing

Case Western rushing

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

RUSHING YARDS: Schools, 1126, GC; Marshall, 1085, GEN; West, 944, WJC.

GOALS: Williams, 11, GC; Birsic, 11, WES; Houser, 10, Gen; Burke, 10, GC.

TACKLES: Maines, 73, THI; Gonzalez, 72, WES; Wagner, 72, THI.

ASSISTS: Schoeneweis, 10, GEN; Heckman, 7, GC; Anderson, 6, CHA.

SACKS: Brown, 12, CWR; Gray, 7, SVC; Blango, 6, BET.

SAVES: Syfert, 108, WAY; Watkins, 98, W&J; Tresler, 93, THI.

INTERCEPTIONS: Jackson, 6, GC; Quattrone, 5, WJC; Cann, 5, GEN.

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Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

ROCHESTER 52, WEST GREENE 14

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY 22, SERRA CATHOLIC 20

ALIQUIPPA 40, FREEPORT 17

THOMAS JEFFERSON 49, NEW CASTLE 16

GATEWAY 63, KISKI AREA 7

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‘I want us to be the hardest working team on the court’ Jackets focus on work ethic during preseason GREG FIKE

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As the Waynesburg men’s basketball team prepares for the upcoming season, head coach Mark Christner has been preaching one consistent message at each practice early on in the new season.

“I want us to be the hardest working team on the court,” said Christner.

“I want us to bring positive energy, trust each other and be disciplined.”

The Yellow Jackets are coming off of a 10-16 season last year including a 5-12 mark in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. They were a game above .500 at home, but just 2-11 on the road.

“We have talked about that a lot,” said Christner.

“We want to hold each other accountable and play with a chip on our shoulder.

Football Continued from C1 down run by Zach Baughman and the Spartans lead was just seven at halftime.

Case Western Reserve opened up the scoring less than f ive minutes into the second half and didn’t look back, adding 31 consecutive points on the board giving the Spartans a 41-10 lead midway through the final frame.

T h e Ye l l o w J a c k e t s were able to stop the bleeding at the 7:19 mark of the fourth with an 18y a r d t o u c h d ow n p a s s from junior quarterback Tyler Perone to sophomore wideout Dorian Hardy. Smithley was pleased to see that Perone avoided interceptions Saturday, which is something Perone has struggled with throughout this season.

“The progression he’s made and there’s things he’s been doing that we’ve been working hard on to continue to improve,” said Smithley. “Getting the ball out quick and simplifying reads and making things easier to put the ball in guys hands that need it. He’s doing a good job of that and the guys play for him.”

The Perone touchdown rounded out the scoring as Waynesburg fell to sixth

Evans Continued from C1 Nevills 6-1 in the third-place match.

“I was watching him wrestle a little bit,” Evans said. “I didn’t think he was that special, like he [didn’t] look very athletic at all so I felt like I could take him. Going in I felt I could use my speed against him.”

Going into the year as a defending national

If you aren’t ready to play game-in and game-out, you’re going to get beat.”

One thing that Christner has talked in length about through the preseason is being more consistent and

selfish, be locked in and be ultra-competitive.”

The Yellow Jackets return 11 players from last year’s team, including sophomore Matt Popeck, who was a standout offensive fresh-

“Our goal is to make it to the NCAA tournament, and to do that we have to be unselfish, be locked in and be ultra-competitive.”

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making sure the guys have that sense of urgency each time they step on the court.

“We have to put in the hard work every day and trusting the process is important,” said Christner.

“Our goal is to make it to the NCAA tournament, and to do that we have to be un-

place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with the loss.

For the Yellow Jackets, Perone completed 16 of 20 passes for 205 yards and a touchdown. Junior running back Chad Walker had a game-high 66 yards rushing on 21 attempts, and junior wide receiver Nick Moretti caught six passes for 108 yards.

Case Western freshman quarterback Drew Saxton threw for 327 yards on 27-37 passing, adding five touchdown passes to five different receivers in the contest.

Now, the Yellow Jackets are in a must win situation to become bowl eligible, with No. 19 Washington & Jefferson College visiting this Saturday. Smithley and his staff don’t plan to make any changes in preparation for this week’s contest considering it’s a rivalry game.

“I think when you play W&J there’s always a little bit [more] incentive because of that relationship that we have there,” said Smithley. “But we aren’t going to prepare differently, we’re going to prepare to win this football game the same we do any other football game.”

Kickoff on senior day is set for 1:30 p.m. at John F. Wiley Stadium against the Presidents.

championship, Evans feels that wrestling against better competition at the beginning will prepare him for a repeat.

Headlee was proud to see his guys do well at Clarion.

“Really pleased, just showing what we are doing in the room works against the best guys, in the country at the Division I level,” Headlee said.

“I am really happy the way the guys went up there and represent us really well, I am really proud of them.”

The Yellow Jackets will be back in action this Saturday at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational.

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man a year ago that averaged 15.4 points per game, the sixth-highest mark in the conference. Popeck’s rookie campaign was good enough for him to be recognized as an All-PAC honorable mention. “ We have the talent here to be a very good

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As a freshman, Matt Popeck scored 384 points, averaging 15.4 per game. Popeck is expected to be a central contributor for the Jackets this year. team,” said Christner. “We brought in six newcomers.

Jake Dougherty switched from football to basketball

and is joining us this year [as a senior]. Aaron Novad, Zach Ford and Tyler Barry are talented freshman that

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Tyler Perone went 16-30 with 205 yards against Case Western Reserve University with a touchdown.

athletes.

“This is not the best course for our team,” said Hardie. “We are mostly pace runners, and it is hard to get out of a pace that you have set going up or down a hill.”

Freshman Aubrey Wingeart will be one of the runners competing in the meet. Wingeart agrees with Hardie that the hills of the course having a potential to be a problem.

“The first mile of the course is all uphill,” said Wingeart. “ You cannot start out too fast or it will hurt your performance.”

Hardie believes that the young team needs to go into the regional meet with the same mindset it had for the PAC championship.

“During PACs, the team had to push themselves to win,” said Hardie. “In order to get into the top 10, they will have to work hard like before.”

Wingeart hopes that her personal goals for the race will help the team finish in the top 10.

“I want to be able to beat my personal record,” said Wingeart. “In order to help the team, I have to run 30 seconds to a minute

will add some much needed depth in the post.”

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f a s t e r [t h a n I d i d i n the PAC championship meet].”

This could potentially be the Yellow Jackets last race as the team is attempting to grab a national bid, which will require at least a top-five finish.

“The top two teams automatically get into nationals,” said Hardie. “After that, you have to be in the top five to reach nationals.”

Even if the Yellow Jackets do not qualify for nationals as a team, individual runners can still qualify for the race.

“If the team doesn’t go, the women have to run in the top-25 to move on,” said Hardie.

If the team stays healthy for the race, Hardie believes that three Yellow Jackets can make it to nationals individually. “[Senior] Teghan Simonton, [freshman] Gloria Reed and Wingeart all have the potential to make it to nationals,” said Hardie. “They will have to run the fastest they have ever done before, but they are all talented enough to do it.”

The Yellow Jackets will be represented by the top seven runners on the team. Hardie is undecided on who that will be at the time of this publication.

The meet will take place this Saturday, Nov. 10 in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

MSOC Continued from C2 years.

“We are definitely going to miss them,” said Dolan about the seniors. “They were leaders and just nice quality guys that I am going to miss. They are definitely guys I look up to.”

The Yellow Jackets are losing some key leaders and will be looking for other players to step up, according to Heethuis.

The Yellow Jackets are returning nine athletes, who will be in their senior season next fall, and seven juniors. Waynesburg will be returning its starting goalie and its leading goal scorers in Daniel Hott and Justin Buberl, who each scored five goals in 2018.

“The preparation for next season starts now,” said Heethuis. “We need to start looking at next season and start our lifting plan.”

Heethuis stressed that academics are a big part of Waynesburg soccer. The Yellow Jackets are starting their work for next season in the near future.

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Justin Buberl scored five goals this season with 27 shots in the 16 games he played as a junior midfielder.

“I want to be holding a trophy at this time next year personally,” said Dolan. “Every off season we put in the work in the weight room and we

hope to come in to next season ready to play so we can be our best.”

For now, the Jackets will focus on the classroom aspect of college while

resting up too. They will return to the pitch for some training after the winter weather passes to begin preparations for the 2018-19 campaign.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018 WEEK TEN FOOTBALL PREVIEW: WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON

Bowl eligibility in jeopardy for Jackets in final game BRANDON ROSSI For The Yellow Jacket

It was a tale of t wo halves.

In the first half, Waynesburg University was able to hang with No. 20 Case Western Reserve University, only trailing by seven points at the break.

However, the second half was a different story.

The Yellow Jackets were outscored 24-7 in the latter 30 minutes of the game thanks to stellar quarterback performance from Case Western Reserve quarterback Drew Saxton, who tossed five touchdown passes.

“In the f irst half we made more plays,” said second-year head coach Chris Smithley. “We needed to get more pressure on [Saxton] but we played to [Case Western Reserve’s]

strengths.”

Going into the f inal game of the regular season, the Waynesburg football team will face another nationally ranked team Saturday. However, the opponent is a much more familiar one in Washington & Jefferson College.

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference’s version of the Backyard Brawl has been a lopsided one.

Washington & Jefferson leads the all-time series 41-4, which dates back to 1897. In between coaching stints at his alma mater, Smithley spent four seasons as an assistant coach at W& J, including the last time Yellow Jackets defeated the Presidents back in 2014. Despite the history, Smithley has approached this game like any other.

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Smithley’s final collegiate game was against Washington & Jefferson.

Current senior John-Glen Davis has played football in Waynesburg for his entire life, going back to

his days at Waynesburg Central High School, but Saturday’s game against the Presidents could be his final game in Waynesburg.

“It’s super cool that I potentially get to play my last game in front of my hometown,” Davis said. “Since my brother [Dan Davis] played here, I thought it would be really cool to play with him again. It never really mattered to me what division I was go-

ing to play in.”

Davis anchors the linebacking corps and is one of the team’s captains. He is second on the team in tackles and third in tackles for loss.

Both Davis and Smithley praised Washington & Jefferson’s speed on offense. Smithley pointed out the running game as a big improvement over the past t wo seasons.

Davis claimed he feels a

difference playing teams like Case Western Reserve and Washington & Jefferson compared to other teams. “[Washington & Jefferson] is a screen team,” Davis said. “They are more of a quick-pass team to the outside. To me, it’s good football. Fast, running 200 plays a game with that hurry-up offense.”

Smithley also sees the defense as a threat because of the speed of the Presidents. “[Washington & Jefferson’s] defense is really fast and explosive, especially on their defensive line,” Smithley said. “They fly to the football. Sometimes it seems like there’s 15 of them out on the field.”

Waynesburg and Washington & Jefferson square off Saturday, Nov. 10 with a 1:30 p.m. kickoff.

Young squad to travel to regionals Student-athlete involvement sets record in NCAA CHARLES POINDEXTER For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team is wrapping up its week off that followed the PAC Championships two weeks ago. The Jackets prepared for the regional championships this past week which will be held in Center Valley at DeSales University.

This isn’t new terrain for the Yellow Jackets, because they competed there previously in early October. Waynesburg is only limited to 10 total athletes that are allowed to participate. They will be able to travel seven active athletes and three reserves.

Head coach Chris Hardie revealed who will be traveling, and it includes two juniors, six sophomores and two freshmen.

“We can take a travel team of 10 they are two juniors Mason Klopp and Jared Scott, six sophomores Matt Mansf ield, Ky l e Wa r m b e i n , N a t e Jecelin, Jordan Payne, Matt Durgin, Mac Colomb and two freshman Micah Kurka and Silas Mays,” said Hardie. “We will decide on who is racing because we’re only allowed to race seven, we will pick by Wednesday.”

The six sophomores are considered the core of the team by Hardie and are supposed to fill most of the active runner slots at the race. If they fill six, that would leave one spot for one of the other Jacket runners to fill.

Hardie feels confident in the sophomores as they have carried the load of

MBB Continued from C3 The other two freshmen on the roster this year are guards Andrew Clark and Bryce Washington.

“I’m really pleased with how the freshmen are coming along early on in practices,” said Christner. “The

WSOC Continued from C2 year, which was a good thing,” said Heethuis. “We did really well non-conference and we did really well in some of the games in conference play.”

The Jackets went 4-5 in conference play—end-

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the work throughout the regular season.

“The six sophomores have been our top six guys all year, so that’s kind of the core of the team that’s why that seventh spot is up for grabs,” said Hardie.

“Mason and Jared have run in that consistently all year, and then Silas and Micah have been there as well.”

Scott is the front-runner for the seventh spot and was spoken highly of on multiple occasions because of his experience and performance throughout the season.

Durg in believes that Scott gained the experience and worked to earn

the opportunity to run this weekend.

“Jared Scott has more experience and a few better races this season,” said Durgin.

Hardie said 28 minutes is the magic number anfd the goal for his team. Jecelin and Durgin were both close to the 28-minute mark throughout their races this season.

Durgin believes since the team ran the course earlier in the year, that it’ll provide the Jackets with familiarity and should result in better times.

“I think that we should be in the low 28’s when we run at DeSales again, we kind of know the course

this time,” said Durgin.

“We are pretty competitive so if we feed off of each other and the competition I think we can get low 28’s.”

L ast year, the men’s cross country team finished 32nd out of a field of 51 teams at reg ionals. Both Jecelin and Jacob Pryor led the team at the event. Jecelin was able to finish under 28 minutes, coming in 116th with a time of 27:28. For Pryor, he was only a second over 28 minutes at 28:01.

The Jackets will appear in Center Valley for the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Saturday, Nov. 10.

energy has been good and there has been a fresh excitement and a lot of optimism.”

The Jackets will have three seniors on the team this year in Nate Gearhart, Clay Carper and Dougherty, who spent parts of four seasons as a quarterback on the Yellow Jacket football team.

“We thought we were better last year than our re-

cord showed,” said Carper.

“That has created a sense of determination and we are going to come out swinging. We want to win the conference.”

Carper said that the team chemistry is evident with this group of players and he wants to do anything he can to help this team reach its goals.

“Everyone gets along on and off of the court,” he

said. “We really trust each other. I just want to find out my role on this team and fulfill that role to the best of my abilities and be there every day to help this team win.”

The Yellow Jackets open the season on Friday, Nov. 16, when they travel to Hamburg, N.Y. to play in the Hilbert College Hawks Against Hunger Tip-Off Tournament.

The 2017-18 academic year for the NCAA brought more athletic opportunities for its universities and student-athletes. The NCAA recently announced that student participation in athletics in the association has reached an alltime high.

According to the NCAA, an increase in women’s athletics has played a crucial role in the current expansion. “ Wo m e n’s at h l et i c s , particularly at the college level, have enjoyed increased exposure in the media,” said Waynesburg University Sports Information Director Bobby Fox. “The United States is one of the most preeminent powers in many women’s sports such as basketball, soccer and softball, and that is drawing more girls into sports. It’s a fantastic thing.”

The number of female student athletes still remains lower than male athletes, but the number of women’s teams edges the number of men’s teams.

According to the data released by the NCAA, there were 216,378 female athletes that competed in the 2017-18 academic year, which is 44 percent of the student athlete population.

The total of female teams came out to 10,586 compared to the final men’s total of 9,159. This is the first time since the 1996-97 academic year where the number of women’s teams outnumbered the number of men’s teams. The total of women’s teams in the 1996-97 year was 7,618 while the men’s teams had a total of 7,608.

While women’s sports have had a major impact on the expansion of collegiate athletics, men’s basketball junior guard Frank Bozicevic thinks more opportunities have also been a key contributor.

“I think the sports world

ing the season with four straight losses. Waynesburg has now missed the PAC playoffs in six straight seasons, with the last appearance coming in 2012.

Despite the team having a chance to make the PAC playoffs with just a few games remaining in the season, it faltered down the stretch and missed a chance for a playoff berth.

“This season had a lot of

potential, I think at the end it was disappointing,” said senior midfielder Natalie Fortna. “I wish we would have made one PAC game.”

Throughout the season, Waynesburg went into overtime four times, only winning one of them early in the season against Franciscan University.

The team will have to fill junior Courtney Syfert position next year, as she

will graduate early, and three senior members in Fortna; midfielder Hannah Roth, who spent her first two years at Waynesburg playing basketball, before joining the soccer team last season; and defender Mckenzie Shaffer, who started 67 games over four seasons as a key player in the Yellow Jacket defense.

Heethuis said the four

girls leaving will be missed in some capacity, but the Jackets do have a host of young girls to bring back for 2018-19.

“We lose Courtney in net which will be a big loss for us and we lose Mckenzie at center back, so those will be big spots to fill in,” said Heethuis. “We have some freshmen that took on big roles in the backfield and they really stepped up and

Photo courtesy of Paul Hicks

Last year, the Yellow Jackets finished 32nd out of 51 teams at regionals. In the race, Nathan Jecelin led the team with a 27:28 finish.

has done a better job of saying if you do not play Division I, you have these other routes to play the game you love, such as Division III and even NAIA and JUCO,” said Bozicevic.

“I also think as a society we preach about the importance of doing what you love, so while it’s important to pursue something you love, it’s also important to the organizations and schools that offer these sports programs.”

In addition to his views on the bountiful opportunities offered through collegiate athletics, Bozicevic also thinks the rewarding experience can draw students into sports.

“This year I have been very vocal and positive with my team and I am learning a leadership role and how important and tasking it is,” Bozicevic said. “I feel that being a student-athlete, those aspects translate into my daily life.”

While the NCAA continues to expand, talks of schools looking to expand and add athletic programs have been common through the years, but Fox does not believe it is essential or necessary for the campus of Waynesburg University.

“I have heard students in the past try to rationalize adding sports like men’s volleyball, men’s lacrosse and swimming and diving and these sports would all be PAC-sponsored programs, which is a positive,” Fox said. “However, more sports, like so many other things, cost more money, especially if you want to build a program in a way that gives them a chance to be a winner. I just don’t think Waynesburg University is in a place right now to add more programs to the 20 we already offer to the student populace.”

While the 2018-19 academic year is in its early stages, the NCAA expects more growth and possible balance between genders in the future.

did a great job.”

Heethuis said the team is experienced and will have to fill the spots with the recruits they are looking at and are hoping they join the family that the upperclassmen have helped develop over the years.

Now, it’s just a waiting game for the rest of the team as they will not be back in action until spring.

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Diversity in the

CLASSROOM Increasing diversity would enrich college education, sociology professor says EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part two of a series that highlights diversity at Waynesburg University.

GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

Abolade Ezekiel Olagoke, associate professor of sociology, is no stranger to the subtle intricacies of different cultures. In fact, he said he thrives on learning them. His office is a hodgepodge of artifacts, books and flags; a tangled web of objects that mirror his mind, fascinating and filled with information.

He hungers for the thrill of traveling to cities, countries and continents outside of the U.S. and absorbing all that is unique about their particular cultures.

“I say ‘You do this differently, tell me more,’” Olagoke said.

That same sense of adventure and eagerness to learn sent Olagoke to the U.S. after growing up in Nigeria, and his educational experiences in large urban areas further met his craving for learning about unfamiliar backgrounds.

After years of education and authoring numerous publications on topics such as immigration and globalization, Olagoke got a chance to teach about his passion when Waynesburg University offered him “a dream job.”

And yet, he finds that at Waynesburg, his craving for diversity sits stagnant. *** Diversity, defined by MerriamWebster Dictionary, is “the inclusion of different types of people, such as individuals of different races or cultures in a group or organization.”

Diversity is comprised of many components, but is most commonly identified within the confines of race, class, gender and sexual orientation.

Currently, as reported previously, the student body of Waynesburg remains predominantly white, with at least 90 percent of students at the university being classified as caucasian.

“Obviously I think increased diversity would enrich learning, especially in a liberal arts education,” Olagoke said.

An increase of diversity on campus would better reflect the makeup of the U.S., Olagoke said, which is infamously the “melting pot,” comprised of hundreds of unique cultures interweaving together to comprise the American

undergraduate degree from the university,.

This background of Christianity, a common thread among many students and faculty, provides a compelling argument for increased diversity, Olagoke said.

“I think as Christians, and in the Bible, God loves diversity,” Olagoke said. “He is creator of the universe and creator of people. We are made of the same stock, same race. We are all the same.”

Many students who graduate from

“You may not agree with everything that a culture does, but by and large you are a better person [for learning.]”

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perspective.

It was predicted through the latest U.S. Census that as soon as 2045, whites will no longer be the majority, but listed among the minority races in America.

“It is very important to see that the Waynesburg reflects not only the national trend but the global trend,” Olagoke said. *** Faith. Learning. Service. Few universities or organizations in general are quite as vocal as Waynesburg University in preaching its mission statement, embedding it in the mind of approximately 1,400 undergrad students.

The first to be listed in that mission - faith - is represented in Waynesburg’s curriculum and in the variety of Christian life activities routinely organized on campus. All students, for example, must pass an introductory-level biblical ministry class in order to earn an

Waynesburg, Olagoke said, begin their jobs at more diverse workplaces, where there aren’t people who “look like, talk like and eat like you.”

“A Christian education should prepare you to be exposed to other cultures,” Olagoke said. *** Each semester Olagoke teaches a class on cultural differences and travels with his students to cities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to find and explore contrasting viewpoints.

“We have to go to other cultures and see other people,” Olagoke said.

“Walk through neighborhoods we’re not used to.”

Other class trips stay closer to campus. Just a few weeks ago, Olagoke and his students travelled to Waynesburg’s neighbor Washington & Jefferson College, which he describes as “much more diverse” than what we have here.

“If you are white and talk to somebody who is not white [to find out] about their experience, growing up, school, church. Sometimes it may be initially uncomfortable but you need to break the ice,” Olagoke said.

Olagoke said that his students love the opportunity to interact with cultures different than their own, an experience in which they cannot get in the classroom due to the vast majority of students coming from such similar backgrounds.

Olagoke, in an effort to encourage students to seek and engage other cultures, requires his class to interview someone of a different culture, and describes the experience as beneficial, though many students are timid at first.

“Once you immerse them in that experience, it changes them completely,” Olagoke said. *** In Olagoke’s sociology classes, because of the “limited” number of students from diverse backgrounds, he finds himself being the sole contrasting viewpoint on topics such as race and knowledge of different religions.

Instead of students being able to raise their hands and speaking from their personal experiences, Olagoke is left as both the professor and, often, the lone minority in the classroom.

“I just tell them my own life story,” Olagoke said.

If an individual gathers all of their personal opinions about a culture from what they read about on the internet or see on the news, Olagoke said, it will just reinforce stereotypical thoughts.

“You need to move beyond your comfort zone. You need to be daring. You need to be adventurous. You CLASS >> D2

Director of eHIVE fosters innovation SAB hosts contest for creative winter dance proposals MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor

Melinda Walls didn’t always plan on a career in higher education. Originally, fashion merchandising was the intended path for the new Stover Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

“At the time I was an undergraduate I was [interested in fashion merchandising],” said Walls. “I like business and creativity, and that has persisted throughout my life.”

The realization came to Walls at the end of her junior year at West Virginia University that fashion merchandising was not the future for her.

“I didn’t want to change my major at that point,” said Walls. “But my dad had been a lawyer and I had always been around law and interested in law so I applied to law school.”

After law school, Walls worked as an attorney, completed work in the oil and gas industry and raised children.

Then she found her calling.

“Because I was living in Morgantown, my home department needed someone to do academic advising,” said Walls. “I took it as a part-time job and that was how I started in higher education.”

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Melinda Walls, pictured center during the eHIVE ribbon cutting ceremony, joined the university's staff at the beginning of the school year.

This lead to Walls becoming a professor and teaching business classes at her alma mater.

“While I enjoyed being a lawyer, I really enjoy working with college students and being a college professor,” said Walls.

While teaching at WVU, the college of business opened an entrepreneurship center that Walls contacted in order to help her students. What she didn’t plan on was creating a whole area of study in the college of business.

“That’s how I got involved in entrepreneurship education,” said Walls. “I started the first entrepreneurship minor at West Virginia University, then I became the Director of the Entrepreneurship center.”

Through her background in the oil and gas industry, Walls made a connection to Waynesburg in Stacey Brodak, vice president for Institutional Advancement.

“Stacey called me and said that [Waynesburg] was interested in starting an entrepreneurship program,” said

Walls. “That’s what I did at my last job at WVU, I built an ecosystem that connected the 14 colleges at WVU and I kind of loosely put them together in an organization.”

The decision to leave WVU was not an easy one for Walls to make but she did recognize the special qualities that Waynesburg possessed.

“It took me a long time to decide to make the right move,” said Walls. “There was something that was special about this campus, I noticed HIVE >> D2

Every fall semester, the Student Activities Board hosts a Winter Semi-Formal. This year, the dance will be held Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Lakeside Party Center with a cost of $15 to attend.

“I think [the Winter Semi-Formal] is really important because it’s the one opportunity I can think of that we allow students to dress up for fun.

This is a time we encourage people to get out of their comfort zone,” said Ryan Smith, assistant director of Student Activities.

One way SAB is increasing attention to the event after last year’s was cancelled, is by holding a competition for the best promposal.

A promposal is a creative way that a person can ask someone to be their date to the dance.

This can be done by photo or video and submitted via Twitter or Facebook using #WUFormal18 by Nov. 12.

The student body will vote on the best submission through a Twitter poll. The winner will receive free tickets to the dance.

“We are hoping that students will start the trend of star ting the promposals on campus and make it into a tradition year after year,” Smith said. “We want to see and have students be able to vote on who did the best video or best photo of their promposal.”

L ast year’s Winter Semi-Formal was the first that has been cancelled due to low participation from the student body.

Smith believes this was due to several factors.

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Something that students often hear, throughout their freshman year especially, is that someone has changed their major.

“Some students come in with this idea,” said Registrar Vicki Wilson.

“Once I changed my major I had less stress. I was in my happy place.”

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“They want to do it cause of a good paying job but it is more intense than they realize. Some pursue a major mom and dad picked out for them but they speak up and do what is best for them.”

According to the Registrar’s Office, statistics for the 2017-2018 academic year only 47 students changed their major. 224 students had one minor, 57 had two minors, and 3 students had 3 minors.

Wilson stated that there is no limit to how many minors a student can have while enrolled at the university.

“Once I changed my major I had less stress. I was in my happy place,” said Meredith Emmart, sophomore Criminal Justice major.

Emmart was originally a Forensic Science major and switched after her first semester of freshman year citing the reason why was Chemistry. She will still graduate on time and although she does not want to do lab work, she still wants to work for the FBI. Students can pursue two different degrees in different ways. The first

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is called a double major which means that both of the majors are either Bachelor of Arts or Bache-

Small portion of student body change majors through registrar's office

were pursuing a double major.

The other type is called the dual degree. This

LAST SCHOOL YEAR

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UNDERGRAD STUDENTS CHANGED THEIR MAJOR lor of Sciences. The credit requirement to graduate with a double major is 124.

30 students in 2017-2018

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means that a student selects a major from the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Sciences with

the credit requirement being 155 to graduate.

10 students in 2017-2018 were pursuing a dual degree.

Another student that changed his major is junior Kevin McClellan.

He switched from Biblical Ministry Studies and Philosophy to Youth Ministry because he enjoyed the things Youth Ministry focused on more in addition to changing his view on kids.

“I did my practicum at Jefferson Baptist Church and it had a big impact on how I look at kids. I have grown to love kids,” said McClellan.

The Registrar’s Office just updated the process to change your major.

Instead of using the paper form where students were required to receive signatures from their department heads, students can now go on MyConnect under the Academics Section on the left-hand side

halfway down the page.

The student fills out the form and then it goes to their current department chair who reviews it and then sends it to the new department chair. Once everyone approves it, the Registrar updates it. This process is the same if a student would like to add a minor. The paper forms are still currently being accepted, but the goal is to make it all online.

Wilson stated that most of the time students that change their major graduate on time unless the change is drastic like Psychology to Nursing, or if the change occurs later in the student’s career.

Wilson cited Brian Carr as being a good resource for students that do not really know what they want to do or are having issues with their current field as well as the counseling center since they advise the exploring majors.

Fall play ‘The Boys Next Door’ unveiled during premiere EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

Quick comedic monologues. Heartbreaking situations. Characters developing together.

At f irst glance, Tom Griffin’s “The Boys Next Door,” seems to be a simple play, containing these three common character building methods. However, these methods developed characters rarely found on the stage: four mentally disabled men.

The Waynesburg University Players are bringing this performance alive in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. Performances started Wednesday night and will run through Sunday, Nov. 10, with start times scheduled for 7:30 p.m.. The play looks into the lives and struggles of four men, each with a different disability. Their caregiver, Jackie, comes to their house to watch them, and gives monologues on each of the men and the individual predicaments.

Freshman biology major James Gallucci, and who plays one of the four men, Barry Klemper, said the play brought to life the struggles of those with disabilities.

“Special people are real,

and they do have needs and wants,” Gallucci said.

“People shouldn’t cast them aside. Everyone has goals, everyone has wants in life and everyone has a drive, and its evident in every single one of those characters.”

Pulling off a play with a sensitive topic as a focal point is difficult in today’s society. . The play’s director, professor of theatre Eddie Powers, director of said that because of that nature, the topic is usually passed over when writing new plays.

“It’s hard to portray a special needs character honestly and appropriately,” Powers said. “It also might be a delicate subject, and playwrights wonder if they are going to do the subject justice.”

This hasn’t stopped Powers, however, from choosing the play. Powers first put on “The Boys Next Door,” in 2002. Powers said he has kept the play essentially the same, with some changes in props and actor placement, but the storytelling is just as powerful. “...We had some special need caregivers attend the show [in 2002], and they said, ‘this show really hits the nail on the head.

This show gets it right,’”

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The play, comprised of five lead roles, runs at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center Nov. 7-9. Kristina Fisher plays the boys' caregiver, Jackie.

Powers said.

While the actors captured the personality of their character, Powers said, the process to get there was difficult. Each had to rely on experiences with acquaintances and family to know how to properly act their part.

“I think most of us know someone or have a family member who could be classified as special needs,” Powers said. “So we can draw from our personal experiences, from our family. We don’t stop loving them because

of their limitation, we love them more, if anything.

That is the approach we took in this show.”

While the play focuses on the struggles of each man, it also uses comedic relief throughout the entire play. Powers and Gallucci said they have heard some people speak against the play, claiming it essentially makes of people who have a disability.. Both ensure, however, that the actors in “The Boys Next Door,” aren’t using the disabled characters as comedy

fodder.

“I think [the audience] s h o u l d kee p a n o p e n mind; shouldn’t judge a book by its cover,” Gallucci said. “Even though this is about specialneeds people and it’s a

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to host it in the Benedum Dining Hall, but found instead of it being more convenient for students, they would prefer to go off-campus. Another was that there was conflicting event on that day and finals were the next week.

Smith anticipates a better turnout this year with a goal of 100 students to participate, but are planning for more. “ We d o e n c o u r a g e people if they have a boyfriend or girlfriend outside of the university to bring them,” Smith said.

“It’s an open event for people to come and enjoy themselves.”

This year, the event will be off-campus and two weeks before finals to be more conscious of the timing for students. A DJ and photo booth will be there for entertainment.

The catered dinner has a

need to be informed. You need to be enlightened. Not about your own culture, but enlightened about others,” Olagoke said. “... You may not agree with everything that culture does, but by and large you are a better person.”

Olagoke “absolutely” believes that learning in college is more than just curriculum, but rather includes

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Smith encourages students to find creative ways to ask their special someone to be their date to the Winter Semi-Formal. menu of stuffed chicken breast, roast beef, pierogies, cheddar mashed potatoes, tossed salad and green beans.

Smith encourages students to ask their dates in unique ways to help them gain traction on social media. The main

social media being used for this contest is Twitter. The SAB Twitter account will interact with all of the videos and photos posted with the verified hashtag. Voting for the winner will also take place on social media, so Smith reminds students

to refresh the SAB Twitter page for the latest content related to the contest.

Smith said as a friendly reminder that “when you go home over Thanksgiving break, don’t forget your dress; don’t forget your bowties.”

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Walls narrowed it down to three reasons for why she chose to come to Waynesburg. A gut feeling, the president, and the size of

comedy, people seem to think we are making fun of them, but we really aren’t. It’s really pointing out funny things that happen in their life as they try to get through their daily life.”

learning from who is sitting in the classroom. To the students who graduate without expanding their cultural mindset, Olagoke said they are “short-changing” their education, particularly from a liberal arts institution.

And though he has said a diverse student body would “enrich” the education of all students, the total number of minority students on campus remains well under 10 percent.

“It’s low. It’s very very low.

There’s no doubt about it,” Olagoke said.

the school.

“There really is a special feeling about this place, people are open and excited,” said Walls. “I really liked and understood and agree with President Lee’s vision and the mission of the university. Then the size, I came from place that had 30,000 students, and here it is much easier to do things because people are willing to help and everyone is unified in the same mission.”

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1 Early Greek lyric poet 7 Roll by 13 Strong desire 15 Respectful bow 16 Friendly greeting 18 Eastern religion 19 Novak Djokovic's org.

20 Place to gas up for free?

22 Beer __ 23 Memorable Gregory Peck role 25 How work may be done near a deadline 26 Drain 27 California's __ Verdes Peninsula 29 '70s radical gp.

30 Singer Stefani et al.

31 Reception for champions 34 Scrooge types 35 Fruity treat 36 Jazz guitarist Herb 37 Terre dans la mer 38 Wetland birds 42 Caf feine-rich seed 43 1960 Random House acquisition 45 Wild way to run 46 Web crawler, e.g.

47 Hit the skids 49 Pressure meas.

50 Designer Pucci 52 Traditional Dixie dessert

54 Comment 55 Reptile named for the warning sound it makes 56 Stars 57 Death Star "super" weapons

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1 Award-winning ESPN writer/reporter Jeremy 2 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first female inductee 3 Check alternative 4 Many a GI 5 Old Ritz rival 6 Afternoon hr.

7 Lamb product 8 Memorable lion suit wearer 9 2001 biopic 10 Burro's baskets 11 Former GM cars 12 Doesn't act well 14 Stage makeup staple 17 Programmer's problem 21 McCormick offering 24 Gulf of __: Baltic Sea arm 26 Modern poster 2 8 Tr e e s w h o s e fruit yields a moisturizing butter

30 Catch on 32 Bolted 33 Bryan's "Malcolm in the Middle" role 34 Use a certain two-handed signal 3 5 1 9 t h - c e nt u r y women's rights ad-

43 Screwballs 44 Kind of point 47 Prepared (oneself) for action 48 "Catch ya later" 51 A.L. West team, in crawl lines 53 Some Windows systems

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a series that highlights the experiences of Waynesburg students.

My name is Hope Bailey and I am a junior forensic science major. I am also a university tutor and a member of the women’s soccer team. I chose Waynesburg University because of the forensics program, size, and focus on faith. The smaller class sizes allow for students and professors to get to know each other personally and makes it easier to get extra help in classes. Learning in a Christian environment

reveals new perspectives and challenges me to integrate faith into every part of my life. This has been especially important in my athletic experience.

Playing on a soccer team with Christian values is an entirely different experience than I have had before. Our motto is “Beezup” which means that “we play for our Audience of 1-Jesus Christ.

Whatever we are doing, we strive to honor Christ and be the very best that we can be individually and collectively.” I love that our team prays together and recognizes that even playing a sport can be done in a way that glorifies God.

“I love that our team prays together and recognizes that a sport can be done in a way that glorifies God."

HOPE BAILEY

Junior Forensic Science Major

Photo courtesy of Hope Bailey

CONTACT GRACE INTERESTED HUTCHISON IN HAVING AT HUT1575@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU YOUR WORK PUBLISHED? CONTACTINTERESTED GRACE HUTCHISON IN HAVING AT HUT1575@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU YOUR ARTWORK PUBLISHED?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

VETERANS DAY 2018

Veterans compose a large part of the American population. Of the approximately 328 million people in America, almost 20 million of them are veterans. Veterans Day occurs every year on Nov. 11. Originally being called Armistice Day, Veterans Day began the day the peace treaty was signed ending World War One. It was recognized as a holiday officially in 1938 and switched to Veterans Day in 1954 after many more soldiers had been mobilized for World War Two and the Korean War. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the treaty that ended world war one and Veterans Day. With as many veterans as there are in America, there are several problems that face this portion of the population. Some of these include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, homelessness, suicide, and more. Many of the mental health issues remain untreated due to the stigma surrounding the topic, the fear of seeming weak, a lack of understanding or awareness about it, and so on. Some of the barriers veterans face upon their return include not being able to get a job, not having the resources to be able to integrate back into daily life, and more.

There are currently

20.4 MILLION military veterans in the U.S.

BY THE NUMBERS: CURRENT NUMBER OF VETERANS (9/30/17): Pennsylvania: Total: 819,185 Women: 60,021 Age 65+: 453,299

PTSD PER SERVICE ERA:

Operation Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom: 11-20% Desert Storm: 12% Vietnam: Estimated at 30%

United States: Total: 19,998,799 Women: 1,882,848 Age 65+: 9,410,179

SUICIDE:

22 veterans commit suicide daily 2016: 263 suicides in PA 6,079 throughout US

HOMELESSNESS:

As of Jan. 2018, 37,800 veterans were homeless. However, this is a 5.4% decrease since January of last year.

Thank you to all of the students, faculty, and staff who have served in the armed forces on behalf of The Yellow Jacket staff.

Resources: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/veteran-homelessness/, http://www.veteransandptsd.com/PTSD-statistics.html https://www.va.gov/, https://nvf.org/veteran-mental-health-facts-statistics/