02.02.12 Yellow Jacket

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Vol. 89 No. 13

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Head of Stover Scholars appointed

Professors use social media in classes Universities begin to use Facebook as part of classes

By Nick Farrell Editorial Assistant “The Stover program is a program of 20 students who focus on both Christian ethics and Constitutional law with the purpose of positively changing the ethical state of American society in the long run,” said Dr. Lawrence M. Stratton, the director of the Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership.

Stratton recently became the head of the Stover Scholars program at Waynesburg University.

“Dr. Stratton is beyond qualified for his position,” said sophomore Chase Ayers, a pre-law major.

“He knows his information inside and out, and personally, I’m not sure that there’s a question that he can’t answer.”

According to Ayers, Stratton recently assumed the role of leading the Stover Scholars because of his hard work and seemingly endless pool of knowledge.

Stratton is a graduate of Princeton seminary and Georgetown Law School.

Stratton has also made strides to allow the program to provide an extra boost to a student’s career.

“The purpose of my position is to strengthen the program and to have more activities,” said

By Sara Faiad Staff Writer

The Upper Room worship team will be hosting auditions on Sunday, Feb. 26, to replace a number of current band members leaving at the end of the school year.

Primarily, two or three guitarists, a couple of singers and a drummer are positions the worship

Waynesburg students exceed national volunteer service trend for college students; continue to work extensively within community

By Rob Longo Editorial Assistant

team is looking to fill.

However, the team does not want to be limited to replacing just these slots.

“We’re looking for everyone pretty much,” said junior Upper Room leader Matt McNeil.

The team is very welcoming to people who try out, and encourages everyone to spend time togethSee GROUP on A4

account. “Personally, I like to work with Crossroads, Habitat for Humanity and the soup kitchen at St. Ann’s Catholic Church,” said Zahn. “I have worked with construction and youth group stuff in the past, and I have really enjoyed it.”

According to the Volunteering in America website which is run by the Corporation for the National and Community Service, 26.1 percent of

college students volunteer, which is down from 31.2 percent in 2004. In more recent studies, Pennsylvania ranks 28th in states that volunteer, which rounds to about 2.7 million people per year.

Utah has the highest ratio of volunteers.

Even though Utah only has 884 thousand volunteers, 44.5 percent of the population donates their time, averaging 89.2 hours per person.

Merit Day brings new students to campus

By Alex Hinton Op/Ed Editor Photo by Gracious Shavers

The lunch line in Benedum Hall started at the food and wrapped all the way around the tables in the dining area.

Merit Day brought hundreds of new faces to campus from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., as prospective students interviewed for various scholarships.

“Any students who have been accepted and have above a 3.0 grade point average are eligible as long as they were

Hundreds of prospective students interviewed for various scholarships during Merit Day last Saturday.

Every student that applied for these scholarships had to meet certain grade point averages as well as other qualifications.

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The Jackets saw a one-point halftime lead disappear on Saturday.

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The second annual ‘Can WU Duet?’ was held at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1. Six couples performed in the event, which featured guest performances from two of the competition’s judges.

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Commissioner Pam Snyder attended State of Union address.

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Despite a national trend that indicates college students no longer volunteer as much as they used to, Waynesburg University students continue to volunteer many hours to community organizations.

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In recent years, the percentage of students that volunteer has decreased.

Last week, USA Today published an article about how few college students are volunteering.

Andrew Zahn, a sophomore double majoring in mathematics and computer science wonders if the study took WaynesSee STRATTON on A4 burg University into

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“This fall, 65 to 75 percent of our students volunteered their time anywhere from Produce to People, service trips and Fiat Lux,” said Dave Calvario, dean of students and the director of the Center for Service Leadership. “It seems to be in our student’s DNA.” Looking at the statistics further, about 400 freshmen donated at least

As technology becomes more essential to our daily lives, some professors have decided to embrace students’ web obsessions.

Recently, several Waynesburg professors started using social networking sites as educational tools within their classrooms like popular networking sites such as Facebook.

Both faculty members and students notice the convenience associated with the availability and simplicity of these networking websites.

After noticing a general lack of students’ responsibility to complete assignments, Waynesburg English professor Fiore Mastracci conducted an “experiment” of sorts.

Mastracci developed an idea to test which technological method most effectively intrigued students: Blackboard or Facebook.

Mastracci simultaneously maintained a Blackboard account and a Facebook page.

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Chapel: ‘Let His light shine through’ Mukoto Fujimira addresses audience about the importance of the arts

By Samantha Fitzharris Staff Writer Chapel services have been a big part of the Waynesburg College experience. The contemporary Christian music, worship and of course the new chapel have inspired many in prayer.

“I am encouraged by our worship together and always find myself renewed in commitment to our common Christian mission at Waynesburg,” Chaplain Tom Ribar said.

Ribar has been Chaplain for Waynesburg University for ten years and has worked as a pastor for ten more.

Ribar said, “Planning and facilitating worship has been a central part of ministry in both settings.”

The organizational aspect and the time frame is what it takes to make the service run smoothly.”

Putting worship together involves a team of people including the musicians, the person speaking and others who read, pray and assist in leading worship.

Ribar said, “We work together to plan worship around the particular theme of that day.”

The service theme this week was “Commitment to Jesus and the creative work of the artist.”

Guest lecturer Makoto Fujimura explained his

Facebook used in class

within all of his classes.

“I log onto Facebook daily, but I’m not bad with checking emails,” Continued from A1 said Mastracci.

“However, I only semester, Mastracci dis- check my email when covered that students I’m at school, so who used the Facebook responding to comments page completed more is faster than responding assignments and read- to emails.”

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“StuFacebook creates a about class dents use quick and comfort- updates, but the Facebook able environment to page also daily,” allows old says Pro- ask questions and students to fessor get help fast. keep in Mastracci. touch with “It’s easy Emily Creek to just Freshman nursing major their prior instructor. click on “Professors are here to the page and check on help, and Facebook creassignments.”

By posting assign- ates a quick and comments, extra credit fortable environment to opportunities, class ask questions and get summaries and subject- help fast,” said Creek. “I relative humor, Mastrac- think it’s a lot easier to ci keeps his students just comment on a post to ask a question rather informed and in touch.

“I personally love the than having to email the fact that Mr. Mastracci professor.”

Although using Faceuses Facebook,” said freshman nursing major book has a highly positive effect in the classEmily Creek.

“I check my Facebook room, Mastracci would way more than I ever make just one change; check my email or he would like to be able Blackboard. I receive the to attach a document file information faster. His to a post.

Documents can be posts pop up on my newsfeed, with the rest posted on Blackboard, of my friend’s posts. I but in Mastracci’s classcan check for anything es, students prefer to log that I may have missed on to Facebook.

“Using Facebook is in class.”

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Makuto Fujimura spoke to students during the Chapel service on Tuesday. He spoke about how the arts are essential to understanding relationships. view of offering our creative work to God in his segment Epiphany your light has come.

“The arts are so important to our becoming fully human,” Fujimura said, “In God’s light if you do not learn to see his creation with your own eyes you will miss Him.” The feeling in chapel was full of calm and praises to the Lord.

“I usually leave chapel worship hopeful that students’ lives have been changed because of our worship together,”Ribar said.

Students like Saman-

tha Civitate and Bethany Taylor play the drums and the keyboard in another program of worship called “Upper Room”.

While playing contemporary music together they have become “like a family, we are extremely close” Taylor said.

“She has been in the band for around two years and “ loves the atmosphere of the worship team.”

She believes that the combination of music and worship has caused her to “grow close to the Lord.”

Chapel and Upper room have been a part of a

weekly routine for students to both participate in the readings and in the band.

I wanted to get involved with worship because I wanted more opportunities to worship God,” Civitate said.

“My favorite days of the week are Sundays and Tuesdays because of service, the music has helped me find God.” During service it is easy to see that the students as well as the faculty love to sing praises to God and as Fujimura said “let his light shine through.”

Scholarships offered Continued from A1 accepted before Christmas, because that was the deadline,” said Sarah Zwinger, director of admissions.

The award amount for the scholarships varies, ranging from $1,000 to full tuition, room and board.

“First students will receive a merit application a couple days after they get their acceptance packet,” Zwinger said.

Zwinger then explained that Bonner, Leadership and Stover scholars needed to submit essays, but those applying for departmental scholarships did not.

“Committees went through the applications after Christmas. There were 307 applications this year,” she said. “We read every single one. We tried to do it as quickly as we can, because we moved Merit Day up a week to try to avoid snowstorms.”

After the committee went through the applications, they decided whom to interview on Merit Day. Zwinger had to write 220 itineraries for the day.

Each student had to have an individual itinerary, because they applied for different scholarships.

One student had four interviews; most only had one or two, she said.

Although many prospective students

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Various scholarship opportunities were available to students to interview for throughout Merit Day. Every department used different qualifications to judge the applicants. apply for Merit scholarships, they cannot all be awarded. “[Out of those who applied for interviews,] 89 were told no. That’s pretty typical,” Zwinger said. “A lot had to do with students not turning in essays or not qualifying.

They can only accept so many.”

There are certain departmental requirements; nursing students had to have 1200 on their SAT’s. The department had about 10 students to interview on Saturday.

The interview process can vary. Some departments begin with an introduction then conduct individual interviews for 15 to 20 minutes.

“The communication department goes all out.

They have a morning and afternoon session,” Zwinger said. “They have a teleprompter exercise, a writing exercise and something in front of the camera. The student gets an idea of what’s available.”

Zwinger also said that

Merit Day is not only for interviews; it is also a recruitment day.

“We’ve tried to have each department utilize it as a recruitment day,” Zwinger said.

While the Bonner, Leadership and Stover scholarship programs depend upon FAFSA results and take longer to decide who will be awarded, departmental scholarships are decided upon right away.

Each department has its own process.

“Music auditions are

instrumental or vocal,” Zwinger said. “They have to prepare two pieces: one classical and one of their choosing.”

Zwinger said theater students also have to prepare two pieces: a comedic and a dramatic monologue.

“The best thing from our perspective is getting to meet students face to face. It’s about 220 students this year,” Zwinger said. “For some of them, it may be there first time here. Others have visited before.”

From the students’ perspective, the best thing about Merit Day is seeing the campus, Zwinger said.

Some activities the prospective students participated in were touring the museum or going to the men’s or women’s basketball games.

Some departments also offered tours, and prospective students had a chance to meet anyone they wanted to meet on campus.

Current Waynesburg University Students also played a role in making Merit Day a success.

Kayla Longstreth, sophomore creative writing major, entered scores of students that had been interviewed.

The scores from each judge are added and averaged. Those with the highest scores get the scholarships, she said.

Longstreth said she entered the scores of 97 or 98 students, including phone interviews.

Krystal Page, a sophomore who is exploring, got to interact with interviewees and their families on Saturday.

During the morning, Page talked to Bonner and Leadership candidates about potential majors and dorm life. She also gave campus tours later that day.

“It was fun, because they had a lot of questions. They were all interested in Waynesburg itself,” she said. “It was fun to get to sit down with them and tell them about how awesome Waynesburg is.”

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Three new Bonner Scholars added to volunteer program

By Abby Pittinaro Staff Writer Three new students were added to the Bonner Scholar program beginning in the spring semester.

Freshman David Garcia, sophomore Arianna Grondin and sophomore Erin Pierson were recently added to the scholars.

Waynesburg University is one of 27 schools in the country to offer a Bonner Scholar Program.

With close to 60 students in the program and about 15 added each year, the Bonner students continue to serve every year.

Each student needs to complete 140 hours of volunteer work per semester for a total of 280 hours for one school year.

In addition to volunteer and non-profit work dur-

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Sophomore Erin Pierson, freshman David Garcia and sophomore Arianna Grondin were chosen as new Bonner Scholars for the spring semester. ing the school year, students in the program must complete 280 hours for two summers.

To accomplish their

requirements, students should complete eight to ten hours of service each week.

Daniel Garcia is a

freshman and is new to the Bonner Scholar Program as of the spring semester.

“I honestly never had

any knowledge or consent of ever becoming a Bonner,” Garcia said.

“I was recommended by a fellow faculty member. God has opened many doors for me to stay here in Waynesburg.”

A Bonner student is chosen through a selective and interview process. There are opportunities in Greene County and surrounding counties for the students to complete service hours.

“I am a diverse person with many passions and I will get hours by tutoring kids, hanging out with the community, exercising animals, ecetera.”

Garcia is thrilled to be a new Bonner Scholar student and is very blessed for the opportunity.

“My favorite part may sound over used, but it is helping and serving peo-

ple. That is just something I always abide by,” Garcia said.

“The heart to serve is genuinely important in achieving anything when you are working with people.”

Garcia is looking forward to his time in the Bonner Program for not only this semester, but also his entire career at Waynesburg.

“I am looking forward to meeting new people, and doing what Dan the Man does best.”

Krissie Trabert, a freshman nursing major, is in her second semester as a Bonner Scholar student.

Trabert said that her life would be completely different without the Bonner Program.

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Pres. Obama discusses higher education in State of Union address

By Jonathan Zimmerman Los Angeles Times In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed several measures to lower college tuition. University leaders responded cautiously, warning that cost-cutting reforms might also cut into instructional quality.

He suggested that the federal government tie student aid to colleges’ success in reducing tuition and in helping students move forward.

In a follow-up speech at the University of Michigan on Friday, he called for a “college scorecard” that would rank institutions according to cost, graduation rates and future earnings.

“If you can’t stop tuition from going up, your funding from taxpayers will go down,” Obama warned. “We should push colleges to do better; we should hold them accountable if they don’t.”

Sure, professors assign grades in their courses,

and students are asked to evaluate the classes they take and the professors who teach them.

But neither measure gives us any real answer to the $200,000 question: What knowledge or skills are students acquiring in exchange for the skyrocketing tuition they pay?

And we now have some alarming national data to suggest the answer: not nearly enough. My New York University colleague Richard Arum and the University of Virginia’s Josipa Roksa recently tracked several thousand undergraduates as they moved through two dozen U.S. universities.

They found that almost half of them didn’t significantly improve their reasoning or writing skills during the first two years of college. And after four years, subsequent research showed, more than one-third of students still showed no significant gains in these areas.

Arum and Roksa

based their conclusions on results from the College Learning Assessment, or CLA, an essay test that tries to measure the things universities say they want students to learn: critical thinking, complex reasoning and written expression.

One sample question provides several documents about an airplane that crashed, then asks students to advise an executive about whether his company should purchase that type of plane.

Another test item presents crime data from a city and asks students to counsel its mayor about how to respond to criticisms of his policing policies.

The CLA was administered to more than 2,300 students at 24 institutions, ranging from big state universities and selective liberal arts schools to historically black and Latino institutions.

Forty-five percent of the students showed no significant gains on the CLA between their fresh-

man and sophomore years, and 36 percent didn’t improve significantly between their freshman and senior years.

We speak of inputs and outputs: what college costs, how many people make it through and what happens to them afterward. Should we be surprised, then, when many students don’t take learning seriously either? As the parent of a daughter at an expensive liberal arts college, I’m obviously concerned about the escalating cost of higher education. College tuition and fees rose more than 400 percent between 1982 and 2007.

That was due to a host of factors, including declining support from state legislatures, increased professor salaries, eye-popping new facilities and heavy administrative bloat. We need to do everything we can to make college more affordable, so long as students’ education doesn’t suffer.

And there’s the rub.

Which reforms will actually hurt student learning, and which won’t?

Nobody really knows.

The biggest scandal in higher education is not the rising sticker price; it’s the failure of our institutions to figure out what sticks, educationally speaking.

Millions of American students and their families are mortgaging their futures to pay for a college education. We owe them an honest account of what they’re getting in return: not just what it costs, or where it will take them, but what it means.

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Coffman: Internships increase the chances of getting job offers

By Molly Winters Staff Writer Waynesburg University offers many potential internships to its students. Depending on the students’ schedule, internships can happen either during the school year or the summer.

Students can essentially go anywhere in the world to intern, as long as they are willing to work.

There are many internships available nationwide, and many students get lost in trying to pick one.

Marie Coffman, Director of the Career Center, meets with students individually and helps them choose what internship would be the best fit for them.

“Students and alumni have unlimited access to the website Collegecentral.com/Waynesburg, which is a great source to search internships nationwide,” said Coffman.

Another source that Coffman speaks highly of is the Regional Internship Center.

The RIC is an online clearinghouse that connects college students with local businesses, giving both employers and students a solid advantage in today’s competitive job market.

Students have access to hundreds of regional internships and can get hands-on support from the RIC staff throughout the process.

Internships vary upon what major a student is pursuing and not all fields have a vast amount of opportunities.

“Nursing majors, for example, have clinicals, so they really don’t need an internship based on that,” said Coffman.

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and it is almost like a family,” Trabert said.

“I learned how to be selfless because it’s about helping others. Instead of asking myself what I need to do, I ask myself what does Greene County need.” To complete her hours, Trabert likes to give back to the community through the children.

She volunteers at the

However, some students at Waynesburg seek out every opportunity that comes their way.

Allison Koleny, freshman nursing major, fits this description.

“I think that internships open people’s eyes and shine light onto the perspective career field,” said Koleny.

“Since I am a Nursing major, I already have to do clinicals that start my sophomore year, so I don’t need an internship. But in order to stay on top of my skills, I would consider applying and possibly accepting a summer internship.”

“An internship also increases the chances of a company offering you a full-time position when the internship is over.”

Koleny said.

Internships are offered at many big name corporations, such as Disney.

On March 14 at 2 p.m., Community College of Allegheny County is hosting the Disney College Program, so they can recruit interns.

Interested candidates should visit disneycollegeprogram.com to apply before they go to CCAC. Those who are considering the Disney internship must know that it will not take place during the summer.

“Students must take a good look at what they are going to do because they will have to take a semester off to do this work,” said Coffman. “Scholarships and financial aid could be lost for that period of time and students will have to reapply for them.

“Employers look at internships in a good light because they like to see students taking initiative,” said Coffman.

Laughlin Chapel in West Virginia as well as at Morrisville’s Head start preschool.

While being in the Bonner Scholar Program is about giving away hours of selfless time, according to Trabert, the feelings are rewarding.

“I can say its hard and there are times I don’t want to go, but it’s rewarding,” she said.

“My favorite part is looking forward to improvements and changes, even if they are small, I’m making a difference.”

Stratton to lead group Continued from A1 Stratton. “The highlight last year was our trip to Washington, D.C.” The trip to our nation’s capital included meetings with Supreme Court Justices, Senators and a former Attorney General.

The evening concluded with the 60th anniversary celebration of the Sputnik’s launch into space at the Russian Embassy.

Stratton claims that the Stover Scholars have been incredibly busy so far this school year. One of the highlights of the year was the reenactment of the Constitutional Convention last fall.

“On Constitution Day, every Scholar was involved in shaping the program. Rather than having just a speaker come, this production had a focus, and we hope we will continue to head in a conceptual direction in the future,” Stratton said.

The group has also welcomed guest speakers to campus, including a former member of the Los Angeles Police Department, Robert Vernon. Vernon, a prominent religious and legal leader in America, spent a week with the Stover program and gave two lectures on

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Dr. Lawrence Stratton was recently chosen as the new head of te Stover Scholars program. leadership.“I think the number activities are really remarkable,” said Stratton.

Along with changing society in a positive way, a goal of the Stover program is to provide experiences and an education that will enhance career opportunities for students so that they may make a positive difference after graduating from Waynesburg University.

“Another theme is that the discussions and interdisciplinary focus of the program is designed to create a cross-pollination of creativity,” said Stratton.

Junior criminal justice and political science dual-

major Daniel Czajkowski, said admires Stratton more than any other professor on campus and knows that the Stover program will be headed in the right direction with Stratton at the helm.

“I think that the Stover program is very honored to have him as the director of the program,” said Czajkowski. “He brings great perspective to the program and he has a great vision and great future in store for the program. I really appreciate the work he has done.”

As for Czajkowski’s future, he is very pleased with the path he has chosen and credits it to his involvement at Waynes-

burg University.

“I think the combination of the Leadership program, the Stover program and my two majors will give me a very good background for the career path I will take,” said Czajkowski. “In law enforcement, you are required to be a leader and have ethical conduct, and I think in today’s age it is very important to be politically minded in a sense that will be dedicated to Christian ethics and principles.

I think Waynesburg is preparing me to be that type of person in whatever career I choose.”

Ayers agrees with Czajkowski that the Stover program coupled with a Waynesburg education seems like the perfect foundation to make an influential effect on society through his career.

“These [programs] are giving me the foundation which I will show throughout my college career, through law school and through my life,” Ayers said. “The principles that I learn through the Stover Scholar program and at Waynesburg will be shown through my character in my career and with those that I meet.”

On Feb. 19, Stratton will be ordained and installed as Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership.

Group to hold auditions Continued from A1 er. The group hangs out and goes out to eat often, but there is more closeness between group members than just getting dinner together before practice and Sunday night worship.

“Upper Room has been a really big encouragement to my faith. It’s also a real challenge, but mostly a great support group, “said junior Upper Room drummer Evan Kephart.

“We share things with the Upper Room family that we don’t share with anybody else. It’s just a place that we can grow together.”

According to Upper Room team members, everyone encourages one another in many different ways and strives to truly love one another. Building one another up in faith is also another one of their goals.

“I would say that I’ve grown so much in my faith due to Upper Room,” McNeil said.

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WU students volunteer Continued from A1 three hours of their time due to their Fiat Lux requirement for the fall semester.

However, there are still over 300 to 400 students who volunteer on a regu-

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Upper Room is now accepting applications for new band members. New members will be required to work with the band as well as audition. ers in worship, you’re faith will really grow, or it will really be challenged.

Through being in Upper Room, my faith has grown to a point I never thought it would be.”

Being part of the Upper Room team involves a commitment beyond playing music on Sunday evenings.

“It’s a pretty big commitment, but it’s one that ends up being worth it in the end…it hits your heart when you’re with people that you know love Jesus and want to worship Him. It’s just a great experience,” Kephart said.

McNeil said that Upper

Room isn’t about playing instruments and showing off; but it’s about leading people to worship, and about being humble and selfless.

“Everything that we do is for God’s glory, and it’s just a reminder to constantly be humble, and not only to be humble in Upper Room but to be humble in my classes,” McNeil said. “I think it’s a pretty privileged thing to be leading a community of believers into worship.” Although McNeil is the leader of the group, he said that everyone on the team has a huge say in the decisions because each person has their own

leadership skills and each person is able to contribute in a different way.

“Overall, we make a good worship team,” said McNeil.

The Upper Room worship team is enthusiastic to meet everyone auditioning; especially to meet people through the interview stage.

“You’ll see people try out who you never knew played any instruments and they’re awesome at it,” McNeil said.

Although there will be a large portion of the team leaving at the end of the school year, they will still be wanted as part of the Upper Room family.

lar basis. Some of the volunteer work is required, but some students do it just to give back to the community.

“As a Bonner Scholar, I am required to have 140 hours of community service per semester,” said Frankie Shumaker, a junior history major.

“However, I also volunteer because I believe it’s

the right thing to do.”

Shumaker does not just volunteer; he also likes to get other people involved.

“I helped start up church volunteering in Wheeling, WV., and we have nearly doubled the amount of volunteers in as many years. I work with kindergarten and first graders at an afterschool program, and I love

it.”

Shumaker also volunteers for Habitat for Humanity as well as virtual tutoring sites online.

“It’s unfortunate that the volunteer rate is going down across the country,” said Calvario.

“It really does give a bad perception on our youth, especially here at Waynesburg.”

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Gas company donates $10k to Community Action Southwest

By Sarah Bell Arts & Life Editor Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. recently awarded a $10,000 grant to Community Action Southwest in the hopes that the funds will benefit senior services in Greene County.

The funding supports the Area Agency on Aging in their efforts to enhance experiences for Greene County’s senior population.

Stacy Stroman, Director of Senior Services, said that the funds awarded and donated are essential to the success of Community Action Southwest.

“There is such a need for it in Greene County and we live in a community that is extremely rural; there are barriers, so it is very important that we meet the need,” Stroman said.

The funds will be utilized to support efforts for the newly relocated Waynesburg Senior Center, and the home delivered meals program.

“Through Columbia Gas we received $10,000. $1,000 of the money will be donated for gas cards for our home delivered meals drivers,” Stroman said. “$4,000 will be for the Senior Center and the remaining $5,000 will go toward crisis funds of low-income [seniors].”

Those who receive the crisis funds vary.

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Commissioner Pam Snyder received an invitation to Pres. Obama’s State of the Union address last Tuesday.

Opportunity of a

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Snyder attends Obama’s State of the Union address

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Pregnancy Center collects donations inside baby bottles

By Amanda Wishner Online Content Coordinator The Crisis Pregnancy Center of Greene County will continue to collect donations throughout the month of February as part of their Baby Bottle Campaign.

The campaign kicked off on Jan. 22 in honor of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, which celebrates the importance of human life and discourages abortions.

According to Marie Coffman, director of the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Greene County and Director of Career Services at Waynesburg University, the day was a fitting start

to the campaign.

The center is a nonprofit organization and relies entirely on donations from the community and local churches to continue its services.

“We [the Crisis Pregnancy Center] help young women and girls, some as young as 13, who find themselves pregnant,” Coffman said.

“Oftentimes it’s an unwanted or stressful pregnancy. We’re there to help them look at all of their choices. We are pro-life, and abortion is a choice, but sometimes they don’t know all of the options available to them.”

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Pam Snyder, Greene County Commissioner, had the chance of a lifetime last Tuesday evening, when she attended President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.

Snyder said that United States Rep. Mark Critz invited her to the address.

“Mark Critz mentioned last year that if I was interested this year that he would be happy to let me have the one ticket he gets,” said Snyder.

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Street Jourroom. nal, around “It was so 37.8 million nice to see ...when Gabby Giffords people tuned them introin to the entered the chamber that duce the P r e s i d e n t ’s night, it was really special. cabinet and speech. see all of Pam Snyder Those 37.8 them come Commissioner, Greene County in and take million people did not t h e i r have quite seats,” she the same experience as Sny- said. “The Vice President and der, however. the Speaker of the House; that Forgetting she was actually was a defining moment also, there, Snyder said she had to but when Gabby Giffords keep pinching herself and say- entered the chamber that ing I’m really here watching night it was really special. this live.

The thunderous applause, the For Snyder the whole cheers and the support.” evening was special, but she Giffords resigned the folsaid one of the most emotion- lowing day, after a year-long al and exceptional moments recovery from an assassinawas seeing congresswoman See SNYDER on B4 Gabby Giffords enter the

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New RV parks provide temporary housing

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor

As the need for temporary housing increases, the Franklin Township board of supervisors recently approved 19 amendments for recreational vehicle grounds, creating a better environment for those living temporarily in Greene County.

“We are getting an influx. There is a lot of gas and coal indusSee CRISIS on B4 try around. We don’t

“There is a lot of gas and coal industry around. We don’t want them sitting in anyones backyards...”

Reed Kiger Supervisor, Franklin Township

want them sitting in anyone’s backyards without meeting proper regulations,” said Reed Kiger, Franklin Township’s supervisor.

Township supervisors, feeling over-

whelmed with the amount of people wanting to stay at the campgrounds, proposed the amendments to create safety and uniformity for everyone, said Kiger.

This included the

campers and residents living nearby.

“Basically the reason why we are getting the changes are because we really didn’t have anything set up in our zoning ordinance to regulate the campgrounds,” said Steve Coss, zoning codes enforcement officer for the township.

“The items that we have [listed], those are just items we come up with that are basically See RV’S on B4

Imagine being able to rent your favorite book or audiobook from anywhere in the country, anytime you like. Imagine being able to lose yourself in the pages of a book on a whim. Well now you can. All you need is an internet connection and a library card.

Photo by Amanda Rice Both Bowlby and Eva K. Bowlby and Flenniken Public Libraries now offer Flenniken public a wide variety of e-books and audiobooks online. libraries now offer their

patrons the ability to rent e-books and audiobooks online through a program called Overdrive.

“It [Overdrive] is a service where people can check out downloadable e-books and audio books for one or two weeks,” said Linda Orsted, director of Flenniken Library. “They get to use it for a period of time, and then it disappears from the device.”

The program has been up and running since

Jan. 18, and the feedback has been very positive, according to Orsted.

“I guess the one thing is that the demand has been pretty good, so we’re adding more items for people to check out,” she said.

Orsted explained that the check-out process is much like that of renting a physical copy of the book – with some minor See LIBRARIES on B4

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Give to a cause WU fails to step up to the donation plate Lying around campus are baby bottles with a message, “As you fill this bottle with change, please pray for the Center and its clients.”

If the change in the bottles reflects the amount of prayers for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Greene County, then there is something seriously wrong.

Considering the many baby bottles placed around the Waynesburg University campus, there are typically only a few pennies in each bottle. The prayers and the money are to help young women and girls, some as young as 13 years old, who are experiencing an unwanted or stressful pregnancy.

As a pro-life organization that believes abortion is a choice, the center is dedicated to helping these women.

The money will provide pregnant mothers with an educated understanding of their future and even provide them with various services like pregnancy testing, counseling, baby clothes, maternity clothes and baby furniture.

But despite how great the cause – helping women remain strong when they feel beaten down – the students at the University have put very little money in the bottles.

What does this say of priorities?

The pregnancy center hoped that the students would help. They wouldn’t have placed the bottles on campus, otherwise. But don’t worry; there is still time to take action. The Baby Bottle Campaign will continue throughout the month of February, and the bottles will be collected on Friday, Mar. 4. It is not too late to make a change and donate some money.

Super PAC revelations Colbert attempts to shed light on Super PACs It’s not just a coincidence that comedian Stephen Colbert’s super political action committee raised more than $1 million.

While he jokes about running for president, Colbert allows people to understand significant and legitimate concerns by presenting them in a humorous fashion.

Colbert has recently been using his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report”, to shed light on financial issues with the campaign, such as the unlimited amount of money corporations and unions can raise for PACs. He started his own super PAC, supposedly as a joke, then showed viewers how easy it was to sign it over to fellow comedian Jon Stewart, whom he was “definitely not coordinating with.” The point was to demonstrate how ex-staff members and colleagues of candidates can run super PACs. Colbert said in a press release that the money raised for his super PAC was used “to materially influence the elections — in full accordance with the law.”

The super PACs use money to support or oppose candidates, and the unlimited funds they’re allowed to raise mean they can have a major influence on the candidates’ standings.

It is not difficult at all to understand that Colbert’s point is to show us how flawed our political system is in regards to campaign finances. Many people still don’t get it.

If someone can raise $1 million as a so-called “joke,” think of the money serious campaigners are raising…and worse yet, what they are doing with it.

The battle for Internet freedom continues We did it.

We, the warriors of Internet freedom helped defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. We called, lobbied, kicked, screamed and fought for every inch of what we won.

But we won.

And now we are finally free of the threat of having our constitutional rights stripped away.

Right?

Wrong. They’re at it again.

After spending millions of dollars lobbying for PIPA and SOPA, you would think that our

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enemies would say to themselves, “maybe this was a bad idea.”

Nope.

Instead of sitting back and admitting their complete and utter defeat, the motion picture industry and its allies have bounced back with yet another devious plot.

And this time, it’s much worse than it was before.

Cue the dramatic music.

It’s called ACTA: the

Fireside 2.0: Web chats prove popular With elections coming up this year, the State of the Union Address delivered and fundraising well under way, each potential candidate needs to prove themselves to American voters.

They need to show us that they are problem solvers. They need to make us think that they care about what we have to say.

And they need to be extremely

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

ACTA’s goal is to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet.

And it gets worse.

ACTA has been around since Oct. 1, when it was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and, yep, you guessed it: the United States.

So why are we just now hearing about it?

Good question.

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cautious about every political and personal move that they make.

President Obama is on the right track. He made history again this week. Did you know about it?

On Jan. 30 President Obama answered selected questions on YouTube that were voted on.

Questions that American citizens asked. The post, “Your Interview with the President,” aired at 5:30 p.m. straight from the West Wing of the White House.

Are you wondering what is so

According to Forbes.com, ACTA has largely been negotiated in secret and, as such, has been free from the scrutinizing eyes of the public forum.

So while President Obama and his administration were supposedly supporting the fight against Internet tyranny in the form of PIPA and SOPA, they were also supporting the fight against it by aggressively pursuing ACTA. Say what?

This time, the attack on our rights isn’t limitSee ACTA on B3

special about the President being able to post a YouTube video?

Well, the entire interview was conducted virtually through a Google+ Hangout. Meaning: the entire interview was live.

President Obama even interacted with a selection of people who submitted questions that were chosen to join the Google+ Hangout during the interview.

A mom, a wife, a group of students, a pre-med major and a small business owner were among those that were selected for the Hangout.

Everyday people were selected.

People like you and me.

Smart move, Mr. President.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of retail I will admit it – I am every retail store’s worst enemy.

You know the type; the shopper who wonders around stores, asking questions and looking at everything, yet eventually ends up not buy anything.

Going shopping with me can be a difficult experience for most people, but is always a unique and memorable experience.

Store owners might disagree though – in our sluggish economy, store owners need all the help

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they can get.

I honestly love to go shopping, but officially becoming a poor college student almost four years ago has definitely impacted what I buy.

We always hear about the state of the economy, how people are spending less and jobs are hard to find, but rarely do we hear about what busi-

nesses are doing to counteract these problems.

Yes, everyone knows that throughout the past few years large businesses have folded or gone bankrupt, but some businesses are evolving and surviving.

Recently on television, a commercial has appeared featuring JC Penney.

Throughout the commercial, shoppers are being bombarded with ads and sales, the shoppers are looking stressed out by the prices and the hassle of dealing with

ads. As the shoppers become more and more frustrated, JC Penney comes out with the subtle message that shoppers will no longer have to have to deal with all that hassle at their stores.

On Feb. 1, JC Penney will no longer be the store it once was.

Whereas the store used to exist as a higherend clothing and retail store that could be a little pricey for most shoppers, they are planning See STORES on B3

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The problem with ‘No problem’

ed to just information on the World Wide Web. According to Forbes, the agreement would also crack down on things like generic drugs and would make food patents more difficult to obtain by enforcing a global standard on seed patents that threatens local farmers and food independence across the developed world. Thankfully, not all countries have accepted this monstrosity.

Emerging nations like India and Brazil strongly oppose the Act, fearing its provisions would damage their economies. ACTA isn’t the only affront to our Internet freedom either. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a completely different form of attack, would rewrite the rules on IP enforcement, according to the Electronic Freedom Foundation.

“All signatory countries will be required to conform their domestic laws and policies to the provisions of the Agreement,” the EFF said in their assessment. “In the U.S. this is likely to further entrench controver-

lem" is a generational phrase that belongs only to the under-20 set, much like "whatever" (stated most effectively while rolling eyes). And yes, I've found that this phrase is more likely to be spoken offhandedly by younger people. But the scarier thing to me is that "no problem" seems to be pervasive; it's taken hold in a way that fits no single demographic. There is an outbreak of "no problem" everywhere you go.

So, the next time you're about to utter that dismissive phrase, pause a minute and think about how much more sincere (and polite) it is to say (with some eye contact and a smile): "You're welcome."

Got it?

Continued from B2 No problem. ___ During the interview This editorial originally appeared in The Balti- Obama addressed issues ranging from the economore Sun. my and education to the Drone strikes in Pakistan. Are you wondering what the number one voted question by Americans was? It’s long-windin history marks the beginning of brought his decision to develop ed, so prepare yourself.

Michael Mozart from

By Nick Farrell the Nazi Regime in Germany that the hydrogen bomb into the pubStaff Writer Connecticut asked, came to a halt with Hitler’s death lic eye. on April 30, 1945 and Germany’s This weapon would be even “Why are you personally Jan. 30, 1933 surrender from World War II on more destructive than the atomic supporting the extradiPresident Paul von Hindenburg May 8, 1945. bombs dropped on Japan during tion of United Kingdom citizen Richard O’Dwyer named Adolf Hitler as chancellor World War II. of Germany. Before this appointJan. 31, 1865 President Truman made the for solely linking to copyment, Hitler was the leader or The United States House of decision to drop the atomic right infringing works “Fuhrer” of the National Socialist Representatives passes the 13th bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat using an Extradition German Workers Party.

Amendment of the Constitution. Man” on the Japanese cities of Treaty designed to combat terrorism and to bring Hitler’s earning of the Chancel- This decree abolished slavery in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. lor position in 1933 marked the America after it was passed by a On Nov. 1, 1952 the United terrorists to judgment in beginning of turning points for margin of 119-56, seven votes States successfully detonated a the United States of Germany and the world as a above the required two-thirds hydrogen bomb called “Mike,” America?”

That was the top voted whole. Hitler planned to make majority. the world’s first H-bomb.

Germany a unified one-party “Mike” produced a mushroom question. Out of all the nation, a plan that was widely Jan. 31, 1950 cloud that eclipsed 120,000 feet in texts sent in. Out of all of the online votes. Out of accepted by his people. This day President Harry S. Truman height. all of the videos posted.

For those of you that do not know about the clothing/retail stores. menu into more healthy Milanese” meal has situation in which the And personally, I do options. approximately 1,510 question is referring, the not think this is a bad Apparently, not every- calories and 87 grams of Justice Department is thing, but I do not think one is okay with a single fat. And by the way, seeking to extradite a it is a good thing either. meal providing almost every breadstick has 140 British student for copyContinued from B2 Sometimes looking for three-fourths the average calories. right infringement.

President Obama’s some of those exception- calories consumed by a Don’t think for a secan almost complete al sales is half the fun of person on a daily basis ond that I am anti-Olive overhaul and will appar- shopping, but who can such as the “Tour of Garden or anything, ently be reducing prices really say “no” to half- Italy Pasta” which has because I really do love by up to almost 40 per- decent deals all the approximately 1,450 their fake-Italian dishes cent on most items. time? calories and 74 grams of and carb and calorie Sounds pretty good, Anyway, JC Penney is fat. loaded meals. right? not the only business For one meal.

But I can see how the Apparently they are that has recently decided And this doesn’t even slightly-pricey restaualso planning on doing a to make some radical include the breadsticks rant could benefit from a variety of other promo- changes. and salad Olive Garden few changes. tional or sale events, but The Olive Garden is famous for.

We will honestly all the details seem to restaurant is attempting Anyone else think just have to wait and see remain a little sketchy to rock the restaurant this is a little outra- how all of these business in that area. world. Recently, the geous? ventures turn out in the To me it suddenly restaurants announced But the funny thing, future. Who knows, seems that JC Penney is that they would be that is not even the maybe this is only the attempting to become working to lower menu worst option on the beginning of a whole the new WalMart of prices and alter their menu; the “Pork new way of life.

"No problem!"

Have you noticed that the traditional words "You're welcome" has largely been replaced by that trite phrase?

It bothers me. It especially bothers me when I'm purchasing a good or service from someone, and the following alltoo-familiar conversation takes place: Vendor: "Here's your receipt, ma'am."

Me: "Thank you."

Vendor: "No problem."

Actually, it is a problem. What I expect is to be thanked for my patronage _ not to be dismissed with this casual, automatic response _ a response that indicates to me that the person does not get what "you are welcome" means.

The phrase implies, "You are welcome to shop here and thanks for allowing us the privilege of serving/helping you."

When I hear "no problem," what I think in my head is: "You're right _ it's no problem at all for me to patronize another vendor/business next time."

You might be wondering: Why does this phrase bother me so much? Aren't there other, more egregious, offenses of which to take note? Yes, there are _ but this one makes me pause because it seems to perpetuate the disdainful way in which people are so often ignored and dismissed; it seems to encourage the subtle message that says, "I've taken care of you, so now hit the road and leave me alone"; it seems to indicate truly that you really are not "welcome," as the saying used to go.

Maybe you're thinking, "Come on now; don't be an Andy Rooney; it's just a popular expression _ and no

harm is meant by it."

Yes, I'll give you that much. But then that aggravates me even more, because it reinforces the notion that people just aren't listening to or paying attention to one another.

People are sitting next to or across from others with whom they're clearly associated but who are choosing to have contact only with the 2-by-4-inch monitor in front of their faces and flying fingers. Try thanking one of these automatons for moving his chair one foot so you too may have a small space at the coffee shop table, and you're likely to be reciprocated with, "No Problem." Trust me, he's not thinking, "You're welcome to join the table."

He's thinking, "No problem that you only bothered me a bit."

I've anecdotally studied whether "no prob-

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sial aspects of U.S. copyright law... this raises significant concerns for citizens' due process, privacy and freedom of expression rights."

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really sick of this garbage.

Once again, our constitutional rights are being hit with the onetwo punch of overextreme anti-piracy measures. The fact of the matter is there’s really nothing that can be done to completely eradicate piracy.

It’s been happening.

It’s still happening.

It will continue to happen. Nothing will ever change that. Internet pirates will continue to find loopholes in the system that will allow them to continue what they do. Websites like thepiratebay.org and demonoid.me are like the heads of the mythical Hyrda: cut one off and two more will appear in its place. The Internet is vast and never-ending. There’s no possible way that they can find every website that provides illegal ways of obtaining media.

Proponents of ACTA and TPPA need to stop fighting so hard to end piracy and follow the advice of the age-old adage: if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

answer? “I’m not personally doing anything,” he said. “One of the ways that our system works is that the President doesn’t get involved in persecution decisions [that the] Justice Department [makes].”

So pretty much, Michael from Connecticut and every person who made that the number one voted question was wasting President Obama’s time. You would think that when given the opportunity to ask the President of the United States a question, you would at least take the time to find out if the topic was relevant to his position.

228,099 people submitted 133,163 questions for the President. Out of 1,630,163 votes that were cast that question had the most votes. Please do your research before casting your votes in the Presidential election. Please.

Obama finished the interview joking about his limited dancing ability and discussing what it is like to have to alert Secret Service to walk to the corner store for a bag of Doritos or a Snickers Bar. Sounded like a hassle. Seems worth it.

Well done, Mr. President.

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District makes renovation plans for Mapletown high school

By Eric Bost Editorial Assistant West Greene School District plans to begin renovating the middle/senior high school this year. The necessary paperwork was submitted to the state Department of Education, and the board was informed Thursday that the initial documents for the state’s planning and construction process were approved by the state, subject to further submittals, according to the Observer-Reporter.

CAS recieves $10k grant Continued from B1 “They may have no heat or need a new water heater – whatever there is a need for,” she said.

“We have never had that opportunity before, so we were very excited to have that.”

Even though the money was donated in late December, Senior Services has yet to spend the majority of the grant.

They have only used the money for crisis funds regarding different types of care management.

“We just research and apply [for these grants] because we don’t get a lot of state funding,” Stroman said.

Crisis center collects Continued from B1 ticipated in the Baby Bottle Campaign on a bi-monthly basis.

They last held the fundraiser in 2010 and decided to try the campaign again in 2012 after past success, Coffman said.

By using money from fundraisers such

Libraries rent e-books Continued from B1 differences.

“Only one person can have a particular e-book at one time, so in that sense, it’s just like the physical copy,” Orsted said.

“But there’s no way to renew the e-books. You have to wait until it expires and then check it out again. You are also only allowed to check out five items at one time.”

Orsted said that patrons are even able to burn some of the audiobooks to a CD, and that the e-books can also be read through the use of the Kindle and Adobe Reader apps, both of which are free to download and use. Lisa Williams, librarian at Eberly Library, said that she believes Overdrive

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West Greene School District plans to make changes to the Mapletown Jr./Sr. high school during the next year in the form of a new three-story addition.

Observer-Reporter, the board is planning to renovate the middle/senior high school and as add a three-story addition on to the high school.

The preliminary for the three-story addition was reported to be around $12.5 million, while the renovations were estimated at about $2-4 million, according to Superintendent Thelma Szarell. According to the Observer Reporter, Szarell said the board wants to complete the project without raising taxes. A new elementary center will be construct-

ed with the funds, which would allow students of all grades to be in one area; therefore, the board has proposed the closings of the districts two elementary schools, Graysville and Springhill-Freeport Elementary. The board will hold the hearing for the closing of Graysville Elementary at the Graysville school at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. The hearing for the closing of Springhill-Freeport Elementary will be at the Springhill-Freeport elementary school at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 16.

go back and re-draw them.”

Anyone can submit their comments on the amendments until the public meeting on Feb. 27, said Coss.

“This is a community,” said Kiger.

“That is our point. We want to make sure people comply with our rules.”

This community includes the campgrounds and surrounding neighborhoods, said Kiger. According to Kiger, not everyone wants these campgrounds near their place of residence, but the proposed regulations keep everyone in mind. “We hope [the regulations] are going to benefit everyone in the community,” said Kiger.

The state’s planning and construction process is more commonly known as Planning and Construction Work-

book, or PlanCon and is used when a school district undertakes a major construction project and seeks reimbursement

from the Commonwealth, according to the state department of education website. According to the report in the

“Programs like Community Action Southwest need to look for other resources.”

In addition to the Grant, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania donated an additional $5,000 to support the home delivered meals program in the county.

Michelle Gottschalk has volunteered with the home delivered meals program and the Waynesburg Senior Center for three years.

“Donations greatly help; if they didn’t have donations they wouldn’t be able to serve the number of people that they do,” Gottschalk said.

According to Gottschalk, the home delivered meals drivers usually get at least one $20 Sheetz card every month to cover the gas

mileage that they use when delivering the meals.

“It is a voluntary position, but you’re using your own vehicle and fuel. To get a little incentive back makes you want to continue doing it,” she said. “The benefits out way the risks. It helps volunteers be able to deliver meals more often and more freely.”

Darlene Bigler, CEO of Community Action Southwest, commented on the grant to the Greene County Messenger.

“Columbia Gas support is critical [for] our delivery of senior services in Greene County,” Bigler said.

“This grant will enable our volunteers to continue providing home delivered meals.”

RV’s provide housing needed to have a sufficient campground,” said Coss.

Some of the amendments include the size of a camping lot, the number of campers permitted on a lot, garbage pickup and other amenities.

“It is not going to restrict them so much that they can’t proceed to set up at the camp ground,” said Coss.

With up to 50 campers at one point, the campground typically sees an influx of campers in the spring.

The campers stay

and work for an extended period of time, according to Coss, then return to where they are originally from.

“We have an influx of gas lines coming through and gas wells being put here,” said Coss. “There are all these people, and not enough places for them to stay.”

After the amendments were proposed, a 30-day comment period began. After the comment period, the board will hold a meeting and review any comments.

“If they are still satisfied, they will approve the amendments,” said Coss. “If the supervisors feel the comments are not legitimate, they will

as the Baby Bottle Campaign, they are able to provide local mothers with the staples that are necessary to raise a child.

As stated in the center’s Baby Bottle Campaign Church Letter, so far “in 2012, the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Greene County assisted over 35 women.

These women came into our center for a variety of services such as: pregnancy tests, counseling, baby

clothes, maternity clothes, baby furniture, as well as other items.”

Last week, the center delivered baby bottles to various congregations in the area at their request.

Coffman said she even helped spread the word at her own church, the First Assembly of God in Waynesburg.

“We have our best successes with churches,” she said. “Some of the women’s groups in

the area will do things like diaper drives.”

Although the Crisis Pregnancy Center relies primarily on local churches, Coffman said they are open to participation from other members and groups in the community. Waynesburg University students may have noticed baby bottles and flyers in the hallways of their residence halls.

Greene Community Church distributed the

baby bottles, and they will remain on campus throughout the month of February. These bottles and all others will be collected on Friday, March 4 at the end of the campaign. With more than a month left, it is not too late for those interested in contributing to the fundraiser to get involved, Coffman said. Anyone willing to take part in the Baby Bottle Campaign should contact the Cri-

sis Pregnancy Center of Greene County at 724627-6819.

“It’s an opportunity to reach out to the community,” said Coffman. “I’m sure everyone has known someone in this situation, whether it’s a friend or a family member or themselves.

Members of the community come in all the time, and it’s a way to give back and help these girls make good choices.”

will improve the libraries’ circulation stats and how they are viewed in general.

“The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of people who don’t have the time to walk into the library and check a book or just prefer to use an audio book,” she said.

According to Orsted, the Washington Library District – the district that all of the libraries in Greene, Washington and Fayette Counties are included in – made the choice to adopt the program and provided the funding for the project.

“So anyone who logs into the Overdrive catalogue for the Washington District can then choose which library they would like to rent from.”

Orsted said that she feels the demand for the e-books was another major factor in the decision.

“It’s a new format,

and we try to offer reading materials in any format that’s available,” she said.

“A lot of people are getting e-readers, so there’s been a demand for them. We want to provide people with the form of books that they want.”

Orsted said that she does not think the amount of people who actually come to visit the library will be affected by the implementation of this program.

“Maybe people who don’t come into the library now will come in now that they have the ability to access our materials remotely,” she said.

Programs like this may continue to be added to the libraries’ repertoire in the future, said Orsted.

“We’re always looking to see what people are interested in as far as electronic materials go,” Orsted said.

Snyder attends address

to create American manufacturing jobs again, we need to give companies incentive to keep their jobs at home instead of outsourcing these jobs to other countries.”

Snyder said she felt very strongly about that and also about bringing our troops home.

“We have an obligation to take care of our veterans. One of the best moments for me was at the end when he [Obama] compared Congress to a military mission – that in order to have a successful mission everyone has a job to do,” Snyder said.

“You have to be willing to step up and do that job, and you better be able to trust the person standing next to you; know that person has your back. ” Another thing Obama spoke about

was energy – something that is very important to Snyder.

“He talked about gas, wind and solar energy,” she said.

“Something he did not speak about that I really wish he would have is coal. Coal is still a part of our energy policy and clean coal technology should be at the forefront, also. It is a big part of Greene County’s budget and resources.”

Overall, Snyder said she thought it was an excellent speech.

“He delivers a speech extremely well and I was just honored to be there in an election year makes it special,” she said.

“Particularly being there to see Gabby Giffords was amazing.

I am just very grateful in this moment and time that I was able to have the opportunity.”

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tion attempt.

In the state of the union address Obama spoke about the middle class, which Snyder was very interested in and agreed with.

“We can do this. I know we can, because we’ve done it before.

At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known,” said President Obama.

“I agree wholeheartedly,” said Snyder. “The middle class has been the backbone of this country for a long time and it has kind of fallen by the wayside. We need

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Dave Floyd Senior Sports Editor

For approximately two years now, I have been calling Yellow Jacket men’s basketball games on the Waynesburg University Sports Network.

So when the team held a slight halftime advantage at home against Geneva this past Saturday, I had a right to be guarded with my optimism. I had witnessed numerous leads slip away in one form or another, and one contest in particular came to mind.

Just about one year earlier, on Jan. 19, 2011 to be exact, Waynesburg held a one-point halftime lead at home against the Golden Tornadoes. And that was in spite of a barrage of first-half three-pointers by Geneva guard Bryan Hill.

However, the air was slowly sucked out of the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse as the Golden Tornadoes outscored the Jackets by 16 in the second half en route to an 81-66 victory.

In similar fashion this past Saturday, Geneva slowly but surely pulled away from Waynesburg, turning a 27-26 halftime deficit into a 70-58 victory.

It was another anti-climatic ending and another home Presidents’ Athletic Conference loss for the Jackets, their 21st in a row.

Unfortunately for the Jacket faithful, whether it’s a game like Saturday’s, a big loss to a better team or a heartbreaker against a beatable opponent, the PAC defeats continue to mount, especially at home.

Here’s a few points to take away from Waynesburg’s most recent setback…

- While size may not be a strength for the Jackets in many of their matchups down the stretch this season, they need to do a better job being aggressive and getting the ball into the paint.

On Saturday, Geneva implemented a 2-3 zone for part of the contest.

Waynesburg needed to attack the teeth of that zone, throwing it into one of its forwards at the foul line, even if it was just to set up shooters on the outside. Instead, the Jackets spent too much time dribbling or swinging it around the perimeter.

A multitude of missed opportunities from beyond the arc and plenty of foul trouble spelled Waynesburg’s demise Saturday as they fell to Geneva, 70-58, at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

The Yellow Jackets attempted 30 three-point shots, connecting on just eight, while Geneva earned their advantage largely from the free

throw line, draining 28-of37 tries.

“I don’t think you go into a game wanting to take that many threes, so normally you’d look at 30 after the game and say that’s a little too many,” said head coach Mark Christner. “But we had some good looks, and when you are down at the end of the game, you are going to shoot more threes than normal, as well. I think those shots just need to come within the framework of what we want to do offensively.”

Waynesburg grabbed a 27-26 halftime lead over

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handle Geneva

By Aaron Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

Photo by Kimber Blair

Freshman Jason Propst (34) tries to defend Geneva guard Drew Santarsiero (black) in Saturday’s game.

Semper Fi

Senior wrestler Jon Sanko attends Marines Officer Candidate School

By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant Honor. Courage. Commitment.

These three words are the Marine Corps Values, and they also define the character of Waynesburg senior wrestler Jon Sanko.

This past summer, Sanko attended a 10-week Officer Candidate School for the U.S. Marine Corps.

“I have always wanted to go into the military,” said Sanko. “I kind of wanted to enlist out of high school, but my coaches and parents pushed me to go to school.”

Even though Sanko attended college following high school, the dream of one day serving his country never died.

“Around my sophomore year, I think I kind of felt like I was being called to join the military,” said Sanko. “I remember when I told my parents about joining the

military, I pulled out my sixth grade year book, and under my picture it said I wanted to be in the Marine Corps when I grew up.”

After Sanko decided he would join the military, his uncle, a lifetime Marine, suggested he look into the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School.

Sanko said he had to fill out a 50-page application and the whole process of applying was very extensive. Nine months later, Sanko received word that he had been accepted into Officer Candidate School.

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Senior wrestler Jon Sanko (right) attended a 10-week Officer Candidate School for the U.S Marine Corps this past summer. Sanko, who is 8-10 for the Yellow Jackets at 165 pounds this season, will be commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on May 18.

Photos by Greg Reinhart

Coming off of consecutive two-point road losses to Thiel and Westminster, the Waynesburg women’s basketball team needed to get off to a fast start against Geneva this past Saturday at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

With a key stretch of games looming over the next couple of weeks, the Yellow Jackets (9-3, 14-5) used an early full-court press to race out to leads of 8-0 and 21-8 in the first half en route to a dominating 78-42 victory against the Golden Tornadoes (210, 3-16). The win moved the Jackets to a perfect 8-0 record at home.

Waynesburg head coach Sam Jones said they put an emphasis on starting fast and thought the early fullcourt press could help get the team going.

“We were focused on coming out strong early on,” said Jones. “They happened to be the opponent in front of us. We pick our spots with the press. We wanted to come out aggressively. We haven’t used that as much as we want to at times.”

The Jackets were looking not only to get back in the win column, but also gain some momentum as they prepare for a conference showdown against Saint Vincent this Saturday at the Marisa Fieldhouse.

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Marisa enshrined in Pittsburgh hoops hall of fame Former men’s head coach won 565 games at WU

By Nick Farrell

“Those 34 years as head coach are fading somewhat, but when something like this comes up, it is a reminder that something must have gone well during my career.”

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Former head men’s basketball coach Rudy Marisa was recently enshrined in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame.

Marisa led the Yellow Jackets to 565 wins in 34 years as head coach at Waynesburg. Those 565 See SAME on C4 wins from 1969-2003 rank

Rudy Marisa Former head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Waynesburg

10th among all Division III basketball coaches, making Marisa extremely qualified for the honor.

“Those 34 years as head coach [at Waynesburg] are fading somewhat, but when some-

thing like this comes up, it is a reminder that something must have gone well during my career,” said Marisa, who served as athletic director during his tenure, as well. “It’s pleasing to know that

something is still recognized today.”

Marisa is pleased with the recognition he has recently received, but he believes that the success of his career should not be judged on winning per-

centage alone. The former basketball coach and athletic director claimed that the relationships he forged with student athletes during his career are most memorable.

“For me, the biggest memory of my career is probably contact with young men,” said Marisa.

“I think about my recruiting experiences and contact with young people the most. Within the last few days I’ve gotten several calls from athletes, even those who didn’t finSee MARISA on C2

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takes Wrestling goes 3-0 in home quad Sanko on challenge Jackets dominate three Penn State branch campuses

By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant On Jan. 26, the Waynesburg wrestling team

went 3-0 in their home quad match that featured Penn State Beaver, Penn State Fayette and Penn State Greater Allegheny.

The Yellow Jackets won by counts of 51-3 over Greater Allegheny, 54-0 over Beaver and 46-9 over Fayette.

After defeating all three foes, the Jackets improved

their record to 9-8 overall.

Sophomore Dan Bruni led the Jackets by going 30 with two wins by major decision and another victory by pin. Junior 125pounder Alex Crown also went 3-0 (two forfeits, one pin), as did freshman Jake Vitolo (two forfeits, one pin) and sophomore 184pounder Anthony

Marisa joins hall of fame Continued from C1 ish their careers, who spoke about their time with me.”

Marisa recalled trips to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York and even Puerto Rico as a recruiter, searching for young men to build the program around.

Throughout his entire career, those connections and relationships are what he is still most fond of.

Marisa has always been recognized as a great leader and a role model.

Head football coach and current Director of Athletics Rick Shepas, who worked closely with Marisa for a number of years, knows that the perception that people have of Marisa was always important to him.

“As a person, he was a father figure, a mentor and an advisor to all of his young coaches,” Shepas said. “He was a disciplined guy that brings a toughness and a work ethic to the job every day.

He wanted everyone to know that he would give a maximum effort, whether it be in the classroom as a teacher or on the court as

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Rudy Marisa won 565 games in his 34 years as head men’s basketball coach at Waynesburg. a coach.”

Shepas worked with Marisa for six years as Assistant Athletic Director and learned a lot about the position that he currently holds from his association with Marisa.

“I learned a lot about the culture of Waynesburg University and how to work within this athletic department,” said Shepas.

“I learned what to focus on, what not to focus on and how to be a professional in this area.”

Among other things, Marisa’s most notable achievement as a coach came during the 19871988 basketball season when his Jacket squad won 32 consecutive games en route to an NAIA Final Four bid.

That team went 32-3

overall on the year, and the banner hangs in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse to commemorate that achievement.

Again, Marisa attributes that successful season to the recruiting process.

“We worked hard enough at [recruiting] to find excellent athletes,” said Marisa. “I had the cooperation of the administration and hard-working coaches to build a successful team.

“It’s a little bit ironic that we would lose the first game, and it held for 32 more victories,” added Marisa, who claims that the first loss is what drove his players to work exceedingly hard on and off the court that year.

The winning streak ended with Waynesburg

Bonaventura (two forfeits, one pin).

The night featured an excellent opportunity for Waynesburg’s younger wrestlers to gain valuable experience, as 20 different Jackets saw mat time.

Greater Allegheny finished 2-1, Beaver went 1-2 and Fayette went 0-3 on the evening.

losing at the buzzer on a tip-in. Had things gone their way, Marisa is convinced that the Jackets could have won the NAIA tournament that season.

Marisa also left his mark on Waynesburg by helping it join the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. All Jacket sports teams currently compete in the PAC. “I think the PAC has been a great fit for our athletes in general,” said Shepas. “We recruit true student athletes to Waynesburg University now.

We provide balance between an academic and athletic life, which is very instrumental in what we want to do as a University.

“And, to be honest, it gives us an opportunity to compete not only on the playing field but also in the classroom,” Shepas added. “During the majority of the time I’ve been here, we’ve been first in the Conference in academic honor roll every year but one.”

The Jacket men, led by second-year head coach Mark Christner, will host Saint Vincent Saturday in “The House that Rudy Built.” Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m., following the Waynesburg women’s PAC clash with the firstplace Bearcats at 1:30 p.m.

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Pennsylvania for the unknown in Quantico, Va., showing to his friends and family the character trait of courage.

Sanko said the 10 weeks in Quantico were the most demanding and physically grueling weeks of his life.

“School was very competitive,” said Sanko.

“Guys were coming from Ivy League schools, NASA and Division I sports programs. As tough as wrestling is, I have never been mentally pushed like I was at OCS.” During his time at OCS, Sanko said his superiors were trying to see if he and his fellow recruits had the potential to lead Marines.

Following the 10 weeks, Sanko graduated, showing the character trait of honor.

“I had that never-goingto-quit, never-going-tostop mentality,” he said.

After graduation this spring, Sanko will be commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on May 18.

“Jon Sanko is what Division III wrestling is all about,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “He has an excellent work ethic, and he exemplifies what a Waynesburg University student should be all about.”

This season, Sanko has a record of 8-10 at 165 lbs.

Despite not being in the starting lineup every match, Sanko has stayed positive and shown his tireless work ethic to his teammates and coaches, revealing the character trait of commitment.

“There are not a lot of people like him,” said Headlee. “If they don’t

“Jon Sanko is what Division III wrestling is all about... what a Waynesburg University student athlete should be all about. There are not a lot of people like him.”

Ron Headlee Waynesburg head wrestling coach

start, then they will leave, but Jon doesn’t give up— he keeps working.”

Sanko realizes that his wrestling days are quickly coming to an end, but he’s using his experiences from wrestling to help him with his future career.

“It’s hard to realize that something I have been doing since the second grade, I will not be doing for a living,” said Sanko.

“I have used wrestling to help push me, and I will use that same mentality to help push me up the ranks in the military.”

Sanko and the Waynesburg mat men are back in action again next Friday, Feb. 10, when they make the short trip up I-79 to Washington and Jefferson for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament.

The Yellow Jackets have won the previous two conference crowns and will look to make it three this time around.

Waynesburg already defeated the Presidents in a dual match earlier this season.

The Jackets took on Thiel, the only other PAC school with wrestling, yesterday. Unfortunately, that match ended too late for this edition.

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Athlete of the Week Hunter reaches 1,000-point milestone

add extra pressure that stats bring.”

Hunter reached the mark with an 18-point performance in a heartbreaking 68-66 loss to the Titans. Even with this heartbreaking Presidents’ Athletic Conference loss, Hunter still had the right to celebrate this milestone that only few players reach, especially at the collegiate level.

“I wasn’t even close to

1,000 points in high school,” said Hunter. “To reach [this milestone] on the collegiate level was very special.”

After some of her teammates told Hunter she was close to 1,000, she started feeling a little bit of the nerves, as many athletes would. However, once the game started, she settled down and got into the rhythm that many Jacket fans are used to see-

ing.

“Before the game, a few people mentioned how close I was to 1,000, so naturally I felt a little anxious to get on the court,” said Hunter. “Once we got into the flow of the game, I forgot about it and settled down and played basketball.”

Hunter is the first Jacket to reach the mark since former teammate Elisha Jones reached the same plateau last season.

The Hopewell High School graduate was incredibly grateful for the chance to reach this monumental moment.

“It was a really cool moment for me because of all the support my family, team and friends have given me,” said Hunter. “I can’t thank them enough for all the love they give me every day.”

Hunter also reached another milestone in the game by dishing out her 400th career assist— another impressive feat that showed the type of complete player Hunter has been for Waynesburg.

travel to Waynesburg to face the Jackets the next two Saturdays. A game against Bethany is sandwiched between the games against the Bearcats and the Saints.

Earlier this season, the Jackets got perhaps their biggest victory when they downed the Bearcats 5953 at the Carey Center in Latrobe, Pa., in the teams’ first matchup. To this juncture, that is the Bearcats lone conference loss.

Defense was a key in that game for Waynesburg, as they held Saint Vincent to 26.5 shooting from the field. Senior point guard Hannah Hunter led the offense in that game with a gamehigh 18 points.

Hunter recently sur-

passed the 1,000-point mark and 400-assist mark for her career.

“Hannah is a great kid,” Jones said. “It shows what hard work and dedication can do for you. She has great abilities and has improved because of the teammate and athlete she is.”

If that wasn’t enough, the game features the top two scorers in the PAC. Bearcats senior Brittany Sedlock, reigning PAC Player of the Year, is leading the conference with 15.7 points per game.

Drayer is right on her heels at 15.5 per game heading into Wednesday’s action.

Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. as the Jackets put their unbeaten home mark on the line.

guard Larry Alexander, managed only eight points, including just three in the second half, while going just 2-of-11 from beyond the arc. Fellow senior Lou Galante also struggled from the floor, including a 1-for-4 line from three-point range.

“We have some very good shooters on our team, especially Lou and L.A. (Alexander), and while thirty threes is a lot of threes, a lot of them were wide-open shots, and we just had a rough shooting night,” said senior forward James Allenby. “But I’m happy people

are shooting with confidence, and I have no problem with our best threepoint shooters shooting wide open threes.”

The loss was the Jackets’ 21st consecutive home conference defeat, dating all the way back to January 2009. It also dropped the team to 4-16 overall and 1-10 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Waynesburg will continue to search for that elusive first home PAC win under Christner on Saturday when they take on the Saint Vincent Bearcats. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Senior point guard also records her 400th career assist

Junior Jessi Drayer averages 21 points over two-game stretch

By Cam Posney Staff Writer

By Aaron Thompson

Drayer

Assistant Sports Editor Junior guard Jessi Drayer has played a key role for the Yellow Jacket women’s basketball team throughout the season, and that continued this past week.

The Waterford, Ohio native averaged a team-high 21 points as the Jackets went 1-1. For her efforts, Drayer has been selected as The Yellow Jacket Athlete of the Week.

She was the leading scorer in both games, scoring a game-high 23 points at Westminster last Wednesday, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a 7842 blowout victory against Geneva this past Saturday. Drayer littered the stat sheet the past week, averaging 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals.

Drayer was also named to the d3hoops.com team of the week for her efforts.

Heading into Wednesday’s games, Drayer ranked second in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in scoring with 15.5 points per game. Saint Vincent forward Brittany Sedlock leads the conference in scoring at 15.7 points per game.

The Jackets have a key conference battle this Saturday at home against the Bearcats. Waynesburg will be trying to sweep Saint Vincent for the first time since the teams started playing annually again when Saint Vincent joined the PAC.

As the Yellow Jacket women’s basketball team made the trip up to New Wilmington to square off with Westminster, a milestone was within reach.

Senior point guard Hannah Hunter was only 15 points away from the 1,000 point landmark—a big accomplishment at any level of the game.

Being this close to such a large milestone would cause some players to have to deal with additional pressure. However, for Hunter, she was oblivious to how close she was to the milestone until nearly tip-off.

“Honestly, I didn’t know I was that close until the day of the Westminster game,” Hunter said. “I’m not a huge stat watcher, and my coaches and teammates try not to

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Geneva before the Golden Tornadoes relentless attack on the basket commenced in the second half. They earned 27 trips to the line after the break, converting 19 of them.

“Coach always says we want more attempts from the free throw line than the other team,” said freshman forward Jason Propst. “It was just frustrating because we just kept getting fouls called

Senior Hannah Hunter dribbles by a defender in Saturday’s 78-42 win over Geneva.

the Jackets. Point production at times has been lacking from the bench, but Saturday the reserves put up 25 points.

“They have done a nice job of working hard

throughout the year,” Jones said. “Four of the six on the bench are freshman. Obviously they have improved as they’ve learned the game and put the work in.”

The bench was led by a career-high 10 point effort from freshman forward Rachel Lovely. Meanwhile, freshman guard Brittany Rumple took advantage of some playing time with two three pointers and a career-high seven points. “[Rachel] just has to learn the college game.

She has been playing well recently,” Jones said.

“Rumple has been getting her feet underneath her.”

After facing Chatham on Wednesday, a game that ended too late for this edition, the Jackets are now set to host three straight games against the best in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Saint Vincent and Thomas More, who are in a tie for first place, both

against us, and there was nothing we could really do.”

Geneva’s aggression got Waynesburg into foul trouble early in the second half, as the Jackets finished the game with five players carrying four fouls each.

“It really is about being tough,” said Christner. “I don’t know how many times our guys around the basket fall away rather than initiate contact down low. They were tougher than we were, and that showed on the scoreboard and at the free throw line.”

With the Jackets’ top

two offensive threats in the game, junior Ben Altmeyer and freshman Jacob Fleegle, both playing more sparingly due to foul trouble, Geneva took advantage by outscoring the Jackets 44-31 in the second half.

“They have really good experience in the post with their three seniors,” said Christner. “Anytime you have that and can get it down in the post where they shoot a high percentage, it’s tough to defend.”

Geneva’s Matt Lorello led the way for the Golden Tornadoes, pouring in a game-high 19 points to go with nine rebounds.

Altmeyer led the way for Waynesburg with 15 points, followed closely

by Fleegle’s 13. Propst cleaned the glass effectively for the Jackets, pulling down a team-high eight rebounds, including four on the offensive end of the floor.

“Jason has really come a ways since the beginning of the year and still needs to continue to come a ways,” said Christner.

“He’s been in that 17-20 minutes per game range this season and has given us some good things inside” Waynesburg’s leading scorer this season, senior

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It was more of the same in the second half as the home team kicked it up a notch, converting 17-of29 shots, good enough for 58 percent from the field.

The Jacket women had four players in double figures.

Junior guard Jessi Drayer, the PAC’s second leading scorer, tallied a gamehigh 19 points. Fellow juniors Paige Pearce and Brittany Spencer chipped in with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

Jones discussed the role of a very young bench for

Photo by Kimber Blair

Photo by Kimber Blair

Freshman forward Rachel Lovely (white) takes a shot over a Geneva defender in Saturday’s 78-42 victory.

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Infographic by Matt Giardina

In Brief WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Waynesburg junior guard Jessi Drayer was listed on D3hoops.com as a member of its team of the week, which features five of the top players in all of the NCAA Division III ranks.

Drayer was one of just five players named to the D3Hoops.com Women’s Team of the Week. It is the third time this season that a Yellow Jacket has been honored as such.

The junior averaged 21 points per game for the Yellow Jackets this past week.

TRACK AND FIELD The Waynesburg track & field teams found themselves in both the regional and national indoor track & field dual meet rankings that were recently released by d3rankings.us.

The Yellow Jacket women, who have put together two strong performances at meets hosted by West Virginia University, were ranked 22nd in all of Division III by the national website. The Jackets were also slotted as sixth in the Mideast region.

The Waynesburg men, who have seen several team records fall during the early part of their indoor schedule, were listed as 29th in the country and 10th in the Mideast Region.

The Jackets return to Morgantown, W.Va., on Feb. 10, when they take part in the Blue-Gold Meet.

SOFTBALL The Waynesburg softball team will be holding an instructional clinic on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Registration for the day begins at 12:30 p.m. for the pitching portion of the clinic and 2 p.m. for hitting & fielding. Instruction will be broken up into two different categories: pitching (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.) and hitting & fielding (2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.). A $25 fee is required to attend the pitching seminar, while the hitting & fielding seminar is $35. If a player would like to attend both seminars, the cost is just $45.

All players, high school age or younger, are welcome and will receive a free gift upon registration.

Same story for Jackets Continued from C1 Same goes for man-toman. They need to either penetrate with their guards or throw it into their big men.

And if players are in the lane with an opportunity to score, they have to finish. On occasion in the Geneva game, Waynesburg grabbed multiple offensive rebounds on the same possession but could not come away with any points.

That type of increased aggression could get the Jackets to the free throw line more, as well. They could have certainly used that Saturday. The difference in the contest in my eyes: Waynesburg took 30 threes, while Geneva took 37 foul shots. Even

though the Jackets made eight of those tries, the 28 points Geneva scored from the line outdid that.

- Head coach Mark Christner’s latest recruits, the freshman, played with a lot of energy Saturday. It was also evident, though, that some maturation must still take place.

Two freshmen specifically, Jacob Fleegle and Jason Propst, had a major impact on the outcome.

Fleegle did not shoot the ball particularly well from the field (4-of-13), but he did knock down two treys and made all three of his free throws to give him 13 points—a solid total. However, the freshman also overthrew Larry Alexander on a key play late in the second half, lessening the Jackets’ already slim odds of a comeback.

Propst had a very effective day attacking the

glass, as he grabbed eight rebounds against some quality interior players from Geneva. Four of those boards were offensive, yet Propst only finished with six points. He also missed on a dunk attempt in transition. If the Colorado native can begin to take advantage of all those opportunities, those points will go a long way for the Jackets.

How quickly Fleegle, Propst and the rest of the young Waynesburg players continue to develop will be critical as the season winds down, as well as crucial to the future of the program.

- Finally, the older players, especially the seniors, must make sure they have the same mindset as some of those hungry freshmen.

The senior class has already endured 77 losses in its time at Waynesburg, and that can often be hard

to forget. When the opponent starts pulling away, players in that situation have a tendency to think, “Here we go again.”

Obviously, mindset is hard to gauge for an outsider, and I don’t pretend to know what the mindset of the more experienced Jacket players is at this juncture of the season. But I do have experience with that type of situation myself.

As a member of the men’s soccer team for the past four years, I suffered a total of 50 losses in my career. Once you fall behind by three or four goals (20 or 25 points in this case), it can be very difficult to forget all those past defeats.

If those six seniors want to finish their careers strong, they have to do just that and begin finding ways to win games, not see them slowly slip away.

Thursday, February 2, 2012 DEVITO LECTURE SERIES

Symposium inspires students to keep playing Lecturer Renowned stresses cultural unity

musicians teach at Conducting Symposium

By Ben Carpenter Staff Writer This past weekend, Waynesburg University music students and conductors from around the area had the opportunity to learn under the tutelage of renowned musicians Paula Crider and Samuel Hazo, jr. at the University’s sixth annual Conducting Symposium.

The Symposium was held in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center all day Friday and Saturday.

Conductors from the surrounding area led the Waynesburg University band in a number of different pieces, and had their work critiqued by both Crider and Hazo, one by one to teach the conductors how to improve their work.

In addition to high school and college conductors from the area, five Waynesburg University music students had the opportunity to lead the band and to be evaluated by the two guest clinicians.

One of those students, senior Jonah Gollihugh,

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Meyer, Megan Peebles and Danielle Wise and Clay Reiber and Melissa Shoaf.

Some of the songs performed included pieces from Adele, Christina Perri, Glee and Aladdin along with others that the students selected themselves.

Dave Calvario, dean of students and director of

A man dressed in a plain baseball cap stood in the corner of a busy Washington, D.C. subway station.

With an empty instrument case at his feet, he played his violin, putting on an impromptu 45minute show for whoever passed by.

But how many people actually stopped to listen?

In an experiment by the Washington Post, only seven people out of the thousands who passed stopped to listen to his music.

But little did they know, the violinist was actually Joshua Bell, a Grammy-winning musician.

He collected only slightly over $30 for a performance that would typically cost his audience members around $500.

Guest speaker Makoto Fujimura used this example, among many others, to reinforce his message: we live in a world that does not recognize beauty.

“God has given us these amazing ways to take in the world,” he said.

“But we have learned to suppress the experiences that come through our senses and limit them. We are trained not to see.”

Fujimura spoke to a large group of students, faculty and members of the community as part of the Rosetta Kormuth DeVito Lecture Series on

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World renowned clinicians, Paula Crider and Samuel Hazo, critiqued and instructed attendees at the University’s sixth annual Conducting Symposium. The Symposium was held on Friday and Saturday in the GPAC. said the experience was one that he will never forget.

“It was pretty nerveracking,” said Gollihugh, a music ministry and youth ministry major.

“We were very fortunate to learn from people of their stature. It was a great couple of days.”

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Six groups perform in second annual ‘Can WU Duet?’

By Elias Lyons Staff Writer On Wednesday, Waynesburg University held its second annual Can WU Duet? event.

The Goodwin Performing Arts Center was the stage for couples to sing as a duet to compete for a cash prize of $100.

Last year, Can WU Duet? began when a student deposited the idea of

a duet competition into the suggestion box on the second floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Can WU Duet? raised the awareness of the Student Senate as a presence on campus, while exemplifying its purpose.

“Student Senate has the ability to make decisions on campus,” said Brittany Nimal, a sophomore forensic accounting major and co-chair of Stu-

dent Senate.

“Students bring their ideas to us, and it’s our job to make them happen.”

Can WU Duet? was organized by the Event Planning and Promotion Task Force under the Student Senate.

This year the list of participants was not as long, yet the student body was still excited for the event, said Chelsea Cummins, a junior communication

major and social vice president and co-chair of Student Senate.

“Although I believe we have less pairs than last year, we are still excited by the talent that will be performing.”

This year’s participants included Zac Gobbel and Breanne Tyler, Emily Dubberke and Linzy Smith, Vinny Mediate and Shayla Mitrik, Erika Stafford and Lauren

Annual Mission Trip Blitz offers students a world of opportunities

By Rob Longo Staff Writer Even though it is cold outside, Waynesburg University’s annual Mission Trip Blitz can help assure that warm weather is on the horizon.

On Jan. 19 and Jan. 25, Waynesburg held its annual Mission Trip Blitz to inform students of the various mission trips that will be offered throughout the spring semester.

Mission trip destinations span from Argentina and Belize to as close to home as New Jersey or Pittsburgh.

“Every year, we average about 100 students that go on mission trips each semester,” said Tom Ribar, University Chaplain.

Ribar will lead the John Perkins Foundation mission trip to Jackson, Miss. this year.

“It’s exciting to see that a lot of the service trips are already full,” Ribar said.

As far as travelling abroad, all international mission trips are full unless students are willing to be put on the wait list. The mission trip to Cameroon has been cancelled, however, there are still many options that will allow the volunteering students to travel to warm destinations.

The Environmental Stewardship servicelearning trip will be heading to Inverness, Fla. to work alongside the Florida Springs Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Serv-

“Every year, we average about 100 students that go on mission trips each semester. It’s exciting to see that a lot of the service trips are already full.”

Tom Ribar University Chaplain

ice on many different projects, including the restoration of manatee habitats.

Anyone interested on this trip should contact Dr. Chad Sethman, assistant professor of Biology.

For the second consecutive year, Habitat for Humanity will be heading south to Concord, N.C. to help build homes in the area.

Kelsey May, vice presi-

dent of Habitat for Humanity, Greene County Chapter, is looking forward to this year’s trip to North Carolina.

“Last year, we worked on one house the entire week,” said May said.

“This year, we are hoping to work on more than one, even if that only includes just doing the framework for the houses, which should take about all five days.”

The Habitat for Humanity work camp will be led by Pat Bristor, associate dean of students and Chad Sherman, lecturer of communication.

Students with questions regarding the trip are encouraged to contact Bristor before the trips deadlines arrive.

For students who want to stay closer to home, the Urban Promise mission trip serves as an option.

Taking place in Camden, N.J., this service learning trip will consist of working with children in Urban Promise’s K-12 school as well as their after school program.

For more information, contact Dave Calvario, dean of students and director of the Center for Service Leadership.

All of these mission trips will take place either during the week of spring break or the week after the spring semester has commenced.

The exception is the mission trip that begins on Feb. 25.

Dave Calvario will be leading a group of students to the North Side of Pittsburgh to help work on the Pittsburgh Project, which helps assist with general home repairs and other activities that encourage the rebuilding of a strong community in the Pittsburgh area.

All mission service trips can be used for service-learning credit in either section of the service learning courses that are offered as General Education classes.

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Arts & Life

Blood drive proves successful, rewarding for participants

By Elizabeth Slater Staff Writer Waynesburg University hosted a blood drive on Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third floor of Stover Campus Center.

The blood drive has proved to be a successful event for the University in the past, and many

have found it to be a very rewarding experience.

Sophomore Natalie Ranallo donated blood once before through the University. “It was the first time I had given blood, and it wasn’t nearly as bad as I imagined it would be,” she said.

According to Ranallo,

the process is not nearly as “scary or painful as people often make it out to be.”

To prepare for donation, one should eat more protein a few days before the date of donation.

Donors should also try to double the amount of water that they drink in order to

stay hydrated.

For any information regarding how to prepare for future blood drives, contact Nurse Carol Young.

The blood drive was hosted by the American Red Cross, and during each past blood drive donors have filled the third floor of Stover to give their time and

blood for a good cause.

Students had to take an initial blood sample test to make sure that they are eligible to donate and to find out what their blood type is.

There is a large list of eligibility requirements that need to be reached in order to be able to give blood through the Red Cross.

The blood donor must weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good overall health. After this, and the process of donating begins.

According to the Red Cross, the amount of time that it takes to fill up the bag with a pint of blood can last anywhere between 8 and 15 minutes.

work, Fujimura addressed the divide between art and Christianity.

“The typical response Continued from D1 from a church [toward an artist]… is that they Tuesday night. aren’t comfortable with The lecture began at it,” Fujimara said.

7:30 p.m. in Alumni According to FujimuHall and focused on gen- ra, it is difficult for one erative thinking, which to be both an artist and a is a concept that encour- Christian without facing ages cultural unity and skepticism from the creativity. church.

FujimuUsing his ra is a conconcept of temporary God has given generative artist from thinking, he Tokyo, us these amazing believes Japan and ways to take in the that culture the should be founder of world, but... We thought of the Interare trained not to as one entinational ty and Arts Move- see. should not ment, a be divided. non-profit Makoto Fujimura He DeVito Series Lecturer encouraged arts program. the audiHe ence to began his remove cullecture tural walls, such as lanwith a video that intro- guage, religion and race duced what he does as an that they experience artist and invited the each day. audience into his creFujimura concluded ative process: a style his lecture with a poem that he called an “archa- that was written by ic, medieval way of Emily Dickenson. painting.”

The poem served as The paintings that both the first and last were showcased in the poem that Dickenson lecture were a part of the had ever published.

Four Holy Gospels ProjThe editor removed ect. all of her half rhymes, Fujimura was com- and most importantly, missioned to illustrate her dashes, which Dickthe 140-page rendition of enson often viewed as a the King James Bible. part of her identity.

The book included In her poetry and in five major paintings, those dashes, Fujimura such as “Tears of said, the poet lived in Christ,” “The Prodigal the realm of invisible God” and “Water reality.

Flames.”

In a world where we Fujimura also are trained not to see, designed numerous artists like Dickenson chapter heading letters and Fujimura exist to set and hand-embellished an example of generative pages. thinking for those who Being offered the will listen. opportunity to illustrate “Each moment is a this book was a great genesis moment; each honor for the artist. moment can be a new He is the first artist in beginning for you,” he more than 400 years to said. be commissioned to “And what we need to depict the four Gospels. realize is that art can After discussing his play a big role in this.”

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Karaoke night Junior pre-med major Shawn Wharrey and Freshman pre-med major Emily Ann Stephens were two of the students who performed during the Karaoke Night. The event took place at 8 p.m. on Jan. 28 in the Beehive.

Clinicians instruct Continued from D1 lucky to have been a part of this year’s Conducting Symposium.

“As great as our teachers and professors are here, it was nice to hear from someone outside of the school, someone who does this sort of thing for a living,” said Gollihugh, who will be graduating this year in May. “Mr. Hazo actually gave me a better appreciation for music. He gave me a reason to keep playing after I graduate.”

Dr. Ronda DePriest,

“Mr. Hazo actually gave me a better appreciation for music. He gave me a reason to keep playing after I graduate.”

Jonah Gollihugh Senior music ministry and youth ministry major

director of the Music Program and associate professor of instrumental music, was also pleased with how the Conducting Symposium turned out.

“I’ve received a very large amount of positive feedback already today [Monday],” DePriest said.

“Sam Hazo really connected with the stu-

dents. I would say that the weekend as a whole was a total success.”

DePriest, who also commented on the quality of Hazo’s instruction, said that it is likely that the University will have a working relationship with the Pittsburgh native as this event and others like it are brought to campus throughout the year.

“I would definitely love to, and actually plan on, working with Sam in the future,” DePriest said.

“He just hit home so well with so many students. His talk was really a call for us all to put the important things in life first.”

Hazo, who is both a conductor and a composer, is the first composer to win both composition contests that are sponsored by the National Band Association.

The Duquesne University graduate’s scores have been featured on television, radio and stage production.

The student orchestra played one of Hazo’s pieces at the Symposium, while Hazo himself conducted the

piece.

Both Hazo and Crider gave two lectures on Friday and Saturday.

The lectures lasted close to an hour apiece, and covered a broad range of topics.

Hazo spoke on the process of composing, and “The 20 Techniques That Will Instantly Improve Rehearsal.”

Crider’s first address was titled “Touch the Sound,” and her second instructed students on why they should enter score study.

Hazo has composed for numerous musicians, ranging from early schooling to universities to the professional ranks.

He has also taught at every educational grade level and received numerous awards.

He has twice been named the “Teacher of Distinction,” which is an award presented by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Teachers’ Excellence Foundation.

Crider was a teacher for 33 years, and she continues to make music as an adjudicator, guest conductor, lecturer and clinician.

She has spoken in 48 states and has traveled to eight foreign countries to give lectures.

Crider is also an accomplished writer, having been featured in publications, such as The Instrumentalist, the National Band Association Journal and The Band Director’s Guide.

Duet show returns Continued from D1 the Center for Service Leadership, Dylan August, the reigning Mr. Waynesburg and assistant football coach and Kristen Repco, last year’s winner of the Waynesburg Idol competition judged the event.

The audience determined the winners of the event through a ballot system.

Each student was given a sheet of paper with the students names and the song that they were performing listed on it.

To select a winner students simply circled their favorite competitor and turned the ballot in for voting.

While the votes were being counted by Student Senate members, judges August and Repco performed together on stage.

Students participated for different reasons.

Some were after the cash prize while others, such as Reiber and Shoaf, were after more intrinsic rewards.

“Me and my girlfriend like to sing a couple of Disney songs,” Reiber said.

“We thought everyone would recognize and enjoy the song we picked.”

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Entertainment

The Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Across 1 Honda Insight, e.g.

7 Like some mus. keys 10 Bale filler 13 2000s New Hampshire senator John 14 Be up against 16 Roth of “Inglourious Basterds” 17 Where pros play 19 Vital statistic 20 Actress Kudrow 21 Word with the 57-Across in 10-Down 23 Woolen caps 26 “This American Life” host Glass 28 Like some silverware 29 Prefix with meter 30 Lists of priors 32 Man of the cloth 34 Mean mutt 35 She, at sea 38 En route to the mechanic 39 Permit 40 Twangy guitarist Eddy 41 Word with the 57-Across in 25-Down 42 In great shape 43 Spot on a horse 44 Signed up 47 Hear here 48 Wish 50 Cleveland pro, for short

51 Dreyer’s brand, east of the Rockies 52 Olympics participant 54 Far from fatty 56 Actress Charlotte 57 Night sky feature, and hint to a four-letter sequence hidden in 17-Across and 10- and 25-Down 62 Short, for short 63 Dry run 64 Peter of “My Favorite Year” 65 100% 66 Dallas opening?

67 Stout Down 1 Dallas closing?

2 Trophy, often 3 “Dear Yoko” dedicatee 4 Home perm features 5 One opposed 6 Word with the 57Across in 17-Across 7 Scratch 8 Ill-fated brother 9 Gin flavoring 10 Like most valentines 11 Aquarium gunk 12 Right-of-way sign 15 Put on ice 18 Org. promoted by Betty White 22 Relishes, as gossip 23 Talking point 24 Hersey’s bell

town 25 Ammo for a simple cannon 27 Buddhist monk, e.g.

30 Steinbeck’s “Cannery __” 31 Marching syllable 33 It shines on the Seine 36 Cabinet design

feature 37 __ of the realm: noblemen 39 Lucy of “Ally McBeal” 40 Pa 42 Stewed 43 Work on film 45 Aquafresh rival 46 Locker room supply 48 Alfalfa’s sweetie

49 Net sales?

51 Belgian avantgarde painter James 53 Facility 55 Mercury or Saturn, e.g.

58 GPS offering 59 One of the small fry 60 Bent piece 61 Juan Carlos, to his subjects

Last Issue’s Answers:

Crossword by MCT Campus

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