JESSI DRAYER AND THE JACKETS NEARLY TOPPLED FIRST-PLACE THOMAS MORE. FOR THE FULL STORY, SEE PAGE C1.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Vol. 89 No. 14
Education majors host book drive for area children By Alex Hinton Op/Ed Editor Boxes have been placed at several different locations on campus to collect books for Kappa Delta Pi’s book drive. Books may be dropped of at the first floor of the Stover Campus Center, the Admissions office and the Educa-
tion department. The education honor society has extended the original deadline for collection to Wednesday, Feb. 22. “We have gotten a fair amount so far, but more books are always appreciated,” said Karyn Chojnicki, president of Kappa Delta Pi. Chojnicki, a junior early childhood and special education
major, wanted to start the book drive due to a shortage of children’s books in local schools. “The book drive was my idea because from being a local member of the Waynesburg community, I have seen the need for books to be introduced into the schools. With the issue of funding affect-
ing the school systems everywhere, books are generally the last thing to be bought for schools,” Chojnicki said. “The benefits of having a book drive are tremendous. The first reason being that getting more books into classrooms or libraries helps See KDP on A4
By Sara Faiad Staff Writer Throughout the week, Waynesburg University sponsored a variety events falling under one unifying title, Who’s Your Neighbor Week. This semester, Who’s Your Neighbor Week revolved around the themes of “Where is the Love” and “Empowering the Powerless.” However, students and faculty rush through the scheduled events and sometimes forget the true meaning behind the programs creating this inspirational week, according to Bonner Scholarship Coordinator Sarah Brandstetter. “The main goal of this week is to
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Throughout ‘Who’s Your Neighbor Week’ this past week, students and faculty interacted in a variety of events including theatre productions, speakers, poets, fundraisers, panels and discussions.
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Pulitzer prize winning poet presents By Nick Farrell Editorial Assistant On Feb. 13, distinguished poet Claudia Emerson spoke in Alumni Hall as a part of the B.F. Maiz lecture series and Waynesburg Univer-
This Tuesday, Waynesburg University will have its annual assessment day. “Assessment day is a day we set aside to make sure that the university, its teachers, and the students are meeting the goals we have set,” said Dr. Baer the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Baer also said they use the day to “set new goals and objectives for each year.” assessment day is used by the university to see how students are learning by giving the freshmen surveys, math assessments for sophomores and the California Critical Thinking exercise for juniors. Assessment day is also when different departments see how their students are doing and if they need to change their teaching or change different class’s curriculum. Also, the findings on assessment day, the university has all the information they need for when there Middle States Accreditation self study comes up every 10 years. According to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education website it states “The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges See EVALUATION on A2
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‘Kiss Away Cancer’ event raises cancer awareness By Mandy Ormsby Staff Writer
sity’s spring edition of Who’s your Neighbor Week. Lecturer of English Robert Randolph gave Emerson her introduction. He also spoke about
On Feb. 14, Waynesburg University’s senior nursing students Kaitlyn Karan and Caeli Duckworth took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to educate other students about cancer. See POET on A4 Both students are part
of Assistant Nursing Professor Melany Chrash’s senior level community class. As part of the class, they are assigned a project and have to do a program based on the assignment to help raise awareness on the given topic. Karan and Duckworth
were given oral cancer as a topic and they raised awareness in a unique way. “We decided to hand out Hershey kisses on Valentine’s Day and call our cause ‘Kiss Away Cancer,’” said Karan. They purposely held the event on Valentine’s Day and worked with
both the American Cancer Society and Colleges Against Cancer to come up with the “Kiss Away Cancer” campaign. The students hung posters on the second floor of Stover Campus Center that provided information on oral canSee CANCER on A3
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The Jacket wrestling team fell just short of their third straight PAC title. See Page C1
The Flenniken Library recently begun to offer local teenagers an after school program called, “Wii Adventures” every week .
The symphonic band performed during a mini-tour to area schools.
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Schedule released for all students By Rusty Fleming
WHO’S YOUR NEIGHBOR WEEK Week offers perspectives on love and relationships
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