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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Vol. 89 No. 17

FINANCIAL AID

Students raise FAFSA application deadlines approach funds for injured friends, classmates

By Nathan Regotti Staff Writer

By Jan. 31, employers had to send out all W-2 forms to employees for tax purposes.

Employers are required by law to send 2011 tax information out to all employers by the end of January.

Employees do not have to file taxes until the April 17 deadline, but Waynesburg University encourages students and families to file early.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid deadline follows the federal income tax filing deadline at midnight on May 1.

Many students at Waynesburg University receive federal and state aid with financing their education at college, but to receive state and federal grants the FAFSA must be filed.

Many students and families have already filed their tax returns.

Sophomore communica-

tion major Brandon Reed has received his refund check from the government.

“The earlier the better,” Reed said.

“Better to get it out of the way than worry about it and have it be By Kaitlin Edwards Executive Editor late.”

After accident, senior nursing students team up to raise money

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After two senior nursing majors were injured this past week, the senior nursing students are taking steps to help raise funds to support their friends and classmates.

Money is being collected for Cami Abernethy and Alissa Boyle to help fray some of the medical bills and other expenses.

“Alissa and Cami are both incredible individuals and they will need both emotional and financial support during their recovery,” said Alison Busby, senior education major and roommate of both Abernethy and Boyle. “It is important to provide support to their families especially because Alissa’s home See FUNDS on A4

Stover Scholars to travel to D.C.

By Nick Farrell Photo by Amanda Rice

Commissioner Pam Snyder attended President Barak Obama’s recent State of the Union Address. She spoke to University students about her experience this past week on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Commissioner reflects on Address; speaks to students about experience Pam Snyder talks about impact of attending Union Address

By Amanda Rice Staff Writer While the Beehive was full of the usual lunchtime crowd last Thursday, some students, faculty and staff gathered in the conference room one floor above to listen to Greene County Commissioner Pam Snyder discuss her experience at the State of the Union address in January.

Snyder talked about how excited she was to have this monumental opportunity, giving details on things like how small the seats were in the room that always looks so large on TV to how First Lady Michelle Obama looked to the pride she felt when Representative Gabrielle Giffords walked into the room to a standing ovation.

“That was just a remarkable night,” Snyder said.

“Our Congressman, Mark Critz – each Congressman is given a ticket and he had told me last year that if I wanted the ticket this year, it was me; he is definitely a man of his word.”

Commissioner Snyder was born and raised in Greene County and did not go to college, but

spent years working her way up in her career in politics while always working closely with her home community.

“For me, it’s a real privilege – you know, I think the important thing in this job is not to forget where you came from,” Snyder said.

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Editorial Assistant On March 15, the Stover Scholars will make their annual day trip to Washington, D.C. According to Dr. Lawrence Stratton, the director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, the main focus of the trip is to meet with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Justice Sotomayor became President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court Justice appointment when she replaced Justice David Souter in May 2009. The Bronx, N.Y. native Sotomayor is the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice and only its third female.

However, according to Stratton, there is much

more to this trip than just meeting with a Supreme Court Justice.

“Our major event will be to visit Justice Sotomayor at the Supreme Court,” said Stratton. “We will have a session with her, tour the Supreme Court and then we will tour the U.S. Capitol.”

Congressman Mark Critz, a representative of the 12th District of Pennsylvania, organized the tour of the U.S. Capitol.

The Stover Scholars will meet with a member of Critz’s staff after the tour to discuss Marcellus Shale and other related issues.

After these events take place, the group will visit the Swiss Embassy for another tour and a meal.

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Life of student celebrated during service one year after death

By Eric Bost Staff Writer Students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to celebrate the life of former student Josh Maylene in Alumni Hall for his one year passing.

Among those in attendance on Feb. 23 were his former football coaches and some of his closest friends, but there

were people who barely knew Maylene. Mike Juliano, Malenke’s former resident director, spoke about the effect Malenke has had on many even after his death.

“I think the thing that drew us to [Malenke], whether we knew him or didn’t know him, was how authentic he was,” said Juliano. “In all

aspects of his impact on the life he lived people around consistent and him. authentic, not “He made to who others everyone seem wanted him to like a somebe, but he lived body,” said authentic to Kephart. “He who he was.” was never too Malenke Evan cool to talk to Kephart, a resiyou. He was dential assistant in never too cool to play a Thayer Hall, spoke on good prank on you. He how Malenke had an just made you feel at

and that’s what I loved most about him,” said Shepas. “He worked through the struggles with dignity and grace and always as a team, never taking away from his performance on or off the field.”

Shepas also described Malenke with one word.

“The kid had courage.

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The women’s basketball team fell to Saint Vincent in the PAC semifinals.

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The Invisible Children roadies visited campus during Upper Room worship last Sunday to debut their newest documentary titled, “Kony2012.”

Sixteen local fire departments and 911 dispatch will receive a grant worth $853,194.

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home whenever he was around, even if he couldn’t hear half the time.”

Malenke was partially deaf, which is one of the situations that Rick Shepas, his football coach at Waynesburg, said he had overcome.

“There were situations that he had to work through all the time, but it never stopped him from being who he was,

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‘TAKE BACK THE NIGHT’

Sexuality series event focuses on eliminating violence Students fight against sexual violence

By Alex Hinton Op/Ed Editor

Photos by Jessica Sarnoskie

(Above) Shannon Bartley studied in Spain last semester. (Below) Waynesburg University offers several different places for students to study abroad, including Egypt, Costa Rica, England, New Zealand and Northern Ireland.

Study abroad opportunities available

By Mariah Beauregard Staff Writer Waynesburg University offers many international and domestic study programs for its students each semester.

With that said, March 1 was the deadline for students interested in studying abroad during the fall 2012 or spring 2013 semesters.

There are many different locations for students to travel to.

Domestic locations include Washington, D.C., Nashville, Tenn. and Los Angeles, Calif.

Students can also participate in international trips to Australia, China, India, Egypt, Costa Rica, England, Uganda, Spain, Lithuania, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, North Ireland and the United Kingdom.

A new program added

this school year was the trip to Tokyo Christian University. Two of the most popular study abroad locations are Oxford University and Los Angeles.

Gregory Reinhart, a junior Communication major with an emphasis in Electronic media and a minor in film studies,

participated in a study abroad program at Los Angeles.

“I decided to apply because of the experience I heard from the program,” said Reinhart.

“Also I could get an internship out of the program so I figured why not apply and see where it could take

me.”

Reinhart had high hopes that he would gain a lot of experience from his trip, and his expectations were fulfilled.

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Mission trips honored during Chapel

By Steve Hullings Staff Writer After several service mission trips returned to Waynesburg University, the students and faculty told their stories at chapel on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

The chapel service began with a song called “Sanctuary.” The song is about a prayer that one would sing to God in an attempt to prepare oneself for service, or however God would have them be used.

Following the songs by the praise and worship team, junior Evan Kephart read from Matthew 28:1620. He explained that Jesus commands us to go out and serve, just as the speakers today have done.

The first group represented at chapel was the nursing students and faculty that went to Nassau, Bahamas. There were 13 students who attended this trip in particular.

While there, students helped with the continuing problem high blood pressure, infections and more.

A video was played to show what the group had

“There really is a need to serve in our own country. It opened our eyes so much to what is going on in our own backyard.”

Karl Weber Sophomore biblical ministries major

been doing while in Nassau. One student said that it was a very interesting and very challenging way to serve.

Another student said that it was a great way to build community and fellowship.

The next group to be represented was the Greene County Immersion Service Trip team.

The group did many things including cleaning the Ten Thousand Villages store, serving food cupboards, helping at Saint Anne’s soup kitchen, assisting the Pittsburgh Food Bank and more.

“There really is a need to serve in our own county,” said sophomore Karl Weber, who was a representative of the group. “It opened our eyes so much to what is going on in our

own backyard.”

Weber said that many people in Greene County are in great need of assistance, but many don’t know how to get that assistance. According to Weber, for over 500 families, those needs were met by the willingness of a group of Waynesburg University students to serve.

After the presentation was over, the Lamplighters choir sang “He Reigns,” and sophomore choir member Julie Collins read from the book of Psalm.

Freshman Kyle Digiandomenico and senior Jessica Sarnoskie read from their journals about their service mission trip to Guatemala.

“I don’t like to think of it as a mission trip,” said Digiandomenico. “But more of a completely life

altering trip.”

Sarnoskie read first and reflected on the time they got to spend with the children.

There was a carnival day, music day and sports day, along with other time and activities the group had to spend with the children.

“That’s all they really wanted,” said Sarnoskie.

“For us to spend time with them.”

The group also did physical labor such as paving a driveway for three days.

Digiandomenico’s reflections were very question-based and self-challenging.

“I need to get back to the basics,” Digiandomenico said. “You can really change the world if you care enough.”

Digiandomenico said that he wants to restructure his life and how God fits into it.

He said that he thinks the world can change if everyone reordered his or her life for God. “I was doing what God put me on this earth to do,” said Sarnoskie. “And it was completely life changing.”

Students were able to “Take Back the Night” last week for the final event of this month’s Sexuality Series. The event, held Feb. 23 in Alumni Hall, focused on eliminating sexual violence.

Kable Dale, legal advocate, counselor and prevention educator for the Sexual Trauma Treatment and Recovery Services Program, was the keynote speaker for Take Back the Night. He began by asking students how they define sexual violence.

The definition he and students together came up with was, “a sexual act or intrusion that is against your will. It can be sometimes threats, blackmail or bribery that gets someone to do something against their will.”

Dale said one of the major mistakes in defining sexual violence is that people limit the definition. He said it is a spectrum of violence that includes sexual harassment, voyeurism and rape.

Dale said that sexual violence does not exclude any gender, race or set of beliefs.

FAFSA forms due Continued from A1 The majority of Waynesburg students are still claimed under their parents tax claims.

Under federal law, a parent can claim a child until the child is 25 years old.

With governor Corbett’s budget for the state of Pennsylvania, all students across the state will be impacted.

According to WPXI, in 2011 Corbett cut spending by nearly 50% for state funded universities. Although Waynesburg University is a private school, all private schools’ state funded money was cut by 10 percent.

“There is no boundary that sexual violence doesn’t cross,” he said.

He also stressed the point that this is a rape culture.

“We’re sometimes exposed through music. It talks about sexuality as a weapon, not as joy, love and peace.”

He said it is not only one kind of music that sends this message; it is a whole range of genres throughout various times in history.

“Even old jazz music has a misogynistic message of degrading women,” he said.

The point of Take Back the Night was to empower students to take action to stop sexual violence.

“My contention is that we as a community, and you as individuals, have the power to not only reduce, but maybe even stop sexual violence altogether,” Dale said.

Resident Director Ashley Kelver and two students - Hope Frick, junior public relations major and Megan Carberry, senior forensic science major-also spoke at last week’s event.

The three women shared personal See ‘NIGHT’ on A3

State aid to individual students was also cut in 2011.

In order to apply for state aid, you must first apply for federal aid with the FAFSA. It may take a few weeks for each from to be sent in and returned with a students information.

Also, if a student is awarded a scholarship before he or she files for the FAFSA, the government takes that into account when awarding money.

If a student gets the FAFSA filed before the scholarship is awarded, the scholarship will not factor into government.

Waynesburg University also gives grant money every semester which, according to its website, is based off of the FAFSA information.

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FINANCIAL ADVICE SERIES

Workshops available to help students with financial questions

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor What is social security? Is there such a thing as good debt? How much do utilities cost?

These are just a few of the questions that Waynesburg University will answer in one of the three financial workshops being held within the next month – all in an attempt to prepare students for the real world after graduation.

The workshops will address the questions soon-to-be graduates need most, according to Marie Coffman, director of career services and placement.

“Their parents have always done [finances], and they don’t know the different choices they might have,” said Coffman.

“To some students, it is like a big reality check when they graduate; you don’t think about it until you see it in black and white.”

The first seminar, “What Do I Need to Know About Finances,” took place this Thursday, and showed students how to best handle their money.

“I understand what goes into making credit decisions. I am pretty good at identifying when people are getting into trouble,” said Christian Ola, assistant professor of business administration at the University.

“A lot of people don’t know how to analyze the effect of annual rates. It is kind of my job to do that as a professor.”

Ola also discussed how to pay off student loans, the importance of establishing credit and how to pay off any other debt.

“I am very much a realist and not afraid to tell [students] the truth

about financing,” said Ola. In the workshop, Ola encouraged attendees to never obligate themselves to more than they can handle.

Ola talked about three keys points during the workshop: never put something on a credit card that can’t be paid in full, credit cards are for emergencies only and pay yourself first.

“If they walked away [knowing] these things, it was a success,” said Ola. The workshops continue at noon, Thursday, March 15 on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center.

In this workshop, “New job benefits, what to look for…” Coffman will talk about the benefits that students should look for in their first job.

The group will discuss what care benefits might be available, how to choose care benefits and why they are important.

Coffman said that after this workshop, “They will have a better outlook. It is a not a fairy tale once you graduate.”

The last workshop, “Cost of Living – How Much Money Do I Need to Make to Survive?” will occur once again on the third floor of Stover at noon, Thursday, March 22.

In this workshop, Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, will speak about what students should expect with their first apartment or house.

They will specifically discuss the rent, utilities costs and the money left over after expenses are paid.

Coffman encourages seniors at the University to attend the workshops, preparing them even more for post-graduation.

‘Night’ fights violence Continued from A2 stories with the audience. They invite anyone who needs someone to talk to about sexual violence to contact them.

Jonna Dragan, program supervisor of SPHS CARE Center STTARS Program, shared some thoughts with the group after the Waynesburg University women spoke.

She said that it is important for those who have been sexually abused to know it is never their fault.

“I don’t care if you walk through the worst neighborhood with $50 bills taped to yourself.

You don’t deserve to be mugged,” Dragan said.

“We all take risks.

That doesn’t mean somebody has the right to commit a crime against you.”

No matter where students go, what they are wearing and what they are doing does not ever mean they

WU offers study abroad Continued from A2 from the experience of being out in Los Angeles,” said Reinhart. “The city of itself is a hub when it comes to television and film. It was through this program with Waynesburg I was able to work and learn from professionals that

Scholars to travel Continued from A1

“We will go to the Swiss Embassy to get a tour of the Embassy and to meet with a person of the Swiss Foreign Service about Switzerland, the Swiss economy and about

Photo by Michelle Daino

During the Feb. 23 event, speaker Kable Dale (right), as well as Hope Frick (center), junior public relations major, presented about the impacts of sexual violence. deserved to be a victim of sexual violence.

Along with the event held in Alumni Hall, luminaries were placed in Johnson Commons last Thursday night with positive messages about taking back the night.

White paper bags containing candles and decorated with handdrawn pictures and words of hope broke the darkness of the evening as students walked up the stairs.

Anyone personally dealing with the strug-

gles of sexual violence can get counseling through the University’s Counseling Center or though the SPHS Care Center STTARS Program in Waynesburg.

Both options are free and confidential.

influence large parts of our culture and mainstream media.”

According to Vicki Wilson, registrar at Waynesburg University, about 19 applications for study abroad trips are received each academic year.

As of Feb. 27, 13 applications were submitted for the 2012-2013 academic year’s trips.

However, only 10 applicants will be select-

ed for institutional aid.

That number has increased from the 200809 school year, when only five students were granted institutional aid for the study experience.

“The IDS application process is intended to select students that will be able to use institutional aid for the study experience,” said Wilson.

“Currently, there are 10 spots available. The

individual programs have an application process to determine whether or not a student will be accepted.”

However, students who do not receive institutional aid are still welcome to study abroad.

“Those students may still utilize federal and state aid for the experience since the students are registered as Waynesburg University students,” said Wilson.

international policy,” said Stratton.

“Assuming everything goes right, we’ll meet with the Swiss Ambassador, Manuel Sager.”

After meeting with the Swiss Ambassador, the Stover Scholars will eat dinner in the Swiss Embassy alongside several others and the speaker, Thomas Johnson, a Partner at K&L Gates in Pitts-

burgh.

Last year, the Stover Scholars made a similar journey to Washington, D.C. where they met with Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito.

The day also included a meeting with Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first man in space at the Russian Embassy.

“This trip gives Waynesburg students the opportunity to meet with those who are in positions of influence and power at the national and global levels and to inspire the Stover Scholars, if that’s their call, to follow that path and dream themselves,” said Stratton.

“Another objective is to introduce these officials to Waynesburg University and the mission of our institution.”

This day is more than a chance to sight-see in our nation’s capital. Rather, Stratton hopes that the Stover Scholars can take something important away from each tour, meeting or speech.

“Hopefully, [the students] will ask great questions to these officials and engage them and hold an in depth conversation with them. Being able to ask a Supreme Court Justice a question is a pretty great experience,” Stratton said.

Stratton commented on the fact that as undergraduates, the Stover Scholars may have a much different perspective than students from a law school that may visit the Supreme Court.

“Last year, as the Stover Scholars were leaving their meeting with Justice Alito, there was a group from Harvard Law School going in to meet with Justice Breyer,” said Stratton. “I think that, because this is an undergraduate program, the types of questions the justices get from Waynesburg students were unique from others.”

Sophomore Chase Ayers plans to gain a lot from the day trip. Though he is a sophomore, this will be his first trip to our nation’s capital with the Stover Scholars.

“I hope to gain true insight to the prudence of the United States through the eyes of a Supreme Court Justice,” said Ayers.

“Sotomayor’s experience is invaluable, and hearing it from the source that makes the rules on the legislation we have will truly be a once and a lifetime experience.”

“We’re grateful for the fact that these officials want to meet with us,” said Stratton. “I view it as a sort of beginning to a Waynesburg connection to Washington, D.C.”

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Grief Group created to help WU students cope with loss, grief

By Nick Farrell Editorial Assistant Quite a few Waynesburg University students have been dealing with loss and grief recently, something that has not gone unnoticed among members of the Counseling Center.

Mary Hamilla, assistant director of the Counseling Center, has recognized the pain that some students have experienced and has reached out to students who are grieving with an open invitation to Waynesburg University’s newly formed Grief Group.

“I was working with students dealing with grief and was aware of others,” said Hamilla.

“One of the aspects of grief that was very difficult for them seemed to be the isolation they felt. Students I spoke to were open to the idea of meeting as a group, so I sent out the invitation.”

After Hamilla sent a notification about the Grief Group to students via email, she received several dozen replies from students interested in sharing their sadness and learning from each other.

Hamilla believes that it is important for struggling students to meet with others who share their anguish in order to find support.

“It is very healing to know others are going through pain similar to your own.” Hamilla

Funds raised for students Continued from A1 town is a few hours from

Malenke remembered Continued from A1 I’d go and watch productions in the GRA, and I’d just sit there and be amazed and proud that this kid had this dream.

He was going to do whatever he wanted, didn’t care what anyone thought; he just went up there and did it,” Sherpa said. “When I was a guy his age, I would have never had the courage to do some of the things that he did, and that’s why I think I admired the kid so much.”

Before Juliano spoke, he asked the audience to express how they knew Josh. He was amazed at the number of people there that only knew Maylene as someone on campus.

“I hope that I can live that kind of life that people just know me ‘cause they see me and that it touches them in a way that a year later they are wanting to celebrate that,” said Juliano.

said. “The group helps grieving individuals feel less alone, understood and able to help and support others.”

Hamilla said that she is acting as the group’s organizer, not as its counselor. She is receiving support from the group as well as she copes with the death of her husband of 24 years.

The group held its first meeting on Monday, Feb. 27 in the Organization Room.

“In our first meeting, there were five students as well as several faculty and staff members.

Everyone shared the story of his or her loss to varying degrees as well as what helps them cope,” said Hamilla.

“Any initial group meeting is about developing a comfort level and getting acquainted with other members.”

Hamilla added that the first meeting’s participants expressed a great deal of relief in knowing that they are not alone.

The Grief Group will meet each Monday in the Organizational Room on the second floor of Stover Campus Center. Hamilla said that the meetings will be different each time and that participants can create an agenda according to their needs.

“If you have lost someone, regardless of when it happened, you are welcome to attend this group,” said Hamilla.

memories from attending the State of the Union address was seeing two of her colleagues seated side by side, though they are of differing political parties.

Something she argues adamantly about is that politics should not be polarized; people should not let political parties get in the way.

She says that though politicians are largely elected by their own par-

Waynesburg.”

Abernethy and Boyle were injured on Monday, Feb. 21 after stopping to help Derek Hartzog, 21, after his jeep crashed around 6 a.m. on Interstate 79.

After a group of nursing majors heading to a clinical in Morgantown helped Hartzog escape the wreck, a tractor trailer hit the car and forced Abernethy, Boyle, Hartzog and another

Snyder talks to students Continued from A1

Photo by Amanda Rice

(Above) Head football coach Richard Shepas speaks to students about Josh Malenke during a service held on Monday. (Left) Josh Malenke, 53, played defense for the Jacket football team in fall 2010.

ties, they are elected to serve all people alike, and therefore it is important that they work alongside those who are of different parties and values.

In Greene County, there are two democratic commissioners and one republican commissioner.

“I’ve been Chairman of the Board the entire time [I’ve been in office]. In my eight years and two months, we have never had a split vote in a public meeting; we have never disagreed,” Snyder said.

“We really do not let the party politics into this office.”

Commissioner Snyder

herself is a democrat, though she says that this does not keep her from supporting those of opposing parties if she supports their values and efforts.

“I really kept saying to myself ‘am I really here?’”

Snyder said. “You know, I have watched many State of the Union [addresses] at home in my living room, but to actually be there on the night that Gabby Gifferds entered the chamber and knowing that it was going to be her last official act as a congresswoman was a really remarkable moment.”

Being able to spend this time at the State of the

Union address in unity with other leaders of this country seems to have fueled Commissioner Snyder’s passion for the field of politics, but more importantly for working in cooperation with her fellow politicians.

“I always try to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground,” Snyder said.

“For me to be at the State of the Union…it’s like, how did this person from Greene County get that opportunity?

“It’s just always very amazing for me and I don’t take it for granted.”

Sarah Bell contributed to this report.

nursing major, Joshua Brewer, to jump over the guardrail of an overpass.

Brewer was able to grab onto the side of the guardrail before falling, but Abernethy, Boyle and Hartzog fell 40-50 feet onto the hillside below.

All three people who fell were taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital initially, but Boyle was recently taken to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, and Abernethy was recently released.

The senior nursing majors wanted to do something to help their classmates, so they set up this fund in honor of them.

“The nursing department is one of tightest knit groups of students on campus. They study together, work together, go to nursing clinicals together; they do literally everything together,” said Pat Bristor, associate dean of students.

“This group of senior students have worked together for four years, so I am not surprised at all how much they are supporting each other.

They truly care for each other.”

The money donated will be used for many

different things including housing for Boyle’s family while she is in the hospital, because she is originally from Ohio.

“More than $2,500 have been raised for Cami and Alissa already, and this has only been the first week,” said Bristor.

“It really is a great thing to see the students come together in this way.”

Although money is being raised solely by donations at the moment, in the future several other fundraisers will take place.

“We are just so proud of our students for pulling things together on behalf of those students who were injured this past week,” said Robin King, director of University relations.

“Everyone is just such a huge part of this caring community that it is incredible to see everyone making an effort to help each other.”

Some other fundraisers will include a possible 5K race, bracelets will be sold as well as donations will also be collected during the Coffeehouse on March 12.

“We are appreciative of everyone who has the desire to donate money to the cause. They can use any support they can get and everything will make a difference to their cause,” said Bristor. “The donations for the students are very important. But more importantly, Cami and Alissa still need everyone’s prayers. They still have a long way to go and they definitely need our prayers to get through this tough time.”

Checks should be made out to Waynesburg University with the “Cami and Alissa Fund” written in the memo section.

All checks should also be mailed to the Waynesburg University business office, which is located at 51. West College St., Waynesburg, Pa., 15370.

“They have a strong support system and their friends and family will be by their side every step of the way during the recovery process,” said Busby.

“Alissa and Cami have expressed their gratitude for all of the support and prayers over the past week.”

Jacket columnist Sarah Bell talks about National Grammar Day. Read more on B2

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Local libraries prepare for teen tech week Selling flowers for a cause

Bolwby, Flenniken libraries get ready for tournament

By Kyle Edwards

American Cancer Society to hold annual Daffodil Days fundraiser

Region Editor Next week, two local libraries will be duking it out against other libraries in the area in their annual Wii tournament.

Flenniken Public Library in Carmichaels and Bowlby Library in Waynesburg will be joining the fray that, according to Director of Flenniken Public Library Linda Orsted, is sponsored by the American Library Association.

“It’s a way to connect teens with technology.

For the last several years, we have had a district-wide Wii tournament where libraries compete for the trophy,” Orsted said.

Bowlby Library Director of Children’s Services Carrie McClure explained that the event is an attempt to raise awareness on the amount of technology available to kids in their local libraries.

“We set up a Wii tournament every year,” McClure said.

“This year it will be held on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Any libraries that want to participate log on to the game at the same time as the rest and we just keep track of who wins each round.”

Whoever wins the tournament will take home the travelling trophy for a year.

Peters Township Library currently holds the title, according to Orsted.

The event is a part of Teen Tech Week which, according to teentech-

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can handle it,” Orsted said. “We’re hoping for at least that many [20] this year.”

While in previous years, the tournament used Super Smash Bros.

Brawl, the libraries chose Mario Kart for this year’s event.

“The way we have the tournament set up is two libraries will get into an online room and

Spring is right around the corner.

The first day of the season is March 20, and the American Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Days fundraiser will arrive right on time.

From March 19 to 25, members of the community will be given the opportunity to purchase daffodils to raise money for cancer treatment and research and hopefully repeat the success of last year.

Nancy Verderber, Community Income Development Specialist, says that Daffodil Days is the American Cancer Society’s own way of welcoming spring.

However, its significance runs much deeper.

“It’s a nice way to show [cancer patients] that there is hope for them,” she said.

“As they go through treatment, they might be in the darkest doldrums of winter, but when spring comes, everything is beautiful and new again. It’s very difficult for them to deal with [the disease], but there is hope.”

In December, an award honored this region for fundraising excellence.

The award was introduced this year and looks at the overall

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Photos courtesy of Flenniken, Bowlby Libraries

(Left) Children of all ages attend last year’s Wii tournament at Eva K. Bowlby Library in Waynesburg.

(Above) The Flenniken Public Library in Carmichaels also held a similar event.

The annual event is held as a part of Teen Tech Week, and is sponsored by the American Library Association.

Both the Flenniken and Bowlby Libraries will be hosting the event again throughout next week.

week.com, invites you to geek out at your local library. This year’s theme encourages libraries to throw open their physical and virtual doors to teens and showcase the outstanding technology they offer, from services such as online homework help and digital literacy-focused programs to resources like e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, databases

and more, according to the website.

“We think we will have six libraries participating in the tournament,” Orsted said.

“Including Bowlby and Flenniken, Fredericktown, Brownsville, and Citizens Library in Washington will all be joining in the fun.”

Last year, Bowlby had about a dozen kids participate, while Flenniken had around 20,

according to McClure and Orsted.

“I would say that it would probably be about the same this year. We usually like to get between 12 and 15,” McClure said. “That makes it a lot easier for everyone to get a turn to play.”

Orsted has the similar hopes for Flenniken’s turnout.

“If it gets too big, it’s very crowded, but we

Local fire departments, 911 dispatch to receive grant

By Sarah Bell Arts & Life Editor The 16 volunteer fire companies and the 911-dispatch center in Greene County received an $853,194 grant Friday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Assistance to Firefighters grant money will be used to replace the county’s current emergency radio system.

According to Eric Marshall, assistant chief of the Waynesburg-Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company, they are lucky to have received the grant because the Federal Communications Commission plans to

make the new radio system a requirement for fire stations in the United States.

“The FCC said we weren’t going to be able to by parts or bands in that frequency,” Marshall said.

“Right now we can’t talk to police and EMS directly – we have to go through 911. We will be able to [talk to them directly] with the new system, and that’s a big plus.”

Gregory Leathers, director of the Greene County Emergency Management Agency, said that the new system would provide new radios and pagers to all of the fire companies in the county.

“The radios we

have are outdated and with the new technology available and some new requirements in the radio industry this will help the local fire departments,” Leathers said.

“With the old equipment there were some issues. It’s going to create some new capabilities between police, fire and medical services.”

The federal grant requires a 10 percent match of $80,000 from the county.

Pam Snyder, Greene County Commissioner, feels that it is important for the system to be updated.

The grant and updated system will help to enhance public safety in the county.

Photo by Amanda Rice

Sixteen local volunteer fire departments and the 911 dispatch will receive a $853,194 grant from the Emergency Management Agency.

“We’re very grateful that we were able to do this with very small investments

from the county to enhance the fire companies,” Snyder said.

“It will allow every

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Help is available New Grief Group offers support People - no matter what gender, status, background or stage of life - will experience some major difficulties in their lives. While some of them are quick to seek help, many others will try to deal with their struggles on their own. This can be quite overwhelming to face hardships alone and may lead to further issues such as severe depression.

For some of those people who do not seek help, maybe there is an issue of embarrassment or feelings that nothing will help keeping them from talking to someone. For others, financial issues might be a problem. Counseling can be expensive, and not everyone has the money to pay for help or insurance that will cover the cost.

The good news, however, is that Waynesburg University has free help available for all of its students.

The University’s Counseling Center is completely free and confidential.

There’s even further guidance available. People dealing with the same struggles - loss and grief - have the opportunity to join others for sharing and support. There is an open invitation for all students, faculty and staff to join the new Grief Group that will meet on Mondays on the second floor of Stover Campus Center. According to Counseling Center staff, there has been a large response for the group.

It’s sad that such a large number of people at the University alone have experienced the loss of loved ones, but it is comforting to know that there is opportunity to join together and form a network of support during these difficult times.

Technological acceptance Libraries embrace new technology Technology use is growing, and libraries – specifically those in Greene County – are accepting and even playing with the change.

Flenniken Public Library in Carmichaels and Bowlby Library in Waynesburg are duking it out against five other libraries in the area in their annual Wii tournament next week. Although it sounds fun, there is a better purpose.

It is connecting teenagers with technology.

Wait. Aren’t they already connected?

From cell phones to computers to iPads, technology is prevalent. Many argue it is too much. “Calm down with the technology,” they say. “Get back to the simple life.”

But young adults are grabbing onto the trend. It isn’t even a trend anymore. It is a culture and lifestyle.

Not in the way libraries wish. Hence, the tournament. The Wii tournament is showing kids in the area how much technology is available at their local libraries.

Few people realize how much is actually available – online homework help, e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, databases and much more. The libraries are promoting technology as a means to advancement. It doesn’t turn brains into mush; it challenges them. If the tournament is successful, the teenagers will return to the libraries and start using the available technological tools. Perhaps it will create better grades. Perhaps it will make learning fun. Even more importantly, teenagers tend to carry the good habits they form into their adult lives. That means if the libraries holding Teen Tech Week are successful, they are fostering reading, development and education.

Perhaps they are ensuring a better future for everyone.

Give of yourself for local animals in need On Feb. 9, the Michigan Humane Society received a call about a 1month-old puppy in need. The poor thing had fallen down the exposed part of a drainage pipe running underneath a house.

With the help of local plumbers and an excavator, rescue crews worked from 8:30 a.m. to around 5:25 p.m. to save the puppy, who’s pitiful cries could be heard from the pipe throughout the day.

Finally, the pipe was exposed enough to be removed from the ground, and a rescue worker was able to reach

KYLE EDWARDS Columnist

under the building and grab the puppy to pull it to safety.

It was scared, cold and a little dehydrated, but otherwise safe. All thanks to the efforts of the Humane Society and its rescue crews.

This isn’t the only recent animal rescue story either. In fact, something similar happened just a few days ago right here in Waynes-

Grammer could save u some trubble Me and Kyle both wrote columns this week. Were both on the Jacket staff. We have almost, every class together. Thats what happens; when you have the same major as some one. Your with them all the time.

Their is probably someone that you share the same experiences with – in you’re department.

There probably the same person that your partnered with for every project the person that you share a

burg.

For four days, Shelby, local beagle mix, somehow managed to trap herself in an unused cistern beneath a house on East Lincoln Street.

A neighbor who heard the barking called Jane Gapen, director of the Humane Society of Greene County, who then called Waynesburg Borough Police after assessing the situation.

Gapen believes the dog may have been chasing a squirrel or a rabbit or may have been seeking shelter from the wind when she crawled under the deck.

SARAH BELL Columnist

desk with and the person that is always with in five seats of you in “every” class. Do you have a Kyle.

Yes? Do you also realize that there are around 15 grammatical errors in the first two paragraphs of this column?

Do you care?

Because when I was writing those paragraphs, I read over them twelve times. I wanted to fix every mistake; I was driving myself crazy.

Every incorrect there, their or

Once the police department arrived, Gapen jumped down into 10-11 foot deep stagnant water to rescue the poor dog, which luckily managed to find a small shelf of concrete to perch on. Shelby was taken back to the humane society, where she was cleaned up and is now in good shape, according to staff.

Another happy ending, right?

Another day, another dog saved. But what would have happened in both cases if the humane See FUNDING on B3

they’re.

And they’re there. Trust me.

I might even say that all of the mistakes caused me physical pain, but I doubt you would believe me (seriously, though, semicolons are my favorite, and I hated misusing one; I hated it).

But I didn’t fix the errors because I’m trying to prove a point through creativity. I’m trying to show all of you that grammar is important, and that without it everything would be chaotic. And frankly, everything would be extremely hard to read.

March 4 is National Grammar Day, and if you are a grammar nerd like I am, you might want to celebrate.

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When we band together, we can make a difference Myth one. Bad things don’t happen in real life.

People don’t get hurt while trying to help someone else. People don’t struggle in their early twenties or face pain or adversity.

But then reality sets in.You realize your life is not a Disney movie, and sometimes you struggle.

These things do happen in real life. People do get hurt while trying to help someone else.

People do struggle in their early twenties and face pain and adversity.

KAITLIN EDWARDS Columnist

On Monday, Feb. 20 three people were hurt in an accident that happened along I-79 near the Mount Morris exit heading toward Morgantown.

As a group of Waynesburg University nursing majors and a faculty member were traveling to clinical at Ruby Memorial Hospital, they

witnessed an accident involving a jeep.

The good Samaritans didn’t pause; didn’t think twice. The group immediately stopped and quickly helped the man, Derek Hartzog, escape his vehicle.

Before they could do anything else though, a tractor-trailer hit the jeep and forced three of the nursing majors and Hartzog to jump over a guardrail.

In the limited light around 6 a.m., none of them realized they were

on an overpass, and by jumping over the guardrail they would face a 40 to 50 foot drop.

None of them knew what would happen in that split second.

Two of the nursing majors, Cami Abernethy and Alissa Boyle, as well as Hartzog, fell more than two stories onto the hillside below. The other nursing major managed to grab onto the guardrail before falling, and was quickly pulled See STUDENTS on B3

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Op-Ed

Funding is needed Continued from B2

A step forward for internet privacy Responding to a steady drumbeat of privacy violations online, the White House proposed a privacy bill of rights for Internet users that could give them more say over how personal information is collected and used. The initiative is a good starting point, as is a new effort

by California Attorney General Kamala Harris to require companies developing applications for smartphones and tablet computers to disclose their privacy policies. But they also highlight how tricky it is to set rules that guard sensitive personal information without hindering innovation or quickly becoming obsolete.

The "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" offers a sensible set of principles for online privacy. The

point is to set privacy standards without telling companies how to meet them. That flexibility is indispensable, considering how rapidly technology is changing online.

One challenge is how to enforce those principles. The White House wants to put them into law, and that's a good idea provided that lawmakers resist the urge to require or ban specific technologies. Until then, the administration plans to work with industry groups and other interested parties on an optional code of conduct that will be legally enforceable. Why any Web company's legal advisers would allow it to agree to such a code is a mystery, especially if there's no guarantee that its competitors or dis-

ruptive new entrants will.

Nor will the principles stop privacy abuses online. Consider the first fruit of the initiative: an agreement by a coalition of major Web companies to give Web users a "do not track" button in browsers to block some advertisers from following their movements online. Although the button could make it harder for ad networks to personalize the ads people see online, it won't stop a company from selling revealing portraits of its users based on the things they see on all the sites run by that company. The company would simply have to disclose what it's doing.

Ultimately, however, a disclosure-based approach may strike the best balance. Federal law

already provides safeguards for sensitive personal information, such as health and credit data.

The Federal Trade Commission and California prosecutors have the power to crack down on companies that have misleading privacy policies. And pressure from users has forced companies such as Facebook and Google to be more protective of other types of personal information they collect. Like Harris' move, the White House initiative will not only give consumers a bit more control over their information, but also shine more light on what companies are doing with it so users can make better choices. ___ This editorial originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

society hadn’t been there?

I know, I know: this sounds like a commercial for the ASPCA. But hear me out. The Humane Society of Greene County helps out local animals in so many ways.

They take care of rescues, spay and neutering procedures, adoptions and so many more services for strays, domestic pets and wildlife in Greene County.

And they run solely on donations.

The humane society receives no government support.

All of their funding comes through donations – from people who care enough about animals to give freely of themselves.

People like you and me. We are the only thing that allows the humane society to do what they do. We keep them running.

Don’t think a single donation from you can help?

Think again. Just $5$8 will feed one kitten for one week.

Still not convinced?

A donation of $10-$20

Grammar matters Continued from B2

According to the National Grammar Day website, “Language is something to celebrate, and March 4 is the perBy Rob Longo Feb. 29, 1972 Brewers, where he finished his fect day to do it. It’s not career in 1976 as the all time only a date, it’s an imperEditorial Assistant Two years before he broke Babe homerun leader with 755 home- ative: March forth on Feb. 28, 1953 Ruth’s all-time homerun record, runs. The record would stand March 4 to speak well, Henry “Hank” Aaron signed a until 2007 when Barry Bonds sur- write well and help others do the same.”

Cambridge University scien- three-year deal with the Atlanta passed him.

Grammar should be tists James D. Watson and Frances Braves that paid him $200,000 per important to you too.

H.C. Crick announced they had year, making him the highest-paid March 1, 1781 Granted, I am trying determined the double-helix player in Major League Baseball to make a career out of structure of deoxyribonucleic history at the time.

After 16 months of debate, the acid, commonly known as DNA. Aaron began his professional Articles of Confederation were knowing this stuff.

You might be a sciAlthough DNA was discovered career in 1952 in the Negro finally ratified, which outlined in 1869, scientists had a hard time League and joined the Milwaukee the official government of the ence major, a business major or a psychology developing what DNA actually Braves of the Major League in United States. looked like.

1954. Aaron was the last Negro Originally signed by Congress major and think to yourWatson and Crick were the first League player to compete in the and sent to individual states for self, “This doesn’t affect scientists to reveal the double majors. Two years later, Aaron ratification in November of 1777, my life at all.”

You are wrong. helix design that you see in sci- won the National League batting a dispute over land claims If you speak well and ence class today. title in 1956. The following sea- between Virginia and Maryland Some of the developments that son, Aaron won the league’s MVP delayed the final ratification for write well people will DNA helped create are prenatal award and helped defeat the New nearly four years. The Articles of think you are intelligent.

If people think you are screening for disease genes, genet- York Yankees in the 1957 World Confederation guided the U.S. ically engineered foods, the ability Series. until the implementations of the intelligent they are probto identify human remains and Aaron continued playing for U.S. Constitution in 1789, which ably more likely to hire the rational design treatments for the Braves until 1974, and was the country still follows to this you.

If they hire you, you diseases such as AIDS. then traded to the Milwaukee day. will make money.

If you make money, you will feel successful.

Then you will be ple. few senior nursing stuBut in reality – stuMyth two. Students dents began a fund help dents can. And they are. proud of yourself for takdon’t care. the Abernethy and Boyle Those senior nursing ing the time to read one All college students families. majors working to help want to do is party, and Checks should be the Abernethy and Boyle Continued from B2 sleep, and only care made payable to Way- families are making a about themselves and nesburg University with difference.They are helpavoid studying.

“Cami and Alissa Fund” ing to change lives. back up onto the roadThey don’t volunteer; written in the memo And it is this attitude way by his classmates. they don’t work togeth- section. All donations that will continue to Eventually, Aber- er. But here’s the truth – should be sent to Way- make a difference within nethy, Boyle and Hart- the students do care. nesburg University’s our communities and zog were taken to the Only a few days after business office, 51 W. the world. hospital, where they the accident, students College St., Waynesburg, Those two nursing remain in varying condi- began to want to help. PA 15370. For more majors will remain in tions.

The special bond that information, you can our thoughts and prayers Their story barely can only be forged with- also call the University throughout their recovseems as if it was possi- in academic depart- Relations office at 724- ery. ble, yet it happened and ments by working close- 852-7675.

Thank you for being continues to impact the ly with each other Myth three. Students willing to help and makdaily lives of several peo- became apparent as a can’t make a difference. ing a difference.

This week in history...

Students save lives

will feed two adult dogs or cats for one week, $15 buys one bottle of antibiotics for one cat or dog, or one box of needles for vaccinations, or grooming supplies for one week, and $20 buys dish soap and bleach for cleaning and disinfecting food and water bowls for one month.

Not so bad, right?

You don’t even have to donate money. In fact, the one thing they need most is dog food, and lots of it. But you can also donate other things like clean rugs, blankets, towels and sheets for bedding, nylon leashes, combs and brushes, cat and dog carriers of all sizes, clay litter and newspapers (like this one).

But whether it’s a donation of money or supplies, they desperately need it. They can’t keep running without it.

So, you’ve got to ask yourself one question.

What if it were your pet that was in need?

Would you spend the money to get the help it needed?

I know I would. I’d give everything I had.

And by giving to the humane society, you’re helping to give these animals a chance to find someone like that.

You’re giving them a chance to find a home.

more book, add one more comma and rephrase that annoying run-on sentence that obviously didn’t make sense.

I’m just saying.

Taking the time to learn about grammar could be essential to your career. Do you want to be the person who has 20 grammatical errors on your resume? It could be immediately thrown in the reject pile, because you didn’t take the time to proofread. You could lose a great opportunity because you appear uneducated to the person who is reading what you have written.

So, at least on March 4 take some time to recognize the importance of grammar. Realize how important it is to everyday life. Appreciate it, because it really does make a difference.

Think about it.

You have heard this before.

There is a clear difference between “Let’s eat Grandma” and “Let’s eat, Grandma.”

There is a difference between “Stop clubbing baby seals!” and “Stop clubbing, baby seals!”

Grammar saves lives.

Do you?

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Young Life to host all-nighter for high school students

By Dave Floyd and Aaron Thompson Yellow Jacket Staff

Photo by Amanda Rice

Ready, aim, fire!

Members of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company A, Greene County Rifles reenactment group visited campus on Monday to speak to Dr. Rea Redd’s Pennsylvania Civil War history class.

Libraries get ready to play Continued from B1 play against each other,” Orsted said.

“One of the reasons we chose Mario Kart is that more people can play at one time, so maybe this year, four libraries will be able to join one room and play against each other.”

Orsted believes that

Fire dept., 911 get grant Continued from B1 better serve the residents.”

Marshall is grateful that the county was able to apprehend such an essential grant.

“Well, with the price tag being close to $950,000 a lot of fire departments are not able to do this, you know, with the economy,” Marshall said.

“It will be a better, newer radio system that we are getting; the old one was 40 to 50 years old.”

In the Waynesburg-

this event, and Teen Tech Week in general, is very important for local teenagers.

“I think that the more we can get teens to be connected to the libraries, the more they will become users in their adulthood,” said Orsted.

“It’s very important for teens to know that libraries are an important part of their lives – they’re a place where they can go to get information they need while

being comfortable while doing it.”

McClure has similar beliefs.

“I think they [the kids] really enjoy it. We get a variety of ages, so we can get someone who is six years old playing with someone who is 14,” McClure said. “They all cheer each other on; everyone just has fun, no one really takes it personally.”

McClure said that raising awareness isn’t

the only benefit either.

“We’ve noticed that after these tournaments, the amount of kids who come into our game room increases for a while,” McClure said.

“I think it just kind of reminds the kids that we have a game room and it is open to them whenever they like.”

Also as part of Teen Tech Week, Flenniken Library will offer a Facebook class designed for teens and parents, Orsted said.

Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company’s official statement, the company said that the grant would lead to the purchasing of four base stations that will be used by Greene County 911.

The statement said this grant will replace the countrywide fire radio communications.

According to Leathers, the grant will allow the fire stations to replace portable radios, pagers, mobile radios and base stations for all of Greene County’s fire companies.

“It will change fire communications from a high to a low band,” Leathers said.

“The old system is just outdated – there are no real problems.

It will just make communication easier and better.”

The grant is important to increase communication between fire, police and EMS, Snyder said.

“It will allow them to communicate with EMS folk and state police and local police,” Snyder said.

“This grant is very important for them to update their system.

We have fire companies across this county that just struggle to keep their doors open.”

Officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency released a statement

addressing the goals of the awarding of the grant.

In the statement they said, “FEMA recognizes the extraordinary efforts of fire and emergency responders to respond to the basic needs of their communities, and AFG is one way that we support their critical role. We hope this grant funding will help improve their capability to respond to fires and emergencies of all types.

AFG is an important component of the larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the nation’s overall level of preparedness and ability to respond to fire and related hazards.”

Greene County Young Life is set to host an all-nighter for high school students in the area. The event will take place March 16 -17 from approximately 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the Nineveh Center in the West Greene School District.

Young Life leaders from Waynesburg University and the community are busy planning games and activities to make the night memorable for all of the students.

“We’ll get a lot of the kids at the all-nighter who don’t show up at any of our other Young Life events,” Morgan said.

“So this is the one and only chance we get

Flowers sold for fundraiser Continued from B1 income development money that was raised by the Daffodil Days fundraiser, Verderber said.

Greene County is part of the Western Region, which is made up of 18 other counties in Pennsylvania. It is part of the East Central Division that also includes parts of Ohio.

Winning this award signifies that the Western Region is the top in its division.

For every person in the region, approximately $6 was donated last year.

“I think that Greene County is very community-oriented,” said Dana Baer, Professor of criminal justice and Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

“People that live here tend to be very giving, thoughtful and interested people. The fact that the university is here is very important; it is so service-based, and so is the community.”

Baer is also in charge of selling and distributing daffodils to faculty and staff on campus.

Last year, faculty sales alone raised $2,482 for Daffodil Days.

Several members of her family and extended family battled the disease, she said.

After her older brother died of cancer years ago, she views her contributions to as a tribute to him. However, for Baer, the day has double meaning.

“I can connect with virtually everyone on campus,” she said. “I get to visit the Student Health Center, the CRED Building and so many others. I do deliver the daffodils in per-

to share who God is with them.”

An important aspect of the night’s events is Club, which happens around 11 p.m. and lasts 30-45 minutes.

“The most important part of the night is Club because when someone shares their testimony, they talk a little bit about Jesus,” Morgan said. Morgan also stressed the importance of promoting Young Life’s summer camps at the all-nighter.

The camps serve as a resort, so leaders hope students take advantage of that opportunity and hopefully hear the story of Christ in process.

Any student who would like more information about the event, please contact Morgan at 724-244-7009 or mor1252@student.waynesburg.edu.

son, and I didn’t always have the opportunity for that kind of interaction.”

Verderber’s drive to join the fight against cancer is personal as well.

She first got involved with the American Cancer Society in high school, when she was first asked to volunteer and has continued to do so for 24 years.

“My mom had been diagnosed with cancer, and we went to the American Cancer Society for a lot of help,” she said. “Eventually a position opened up, and I thought, this was my chance to fight back and help others keep their moms like I’ve been able to keep mine.”

The selection for this year’s Daffodil Days includes a bunch of 10 flowers, a pot of minidaffodils and a vase of flowers.

There is also a “Bear and a Bunch” package, which includes flowers and a limited edition Boyds Bear.

Prices range from $10 to $25.

Baer hopes to deliver daffodils to faculty and staff on Charter Day, March 20.

They will be distributed throughout the community beginning on March 22 through March 24 and can be found at the Giant Eagle and Walmart in Waynesburg.

For any businesses, organizations or schools in the area that are interested in participating in Daffodil Days, the deadline is this Friday, March 2.

“Everyone should be involved in the fight back against cancer,” Verderber said.

“It is a battle that can be won. Ten dollars by itself might not be a lot, but together it can go toward research and helping people with the disease.”

Men’s tennis opens PAC play at Saint Vincent.

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Putting a positive spin on a hard loss Dave Floyd Senior Sports Editor

They got the missed free throw they needed.

They drew up the right play. They even executed the play to near perfection.

The shot just didn’t fall.

Junior forward Paige Pearce’s buzzer-beating layup somehow rimmed out, and the Waynesburg women’s basketball team fell to Saint Vincent in Friday’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference semifinals. It appears as if the Yellow Jackets simply endured one of those games that, for whatever reason, just wasn’t going to go their way.

“If you coach basketball long enough, you go through games like that,” said Waynesburg head coach Sam Jones. “It’s disappointing, especially when it happens at that time. The girls played well; they gave everything they had. It just wasn’t meant to be.”

With such a heartbreaking finish in a contest of that magnitude, it’s no surprise that the Jackets were more than disappointed afterward. However, the way the game ended is not the only reason for disappointment, and in a way, that’s a good thing.

The Jackets did not just hope to eliminate Saint Vincent and take their best shot at now six-time champ Thomas More.

They expected it.

For a team that was 125 only four seasons ago and recorded its first postseason win in five years just last February, that’s quite the accomplishment.

“I said to my assistants Friday night after the game, ‘It’s amazing what a difference even a year can make. Last year, we were ecstatic to get an ECAC bid, and now we feel like we’re settling for one,’” Jones said. “Not that it’s not a great honor and we’re not going to go and play our best and try to defend our championship, but it wasn’t our goal.

“We’re continuing to raise expectations, and we’re continuing to take strides forward,” he added.

“The culture has changed, which is the biggest thing.

And now that the culture has changed, we just have to learn a few little lessons to take those next steps.”

The very next step:

Wrestling takes third at regionals

JACKETS DEFEAT LA ROCHE 5-3, 5-4

No Waynesburg wrestlers qualify for nationals

Baseball earns thrilling sweep

By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant At the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Wrestling Championships, Waynesburg sought to achieve its preseason goal of winning the team championship. And if for some reason that

goal wasn’t reached, the other main goal was to get as many wrestlers to nationals as possible.

On Saturday, the Yellow Jackets failed to accomplish either of those goals. Not only did they not bring home a team title, but not one wrestler qualified for nationals—a fitting end to a season during which Waynesburg came up just short on numerous occasions.

Photo by Dawn Yates

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Freshman 197-pounder Patrick Jennings (right) battles Thiel senior Patrick Morris Saturday at regionals.

ry over Saint Vincent just a few weeks ago at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

This time, the Jackets overcame deficits as large as eight points to battle back, despite not making a three-pointer until the final minute.

“We took care of the ball,” Jones said. “We rebounded fairly well and did some things to make up for not shooting as well.”

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Bounced out

Jackets miss layup at buzzer; Bearcats slip past into finals

By Aaron Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

Photo courtesy of Saint Vincent College Sports Information

Saint Vincent’s Emily Fenton (3) dribbles past Waynesburg junior guard Jessi Drayer in Friday’s PAC semifinal at Thomas More. Fenton had 16 points to lead the Bearcats.

A seemingly wide open layup was all that stood between the Jackets and overtime.

But that’s when things took a turn for the worst.

Junior forward Paige Pearce, a starter and key contributor who had made 99 field goals throughout the season, couldn’t get that layup to stay down as time expired, thus eliminating the Jackets from the PAC Tournament, 56-54.

“The play call was

something we [practiced] about a week ago,” said Jackets head coach Sam Jones. “It was a new play that was executed to near perfection. We added that play for that exact situation.”

Jones gave his team credit for the effort they gave in defeat against the Bearcats.

Waynesburg overcame a 1-for-17 shooting performance on three point attempts.

Three pointers were influential in the Jackets victo-

Staff Writer The Waynesburg baseball season got underway in thrilling fashion this past Monday with a doubleheader sweep over nationally recognized La Roche.

“Its early in the season, so we aren’t putting anybody in [Cooperstown] just yet,” said veteran head coach Mike Humiston. “But that’s a very good pitching team we beat, and it was really a team effort and a team win.”

In the first contest, Waynesburg started off with a bang at the plate, getting four hits and two runs in the first inning.

Senior outfielder Nick Berdine’s single up the middle scored junior first baseman Bobby Hartman and senior catcher Brendan Scioscia to give Waynesburg the early lead.

The Yellow Jackets lead would be short-lived, though, as the Redhawks responded with two runs of their own in the top of the second to tie the score 2-2.

Waynesburg retook the lead on first-year junior’s Adam Horning blast over the left field wall in the fourth. The Redhawks came right back again, tying the game at three with a run in the top of the sixth.

Despite having no hits in the bottom of the sixth, the Jackets were able to score the final two runs of

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Saint Vincent 56. Waynesburg 54.

That was the score after Saint Vincent freshman Jessica Welch missed the front end of a one and one free throw attempt with 10 seconds remaining in Friday’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference semifinal contest.

The Waynesburg women’s basketball team had one final chance to breakthrough and get to the PAC championship game that they had their sights on all season.

Coming out of a timeout with seven seconds to play, many at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Ky., had to know the play would heavily involve Yellow Jackets senior point guard Hannah Hunter. Hunter took the inbounds pass from junior guard Brittany Spencer, was forced into a double team off a pick and roll play and just as Waynesburg’s all-time assist leader had throughout much of her Jacket career, found a player wide open heading toward the hoop.

By Jon Ledyard

PAC still without indoor track championship meet Jackets head coach pushes for what he calls, ‘the next step’

By Cam Posney Staff Writer

When the common person envisions a collegiate track & field meet, he or she is normally inclined to picture an outdoor setting. But little does the common person know, there is much more to the track & field season than those outdoor meets.

The Waynesburg track and field teams, much like many squads throughout the country, See TOUGH on C2 recently completed a

Photo courtesy of Denison University Sports Information

Freshman Kristen Stone participates in the hurdles Saturday at Denison. It was the Jackets final indoor meet. There is no PAC indoor championship meet. rather lengthy indoor schedule.

Currently, though, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference does not have a

championship meet during the indoor portion of the season, like it does near the end of teams’ outdoor season. However,

there have been talks of possibly having one in the near future.

Many participants, coaches and spectators

want more than just to get preparation out of the indoor portion of the season—they want to know that they are actually competing for something at these indoor meets.

The Jackets men’s and women’s squads spent much of this indoor season rewriting the program’s record book. That helped to illustrate just how competitive the PAC has become in track & field.

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Men’s basketball reflects on season

Lacrosse humbled Offensive struggles big reason for in first road game disappointing year Jackets produce just two first-half tallies in loss

By Lucas Diethorn Editorial Assistant After the Waynesburg lacrosse team split its first two games of the season, many began to believe that 2012 could be a breakout season for the team. Following Saturday’s loss at Denison, that belief took a minor hit.

The Yellow Jackets had trouble throughout the contest, falling 21-2 to the host Big Red. The Jackets (1-2) struggled to produce offense with only sophomore Toria Shepherd and senior Maria Shepas scoring one goal apiece.

Both goals were scored in the first half, but the Jackets still fell behind early.

The Jackets trailed 1-0 just two minutes into the game. Denison continued to dominate, going up 8-0 before Shepherd put Waynesburg on the board.

Denison would score three more goals before Shepas made it 11-2 with 3:26 left in the first half.

Denison would make it 13-2 at halftime and continue to pull away for the 21-2 victory.

“The keys to the game were their starters, [who] were vastly more experienced,” Waynesburg head coach Tom Zacoi said.

“Only nine out of our 20 girls played lacrosse in high school, almost every one of their 22 did; some even played club.

“Their team also had nearly a three-inch height

advantage.”

Denison used that experience as a team and had a balanced scoring scoring attack throughout as 11 players scored at least one goal. Molly Chapman, Molly Sbrega, Olivia Shiland and Katherine Palms each scored three goals for Denison.

“Their center controlled almost every draw, their team speed was superior and their smothering defense kept us bottled up in both zones most of the game,” said Zacoi.

While Denison’s defense thrived, Waynesburg’s defense struggled as they allowed 39 shots on goal, including 24 in the first half. With the defense struggling, the Jackets also struggled to control the ball. Waynesburg committed 24 turnovers for the game, 12 in each half, compared to only 14 turnovers overall by Denison.

Grace Bodenmann was in goal for Denison for most of the game, allowing two goals on three shots to get the win. Senior Erin Burry was in goal for all 60 minutes of the game for Waynesburg and had 11 saves, taking the loss.

“In spite of [the loss], we learned a lot about ourselves, specifically our character and resolve. Our players never gave up or gave in,” Zacoi said. “Every one of them learned valuable lessons about themselves and the game, and we’ll work to refine them at practice this week.”

Waynesburg’s next game is March 14 at Washington & Jefferson.

By Jon Ledyard Staff Writer The old expression goes that sometimes one must take a few steps back in order to move forward.

According to head men’s basketball coach Mark Christner, this is the pivotal position Waynesburg finds itself in following a disappointing season in which it finished 5-22 overall ad 1-15 in conference play.

“Sometimes you have to take your lumps in order to improve,” said Christner. “I thought we improved in a lot of areas this season and played [better in] a lot of games down the stretch which is very important.”

All season long the Yellow Jackets struggled from the floor, shooting only 35 percent, worst in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The team’s shooting woes contributed to their league low offense, as well, as they scored only 59.4 points per game.

“Our shooting needs a lot of work for next year, and that takes a lot of work, maybe a few thousand shots a week,” said

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make it to Division III’s Big Dance, hopefully dethroning the Saints and capturing a PAC title in the process.

Lucky for the players, it

Photo by Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Aaron Cromwell will be one of only two seniors on the men’s basketball roster next season.

Christner. “Guys have to buy into that though and understand that to make progress you have to change what you’ve done in the past. You do that by upping the volume of shots in practice and upping the intensity, as well.”

Despite the struggle to find offensive production, the Jackets saw great improvement in other areas, including their work on the glass and protecting the basketball.

“I think we did a nice

job of rebounding all season long despite being pretty undersized,” said Christner. “Defensively we battled hard, and we were pretty good on the boards as a result. We did a lot better job cutting down on turnovers, as well, as the season went on.”

A season full of tough losses and injuries ended on a high note, however, with the Jackets winning their first PAC playoff contest in six years by defeating the Westmin-

certainly appears Jones is the right man to take them to that next level.

He has changed the culture, and the results are there to prove it.

After Friday’s loss, Jones received due credit when he was named the PAC’s Coach of the Year.

“An award that’s voted on by my colleagues at the other schools is obvi-

ously nice, to see that they respect what I’ve done,” Jones said. “But honestly, I would throw that award away [in a heartbeat] just for a chance for that last bucket to go in and get to overtime and get the win.”

I wouldn’t expect him to respond to the award in any other way.

Now it’s onto ECACs

ster Titans in the play-in game, 63-57. The victory earned them a shot at knocking off top-seeded Bethany the next day. The Jackets battled hard before ultimately falling, 82-69.

“I think the important thing was that everyone approached practice as a time we can grow and get better as a team, whether we had won or lost,” said senior captain James Allenby. “I think it’s a testament to that hard work and the team’s attitude that we beat Westminster at the end of the year. It’s a good testament to how far our team has come and the positive direction the program is headed in next year.”

On the season the Jackets were led in scoring by their graduating backcourt, point guard Ben Altmeyer and shooting guard Larry Alexander, who each averaged 10 points per game.

“Ben’s determination to come back from major knee injuries and play at a high level meant an awful lot to this team’s development,” said Christner.

“And Larry just had a terrific season and made a big jump from last year to this year. He really changed the way he played in order to be successful and was pretty See JACKET on C3

for the second straight season, as the Jackets hosted Penn State Behrend Wednesday.

(Results were unavailable at press time.)

The goal: defend their title. Yet even another championship may seem mildly disappointing.

Their expectations were higher.

And that’s a good thing.

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Sports

Athlete of the Week Softball looks to return to postseason The Jackets are fourth in the preseason poll

Senior outfielder produces walk-off single in game two

By Nick Farrell

By Aaron Thompson

Berdine

Editorial Assistant

Assistant Sports Editor The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets baseball team opened its season by sweeping a doubleheader this past Monday against a nationally recognized La Roche team.

Senior outfielder Nick Berdine played a pivotal role for the Jackets in both of those wins over the Redhawks.

Hitting out of the six spot in the lineup, Berdine combined to go three-for-seven on the day with a double, four RBI and a run scored. He keyed the comeback in game two with a clutch two-run, twoout, two-strike single to ignite the Jackets to a 5-4 walk-off victory in thrilling fashion. The senior from Moon Township also provided a two-run single in a 5-3 game one victory.

Berdine is looking to build off last season when he ranked second on the team in both home runs and RBI. The Jackets will be off until next week when they head to Florida to participate in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational as part of their spring break trip. While in the Sunshine State, Waynesburg will play nine games in six days.

The team will then return home for a doubleheader with Penn State Behrend on March 19.

In his fourth seasons as head softball coach at Waynesburg, Lou Giachetti believes that his softball squad is primed for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference title run.

The Yellow Jackets qualified for the four-team PAC postseason tournament in 2011 after posting a 16-16 overall record and an 8-8 conference record.

In a preseason poll of PAC softball coaches, the Jackets were ranked fourth out of the 10 softball teams in the PAC. Giachetti wants his team to fight for the top spot in the conference.

“Last year, we were really close to winning the conference,” said Giachetti. “[In the offseason] we lost some valuable

Baseball earns sweep Continued from C1 the game for the winning margin of 5-3 after two wild pitches by the Redhawks.

Senior Ben Oviatt pitched a complete game for the jackets. The southpaw gave up seven hits, two earned runs and walked three in seven innings, while notching two strikeouts, as well.

“He did a good job for the first time coming out all season,” said Humiston. “We have had him pitch more in the pens to get him ready for a longer outing. Last season we relied on him to normally give us 50 to 60 pitches a game, and this year we are asking more out of him.

Yesterday, I was very happy with Ben and expected nothing less from him.”

In the second contest, the Jackets battled to a 1-1 tie after the first inning before giving up two runs in the top of the second to fall behind 3-1.

The two teams went scoreless through the next

WU falls in semifinals Continued from C1 The Jackets took care of the ball exceptionally well in the second half, committing just one turnover. In fact, the Jackets did not have a turnover over the last 19:35 of the game.

Defensively, the Jackets limited now two-time PAC Player of the Year Brittany Sedlock to just 11 points on 3-of-14 shooting. Fellow first-team allconference selection Devin McGrath had just nine points on 4-of-13 shooting for the Bearcats.

The Jackets defense also

Photo by Kimber Blair

Sophomore Zach Kreke delivers a pitch in game two of Monday’s home doubleheader against La Roche. three innings before Horning again delivered for the Jackets. With Berdine standing on second after his second hit of the day, Horning bombed a shot to left field for his second homer of the day to tie the score at 3-3.

“He’s probably one of our biggest surprises, especially in terms of hitting the baseball,” said Humiston. “He’s put in a lot of work with [assistant] coach [Adam] Jack working on his swing and tweaking that, but he’s seeing the ball better and being a lot more aggressive at the plate.”

However, La Roche was able to regain the lead by pushing one run across the plate in the top of the seventh for a 4-3 advan-

tage.

The Jackets looked sure to drop the second game before Berdine came up big once again. With freshman Kyle Weyand pinch running for Scioscia on third and senior Rob Baumgartel at second, Berdine smacked a twoout, 2-2 pitch deep down the third base line to plate both the tying and winning runs.

“Berdine solidified his spot in the outfield with his play on Monday,” said Humiston. “But his walkoff doesn’t happen without us getting two guys on and moving them to second and third all with two outs and down one run.”

The senior slugger’s heroics ended a fine day at the plate, in which he

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Sophomore outfielder Jasmine Blackwell (19) and the Jackets look to return to the PAC playoffs. kids, but I think we have some leadership back, and I think the young talent we have is just incredible.

We want to be in that battle in the postseason.”

In order to prepare for another playoff run, the Jackets are working hard to prepare for the season.

They have received quite a bit of help from the unseasonably warm winter in Western Pennsylva-

nia.

“We’ve been able to go outside a bunch, down to the football field where we’ve been able to work on defensive situations and a lot of fly balls and ground balls that we don’t get to field in the gym in January and February.

That’s been a very good thing to evaluate,” said Giachetti.

Giachetti’s squad was

went 3-for-7 with four RBI. As a team, the Jackets managed 14 hits to the Redhawks 15, against what could prove to be one of the finest pitching staffs they will face this season.

“The most important part about their team is their pitching, and they had to use eight pitchers [in the two games],” said Humiston. “Some of those guys can really throw, and while we had some strikeouts, we battled through it to have success. This was a real good starting point for our team.”

Sophomore pitcher Zach Kreke went six innings for the Jackets without notching a strikeout before being replaced in the seventh by Baumgartel. The senior DH picked up the win by pitching a scoreless seventh inning.

The Jackets return to action Sunday in Florida for the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, where they will play a total of nine games in six days. They return home to face Penn-State Behrend at 1 p.m. on March 19.

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Altmeyer, a captain on the team, missed 12 of the Jacket’s 27 games with a knee injury, after missing all of last season due to torn ligaments in the same knee.

“Last year when I originally tore up my knee, it was heartbreaking until I started walking again, and then I got motivated to return,” said Altmeyer, who posted a career-high 25 points in the Jackets’ lone regular season conference victory over Washington & Jefferson.

“The second injury was tough because the doctors didn’t know what was going on for a long time, so coming back and playing fifteen games wasn’t as many as I would have liked, but it was still a great way to close out my career.”

Apart from Altmeyer and Alexander’s upcoming departures, the Jackets will also lose Allenby and Lou Galante, the team’s

Jackets well represented on All-PAC teams The Presidents’ Athletic Conference recently released its All-PAC selections. On the women’s side, the Jackets saw a lot of recognition.

Senior point guard Hannah Hunter was selected allconference for the third straight season, but finally was awarded first-team accolades after averaging 13.3 points per game. Hunter also tallied a career-high 146 assists and 80 steals while playing the second most minutes in the conference.

Fellow guard Jessi Drayer received second-team AllPAC laurels after leading the Jackets in scoring with 14.5 points per game.

Junior guard Brittany Spencer rounded out the Jackallowed the Bearcats to connect on just 4-of-16 three point attempts. “[Sophomore] Elaine [Hasek] did a nice job as she really has done in all three games,” Jones said.

“We match up well with their personnel.”

Senior guard Emily Fenton led the Bearcats with 16 points. Meanwhile, freshman point guard Elle Collins collected 14 points.

Spencer led Waynesburg offensively with a team-high 15 points and

et women who were honored by the PAC. Spencer led the Jackets in rebounding, grabbing 201 boards to rank sixth in the conference.

Fourth-year head coach Sam Jones was finally rewarded for his work turning around a program that was a 1-25 in the season before he took over as head coach. He was named Coach of the Year.

Jones has compiled a 58-51 record over his four seasons, including guiding the Jackets to back-to-back 20win seasons for the first time in school history.

Saint Vincent senior Brittany Sedlock was named Player of the Year for the second straight season.

- Aaron Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds.

The loss dropped the Jackets to 20-7 and denied them their chance to play for a conference title and a shot at an NCAA Tournament bid. However, Waynesburg did receive a bid to defend their ECAC

South Tournament title.

Waynesburg was awarded the No. 3 seed and hosted Penn State Behrend on Wednesday night at the Marisa Fieldhouse. That game ended too late for this edition.

“It is nice to get recog-

given the task of getting into shape during the offseason before team activities began. According to their head coach, the softball players have answered the call.

“We do a lot of running, but mainly the girls were given the challenge of getting themselves in shape in the offseason, and they did a pretty decent job of it this year,” Giachetti said. “I think these kids are pretty dedicated.”

During spring break, the softball team will travel to Kissimmee, Fla., to play 10 games between March 4 and March 9.

During that 10-game stretch, Giachetti hopes to learn about his team’s capabilities.

“Hopefully, I’ll see that we have a very productive group of young ladies, and hopefully we’ll take a hard look at everybody and get everybody some at-bats and playing time defensively so we can See SOFTBALL on C4

other two captains, as well as contributors Luke Baker, Pat Crawford and Jeff Nairne.

“Those guys have done everything we have asked them to do since I’ve been here and have been wonderful in the classroom, as well, posting a cumulative GPA of around 3.7,” said Christner. “The way we played at the end of the season the last two years says a lot about them and is a tribute to those guys wanting to keep playing no matter what, even through the losses.”

The Jackets return a pair of starters who will be seniors next season in Aaron Cromwell and Kurt Bonnet, who led the team in rebounds with 4.3 per game.

Despite the difficult season, the Jackets were playing their best basketball at the end of the year, which from the outset was Christner’s primary desire.

“The way we played at the end of the year says a lot about where this team is headed,” said Christner.

“We have a lot to work on and a lot of returners that if they work hard, will have some great opportunities next season.”

nition,” Jones said. “[But] to be honest, we are very disappointed with Friday’s result. We didn’t even just want to get to the title game. Our goal was to win the title and make NCAAs. “We will take [the ECAC bid] and set up to defend our title,” he added. “[But] we are still disappointed that we aren’t talking about NCAAs.” Thomas More won its sixth straight PAC title by downing Saint Vincent 77-66 Saturday night. The Saints earned the PAC’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament and are set to host Louisiana.

Meanwhile, the Bearcats were awarded an at-large berth and play York (Pa.).

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Men’s tennis drops conference opener

Track rewrites record books again Jackets complete indoor schedule at Denison Univeristy

By Rob Longo

By Cam Posney

Editorial Assistant

Staff Writer

After dropping their first match in an 8-1 decision to Marietta, the Yellow Jacket men’s tennis team was looking to bounce back Tuesday as they opened conference play against Saint Vincent in Latrobe, Pa. However, the Jackets fell to a very talented Bearcats squad without winning a match, 9-0.

“You know a team is good when their No. 1 player from last year was playing No. 5 singles,” said junior Jon Anderson. “They did a good job recruiting last year since their top two players are both freshmen.”

During the doubles portion of the match, the closest contest was at second doubles, where freshman Phillip Littlejohn and Anderson lost to the duo of Sean Malone and Tony Costantino, 9-7.

At first doubles, the freshman-senior tandem of Isaiah Cochran and Peter Mally took one game, before falling 8-1 On the singles side of the match, Anderson again was involved in the closest match by losing in fifth singles 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.

Cochran put up the next best fight, as he dropped a 63, 6-3 decision to Constantino.

“Saint Vincent is a really good team,” Anderson said.

“I think this year they’ll give Grove City a run for their money for the PAC championship.”

Grove City, who has won 21 straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference titles, is once again projected to finish first in the league.

Waynesburg will look to bounce back March 17 when they travel to Westminster to take on the Titans in their second conference match of the season.

The Waynesburg track & field squads embarked on a journey to Ohio this past Friday to take part in the Denison University Last Chance Meet.

The event was a nonscored meet where only individual times were taken.

It was another record setting day for the Yellow Jackets, as it has been in the past few meets in this indoor season.

Sophomore Justin Angotti, who has been rewriting the Jacket record books, decided to add more to his already impressive resume. This time it came in the mile run, where he ran a speedy 4:34:83. His time was good enough for a fifth-place finish in the event.

Head coach Jason Falvo got a boost by adding Byrum Louco, a freshman who is also a member of

Photo courtesy of Denison University Sports Information

Freshman Ashley Cole (right) runs in Saturday’s Last Chance Meet at Denison. Cole was part of the 4x200 relay team that shattered the previous school record. the Waynesburg basketball team. He shattered the 200-meter dash school record in his debut with a time of 23.50 seconds.

The record for the 4x200 relay was also broken on the men’s side.

That relay team consists of junior Christian Jackson, sophomore Marvin Sampson, freshman Damion Alexander and Louco.

Another relay team highlighted the women’s meet. The 4x200 relay

Wrestling places third

squad, which consists of freshman Hannah Derbis, freshman Ashley Cole, junior Rhea Huwe and junior Jaimee Post shattered the previous school record in the event. Their time of 1:53:13 was also good enough for third place overall at Denison.

Out of this group, Huwe also put together a solid individual performance. She placed second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.30 seconds.

The 4x200 relay group

also had another member perform well individually.

Cole galloped a time of 10.05 seconds in the 60meter hurdles, which was good enough for first place.

After having such a successful indoor season, the Jacket tracksters will now be preparing for a vigorous outdoor season, which will begin after spring break. Their first outdoor meet will be Saturday, March 17 at Muskingum.

Falvo pushes for meet

though, did not comment on that possibility.

Falvo believes all of the other PAC teams are also on board with this possible addition to the track & field schedule. Most PAC teams are fully competitive in the indoor portion of the schedule, but a few teams still are not. Falvo believes that the shot at a championship will help get all teams in the league fully participating indoors.

“I feel that everyone [in the PAC] is on board,” said Falvo. “A few teams do not fully compete in indoor, but I feel that his would create a buzz [that would make those schools want to participate fully].”

An indoor track & field championship appears to be a beneficial addition for the PAC. A shot at a championship trophy this early in the season would only create more hype for the outdoor season to follow.

One thing is for sure, though—in any case, the future of PAC track & field is certainly bright.

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While the Jackets did not win a team title, they led all Presidents’ Athletic Conference teams with a third-place finish in the 10-team field with a score of 103 points. Olivet took home first place with a score of 165.5 points, while Wabash took second overall with a score of 112.5 points.

Although his team did not win, head coach Ron Headlee was still proud of the way his team performed.

“We thought our guys wrestled well,” said Headlee. “I thought our guys really responded well. A number of the guys beat guys they had previously lost to, so that was good to see.”

Things got off to a bad start before the first bout of the day was held as standout junior 125pounder Alex Crown, who not only qualified for last year’s national tournament but placed fourth in the country, missed the event due to an illness.

Headlee said that Crown had been battling dehydration the day before the tournament while trying to cut weight. He said the coach-

than they already are.

“I think it is the next step of progression in track & field in the PAC,” Falvo said. “As we grow into a strong track & field force [as a conference], this is a key step in leading towards that.”

Falvo thinks that not only would a championship give these great athletes another chance to compete against each other, but it would also become a motivating factor in training.

“The competition in our conference is very high,” Falvo said. “If we give them a shot at a championship this early in the season, imagine the motivation that could bring.”

With these two possible benefits, an indoor conference championship could certainly be on the horizon. PAC Executive Director Joe Onderko,

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In Giachetti’s mind, this year’s team has some abilities that it has not had in the past on both offense and defense.

“We’ve got some really

Photo by Dawn Yates

Senior 157-pounder Garett Johnston (left) wrestles in Saturday’s Midwest Regional.

In what would prove to be his final collegiate competition, Johnston placed third. ing staff felt it would be the safest option for Crown to sit out, instead of risking serious harm to his body.

With Crown out, sophomore heavyweight Brandon Fedorka led the way for the Jackets, finishing second. Fedorka made it to the championship bout against top-seeded Logan Renas (Olivet) by scoring a win by fall over Washington & Jefferson senior Taylor Potts, who upset Fedorka at this year’s PAC Championships.

“I thought Fedorka was overmatched in the finals,” said Headlee. “As a team, I think we need to get a little stronger next year.”

Freshman Jake Vitolo impressed his coaches by placing third at 133 pounds. After dropping a 10-5 match against Thiel

senior and three-time AllAmerican Corey Brown, Vitolo went on to score back-to-back decision wins in consolations to finish in third place.

After a terrific regular season, senior Garett Johnston entered what many considered to be the deepest, most talented weight class in the tournament at 157 pounds.

Johnston won his first two bouts of the day before running into two-time All-American and former national champion Isaac Dukes of Case Western.

Dukes defeated Johnston 11-4. Johnston rebounded with a pair of decision wins in the consolations to take third place.

Junior Cody Catalina (184 pounds) revenged a previous loss to PAC champion Stephen Ceremuga (Thiel), defeating

Ceremuga 2-1. Catalina ended his day in third place, as well.

Freshman Patrick Jennings put together a strong performance, finishing third at 197 pounds. In the process of taking home third place, Jennings defeated PAC champion Patrick Morris of Thiel 8-6. Morris had defeated Jennings just two weeks earlier to clinch the PAC title for the Tomcats.

Although the season is over for Headlee and his squad, that does not mean they can’t start thinking about next year.

“This year we had some guys wrestling up a weight class,” said Headlee. “Next year, some guys will get to move into better positions. We continue to take average high school guys and make them better.”

fast athletes, and we’re going to be able to put some pressure on defenses with our ability to bunt, run, slap and other things that we haven’t done in the past,” said Giachetti.

“I think we’re definitely going to be able to put pressure on teams with speed that we haven’t had in the past. Nobody ever expects Waynesburg to steal bases, bunt and run.”

Giachetti believes that

the team’s defense will benefit from its depth the season.

“Defensively, I think we just need to throw strikes,” he said. “I think we’re at least two deep at every position, maybe three deep at some, and I think if we can throw strikes, we’ll do very well defensively.

“I’m really excited,” Giachetti added. “I think we’ve got a team that’s

working really hard.

We’ve got a lot of young talent mixed in with some kids that have been here for a few years. I think we’re going to be all right.”

The Jackets begin their season in Florida on March 4 with a doubleheader against The College of St. Benedict and Sage College. They will then play eight more games in Florida.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Cirque du Sibs N’ Kids Documentary INVISIBLE CHILDREN

advocates justice

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor

Photo by Amanda Rice

On Friday, Feb. 24 the second annual Sibs N’ Kids event was held on campus. The participants could attend several events throughout the weekend at the circus-themed event.

Weekend event doubles number of participants

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Film promotes WU mission trips

By Elias Lyons Staff Writer On Feb. 24, Waynesburg University held its second circus-themed annual Sibs N’ Kids event.

Sibs N’ Kids is an event for the younger siblings of current Waynesburg University students to visit the college.

Rather than the usual night of eating microwaveable meals and a movie until 3 a.m., the Sibs N’ Kids event held several activities for college students to enjoy with the children that were visiting them.

A Lil Sib’s Bingo game was held on the third floor of Stover Campus Center on Friday afternoon.

Following bingo, an ice cream social was held for the children.

Resident halls also had

Kony2012.

The phrase is everywhere – on bright red stickers merging the democrat donkey and republican elephant symbols, on a bracelet, on tshirts and on posters.

And this time, Waynesburg University is helping set the trend.

The Invisible Children roadies visited the University during Upper Room last Sunday, screening for the first time anywhere Invisible Children’s newest documentary “Kony2012.”This documentary’s purpose: make Joseph Kony famous so the world may know. So Kony will end up in chains by the end of December 2012.Kony’s

one of the world’s worst war criminals guilty of atrocities including genocide, rape and abducting children to become his soldiers.

“Invisible Children news went practically viral with Waynesburg University students on Twitter and Facebook,” said Julie Hudak, president of the University’s International Justice Mission chapter. “It is amazing.”

University students responded to the documentary, but this campaign does not end with publicity. Each campaign tool directs people to the website kony2012.com. It is here that supporters can sign a pledge, watch and share the documentary,

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different activities for participants on Friday night.

The activities differed from dorm to dorm and included; a movie night at Martin Hall, a game night in Denny Hall, PB & J’s, PJ’s and Disney in Willison Hall, a Disneythemed game night with snacks in Burns and Ray Halls, and a game of foursquare in Thayer hall.Siblings stayed overnight in residence halls on campus.

“The Sibs N’ Kids is for the younger siblings to see what their older brothers and sisters do at college,” said Kelly Hardie, director of housing, was in charge of Sibs N’ Kids.

Last year the Sibs N’ Kids event totaled 62 siblings. This year, the number of attending siblings nearly doubled to 109 children.

Along with Hardie, numerous students volunteered to help with the

event.

“The volunteers are what make it all possible,” said Hardie. “Without them this wouldn’t happen.”

On Saturday, younger siblings had a pancake breakfast and carnival day. At the close of the second day, they saw Dust N’ Magic at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

The siblings went home on Sunday after attending church.

On Feb. 28, a documentary created by Waynesburg University junior Gregory Reinhart was displayed in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

Reinhart, a junior communication major, was inspired to create his documentary entitled “Tuba City: Finding Age with Beauty” after attending a mission trip in 2010. He began shooting footage in 2011. According to Associate Professor of Education Frank Pazzynski, the mission trip’s founder, Tuba City is a “Waynesburg-sized town” in the Navajo Indian reservation located in Arizona.

The mission trip is cur-

rently in its sixth year and continues to be a success each year while offering a different way of serving others than usual.

The Tuba City community is one in deep poverty and one that very few residents ever leave, due primarily to isolation.

“Very few high school students ever do much after graduation, and even less go to college,” said Pazzynski.

This particular mission trip, however beneficial to the members of the Tuba City community, is equally as beneficial to the students who attend the mission trip. This is why they continue to do the mission trip.

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Jubilee Conference features variety of speakers, lessons

By Abby Pittinaro Staff Writer On Feb. 17, Waynesburg University traveled to Pittsburgh to attend the Jubilee Conference for the weekend.

The Jubilee Conference has invited over 60,000 college students to Pittsburgh for the last 35 years to learn how to worship God with everything they have.

The conference has a variety of speakers that appeal to a wide range audience.

From engineering and science, to music and art, the Jubilee Confer-

ence speakers will reached everyone that attended the event.

Steve Snow, a sophomore criminal justice major, went to Jubilee for the first time this year.

“There were breakout sessions or workshops, whichever you prefer, where you could go and listen to speakers who spoke about a given topic,” Snow said.

“We had large gatherings, which consisted of more speakers and worship, followed by more workshops.”

Snow enjoyed all the activities that took place

during the weekend, but one particular workshop stood out to him the most.

“The workshop I went to with speaker, Jeremy Walls, who is the team marketing and business finance person for the entire National Basketball Association, stood out the most. He spoke of his testimony and how he didn’t let his faith get in the way of his work,” said Snow.

“It was so humbling to see, especially working for the NBA, a job that one can easily have See STUDENTS on D2

Photo by Kimber Blair

On Thursday, Feb. 17, students traveled to Pittsburgh to attend the Jubilee Conference. The conference included numerous speakers and workshops.

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Turnout for Ryanhood concert disappointing to students

By Mandy Ormsby Staff Writer On Tuesday Feb. 28, a disappointing 12 people, including only nine active Waynesburg University students, gathered in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

The small group formed a circle in the lobby before entering the actual performance to discuss the lack of students that came to the performance of the two-man band Ryanhood.

“It is disappointing to see the turnouts of these events,” said freshmen accounting Major George Malerbo. “I attended an event last week at the GPAC and the turnout was about the same.”

The Student Activities Board organized this event

Photo by Allyson Wernert

On Tuesday, Ryanhood performed in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. The event was organized by the Student Activities Board; 12 students attended. and chose this particular band because students saw Ryanhood at an NACCA convention.

The NACCA convention is where talent from all over goes to perform so that they can be booked and Waynesburg Univer-

sity took students from the SAB and they liked Ryanhood.

The Student Activities Board booked Ryanhood and works very hard to try to get bands here that students will like,” said Luke Payson, Resident Director

of Martin Hall.

Unfortunately Ryanhood came on stage to look at a crowd of 12 people yet they both kept their energy up.

Though the number was disappointing some students are wondering if

Five mission trips offered over break

By Molly Winters Staff Writer Eighty-eight students and 10 faculty and staff members will spend their spring break serving others both domestically and abroad.

Waynesburg University is offering five mission trips over break.

“I think anywhere in the world is a good place to send a mission team,” said Esteban Saldi, a senior human services major.

“Every place has their own needs and it is good to be able to do as much as we can during the time we are doing those mission trips.”

The trips include the Pittsburgh Project on the North Shore, Habitat for Humanity in Concord, N.C., Environmental Stewardship in Homosassa, Fla., a Samaritan’s Purse partnership in Bolivia, and the Unity Presbyterian Church and Primary School in Belize City, Belize.

Dave Calvario, dean of students and director of the Center for Service Leadership, will lead a team of students to Caquiaviri, Bolivia.From March 2 to March 10, seven students and Calvario will serve in Bolivia by digging water wells in rural areas.

This group will partner with Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization that provides spiritual and physical aid to vic-

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a lot of fun with and feel like a celebrity. He was truly humbling and showed he didn’t let his faith get in the way,” said Snow.

Sophomore second education English and creative writing major Jasmine Blackwell, also attend the Jubilee Con-

tims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine.

“I am the one that planned this mission trip and my reason was to be able to give the opportunity to other students to visit my home country,” said Saldi.

Amy Morgan a senior secondary education biology major is also giving up her spring break to serve others less fortunate than her.

“I hope to learn a lot about Bolivian culture and really expand my worldview. Considering we will be digging wells to help provide clean water, I think Who’s Your Neighbor Week really helped prepare me to be thinking about empowering the powerless,” said Morgan.

Regarding the Pittsburgh Project, a team of 36 students and four leaders will serve March 4 through March 10.

This group will be led

by Sarah Brandstetter, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program, Ashley Kelver, resident director, her husband Josh Kelver and Admissions Counselor Madeline Snyder.

The students will pro-

vide free home repairs for those who may not be able to complete the tasks.

Another trip will take place in Davidson, North Carolina on March 4 through March 9, where students will work with Habitat for Humanity.

This trip will be led by Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Services Pat Bristor and Dr. Chad Sherman, instructor of communication. The students are participating in Habitat’s national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge, which is one of the many programs Habitat offers to engage youth ages 5 to 25 in service activities.

Traveling further down the east coast, 13 students will serve at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in Homosassa, Fla. from March 3 through March 10.

The park serves as a rehabilitation and refuge center for injured manatees. The trip will be led

by Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Chad Sethman and his wife, Rachel Sethman. The group will

work with the Florida Springs Institute on a project to reintroduce a plant species vital to the manatee habitat.

From March 4 to March 11, Waynesburg University students will travel to Belize City, Belize, to serve others.

Students will be led by Anne Schrock, resident director, and her husband, Tyler Schrock, web programmer at Waynesburg University. The students will serve with the Unity Presbyterian Church and Primary School located in the Collet area of the city.

A continuing partnership with Peacework, an international volunteer organization, will allow students to participate in both tutoring and construction for the fourth consecutive year.Morgan urges any Waynesburg student to go on a mission trip at least once in their four years here.

“They are truly an eyeopener and really have helped me live my life to its fullest,” said Morgan.

No matter how far the students here at Waynesburg travel to aid those in need, they all have one thing in common, and that is serving others before themselves.

“Giving up spring break is not always easy, especially your senior year, so that in itself will be a challenge for me,” Morgan said. “However, I know that God is going to use me as His servant while I am there.”

ference for the first time this year.

Blackwell says that if she had the opportunity to go to the conference again next year, she would.

Blackwell described the conference as “a God conference with speakers and students gathered to talk about God”.

The part of the weekend that stood out to Blackwell the most was the music.

“An awesome band played, and I felt con-

nected to the large crowd; it was all very touching.”

According to Snow, James Smith from Calvin College spoke about Creation Festivals.

Creation’s main goal is present the Gospel through music, which are what students at the Jubilee conference tasted.

At the end of the weekend, Snow and Blackwell both had an incredible time.

“It’s truly a great expe-

rience to dive deeper into your faith whether it’s something you struggle with or your intended career path,” Snow said.

“I felt restored after the weekend and knew God was present with me. I encourage everyone to go.”

Blackwell felt very similar in feeling that everyone should attend.

“It is an experience you want to have if you love God, or aren’t sure, Jubilee is the place to go,” said Blackwell.

“Every place has their own needs and it is good to be able to do as much as we can during the time we are doing those mission trips.”

Esteban Saldi Senior human services major

it is the advertising that might be failing to affect the students.

“I did not know about the event until a friend asked me to go,” said Michelle Dunseath, “the turnout is upsetting and I am not sure if it is because of midterms or because people did not know about it.

“I don’t really feel like the flyers get my attention and when they do there is not enough information on them that makes me interested enough to go,” said sophomore Toria Shepherd.

Ryanhood is a two person band from Arizona and their slogan is “two guitars and two guys in ties, this band won the crowd by 8:02.”Ryanhood demonstrated their skills with the guitars and inter-

acted with the crowd.

For their second number they both explained the song called “Army” and though there were few people in the audience the faces of those that were there looked happy and impressed.

“I feel like the students that don’t come are missing out on great performances,” said Payson. “We want to encourage students to get involved with extra activities.”

Payson also wants to encourage students to join the activities board as well as join the events as students.

In the future the University hopefully will be able to gather more students to events so that the college is more active and more friendships and bonds can be made.

Mission trip inspires

ences were part of what made Reinhart want to produce the documentary about Tuba City.

“I was most amazed to realize that I didn’t need to leave the United States in order to find an abandoned town,” Reinhart said.

The documentary has taken a lot of work and plenty of time to complete.The overall goal of Reinhart’s documentary is to create awareness for the way Waynesburg University does mission trips by promoting a Christian attitude and a better way of life for those they serve.

While Pazzynski knows that the Native American’s lifestyle will not be changed in the week they are there, it offers a life-changing experience to the students who partake in it and he says that is what’s important.

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The mission trip is a week long journey into the Arizona desert, in which they help the Navajo community with local events, usually involving the school.While it may seem like other mission trips, this one is different, as Reinhart and Pazzynski are both fascinated with the isolation of Tuba City, and amazed that a third world state of living could exist in the United States.

Reinhart admits that the Tuba City mission trip was a unique experience that will never be forgotten and that he enjoyed listening to the guest speakers. These experi-

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“It is a matter of getting it out to as many places and communities as we can,” said Jonathan Wieland, an Invisible Children roadie. “We really hope that this resonates, and people will choose to act. We are relying on you guys to act yourselves.”

It still does not end the campaign mushrooms on April 20 when Invisible Children’s Cover the Night will blast Kony’s name to anyone who might have missed it.

During this night, crews around the country will hang Kony2012 posters from sunset to sunrise.

“The IJM chapter on campus hopes to participate in Invisible Children’s Cover the Night, in which we will hang posters to raise awareness of Joseph Kony and the struggle in Uganda,” said

Hudak. “We are going to try to cover all of Waynesburg, and possibly participate with the Pittsburgh crew.”Invisible Children’s 16 roadie teams will travel for 10 weeks to show the documentary to about 90 different groups each, including high schools, campuses and churches.

Their goal, according to Wieland: reach as many people as they can.Even if the campaign fails, Invisible Children will continue relief efforts in central Africa and Uganda through Tri, a monthly donation program that helps rebuild the region.

“Essentially, if they don’t get Kony this year, we are still going to push for it,” said Wieland.

“Obviously it will be a huge blow. The troops are there. The Lord’s Resistance Army is the weakest they’ve been in decades, really. If it doesn’t work out for whatever reason, we’re still going to be pushing.”

But in freshman nursing major Emily Weiss’ opinion, Invisible Children’s campaign will succeed because social media will educate many.

“They will,” Weiss said. “That is not an option.”

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Spring Break Brreak To Do To D List

Voolunteer Although there are 88 students who already plan to attend mission trips that are sponsored through the University, there are many who would still like to make a diff ffeerren e ce over their break, but just don’t haave the money to go anywhere. The great news: you h don’t have to go somewhere special and you won’t hav ave to fork out any exttra r cash. There are numerous co ommunity service opportunities in your hometown, like humane societ ieties, i soup kitchens and community centers that have a great need for volunteers like you.

Relax For many, spring break rep pres e ents t the chance to finally wind down.

Watch a movie, play with your u do o and sleep in every day (while you og hav ave the chance). Make thi h s a week to regenerate, so that when you do come back to school you will be ready for whatever obstacles— d or assignments ts—aare thrown your waay. Consider this week an opportunity for you to finally sit back and breathe.

Speendd time Spen me wit with ffaamillyy Whi h lee at colleg l e, many ssttudents do d not get to go home as o en oft n as they would d llike. Sprin ing break offe offeers a chance for those studen u tss to spend qualiity time with the loved ones that they have been n away from for the last six weeks, and it off ffeers them the opportun n ty to finally gett a hom ni omee-co - oked meal. So, let the family bonding begin.

f friends m your family, you with from home. pend quality time You might not get e semester is over.

G on a roaadd trip Go tri Tra r velling is one of the most exciting thingss students can do over spring break. Because there are no classes to attend, many students have the entir i e week to spend as they wish. Grab a couple of yourr friends or family members and just drive—y —yyou mig ight end e more, a road trip up somewhere unexpected. Further off ffeers the opportunity for you to see landmarks that you never have beffore.

Go to the be G beach each achh Imagine it: sand, sun and a warm breezee. Y Yo ou co c uld be lying on the beach tanning or reading or talking with friends.. Going the beach is a great waay to spend your break and it is what many students plan to do during their week off ff.. Not only is it relaxing, but also it is an experience that you will remember. It is also something that you cannot do when you are in Waynesburg.

G to a con Go concert ncert If you spend your break anywhere close to a music scene, going to a concert may be the perfect waay to spend your free time. You get to en njoy some great music and the crazy zy atmosphere that’s present at concerts; you could go with friends and make a day trip out of wherrever the concert is located. That waay, you will not only en njoy great music, but you can en njoy the ride as well.

Catch up onn work rkk Even though you may not want to aadmit it, spring break gives studen nts (es (e pecially those that procrastinate) the opportunity to catch up on the schoolwork that has piled up through the semesster. dents, use this break to get If you are one of those stud back on track, so when you come back to campus you will be prepared and less stressed than you will be if you put the work off ff..

Spring break offers numerous opportunities for students. In addition, you will have much more free time to spend however you wish. No matter what you decide to do, have a great, safe break and rejuvenate yourself so that the second half of the semester goes as smoothly as the first.

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