10.13.11 Yellow Jacket

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Vol. 89 No. 5

WAYNESBURG CARES

HOMECOMING CULMINATED SATURDAY AT WILEY STADIUM WITH

THE CROWNING OF THE KING AND QUEEN AND ANOTHER WIN FOR THE JACKET FOOTBALL TEAM.

Crowning glory

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Homecoming events culminated this past weekend

By Amanda Bell and Molly Winters Yellow Jacket Staff After a week of events, the Homecoming activities reached a conclusion on Saturday.

The Homecoming football game was held last Saturday at the John F. Wiley Stadium, during which time the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets defeated the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes.

During the halftime of the football game, Jeff Young and Reba Parry were named the King and Queen for this year.

The homecoming court also consisted of Adam Turner and Emily Sorton, who were chosen to represent the freshmen, along with K Scarry for the sophomore class. Junior representatives are Shawn Wharrey and Emily Dubberke.

Senior representatives in the running for Homecoming king included Andrew Dennis, Esteban Saldi and Aaron Thompson.

Alison Busby, Janelle Jones, Amy Morgan and Rachel Saeler were nominated for homecoming queen.

Alumni were also honored during the day with a variety of events including the Alumni Tea.

‘Kick Pancreatic Cancer’ fundraiser to be held Saturday Assistant Sports Editor In conjunction with the soccer doubleheader Saturday evening against Westminster College, the Waynesburg University women’s soccer team will host the third annual “Kick Pancreatic Cancer” event. The women’s game kicks off the doubleheader at 5 p.m.

The fundraiser was created in 2009 when then senior midfielder Catherine Moore planned and organized the event after her father Kenneth Moore was diagnosed with the disease. Kenneth Moore, who served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Waynesburg University, passed away at the age of 59 on Nov. 6, 2010.

Through the first two years the event has raised just about $13,000 for the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. According to the Hirshberg Foundation’s website, pancreatic cancer is one of the few cancers for which surSee TEAM on A4

Photos by Arianna Grondin

(Above) The student section, now called The Swarm, cheered on the Yellow Jacket football team during the Homecoming game last Saturday. Waynesburg won the game, 47-33, over Geneva, behind six touchdown passes from senior quarterback Josh Graham.

(Left) Senior education major Reba Parry and senior psychology major Jeff Young were crowned the Homecoming King and Queen during the halftime ceremony of the football game on Saturday at John F. Wiley Stadium.

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Team raises breast cancer awareness

By Amanda Wishner Online Content Coordinator The Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team donned pink jerseys for the annual Dig Pink volleyball match on Tuesday night. The event is held every year in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, with all proceeds going toward research and finding a cure.

“Events like [Dig Pink] really broaden

students’ horizons,” said Stephanie Benkowski, associate director of Athletics and head volleyball coach at Waynesburg University.

“It creates awareness for college athletes and college women. Anything that we can do to help raise awareness is really my goal.”

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Ribbons used to promote domestic violence awareness

By Sarah Bell Arts & Life Editor There are purple ribbons hanging on trees, an empty table setting in the library and 9,000 victims every day.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and these ribbons are a part of the process to bring aware-

ness to the issue.

Senior nursing majors Meighan Macik and Alix Smith chose to spread the word about domestic violence throughout campus by decorating the trees outside of Stover Campus Center with purple ribbons and informing students and faculty with a display in the Beehive.

“Domestic Violence Awareness Month is not something that is widely known or heard of.

We know there is domestic violence happening, so this was just one way to get the information out there,” Macik said.

“It is a very important cause that this community needs to hear.”

Macik and Smith decided to acknowledge domestic violence because of its impact on the student’s age group.

“Most people know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but not that it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” Smith said. “Domestic violence is one of the

ices of Southwestern Pa. “Domestic violence occurs at all ages, but mostly between 20 to 24

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most underreported crimes in America. It’s not something that is widely talked about, but it needs to be.”

In the United States, 95 percent of all reported incidents of domestic assault are inflicted upon women; a woman is abused every 15 seconds, according to the Domestic Violence Serv-

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‘Be of good cheer’: Sociology CAMPUS MINISTRIES Upper Room professor gives Chapel address worship moved

By Wes Best Staff Writer On Tuesday, members of the congregation inside Roberts Chapel had the opportunity to listen to Waynesburg University Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ezekiel Olagoke, conduct a sermon for the weekly chapel.

The sermon Olagoke delivered, entitled to “Be of Good Cheer,” enlightened the audience about how individuals can follow in the footsteps of Jesus in overcoming the world.

“To be of good cheer means that you can overcome the world,” Olagoke said. “You can overcome anything in life, whether it deals with school, financial or relationship problems, just as Jesus conquered his obstacles and the world.”

According to Olagoke, following in Jesus’ footsteps involves putting forth ones faith and trust into Jesus, as he has already glorified the sur-

Month to show support Continued from A1 years of age. That is the age of college students; therefore, it impacts our campus,” Macik said.

“If we don’t teach students about domestic violence or what to look for, serious consequences could occur.”

The Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh addressed that Pennsylvania has the third highest number of murder suicides in the nation.

“Seventy-three percent of murder suicides involve an intimate partner,” Macik said.

“Of these, 94 percent are women that are killed by their spouse.

That is why it is important to reach out not only to the campus, but to the community as well.”

Fear is a large factor in domestic violence cases.

“To be of good cheer means that you can overcome the world. You can overcome anything in life...”

Ezekiel Olagoke Assistant professor of sociology

rounding world, and knowing that he will be in spirit with those who seek out his presence.

“There is a savior in the Lord who has overcome the world, and we should trust and believe in him as a guide, instructor and teacher,” Olagoke said.

“We can overcome the world, just as Jesus has, and we should be of good cheer knowing that he will come.”

Olagoke said that the worries and troubles individuals face in daily life should be forgotten, as each day is a gift where one can be joyful in times of worship and praising Jesus.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled because Jesus

“Victims should know that they are not alone. There are people out there willing to help.”

Meighan Macik Senior Nursing major

“Victims are afraid to speak up about the domestic violence that is happening to them; they are afraid of the consequences that they may encounter,” Macik said.

“It is something that is not reported that often in the United States, and so we are hoping that with domestic violence awareness month we will reach out and help those that are affected.”

Smith also wants the community to be aware that violence is not only a physical act.

“Many people think domestic violence is

has overcome many troubles, and we can too,” Olagoke said. “Be of good cheer because Jesus will come and there is nothing you can’t face with the blessing and prayer of his spirit.”

The message “Be of Good Cheer” derives from the scripture reading, John 16:25-35, and is the last verse of the reading.

Olagoke recalls the first time he was introduced to the scripture.

“The first time I read the scripture was when I was in Nigeria, preparing to study abroad,” Olagoke said. “I was seeking direction, guidance and wisdom from God, and I wanted to follow his example.”

Olagoke also empha-

only about the physical abuse or what you can visually see, but it’s about more than that,” Smith said.

“It is also about the control and the fear. It is a hidden burden among those who are victims.”

As nursing majors, both Macik and Smith have seen victims of domestic violence in hospitals, which inspired them to take action.

“Nursing students want to build awareness around the campus and community to help cut down the percentage of those victimized,” Macik said.

“Victims should know that they are not alone. There are people out there willing to help.”

The Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pa. encourages the community to bring a stop to the violence.

They said, “as a community we need to work together to stop violence in relationships, because love shouldn’t hurt.”

sized the fact that Jesus was a teacher, among many other identities, which include being a prophet and the Prince of Peace, and he was a teacher of messages to all followers.

“Jesus was a teacher and was very powerful and profound,” Olagoke said. “No man ever spoke like him, and his goal in teaching others was to restore the image of God and inform others that they should not be afraid, since he will come.”

Being in the presence of Jesus and following his teachings will enable the trials and troubles that a person faces to ultimately subside, Olagoke said.

It allows for his blessing to be ordained upon those who rejoice his arrival.

“In your life, your stories and your ambitions, you will face issues,” Olagoke said. “Be of good cheer, because Jesus has overcome tribulations and will ultimately come. It is always good to be in the presence of the Lord.”

to Roberts Chapel

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor Just as King Solomon anticipated that Israel had a permanent place to worship in 1 Kings 8, Waynesburg University students expressed similar feelings of joy when Upper Room moved into the Roberts Chapel last Sunday, Oct. 9.

“We just moved into this new chapel where we can worship,” said Evan Kephart, a junior biblical ministries major, “Of course, it applies to us here and now in this place as we move into here.

Now you have a place to worship – a place dedicated to worship God.” Nathan Regotti, a communication major, prepared a message for Upper Room, but when he felt God tugging at his heart, he decided to just talk.

Raised in a typical

Christian family, Regotti didn’t realize how expansive God is until his childhood church was shut down.

“How do we describe God? By saying He is indescribable,” said Regotti.

Providing an analogy, Regotti said a person’s entire knowledge resides in a can of coke, and God is the ocean. Filling the can with the ocean is all human beings can understand of God. “It’s time to change,” said Regotti. “We come to this Upper Room and chapel, and we get this spiritual high. But what happens after?”

According to Regotti, we often sit on that high spiritual hill, go back to how we were and then return to our spiritual high. But that is no longer acceptable.

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Photo by Kaitlin Edwards

In honor of October being domestic violence awareness month, purple ribbons were displayed in several locations across the campus including on trees.

Visitation Day gives high school students college experience

By Carrie Maier Editorial Assistant To potential students, Fall Visitation Day embodies a chance to experience Waynesburg University for the first time.

To current students, it is a day when the cafeteria is filled of unfamiliar faces.

“We always knew when visitation days were,” said former student Ashadean Jones. “There was always good food in the cafeteria.”

Jones served as a tour guide before she graduated from Waynesburg University in 2008, but she returned Oct. 10 to give younger siblings Ricky and Shelby Jones a perspective that tours led by current students could not.

“We followed the schedule and even followed the tour guide,” said Ashadean Jones. “Then we kind of

went off on our own because I wanted to show them around the way I knew campus.”

According to Ashadean Jones, not much has changed in three years.

“It was nothing too new to me because I spent four years here,” she said. “I did get to see the [Roberts] Chapel for the first time though. It’s beautiful.”

Shelby Jones, however, noticed something else.

“We walked all around campus all day,” she said.

“The campus is beautiful but it’s really hilly. If I end up [attending school] here, I’m going to need to get in shape.” Visitors began to fill the Goodwin Performing Arts Center at 8:15 a.m. and followed an itinerary that kept them busy until 2 p.m.

Justin Bender traveled four and half hours from Buffalo, N.Y. to meet with the cross country coach as a potential recruit for next year’s team and to

explore Waynesburg’s Department of Mathematics.

“We got to see a lot on our own,” said Bender.

“But it was nice to follow the tour and get to meet with two math professors because that’s what I want my major to be.”

First-time tour guide Alina Meden, a senior biology and pre-med major, who also works in the admissions office, said she felt the pressure of leading around large groups of families and potential students.

“I wasn’t stressed I was just nervous,” she said.

“Your job is to leave a good impression of the University on a huge group of people.”

Visitors asked questions at a student panel, explored majors at an academic fair held in the chapel and toured the residence halls.

“You just want people to walk away and say, ‘ok.

I can see myself here,’” said Meden

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University 2010 crime statistics released Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant Waynesburg University’s 2010 crime statistics were recently released by Mike Humiston, director of the department of public safety.

Some of the notable statistics released were three cases of simple assault, 11 cases of theft, 13 cases of vandalism, 13 cases of liquor law violations, seven cases of drunkenness and eight cases of drug abuse violations.

Most notably, the University did not have aggravated assault, rape or arson incidents.

The recent statistics do not surprise Humiston.

“I can say that the

numbers reflect the type of students we have here on campus and also the townspeople around campus,” he said.

Comparing the 2010 theft and burglary incidents to fellow schools Bethany College and Thiel College, Waynesburg had significantly lower numbers.

The University’s burglary and thefts totaled 11 while Bethany had a total of 36, and Thiel had 39.

These numbers not only reflect the resident hall thefts, but thefts around the campus.

Shane Peters, assistant dean of student services, cited several reasons for the low number of thefts.

“When we experience even a small number

of thefts, we try to educate students to always be wise in keeping their belongings secure,” said Peters. “We are a relatively safe campus, but theft rates increase if students are not locking their doors. I hope that fewer thefts indicate that students are being wiser about always locking their doors, even when just leaving their rooms for a few minutes to go down the hall.”

Humiston credits student involvement in helping prevent thefts.

“If they [students] see something that’s not ordinary, many times we will have students call us and let us know,” he said. “We have had incidents where students will say some-

thing about people having stuff they shouldn’t have or didn’t have before.”

In 2010, Waynesburg University also had fewer incidents involving alcohol and drugs then both Thiel and Bethany colleges.

Waynesburg had 28 incidents involving alcohol and drugs while Thiel had 41 and Bethany had 108 incidents.

Humiston said a number of Waynesburg students drink on campus because they feel like there is nothing better to do in Waynesburg.

“I am seeing a trend of entitlement that young people feel they are owed,” said Humiston.

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Chemistry week to raise public awareness

By Brett Colorito Staff Writer Members of the Department of Chemistry are preparing for a week of activities for students.

Oct. 16 marks the beginning of National Chemistry Week, which is a national community based event organized by the American Chemical Society that unites local ACS sections, schools and businesses in communicating the importance of chemistry in our quality of

life.

“This event allows us to raise awareness about the impact chemistry has in our everyday lives,” Department Chair of Chemistry and Forensic Sciences Dr. Evonne Baldauff said.

“It is a really busy week, but I love being able to work with students and let them share their enthusiasm for their major.”

The theme for this year is “Chemistry: Our Health, Our Future,” and many of the events will be based in the medicinal field.

This will be the second year in the Department of Chemistry will be hosting various activities throughout the week in honor of National Chemistry Week.

“We will have tables set up outside of Stewart Hall with trivia games and other activities for students to take part in,” said Baldauff.

“ACS students will also be making a trip to the Carnegie Science Center later in the week to take part in an outreach program for local grade school

kids.”

A new event taking place this year is the Art of Science competition, where students submit their own science related pictures for the chance to win a new digital camera.

Anyone who is interested can compete in the event, and the winner’s art will also be displayed throughout Stewart Hall for the remainder of the month.

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The volleyball team worked to raise money for breast cancer research by hosting a fundraiser Tuesday night.

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matched the University’s women’s volleyball team against Saint Vincent College. Unlike most games held at the university, the volleyball was pink in honor of breast cancer awareness, and informational brochures were available to those in attendance.

Many students and faculty seated in the bleachers sported Dig Pink tshirts, designed by Krysta Stanko, a senior member of the volleyball team.

The black and pink shirts were sold for $10 earlier in the week and were a very popular item among students.

According to Benkowski, only four shirts were left out of the 150 originally ordered.

There were also several raffles, with prizes including two volleyballs, signed by both the Waynesburg University and Saint Vincent’s volleyball teams.

A tote bag and scarf were also donated by the Ford dealership owned by Stanko’s family.

Although the total

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He encouraged others to realize they have a simple view of God. “He is so much more,” said Regotti. “I’m not up here to preach, but I’m up here to say what is on my heart right now. I continue to do what I don’t want to do. What matters is that we love Him.” The reason for Regotti’s last minute change in message was his room-

amount of proceeds has not been calculated, Benkowski is anticipating another successful year.

The average sum of money raised by the Dig Pink volleyball game has fallen anywhere within the $1200 to $1500 range in the past, and she expects to meet this goal again.

Further proceeds were generated by the concession stand at the volleyball game, and an additional t-shirt was also sold exclusively at the Dig Pink match.

“Every year students, faculty and staff have been wonderful about supporting Dig Pink,” she said.

“Even alumni have come to me asking to buy a shirt.”

The final score of the match was 3-0 in favor of Saint Vincent.

Although Benkowski is uncertain of any volleyball fundraisers in the future, she guarantees that the Dig Pink match will be held every year as she continues to support breast cancer awareness.

“I have not had any [personal experiences] with breast cancer, thankfully,” Benkowski said.

“But it’s something that affects a lot women and a lot of people, and everyone should be aware of it.”

mate’s refusal to attend Upper Room. When Regotti asked him why, his roommate said, “Because I see how you life.”

Regotti told Upper Room how much God convicted him – enough to forgo his entire previously planned message and speak directly from the heart. “We need to be okay with what God wants us to do, even if we don’t like it,” said Regotti.

“Look at this chapel - so big and vast - we are at a place where we have so many opportunities to grow in our relationship with God.”

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Operation Christmas Child sets goal to fill 400 shoeboxes for children in need

“They push the envelope until they get caught for an underage or a possession charge.”

Peters indicated Waynesburg’s numbers can be misleading though.

“The number of alcohol and other drug violations can vary from year to year, recognizing that number of ‘cases’ reported do not specify how many students were involved in each case,” said Peters. “So sometimes there could be a few cases involving multiple students in each, or a lot of cases with only one or a

couple students involved in each - so the overall number of students confronted about such violations was more consistent than the number of reported cases would indicate.” Overall Humiston is pleased with the relatively low number of incidents from 2010 and said Waynesburg’s statistics are very accurate.

“Anytime an incident occurs we always make note of it, even if it’s just a door being left open in a building,” he said. “If you looked at other schools they manipulate the numbers to make their school look better. We do not. I think some people scale their numbers to make it look better than it really is. We are not those people.”

By Mandy Ormsby Staff Writer Every year on the second Friday of October, Waynesburg University holds their annual kickoff for Operation Christmas Child.

Run by Samaritans Purse, Operation Christmas Child is an organization designed to provide less fortunate children with Christmas presents.

The objective is to fill and wrap shoeboxes that will eventually be sent to children all over the world.

On Oct. 7, a mountain of shoeboxes were stacked on the first floor of Stover Campus Center.

Each box contains directions for Waynesburg students to follow, specifying the gender and age of each child receiving the gift.

Pat Bristor, the associate dean of students and head of Waynesburg’s Operation Christmas Child, said that because the kickoff fell on homecoming weekend this year, the turnout wasn’t the most positive outcome “The goal as a Student body was 300 boxes last year and 372 boxes were collected,” said Bristor.

“This year the goal is 400 boxes and we plan to

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forensics and chemistry, but it will be a fun week,” said Elizabeth LeCain, sophomore chemistry major and ACS officer. “It’s also my first time going to Carnegie Science Center and I am really excited for that.”

A favorite activity amongst the community is the Haunted Lab, where a lot of the experiments performed are tailored towards Halloween, which provides an experience for not only children but also the campus.

Aside from organizing events such as the Haunted Lab during National Chemistry Week, the Waynesburg

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The Operation Christmas Child program kicked off on Oct. 7 in the Stover Campus Center. The goal for this year is to fill more than 400 shoeboxes. reach that and hopefully go beyond.”

After the boxes are collected on Oct. 28, Oakview Methodist Church will place a bible in each shoebox before it is packed and sent to the Samaritans Purse headquarters in North Carolina.

This is where the presents will receive its final packaging then shipped to children all over the world.

Hoping to help spread the joy this season, Waynesburg University will

contribute for the fourth year.

Bristor wants to encourage students to fill a box with a friend or get a team or organization involved and contribute to Operation Christmas Child to help reach the ultimate goal and give joy to the children receiving the gifts.

“Imagine receiving your very first Christmas present and the joy that comes with it,” said Bristor.

“This Operation is very close to my heart because

ACS chapter also holds monthly labs for homeschoolers, who may not have access to chemistry facilities, as well as local Girl Scouts troops.

“National Chemistry Week allows students, whether they are in high school or college, to see what chemistry majors do,” said LeCain. “We are not trying to bore people with lessons, but rather let people see if chemistry is something they are interested in and maybe even pursue as a career.”

“A lot of people have a bad perception about chemistry possibly because of a class they had in high school or they think it is boring,” said Baldauff.

“We want this week to show how important chemistry is in our lives and how much fun it can be.”

Team to raise money Continued from A1 vival rates have not been improved substantially over the last 40 years.

The average life expectancy after a diagnosis is just three-to-six months and just four percent of those diagnosed live beyond five years.

Senior Sarah Markwardt was a sophomore the first year the event took place and she talked about the impact the event has on the team.

“This event is very important to us as a team,” she said. “We’ve seen first hand the kind of devastation pancreatic cancer can cause for a family, so we’re going to do everything we can to help other families that have to go through the same thing.”

we have an opportunity to make a difference in children’s lives all over the world. Some of these children have never received a gift and for some this may be the only gift they will ever receive.”

For over forty years, Samaritans Purse has given a clear picture of what God desires in Luke 10:30-37 about the good Samaritan and how God wants us to help.

Samaritans Purse did just that by providing 500,000 gifts to over 130 countries last year.

But this was only the culmination of an entire week of Homecoming events.

Crowds of students poured into the stands of John F. Wiley Stadium Friday evening around 6:30 p.m.

As the crowd came together in the stands for the pep rally, the pep band played “My Girl” and many other songs.

“The pep band was cool because people were singing along with them and it really created a community spirit,” said Stacy Weaver, sophomore political science and English literature major.

“It made sense for it to be after the game because it was the last sporting event of the night and it allowed for the rest of the school to gather to rally,” said Chris Jarboe, junior forensic accounting major.

Sting, the mascot, was also dancing and giving out high-fives to students while they passed

“This event is very important to us as a team. We’ve seen first hand the devastation pancreatic cancer can cause for a family...”

Sarah Markwardt Senior soccer player

The Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research’s goal is supporting the ongoing efforts to find a cure for the disease. Now in its fourteenth year, the foundation has dedicated its efforts to significantly raise awareness and understanding about the form of cancer, a disease that continues to be one of the most fatal and underfunded types of cancer.

“We do this event to help. We are a service institution here at Waynesburg and we are using our resources to help raise money for this

cause because it has affected family members of our team, past and present, and also people within our community,” head soccer coach Sean McCarthy said. “Hopefully, through our efforts and the efforts of people raising money around the world, we will soon be able to fund a cure and also cultivate some ideas for prevention.”

Members of the team have collectively brought attention to the event the last two years through fundraising and advertising. Last year the soccer programs reached out to the local Chamber of

by to find a seat amongst their peers.

As the students settled and the band quieted down, Coach Sean Blumette, assistant football coach, was the announcer for the evening. He gave updates of upcoming sporting events and informed the crowd where they would be playing and whom they were against.

As the cheerleaders rallied the crowd by performing their “Go Jackets” and “Orange and Black” chant and routine.

“I thought the cheerleaders did a nice job, but I can’t lie, I love fireworks,” said Austi Dunlap, Junior Early Childhood Education and Special Development major.

The pep band played to a stampede of students running from the stadium to their cars to get back to campus to get a seat in the GPAC for the final round of Waynesburg Idol.

Earlier in the week, the University put together a pig roast in the Benedum Dining Hall that had different foods to choose from and great music from 99.5 the Hive in honor of the week.

Commerce, churches and youth soccer programs in the area. Team leaders also reached out through social media as a Facebook event was created to inform students of the event and also provide information about the disease. Members of the team sold purple “Kick Pancreatic Cancer” Tshirts for $10, Hirshberg Foundation wristbands for $3 and cutout paper soccer balls for $1 in the Stover Campus Center.

Similar fundraisers were set to take place this week leading up to the fundraiser Saturday.

“Last year we had a great crowd, our radio station showed up to help provide music for the event and the girls raised thousands of dollars,” McCarthy said.

“This year we are much more organized and I expect us to raise even more for this cause.”

Jacket columnist Kaitlin Edwards talks about the importance of remembering that Homecoming is about the alumni.

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UFO, ghost hunter speaks at historical society

By Kyle Edwards Region Editor Big Foot, UFOs, ghosts and things that go “bump” in the night.

All were topics of discussion at the Green County Historical Society Museum on Rolling Meadows Road Saturday.

“Stan Gordon, an expert in UFOs and Big Foot investigations, came out and spoke to us about his experiences on Saturday,” said Larry Pishko, museum administrator. “We also had Kevin Paul, a local ghost researcher speak.”

The event, began at 7 p.m. and was held in the

barn on museum grounds. Pishko said that possible ghost sightings in the museum have prompted the society to host the event.

“Kevin has been holding events like this for years now,” he said. “I called him up and asked him if he would be interested in holding it here at the museum this year.”

The local community responded well to the event, according to Pishko.

“Altogether, we had about 120 people show up to the event,” he said.

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President Barack Obama spoke at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

The President’s visit was a part of his push to garner support for his job creation plan before it went to vote.

Marketers access Obama pushes jobs plan in Pittsburgh personal info through digital tracking

By Casey Zell Staff Writer

President Barack Obama traveled to Pittsburgh Tuesday to pitch his $447 billion job creation plan in a last ditch push before it went to vote in the U.S. Senate.

His speech at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Pittsburgh’s South Side focused on sending Americans back to work and revitalizing the economy.

His remarks were heard by a crowd of more than 200 people, who remained relatively silent throughout the speech, except for when topics such as increasing employment and decreasing the amount of jobs sent oversees were presented.

Obama spoke about the long-term effects

this measure would have on the American people while also pushing the urgency of this issue.

“This is gut check time. Right now, our economy needs a jolt.

Right now,” said Obama.

“And today, the Senate of the United States has a chance to do something about jobs, right now, by voting for the American Jobs Act.” Obama touched on the Pittsburgh economy by referencing the vast number of local bridges that are in serious disrepair and the amount of Pittsburgh construction workers who are currently without jobs.

“There are more than a million construction workers who could be repairing our roads and bridges and modernizing our schools right now,” said Obama.

“Why would any Senator say no to that?”

In order to resolve the problem that is facing our nation, the President offered three solutions: increasing the national deficit, forcing the middle class to pay more taxes when they are just barely getting by, or simply sitting back and doing nothing.

“We can’t just cut our way out of the problem,” said Obama.

“I’m not willing to accept any of those three options.”

To conclude his speech, he urged the American people to push for change by contacting their local Congressmen, asking them to put people ahead of party, do their job and pass this bill.

Despite the President’s many attempts and his travels across the

county, the bill failed to pass through the Democratic controlled Senate just hours after Obama’s address.

“The legislation we’ll be voting on today is many things, but it’s not a jobs bill,” said Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“And Republicans will gladly vote against any legislation that makes it harder to create jobs right now.”

Both Republicans and numerous Democrats claim that the President’s bill is not an effective method for bringing about substantial changes for job creation, and those two groups are opposed to the tax increases needed to fund the measure.

The rejection of this

By Alex Hinton Op/Ed Editor

Knowing where someone is at all times, websites they visit, their personal interests and what television shows they watch is no longer private information.

Marketers now have access to all of this personal information due to digital tracking.

Throughout an average day, hundreds of digital traces are compiled, telling advertisers exactly how families live their lives.

“The most notable [websites that collect personal data], or the ones publicized a lot, are Facebook, Amazon and See OBAMA on B4 Google with targeted

marketing,” said Dr. Robert Graham, provost.

Graham oversees the executive director of information technology at the university and has some experience in the information technology field.

Graham feels that targeted advertising based on personal data collection is helpful but is also a privacy issue.

“It’s helpful when you’re on Amazon and [the site says], ‘based on your searches, we recommend this,’” Graham said. “But then there are concerns about privacy. Some websites now track you even See PERSONAL on B4

First Presbyterian plans to demolish senior center, build parking lot

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor Leaves’ colors aren’t the only things changing in Waynesburg, Pa. this upcoming season.

The Waynesburg Senior Center prepares to move to a new location in Morrisville, and the building it currently resides in will be demolished and replaced with a parking lot for the First Presbyterian Church.

The Waynesburg Senior Center has leased the Parrish House from the First Presbyterian Church for over 30 years – for

$1 a day – assuming the responsibilities for the utilities and upkeep.

However, the location is no longer convenient.

“We’ve outgrown it and wanted to bring in more programs,” said Stacy Stroman, senior services director at Community Action Southwest.

“I think we’re limited where we were because we couldn’t grow, and we will have the chance to get new participants now.”

Moving to 150 S. Morris St., the senior center will soon offer an Internet café and

fitness center for the attendees.

The First Presbyterian Church, who has owned the Parish House since 1952, carefully considered their options after they knew the senior center was moving.

“We have been looking at ministry needs for about five months, so we’ve been praying and thinking about what we need to do to best enhance what is going on here,” said Bill Sukolsky, pastor of the church.

“We did an assessment of the property, and the estimated costs to renovate it

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Due to zoning regulations dealing with parking, the First Presbyterian Church in Waynesburg has decided to demolish the senior center and build a parking lot. would be over half a million dollars. We just felt that we could

not justify that expenditure for a facility that we really didn’t

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Support the cause Both Macs and PCs should honor Jobs’ memory Students raise awareness of breast cancer October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Waynesburg University is showing its support for finding a cure.

According to the American Cancer Society, 192,370 cases of invasive breast cancer are estimated to have been diagnosed within the last year.

About one out of every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer over the course of her life. With such high numbers, the likelihood is high that most readers of the Yellow Jacket are impacted in some way by the disease.

Thanks to groups such as Colleges Against Cancer and events like the Dig Pink volleyball match, students and faculty are showing that they care. It is encouraging to see the university coming together for such an important cause.

On the day of the Dig Pink match, the campus was swarming with students in black and pink shirts bearing the breast cancer ribbon.

But there is still more that can be done. In the future, it is important for students to continue to take action. Students, faculty and alumni should show their support at university events that benefit cancer and other notable causes.

Because what is more important? A manicure, a large pizza or a human life?

Think about mothers, sisters and friends.

A ten-dollar donation could potentially save a cancer patient’s life.

Celebrate history Remember what Columbus Day stands for Most people can recall the poem they learned in elementary school: “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

However, many cannot remember what Columbus Day was meant to celebrate. As Columbus Day was observed this Monday, the holiday was not widely recognized across the nation.

In 1892, Columbus Day was a day on which President Benjamin Harrison asked Americans to “cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer, and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.”

The holiday was created to remember the things that were made possible due to Christopher Columbus’s discovery of “The New World” and what has been accomplished as a result of that great discovery.

Years ago it was a day to teach American students the ideals of patriotism. Now there are rarely celebrations seen on Columbus Day, and most people simply think of the holiday as a day off from work or school, when banks are closed and the mail is not delivered. Over time, certain activist groups have learned more about Christopher Columbus and deemed him as a less than great person. They turned his holiday into a time where they could bash him for his misdeeds.

Rather than focusing our attention on anger towards Columbus’s moral flaws, or completely disregarding the holiday, the nation needs to focus on celebrating the discovery of a land where people were given an opportunity for freedom and better lives.

It is time to think back to how President Harrison wanted the to country celebrate patriotism and the progress of the nation.

Apple vs. Microsoft.

Mac vs. PC. Whatever side you support, there can be no doubt that the computer industry recently lost one of its best and brightest.

Steve Jobs, founder and former CEO of Apple and the man who changed the way we consume content in the digital age, died Wednesday at the age of 56.

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich

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and improve all of our lives,” Apple said in a statement. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.”

Similar reactions were given from major industry titans such as Bill Gates, founder and CEO of Microsoft Corp. and Mark Zuckerburg, founder and CEO of Facebook.

More than one

Homecoming a time to honor alumni School spirit. King and Queen. Waynesburg Idol. Balloons. Orange and black.

Pep rally. Fireworks. Musical performances. 5K Run/Walk.

A week devoted to...?

Most people do not understand what Homecoming is actually supposed to be about.

Sure, it is a little bit about school spirit, a little bit about

expert, praising Jobs’ ability to transform entire industries with his inventions, called him a modern-day Leonardo Da Vinci.

While Apple fans have been dreading this day, it was not unexpected. Jobs had been battling cancer for years and recently took sick leave from the company, stepping down as CEO because he was “unable to complete his required duties.”

Jobs is probably best known for his trendy, all-the-rage gadgets, but

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supporting the football team, a little bit about spending time with friends.

But in reality, what Homecoming should be about is celebrating the alumni who come back.

Those alumni that dedicated several years here, return to visit campus on this special day, yet so many people do not acknowledge the real stars of this event.

it wasn’t always butterflies and rainbows for him. He and fellow tech aficionado Steve Wozniak built their first commercial product, the Apple 1, in Jobs’ parents’ garage in 1976.

The primitive computer had no keyboard or display and sold for $666.66. On top of that, customers had to assemble it themselves.

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Last Saturday, alumni from all over the United States returned to Waynesburg. Some of these alumni graduated from Waynesburg College more than 40 years ago.

Yet most students did not even acknowledge they were here.

The alumni who come back to Waynesburg have fantastic stories to tell.

One couple, who graduated as part of the class of 1940, met during their time at Waynesburg.

They spoke about all the places that they remembered, See SHOW on B3

Students should not stress over midterms Within the next week I have three tests, two papers and a book to read.

The issue is that you have a hundred things to do too, so you feel no sympathy towards me when you read this.

It’s midterms week, which usually means high stress, late nights and early mornings.

It means delving completely into schoolwork, because you have a lot of catching up to do.

There is no way I will have enough time, but I will manage; I’m a junior now, I should have this together.

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Let’s try to prioritize.

Papers first, studying second?

Studying first, papers second?

Then I’ll read the book.

Well, the book will take me a solid eight hours.

Do I have eight hours?

No, I do not have eight hours, because I am working five days this week, writing an

article for the Yellow Jacket and putting my portfolio together.

Do you have eight hours?

Probably not.

But while I am busy complaining about midterms, I am wasting more time than I would be if I would just start studying.

The thing is, I am stressing myself out, but I know that the chances that I will put less time into midterm preparation and more time into anything else are exceptionally high.

If I concentrate on studying I would proba-

bly be less stressed about this week.

But I will also have a much worse weekend.

For this reason, I am one of over 30 students that will be spending the weekend before midterms in New York City, not in Waynesburg.

And chances are, if I am going to be in New York, I will probably be a little too distracted for homework.

But maybe distracted is just what I need to be.

Anxiety over this week could make me feel completely overSee STRESS on B3

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Do not stress over tests Continued from B2

Obama could lose, but who could win?

President Barack Obama says he’s the “underdog” in 2012, and now he’s got the numbers to prove it. Only 42 percent of Americans are happy with the job he’s doing, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll; 37 percent expect he’ll be re-elected, and 46 percent say they “definitely will not” vote for him. Yet the Republicans are still casting about for a candidate who can beat him.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie crossed himself off the list on Tuesday, declaring that it’s “not my time.”

It’s not clear whether he thinks it’s too soon to leave the office he won in 2009 or too late to mount an effective campaign for 2012, or both, but he’s probably right.

That didn’t stop GOP leaders and donors from pleading with him to enter the race. With the

White House seemingly within reach, the current crop of Republican candidates hasn’t exactly inspired an electoral groundswell. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, the early favorite, is now polling in the single digits, according to the Post. Texas Gov. Rick Perry stumbled in televised debates and all but self-destructed when the rest of us learned what his family hunting camp was called. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still playing hard-toget, but the poll found two-thirds of Republicans hope she’ll stay away. Businessman Herman Cain is on his way up mostly thanks to Perry, who’s on his way down and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who wants to repeal Obama’s health care plan, which was modeled after the one Romney started in Massachu-

setts, is back on top. No wonder the fish aren’t biting. And no wonder the GOP brass made a late pass at Christie.

In less than two years as New Jersey’s governor, he’s cut state spending by more than 5 percent and pushed for lower business taxes that will save employers $2.35 billion over five years.

He’s perfectly reasonable on social issues, unfazed by cheap shots about his weight and not afraid to tell his constituents to “get the hell off the beach” when there’s a hurricane coming. America could use a leader like that.

Christie isn’t ready or willing to run for president.

And that leaves us, at least for now, with a badly hobbled president who still runs neck and neck with the top Republican candidate.

And 13 months for someone else in the lineup to surprise us for the better, or not. This is why, in fact, we need a nice, long lead-up to presidential elections. It gives us plenty of time to sort things out.

The danger is that our leaders will spend that time battling for the White House to the exclusion of governing, that the partisan sideshow over the federal debt and deficit will continue right up until Election Day. Lots of noise, no progress on tax reform or spending reductions while we keep borrowing $4 billion each day.

That’s something Americans can’t afford, and shouldn’t tolerate. ___

This editorial originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Oct. 5

This week in history...

Oct. 12, 1492

By Eric Fait Staff Writer Oct. 10, 732 Near Poitiers, France, a Christian Frankish leader by the name of Charles Martel defeats a large army of Spanish Moors.

The Moors attack was a spearhead attempt to spread the Muslim faith into Western Europe.

This was the Battle of Tours.

Since this battle, the Muslims have never returned with such force thus allowing the ruling dynasty, the Carolingians, to prosper Later, this also produced the heir Charlemagne, who created a vast empire throughout his lifetime.

Show respect to alumni Continued from B2 but they were amazed by all the new buildings.

It was incredible to see the campus from their perspective.

The couple had traveled all over the world since their graduation from college, and according to them, they are “still in love as much as we were in college.”

I don’t know about

Christopher Columbus reached the New World.

After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, he spotted an island in the Bahamas and thought it was the Indies East Asia.

He referred to the Central American people as “Indians.”

Oct. 8, 1871 A fire sparked in Chicago from a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O’Leary.

The spark eventually led to a two day blaze that destroyed four square miles of Chicago.

Between 200 and 300 people were killed.

Despite such damage, reconstruction began quickly and led to

you, but this definitely made me smile. This couple was more than willing to talk about their experiences, but not many students took the time to talk to them. These people know more about life than most people do, but their experience was not being used the way it should have.

Not all of the alumni that returned to campus were a part of the class of 1940, however.

Some of the alumni that returned graduated recently.

Very recently. As in

economic development and population growth.

This gave the architect an opportunity to modernize the city and create the world’s first skyscrapers.

Oct. 11, 1986 President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland.

This was during the Cold War and the purpose of the meeting was to lessen missile arsenal on both the U.S. and Soviet side.

The meeting was a failure for progress in the Cold War, because Reagan would not back down from limiting the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Both leaders accused the other in not being serious in negotiating the limiting of arms.

a couple of months ago in May. Some of the recent alumni I was able to speak to now have jobs in their field or are attending grad school or simply working. It is amazing to see people making a difference with their degrees and pursuing their goals and dreams. And these people are only slightly more experienced than all of us still in college. Alumni are inspiring, and can be valuable resources for underclassmen.

Students simply need to step up and take

advantage of opportunities such as speaking to alumni. Alumni Affairs works hard every year to bring these alumni to campus. They create many different events and gatherings for the alumni to attend. If Alumni Affairs is making this much of an effort, why aren’t the students?

I hope that those students who are here next year during Homecoming remember the alumni.

You never know who you will meet next.

whelmed. I could waste my time stressing myself out, because let’s be honest – I do not have enough time to get everything done even if I do not go to New York – or I could go to a city I have never been to and hope for the best.

I think I will go with the latter.

I would suggest that you do, too.

Hakuna matata.

I have already experienced midterms four times, but I have never seen the Statue of Liberty and I have never attended a Broadway show.

Passing midterms is already crossed off of my bucket list; it’s time for a new adventure.

If you are not attending the New York trip and you plan to stay

Honor Jobs’ memory Continued from B2 among Apple diehards.

Time after time, he sold people on a product they didn’t know they needed until he invented it.

Now, I’m a PC. I will support Microsoft with my dying breath, and most of those who know me could tell you several stories of my vehement dislike of Apple.

But before you call me a hypocrite, let me explain where I’m going with this. While I dislike Apple’s expensive, flashy products, that isn’t the point I’m trying to make.

No matter what side you root for, you can’t deny that Jobs’ death struck a considerable blow to the computer industry – one that I believe will be a long time in healing.

Whatever my views on his products, the man was a genius.

He was constantly coming up with new, innovative ideas and technology that no one else had but everyone wanted. He seemed to have an uncanny knack for not only knowing exactly what people found attractive in technology, but for delivering it to them, as well.

Each new addition to Apple’s repertoire came in the form of flashy, aesthetically pleasing gadgets that quickly

home and stress yourself out this weekend, you are in luck, too.

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Peer Educators are hosting a discussion and educational program about dealing with anxiety and stress during midterms.

Students will be informed on how to cope with anxiety and will be able to enjoy refreshments and fellowship with each other.

The presentation will be held on the third floor of Stover Campus Center at 7:30 p.m.

The theme of the program is “Hakuna Matata: It means no worries.”

So are you stressing?

Hakuna matata.

Take a break from studying and anxiety to play games, discuss issues and watch clips from “The Lion King.”

Sure, I have no idea if I’m doing my papers first and studying second.

But I’m not worried anymore.

Are you?

became the new thing.

From the ipod, the revolutionary little gadget that transformed the industry and kickstarted Apple’s furious comeback in 2001, to today’s latest fads like the iphone and ipad, Jobs’ creativity seemed boundless.

In fact, if not for his death, I don’t doubt in the slightest that he could have eventually given Bill Gates a run for his money, so to speak, on the list of the world’s wealthiest persons. And all this on an official annual salary of $1.

That’s right. You read that correctly.

He was paid $1 a year.

Granted, he probably had enough money to walk away from the industry forever and live comfortably for the rest of eternity, but that’s not what it was about for him.

Jobs’ loved his job.

His constant pushing to research new and more advanced technology was all in order to better the lives of others. All he wanted was to make life easier for those who used his technology.

Jobs should be remembered as an innovator. A man dedicated to the betterment of others’ lives through the betterment of technology.

He was a man of great intelligence and creativity, and he will be sorely missed by Apple fans and Microsoft fans alike.

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By Rob Longo

$80,000 per job.

Local teacher union representatives from Central Greene School District were unable to be reached for comment on the subject of the American Jobs Act. Waynesburg Professor

of Political Science Dr. Richard Waddel said that the president wants all or nothing with his plan.

“His plan isn’t realistic at all,” he said.

“Towns don’t have enough money to do

what he’s proposing.”

After one year is up on the American Jobs Act, where will the money come from to fund teacher’s salaries? Obama has stated that the proposed law has already been paid for by the

new budget passed by Congress earlier this year; which will cut one trillion dollars over the next decade.

However, with so many teaching and first responding jobs in jeopardy, there are other ideas in the pro-

posed law.

On the other hand of the American Jobs Act, Obama promises to put 2 million unemployed construction workers back to work by restructuring congested traffic areas around the United States as well as repairing unsafe bridges. Obama also plans on spending $1 billion of the law’s budget to repair some 35,000 schools.

In addition to fixing roads, the plan is also designed to fund public transportation in densely populated cities.

The bill also promises to cut taxes on the middle class to allow the economy to grow.

The bill received 51 votes, falling short of the 60 votes needed to pass the measure.

However, Obama declared that this is not the end of this fight.

“In the coming days, members of Congress will have to take a stand on whether they believe we should put teachers, construction workers, police officers and firefighters back on the job.”

Personal info not so private

passed yet.

For people who are wary of their actions being recorded, the only answer until regulations are passed is to censor themselves when using technology and the web.

Graham advises students to use caution when using the Internet.

“Just assume wherever you are on the Internet, you can be tracked whether you want to or not,” he said. “There are a lot of companies trying to do that.”

One of the devices causing a major concern for consumers is the iPhone, which allows advertisers to get information on their potential customer’s current location through a system called iAd. According to Gartner Inc., an information technology research and

advisory company, by 2014 location-based services will triple their current revenue, becoming an $8.3 billion business. Data collection has gone as far as recording information of those playing video games, such as the gamers’ playing behavior and computer location.

Even some television sets aid marketers through records of viewers’ show choices and any channel changes they make during a show.

While many people stress about privacy issues, some do not see it as a major worry.

“I don’t really care,” said Alex Caruso, junior criminal justice major.

“I feel like it doesn’t really affect me that severely.”

Caruso said he was aware his personal

information could be traced but not that it could be given out to public organizations.

“I think [targeted advertising] is beneficial, especially for the company, but it can be beneficial for [consumers], too,” Caruso said.

Although he doesn’t feel that targeted advertising is a big deal, Caruso said he would still use caution when posting personal information on social media sites.

“I’ll probably watch what I say and talk about,” he said.

It is up to consumers to get educated about what happens to their private information and decide what, if anything, to do to ensure that certain information will not become public knowledge.

“[We were] reluctant in the sense that we knew there was a lot of history with it.

We could just not justify spending half a million dollars to renovate it.”

Then last week, the First Presbyterian Church received a variance from the zoning board.

“According to the way that the building codes go, a structure our size needs to have about 75 parking spaces,” said Sukolsky.

“We can normally get in about 30.”

With a parking problem on the Way-

nesburg University campus, seniors at the senior center or Waynesburg University students who can’t find parking closer to campus often take First Presbyterian Church’s parking.

“On any given day, at least half of the cars are university students and seniors,” said Sukolsky.

There was contention within the community when the decision was made to tear the building down.

According to Sukolsky, the church plans to hire a contractor who will salvage

materials from within the Parish House.

“I appreciate their passion for maintaining the building, but the decision that we reached wasn’t done lightly or without any thought for the value of the property,” said Sukolsky.

“Please appreciate the bind that we are in to be good stewards of what resources we have that the Lord has provided for us. Half a million dollars is a large amount of money to put into a facility that we are not really sure that we have good use for anymore.”

Staff Writer President Obama’s plan to save thousand of jobs across the nation was put to vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, falling short by nine votes.

Obama has been pushing Congress for weeks to pass American Jobs Act, which would give the president up to $450 billion to create jobs for teachers, police officers and firefighters; also known as “first responders”.

When broken down state by state, Pennsylvania would receive $1.155 billion to save 14,400 jobs.

These statistics average out to a little over

Obama fights to pass bill Continued from B1 measure will usher in a new phase in the fight over employment.

The White House and Congress are now planning on segmenting the legislation and attempting to pass it in parts.

Ghost hunter visits museum Continued from B1 president of the Board of Directors for the museum, said that many people have had encounters with the paranormal.

“There have been a wide variety of people who have experienced sightings or what they feel are paranormal activities,” she said.

“Personally, I’ve never experienced anything.”

That doesn’t mean that Graham doesn’t believe, however.

“I certainly believe that there is certainly a possibility that there are spirits still holding on there,” she said. “I think that this is a good way for the people that are curious to maybe come out and see for themselves.”

Pishko described one of his personal experiences with the paranormal.

“One of the big things that’s happened here to my assistant and I, happened in the museum

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President Obama has been attempting to gather support over the past few weeks for his plan to save thousands of jobs for the next year. The bill failed to pass in the Senate, falling short by nine votes.

library, which used to be the boiler room,” he said. “We were down there at about 4 in the afternoon. All of a sudden the basement door swung open and slammed shut, and it seemed like it kind of took the air out of the room.”

Graham said that the building itself has a history of accidents and unfortunate events.

“It started out as the county poor farm, and there were people there who were mentally ill,” Graham said.

Graham explained that the farm closed down in the 1960s, and the Historical Society took over in 1971 and has been operating it as a museum ever since.

According to Graham, this is the first time the Society has done anything like this, but Pishko says that it will not be the last.

“We’re definitely going to continue to have this [event] next year,” Pishko said. “We had a great turnout this year, and we hope that next year’s will be even better.”

Continued from B1 when you’re not on their website. They find out what other sites you’re on. There are a lot of creative ways marketers have found to use technology.”

According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, lawmakers in state capitols as well as Washington have proposed several pieces of privacy legislation this year since people are becoming uneasy about the release of their personal information. The article stated that Google Inc. and Facebook have been very resistant to these regulation efforts, and none of the bills have been

Church plans to expand Continued from B1 in our ministry.”

After the congregation and all the Presbyterian churches in Washington and Greene Counties approved the plans, the church’s leadership reluctantly decided to tear the building down and put in additional parking.

“It is a beautiful building. It is probably 115 years old,” said Sukolsky.

Men’s soccer humbled in shutout loss to Grove City.

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Pride. Passion. Tradition.

College football has been synonymous with these words for longer than most people can remember. Athletes and fans take pride in their schools, there’s a passion for the game and each program carries deep-rooted tradition.

Money. Scandal. Corruption.

As the sports world prepared for the start of this college football season, these were the words splashed across countless headlines as Division I programs came under scrutiny for NCAA violations.

Jim Tressel and Ohio State were investigated for selling their championship merchandise, Tennessee was accused of recruiting violations and perhaps the worst was the University of Miami (Fla.).

Miami was under the NCAA’s microscope for a slew of possible infractions, including everything from paying off current and former payers to improper benefits for coaches and recruits.

So now that the NCAA has managed to air out the dirty laundry of so many major football programs, what’s the solution?

Ohio State suspended players back in December but what good did that do if the players were still allowed to play in their bowl game? Those players served their regular season suspension the following season but can still add a Sugar Bowl victory to their resume. No lesson learned there.

Option two, take the route Tennessee did and have self-imposed probation. The University limited the number of recruiting days for spring of 2011 and is only allowing certain coaches to make recruiting visits and phone calls.

The Volunteers also extended the probation to new head football coach Derek Dooley who has never been accused of wrongdoing.

What good does it do to punish the innocent?

When Miami was under investigation, NCAA president Mark Emmert stated that he was not opposed to giving out the worst sentence he

The Waynesburg women’s soccer team, riding an 11-game winning streak, traveled north this past Saturday to take on a tough Grove City squad determined to halt the Yellow Jackets impressive string of victories.

In a match that featured two highly talented teams, the Wolverines established an early lead that proved to be too much for the Jackets to overcome, as Waynesburg

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Sean McCarthy Head women’s soccer coach

suffered just their second defeat of the season, 5-1.

“It was a rough day,” said sophomore Suzie Godwin. “We didn’t mark very well, and that gave them many of their shots.”

Grove City jumped out to an early lead when

sophomore Lydia Caissy crossed a ball that found junior Grace Rieman. Rieman then took a shot that barely evaded the reach of Waynesburg senior goalkeeper Katrina Kelly and bounced into the goal to give Grove City a 1-0 lead.

Four short minutes

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later, Rieman struck again. A Grove City corner kick found Rieman in the box, and once again the junior midfielder was up to the task as she notched her second goal of the match and pushed Grove City’s lead to two goals.

The Jackets continued to battle, and their efforts were rewarded when in the 34th minute Waynesburg was awarded a penalty kick. Senior Courtney Ebersole delivered for the Jackets as she blasted a shot past the Grove City keeper to cut Grove City’s lead to one.

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Senior quarterback Josh Graham (8) takes control at the line of scrimmage Saturday at Wiley Stadium. Graham threw six touchdown passes in the win over Geneva.

Senior throws six TD passes, team 4-0 in PAC

By Aaron Thompson Assistant Sports Editor Waynesburg quarterback Josh Graham completed 19-of-29 passes for 311 yards and tossed a career-high six touchdown passes in a 47-33 Homecoming win Saturday afternoon against Geneva. The victory moved the Jackets to 4-0 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, keeping

them in a first-place tie with unbeaten Thomas More.

Despite a strong start to the season for Waynesburg, Graham had yet to have a breakout performance as the Jackets came into the contest near the bottom of most of the passing categories in the PAC. That all changed against the GoldSee JACKETS on C3

Staff Writer The perennial powerhouse Yellow Jacket wrestling squad is set to add another tool to its arsenal when their new facility opens on Washington Street.

The new wrestling room, located inside the renovated Captain Robert C. Wiley Armory, will become the new home of See NEW on C4

Cross country runs in talented field Jackets compete against ranked teams at DeSales

Photo by Andrew Buda

By Nick Farrell

On Saturday, the Waynesburg men’s and women’s cross country teams ran in the DeSales University Invitational in Center Valley, Pa. The invitational was broken up into two different races: the red race and the blue race.

Head coach Chris Hardie said because the field of competitors was so large, the invitational officials decided to break the race up.

“The teams were ranked and split up in order to assure a fair and balanced field in both races,” he said. “Both red and blue had nationally and regionally ranked teams.”

In the women’s red race, the Yellow Jackets finished 6th out of the 18 teams. Dickinson College

took first, finishing with a total of 43 team points.

Sophomore Bre Paul finished first for the Yellow Jacket women, ending up 19th out of 219 runners with a time of 25:06.15.

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Freshman Joy Talbott

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ST. VINCENT - 9, JACKETS - 0

Women’s tennis falls in final conference match Jackets’ losing skid reaches four games as PACs loom

By Rob Longo Staff Writer

The women’s tennis team could not snap their losing streak this past Tuesday afternoon, falling to Saint Vincent by a score of 9-0. It was the Yellow Jackets fourth straight defeat.

See MONEY on C3 The loss wrapped up

Waynesburg’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular season schedule, with their record at 3-6. Overall, the Yellow Jackets’ record sits at 3-10.

Only two of the matches were close in score. The third doubles team of freshmen Ellen Limback and Madison DuBrock lost by a score of 8-5. Limback then almost pulled out a come-from-behind victory in fourth singles.

She won the second set 64 after losing the first set by the score of 7-5. In the

ultra-competitive tiebreaking set, Limback fell just short, losing 11-9.

The Bearcats continued their stellar season with the victory. They are now 6-2 in PAC play and 14-3 overall.

The Jackets will take on Fairmont State tomorrow at 5 p.m. in a nonconference matchup.

This will be the last chance for the Jackets to correct their mistakes before the PAC Championships, which take place Oct. 21.

Photo by Kimber Blair

Freshman Alyssa Daniel hits a backhand in Tuesday afternoon’s home match against Saint Vincent.

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Soccer/Agate GROVE CITY - 6, JACKETS - 0

Men’s soccer humbled by Grove City

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Wolverines leave large Homecoming crowd disappointed

By Jon Ledyard Staff Writer The opening week of Presidents’ Athletic Conference play produced mixed results for the Jackets, as a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Thiel was followed by a 60 drubbing at the hands of the Grove City Wolverines.

“Honestly, our energy just wasn’t the same against Grove City,” said head coach Sean McCarthy. “I thought our energy would carry over more from the comeback win over Thiel, but as soon as they scored their first goal we looked dejected and just couldn’t match their energy or spirit.”

Waynesburg never really got on track in the contest, getting outshot 20-10 and putting only four of those shots on goal. The Wolverines rattled Waynesburg senior goalkeeper Ryan Hunsberger, scoring six times on 13 shots on goal.

“We came out of halftime eager and focused,” said McCarthy. “But as soon as they got that third goal we were down again and didn’t really bounce back.”

Streak ends at 11 games

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Freshman Joakim Coleman (16) shields a Grove City player as senior captain Dave Floyd (5) looks on. The Jackets fell to the Wolverines 6-0 Friday evening.

The Wolverines struck quickly, scoring their first goal only 11 minutes into the game, before adding a second with about eight minutes left in the first half.

“We aren’t going to point the finger, and we aren’t going to dwell on it,” McCarthy said.

“Obviously it was an embarrassing night, and we didn’t want to play like that in front of our large homecoming crowd, but we did, and we are going to have to live with it and move forward.”

Things went from bad to worse in the second half for the Jackets, as

Wolverine senior Tim Boswell went off, scoring three goals in less than ten minutes for his first collegiate hat trick before the second half had even reached its midway point.

The Wolverines weren’t done either, adding their final tally in the 60th minute to bring the final score to 6-0.

“The main part was that we just came out flat in the second half,” said senior captain Erick Burke. “Just a bunch of lazy play and guys not stepping into their tackles. We acted like we were up 2-0 instead of down 20.”

Just two days earlier, the Jackets’ fortunes appeared to be on a different road. Down 1-0 in the 80th minute to last-place Thiel, senior captain Dave Floyd found Burke for the versatile senior’s fourth goal of the season to deadlock the two teams. Just over a minute later, it was Burke’s turn for a helper, with a perfect pass to James Sneed that hit the freshmen right in stride for him to bury his fourth goal of the season and give Waynesburg the victory.

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their lead. In the 41st minute, senior Morgan Osterhouse took a pass from Chelsea Tarolli and buried a shot to give Grove City a 3-1 lead going into halftime. Tarolli was credited with an assist on the play.

The Jackets endured a tough first half as they allowed 13 Grove City shots while only registering one of their own.

“We needed to work the ball better and look for our combinations,” said Godwin. “Our team is good at playing to feet and creating opportunities, but we struggled to do that on Saturday.”

Kelly was vital to the close halftime score as she made four important saves in the half to keep the Jackets in striking distance.

The second half of the match began as a defensive struggle as both teams were unable to find the net through the first 25 minutes of action.

However, in the 72nd minute, Tarolli broke through Waynesburg’s defense to score an unassisted goal, giving the Wolverines a three-goal lead with just over 15 minutes remaining in the match.

Grove City tacked on another goal with less than three minutes left in the match. Sophomore

Ashley Sealander booted a shot that found the back of the net to give Grove City the 5-1 margin of victory.

The statistics of the match show a Grove City attack that was too much for the Jackets to overcome. The Wolverines outshot Waynesburg in the contest 32-8, while registering four corner kicks to the Jackets two.

“Grove City played well, and we weren’t able to match their intensity,” said head coach Sean McCarthy. “We’re going to chalk it up as a bad day and not dwell on the past.

We’re looking forward to bouncing back against Saint Vincent.”

The Jackets battled St. Vincent last night at John F. Wiley Stadium.

However, results were not available at press time.

Waynesburg will next be in action Saturday when they play host to the Westminster Titans.

The game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

The Jackets will look to avenge a one-goal loss to the Titans a season ago.

That 2-1 defeat on the road in 2010 snapped Waynesburg’s seven-game winning streak and began a four-game PAC losing skid.

Saturday’s game is part of the Kick Pancreatic Cancer event taking place at Wiley Stadium.

“We have great team chemistry,” said Godwin.

“I’m confident we can bounce back from the loss.”

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Football/Soccer

Athlete of the Week Jacket offense displays balanced attack Passing game gets on track Saturday against Geneva

Senior quarterback Josh Graham tosses career-high six TDs in win over Geneva

By Lucas Diethorn Staff Writer

By Aaron Thompson

Graham

Assistant Sports Editor Coming into last Saturday’s matchup between Waynesburg and Geneva, the Yellow Jackets were near the bottom of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in most passing categories. Despite a solid start to the season, there were questions remaining about what would happen when a team tried to make the Jackets one-dimensional and take away a solid rushing attack.

Senior quarterback Josh Graham did his best to quell that talk when he completed 19-of-29 passes for 311 yards and tossed a career-high six touchdown passes in a 47-33 Homecoming win against the Golden Tornadoes. For his efforts, Graham has been named The Yellow Jacket Athlete of the Week.

The victory moved the Jackets to 4-0 in the PAC, keeping them in a first-place tie with No. 6 Thomas More, who also remained unbeaten with a 37-7 victory over Grove City.

Graham’s 311 yards were the most for a Jackets quarterback since Brad Dawson tossed for 336 last year at Geneva. The six touchdown passes were the most by a Jacket quarterback since Dawson tossed five on Sept. 12, 2009 against Hanover.

Graham, the senior from Sewickley, now has completed 65-of-121 passes on the season for 801 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.

Please note that Jackets wide receiver Christian Jackson, sophomore cross country runner Bre Paul and freshman tennis player Ellen Limback all received consideration for this week’s award.

In the first few games of the season, Waynesburg showed off a consistent defense and powerful running game. In Saturday’s Homecoming victory over Geneva, the offense, led by senior quarterback Josh Graham, demonstrated that they could move the ball by air, not just by land.

Throughout the early part of the season, the offense was still settling in under their new starting QB. Going into the game against Geneva Saturday, Waynesburg’s offense had rushed for 759 yards on 159 rushing attempts, while only passing for 504 yards.

In the Geneva game, that all changed.

In front of the Homecoming crowd, Graham threw for 311 yards, which was more than half of his season total up to that point. He repeatedly completed big plays down

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Junior tight end Adam Moses (86) tries to evade a Geneva tackler Saturday at John F. Wiley Stadium. the field and threw for six touchdowns, including three to senior wide receiver Jeff Young.

With throwing the ball more comes the task of blocking for Graham. The offensive line had done a fantastic job with run blocking but had not really been tested with pass protection.

Jackets go to 4-0 in PAC

ing touchdown cut it to 21-14, Jackets receiver and Homecoming king Jeff Young caught his first of three receiving touchdowns on the day. That score made it a two touchdown advantage at half.

“I was impressed with their offense today,” Geneva head coach Geno DeMarco said. “Young had a heck of a game today. We came in trying to stop the run, and they

had success passing.”

The rout was on in the second half as Young and sophomore receiver Pat Depizzo each caught touchdown passes from Graham to push the lead to 41-21.

Geneva responded when Collavecchia rushed for a 16-yard touchdown with 3:24 to go in the third quarter to make it 41-21. They then drew even closer when

Collavecchia hit receiver Corey O’Patchen for a nine-yard touchdown pass to cut it to 41-27. But it was too little too late for Geneva.

Young caught his third touchdown of the game to make it 47-27 Jackets before Collavecchia finished out the scoring by rushing for two yards for a touchdown with less than a minute remaining in the contest.

Jackson had his finest performance of his collegiate career by recording eight catches for 157 yards and a score.

Shepas talked about the depth of playmakers Graham has to target on offense.

“Christian just has natural ability and he works really hard,” he said. “Jeff is a kid we are really proud of. We are trying to play a lot of guys and utilize them effectively.”

Defensively, Waynesburg was led by senior safety Sam Byrne, who tallied a game-high nine tackles.

“We saw you can’t make mistakes against a good team and win,” DeMarco said. “Waynesburg found out today that they have a team that will be in it until the end of the season.”

That starts Saturday when the Jackets hit the road to travel to a dangerous Westminster squad that has seen its last three games be decided by a total of 12 points.

Kickoff is slated for 1:30 p.m. in New Wilmington.

had been going on for 10 years prior to the death penalty sentence for the 1987-88 season.

Just how serious is the death penalty?

In the early 80s, the Mustangs were winning 10 or more games a season. After two years suspended, the team began again and ended at 2-9 with one of the worst records in Division I, and it didn’t just end there. It took SMU eight years to have a winning season again. Winning meaning a 6-5 record. The program is still feeling the damages.

Since the death penalty, SMU’s best record was 8-5 in 2009.

Yes, the death penalty

is an extreme sentence and causes long-term damage, but it may be the best solution to stop the rule-breaking before it seeps down through the entirety of Division I college football.

So why doesn’t the NCAA consider using it more often? The almighty dollar that’s why.

College football has become a money-driven operation. Teams want to do well, so they can pack the stands each week to make money from ticket sales. And that’s not to mention the extra money they make if they’re good enough to get to a bowl game. Or better yet, a BCS game.

The NCAA is so hesitant to hand out major violations that will cost money because of the massive amount these schools are making.

Suppose they had given Miami the death penalty for this year. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, Miami’s athletic department makes over $46 million in revenue each year.

The large majority of that $46 million comes directly from the football program.

Without football, the athletic program would suffer because other sports don’t bring in nearly as much revenue.

And Miami isn’t even close to the highest grossing school in Division I. Texas owns that title, making over $120 million a year.

College football needs to get back to its roots of when athletes competed just to play the game and recruits weren’t looking at schools based upon how much money the school was going to pay them under the table.

Leave it to the NFL to be concerned with making money.

The only thing green in college football should be the field and not the money being paid to players when no one is looking.

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en Tornadoes.

“We were waiting for an opportunity to turn him loose,” head coach Rick Shepas said.

The Yellow Jackets coaching staff did just that, as Graham hit sophomore receiver Cody McGee for a 19-yard touchdown pass on the opening possession.

Graham found the end zone once again just less than four minutes later when he found junior receiver Christian Jackson for a 28-yard touchdown to give the Jackets an early 14-0 advantage.

Geneva (1-3, 1-5) looked to make a game of it when Rocco Collavecchia hit Zack Hayward for a 53-yard touchdown strike.

Waynesburg answered right back as sophomore running back Bertrand Ngampa rushed four yards to make it 21-7.

After a Hayward rush-

Money is major issue Continued from C1 could give—the death penalty—if the situation called for it.

If given the death penalty, Miami would have been prohibited from competing in football for at least one season.

The death penalty is so serious of a punishment that it has only ever been used once in college football history.

In the 1980s, Southern Methodist University was caught in an elaborate pay-for-play scandal that

The line showed Saturday that they can give Graham as much time as he needs to throw the ball effectively and accurately.

So far this season, the offensive line has only allowed three sacks for a loss of 11 yards total and did not allow a sack against Geneva.

“We try to give a pass

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Junior wide receiver Christian Jackson prepares to haul in a first quarter touchdown in Waynesburg’s 47-33 victory over Geneva Saturday at John F. Wiley Stadium.

first look to the defense in concept,” Shepas said. “That will make the focus of the offense quarterback protection.”

Even with the injury to starting senior center Nick Hanley, who played only the first half against Geneva and not at all against Bethany, the line has not allowed much pressure to get to Graham.

“In any case, we selfscout and know what our tendencies are going into each game,” said Shepas. “We throw the ball exclusively in practice, so we have complete confidence in the QB.” The protection and confidence for Graham is allowing the wide receivers to emerge, as well, especially Young and junior Christian Jackson. Young, a 6’4 senior, had three receptions against Geneva for three touchdowns. Jackson had a career game against the Golden Tornadoes, catching eight passes for 156 yards.

The emerging force of the passing game will go a long way on the road to a Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship for Waynesburg.

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half,” said McCarthy. “We were the better team before we scored the tying goal, and we had a number of opportunities and just couldn’t capitalize. I think in the 70th minute we took it up a notch and then in the 80th minute took it up another notch and were able to score the tying and game-winning goals.”

The Jackets managed only two shots in the first half to Thiel’s six but bounced back strong in the second half, outshooting the Tomcats 12-4.

“Our energy level was definitely up, and we were just trying a lot harder,” said Burke. “I think that’s what made the biggest difference in the second half is the crowd and our teammates on the bench yelling and keeping us energized.”

Hunsberger has started both PAC games for Waynesburg, making five saves against Thiel and seven against Grove City.

“He’s our keeper,” said McCarthy. “We said once we made the decision we were going with it the rest of the way. I don’t blame Ryan for any of the goals we allowed. He’s a senior, and he’s our guy and I am confident we made the right decision.”

The road won’t get any easier for the Jackets, who now face two crucial home games to stay in the hunt for the postseason.

On Wednesday, the Jackets hosted Saint Vincent in a PAC showdown.

Results were not available at press time.

On Saturday, Waynesburg returns to action to do battle against another conference foe, Westminster, at 7 p.m.

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Sports ST. VINCENT - 3, JACKETS - 0

Volleyball shut out in Dig Pink match Despite competitive third set, Bearcats blank Jackets

By Darryl Moore Jr. Staff Writer The Waynesburg volleyball team got swept this past Tuesday night during their Dig for the Cure match against Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponent Saint Vincent.

The Yellow Jackets were competitive but ultimately lost the match by set scores of 25-22, 25-11, and a heart pounding 3230.

“Our girls played hard, and I am proud of them for that,” said head coach Stephanie Benkowski.

“At this point, however, we are just not used to winning and finishing out sets and games.”

The Jackets started out with a lead in the first and third sets, but the Bearcats rallied in both to give the Jackets another loss.

The loss drops them to 2-9 in conference play and 8-11 overall. Meanwhile, the Bearcats are now 17-5 overall on the season and 7-3 in the PAC. “We started out well,

New room to open Continued from C1 the Waynesburg mat men within the coming week.

“We’re really excited about it,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “It’s hard to get ready for a new room and a new season at the same time, but our guys are excited to be in there.”

Features inside the new room include two full-size wrestling mats, five-foot high wall mats, cardio equipment and areas dedicated to stretch band and kettle bell workouts.

Headlee said that this new room, which he referred to as “one of the nicest Division III rooms that you can have,” couldn’t open at a better time since Waynesburg’s wrestling roster has

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ish line in 28th place with a time of 25:31.25, and junior Megan Donovan finished in 45th place with a time of 26:05.91.

Hardie was impressed with the women’s team since they were running against nationally ranked competition.

“The women exceeded our expectations yet again this weekend, and we were very proud of their performance as a team,” he said. “The key moving forward is to stay focused on improving each and every day and to not be complacent. That

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Junior captain Carly Smithyman serves the pink ball in Tuesday night’s Dig for the Cure match. but when things go wrong, we get very emotional and make mistakes because of that,” said sophomore setter Natalie Ranallo.

Mental errors seemed to be a consistent problem as the Jackets let their opponent back into sets after starting out strong, especially in the third set.

After going up again 2422, the Jackets were seemingly unable to put the Bearcats away until it was

too late.

“We have to be better at adapting when we get into these back and forth situations,” said Benkowski. “If we would just do what we know how to, we would’ve figured out a way to win that set.”

Even though they did not win the match on the court, the Waynesburg student body, along with others, showed great support throughout the

match.

Nearly every Dig for the Cure shirt, which is a part of a fundraising program for breast cancer research and prevention, was sold preceding the match. The stands were also nearly packed as fans rooted for the home team.

“I am really happy for the support we got from our fans tonight, and helping us sell out of the shirts,” said Benkowski.

“It was great to see all the support we had even though we didn’t play to the best of our abilities out there,” Ranallo said.

“We will be sure to give it our all next time we head out.”

The Jackets take to the road next time out to face PAC-leading Bethany, who they lost to 3-0 earlier in the season. It begins a final stretch of matches that includes the top six teams in the conference.

“At this point, we will just have to keep pushing,” Ranallo said. “First learn how to win sets, then games. The remaining opponents we face will definitely not be easy ones.”

Waynesburg’s next matchup against the Bison is tonight at 7 p.m. in Bethany, W.Va.

“Having the new room is awesome, but it will be disappointing for me if our team does not reach all of its goals this year.”

Alex Evanoff Senior captain of the wrestling team

reached an unprecedented size.

“We’re going to have about 30 guys in our room, so we want to try to get in there as quickly as possible,” he said.

The Jackets’ season officially began this past Monday, and according to senior captain Alex Evanoff, the team was told they will move into their new facility this coming Monday. Evanoff is ready to hit the new mats, claiming that the size of the room is one of its better characteristics.

“I’m excited to start training in the new facili-

ty,” said Evanoff. “The new wrestling room is much bigger than the old one, so it will give much more to the practices.

That is especially helpful this year because we have the largest roster since I’ve been here.”

But besides the size, the facility comes with plenty of other perks.

“The new room will have a lot of new training equipment including kettle bells, sand bags, climbing ropes, exercise bikes and treadmills,” said Evanoff. “Having this type of brand-new equipment will do nothing but

improve our quality of training.”

Headlee expects his players to work hard in these first few weeks of practice, as the wrestling team is scheduled to compete against each other Oct. 29 in the Orange & Black Wrestle-offs. He thinks that the excitement of the new facility and all that it has to offer will be of huge help during these weeks of preparation.

“The room is going to give us more area to work with guys, and we will be able to do things that we want to at the same

is the challenge that lies in front of the team.”

Dickinson junior Catherine Campbell took first place in the red race, crossing the finish line in a time of 22:51.25.

Hardie was not only pleased with the team’s performance, but a few individual performances stood out to him, as well.

“Bre Paul and Joy Talbott both showed our region that they are gunning for a top-50 finish at the Mideast Regionals, and both looked very, very strong at the end of that race,” said Hardie.

On the men’s side, the Jackets competed in the blue race, finishing 15th out of 22 teams. Saint Vincent College and Messiah College tied for first with a total of 72 team points.

“The men had a very strong showing this week,” said Hardie.

“What we saw for the first time was a confidence in this team. They know how hard they have been training the last few weeks and now believe they have the skill to execute on race day.”

Sophomore Matt Giardina agreed with his coach, saying, “We had a great race as a team, but looking forward we are getting better each week, and each meet we are growing stronger as a team.”

Freshman Brandon Dugan led the men with a 67th-place finish out of 215 runners with a time of 29:08.38. Fellow freshman John Allison was behind him in 94th place,

and sophomore Justin Angotti finished in 110th.

Roanoke College senior Tim Smith took home first place with a time of 26:05.61.

Just like the women’s team, Hardie was impressed with the individual efforts of a few runners.

“A few runners stepped up and had career days,” he said. “Namely three of the freshman: Dugan, Allison and Luke Feldner. We told Luke Feldner and John Allison this whole week to step up for the team, and both of them did.”

Moving forward, both teams will return to action this Saturday at the Oberline InterRegional Rumble in Oberlin, Ohio.

Weekly awards There were plenty of outstanding performers in Waynesburg’s 47-33 win over Geneva this past Saturday. On Monday, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference honored two of them as conference players of the week. Then, on Tuesday, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference did the same.

Senior quarterback Josh Graham Graham was honored as the PAC and ECAC Division III South Offensive Player of the Week, and junior wide receiver Christian Jackson was lauded as the PAC and ECAC D-III South Special Teams Player of the Week. It is the first time both players have earned a weekly conference award during their times as Yellow Jackets.

Graham exploded in a breakout Jackson game this past Saturday by throwing for a personal and team season-high 311 yards and six touchdowns in Saturday’s Homecoming win against Geneva. The senior standout completed 19-of-29 attempts and his half-dozen scores were just two shy of the school record set in 1968.

Jackson piled up 154 yards on five kick returns (30.8 average) to help the Waynesburg offense enjoy excellent field position on almost every offensive possession. His 52-yard return to open the second half put the Jackets at the Geneva 26-yard line and set up the eventual game-winning touchdown that put Waynesburg up 35-14. Thanks in large part to Jackson, Waynesburg’s average starting field position was its own 40-yard line. On offense, the diminutive junior also hauled in a game-high eight passes for a contest-best 157 yards.

The Jackets, who are currently tied for first place in the PAC with a 4-0 conference record and 4-1 overall mark, will try for their fifth straight win Saturday when they travel to New Wilmington to take on Westminster.

Last season, Waynesburg held on to beat the Titans by blocking an extra point in the final minute.

Kickoff this time around is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Saturday afternoon.

time,” said Headlee. “In our smaller room, we had to mix it up and break up into groups, so the space will be a huge help.”

Evanoff is looking forward to another successful season, saying that the room “will do nothing but improve us as a team, as well as help us reach all of our goals.”

“Our team this season will be very deep at most of the weight classes and should be well balanced throughout the lineup,” Evanoff added. “We have a great mix of freshmen and sophomores who are working very hard, as well as experienced juniors and seniors who have high goals for themselves.

“We collectively expect to win the PAC, win the region, and it would be great to finish high in the nation. Anything short would be a disappointment.”

As a senior, Evanoff has seen plenty of progression over the last four years, leading him to hold high expectations for all of his teammates.

“The wrestling team was very talented when I was a freshman, but it has improved each year I’ve been here,” said Evanoff.

“We started out wanting to win the PAC and place high in the region. Now we expect to dominate the PAC and win the region.

“Having the new wrestling room is awesome, but it will be disappointing for me if our team does not reach all of its goals this year.”

After the initial Orange & Black Wrestle-offs at the Marisa Fieldhouse Oct. 29, the Jackets will take a trip to Grantham, Pa., for the Messiah Invitational, which is set to take place Nov. 5.

Photo by Andrew Buda

Head cross country coach Chris Hardie said freshman Luke Feldner (above) had a “career day” on Saturday.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

And the winner is...

Emily Dubberke is crowned Idol Season 7 champ

Students offer a new ‘point of view’ at Open Mic Night

By Kelly Witas

By Mariah Beauregard

Staff Writer

Staff Writer

8:45 p.m. The Goodwin Performing Arts Center is completely packed and a crowd is gathered out the doors.

9:06 p.m. The season finale of Waynesburg Idol starts.

9:57 p.m. The voting polls open to decide a winner.

10:04 p.m. The Waynesburg Idol season 7 winner is announced.

On Friday Oct. 7, the finale of Waynesburg Idol season 7 was held in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

Four contestants started the show, but only one person walked out with the title of Waynesburg Idol Season 7 Winner: Emily Dubberke.

After the elimination round on Sept. 30, Reba Parry, Olivia Workman, Emily Dubberke and Zach Gobbel were left in the competition.

Each contestant had to pick a song from today’s Top 40 and perform it in front of an audience of more than 400 people.

“The support on a Friday night is what Waynesburg is all about,” said two-year veteran judge Luke Payson.

“It has been a terrific

Muse and Stone’s Open Mic Night took place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

The evening consisted of poetry readings and musical performances by students as well as faculty members.

The Open Mic Night took place outside of Waynesburg Press beside the movie theater.

Students who attended received free coffees, mochas and lattés as they listened to the performances.

Tabitha Newman, a junior English major, was one of the many W a y n e s b u r g University students who read their own poetry aloud.

Newman enjoyed reading several poems that she wrote such as “Spring” and an untitled poem.

“There’s something liberating about it,” she said.

Newman began coming to Open Mic Nights when she was a freshman at the university.

“When I first started, I was a little nervous, but I feel like I have more experience now,” she said.

Newman enjoys

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Emily Dubberke was announced as the Waynesburg Idol Season 7 winner last Friday night. Her final performance was a cover of “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele. three weeks.”

Nothing was different than the previous weeks when the performances started with Reba Parry who sang “You and I” by Lady Gaga. Parry adjusted the words making the song, “A perfect tribute to WU,” said judge Maddie Snyder.

Parry substituted the lines, “My daddy and Nebraska and Jesus Christ,” changing Nebraska to Waynesburg.

Next up was Olivia

Workman who sang “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry.

Workman hesitated trying to remember the words, but kept calm during the song.

“If I had to give an award for best adlib lines, it would go to you,” said Payson.

Emily Dubberke sang “Rolling In the Deep” by Adele.

“Awesome,” judge and Waynesburg Idol Season 5 winner Megan Peebles said.

Peebles believes

Dubberke sang “as good as Adele.”

Crowd favorite Zach Gobbel performed “I Got Nothin’” by Darius Rucker.

Judge and season six winner, Kirstin Repco said Gobbel is a “top, top competitor.”

After his performance, roses where thrown on stage by members of the cheerleading squad sitting in the front row.

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hearing the other students’ work as well.

“I love listening to what my peers have come up with,” said Newman.

“Some of them I’ve heard in class, but it’s fun to hear new voices as well.”

Jacob C. Richie, a senior biblical and ministry studies major, also performed at the Mic Night.

However, Richie focused mainly on guitar music rather than poems.

“I love performing for people,” said Richie.

“I’ve been given an ability by God and if I didn’t share this talent with the world, I’d be doing a great injustice to all humankind.”

Richie especially liked hearing poems that were imitations of other poets’ styles.

“I think that’s interesting to imitate another poet because it gives you another point of view,” said Richie.

“It’s the same with studying other musicians. It gives you a different kind of outlet with creative abilities.”

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WU’s Line premieres season; cast ‘looks promising’

By Abby Pittinaro Staff Writer On Thursday, Oct. 6, students donated a dollar to see the season premiere of “WU’s Line is it Anyway?” in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

The show made its debut for the season with a new host, some new performers and some veteran performers.

Brittney Bell, junior middle level education major, was pleased with the show, but missed some of the performers that have been a part of the show in the past years.

“As a junior, I was used to the older cast members that were on the show last year, but over time I will be able to adjust to the new cast and they will be just as great; they just have to get the hang of it,” Bell said.

“They showed great potential, but it is their first week - when they

Photo by Gracious Shavers

New and old cast members join forces to play “scenes from a hat” at the debut performance of “WU’s Line is it Anyway?” last Thursday in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. move past the nervous jitters the show will improve even more.”

The skits started out with all of the contestants lined up; the host was giving out topics for different comedy routines.

“I think the show is so funny. It is my favorite event on campus,” Bell said.

“I just think the show overall is a great way to take the stress off of the student’s shoulders, and it gives students an event to attend that is both popular and entertaining.”

Fans of WU’s Line like that the show is unique because the skits are impromptu, and the contestants

need to think on their feet for any curve ball that the host might throw at them.

This caught the attention of Gracious Shavers, freshman middle level education major.

“I have never seen the actual show, so I’m glad Waynesburg [University] does it,”

Shavers said.

“The whole show was really funny, and it’s cool how the skits are impromptu.”

The show went on for about an hour with a brief intermission.

Christy Szmyd, junior human services major, believes that the show is popular among students because it

relieves anxiety.

“I think the students of Waynesburg University have a positive reaction to the show because everyone loves to laugh,” Szmyd said.

“I feel that it is a good way to relieve stress at the end of the school week and it shows good student incentive to participate in school activities and events.”

There were a number of skits performed throughout the course of the show, but the crowd favorite of the night was “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”

Shavers agreed that it was also her favorite skit and she looks forward to attending to future WU’s Line events that will be held throughout the course of the year.

While this was Shavers first time in the WU’s Line audience, other students who had See WU’S on D2

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Coffeehouse musician personalizes songs for small crowd

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor Students gathered in the Beehive in the Stover Campus Center last Sunday, Oct. 9, to hear Christian artist Eric Peters perform and drink coffee, but many left when they found that the beverages were not provided. However, those who stayed enjoyed the experience. “[Peters] is really good. I like his voice, and he is really funny because he just cuts out, forgets some things and goes with the flow,” said Rachel Larimore, a sophomore psychology major who came with two of her friends.

“It is really good. I think he is the best [artist] I have seen [at Waynesburg] so far.”

With about 30 attendants with a few straggling throughout the night, Peters was able to give a more personal performance.

After asking the audience what Waynesburg University’s mascot is, Peters often threw phrases into the middle of his songs like, “That is how I hope you yellow jackets remember me,” or “Thanks for getting my

Open mic night held Continued from D1 impressed with how well the Open Mic Night went.

“I was very happy with the Open Mic,” said Cockroft.

“I thought the location was outstanding. I thought there was good attendance.”

Cockroft also enjoyed the variety of the performances and readings.

Photo by Amanda Rice

Musician Eric Peters performed in front of a small crowd last Sunday, Oct. 9 in the Beehive. His performance was part of the Coffeehouse series and one stop on his “Under the Radar” tour. cheap rhymes. Nothing gets past you yellow jackets.”

Peters often made attendants laugh as he forgot his lines, played a variety of different instruments including a harmonica and charango, told stories and invited the crowd to sing along.

“I think the coffee is putting people through a loop, but I am glad to see there are people still around,” said Steve Bauthier, resident director of Thayer

Hall and staff member of CCO Campus Ministry.

“Typically, when we do bring artist in, we do have coffee.”

Usually when a musician performs at Waynesburg University, the Beehive is overflowing and every seat is taken.

Sunday night was a stark contrast with only about 20 attendants at the end of the night.

“At some point there was about 33 [people],

“There’s something liberating about [the performances]. . . I love listening to what my peers come up with.”

Tabitha Newman Junior English major

Cockroft read several of his own poems and played guitar, and he played along while a student sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

“I’m a little ambivalent about reading because I want it to be

largely a student event,” said Cockroft.

However, there was plenty of time for a variety of students to perform within the two-hour time slot that was booked for the event.

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but I also understand it was homecoming weekend, the Steelers had a game this afternoon and it is midterms this week,” said Bauthier.

However, Bauthier still believes the performance went well, saying, “The new sound system and lighting is making a big difference from artist coming the past.”

Peters, who grew up in Baton Rogue in the ‘80s, has allowed his father’s music like

Open Mic Night was a time for student writers and musicians to share their musical and poetic talents.

Students were encouraged to express themselves through art.

Richie evaluated the other performers and was pleased with the entertainment.

“I thought everyone did a fine job,” said Richie.

Cockroft encourages students to attend future Mic Nights during course of the school year.

James Taylor and the Beatles influence his own personal sound.

Playing songs titled, “Little By Little,” “Traveling Onion” and “The Storm” Peters always tried to incorporate the audience.

As one point, he has almost every person laughing as he played a variety of pop-culture songs back-to-back, proceeded by “Waterloo,” a song about a thoroughbred racehorse named Waterloo that wanted to be a cow.

Peters believes that smaller crowds are great to perform for, because it is comfortable to be able to connect with each member of the crowd.

“First, the opportunity to play my littlebig songs for a brand new crowd of listeners, most of whom are hearing my music for the very first time, hosts included, is somehow less intimidating to me than if I were playing for a familiar audience hearing me for the umpteenth time,” Peters said on his personal website.

“Something in me perpetually roots for the underdog, sports or otherwise, and I suppose that sentiment carries over to music or at least my view of my music career thus far.”

Now living in Nashville, Tenn. with his wife and kids, Peters has stopped in Oregon, Georgia, Nebraska, Chicago, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio on his most recent tour.

Peters is currently halfway through is “Under the Radar” house show tour.

For more information students can visit ericpeters.net.

Photo by Gracious Shavers

New cast members made their debut last Thursday night on the improv show.

WU’s Line makes debut Continued from D1 seen the show in previous years did not find it quite as entertaining as it was in the past.

Jen Hall, junior nursing major, has gone to every show since being a student at Waynesburg University and plans to continue attending, even with a new cast.

Idol winner announced Continued from D1 weeks, Emily Dubberke came out victorious winning a $200 cash prize.

Surprisingly, Dubberke has never sung in front of other an audience before, with the exception of school plays.

She had to force herself to perform, but is glad she did it. “[I] hate it. It’s the most terrifying thing to do,” said Dubberke.

She enjoyed the final weeks song choice the most.

During the second week, her first choice

“In the past, there have been some hilarious shows,” Hall said.

“I think because it was the first show they were all a little nervous, but they’re good so far.”

The show is based off of the popular comedy show, “Who’s Line is it Anyway?”

While it was just the first show, the cast promised the audience that there will be more to come.

was taken so she had to resort to Disney’s “Ever After.”

She was not a fan of the change.

“The fans voted for talent, not popularity,” said Payson.

Dubberke plans on spending the money on a few owed parking tickets and a shopping spree.

She was happy about winning the competition, but wished that the other contestants who participated could win something for their efforts as well.

“I think everyone who made it to the final week deserved it.

If it was up to me everyone would be given 200 bucks,” said Dubberke.

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The Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Across 1 Use a rotary phone 5 Common movie theater name meaning “jewel” 10 Cheat (out of) 14 Regarding 15 Accustom (to) 16 Cad 17 Armstrong who took a “giant leap for mankind” 18 1966 Tommy James and the Shondells hit 20 Release 22 Comes up, as the sun 23 Not working 24 Knock for a loop 26 1958 Connie Francis hit 30 Printer’s widths 33 Is wearing 34 First application line to fill in 35 Sheep sound 36 “My turn to bat!”

37 Untrue 39 List of choices 40 Fed. pollution monitor 41 Rani’s wrap 42 Gave a hoot 43 Mineo of “Rebel Without a Cause” 44 1956 Little Richard hit 47 Puts on 48 1982 Disney sci-fi film 49 Wedding site

52 Dinner alternative, on a 39-Across 56 1965 Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs hit 59 Cat that roars 60 Auditorium 61 Remark between actor and audience 62 Aware of 63 Nothing but 64 Do a lawn job 65 Mellows, as wine Down 1 Pioneer Boone, folksily 2 “Understood” 3 Working busily 4 Sweet sucker 5 “Look!”

6 “Right away!”

7 Popular wedding

month 8 Comedic TV alien’s planet 9 Turn you hang, in slang 10 Scarecrow’s lack 11 Electrified particles 12 Gospel writer 13 Islets 19 Bluenose 21 Thor’s father 24 Luxury hotel bathroom features 25 Clock readout 26 Acts skittish 27 Florida city on its own bay 28 Pub order, with “the” 29 Dark 30 Thumbs-up reviewer

31 “Olympia” painter Édouard 32 Riyadh resident 37 Goat-man of myth 38 Painting and sculpture, e.g.

39 Hawaiian volcano 41 Building level 42 Swamp beast 45 “That’s good enough” 46 On edge, as nerves

47 Dawdle 49 Dr. Seuss’s “Horton Hears __” 50 Bank offer 51 Bridge crossing charge 52 Father-daughter boxers 53 Workplace for the 52-Down 54 Handy bag 55 Grandson of Adam

who reputedly lived to 905 57 Place for a drink 58 Consume 59 King of the jungle 60 _____ pass 61 Put off 62 Place or position on 63 Without others 64 re=apply turf, or enhance grass growth 65 Length of time lived

Last Weeks Answers:

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● SELF-EXAMS ● ● ●

very woman is at risk for breast cancer.

The disease doesn’t discriminate between young and old, wealthy and poor, educated and uneducated. And so far, it can’t be prevented or cured.

One out of seven women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. This year alone, about 213,000 new cases of female breast cancer will be diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society, and 41,000 women will die from the disease.

But breast cancer is more than reams of statistics — for many women, it is just a fact of life. The women who battle breast cancer are mothers, daughters, aunts, co-workers, neighbors and friends. They continue to do the things they did before cancer became part of their lives —go to work, go to school, raise families, take vacations. And most of them — the lucky ones — survive.

Women aren’t alone in the struggle against breast cancer. Men are affected as well; this year, about 450 men will die from the disease. An estimated 1,700 men will be diagnosed in 2006.

Every October, cancer organizations recognize National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — an effort to get the word out about screening, risk factors and research.

The campaign began small, as a weeklong event in October 1985. Today, it has grown into a monthlong chance to remember those who died from the disease and honor those who have survived. And it is an opportunity to educate about screening and early diagnosis, and to raise money for the search for a cure.

To mark the month, test your knowledge with our cancer quiz, learn how you can contribute to finding a cure and find out how to protect yourself with regular self-exams.

Experts recommend that women perform monthly breast self-exams. Becoming familiar with the way breasts normally look and feel can help women and their doctors spot changes. Here are the basics: ● Visual exam. Stand in front of a mirror and: 1. With arms at sides, look for changes in breast size, shape, skin color or texture. Check nipple for discharge, scaly skin or dimpling of skin near nipple (as if something is pulling the skin into the breast).

2. Repeat with your arms above your head.

3. With hands on hips, press shoulders forward slightly; both breasts should react the same way to the movement. ● Feel for lumps. With a pillow under your shoulder and an arm behind your head, use three fingers to feel whole breast and armpit.

Repeat on other side. Use the same method each month. ● Three methods. Use whichever method is comfortable for you, but be consistent.

Circle, left: Move fingers slowly in increasingly smaller circles.

Parallel, middle: Slowly move fingers down then up, from underarm to mid-chest.

Wedge, right: Move fingers toward nipple, then back to edge.

● DO SOMETHING ● ● ● Want to make a difference in the fight to cure breast cancer?

Here’s how to start: ● Run a race. The Komen Foundation sponsors Race for the Cure, the largest series of 5K races in the world. Race for the Cure is held in more than 100 U.S. cities, so there’s bound to be one near you. Visit www.raceforthecure.org to search for a race by state or date. ● Wear a ribbon. A pink ribbon has come to symbolize support for breast cancer causes. Browse Web sites like www.pinkribbonshop.com and www.pinkribbonjewelry.com for pink ribbon merchandise in every shape and size — on jewelry, ornaments, tote bags, teddy bears, coffee mugs and more.

— Becky Sher, McClatchy-Tribune

● QUIZ ● ● ● ● ● 1.True or false: A lump in your breast is definitely cancer.

2. Many celebrities have gone public with their fights against breast cancer.

Which of these celebrities survived battles with the disease?

A. Sandra Day O’Connor B. Melissa Etheridge C. Nancy Reagan D. Gloria Steinem E. All of the above 3. What percentage of breast cancer cases occur in women with no identifiable risk factors?

A. Less than 10 percent B. 10 percent to 40 percent C. 40 percent to 70 percent D. More than 70 percent 4. What is the average age of breast cancer diagnosis?

A. 32 B. 42 C. 52 D. 62 5. Which of the following is a risk factor for breast cancer?

A. Personal or family history of breast cancer.

B. No children, or first child after the age of 30.

C. Prior treatment with radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease.

D. All of the above.

6. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation sponsors Race for the Cure, the largest series of 5K races in the world.

This year, races will be held in more than 100 U.S. cities and two foreign countries.

How many people are expected to participate?

● Play golf. In 2005, nearly 3,200 golf clubs participated in the Rally for a Cure, a golf event that raises money for breast cancer research. Log on to www.rallyforacure.com to find out how your club can be a part of the event this year.

SOURCES: T H E N AT I O N A L A L L I A N C E OF BREAST CANCER O R G A N I Z AT I O N S ; W W W. KO M E N . O R G ; W W W. B C R F C U R E . O R G ; W W W. W E B M D. C O M ; W W W. C A N C E R . G OV

● Go shopping. Dozens of companies offer products and promotions to benefit breast cancer programs (see below). When you buy cereal, cosmetics, ice cream, greeting cards, shoes and more, proceeds from the sale help fund research. Visit www. bcrfcure.org/part_friends.html to see a list of some companies that participate. ● Click for the cure. Visit www. thebreastcancersite.com to find out how you can help fund mammograms for low-income and minority women with a simple click.

7. When is the best time of the month for a premenopausal woman to check her breasts for lumps?

8. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for all women. What is the leading cause of cancer death?

A. Ovarian cancer B. Skin cancer C. Lung cancer D. Colon cancer E. Leukemia 9. How often should a woman have a clinical breast exam conducted by a doctor or other health-care provider?

10. True or false: Many biopsies turn out not to be cancer, so they are unnecessary.

● ANSWERS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1. False. Lumpy breasts are actually quite common, especially in younger women. About 80 percent of breast lumps are noncancerous, or benign.

2. E. All of these women battled breast cancer. O’Connor returned to the bench just five days after her mastectomy. Other celebrities who have fought the disease include singers Kylie Minogue and Sheryl Crow.

3. D. More than 70 percent.

4. D. The average age is 62.

5. D. All of the above.

6. More than 1 million people are expected to participate in Race for the

Cure in 2006. For information, visit www.raceforthecure.org.

7. The best time for a premenopausal woman to conduct a self-exam is a week after her menstrual period.

8. C. Lung cancer.

9. A woman should have her breasts examined by her doctor at least once every three years after age 20, and once a year after 40.

10. False. A biopsy is the only way to determine for certain that a breast abnormality is not cancer. Biopsies are generally minor, outpatient procedures, and leave a small scar.

● SHOP FOR THE CURE ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Want to help the fight against breast cancer? Buying some candy or tea can help. Many companies offer special products to fund breast-cancer research. Here’s a sampling: Keep your drinks cool when training for the Race for the Cure.

Igloo’s 1-liter pink ChillyWrap keeps drinks cold, and the foam surround is shaped for easy holding. Igloo will donate $30,000 to the Komen Foundation through their Pink Ribbon Cooler program. Get yours at www.igloostore.com for $10.

Co-founders of The Laundress will be donating 20 percent of the sale of their lavender-scented squares ($28) to the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. The squares come three in a stack and are available at www.thelaundress.com.

The Republic of Tea donates 10 percent of bottle sales for their Sip for the Cure Pink Lemonade Iced Green Tea ($2.19), available during October, and 75 cents per 50-bag tin ($10 to $12.50) of Sip for the Cure teas to the Komen Foundation. Look for the tea at bookstores and gift shops or visit www.republicoftea.com.

Better Homes and Gardens has teamed up with the Komen Foundation to create a limited edition of its famous red plaid cookbook. The 12th edition includes a 64-page “pink” section with more than 60 recipes containing “super foods” associated with reducing the risk of cancer. Find at Amazon.com and Komen.org or local bookstores ($20 to $30).

To match your new cookbook, pick up a set of KitchenAid Cook for the Cure measuring spoons and cups. KitchenAid will donate 10 percent of sales in October. Look for the pink plastic cups ($15) at Amazon.com or at department stores.

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