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New guest policy focuses on liability of underage visitors

By ANDREW HREHA

For the Yellow Jacket

This year at Waynesburg University, a new guest policy has been set in place by the public safety department.

The major change to Waynesburg’s guest policy is the requirement of guests under 18 years of age to have a signed document from their legal guardians.

According to Mike Humiston, director of Public Safety and head baseball coach at Waynesburg, the new policy was set in place to ensure parents are informed of their child’s visit and to prevent liability issues.

“I think it was something, quite honestly, that should have been done a long time ago,” Humiston said. “We have been fortunate in the past to have all of these people on our campus who are under the age of 18 and never had a problem, but you don't have to look far to see other institutions that are having visitation issues and problems that may arise from those so we want to kind of set the standard and this is one of the ways we do that,” said Humiston.

The idea of the new policy goes beyond informing parents, as the documentation helps security to better protect visitors.

“We as a security department have to be aware of and notified that we have other students that may be here, or other students that may be on campus, in the event that something may happen,” Humiston said.

According to Humiston, the new policy will also make it easier to find guests and notify them in the case of an emergency.

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“We know where they are and who they are with, and we can make notification and get in touch with those students,” Humiston said.

While Humiston is unaware of who the idea for a change in policy came from, he speculates it originated in student services.

As head baseball coach, Humiston said that prospect visitation is important during the recruiting process as head baseball coach.

“Speaking from a coaching standpoint, being the baseball coach here at Waynesburg, that’s a big part of our recruiting process to have a student athlete who is trying to make up his or her mind where they want to spend the next four years of their life. It’s probably the single most important decision that they make at 18 years of age,” said Humiston.

Humiston believes the policy has been helpful and will help the university to take a proactive stance on student and guest security.

“I think it has been beneficial, it’s all about knowing,” Humiston said. “For us, from a security standpoint, we want to be proactive versus reactive.

So I think this is a good proactive move by the university to enforce this policy and we hope for the best and hope that we don't have any problems.

We haven’t had any problems to my knowledge so it seems to be working,” Humiston said.

Overall, Humiston believes the policy is beneficial to security, students and visitors.

“I think it’s a great idea to make sure that the communications with not only our students but visiting students is clear and we want everyone to make sure that they have a good visit,” Humiston said.

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Yvonne Weaver, chairperson for the Education Department, accepts $5,000 from First Energy to use for program iPads.

Education Department receives $5,000 First Energy grant to add iPads to curriculum

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Thanks to a recent grant awarded to Waynesburg University, students in the Education Department will receive new technology to advance their education and the edification of others.

Earlier this semester, the university received a grant of $5,000 from First Energy to put towards technological advancements in the Education Department. With the money, Yvonne Weaver, chairperson for the Education Department, said the school would be purchasing iPads to be used in various classrooms.

“We talked about the grant and one thing the department faculty had an interest in was using iPads with our pre-service

teachers,” Weaver said. “What we want to do is to be able to infuse the use of technology as we are working with preserviced teachers in planning lessons and delivering instructions.”

While initially students will be using the iPads in the classrooms on campus, Weaver said there are possibilities for students to take the iPads with them when they go out to teach for themselves at local schools.

“We hope that we come to the point where [students] can actually take the tool with them because as we know, technology is just another tool to teach,” Weaver said. “We are hoping that we are actually allowing students to take those iPads out IPAD >> A3

Questions raised after four students fall ill in Stewart Hall

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Air quality became a concern in Stewart Hall in the early afternoon, Oct. 27, causing classes to be canceled and the building to be evacuated at Waynesburg University.

After four students became ill during a demonstration in the simulation lab on the first floor of the building, Director of Public Safety Michael Humiston said a fire alarm was pulled to clear the building to allow the fire department to perform an “air quality check.” According to Humiston, the tests came back negative and the building was

reopened later that day.

Stacey Brodak, vice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations, said in an email the investigation to what caused the students to fall ill is ongoing.

“At Waynesburg University, our foremost concern will always be the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff, friends and community,” Brodak said. “When we learn of any potential issue that could have an adverse impact, we have a responsibility to investigate it fully until we are satisfied that we have eliminated the risk to the best of our ability based on the facts that we have available

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Stewart Hall was evacuated Friday afternoon after four students became ill during a class in the simulation lab. to us. In the case of the students that became ill during nursing instruction on Friday, Oct. 27,

our investigation is continuing as we gather and analyze all the available information.”

One of the students taken to Student Health Services Friday was sophomore nursing major

Lauren Gamble.

“We were all in the same sim lab room talking about our procedure and then all of a sudden our instructor asked one of the kids if he was OK,” Gamble said. “He turned super pale and he was like just staring off, like he lost vision.”

Gamble said that while her instructor started to tend to the first student, the girl standing next to Gamble started to portray similar symptoms.

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November 2, 2017

University hosts fourth annual high school writing contest

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High school students from around the region competed in a writing competion for cash prizes while gaining hands-on experience.

John C. Knox writing event welcomes students from 15 different high schools

By MATT MANSFIELD For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University recently hosted its fourth annual John C. Knox Writing Contest for high school students. The event, sponsored by the Observer Publishing Company, was for students from local high schools to test out their writing skills against one another.

The young writers from 15 different schools in the area, including Waynesburg Central, were given the chance to listen to Waynesburg University alumni Jim Shearer speak at the event.

After his speech, the students were encouraged to participate in a Q&A session for them to get more information they felt was necessary to know about Shearer. The

Q&A session lasted until the writers were out of questions for Shearer.

Following the Q&A session, the students were challenged to write an article on Shearer’s speech and could include Shearer’s responses to the questions they asked him.

In charge of the event was Richard Krause, chairperson of the Department of Communication. Krause commented on Shearer’s effort during the event.

“He was very engaging,” Krause said of Shearer. “He gave the students a wonderful interview. We are very proud of him and his accomplishments after Waynesburg.”

Many students seemed to enjoy interviewing Shearer.

Shearer graciously attended the event Saturday, which lasted from 9 a.m. until

12:30 p.m.

Krause said the event went very well, and it seemed to be a big hit for competitors and those who helped with the contest.

“We were very pleased with the results,” said Krause.

The winners of the event will be announced within the next ten days with the top three finishers receiving cash prizes.

The values ranged from $500 for first place, $300 for second place and $200 for the third place.

The students had exactly one hour to write their articles after the Q&A session with Shearer. When the clock struck zero, three judges were set to read the articles and rank them based on a rubric.

No restrictions were put on the length of the articles, but

the students were in charge of all aspects of their own article – from asking their own questions, figuring out the length of the article and making edits to the article as needed. While there were no length requirements, if the length of the article would be considered during the grading process.

The contest was a test of the students’ all-around writing skills and their ability to critique their own work. The judges were one faculty member within the Department of Communication, one student officer in Waynesburg University’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter and one professional journalist from a

newspaper in the local region.

After the competition, lunch was provided for the writers and all those who helped with the event. Krause said that the event was “very well run” and, with the help and planning of Sarah Bell of Academic Communications and junior Olivia Kelley, “it was very successful.”

WU to host fifth Merit Badge University Graduate locations ready to launch campus-wide Wi-Fi

By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor

Waynesburg University’s fifth annual Merit Badge University will take place Nov. 4. The event gives local Boy Scouts the opportunity to earn one or two merit badges, depending on the class they take, while also gaining academic knowledge and experience from university instructors.

The cost of the daylong event is $15, but that includes the scout’s lunch, a patch, the class they select and a t-shirt. There is a limited number of spaces per class, making seats first come, first serve.

There will be walk in registrations allowed, but a seat in the scout’s desired instruction session cannot be guaranteed.

Adults also have the opportunity to be a part of the event. There are a few options that can be considered.

Adult leaders who wish to attend can also pay the $15 cover charge and have the option to attend the merit badge classes with their

scouts or attend an adult leadership training taught by the Laurel Highlands Council. Parents also have the option of attending a free informational session through the Office of Admissions.

There will be 21 classes being offered at the event and eight of them offer badges required for a boy scout to meet the requirements for Eagle Scout.

The citizenship in community, citizenship in the nation, citizenship in the world, communication, cycling, environmental science, family life and personal management are all classes that are a part of the required eagle scout badges.

Those eight classes typically fill up faster than the others.

Once a class has been filled to capacity, it will be removed from early registration as an option.

Sarah Bell, academic communications coordinator, has been involved in Merit Badge University for the past three years. For the first year, she assisted in the planning, and has since lead the past two. In her time involved with the event, Bell has seen

many changes to improve the event.

“This year students can teach a merit badge session if a faculty or staff member will sponsor and guide that student,” said Bell, as an example.

With students now being able to assist in the sessions or teach the session themselves, many of the classes have students taking advantage of that opportunity.

This year, the event also features a more compressed schedule of events.

“We shortened the schedule so that the event wouldn’t take quite so long,” said Bell.

“This is a big, campus-wide project. We’re trying to make it run more efficiently. The amount of class time is not being shortened. There will just be a slightly shorter lunch period and reduced registration and check in times.”

Events like Merit Badge University are also tailored to give students exposure to Waynesburg, the campus and what it has to offer according to Admissions Counselor Kyle

Digiandomenico.

“Specialty visitation days are always great opportunities for [potential] students,” said Digiandomenico. “They offer an inside look at campus, whether it’s a departmental visit opportunity like Nursing as a Career Day, Mock Crime Scene or Sports Broadcasting Camp, or a regular specialty visit such as Merit Badge University, Overnight [Vistitation] and Open House, students can see, first hand, what WU has to offer them.”

According to Digiandomenico, he knows that some students choose to attend Waynesburg because of their participation in Merit Badge University.

“It’s always great to see students who attend WU because of a specific event,” said Digiandomenico. “I know that I am working with students for fall 2018 who are deciding to come to WU primarily because of Merit Badge University. It makes me wonder, if we didn’t have events like [these], would those students have ever interacted with WU?”

Faith tab coming to myConnect website

By KYLA WOLPER

For the Yellow Jacket

For Waynesburg University students, the website ‘myConnect’ is a frequently visited URL. From submitting class assignments on Blackboard, to scheduling the upcoming semester on Self Service and checking e-mails, students are often logged in to the browser. myConnect is a website that allows students to not only fulfill their classroom requirements, but also to learn about different opportunities that happen across campus. The ‘tabs’ at the top of the home screen advertise such activities as ‘Service’ on campus, ‘Residence Life’ and ‘Student

Senate’. The main screen also informs students of upcoming meetings and events on the ‘Bulletin Board’. At the start of the 2017-2018 school year myConnect added a new ‘Faith’ tab to its variety of information.

T he ne w t ab a l l ow s Waynesburg students to get ‘plugged in’ to different ministry opportunities on campus. The ‘Faith’ tab has information about the different small groups that occur on campus, the calendar of upcoming events and speakers at chapel. Additionally, the tab incorporates resources for students including books, videos and links that challenge students to grow deeper in their faith while at Waynesburg.

The idea for the tab has been on the table for several years. While the tab was not created until the start of this school year the concept of the tab began in 2011.

Anthony Jarrell, resident director for Martin Hall and director for campus ministry assistants, has been involved with conversations about the ‘Faith’ tab.

“The ‘Faith’ tab is one of those really funny stories because it has been a long time coming,” Jarrell said.

“I remember the idea of the ‘Faith’ tab being talked about as a concept to add to myConnect as far back at 2011/2012. When Josh Sumpter started here, it was really a priority of his and he got it done and it is beautiful

and I’m very happy with it.”

Since Josh Sumpter, assistant chaplain and instructor of biblical and ministry studies, has joined the faculty at Waynesburg the campus ministry program has been focusing a lot on becoming a growing presence around campus.

“We want to find ways to connect students to the ministries that take place on campus,” Sumpter said.

“There are a lot of students that are connect but there are a lot of students that haven’t made connections yet.”

The campus ministry team aims to make these connections through the FAITH >> A4

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

Waynesburg University’s campus-wide Wi-Fi is beginning to spread to its surrounding graduate campuses in the Pittsburgh area. More specifically, the Monroeville and Southpointe locations for the university are ready to launch the same Wi-Fi that students, faculty and staff have been using since the beginning of this semester.

According to William Dumire, vice president for Information Technology Services and chief information officer, even though the equipment and installation of the Wi-Fi system is ready to go, ITS opted to hold off until the end of this graduate semester.

“All of the equipment and all of installation is done at [the graduate] campuses, but we have not turned on new Wi-Fi yet,” said Dumire. “We did not want to disrupt graduate student’s semester by having them switch over. When students come back from Christmas break, they will have the new wireless.”

From the start, ITS wanted to roll out the new WiFi in phases, starting with the undergraduate campus.

Once everything was running smoothly on Waynesburg’s main campus, the idea was to start rolling it out to the graduate campuses. “[We wanted to] make sure the bandwidth was appropriate for undergraduate students,” Dumire said.

“Once that was under control, we would apply that to the remote campuses. We wanted to get undergraduate connected and then scale it to next campus.

[From there, we will] turn

on at [one] campus first, evaluate it for a few days, make sure bandwidth is appropriate and then go to next campus.”

One of the biggest problems Dumire foresees when the Wi-Fi is activated is that there are not fulltime, regular members of ITS always available at the remote campuses. However, they plan to send representatives to help students with activating their devices and making sure everything runs smoothly at first.

“We don’t have full time support staff at the remote campuses,” said Dumire.

“We are going to rotate and send help desk people.

When we turn this on, we will send someone up in advance and announce to students that they will be available and make sure they get appropriate support to get connected.”

According to Dumire, the feedback from Waynesburg’s main campus has been overwhelmingly positive.

There were some bugs and adjustments that were worked through, but the department has used the feedback they received to maximize the experience at the undergraduate campus, as well as the graduate campuses when they are activated.

Dumire feels this new wireless system is valuable compared to the one that was used before, where students constantly had to log in and out to be connected, and also needed their own personal router in their rooms to have wireless access.

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November 2, 2017

Student volunteers University hosts eighth annual haunted lab to help Texas with hurricane damages

By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor

By SHON MEADE

For the Yellow Jacket

As students made their return to Waynesburg University in mid-to-late August, Houston, Texas and its surrounding communities were evacuating as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

Two months have passed since then, and there is still work to be done to return Texas to what it was before the hurricane made landfall.

The Waynesburg University Center for Service Leadership announced plans to send a contingent to Texas to help with cleaning up damages. Partnering alongside All Hands, a volunteered based charity that helps with disaster relief, will give students the ability to make a difference in light of the recent hurricane, said Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services.

One of the core reasons that the trip is happening, Hardie said, is due to the number of students who expressed interest in wanting to help out in Texas. “[The Center for Service Leadership] has been working super hard to organize a trip so students could make their way down to help with Harvey Relief efforts,” Hardie said.

Hardie has the trip scheduled to take place the week after classes let out for winter break, Dec.16 to 22. Hardie reassures that students

will be home in time for Christmas and other holiday festivities.

This service trip is different than other trips that Hardie has helped plan.

“We are responding to immediate need,” Hardie said. “Other trips are planned in advance.”

The trip will cost $450, which includes airfare, transportation at the site, meals and lodging for students. Students will be staying at a local church in the community.”

Students will be working in Aransas Pass, Texas, an area three hours outside of Houston that was devastated by the hurricane.

“This is a very small, poor community that was one of the hardest hit places from the hurricane,” said Hardie.

“It made landfall right next to the town.”

C ar in C amp, c ampus security officer, and Kristen Stone, network analyst, will be the staff leaders for this trip, and will be working alongside the students.

For Camp, leading this trip is about more than just service – it was personal.

Camp lived in Texas for 15 years.

“I have friends who lost everything,” Camp said.

Students interested in applying for the trip should contact Hardie or click on the service tab on myConnect for more details.

There are 18 spots available for students.

The Waynesburg University American Chemistry Society (ACS) chapter hosted many events last week in celebration of National Chemistry Week.

National Chemistry Week, which according to the American Chemical Society’s website was from Oct. 22-28 this year, is a week devoted to advancing the sharing of chemistry, said Dr. Evonne Baldauff, chairperson for the Chemistry and Forensic Science Department.

Trying to share information about chemistry throughout the week, the department hosted it’s eighth annual Haunted Chemistry Lab Oct. 25, in the fifth floor of Stewart Science Hall.

Members of the community and university students participated in the walk-through haunted chemistry lab.

While Baldauff would have liked to have seen more people attend the event, she said the event was a success for those who did attend.

“The kids looked very engaged,” Baldauff said of the children who attended the event with their parents. “I saw a lot of kids that stayed at one demonstration for a long time, like playing with the different things, so that’s encouraging.”

Baldauff said there was over 20 students who volunteered, and there were just as many demonstrations.

She said the number of volunteers this year was the most the event has ever attracted, something she believes brings a positive thought on the future of the event.

“It’s really encouraging – it means that the students like it, they find that it’s a meaningful thing to spend their time doing and it’s also a nice draw to the community,” she said.

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For Evonne Baldauff, chairperson for the Chemistry and Forensic Department, the Haunted Chemistry Lab was a great success with more than 20 student volunteers.

This year, students from the Forensic Science Club and the Biology club also volunteered their time to help run the demonstrations.

Baldauff said this was the first year the Biology Club helped, something she hopes continues in the future.

Sophomore Harrison Scott, a bio-chemistry major with business management and music minors, spent a part of his evening volunteering at the Haunted Chemistry Lab. Scott, a member of the ACS chapter, oversaw a “snow” demonstration, where adding water to a polymer would cause it to expand and use the water to grow into fake snow, he said.

He dressed warm, bundled up in winter gear to add to his demonstration, and said this specific demonstration was fun to lead.

Children and university students both enjoyed their time at the snow demonstration, as Scott saw an equal

amount of excitement from the two groups.

“It’s really cool and it’s a joy to be able to see them have fun,” Scott said of those who attended the event.

Baldauff said there were multiple classrooms filled with the demonstrations.

Other demonstrations included, but were not limited to, elephant toothpaste, forensic science club’s fake blood and analytical lab, and an exploding miniature ghost in a bag.

A new part of the event this year was a Harry Potter room, which Baldauff said went well but she would like to continue to improve for next year’s event.

She noted one of the most popular demonstrations was the screaming gummy bear, where a gummy bear would create an energetic reaction to a substance, making a loud noise and a small explosive of flames.

There was a magnetic slim

demonstration that Baldauff said her young son loved.

“He begged ‘Can we take it home?’ so that makes me happy, not just because it was my kid but because it was a kid wanting to explore science.”

Scott said the event included a lot of good, family safe events, which he believes was beneficial for the local parents of the community who brought their children to participate in the event.

He said having the opportunity to help teach children, the next generation, is an incredible experience.

The Haunted Chemistry Lab is one of the ways Waynesburg University students are able to help those interested in science.

“To be that role model while we ignite their passion for science—it’s a real joy,” Scott said. “[If we can] ignite a passion for something that’s educational but yet fun, that’s really great to see.”

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into those field experiences and actually use them with [other] students.”

One area where students will have the opportunity to utilize the iPads, Weaver said, will be during specific classes held in the Spring Semester for early childhood majors.

“There is a lot of ways we can expand,” Weaver said.

“Our early childhood majors also take a technology education course, that’s a next semester course. That is someplace else we can look at using those iPads… that way they learn about the tool through that course.”

Weaver said that It is vital for the students to get hands on experience with technology before going out and becoming teachers themselves. As technology becomes more and more commonplace in the classrooms, Weaver said students must be prepared to effectively utilize it.

“Many of the school districts already have Chrome Books already in the classroom – iPads in the classrooms – they are using those tools on the regular basis with students,” Weaver said.

“We need to look at how do we prepare our students to have that background to go in and do those kinds of skills.”

According to Weaver, the university is aiming to meet with representatives before Thanksgiving Break to discuss how the university can effectively use the grant money to purchase the iPads in time for the spring semester.

“Our plan is to actually meet with Apple representatives, talk about the funding that we have and see how the Apple representatives may be able to assist us financially in any way to make sure that we use our money wisely,” Weaver said.

With the help of Genna Steele, Academic Projects and Grants coordinator, the Education Department was able to find the grant

through a process that has been put in place by the university and Institutional Advancement.

“We put a process in place where faculty who have funding needs contact me and then I work with Institutional Advancement to see if they have any foundations that would work with any of these needs,” Steele said.

“Meanwhile, I’m looking through various databases to see if I can find any monies that could meet their needs as well.”

Both Weaver and Steele said that the university is expecting to have the iPads available for students in the Education Department by the start of the next semester.

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passing out and I caught her,” Gamble said. “We put her in the chair and I was holding on to her and my instructor came running in because [we] were calling for help.”

At that point, Gamble said the half dozen students who were in the room were ordered to leave the sim lab and the unconscious student was put onto the bed in the room. Gamble said the student who had lost consciousness started to regain her senses after roughly two minutes and at that point was brought to a different room on the floor.

Gamble sat with her and a few other students who did not want to leave her side and that was when Gamble herself began to feel dizzy.

“We were sitting there and everyone told me that I started to look really pale and I was like, ‘I feel fine,’” Gamble said.

“Then everyone left and it was just me [and the student who lost consciousness] and I start-

ed getting really dizzy so I put my head down on the desk.”

Gamble said she experienced the same occurrence the other students had gone through, but did not lose total consciousness.

According to Gamble, there was a fourth student who went through a similar experience in the sim lab earlier that morning and was in and out of Student Health Services before she had arrived.

Neither Brodak nor Student Health Services were able to comment on the health of the other students involved.

While the investigation is still ongoing, Brodak said the university hasn’t found anything out of the ordinary yet.

Brodak expects the sim lab to be “open for classes soon.”

“We have conducted air sample data logging to test for environmental issues with both internal and external specialists,” Brodak said. “At this time, the testing results have not found any constituents outside of normal range. We will continue our investigation.”

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November 2, 2017

Balban's prior ties to Waynesburg make university a great fit

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

T h i s p a s t s u m m e r, C ou r t n e y B a l b an w a s hired as Academic Support Counselor for the Center of Student Success and Disabilities at Waynesburg University.

Although she got most of her previous working experience on the other side of the Pennsylvania, Balban is a native of Waynesburg, and graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in 2010.

When Balban was a student at Waynesburg Central, she didn’t see herself going down her eventual career path.

As a high school student, Bablan described herself as a "math and science person," and planned to pursue one of those fields. But a few events, mainly the death of her father, Dan Farabee, helped lead her to psychology, which ended up being the foundation of her current job at Waynesburg University.

“When I was 16, I lost my dad to cancer," said Balban. "I had really good experiences with counseling on my own and watched my family really benefit from healthy, good qualified counselors. So I learned that was something I was passionate about, seeing people get healthy and work through challenging things.

So that was kind of a catalyst for the change overall."

After graduating high school, Balban, who de-

cided to pursue psychology halfway through her senior year, attended the University of Valley Forge, where she graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in counselling psychology.

Immediately after graduating, she earned a Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling from Messiah College.

Bablan's husband, Isacc, spent almost five years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a pastor. He got a new job in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, which is what led Balban back to Waynesburg.

B ablan shif ted f rom working in an adolescent hospitalization program, as well as coaching volleyball and working as a counselor at Valley Forge, to looking for a job nearby.

Having grown up in Waynesburg, Bablan said that being familiar with the university made her comfortable about looking for a position there.

"I was looking at local universities, so of course being from Waynesburg I knew very much that Waynesburg [University] was a great place to start working, and they had an opening," said Balban.

Brian Carr, director of the Center for Student Success and Disability Services, interviewed Balban for her position, which is new this year. Carr said that Bablan's presentation, and personal-

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Balban started as a "math and science" person but ultimately shifted her focus to counseling. ity, helped her get the job.

"I would say that [Bablan] is extremely professional," said Carr. "I would say that she was extremely personable. Just gave off such a positive vibe. She just was a very, very good interview... the words I would use are personable, professional and positive. Those would be the three things that really kind of popped off the page at me."

A lot of Bablan's responsibilities involve working with students who are struggling with academics for one reason or another. For

Bablan, dealing with kids who are having these issues and trying to help correct them can be taxing.

"Having to walk through difficult decisions or coping with failure with students can be something that’s a little bit draining and a little bit discouraging," said Bablan.

"Wanting to always be an encourager and pick people up, that can be a challenge sometimes."

Despite the difficulties, Balban loves the one-on-one interactions that come with her job.

“I kind of call myself an energetic introvert," said Bablan. "I thrive on connection, and so one-on one relationships or small groups of people is something that I really enjoy and I thrive in.

So, getting to be one-on-one with students, to hear their stories, to hear how they got where they are, to listen to them tell me what they are walking through in kind of the story God’s writing currently is something I really, really love."

Along with helping students stay on track, Balban also works with students who have disclosed a disability and assists them in the needed accommodations to succeed in college.

“So sometimes that’s academic, sometimes that’s housing, sometimes that’s dining," said Balban. "Whatever [people with disabilities] need to be successful here we work with them to figure that out and make that happen.”

Balban said that knowing that adversity is difficult, but rarely impossible to overcome, helps her in working with students in need of assistance.

“It’s kind of gaining some perspective," said Balban.

“There are very few things that are catastrophic or irreversible. Things have consequences, but most things aren’t too big that we can’t fix them. So, we kind of work through reframing and having a positive attitude and fo-

cusing on ‘what are we great at, what are we passionate about, and what’s it going to take to get us ultimately to our goal, whether a job or graduation, whatever it is.

So, kind of keeping the end [goal] in mind as we move forward.”

While her father was supportive of her original plan for college, Bablan feels that he was somebody who would have been in her corner regardless of what she decided to pursue.

"My dad was definitely someone who communicated ‘Whatever you want to do, I’m going be fully supportive of it.' So, [pursuing psychology] wasn’t a super hard decision for me.

It was definitely about finding what I was great at, what I was passionate about and going full for it,” said Balban. “So, it definitely wasn’t a challenge for me to wrestle with that switch, but it did mean that I had to come to terms with the fact that I had experienced a loss in order to make that switch.”

For Carr, Balban fits perfectly with Waynesburg's core values.

"It was very apparent that she was consistent with the mission of the university," said Carr. “Based on her statement of faith and things that she said in the interview, I could tell that she was consistent with the mission of the university. She exemplifies it."

‘Defend WU Self ’ class enters third year ITS warns students of ‘phishing’ email scams over fall break

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

According to a 2015 poll done by the Association of American Universities, 27.2 percent of female college seniors reported that they experienced some form of sexual harassment in college.

Four years ago, Resident Directors Laurie Steere and Bailey Thorn, who now works for McMillen Photography, talked about how they wished they had a self-defense class in college.

“When we look statistically at college students being sexually harassed and sexually assaulted – the statistics are off the charts,” said Steere. “So, the more people that understand and know about this issue, the better they are prepared if it happens to them.”

Steere and Thorn decided that they wanted to do something for the students on campus as a self-defense class. So, for the third time in four years at Waynesburg University ‘Defend WU Self ’ will be held for students. Steere has been a part of ‘Defend WU Self ’ every year, and this year she is partnering with Director of the Department of Public Safety, Mike Humiston.

“A lot of times, particu-

larly for women, they are afraid to do something,” said Steere. “So, part of the night is actually physically partnering up with someone and practicing a few different things.”

The first part of the event will be talking about how to avoid situations where someone could get hurt and the second part will be the

the bad guy is a lot of the time,” said Humiston.

“Maybe it’s a domestic violence, or an upset boyfriend or girlfriend situation and you find yourself alone in a dorm room or in an off-campus location and somebody is trying to get up on you. Maybe you, or someone else, had too much to drink. There are

“When we look statistically at college students being sexually harassed and sexually assulted—the statistics are off the charts. So the more people that understand and know about this issue, the better they are prepared if it happens to them.”

LAURIE STEERE

Resident Director

hand to hand training. This will physically prepare the students for when someone gets to close.

Humiston said he has been trained for about 15 to 20 years in Sexual Harassment and R ap e Prevention. Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention consists of ways to defend yourself by using everyday items such as a cell phone, magazines, keys, coffee mugs, shoes and other items found in a dorm room. This will give the potential victim an advantage in case of sexual harassments and assaults.

“You never know who

certain things that you can do to offset them and give yourself an advantage.”

Hop e f u l ly, s tu d e nt s will never have to use the SHARP training methods, Steere said, because they will never find themselves in a situation that needs the training.

She also added that even though it seems like Waynesburg is a safe place, bad things can happen.

Humiston used to teach a Life Skils course for half a semester for several years. Humiston taught students how to take a common-sense approach to situations and how to

react using SHARP. “My daughter, who went to Waynesburg University, was one of my students.

She had a little bit of an a dv ant age b e c au s e a s some dads do with backgrounds, [like mine], they teach their daughters certain things,” said Humiston. “So, I looked at having a daughter [and training her] as a way to look at the other students, female or male, to defend themselves in an event if they need to.”

Humiston added that bad things happen to good people and that everyone is a victim, but what matters is to what degree of a victim you want to be.

Free snacks and drinks, as well as a free t-shirt, will be provided to everyone who attends the event.

Steere said that her favorite part of the event is seeing all the students come together to learn and benefit from something non-academic related like ‘Defend WU Self.’

“In residence life, we are always talking about how our two biggest concerns are health and safety,” said Steere. “So, offering students another opportunity to learn about safety, is something that I am all for.”

The event will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the old gym of the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Faith: Tab and use of Wireless: System survey social media aid growth to gather feedback on campus Wi-Fi experience of campus ministries Continued from A2

‘Faith’ tab, utilizing social media such as Twitter and Facebook and through being a presence across campus.

Vice President of Student Services Reverend Jim Tinnemeyer has been an advocate for the ‘Faith’ tab since the concept was first considered. Tinnemeyer also praised the efforts of Sumpter and Jarrell as well as 2017 Biblical and Ministry Studies alumni and previous Waynesburg cam-

pus ministry intern Matt McDermott and the growth that has been seen in campus ministries in past years due to the addition of the ‘Faith’ tab and the more prevalent use of social media.

“People use social media more and more and more so as we have seen an increase in the last couple months that have hooked up in the number of social media that we use,” Tinnemeyer said.

“We will keep putting the information out there and we love to hear about other ways we should communicate with students.”

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different devices installed…

There’s a benefit of travelling from room to room and academic building to building and having a reliable, fast connection that works.”

Dumire also made a point to say that ITS is constantly working to improve the student experience with the wireless system, and one thing the department will look to address is potentially finding a way to include gaming systems on the wireless.

Dumire said that there l

be a survey sent out in the coming weeks to everyone’s email to gather more feedback about the new Wi-Fi experience so that they can make adjustments and plan ahead for future improvements.

For anyone that has any questions or conc e r n s a b o ut t h e n e w wireless system, Dumire asks that they reach out to ITS at the Wiley Armory, or contact him directly at wdumire@waynesburg. edu or (724) 852-3382 to address and solve their issues as quickly as possible.

By DAKOTA KEEFER

For the Yellow Jacket

Over fall break, students, faculty and staff received an email from William Dumire, vice president of the Information Technology Services, regarding a ‘phishing’ email going around the campus network.

The ‘phishing’ email asked students to click on a link that will transport them to another page. Dumire urged the importance of not clicking the link in the ‘phishing’ email.

Though phishing emails may seem harmless, they are far more destructive than they appear. "‘Phishing’ emails can do a variety of different things,” said Director of the Information Technology Services, Joshua Starsick. “They can take advantage of a PC with malicious software. It can be ransomware and try to extort money from someone.” "‘Phishing’ is an attempt to obtain financial or other confidential information from internet users,” Dumire said. “They are trying to trick someone into clicking a link and then providing personal information.”

According to Starsick, these emails can sometimes be very tricky. They do look real sometimes, so the best thing to do is have a good idea of the sender.

“ITS, nor anybody who’s affiliated with the institution, is going to ask a student for their password,” Dumire said. “Never click on a link that do esn’t look familiar, that looks susp ec t or that you’re not expecting.”

According to Dumire, students or faculty who receive a suspicious looking email from someone that they think they know should reach out to that person before following instructions on the email.

If a student does not check beforehand and accidentally clicks on a link and gives personal information, there are ways to handle it.

“If a student feels like

they have been a victim of a ‘phishing’ email, the very best thing they can do is change whatever associated password they may have given out,” Dumire said. “if they don’t or can’t remember how to change their password, then call the ITS Help Desk immediately.”

According to Dumire, if students feel they have given out banking information, or credit card information, they should reach out to those appropriate organizations and let them know that someone other than themselves has that private information. Those types of emails can also negatively impact the networks in which they appear on.

The campus network has a state of the art system in place that is capable of catching a lot of things and stopping them from negatively impacting the network.

On certain networks when one person clicks on a link it can impact every machine on the network.

“Our network is set up as such, that it does not allow that to happen. A machine can get infected, but we have protocols in place to keep all of the machines on the network from becoming infected,” Dumire said.

“We have a very stringent set of security protocol’s and policies in place.”

The ITS department is always on alert for these type of emails. According to Dumire, he is subscribed to a set of organizations who alert the ITS of these kinds of threats. He receives those on a weekly, and sometimes daily basis.

‘Phishing’ emails are a very real and dangerous thing. No matter how much protection a network has, people should always be cautious about clicking links they do not recognize in an email.

If a student or faculty member does click on a link that they do not know, they are urged to call the help desk at (724) 852-3413. They can also email the help desk at helpdesk@waynesburg.edu.

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COMMUNITY ADDRESSES ONGOING OPIOID EPIDEMIC

Town Hall meeting addresses addiction Local transitional houses in district receive grant funds

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

For George Blystone, a member of the Greene County community since 1970, the addiction epidemic is not just a local issue. It was his life.

A Town Hall Meeting hosted by Steps Inside, Inc., was held at the Greene County courthouse last Thursday, Oct. 26, addressing ongoing drug issues in the Western Pennsylvania area.

Blystone was in attendance, reflecting on his own experiences. He battles with alcoholism every day.

He was addicted to alcohol for six years, but has been sober for 38. For Blystone, the turning point in his life was when his wife and other members of his family reached out to him.

“What changed was my family,” said Blystone. “I was married, at the time, and my wife said ‘If you don’t straighten up, I’m leaving.’”

After getting clean, Blystone got involved with the Community Recovery committee of Steps Inside, a corporation that hosts meetings recovering drug and alcohol

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Michael Capelli, Yellow Jacket

At a Town Hall meeting last Thursday, Oct. 26, community members and a panel of experts engaged in a discussion about the area's ongoing drug issues. addicts.

At the meeting Thursday, the first of four speakers, Dr. Michael Crabtree, full professor of psychology at Washington & Jefferson College, gave a presentation focused on people most vulnerable to abusing drugs.

“Homeless people, people with mental health problems, veterans and people in the criminal justice system definitely have a certain need,” said Crabtree.

Crabtree emphasized a difference in how millennial youth handle life stresses, as

well as poor access to mental health care, as contributors to the area’s drug problem.

After Dr. Crabtree, Dr. Morris Harper, vice president of telehealth solutions, rose to speak. Harper talked about different treatment options for addicts—specifically for people addicted to opioids, like prescription pain medications or heroin.

“There is no one method of treatment for each patient,” said Harper.

Harper went on to explain different methods of treatment, including the use of

the substance, suboxone.

While this method can be effective, some people, including Blystone, do not agree with it. “ The medication is a crutch, and another addiction to make you feel better,” said Blystone. “And they want you stay on it and you just can’t do that.”

Blystone believes something within the person has to change, and that there needs to be a greater understanding of the disease.

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When the residents of the Bird Sisters transitional home, in Waynesburg, welcomed State Sen. Camera Bartolotta and other state legislators to dinner in their facility in early October, they made lasagna. Bartolotta said the dining room of the house was packed with residents and law-makers.

"They had a wonderful dinner and they were cooking all day," Bartolotta said.

"It was like being in someone's home. Everyone was so nice and so happy to be there, and so proud of the house and the people in it."

Bartolotta, R-46, toured the Bird Sisters and Oxford houses – both three-fourths facilities which assist those recovering from addiction– after helping them obtain grants from the Magellan Cares Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on quality healthcare accessibility.

Bartolotta was contacted by the foundation earlier this year for suggestions for grant giveaways.

She gave a list of organizations in District 46 that fulfilled the Magellan Cares mission, and was thrilled to find out several of her recommendations had been selected.

"They have got such a great program going," she said of the Oxford and Bird Sisters houses. "Because once they're up and running, they're self-sufficient: it's a wonderful, safe environment for these people in recovery."

The Bird Sisters home received a grant sum of $2,500 to put toward the facility as they see fit.

"I know it doesn't sound like a lot," said Bartolotta, "but when these facilities are able to give scholarships to individuals who desperately want to be in that kind of BARTOLOTTA >> B4

halloween ON HIGH STREET

Local businesses get into holiday spirit

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Staff Report

The 10th annual Halloween Spooktacular event took place in Waynesburg, along High Street, Oct. 31. Fiftyone participants from local businesses dressed up for a costume contest. Costumes were judged in the morning and more than $500 in awards were given out to winners in several categories.

The event was created a decade ago and is sponsored by the Greene County Chamber of Commerce and Borough of Waynesburg, who work together to coordinate it.

“We just thought it would be a fun community – and business-oriented event to do,” said Athena Brown, administrative assistant with the Borough of Waynesburg.

The crowd of participants included employees of the Borough and Chamber of Commerce members, according to Brown. Every year, the contest has a deadline for participants to apply, in order to prepare for the event.

With 51 costumes this year, this year’s Spooktacular was one of the most highly-attended in the event’s short history. Some of the costumes included those from the Treasurer’s Office dressing up as Pittsburgh Pirate pierogis, Register and Recorder’s Office employees dressed up as nerds and First Federal employees as 80s girls.

“The judges really had their hands full in making a decision,” said Brown. “It was really tough being a judge.”

The awards given out recognized the top three finishers for individual costumes and group costumes, as well as for originality. A lastminute award was created this year, the ‘Most Exciting Award,’ due to the creativity of the field of participants.

Five Kidz Kandy employees were in on the event, among many of the businesses on High St. The shop employees dressed up as Beanie Babies – a popular item at the store throughout the year. Haley Fullerton, an employee, dressed up with the store owner.

Fullerton was impressed by a lot of the costumes she saw other business dress up in.

“We went a little earlier in the day to be judged,” said Fullerton. “We didn’t get to see all the costumes, but there were a lot of creative ideas out there.”

Other businesses on High Street, like Four Hoursemen Comics and Gaming, have been taking part in the Halloween festivities all month long.

“All this month we have h a d Ha l l owe e n – an d horror-type games being played,” said Eric Moore, owner of the comic book shop. “Saturday nights we always try to do party style games.”

This past Saturday, howHALLOWEEN >> B4

Photos courtesy of Athena J. Brown

Chamber of Commerce and Borough of Waynesburg employees dress up Tuesday, Oct. 31, for the 10th annual Halloween Spooktacular.

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Managing time is crucial to mastering college TIFFANY MORGAN Columnist

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EDITORIAL

Mother Earth

How much more could we hurt the planet?

The Earth is truly a fragile place.

It would be safe to say that most college students don't get enough time to enjoy the little things, especially nature and the outdoors.

With the constant routine of school work, extracurricular activities, athletics and any other additional business that students have to take care of in their lives, it can be hard to sit back and relax in the sunshine among the trees.

Doing so can help relax you by removing you from the constraints of society and, at least for only a moment, help you forget about the everyday hustle and bustle, and instead show you the world that we live in.

The entire world shares green grass, flowing water, coarse mountains, animals of all sizes and much, much more for humans to enjoy.

It's from nature that we take everything we need to survive — food, water and shelter.

Humans take timber and iron to build houses and buildings.

We drink water and drain rivers and streams to grow crops to feed ourselves and cattle.

We extract copious amounts of natural resources to heat homes, fuel cars and run electricity to connect nearly the entire world.

Realizing how beautiful the Earth is for having given humanity so much, it shouldn't be difficult to see a shame in the way we've thanked it.

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated rig spilled nearly five million barrels of oil into the ocean, devastating the ocean life.

During the Chernobyl disaster, approximately 400 times more radioactive material was released than at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, an estimated 18 million acres of forest are lost each year.

With this wealth of information, we hold the ability to see how much damage we've done, and one would think we would divert our destructive behavior to help save ourselves.

Because in the end, the Earth isn't dying. We are.

The planet is getting warmer along with ocean temperatures, harming ocean life and creating stronger storms.

The sixth mass extinction event is taking place thanks to human activities, with more than 150 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal disappearing each and every day — that is 1,000 times the natural rate.

The extinction rate is greater than any point in Earth's history since a comet wiped out the dinosaurs nearly 65 million years ago.

Despite this horrible string of occurrences, the Earth just has to wait out one species before the healing process can begin on its own, unless we take it upon ourselves to collectively recognize the problem.

Every country in the world has signed the Paris Accords except the United States and Syria.

One of those countries is in the midst of a civil war.

The other is the second largest polluter of carbon dioxide emissions in the world.

It's time for the country to stop debating the existence of climate change, as no other country does, but instead focus on solving it.

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Ads must be submitted by the Monday before publication date and not conflict with the university mission.

Time. 24 hours in one day for a total of 1,440 minutes.

It sounds like a lot when speaking in numbers, but it is never enough for most of us college students, including myself.

I struggle on a daily with my time management. With having to juggle four different jobs and having a class

work-load with a total of 18 credits, the word overwhelming is an understatement.

Being heavily involved in extracurricular activities, and working the jobs and the classes I have, I work over 40 hours each week.

This is where stress comes into the picture. I think that finding the time to breathe is more than a struggle for me.

Lately, I have been trying to de-stress and prioritize my time a lot more. Time management has been a learning experience for me but I think

it is important as a college student to do and grasp the skill or it is going to be a tough four years.

The first step into prioritizing your time is obvious (or should be): buy a planner.

Having a planner is so helpful because it can help you focus on what you should be doing. A hard copy of what you should be doing increases your productivity.

Statistics say that only 45 percent of the time people spend at work is actually used for completing primary job duties.

If you are writing down all of the events in your day, you are more prone to remembering to actually get through your day smoother, since you know where you will be. This can reduce stress if you’re writing down how to manage your time.

Also, it is just a satisfying feeling by being able to cross off a major task in your planner once you accomplish it.

According to statistics from the American Institute of Stress, 44 percent of peoTIME >> B3

We can all agree that we don't all agree GRACE HUTCHISON Columnist

We live in a divided world.

That is one of the few things a majority can agree on. Nationwide protests make an already tense political climate even more volatile; discontentment and uneasiness become ingrained in the collective American spirit.

In these tense times, as history has told us, we search desperately for a scapegoat, something specific to pin and target as the root of all of the current

troubles we may face. Finding a representative to blame can provide solace to the majority within times of chaos, and dim the light of guilt on the ones truly responsible.

In the past, religious and ethnic minorities have been the shoulders on which others have placed years of guilt and wrongdoing upon, no matter the role the minority may have taken in the actual act that they are charged with.

Today, in our nation, we lack a specific group for which we can rally around in common hatred, to blame for all of the issues of today’s world. Living in a society that lacks a scapegoat sounds like a utopia, an oppor-

tunity for us to look within and assess dilemmas efficiently and peacefully.

In actuality, we have exchanged passing the blame upon a specific group for something much broader: each other.

America prides itself on its diversity in culture and thinking, but it admittedly has never been a nation of calm negotiation, especially with a civil war staining its past.

In my opinion, throughout all of America’s hardships, intertwined amongst the disagreement was a deep-rooted sense of respect for the fellow American. I believe that the feeling between fellow citizens

has faded from basic respect to utter disgust due to the labeling, senseless name-calling and divisions as a result of political parties.

The growing separation among political parties and social classes in modern times only deepens the cracks in the already crumbling foundation that unifies Americans. In a time of uncertainty and fear caused by terrorism, citizens seem to be distracted by childishly pointing their fingers at the other political party rather than binding together and tackling the problem from its root.

G e o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n POLITICS >> B3

STARTING THE CONVERSATION

Strong XC program has left its mark on Marchetti

The following is an interview with Angie Marchetti, a senior captain on the womens cross country team, as part of the Starting the Conversation series.

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Q: What do you find so enjoyable about running cross country?

A: "Well I mean running definitely has its ups and downs, but what I think is really cool about running is that when you're stressed and you just need to do something, running is a really great stress reliever."

"Long runs are my favorite because you can explore new areas, and then especially during the fall, you can appreciate your surroundings a bit more so it's just you, your mind and nature.

"So the most enjoyable thing about running is that it's a great stress reliever, but I'm also a big competitor so having the races and that extra adrenaline and competitiveness is big."

Q: When did you first start running?

A: "I first started running in ninth grade in high school, and I actually didn't want to do cross country cause why would I want to run all those miles?

"Well, in seventh grade the cross country and track coach was my english teacher, and he would say that we should come out for cross country. In eighth grade, he recommended the same thing but we still never went out.

"In ninth grade though, we said we had to do something to condition ourselves for basketball in the winter.

The only fall sports were cross country and tennis, and to make it better for my mom with practices... [my sister and I] ended up doing cross country.

Q: How did you find Waynesburg University?

A: "I didn't even know Waynesburg existed, but Coach [Chris] Hardie sends out all those handwritten letters, I think he does a really excellent job at recruiting.

"He came to watch our one cross country meet, but he also came to see one of our basketball games too, and I thought that was really cool. He really made us feel like it was a personal thing, supporting us and being interested in both of us.

fast. You're sitting there your sophomore year thinking you can't wait to get to your senor year, but then you get there and wonder where the time went."

Q: Now that your senior cross country season is almost over, what has it been like going through the program?

A: "For the seniors that graduated last year, we were all incredibly close with them. They were the constants - they were always here when we were, but now then we became the 'big man on campus' and it was definitely weird.

"Once we are gone, there's still an atmopshere that we leave behind for the younger runners and the freshmen that we don't get to spend an incredible amount of time with. It's a pretty close team altogether."

"It's just so crazy to think where [the team] was four years ago when we first got here and the process of being able to see how the program transformed.

"I feel like we have strong coaches and just being a part of history is also really cool.

"It feels like just last year was our freshmen year, time flew by so

Q: What's the bond like between you and your teammates?

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Cheat Sheet: Is the opioid crisis finally headed towards relief ?

Editor's Note: The following is a synoposis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

According to public health experts and medical professionals, President Donald Trump's declaration of the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency last Thursday is a step in the right direction towards curbing the problem. The move helps redirect funds and ease state laws for those attempting to solve the crisis.

Trump's announcement did not call the crisis a national emergency, which would have opened up additional funding to help fight the issue more quickly. However, experts have said the declaration of the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency is a long-overdue part of the battle against America's problem.

The declaration helps direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds to help find a solution.

“In practical terms, I believe this declaration of public health emergency will unify

Tribune News Service

President Donald Trump greets New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after he signed a presidential memorandum to declare the nation's opioid crisis a public health emergency. the country and our leadership in a nonpartisan way around finding solutions to this growing problem in the U.S.,” said Dr. Halena Gazelka, an anesthesiologist who chairs the Mayo Clinic’s Opioid Stewardship Program.

“As state, federal and private funds are directed at curbing the primary issues [of] supply and demand, hopefully we’ll

see a rapid decrease in the overdose deaths and related health issues.”

While the emergency declaration does not change the guidelines for doctors when providing drugs, Gazelka says she hopes that it will empower providers to write "only the right amount of opioid for the right patient."

“No longer should pa-

tients be able to request and receive opioids ‘easily,’ and they should receive them only when truly warranted by medical diagnosis,” Gazelka said. “No longer should providers freely write prescriptions without care and consideration to who is truly going to use those medications and for what purpose.”

More than half a million

people have died of drug overdoses since 2000 in the United States, with opioids accounting for majority of those deaths, according to government figures. Last year alone, more than 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses.

“In the last several years, U.S. life expectancy has actually declined, not because

of cardiac disease or cancer or an incurable new virus but because of opioid overdose,” Gazelka said. “This is incredibly tragic and wasteful and must be halted with that trend in life expectancy reversed.”

The government response is in response to the dramatic increase in opioid deaths in counties across the United States.

Several local counties are currently considering lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and doctors in attempts to help recoup county budgets currently hemorrhaging to help fight rampant rates of opioid addiction.

"The drain on those resources is so great. The cost is just incredible now," said Washington County Commissioner Chairman Larry Maggi.

About $50 million of the county's $150 million budget is related to addiction, including costs for treatment, law enforcement, incarceration and other expenses, said Maggi.

Overdose deaths in the county totaled 109 in 2016, resulting in about $200,000 in costs to the Washington County Coroner's Office.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

survivors in the rubble from the second quake.

- New York Times Oct. 29

1) First charges in Mueller investigation filed A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., approved the first charges of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation this past Friday, according to sources.

The charges are still sealed and being kept confidential under order of a federal judge, however plans were prepared on Friday for those charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, sources said.

Both a spokesman for the special counsel's office and the White House had no comments on the matter.

Mueller was originally appointed in May to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

When President Donald Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, veteran prosecutor Andrew Weissmann appointed Mueller as special counsel, leading Mueller to take the reins of a federal investigation that Comey first opened in July of 2016 in the midst of the presidential campaign.

According to Rosenstein's order, Mueller is authorized to investigate "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation."

The investigation has focused primarily on potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, as well as obstruction of justice by the President in an attempt to impede the investigation.

Mueller's team is also examining foreign lobbying conducted by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former security advisor Michael Flynn and others. Many subpoenas have been issued for documents and testimony to a handful of persons, - CNN Oct. 28

4) Republicans looking for answers about Trump dossier money

Tribune News Service

A view of the Luis M. Santiago school, which remains closed as the Department of Education holds classes elsewhere during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

2) Puerto Rico cancels controversial contract with Montana firm The Puerto Rico electric power company said Sunday that it will cancel a controversial $300 million contract it had signed with a Montanabased company, originally tasking them with playing a central role in repairing the territoryís electric grid after severe hurricane damage.

Gov. Ricardo Rosseló stated that the contract was a distraction and deserved to be cancelled after critics in the electric power industry, Congress and the Federal Emergency Management Agency raised questions about the company's ability to respond to the damage.

Whitefish Energy, which had only two employees the day Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, currently has approximately 325 people working on reconnecting transmission lines.

Whitefish, Montana. is the home of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, although the company has said he played no role in securing the contract for the business.

"As a result of the information that has been revealed and the need to protect the public interest, as governor I am

asking the power authority to cancel the Whitefish contract immediately," Rosselló said in a Sunday morning news conference at La Fortaleza, the governor's mansion.

Thirty-nine days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, he has also stated that he would request assistance from Florida and New York.

It is estimated that 80 percent of people living on the commonwealthís main island are still without electricity.

- Washington Post Oct. 29 3) Mexico's Day of the Dead parade remembers earthquake victims Thousands of onlookers cheered during Mexico's Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) parade Saturday as the country continues to mourn the nearly 500 people killed in back-to-back earthquakes last month.

A giant raised fist constructed out of hard hats and pickaxes led the parade.

An 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast before midnight Sept. 7, triggering tsunami warnings, burying hundreds of people under buildings and pushing frightened residents into the

streets.

The earthquake was the most powerful quake to hit Mexico in a century.

Less than two weeks later, a 7.1-magnitude quake struck Sept. 19, about 400 miles from the epicenter of the first one, killing over 200 people in Mexico City, the capital.

"For us as a society, it was something very violent that moved our conscience,"Ramón Marquez, 51, wearing an orange T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "#fuerzamorelos" or "Be Strong Morelos," said of one of the quakes, Reuters reported.

"The parade could be a distraction, a way of escaping," he added.

The parade in Mexico City featured dancing devils, skeletons and altars decorated with marigolds, all down the city's main thoroughfare to kick off the annual Day of the Dead festivities.

More than 700 performers prepared for months for the afternoon's procession along more than four miles of the Paseo de la Reforma.

They were joined by a group wearing fluorescent aid-worker vests who marched with fists in the air — a tribute to the rescuers who had made the gesture to demand silence as they listened for desperate

Congressional Republicans called for Democrats John Podesta and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz this past Sunday to provide additional answers about their party paying for a dossier about President Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

Such Democrats told Senate investigators last month that they had no knowledge of such payments.

Wasserman Schultz is the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and Podesta was the chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Both groups reportedly paid millions for research that led to the dossier, The Washington Post reported last week.

South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, suggested on "Fox News Sunday" that the DNC paying for socalled opposition research is a serious as money laundering.

"I’m not an election law expert, but the good news is you don’t have to be, to understand the absurdity of believing that you can launder all of your campaign money by just hiring a law firm," said Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor. "So, I'm interested in that."

He also questioned the legitimacy of Podesta and Wasserman Schultz claims to the Senate Intelligence Committee that they were not aware of who paid for the dossier.

"I am also interested in sharing some memory tricks with folks at the DNC because no one can remember who paid $10 million to a law firm to do oppo research," Gowdy said. "I find that stunning. $10 million and no one can remember who authorized it, who approved it."

- Fox News Oct. 29

5) Multiple Houston Texans kneel after comments by owner During the national anthem of this past Sunday's game between the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks, a majority of Texans players kneeled and linked arms.

Approximately 10 players stood. The Texans recieved a standing ovation from the Seattle crowd.

Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and rookie running back D'Onta Freeman missed Friday's practice as a response to Texas owner Bob McNairís controversial "inmates running the prison" comment, which was said during an Oct. 18 meeting.

McNair later issued an apology the next day further clarified his comments on Saturday, saying, "I was not referring to our players when I made a very regretful comment during the ownerís meetings last week."

“I was referring to the relationship between the league office and team owners and how they have been making significant strategic decisions affecting our league without adequate input from ownership over the past few years,” McNair said in the statement.

“I am truly sorry to the players for how this has impacted them and the perception that it has created of me which could not be further from the truth.

Veteran Duane Brown spoke out against McNair's comments, saying he thought it was "disrespectful."

“I think it was ignorant,” Brown said. “I think it was embarrassing. I think it angered a lot of players, including myself.

We put our bodies and minds on the line every time we step on that field, and to use an analogy of inmates in prison, that’s disrespectful. That’s how I feel about it.”

- ESPN Oct. 29 Information curated by Matthew Shinkle Associate Editor

Time: You owe it to yourself to relax Politics: Compromise is barely possible Continued from B2

ple lose sleep every night due to stress. Additionally, stress increases your risk of a stroke by 50 percent.

Yes, working hard is an important factor, but it’s not worth working yourself so hard that you can’t sleep at night.

Something that helps me de-stress my week is taking

at least an hour out of my week to take care of myself.

Whether it be a nap, watching Parks & Recreation or just sitting down and breathing, it makes me feel 10 times better if I am thinking for my mental needs when I unplug from my college lifestyle.

This is not a pity party invitation – I am not the only college student that struggles with this on a daily. Stress and time management is

something that affects all humans on the daily - I just personally believe it is prominent to own a planner and plan a time to focus on your own mental needs each week. William Penn once said “Time is what we want most, but…what we use worse.”

Time. We only have 24 hours in each day and 1,440 minutes, but it is up to us to use those hours wisely.

predicted the toxicity of political parties, and warned against its growth during his farewell address. Washington suggested that the political parties will be used to “subvert the power of the people,” and in time his prediction has been proven to be true.

Any legislative progress in government is dramatically slowed by officials being deadlocked, too stubborn to compromise, and too narrow-

minded to even consider stepping out of their party lines for the greater good.

Outside of Capitol Hill, the blatant disgust for an opposing party member has spread like an epidemic through communities.

Labeling a person by a political party and treating them accordingly provides a stark and incomplete view, and the commonality of that practice has completely dissolved com-

radery among Americans.

The discrimination against those who have opposing political views is using a myopic view on a complex problem that will only continue to foster the deadlock our country is in.

The only way to make progress as a nation is to do what we were founded on, fight for liberty and listen to other opinions on how best to do so, no matter whether they happen to wear a red or blue tie.

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November 2, 2017

ALDI Food Market reopens after major store renovations

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

For 30 days, ALDI Food Market, on 210 Greene Plaza in Waynesburg, was being remodeled, with alterations being made on the inside and outside of the store. Finally, on the morning of October 25, the store re-opened for business.

The remodeling was part of a larger scale operation being done by the company, with the goal to have 36 stores remodeled in the Pittsburgh area by 2020, according to Eugene Poling, shift manager at the Waynesburg location.

Poling has been working at ALDI Food Market for three years, and is happy to see the new look.

“I think it looks a lot nicer,” said Poling. “On a standpoint

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

The local ALDI location in Waynesburg was closed for 30 days to accomodate major renovations. on how it functions, I think it functions slightly better. Having the bread and produce in the first isle now like a traditional store.”

Before the remodel, the enter and exit points were at

separate locations in the store; now, they are combined into one. This is to make it more convenient for shoppers when they are entering and exiting.

There is also all new shelving for the isles, a new freezer and

a new cooler.

Poling said that his favorite part of it all is now having a specific section for chilled produce such as grapes and strawberries.

“Before, we used to have

them out with the other produce; now we have a cooler for them,” said Poling.

Another big change is that customers do not have to buy

bananas and apples by bags anymore. Now, the registers are able to weigh produce, so customers are able to buy just one or two if they wanted.

Addiction: Expert panelists speak at County Town Hall Meeting Continued from B1

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ROAD UPDATES MADE NEAR WILLISON HALL

Construction workers are repaving Franklin St. this week. Earlier in the week, old asphalt was removed in preparation, causing students to adjust parking and traffic habits.

Bartolotta: State senator attacks health emergency ‘from all angles’ Continued from B1

an environment but can't afford to right away, these scholarships mean the world. Sometimes, they're really life or death."

For Bartolotta, getting to know the residents of the facilities on a personal level is just one way to address the national initiative to fight the opioid epidemic.

"This is something that is a monumental concern," she said, "because it's not just destroying the lives of people who are addicted: it's destroying their families, their friends, their community, where they work–it really is something that we have to look at from every angle."

The senator has introduced several bills and pieces of legislation in the past three years.

As ongoing drug issues in the community progress, activists have brought up the expanding need for recovery programs nearby.

Bartolotta addressed this as a specific problem in her district.

"We definitely need detox facilities; that's something that we're really lacking," she said. "Not just in Greene

County, but in Washington County as well, and across the board, because the need for it is so great right now."

The senator focuses on attacking the epidemic from a medical and caregiver standpoint, citing the fact that four out of five opioid addicts started by following a doctor's orders with prescription pain medications.

Some of her legislation includes shortening the timeframe for prescribing opioids from 30 days to seven, and instilling guidelines for proper disposal of leftover pills.

She is currently working on a bill that requires all treatment facilities to educate patients on every FDA-approved treatment method, regardless of what method is actually being provided.

"Because too many times, [one method doesn't work, and patients will think] 'Oh, I'm incurable,'" said Bartolotta. "So, I want to be sure that these people aren't falling through the cracks."

Bartolotta is also concerned about the way addiction is often treated separately from mental health issues in Pennsylvania, despite the strong correlation between the two ailments.

She met with the Department of Drug and Alcohol Prevention chair to discuss discrepancies between different licensing regulations, which keep facilities from providing proper treatment to multiple categories of patients.

"So we really need to take a look at some of these laws and regulations that we have in Pennsylvania that make it impossible for a facility to do more than one thing," she said. "It is very complicated, and we need to untie the knots that prevent people from doing good."

With 90 municipalities in District 46, Bartolotta said she tries her hardest to stay engrossed in the recovery process.

Visiting treatment facilities like the Bird Sisters allows her to get to know the issues on a deeper level.

"It's nice to be able to help the grassroots, just boots on the ground, just every day people who are trying their best to make a difference," she said.

"These aren't big hospitals or corporate entities providing care. These are just neighborhood folks—many, many of them are recovering themselves and they just want to give back."

But Harper believes that educating people is just not enough.

“We haven’t given people who relapse anything except an education,” said Harper.

Counseling is another method that Harper suggested, and one that Blystone successfully utilized to get clean.

The third speaker of the meeting, Thomas Schlosser, a counselor that specializes in addictions, compared people to gardens. He held the idea that someone can become an addict as a result of a poor environment.

“In 2017, anyone really has a predisposition to abuse drugs,” said Schlosser.

“It can look like anyone. The stigma of the ‘junkie’ under the bridge just isn’t true anymore.”

As a counselor, Schlosser has encountered several types of addicts, and is familiar with the road to recovery.

“There is no quick route

ever, was the store’s official Halloween party. Food and snacks were provided for all those who came out. College students and members of the community came dressed as their favorite su-

perheroes and more.

In addition, the game ‘Werewolf ’ was played in light of the holiday. This is a game for larger groups and brings people together in a social setting.

“I bet we had 20 people in the back for it,” said Moore.

“It was a good night.”

opened for the people of the town to ask questions.

Blystone was not the only recovering addict in the crowd. Several attended the meeting and felt it imperative for Greene County to obtain more help attacking the epidemic.

Blystone suggested a scholarship program to help more people get into a detox program in the state—as there are currently no detox facilities in Greene County.

“This town has a big problem with no detox, [and] the hospital doesn’t want to be involved with that,” said Blystone. “We have to get what they call scholarships. The scholarships give the person the money to get into detox.”

At the meeting’s end, listeners were invited speak to the panelists individually.

Blystone thinks town hall meetings are a helpful step in helping the area work towards recovery, but feels strongly that Waynesburg needs a detox program.

“We need these things in our town, because people are dying,” said Blystone.

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

CUPOLA CONSTRUCTION

For several weeks, construction and improvements have been implemented to the Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg. Above, two workers add a layer of paint to the cupola.

Halloween: High St. hosts community's Spooktacular event

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to get people help,” said Schlosser. “ The 30-day treatment is a building block; but really, the longterm program is more successful.”

Hearing this, Blystone reflected on his own rehab experience. He agreed that a formal program was instrumental to helping him rebuild his life.

“I went for 28 days to Gateway Rehab, and if I had gotten out early, I would have been right back at it,” he said.

The last speaker of the night, Matthew Pelton, a clinical aid and a recovery coach, shared his experiences as a former addict.

Pelton works with the Adult & Teen Challenge program in western Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the same program, and now wants to help others bounce back from addiction.

“The accountability in my life, as well as Teen Challenge really helped,” said Pelton.

After Pelton finished speaking, the floor was

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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION

BACK TO BACK Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University women's cross country team, led by senior Angie Marchetti and junior Teghan Simonton, convincingly won the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships last Saturday.

Women's XC sprints to second straight PAC title

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

In the highly anticipated rematch between the Grove City Wolverines and the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships this past Saturday, Waynesburg repeated as PAC champions, defeating the Wolverines by 33 points.

The Wolverines had won the conference title for 27 consecutive years until a season ago. Now, the Yellow Jackets are the ones winning backto-back titles.

Senior captain Angie Marchetti won the race for Waynesburg, finishing first in the entire race, with a time of 23:18. Closely behind Marchetti was junior Teghan Simonton in fourth place and senior Elinore Loch in fifth place.

Rounding out the top seven finishers for Waynesburg were senior Julie Gerber, sophomore Malarie Yoder, junior Elizabeth Trump and freshman Rebecca Volz respectivly, who all finished in the top 20 on the afternoon.

“It’s really hard to repeat,” said head coach Chris Hardie. “So I think going out and doing it was something I was really nervous about. But [the women] went out and really battled it.”

The women were projected to win the conference once again in the preseason poll before the start of the season, as voted on by the head cross country coaches from around the PAC. However, even during the race, Hardie wasn’t fully convinced his team would win.

“I never ever really go into races like that,” said Hardie. “Last year, I think it became apparent pretty early on when we had so many girls up in

the top seven. This year, visually, was different because our top pack was split up into kind of chunks. It wasn’t really until the finish line when I was kind of like ‘OK, that was enough Waynesburg girls coming in and that was our [top] five and no other team had five come in at that point.’”

Despite the nerves throughout the race, Hardie said that there was a moment in the race that showed him that his team would be able to repeat as champions for the 2017 season.

“A really defining moment for me was after the first loop when there were three girls up top... Angie [Marchetti], Teghan [Simonton] and Morgan Camerlo from Westminster,” said Hardie. “They went into the back woods section kind of together and

“It's really hard to repeat.

So I think going out and doing it was something I was really nervous about. But [the women] went out and really battled it.”

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Head coach

then they were all three separated when they came out, and it was a really good move for Angie, she had then separated to the front at that point. That was pretty big.”

The pack running mentality, a distinct trait of the Waynesburg program, helped solidify the top 10 girls on the team by closing the gap between the top six runners and the next four or five. In the PAC Championships, the spread between the team’s top seven

runners was under 90 seconds, while the spread between the top 10 was nearly two minutes, which Hardie says helps show the depth of the team.

“The big goal that I presented coach Michelle [Cross] with during the first week of camp was that we had to close the gap between our six and seven [runners] however we could do that,” said Hardie. “I told her on the way home I was really proud of what she did, she really closed that gap to the point where there were 10 girls now that really closed that gap.”

The second consecutive title comes during the senior year of the class that Coach Hardie says had changed the entire direction of the program.

“The year before this class, we lost by probably 30-50 points,” said Hardie. “And they single-handedly cut it to almost single digits that year.

Right away this class just changed the way we did things. And then the leadership came through, that was the game changer for me, just how the mentality changed on both sides. We started to think and talk more about winning and what does it feel like to be out front.”

Gerber has been a force to be reckoned with in the conference ever since her freshmen year, making it to Nationals her sophomore year. Loch has also been a mainstay atop the Waynesburg scorers in recent years.

Marchetti, this year’s individual champion, had always performed highly for the Jackets, but had never won a collegiate race.

That all changed this past Saturday.

Marchetti had talked with Hardie about two weeks before the PAC championships about what her goals

Photo courtesy of Chuck Trump

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Top runner competes in honor of father Chris Hardie named

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Everyone on the Waynesburg University women’s cross country program was running for a championship title on Saturday. But for Angie Marchetti, the Yellow Jackets top runner, she ran for Jan. 6, 2017 – the day her father died.

Ever since her father died from stage-4 brain cancer, Marchetti said she and her twin sister, Becky, have dedicated every race to him.

“Personally, I had dedicated [the race] to ‘Marchetti Strong’ – in regards to my dad, who had recently passed away,” Marchetti said. “Just knowing that he was there watching over us, it was like

Photo courtesy of Ben Miller

Before every race, Angie writes a slogan to commemorate her father on her wrist. a really awesome feeling… knowing it was my senior year too, it was really great just crossing the line like that.”

Entering the race, the conditions were not favorable, with cold weather and continual rain. Marchetti

said head coach Chris Hardie told her she had the opportunity of finishing first in the race, but Marchetti said she was unsure, hoping to at least secure a position in the top three.

“My goal was to run with [Teghan Simonton]. That was our group right there, to kind of pace off the other girls – the other conference girls that we knew were going to be right with us,” Marchetti said. “It actually turned out we [outpaced] them, but that’s kind of the game though, adapting to all those strategies out there.”

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PAC Coach of the Year for third time

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Over the past seven years, cross country head coach Chris Hardie has seemingly checked off every box of accomplishments possible – but for him, there’s still more left to do.

After the women’s team won the championship for the second straight year on Saturday, Oct. 28, Hardie won PAC Coach of the Year for a third time in his career. The first time was in 2014, and then for back-to-back years

in 2016 and 2017.

Beyond the personal honors Hardie has received over the years, he has led Waynesburg University’s cross country program in ending Grove City’s 27-year reign as PAC champions in women’s cross country – bringing the Yellow Jackets their first title. However, Hardie said it isn’t the awards, but rather, the progress that is satisfying.

“It’s gratifying, all the work we put in throughout the year,” Hardie said. “It really comes to HARDIE >> C4

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November 2, 2017

Wrestling prepares for season Junior a jack-of-all-trades with nationally ranked athletes for Yellow Jackets soccer

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

As most of the fall sports seasons come to an end, the Waynesburg University wrestling team has begun practices and will be starting its season in the coming weeks.

Coming off a season in which the team won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship, had five individual conference champions, three medalists at the regional tournament, including a champion and two wrestlers that placed on the podium at the national tournament, expectations are high.

The returning conference champions graduated two key members of its 2016 roster, 141-pounder Filippo Crivelli and 184-pounder Ryan Shank. Crivelli finished his Yellow Jacket career with the most wins in program history with 121 and Shank had gone 74-23 over his final three years at Waynesburg, qualifying for the national tournament in his senior year campaign.

“We are definitely going to miss them, that’s a lot of wins right there between [Filippo] and Ryan [and] not [having them] in our lineup,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “I’m confident [we have] guys that can step in and do a good job for us.”

The Yellow Jackets still bring back a trio of PAC Champions in senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton, sophomore 197-pounder Ken Burrs and junior heavyweight Jake Evans. Buxton had a 45-5 overall record for the season and fell just shy of qualifying for the national tournament, while

Evans rolled to a programrecord 49 wins, including 30 pins, and finished seventh at nationals.

The trio also have been noticed nationally heading into the 2017-18 campaign, as Evans is featured as the numberfour 285-pounder by D3wrestle.com and Intermat, Buxton was listed as a ‘contender’ for the top 10 at 125 pounds by D3wrestle.com and Burrs was anointed as an honorable mention by D3wrestle.com for the 197-pound weight class.

They also return multiple contributors from the season last year, including the PAC runner-up at 165-pounds, sophomore Dan Verhovsek, senior Derek Hull, sophomore Adam Rigney, senior Landon Lohr and junior Matt Claxton, among others.

“I think we have good leadership in the room,” Headlee said. “I think those guys have seen what it takes. We have two guys, Ken and Tristan, who were close to [contending nationally] last year. They know what they missed out on and they’re hungry and want to get better. It’s a nice mix, we have a good upper-class mix and good group of young guys that I think can compete with a lot of people.”

The team also will welcome back two wrestlers that contributed in seasons prior: senior DJ Grindle, who Headlee said will likely fill in at 141-pounds for the graduated Crivelli and junior Mike Millero, who was the starting wrestler at 174-pounds as a freshman; both did not compete last season.

One of the biggest things Headlee said the coaching staff

wanted to address was the hole the team had at 133-pounds last season. For a majority of the season, the team took a forfeit at that weight class because there wasn’t anyone on the team that typically wrestled that weight.

“We have three guys, three freshmen, who have come in. That was one of our main concerns,” he said. “Shawn McGing out of New York, Anthony Mastrangelo from Canon Mac and Josh Kuslock from Chartiers-Houston…all local guys that did well in high school last year. We’re expecting them to battle it out and one of those guys will fill that spot for us.”

Some other newcomers that Headlee brought in to bolster the roster includes Caleb Baxter at 165 or 174 pounds, Sean Bright at 285 pounds, Dillion Charlton at 174 pounds, Matt Lascola at 141 pounds, Marco Parry at 133 or 141 pounds, Jeff McConn at 157 pounds and Mike Mahon at 174 or 184 pounds, among other wrestlers.

Two new coaching changes also highlight the start of the 2017-18 season. Gennaro Bonaventura moves from the graduate assistant position to assistant coach, while Canonsburg, Pennsylvania native Colt Shorts, who recently graduated from Division I California Polytechnic State University, fills the graduate assistant opening.

“Gennaro has been here and has been in the GA role, so he knows what to expect from the team and that part. He has a good hands on feel for how I WRESTLING >> C4

maybe where he felt most comfortable, and then in the first week or two, we recogOver his years playing nized his ability to go forward soccer, junior Tyler Sisler and his attacking ability, so has been at several different we put him at outside back. positions on the pitch. This Even then, he gave us a really season, Sisler transferred and good attacking mindset, crefound a home as a forward on ative mindset on the wing, so the Waynesburg we moved him up University men’s there. That, cousoccer team. pled with his long While at Mounthrowing, [made tain Ridge High him] really successSchool, the Frostful for us this year burg, Maryland, out on the wing.” native was a center Sisler played a midfielder. When vital role in the Yelhe moved on to low Jackets attack Potom a c St ate this season, scoring College of West two goals, and conSisler Virginia University, tributing a teamSisler spent time as both a for- leading six assists, which was ward and defender. After two also tied for the Presidents’ years at Potomac State, Sisler Athletic Conference lead with moved on to Waynesburg four other players.

University, where initially, After high school, Sisler dethere was plenty of options cided to attend junior college about what his role would be. after he was unable to find “When I came in and a fit at a Division II school. talked to [head coach Brad Sisler said he chose to go to Heethuis], he recruited me Potomac State because of its as a forward because of [me proximity to home. being attack-minded],” Sisler “Around my area, there’s said. not really many real big colDespite Heethuis recruit- leges,” Sisler said. “We have ing Sisler as a forward, he Frostburg State, that’s about initially wanted to see what 10 minutes from my house...

Sisler could do. Heethuis tried but I didn’t really want to stay him as a defender, experi- close to home.” menting with Sisler both as a Along with playing soccer center-back and outside back in high school, Sisler also was throughout preseason camp a point guard on the basketand early into the season. ball team and did pole vault After some time had passed, and high jump in track. Since Heethuis saw that Sisler’s at- soccer and track were his two tacking strength would make main sports, and Potomac him a fit at forward.

State does not have a track “To start the year, [Sisler] team, Sisler decided to focus was playing in the back again,” solely on soccer while in juHeethuis said. “He came in nior college. and said center back was In his first year at Potomac

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State, Sisler played forward.

Despite being a main contributor to the attack, he was moved to defense in his second year. When Sisler looked for a place to finish his final two years of college, he enjoyed both Waynesburg’s surroundings and the presentation that Heethuis brought to the table, and decided to attend Waynesburg as an athletic training major.

“Really, when I came here and [Heethuis] took me on a tour, I really liked the campus itself, but also just like talking about [soccer],” Sisler said. “I really liked [Heethuis] and how he talked about the program and everything. So, I think a little bit of the campus and the soccer aspect really brought me to [Waynesburg].”

Heethuis found out about Sisler through another Maryland native; Daniel Hott, a freshman defender at Waynesburg, who knew Sisler through club soccer.

“We actually recruited Daniel Hott out of Fort Hill, Maryland,” Heethuis said. “[We] recruited Danny, and a couple of his high school teammates. [Hott] kind of led us to Ty actually...he suggested we reach out and get in touch with Ty, because he knew he’d be done at Potomac State, and looking for a place to play. So it was really through Danny that we got to Ty and were able to get him here.”

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PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

Conf.

6-0 6-0 5-1 5-2 4-3 3-3 2-4 1-5 1-5 1-5 0-6

Overall 8-0 8-0 6-2 7-2 5-4 3-5 3-5 2-6 1-7 1-7 0-8

Saturday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 34, Thiel 7 Thiel 7 0 0 Waynesburg 14 13 0

0 7

7 34

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WAY- JaWuan Jones 84 yard punt return (Garret Guthrie) 12:56; THI - Marcus Waddy 72 yard pass pass From Ronald Brown (Chris Rosales) 12:40; Second Quarter: WAY - Austin Wilson 6 yard run (Garret Guthrie kick) 7:40; WAY - Jake Dougherty 1 yd run (PAT Failed) 6:24; WAY Chad Walker 3 yd run (Garret Guthrie kick) 0:18 Fourth Quarter: WAY- Austin Wilson 6 yard run (Garret Guthrie kick) 3:22;

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD INT Jake Dougherty.............2 5 3 0 1 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Chad Walker...............................16 104 1 Austin Wilson............................ 19 84 2 Waynesburg receiving

REC YDS Cole Booth .............................. 1 5 Chad Walker............................. 1 -2

TD 0 0

Thiel passing

COM ATT YDS TD INT Ronald Brown...............4 8 95 1 1 Thiel rushing

ATT YDS Nick Barca................................. 21 113 Randall Labrie.......................... 2 5 Thiel receiving

REC YDS Marcus Waddy......................... 1 72 Jamie Sommers.................... 1 9

TD 0 0 TD 1 0

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, September 30: Thomas More 21, Bethany 0; Case Western Reserve 45, Washington (Mo.) 28; Wash&Jeff 21, Saint Vincent 3; Thiel 7, Waynesburg 34; Carnegie Mellon 7, Westminster 21; Geneva 7, Grove City25

UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, October 7:

Thiel @ Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Westminster @ Saint Vincent @ Case Western Reserve - 1 p.m.; Wash&Jeff @ Geneva - 1 p.m.; Bethany @ Grove City 1:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent @ Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.

PASSING YARDS: Cuda, 2162,CWR; Rowse, 1981, W&J; Cline, 1827, CMU RUSHING YARDS: Marshall, 1351, GEN; Barca, 1098, THI;Pitts, 1132, TMC; TACKLES: Gatling, 86, BET; Fitzmorris, 86, CMU; Jaszcar, 73, GRO; SACKS: Armstrong, 8.5, WES; Pierce, BET, 7; Nobles, WES, 7 INTERCEPTIONS: Jeter, 5, WES; Williams, TMC, 4; Shively, 4, GEN; Anderson, 4, W&J

MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS

Conf.

7-0-1 6-1-1 6-1-1 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-4-2 1-6-1 1-7

Thomas More Geneva Grove City Wash&Jeff Westminster Waynesburg Bethany Thiel Saint Vincent

Tuesday's Box Score

Overall 12-4-2 13-3-2 10-4-4 11-6 8-9-1 5-9-2 8-9-2 4-11-1 4-13-1

WAYNESBURG 1, Wash&Jeff 3 Waynesburg 0 1 1 Wash&Jeff 2 2 4

SCORE RECAP

First Half:WJC -Goal Paul Mokrzan, 13:29; Second Half: WAY- Goal Nate Kummer, 64:07;WJCGoal Matt Kotkiewwicz, 74:31; WJC - Goal Jacob Fetterman, 89:43

RECENT RESULTS

Wednesday, October 25: Waynesburg 1, Geneva 3; Bethany 1, Wash&Jeff 2; Saint Vincent 1, Grove City 4 Saturday, October 28:Waynesburg 1, Grove City 4; Thomas More 2, Thiel 0; Grove City 6, Westminster 2; Alfred State 0, Geneva 4 Sunday, October 28:Bethany 1, Saint Vincent 2

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday, November 1: Wash&Jeff@ Thomas More - 2 p.m.; Grove City @ Geneva - 7:00 p.m.

For More Updates on the PAC playoffs Check PACathletics.org

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Iregui, 34, WES; O'halloran, 30, GEN; Mattocks, 22, WJC

WOMEN’S SOCCER Grove City Thomas More W&J Chatham Westminster Bethany Waynesburg Geneva Saint Vincent Thiel

8-1 8-1 7-2 5-3-1 5-4 4-5 3-6 2-6-1 2-7 0-9

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 15-4 14-4-1 12-6-1 11-6-1 10-8 6-13 7-9-1 5-11-1 2-14-1 3-15

Tuesday's Box Score

WAYNESBURG 2, Westminster 3 Waynesburg 0 0 0 Wash&Jeff 3 2 5

SCORE RECAP First Half: W&J- Goal Jordan Toohey, 5:03; W&J- Goal Brianna Floryshak, 10:55; W&J- Goal Ashton Grimm, 24:19 Second Half: W&J- Goal Nicole Walters, 85:16; W&J- Goal Jordan Toohey, 86:38 RECENT RESULTS Wednesday, October 25: Waynesburg 2, Geneva 1; Saint Vincent 0, Grove City 5; W&J 7, Bethany 0; Thiel 0, Chatham 2 Saturday, October 28: Thomas More 2, Thiel 0; Waynesburg 0, W&J 5, Chatham 0, Geneva 0 Sunday, October 29: Bethany 0, Saint Vincent 1 Tuesday, October 31: Chatham 1, Thomas More 2; Wash&Jeff 1, Grove City 2 UPCOMING GAMES The final match between Thomas More and Grove City will be Decided by the PAC at a later day. For more information got to PACathleteics.org PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS POINTS: Grimm, 16, WJC; Byler, 14, WAY; Vernail, 13, CHA GOALS: Grimm, 6, WJC; Byler, 6, WAY; Neinaber, 6, TMC; Meyers, 6, BET ASSISTS: Ruzzini , 5, WJC; Grimm, 4, W&J; Mapples, 4, TMC SAVES: Page, 65, WES; Vazquez, 57, BET; Palmer, 46,THI

GOALS: Iregui, 15, WES; O'halloran, 12, GEN; Mattocks, 9, WES ASSISTS: Fallen, 6, WES; Sisler, 6, WAY; Oliver, 6, THI; O'halloran, 6, GEN; Tropiano, 6, GRO SAVES: Conrad, 117, THI; Antonoplos, 83, SVC; Grether, 69, BET

STANDINGS Thomas More Westminster Bethany Wash & Jeff Geneva Chatham Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Waynesburg

Conf.

18-0 15-3 12-6 11-7 10-8 8-10 7-11 5-13 4-14 0-18

Overall 27-5 25-5 22-11 14-11 13-20 17-11 10-19 12-17 10-19 1-25

Saturday's Box Score Oberlin 3, WAYNESBURG 1 Waynesburg 13 7 25 18 1 Oberlin 25 25 20 25 3 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Waynesburg Kills Hannah Colvin.............................................12 Jordyn Wyllie.................................................7

ASSISTS: O'Brien, 861, W&J ; Fessler, 871, TMC; Hartshorn, 692, 692 BLOCKS: Yoho, 34, WES; Mummert, 23, TMC; Lydic, 16, W&J DIGS:Coughlin, 511, W&J; Parker, 670, BTC; Sweeny, 562, THC

CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 28 PAC Championships (8K) 1. Grove City, 60 pts.; 2. Wash&Jeff, 62 pts.; 3.

Saint Vincent, 76 pts.

Top Runners: 1. Moyer , 25:29, SVC; 2.

Thibault, 25:53, W&J; 3. Greene, 26:01, GEN

Waynesburg Assists

UPCOMING EVENTS

Olivia Zuchelli...............................................23 Rachel Lemay................................................5

Saturday, November 11:Division III Mideast Championships (8K) WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 28 PAC Championships (6K) 1. Waynesburg, 31 pts.; 2. Grove City, 63 pts.

3. Westminster, 74 pts.

Waynesburg Digs Cassidy Guier...............................................13 Alyssa Proper ..............................................11 Oberlin Kills Maura Gibbs................................................17 Lexi Mitchell................................................17 Oberlin Assists

Top Runners: 1. Marchetti, 23:18, WAY; 2.

Camerlo, 23:29, SVC; 3. Martin, 23:43, WES

Sara Chang..................................................36 Samantha Lam............................................23

UPCOMING EVENTS

Oberlin Digs

Saturday, November 11:Division III Mideast Championships (6K)

Emily Kelkar................................................29 Maura Gibbs................................................27 RECENT RESULTS Saturday, October 28: Waynesburg 0, Westminster 3 ; Thiel 0, Wash&Jeff 3; Oberlin 3, Waynesburg 1; Saint Vincent 1, Chatham 3; Thiel 0, Wash&Jeff 3; Thomas More 3, Grove City 0; Geneva 0, Bethany 3; Oberlin 0, Westminster 3 Sunday, October 1: Chatham 2, Bethany 3; Geneva 3, Wash&Jeff 1 UPCOMING GAMES Friday, November 3: Geneva @ Thomas More , 6 p.m. Westminster @ Bethany at 8 p.m.

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS KILLS: Hughes, 434, GEN; Lasher, 394 , CHA; Yoho, 381, WES

YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK John Glen-Davis- Football Angie Marchettie - Women's Cross Country

On The Air 99.5 The Hive: Saturday at 1pmPregame: Brandon Rossi & Mitch Montani Game Call: Matthew Shinkle, Hugh O'Neill and Paul Zalakar TV Game Call: Drew Brown, Luke Goodling

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan

Carmichaels

Mapletown

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JEFFERSON-MORGAN 40, Avella14 Jefferson-Morgan 7 13 13 7 40 Avella 0 0 8 6 14 Jefferson-Morgan had big plays, including a 35-yard pass from Jacob Broadwater to Zack Gamble in the first quarter and a 55-yard run from Gamble in the third. Jefferson-Morgan is right now fifth in the TriCounty South Conference (1A) with a 2-4 record. .

CAMRMICHAELS 31, Mappletown 8 Carmichaels 0 8 16 7 31 Mapletown 8 0 0 0 8 Jacob Lowry scored twice, once in the second quarter and another in the third. The Mighty Mikes are sitting second right now in the Tri-County South Conference (1A) with a 4-1 record on the season.

MAPLETOWN 8, Carmichaels 31 Carmichaels 0 8 16 7 31 Mapletown 8 0 0 0 8 Fresh off his record setting game last week, Dylan Rush scored the Maples only touchdown this week from a 31 yard run in the first quarter. The Maples are currently sixth in the Tri-County South Conference (1A) with a 2-4 record.

WAYNESBURG 36, Southmoreland 14 Southmoreland 7 0 0 7 14 Waynesburg 22 0 0 14 36 For Waynesburg, this was a big night for their offence including a huge 61-yard run in the first quarter by Caleb Shriver. With that win, Waynesburg goes now 1-4 this year.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: vs Mappletown 10/6- 7 p.m.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: @ California 10/6- 7 p.m.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: @ Jefferson-Morgan 10/6 - 7 p.m

Friday’s Box Score

NEXT GAME: vs South Park 10/6 - 7 p.m.

West Greene Football

Friday’s Box Score

WEST GREENE 6, Fort Cherry 32 West Greene 6 0 0 0 6 Fort Cherry 7 6 13 6 32 The Pioneers take only their second loss this season, losing to Fort Cherry 32-6. West Greene only scored once off of a 56-yard run by Zach Pettit in the first quarter. West Greene now drops to fourth in the TriCounty South Conference (1A) with a 4-2 record.

NEXT GAME: @ Leechburg 10/6 - 7 p.m.

November 2, 2017

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Jackets win in Dougherty's return to QB Men's cross country

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

The Waynesburg University football team started the same way against Thiel this past Saturday as it ended its last game against Thomas More – with Jake Dougherty as the quarterback.

In his first start at quarterback in over a year, Dougherty helped lead the Yellow Jackets (1-7, 1-5) to their first win of the season over the Tomcats (1-7, 1-5) in dominating fashion, 34-7.

The junior has spent most of the season as a wide receiver after being a starter at quarterback as a freshman and a sophomore until his sophomore year was derailed by a season-ending injury.

For a team that had started its year 0-7 with sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone at the helm, interim head coach Chris Smithley was unsure heading into the contest whether or not Perone or Dougherty would be leading the team that day – but he just had a feeling that morning.

“Jake practiced really well all week,” said Smithley. “Tyler was the starter all the way up until Saturday morning…I felt with the way the game was going to be played and the rain and how everything was going to go, I just felt like Jake looked ready and Tyler looked the same, but Jake looked like he wanted that opportunity. I just had a gut feeling.”

Dougherty was up for the task as he, along with the running back combination of sophomore Chad Walker, junior Austin Wilson and freshman Jeremiah DoswellHardrick, ran wild over the Thiel defense to the tune of 65 carries for 284 yards and four touchdowns.

Dougherty himself ran the ball 21 times for 82 yards and a touchdown and only had five pass attempts on the afternoon, completing just two

and throwing an interception. In his first two years at Waynesburg prior, Dougherty had been almost all pass and little run. As a freshman, he threw for 1,872 yards and 19 touchdowns in 10 games and had a net rushing total of -62 yards and before he got hurt his sophomore year, he threw for 565 yards and four touchdowns in three games and ran for a net of 14 yards.

The change in game plan, Smithley said, was something that was going to be utilized no matter which quarterback started the game, and they were going to use those packages until the Tomcats stopped them – they never did.

“We’ll have that package like we did against Thiel [in coming weeks],” said Smithley. “When we put that stuff in last week, I thought we’d maybe run it five times. We ended up running it 22 times.

It was just one of those mindsets that ‘Hey, it was working and they weren’t stopping it, so we’re just going to keep doing it until you stop it.’”

Thiel started the game with the ball and Waynesburg immediately forced a three-andout. The Tomcats punted the ball to freshman JaWuan Jones, who sparked the Yellow Jacket offense with an 84-yard touchdown return to open up the scoring.

“He’s a really good athlete and we tried to gear some more things on offense towards him, but he’s going to be that guy on special teams for us and we needed that,” said Smithley. “We needed a break, we needed something to happen and we needed a big play to happen on special teams. We were due for that and it’s been long overdue for something like that to happen.”

The Tomcats immediately answered with a 72yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback

finishes in sixth at PAC Championships

By MATHEW ZERFOSS For the Yellow Jacket

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

After a season-ending injury last year, junior Jake Dougherty played the first half of the season as a wide receiver. He returned to quarterback last Saturday, leading the Jackets to a 34-7 win over Thiel.

Ronald Brown to freshman wide receiver Marcus Waddy. Waynesburg was able to buckle down after that, not allowing any more points and keeping junior running back Nick Barca, the second leading rusher in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in terms of yards per game, in check.

The Yellow Jackets scored 27 unanswered points the rest of the game to run away with their first win of the season.

“It feels good,” said Smithley. “I think it’s something we needed to have happen just to reinforce what these guys are doing and the work they are putting in to be worth it,” said Smithley. “We had the best week of practice I thought we had all year last week. Now you go out and your play reflects that the way it did. I think that’s extremely important in getting this program in a place we want it to be.”

Smithley was especially impressed with the defensive effort from the unit as a whole, noting that stopping Barca was the No. 1 priority for the team and the emergence of a few key players.

“Our defense played well other than the first play where we had a blown coverage,” he said. “Extremely solid all day, a lot of energy and played relentless across the board.

[Senior defensive lineman] James Roundtree played out of his mind in this game – it was the best game he’s played.

[Junior linebacker] John-Glen [Davis], week-in and weekout, just doing everything that he needs to do to just become the leader of this team and to take the next step in leadership. Just really impressed with both of those guys.”

Looking ahead towards this Saturday against Saint Vincent, Smithley has not committed to a definitive starting quarterback in the PAC matchup. However, he said that Dougherty has put himself in a good position to maintain the position for the second straight week.

“Right now that’s still up in the air,” he said. “I think that [Jake has] earned the right to practice as the starter. He’s going to have that opportunity to continue doing what he’s doing through the week here.”

The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team participated in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship Saturday, Oct. 28 at Westminster College.

Every Yellow Jackets runner ran in the event and the team rallied to finish sixth out of 10 teams.

Overall, the goal was for the men’s cross country team was to finish in fifth. Despite not quite reaching that goal, head coach Chris Hardie was pleased with how the meet turned out.

“I’m pretty happy with the performance overall, and they stuck to the game plan for the most part,” said Hardie. “All in all, it was a good performance, but we were going for fifth place and ended up getting sixth.”

Freshman Matt Durgin led all Waynesburg runners with a time of 27:46, which was good enough for 26th out of 118 runners. Freshman Jordan Payne finished second out of all Waynesburg runners, clocking in at 27:59.

Freshman Mac Colomb rounded out the top three with a time of 28:23, which placed him 37th overall.

Junior Joel Kuzminski finished 40th overall with a time of 28:39, which was fourth best for the Yellow Jackets. Junior Jacob Pryor finished fifth for Waynesburg with a time of 28:41, which was right behind Kuzminski, who secured the 41st spot.

Freshman Kyle Warmbein finished sixth overall for Waynesburg with a time of 28:59, which was good enough for 58th overall. Rounding out the top seven for the Yellow

Jackets was freshman Nathan Jecelin at 28:59.

“We had really good times with runners 1-7 with a spread of 1:13,” said Hardie. “This team can improve and work together because they are really tightly paced.”

As the season progresses toward a meet in Newville in two weeks for the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship, the men will take up to 11 runners.

The top runners for Waynesburg, which mainly consist of freshman, will travel to the regional meet, consists of mostly freshman. Hardie expects the team to improve from their 2016 regional meet.

“In two weeks at the regional meet this team will see an improvement from last year to this year because of the talent we have,” said Hardie. “They are going to do better regionally this year and the goal for this team is to try to get the top 25 in the region which is attainable.”

A key component on preparing the top runners that are going to the meet in two weeks is to make sure they are prepared both physically and mentally for the regional meet.

“I think they have to find a way to elevate at a high level every race instead of going up and down throughout the year,” said Hardie. “They need to find a way to be the best they can be every week which is something the freshman class is showing signs of.”

Consistency is one of the strong points of the team and the times of the top 10 runners show that, according to Hardie. The team prepares for the regional meet that will take place Saturday, Nov. 11, in Newville. The meet is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m.

Men's soccer eliminated from PAC playoffs

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistants

Photo courtesy of Angie Marchetti

The late Robert Marchetti stands between daughters Angie and Becky Marcketti following a race.

Marchetti: Presence of father still felt in races Continued from C1

and-a-half-mile mark, Marchetti said it came down to just her and another runner from Westminster College.

“It was just me and the Westminster girl just kind of going at it and we went down to the one field and I kind of surged a little bit and she didn’t come with me,” Marchetti said. “I kind of just kept going so she wouldn’t come with me, but honestly I had no idea how close or far she was behind me.”

It was during these moments that Marchetti looked down to her wrist where before every race she writes two words: Marchetti Strong – a remembrance of everything that her father did to fight cancer.

“Every time I was getting tired out there, I’d look down at my wrist and see the ‘Marchetti Strong’,” Marchetti said. “For what he had to go through – I was just toughening up a little more.

What he had to go through is compared nothing to what I’m dealing with, he had it so much worse.”

While her father is no longer there to cheer and encourage his daughter on from the side of the trail, urging her to go faster, Marchetti said his presence is still with her at every race.

“I don’t know how to describe it, but when I’m running I get that second urge to keep going when I think about it,” Marchetti said. “I do feel he is helping me along the way.”

Through the rain, mud and the cold weather, Marchetti paced the pack of 118 runners, earning the Runner of the Year award and finishing first with a time of 23:18 – beating the second place finisher by over 10 seconds.

What led to the successful finish, said Marchetti, were those crucial moments just over halfway through the race when she pushed past the leading runner. And during those moments her father was with her.

“I honestly kind of feel it every race with him, but today especially,” Marchetti said. “When I did [pass] the girl [my father] was just saying ‘go, this is your time now – it’s yours.’”

Coming into its regular season finale at Washington & Jefferson Saturday, Oct. 28, the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team needed a win or a draw to qualify for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs for the first time since 2014.

Unfortunately for the Yellow Jackets, their season ended Saturday with a 3-1 loss to the Presidents. For head coach Brad Heethuis, the Jackets turned in a poor performance in a crucial matchup.

“It was a tough one,” Heethuis said. “Unfortunately, we played probably overall one of our worst games of the year in one of the biggest times.

There’s no blame to be put around...W&J was the better side on the day, and that’s soccer sometimes.”

Coming into Saturday, Waynesburg was in a threeway tie with W&J and Westminster for the fourth and final playoff spot at 3-3 in PAC play, with Bethany not far behind at 2-3-1. Because both Westminster and Bethany lost this weekend, to Grove City and St. Vincent, respectively, even managing a tie at W&J would have gotten Waynesburg into the playoffs due to the Jackets having a higher goal differ-

ential than the Presidents.

W&J drew first blood roughly 13 minutes into the game when junior midfielder Paul Mokrzan scored his fifth goal of the season, assisted by senior Jason Yobbi. Neither team scored for the rest of the half, and W&J took a 1-0 lead into the locker room. At the half, the Presidents led the Jackets 11-4 in shots, and 9-2 in shots on net.

Less than 20 minutes into the second half, Waynesburg tied the game when s ophomore midf ielder Nate Kummer converted a penalty kick.

“We had to take a look at ourselves in the mirror at halftime, and we came out better [in the second half],” Heethuis said. “To get that PK…really it was a shot in the arm for us, and I would say even before that and then after that for [the next few minutes], we did better.”

T he mome ntu m d i d not last much longer. A little over 10 minutes after Waynesburg equalized, W&J retook the lead when junior midfielder Matt Kotkiewicz scored his fourth goal of the season, with Yobbi picking up his second assist of the game.

For junior forward Tyler Sisler, the Presidents taking the lead halted the Jacket’s second-half rhythm.

“It really was a heartbreak

kind of because we were controlling them the whole second half,” Sisler said. “We were taking it to them really, and then we get our goal back and we think ‘oh hey we’re back in this,’ and then they get a free kick outside the box, and a little mistake by us and we go down 2-1.”

Seventeen seconds before the end of the game, freshman Jacob Fetterman’s fifth goal of the season made it 3-1 and sealed the win and ultimately a playoff berth for the Presidents. For Heethuis, the second half saw plenty of positives despite the loss.

“After they scored, we came right back and were controlling certainly more of the play,” Heethuis said. “It was kind of that final pass, once we got to the attacking third, that we couldn’t put together. The final run, the final pass, the final touch, the final shot. That’s kind of what we struggled with after that. We had the lion’s share of possession; we just couldn’t get it done.”

Despite the importance of the game, neither Heethuis nor Sisler feels that nerves greatly affected the outcome.

“The guys were ready to go,” Heethuis said. “Pregame and in warmups we looked pretty good, looked ready to roll, and then we hit the first five, 10 minutes, and it was pretty obvious that some-

thing wasn’t there.”

Sisler feels that the teams pregame focus did not carry over into the first half.

“Starting from the bus ride to W&J from the locker room we were really hyped up and ready to get out there,” Sisler said. “I think as soon as we stepped on the field, the whistle blew.

We just… we died. We were like ‘oh, what do we do now?

Then once they got that first goal, really, we just dropped our heads.”

Waynesburg is losing just two starters from this year’s squad. Defender Br yan Sontag is the only player graduating, while freshman forward Thomas Drake is an exchange student, and therefore will not be returning next year. For Heethuis, there is plenty to build on for the future.

“It was hopefully another season of growth for the guys,” Heethuis said. “Still a very young team, only losing one senior and one exchange student, so that’s promising going forward. I hope [2017] was a very good learning process for the guys on and off the field. There were a lot of tight games, some went our way, some did not. So hopefully, being able to be put in that situation a lot will help us towards next year and that experience will only make us better for next year.”

Champs: Yellow Jackets hope to make nationals Continued from C1

were for the meet. When she said she wanted to get top three in the race individually, Hardie she has the chance to win the entire race.

“I don’t want to say that I didn’t believe it,” said Marchetti. “Yeah I may have the fastest time at that moment [before PAC’s], but I could

have just as easily come in, for example, 17th place at PAC’s.”

Once Marchetti and Simonton got about a half mile into the race, they both realized the other teams were pacing off them as their strategy to hang on until they would try to out kick them near the end of the race.

“We could tell almost right away they were pacing off us,” said Marchetti. “I think we

handled it pretty well, we still did well pacing wise. Teghan and I didn’t panic, we just said ‘Ok, they’re just pacing off us, let’s just go,’ and raced it.”

As many women on the team will say, the depth of the program is incredibly deep.

Marchetti is very thankful that both the coaches and her fellow teammates all invested heavily into making the dream of repeating as

champions a reality.

“I’ve really proud of the team,” said Marchetti.

“There’s no way we could of won without everyone doing their part. I think that’s something really important, and we had out coaches help us through that. We had strong, supporting coaches and a strong, supporting team and that’s why we had this success.”

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November 2, 2017 WEEK EIGHT FOOTBALL PREVIEW: SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE

Jackets carry momentum into matchup against Bearcats

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg football ended their 11 game losing streak after they defeated the Thiel Tomcats 34-7 thanks to four rushing touch downs by the offense last week. The Jackets didn’t run their first offensive possession until two Tomcats possessions thanks to an 84yard punt return by freshman JaWuan Jones.

Sophomore running back Chad Walker led the Jackets in rushing with 104-yards on 16 carries and one touchdown and he was one of three runners with over 80 yards. The other two were junior running back Austin Wilson, who had 84 yards on 19 carries with two touchdowns and the surprise starting quarterback, junior Jake Dougherty, who hadn’t started a game since last year before he broke his collarbone. Dougherty ran for 82 yards on 21 carries for one touchdown.

Even before the game, Smithley had tabbed Tyler Perone as the starter for most of the week, but right before the game he decided that Dougherty would be the

guy for the day. The quarterback only threw five passes and completed two for three yards and an interception, but managing the run game is what kept him and the offense effective throughout the day.

The longest pass of the day belonged to Thiel’s sophomore quarterback, Ronald Brown, who completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Marcus Waddy.

Brown finished the game 4-8 for 95 yards one touchdown and what was the game ending interception

by Waynesburg late in the fourth quarter to seal the game.

This was Waynesburg’s first win of the season and ended an 11-game losing streak that dated back to last year. The win was also interim head coach Chris Smithley’s first career win.

The Jackets opponent for this Saturday is Saint Vincent Bearcats, who last week were defeated by Washington & Jefferson 21-3.

Saint Vincent allowed 177 yards on the ground on 53 carries, but Saint Vincent’s running game wasn’t any

better as they averaged 2.1 yards per carry with 60 yards on 29 carries.

Freshman quarterback Aaron Austin, who started the last two games for Saint Vincent, was 14-25 for 69 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.

Austin lost 33 yards rushing on the afternoon, including a key 16-yard sack on fourth down in the middle of the second quarter when Saint Vincent was on the W&J 18.

After that, Saint Vincent was never inside the 20 again.

Quarterback splits It was a surprise start for Dougherty this past Saturday, but Smithley initially wanted to split series between Dougherty and Perone.

“The game plan going into Thiel was to use both of them – two series for Tyler, two for Jake, maybe to change it up a little bit,” said Smithley.

“We’ll do something similar,” said Smithley. “Hayden Belcher is a guy you’ve seen play a little fullback for us.

He’s a guy, we’re probably going to increase his role a little bit but we’ll mix that similar in what we need to get done.”

Riding momentum

But the starter for this upcoming Saturday is not a guarantee, it comes down to who will earn it in practice and impress the man in charge.

“I think [both] those guys do a lot of great things,” said Smithley. “Really right now, it’s who’s going to grab it by the horns and just take it. I think both guys are capable of doing that.”

Along with the passing game having a mix up, the run-game was a huge focus with Chad Walker having the best game of his career on 16 carries. He will continued to share runs with Wilson and it should be expected to see another man thrown into the backfield.

The Jackets won their first game and are riding their first win since last year at home when they beat Grove City 10-9 last year at homecoming. Their first win in 390 days was met with applause

by Smithley, but his focused has shifted to Saint Vincent.

“I don’t think there is any doubt we are going to enjoy the win, but now it’s over now it’s Saint Vincent week,” Smithley said.

Smithley is under the impression that the recent success dates back to his team having great practices and riding those practices into the game this Saturday.

“There is no doubt it goes back to last week in practice and how we practiced and the win reflected how we practiced,” said Smithley.

“That momentum going into how we practice and then we

have another good week of practice and we keep building off that thing.”

Matchup advantages Saint Vincent might not have a great record, but after a loss to W&J and starting a freshman quarterback, they are not to be taken lightly.

“They are athletic on both sides of the ball. They’re a way faster football team than Thiel was. They’re going to be able to run a lot faster on defense,” Smithley said.

There are some spots on the field where the Jackets are going to have some match up advantages if the team can get to the game healthy and intact.

“Offensively is where I think we match up good if we stay healthy, but if we start getting banged up a little bit I think our matches up tougher to deal with,” said Smithley.

When it comes down to it, the team has to show up and play great to get the win, according to Smithley.

“But all in in all we got to come out and play football and do what we did this week and play relentless,” he said.

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on the last day of the regular season. For Heethuis, Sisler’s ability to play more than one position, as well as having knowledge of those positons, is a great asset for the Yellow Jackets. “[Sisler’s versatility is] definitely big,” Heethuis said.

“That’s what we look for in all our guys, really. Ty really exemplifies that. Being able to play multiple positions, being able to understand multiple positions, because whether or not you’re playing a different one, you have to understand multiple positions.”

After a scrimmage between Waynesburg’s veterans and new players, Sisler was a little

unsure of his surroundings.

After time passed, however, Sisler grew into his comfort zone.

“They were working the ball around, and I was like ‘oh I don’t know if I’m going to fit in here,” Sisler said. “But definitely as the year progressed and we’ve played games, I’ve really stepped in to my comfort zone.”

Going forward, Heethuis sees Sisler playing a lead role on a young Jackets team that is losing only two starters from this season.

“We’ll have strong group of seniors next year, and he’ll be one that’s leading the way for us,” Heethuis said. “So, hopefully we can get him into our offseason workout plan, and he can drive that force.”

The Waynesburg University’s women’s volleyball team finished their season with two losses to finish what has been a difficult season, where the Jackets have won only six total sets after winning their first match of the season against Pitt Greensburg.

The match against Westminster saw the Jackets lose sets, 25-3, 25-7 and 25-16.

Waynesburg only recorded 11 points, not counting Westminster errors, with 10 kills and only scored three kills in the first two sets.

When the second match started, Waynesburg struggles continued against Oberlin College, where Waynesburg only scoring a total of 20 points in the first two sets, including four errors by Oberlin. The Jackets won the third set, but had

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some help due to 11 errors

by Oberlin. In the fourth set, Waynesburg’s season ended in a 25-18 Oberlin victory, thus ending the 1-25 season and 12-104 career record for seniors Delaney Denniston, Kara Sapp and Casey Hall.

Head coach Stephanie Benkowski declined to comment after the two losses this past weekend.

Sapp did comment on what Benkowski’s message was to the team after the loss to Westminster.

“Her ending message between games was to see who was still there and to continue playing that last game we had to have that final push and she simply asked us if we were ready,” said Sapp.

Along with Sapp, junior outside hitter Jordyn Wyllie shared Benkowski’s comments in between games.

“After the first match, [the message] was to give it everything you have,” said

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Hardie has now won three PAC Coach of the Year awards, all with the women's cross country program. consecutive championship titles while earning multiple Coach of the Year awards himself.

Although the conference season is over for the women’s cross country team, regionals and ultimately nationals still lie ahead. The Yellow Jackets will travel as a team to the NCAA DIII Mideast Regionals on Nov. 11, and depending on results, potentially could travel to nationals either as a team or individually. That road ahead for the program, Hardie said, will be challenging but feasible.

“We talk nationals every year with this squad, it’s whether or not we’re close,” Hardie said. “We’re going to… shoot for a national berth. I think it’s going to be tough, but

that’s always what we shoot for – hopefully there is three more weeks left in the year.”

Last year, the Yellow Jackets placed sixth out of 51 teams at regionals and failed to qualify for nationals as a team, though two runners did qualify individually – just the second and third athlete to make it to nationals in program history.

Hardie said developing a nationally recognized cross country program is one of his biggest goals, and while the team has not reached that level yet, each year they’ve gotten closer.

“That’s really why I go out and recruit as much as I can,” Hardie said. “[I do it] so we can build a national level team.

We’re getting close, but not quite there yet.”

out of it – how can we, as teammates, build each other up and encourage each other on the court or on the bench,” said Wyllie.

Looking towards next season, Wyllie feels that the returning players the Yellow Jackets anticipate returning will be able to bounce back and start the process of building a winner.

“Moving forward you see our very young team juniors moving into senior leadership roles, they have a very important role,” said Wyllie.

“The sophomores and freshmen as well, I think losing that game puts a bad taste in your mouth, it makes you want to be better for next year.”

Waynesburg finished the season Saturday and it has been nine years since their last appearance in the PAC Tournament in 2008 where they lost in the semifinals to Westminster 3-1.

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a point here [at the championships], and it’s really exciting to know that all the work finally paid off. But we don’t do it for the awards…we’re going to keep working.”

Hardie said he credits not only the work ethic of the team, but also the coaching staff.

“We work really hard every day, I can’t say I expected success to come this quickly,” Hardie said. “But we really put the work into it. It’s awesome to point out the three assistants here, [Michelle Cross, Laurel Rush and Kristen Stone] do a fantastic job.”

Hardie’s career with Waynesburg University began in 2009, when he served as an assistant coach for a year before becoming head coach.

However, Hardie said he didn’t get into long distance running until his senior year of high school and into college. Since then, he’s managed to turn it into a major part of his life, working with Waynesburg for the past eight years. Hardie said he didn’t leave college with the specific goal of becoming a coach.

“I didn’t start with aspirations to be a college coach,” Hardie said. “I just got into it and opportunities came and I embraced it.”

Since then, Hardie has led the women’s program on to

Wyllie. “This is our last game to play for the seniors, play for each other, play as a team and just go out there and get them.”

Sapp felt her team’s mistakes showed as she saw signs of disconnect between her teammates as they faced a Westminster team that out-matched a Waynesburg team that, late in the season, was still working with its lineup.

“We had a lot of issues coming together as a team,” said Sapp. “You really could see it on the court and we really weren’t meshing and the second game we went through a lot of lineups.”

Even with such a large defeat, Wyllie was able to walk away from the loss with some hope that things will improve and players will come back next year to play.

“The first match was teaching a lesson and how are we going to dig our self

Brackets for the WPIAL playoffs were released Monday night. For Carmichaels and West Greene, the dreams of winning a WPIAL Championship have started.

Carmichaels, after finishing second in the Tri-County South, was able to qualify for a home playoff game against Western Beaver. West Greene finished fourth in the conference and will have to go on the road to face the runner up to the Big 7 Conference, Rochester.

For Carmichaels, this would

be its second straight home playoff game and a chance at redemption after last year’s loss to Springdale.

“I’ve told the guys to worry about what is front of them and we cannot look back to last year,” said Carmichaels head coach Ryan Krull.

West Greene, on the other hand, is appearing in the playoffs for just the third time in school history and first since 1994.

Head coach Rodney Huffman said when watching Rochester’s film, the Ram’s offense reminded him of Fort Cherry, a game the Pioneers lost 33-6.

“They have a lot of gifted athletes on their team with a ton of speed on the outside, they run the ball well and their quarterback can do it all,” said Huffman.

Both teams will be in action this Friday at 7:30 p.m. and will be looking for a first round win.

“If we protect the ball, limit penalties, and set the tone early with our run game we should be fine,” said Krull.

For Huffman, he said he is looking for long drives.

“We need to have long sustaining drives and cannot afford to go three-and-out,” Huffman said.

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like to run practices and what I like to do without coming in with a whole new staff,” Headlee said. “Colt coming off a D1 program – he just has really good technique coming from Cannon Mac. He’s been a real good addition. He’s done what I’ve expected out of him. His technique is real good and the guys are picking up stuff off him right away. They’re impressed with how good a

wrestler he really is and how he can help them.”

Headlee expects a lot out of his team and thinks they have the pieces to again contend for a PAC title.

“There’s a lot of things that happen from November to get to March, but I like the team that we have this year,” said Headlee. “For me, it’d be nice to win a PAC title, but it’d be nice to have three or four guys on the award stand at nationals this year. Nationals are at Cleveland State, so it’s

real close. It’d be nice to have a few guys going there.

The team’s annual Orange/ Black Wrestle-Offs begins this Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m., but the official season gets underway next Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

“It’s always been nice wrestling here at Waynesburg,” Headlee said. “It’s just a great time and I hope the guys have a good experience here and I really feel privileged to be able to coach here.”

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College after concussions

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Junior nursing major Isabella Cantafio has suffered from six concussions, causing her to "pace herself" in all that she does. As a result of her concussions, she struggled to attend high school and was completely homebound her senior year.

Students share impact of injuries

By DYLAN CLELAND

For the Yellow Jacket

Students at Waynesburg University are always on the move, from studying for classes to attending club and organization meetings.

Unfortunately, this becomes even more difficult for a handful of students who have a history of concussions. This presents many challenges not only in college but in other aspects of their lives. Isabella Cantafio, a junior nursing major, has suffered six concussions dating back to middle school.

The injuries have caused her many troubles both inside and outside of the classroom.

“I have had some of them through sports and the severe one was a waterpark accident. I definitely have to pace myself with everything every day. So, that is different than before, where I could do things very easily,” said Cantafio.

These concussions have had an effect on Cantafio for quite some time and also had an impact on her transition from high school to college.

“During high school, I had to be homebound, I almost didn’t graduate on time.

I did half-days for sophomore and junior year and then halfway through senior year I became homebound because of my concussion. After high school, I took two years off, and took a class or two through community college, and then came to Waynesburg,” said Cantafio.

Senior Psychology major, Mason Morgan, has also dealt with the symptoms of concussions and its effect on his learning abilities.

“I have actually had eight and that began my junior year of high school. A majority of them are sports related, and then I had a couple where I accidently hit my head on something while walking,” said Morgan.

Some of the challenges that Morgan has had to deal with effect his study habits, which has forced some adjustments.

“I am really thankful for the professors that put there notes online before class. They are the saving grace of the university, I cannot physically look at smart boards and take notes that way. That sets off [the migraines] way to easily. It’s good to have those notes right in CONCUSSIONS >> D2

Smith transitions Student writes, produces, acts in horror film to new position in Student Services

By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Every morning when Ryan Smith walks into Student Services, he never really knows what he may end up doing that day. As the new Assistant Director of Student Activities, Smith said his day-to-day responsibilities range from the mundane to the spontaneous.

“I get here at 8:30 a.m. and it’s anywhere from credit cards to planning events, figuring out what we need to purchase to who’s running the events and all the details,” Smith said.

“Essentially, doing the planning work to meeting with students who are coming in who want to sign up.”

Although Smith is relatively new to the position following his graduation over the summer, his experience with Student Services at Waynesburg University dates back to his freshman year of his undergraduate education where he served on the Student Activities Board for four years as committee chairman for musical entertainment.

Following his graduation from Waynesburg University in 2015, Smith started graduate work with the university and moved into Academic Affairs as a graduate assistant.

“I worked in Academic Affairs [in grad school] and I did a variety of projects and tasks for Academic Affairs,” Smith said. “I worked with the graduate programs as well through enrollment reports.”

Smith said he is familiar with the quick pace that comes with the job.

“In Student Services, it’s very

active,” Smith said. “There’s always something going on – working with a lot of students, meeting with students and working with the current events which are going on around campus.”

With all the different responsibilities and tasks Smith must complete, he said his favorite has always been those that involve interacting with the students on campus.

“I think my favorite part is definitely working with the students and hearing their ideas and making those ideas happen,” Smith said.

Another aspect of the job requires Smith to work closely with Pat Bristor, associate dean of students. Smith said that because he already knows what Bristor expects of him, working with her as been seamless. “[Bristor] is always on the go and I know what that mindset is like,” Smith said. “The transition [to the position] has been easier because I know her standard and what she expects, so I’m able to do a lot of work because it is taking work off her plate essentially.”

Another aspect that makes his job easier, Smith said, is how close he is in age to the current students at Waynesburg University. Since there isn’t a wide age gap, Smith said he better understands what students want.

“At the age that I am, being in a younger generation and having a voice in that aspect, it is very helpful,” Smith said.

“I think it’s really smooth relating with students and working with them because of the age – not the difference—but the similar age.”

Adults cowered in fear, anxiously awaiting the next jump scare. People covered their faces, fingers spread just wide enough so that they could occasionally peep at the movie screen while “Freddy vs. Jason” was premiering in theaters in 2003.

In a room full of terrified adults, as the deranged madmen murdered people in unimaginably terrible ways on the screen, 6-year-old Destinie Orndoff was captivated.

“I never wanted to watch anything else,” Orndoff said.

At the same age, Orndoff watched “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” which would turn out to be her all-time favorite movie on VHS. That Halloween Orndoff dressed as Freddy, and her passion had blossomed.

“My mom had two rules: that I wasn’t allowed to repeat any of it and I wasn’t allowed to do any of it,” Orndoff said of her “obsession” as a child.

Years have passed since Orndoff ’s first theater experience, and she has transitioned from a 6-year-old with a passion for horror, to a young adult building her career around the genre.

Orndoff, a junior electronic media major, has appeared in over nine horror films and shorts, including the film she helped write and produce, “Red Eye.” “As a child growing up and watching all of the movies, it became my biggest dream to be a part of one,” Orndoff said. “I remember thinking of my perfect life as a kid, and that always included being a part of horror movies and being a part of the genre.”

To help accomplish the pricey task of making a

Photo courtesy of Destinie Orndoff

"Red Eye" was filmed after an online fundraising campaign raised over $12,000 for the project. movie, Orndoff and her boyfriend Tristan Clay, director and writer of “Red Eye,” created an Indiegogo campaign, which is a website that fundraises for creative projects.

They ended up raising a total of $12,314 on the site to go towards the costs of filming their movie.

“Red Eye” was written by Orndoff and Clay when they were 18, and tells the story of “Red Eye,” who lives in the woods of West Virginia.

The inspiration for the movie came from one of the scary stories she would beg to hear from her stepfather as a child.

Based off of a short story she wrote in high school, Orndoff and Clay expanded the idea into a script.

“Where you get the original ideas is from people like us who really love the genre and have known it our whole lives,” Orndoff said. “We’re the ones making stuff that other horror fans want to see.”

To further reinforce her creative freedom in the making of the film, Orndoff and Clay decided to begin their own production company, “Deranged Minds Entertainment.”

“When we found out we wanted to make a movie, we knew we were going to want to try to do it ourselves,” Orndoff said. “We wanted “Red Eye” to be completely our own. We wanted to be our own bosses in a sense.”

After a year of preparation, filming and editing, Orndoff began entering “Red Eye” in film festivals, and the world premiere was at the Gateway Film Center May 26.

“Red Eye” was shown at the Midwest Horrorfest Indiana convention, and the crowd “absolutely loved it” according to Orndoff. “Red Eye” is also going to be distributed on several video-on-demand streaming services, including Amazon and Netflix.

Orndoff ’s passion is represented from the pins decorating her backpack to the clothes she wears. The walls of her room are plastered with 80 to 90 autographs from her “heroes,” those involved in the creation of scary movies.

Orndoff has travelled to over 20 conventions, connecting with others who share her commitment to the genre.

“I go to horror conventions all the time to meet people from the movies,” Orndoff said. During her travels, she has been able to meet the entire cast of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” including Robert Englund, the original actor of Freddy Krueger and Linda Blair, the child from “The Excorcist” among others.

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Campus clubs participate in Harvestfest SAB hosts Halloween ‘Monster Mash’ dance for costumed students

By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor

Waynesburg University hosted its annual Harvestfest Thursday Oct. 26. The event was sponsored by Student Senate. There was one major difference in how the proceeds of the donations were handled this year. In years past, the money raised by each organization’s table goes directly to that club or organization. This year, the money each organization raised was donated to a charity or cause of that group’s choice.

For the Student Senate’s table, the proceeds of their activity were being donated to Project Bundle Up. Claire Wherthey, a freshman senator, who was working the table explained Project Bundle Up gives warm clothes to kids in the area.

“We are really trying to give back to the kids in [Greene County] through our donation,” said Wherthey.

The Student Senate table approached raising money with a one dollar mini pumpkin painting activity. They also had a free leaf rubbing activity available for people who didn’t have an interest in pumpkin painting.

In one of the most widely anticipated events of Harvestfest, the campus radio station, WCYJ-FM, hosted its highly competitive Pumpkin Bowling. The tournament consist of three rounds: an entry round of 8 people, which is narrowed to the quarterfinals of 4 contestants. The two winners from that round advance to the final round.

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Reigning champion President Douglas G. Lee participates in the annual Pumpkin Bowling contest held by WCYJ-FM radio at Harvestfest.

A crowd favorite amoung the contestants was President Doug Lee. President Lee was able to finesse his way to the finals where he bowled against freshman Drew Hreha. Ultimately President Lee won, making it his fourth victory.

“The build up over the past six months has been unbearable,” said Lee. “I really love to be interacting with all the students. They’re all great people.”

With this year being President Lee’s fifth Pumpkin Bowling, he currently sits with a record of winning the whole tournament four times and only losing once. His first and only loss came against RJ Leise, who is now a Waynesburg Alumnus, in his second

year in the tournament.

“I’ve heard rumors [from upperclassmen] that President Lee was ‘pretty good’ [at pumpkin bowling] so I had to bring my A-game,” said finalist Drew Hreha.

Hreha didn’t expect to do as well as he did throughout the event, but was able to roll his way to the finals. He is also “absolutely going to enter again next year” and try to get to the finals for a rematch with President Lee. Pumpkin bowling wasn’t the only competition President Lee took part in. throughout the day. The sociology and human services club had a table for people to play connect four against one another. President Lee and Dr. Stratton were only

two of its many participants.

Ashley Young, president of the club, said the club would be donating the proceeds of the game to help a quadriplegic man with his medical bills and rehabilitation.

“I really like the aspect of the donations going towards [a cause] and not the clubs themselves,” said Young. “[Harvestfest] is a nice way to get the people on campus and the people of the community interacting.

Despite the weather of the day, cold temperatures were not enough to stop the students, clubs and members of the community from having a good time while raising money for an array of charities and causes.

As the month of October comes to an end, the Waynesburg University Student Activities Board once again organized its annual dance, the ‘Monster Mash,’ Saturday, Oct. 28, in celebration of the spooky holiday.

The festivities occurred on the second floor of the Beehive and consisted of a dance floor with neon lights, music provided by DJ FEDx, a snack bar filled with pretzels, nacho chips, cheese, pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies, a gross-out and a creepy findit game that rewarded candy and small handmade ghosts.

Freshman SAB member, Nick Morrison helped to run one of the games at the event.

“We have a bowl with pasta and a bunch of random things,” Morrison said.

“You win a prize if you pick a granite rock. We’re raffling off candy and a bunch of other Halloween type stuff.”

Kyla Wolper, a planner for SAB, has been a part of SAB since her freshman year and contributes greatly to the events on campus, especially the Monster Mash, which she was in charge of planning this year.

“This is like a play off what we do at new student orientation,” Wolper said. “I wanted to do a mystery kind of box to pull rocks out and we thought spaghetti would be like a fun

kind of gross thing for you to dig around in.”

Wolper had experience with planning events even before coming to the university.

“I had planned a lot of events in high school, so being behind the scenes at events was something I have really enjoyed,” Wolper said.

Kyla even participated in the dance, dressing as a box of cards to show her festivity.

Senior Adam McKnight, a public relations major, was another party goer, dressing as Spider-Man. “It’s close to Halloween, just thought I’d go out and have a little fun this weekend,” said McKnight.

The most impressive part of the evening was the costume contest, which seemed like a tough decision because of the plethora of different creative costumes that everyone had showed up in.

There was a group of ‘Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Men,’ a full dinosaur costume, ‘Beach Bums,’ Little Red Riding Hood and so many more.

Even the SAB members, including Nick Morrison, were painted up to look like zombies, and appeared to be enjoying themselves during their time at work.

“I wanted to continue community service through college, and when I found out Waynesburg had a program like SAB, I wanted to get involved,” Morrison said.

Cross country team members race in costume for Halloween

By EDWARD BOICE

For the Yellow Jacket

Celebrating Halloween together, the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s cross country teams wore costumes for their annual ‘Costume Run’ Monday, Oct. 30.

The run is to allow the runners to have some fun after the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, which took place Saturday, Oct. 28, according to cross country head coach Chris Hardie.

The athletes, along with other students, jogged one lap

around the park loop. Since Halloween is just around the corner, most of the runners were dressed in various homemade costumes. Matthew Shinkle, senior sports broadcasting major and captain of the men’s cross country team, said that the event is a way for the runners to unwind after the long season.

“It is an opportunity for us to have a little bit of fun,” said Shinkle, “because running 300 miles in a season, you need to shake it up to something more fun.”

Many creative costumes ap-

peared, such as Forest Gump and the Blue Man Group.

At the end of the race, four goodie buckets of Halloween themed food for costumes were handed out to all runners.

A man dressed as a woman, Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken, a Smurf and an air dancer took the prizes home.

While the main purpose of the event is to enjoy the silliness of running in a costume, the fun run also serves as a break for the runners. Hardie, the men’s and women’s

head cross country coach and assistant dean of student services, said that the athletes need these low amounts of miles to keep them ready for the postseason.

“It’s usually an off day for them, so this gives them the opportunity to get together one more time but also not do too much mileage that day,” said Hardie. “Because at this point in the year everybody is kind of burnt out and tired so we have as much fun runs as we can throw in.”

The regular season had just ended for the team. Before

the event, the team competed Saturday in the PAC Championships. While the ‘Costume Run’ is always a fun time, Shinkle said that the event is more than just another run around the park.

“It is one of the last fun things we get to do as a team as the season ends,” said Shinkle.

With the ‘Costume Run’ returning for its eighth year, the event has become a tradition. Alumni from the cross country team come back to participate at their alma mater. According

to Hardie, the team is all about heritage.

“The cross country team is a tradition team,” said Hardie.

“There is a lot of things we do, this is just one of them.”

While the event was an abundance of fun, all things must come to an end. For Matt Shinkle and the rest of the seniors, more than just the ‘Costume Run’ ended.

“We have two senior guys and seven or eight senior girls,” said Shinkle, “So, this is the last time we all get to really have a little bit of fun together with the team as a whole.”

Historical Society hosts annual ‘Fright Night’ fundraiser

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

This past weekend, the Greene County Historical Society held its annual “Flashlight Fright Night” Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28, with help from Waynesburg University students through Service Saturdays.

The event, which has been held consecutively for the past few years, usually takes placeinside the museum and

is a haunted house for which people paid $5 admittance.

“Our new student organization service project has been working on a trail for the museum, which is where a lot of the events will occur," said Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services and chair of the planning committee for the Greene County Historical Society.

Hardie described the specific features of event as similar to a lot of haunted houses seen around this

time of year. For Hardie, “Flashlight Fright Night” is an annual event that is a hit with the people of Greene County.

“I think the community loves this event, which is really great because we’re definitely attracting a younger crowd, which is wonderful because we're making younger individuals aware of the museum, and all of the many events that we do beyond the Flashlight Fright Night at the museum,” Har-

die said.

Hardie said that the highschool-age demographic is targeted for these types of events.

“We target high school students intentionally because we want them to be aware of the museum and the many programs that are offered beyond this event,” Hardie said.

According to Candace Tustin, president of the board of directors and co-chair of the events committee, there

were around 60 people there on Friday night and about half that many on Saturday night due to rainy conditions, which moved the event away from the trail.

For Tustin, it was important to go through with the event, despite the poor conditions.

“As bad out as it was on Saturday, we were like ‘OK, we promoted this, and we’re going to do it…’ if we’re open and nobody shows up, then we did it, because I didn’t want to flake. They were all

in, and I’m like ‘oh my god, these people are great,” Tustin said.

The historical society made over $300 from the event.

As a nonprofit organization, Hardie said, the Historical Society needs events like these to continue staying financially healthy.

“This is a really good fit for the mission of the museum, and a great way for them to raise money towards their organization,” Hardie said.

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front of me so I don’t have to look up and back down to my paper,” said Morgan.

Concussions can affect multiple aspects of your life and have for both Cantafio and Morgan.

“One way is that I can’t play sports anymore or [do] anything that would risk me getting another concussion.

In college, this can sometimes be hard because I enjoy being active and doing sports with friends, but I have to be careful,” said Cantafio.

Morgan has had similar issues, but seems to selfimpose his restrictions on what he can and cannot do physically.

“I really have no restrictions on what I can do, it’s more of a personal preference. Coming into my

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completely 5 in 10 go unreported freshman year, I was going to play football but I had a long talk with my parents and we decided it would be better if I avoided that. I have no problem going to the gym and playing basketball with my friends and

doing things like that,” said Morgan.

Cantafio looks to finish her schooling next academic year and then take her education to help land a job in the field of pediatric nursing.

However, for Morgan the

concussion struggles haven’t always been negative. It was after those concussions that he realized he wanted to take a deeper look at the effect that concussions can have on people. “[Concussions] actually were a part of the reason I chose Psychology. I want to go into concussion research after I graduate. It’s sort of became a passion of mine. It is not just a negative, it has some positives, it has brought me to [realizing] what I want to do my life,” said Morgan.

The injuries that these two students have sustained are traumatic and will continue to have an effect on the way that they work inside and outside of the classroom. Finding a balance between course work and the other parts of your life is challenging, but these two students prove that it is possible.

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Since she has idolized many of the actors all of her life, “it means everything” to her to be able to meet them.

“It’s a lot of stuttering and then crying afterwards,” Orndoff said.

The internet also became a resource for Orndoff to interact with fellow horror movie fans and find common ground with those who share the unique interest.

Orndoff uses her Instagram as another outlet to post more horror-genre related content consistently to her 27,000 Instagram followers.

“Before I got on Instagram,

I thought that I was the only one that really liked this stuff,” Orndoff said. “When I found that community on Instagram I really connected with it and it really sparked something to be who I am and embrace it.”

According to Orndoff, “all types” of scary movies from the “goriest and grittiest” to slasher films have been a lifelong passion of hers because they give a glimpse into something she may not have otherwise experienced.

“It’s all these things people don’t get to experience in real life they can experience through horror films,” Orndoff said. “It’s that adrenaline and that thrill.”

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. “Death of a Sales man” salesman Willy 6. Abysmal grades 9. “__ Cross”: 1949 Lan caster movie 14. Friend’s opposite 15. Minor point to pick 16. Convened again 17. Unwise act that could be dangerous 19. Video game pio neer 20. Singing syllable 21. Vicinity 22. Type of cleansing acid 23. Actress Skye 25. Time-out for a cigarette 27. Upper crust groups 29. Courage and forti tude 30. Done in, as a drag on 31. Swoosh company 34. Cold War state: Abbr.

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43. Real doozies 47. Dips for tortilla chips 50. Agree 51. Pre-talkies movie 55. “Please leave your message at the __”

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STUDENT ART: ARTWORK SPOTLIGHT "WARY SATYR" MEAGHAN CHAMBERLAIN Art major, Class of 2021

Choosing Waynesburg "I chose Waynesburg because of it being a close-knit college that would also offer the courses I wanted. Waynesburg offered a plethora of art-related options to me, along with the opportunity to explore careers I'm interested in, such as psychology and criminal justice."

Meaghan's art major decision Meaghan's decision for being an art major was simple: it is something she wants to do for the rest of her life. She has a passion for drawing, painting and designing.

The significationce of art in Meaghan's life "One of the things that has always been there for me is drawing and art.

Whether it was scrawling on paper with crayons or using a calligraphy quill, the hobby developed quickly, and I soon came to love art. It helps me clear my mind, and I can express myself in all kinds of ways imaginable. I love art because of how versatile it is, and because of the endless possibilities. I can always improve, and will strive to do better."

INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR ARTWORK PUBLISHED? IF SO, CONTACT TIFFANY MORGAN AT MOR4950@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU.

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November 2, 2017

Merit Badge University Written By: Shon Meade, Eagle Scout Ilustrated by: Ashley S. Hall

For the fifth straight year, Waynesburg University will be hosting the Merit Badge University event on campus. The university will welcome Boy Scouts from the region to learn and hone their skills.

Enviornmental Science Badge Showing scouts what it takes to be an environmentalist; this Eagle required badge teaches how everything in the world can impact the environment. Scouts are able to learn about the history of environmental science, as well as important people in its history like William T. Hornaday. Whether it stems from the harm that can come from acid rain or even learning about the effects oil spills can have on waterfowls, scouts can hone the knowledge and become true stewards of the environment.

Citizenship In The Nation As a founding principle within the Boy Scouts of America, recognizing the importance of citizenship is key. As one of the three Eagle required citizenship badges, Citizenship in the Nation teaches scouts the values and what it means to live in the United States. Fundamental portions of American teachings are taught here, such as the branches in the government and differences in political parties. One of the requirements is writing a letter to a member of congress.

Personal Management Like the Scout Law teaches, A Scout is Thrifty. This Eagle required badge teaches the value of a dollar. Scouts are required to log their spending habits over the course of three months. This badge’s goal is to teach the importance of saving money and prepares scouts for what the future will be like for them. One requirement even has scouts budget for a big project, often times used to double-dip with planning for their Eagle Scout project.

Aviation Scouts take flight with the Aviation merit badge. They will be able to learn about the basics of flying as well as the history of it dating back to the Wright Brothers. One of the most exciting parts of the badge is getting the chance to build their very own airplane that they can toy with and get it to fly in the skies. Scouts sometime also have the opportunity to fly in a real plane and visit local airports.

Chemistry Just like in a high school science class, Chemistry explores how different substances react with each other. This badge has been around since the early days of scouting and is one of the original 57 merit badges. Scouts get to experiment with cooking and learn how heat can impact an onion. In addition they follow all the steps in the scientific method to be just as exact as a true chemist.

Photography Anyone with a camera can take a picture, however, scouts who take this badge will have a better understanding of what all goes into to capturing that perfect image. Scouts will learn how to manage the f-stops in the camera and the importance of shutter speed. In addition they get to tell a story via photos in a slide show. Fancy cameras aren’t needed for this badge, just a simple point and shoot camera. Ethics are also discussed when it comes to whether the subject should be photographed or not.