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University focuses on digital age when recruiting students By Tori Kramer Staff Writer According to George Cicci, the purpose of marketing Waynesburg University is to tell our story – to make sure that people understand what Waynesburg University is about. Since being hired last December, Cicci, the director for integrated marketing, has taken major strides in expanding the promotion of Waynesburg. Cicci has a very specific goal: to “take advantage of the good strategies that have been implementing and push them farther,” he said.

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Before Cicci took over as the integrated marketing director, Waynesburg University press releases were the college’s most successful marketing strategies. Cicci understands the importance of press releases but wants to implement more of a presence on Facebook and Twitter. “It is important that we move into a more digital age,” said Cicci. Waynesburg University currently has 2,920 “likes” on Facebook. This means that status updates and posts to the page reach approximately See UNIVERSITY on A2

Photo by Nika Anschuetz

Clairton police officer Jim Kuzak, who was shot and wounded in the line of duty, shared his story with students, faculty and community members Monday. He was shot multiple times when responding to a home invasion call in April 2011. Due to injuries to his lung and spine, he is currently confined to a wheelchair; however, he has received several surgeries, undergone rehabilitation and is determined to walk again.

Students to spend break participating ‘Good outlook’ results in employment in mission trips “I honestly don’t think you can predict the By Alex Hinton

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By Eric Bost Editorial Assistant As students and faculty get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with their friends and family, some students at Waynesburg University will not be able to see their loved ones for their fall break. Instead, they’ll be helping others that don’t usually have the turkey dinner, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potato feast that so many Americans have become accus-

tomed to. Every fall break Waynesburg University gives students the opportunity to help others through multiple mission trips held during the week students are out of school for Thanksgiving. Students will be helping with the Pittsburgh Project, Greene County Habitat for Humanity and going to Guatemala to help in an orphanage. University Chaplain

With the re-election of Barack Obama, it is important for college students to understand what this means for their futures. Several issues emphasized in this year’s presidential campaign included the economy, taxes, unemployment and the federal government’s $14 trillion debt. Because the nation is quickly approaching the “fiscal cliff” – spending cuts and tax increases at See MISSION on A3 the end of this year –

unemployment rate one way or the other. Either people will hire or they wont.” Marie Coffman Director of Career Services

Obama is pushing to extend the Bush tax cuts for those who earn less than $250,000 a year, but he is committed to ending the tax cuts for the wealthy, according to CNN. “Obama, who came into office facing the fiscal crisis, says economic

recovery will need years to fully kick in,” the CNN article stated. This is the reason President Obama needed to be re-elected, according to his campaign. Despite the daunting question of what will happen to the nation’s economy, for better or

worse, Waynesburg University’s Director of Career Services Marie Coffman says students who are willing to put the necessary work into job hunts should not be affected by the governmental policies. “I honestly don’t think you can predict the unemployment rate one way or the other,” Coffman said. “Either people will hire or they won’t.” Surveys show that employment has increased since last year, Coffman said. According to the See ATTITUDE on A4

Students Speak provides safe environment for opinions By Zack Rogers Staff Writer A panel of 55 students met in the Stover Campus Center at Waynesburg University Friday to debate the topic, “Did the right man win the presidential election?” during the Students Speaks event. Sponsored by Student Services, the hour-long event was to get the students opinion on different topic questions offered by Blair Howarth, President of

the Young Republicans Club, and Karen Moyer, Law Society president. “I felt that the program was able to create a safe environment in which students could voice their opinion on

different political points,” said Howarth. “I feel that this type of discussion does not happen enough and that Student Speak was able to develop discussion in a proper way.” Students expressed themselves on topics such as, Did the voter ID law affect the outcome of the election? and How the Republican House will affect a Democratic president. On the voter ID law, junior Public Relations major, Danny Griebert

said, “It was a great idea to have them propose proof of identification to vote, but why did they wait till three months before the election to bring it up?” The question, “How do you think the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will affect Obama?” was posed during the panel discussion. “If the Republican party wants to have hope, they are going to have to form some type of identity with other

said Howarth. At times the room was filled with conversation and argument and during others it was silent, no one wanting to take a stand on an issue. Both proved to be effective forms of communication seeing if students agreed or disagreed with any of the topic questions being presented to them. Student Speaks events are held several times throughout the semester.

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Men’s and Women’s basketball teams set to begin this week. See Pages C1 and C2

One week after she was elected as the next Representative for the 50th District of Pennsylvania, Greene County Commissioner Pam Snyder officially steps down.

The Lamplighters concert choir performed in Roberts Chapel Sunday.

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types of people to gain the popularity back and find themselves again,” said senior T’Ericka Perry. The Students Speak program is designed to inform students’ campus wide on important topics so that as citizens, students can make informed decisions on our leaders should be. “I believe that it was a good topic to bring up because it can inform people of what political issues are or are not important to them,”

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