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Employee dies at 88 after nearly 70 years spent at Waynesburg

By REBECCA BURCHAM For the Yellow Jacket

Editor's Note: James "Fuzzy" Randolph died Nov. 10 in his home at the age of 88. This profile was written in Fall 2015 by a former staff member to describe the life Fuzzy has led at WU ever since his years as a student.

On this particular day, the office of Institutional Advancement smells of coffee and looks every bit like a family reunion.

In a small room off to the left, workers of the office sit gathered around a conference table. There isn’t a meeting being held or business to go over – quite the contrary, actually. The office is all smiles and all ears because

of one man telling stories of his initial supporter, friend Waynesburg University in and father-figure – Paul R. years gone by.

Stewart.

James D. Randolph, known A fair amount of the hisaround campus as "Fuzzy" for tory of Waynesburg Univeras long as anyone could tell sity can be traced back to the you, has them drawn into the adventures of Stewart and past for a fleeting moment – Randolph. And, while that capturing their attention ef- history may be buried under fortlessly and without intent. Miller Hall in a small museThat’s just who he is. A nat- um named after Stewart – of ural story teller who’s seen it which Randolph is the curaall – from the small college tor – the stories live on. town of Waynesburg to the Waynesburg history lives vast expanse of the Colorado on through the life of one Mountains. man, and the remembrance Seeing it all dictates that of another. there are many stories to *** tell, and he has plenty. Many It was wildflowers that of those brought SEE A3 FOR UNIVERSITY S t e w a r t stories he lived and REACTIONS TO FUZZY'S DEATH and Ranexperidolph toenced with another man, gether. Stewart was an expert and Randolph now spreads on the local flora, according those stories in memory of to Randolph, and would give

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James D. "Fuzzy" Randolph died Thursday, Nov. 10, at the age of 88. Fuzzy was involved with the university since becoming a student in September 1948. lectures in churches and schools throughout the county during his time as Waynesburg College president.

“One day when I was a senior in high school, he came up to my church for our

Father’s Day banquet and gave his wildflower lecture,” Randolph says, making eye contact with everyone in the room as he shares his meeting with Stewart.

Stewart had samples of

flowers with him for the lecture on huge glass slides, and any time he wanted to change slides being shown, he would have a student attending the FUZZY >> A3

University students host mock crime scene Nursing students Demonstration, activities teach high schoolers about forensics

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

More than 60 high school students gathered at Waynesburg University on Saturday, Nov. 12, to take part in the school’s Mock Crime Scene.

According to Michael Cipoletti, assistant professor of forensic science, it was perhaps the most wellattended department event since he began at the university.

“It was the most students we had in recent memory, maybe in all my memory since I’ve been here, and I’ve been here since 2008,” said Cipoletti. “We had 64 high school students, and that’s a lot of students to put into a crime scene, even when you split them up four ways, but I thought it went well. Our students did an excellent job of getting them organized and keeping them on task.”

Waynesburg students volunteered to help with the event and answer any questions the high schoolers had.

The event was held in two sessions-a morning and an afternoon.

For the morning session, students broke into four groups and attended one of four workshops where an expert in a specific field attempted to teach as much as they could in a 40-minute window.

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The Forensic Science Department hosted more than 60 high school students at its annual mock crime scene events, offering hands-on learning.

After the workshop was completed, the students rotated.

Experts in the workshops discussed topics such as finger prints, computer security and digital forensics, questioned documents and blood analysis.

After a break for lunch, the students participated in the afternoon session, which was the mock crime scene.

Cipoletti noted that the event is very much a recruiting tool for the university, and serves an educational purpose for prospective students who are interested in the array of fields represented at the Mock Crime Scene.

“It’s a recruiting tool for that, to get them here and let

them meet our students and see our facilities,” said Cipoletti. “But the other thing we’re trying to accomplish is trying to teach them a little bit about the realities of the fields they’re interested in.”

This recruiting tactic worked for current senior criminal justice major, Tyler Miller, as he found out about Waynesburg while taking a forensic science class in high school.

“I signed up for it, came out here and I loved it; it was so much fun,” said Miller. “It wasn’t just another one of those things where you sat in a classroom for several hours, and you learned about the topics and never got to apply them. They had you

get right down to business, you were in charge of the scene, you were the people finding evidence, you were the people investigating what had happened, talking to witnesses, and that was super cool to be a part of.”

Miller noted that it was the three-hour recruiting job done by Cipoletti after the fact that cemented his decision to go to Waynesburg.

He laid out all aspects of the program to Miller and his mother, and from there, he was sold.

“From that point, I was like, ‘This is really awesome,’” said Miller. “Then I applied and managed to come to Waynesburg, so that was really key aspect of why I was initially drawn to Waynesburg was the mock crime scene.”

However, Cipoletti highlighted that the event goes beyond bringing prospective students only to the criminal justice and forensic science fields at Waynesburg.

He noted that students get a feel for the entire university during these events, and they help brings students to the school in a more general sense.

“That’s the thing; it doesn’t just work for us, telling them about our programs and getting them introduced to our staff and students,” he said. “It works for admissions because every student that comes through gets an admissions packet. Even if, throughout the course of the day, they decide that criminal justice or forensic science isn’t for them, they still get introduced to the university.”

achieve 100% pass rate on NCLEX

By EMMALEA BECK

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Baccalaureate Nursing Program was recently notified of its 100 percent passing rate on the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses [NCLEX].

This marks the program’s seventh year of achieving the 100 percent passing rate since 2008. The passing rates in 2013 and 2015 were 97 percent with only one grad-

uate each year retaking and passing the exam.

The exam pass rate accounts for graduates who tested between Oct. 1, 2015 and Sept. 30, 2016. Students take the NCLEX following graduation from a baccalaureate, diploma or associate nursing degree program. In order to become licensed to practice as a registered nurse, a graduate must pass the exam. If a graduate does not pass the exam the first NCLEX >> A3

Freshmen Skype with book author in South Africa

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Alumni Hall was filled with freshmen, Fiat Lux mentors, faculty and staff members on Thursday, Nov. 10, for a Skype session with the author of the book read by all Fiat Lux students this year.

Each Waynesburg University freshman this fall is required to read “Empty Hands,” a memoir by a South African woman called Sister Abegail Ntleko.

Dr. Marie LeichliterKrause, associate dean for first-year programs, said Ntleko embodies the three aspects of Waynesburg’s mission – faith, learning and service. As such, she was excited to create the opportunity for the freshmen to speak with Ntleko via Skype.

Ntleko overcame numerous obstacles throughout her life in South Africa, including poverty, sexism and racism, eventually becoming a

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2015 graduate comes one step closer to overcoming illness

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Waynesburg University alumnus RJ Tonks is progressing in his fight to walk again.

Tonks, a 2015 graduate of Waynesburg University, had his motor skills limited due to a rare autoimmune disease called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which causes inflammation in the brain and spinal cord.

He contracted the disease when he was only 8 years old.

Tonks was well-known on Waynesburg’s campus navigating to classes with his motorized wheelchair.

The Business Club held a tshirt fundraiser to help the sport management major travel to a facility in Georgia for medical assistance.

During the fundraiser, Tonks was named 2014 homecoming king by his

classmates His goal was to walk at commencement, which he did successfully when he graduated in May 2015.

Since graduation, Tonks is slowly progressing in his fight to walk again.

Despite difficulties and set backs, he remains confident in his drive.

“I think I have made small strides to walk,” Tonks said. “…I do believe that I will be able to walk again.

I don’t know when that is.

If God didn’t have it in his plans for me to walk again, I believe I would get to a point where I would stop making progress. I continue to make little progress all the time, so I believe that that it is Him telling me that He has a plan for me to walk again. And how can I give up on that?”

Tonks currently lives with his family in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and

works part time at the Sam’s Club in town.

He said that while the job does not incorporate his major – sports management – itddoes give him ample time to perform his exercises.

For years, Tonks went to a functional neurologist in Georgia for his treatment; but after college, he started going to a different specialist in Pittsburgh.

“His method differs from the guy in Georgia,” Tonks said. “The doctor in Georgia – he kind of only wants to push you to fatigue and then stop. But this doctor in Pittsburgh wants to push you to fatigue, a little past fatigue and then back off— which makes a lot of sense because if you’re lifting weights for instance, you’re not going to get stronger by lifting 10 pounds all the time. You need to push yourself.”

Tonks has since finished his treatment plan, and is doing the exercises on his own at his home.

“A lot of the exercises he had me doing were things that I can do at home,” Tonks said. “I had to purchase a couple pieces of equipment. Although he says I’m at a point that for me to walk again, it’s just going to take practice walking.”

Tonks walks around his house with his walker multiple times a day for about 20 minutes each time.

Rather than sitting while watching the television – usually hockey games – he stands with his walker and watches, to practice standing.

Tonks believes if he continues doing his exercises and pushing himself, that he will one day achieve his goal of learning to walk again.

Photo courtesy of RJ Tonks

RJ Tonks, 2015 alumnus of Waynesburg University, practices standing Nov. 15 while watching television in his living room.

Scholars present their experiences abroad MBA program

allows seniors to start degree early

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

The 2016 Waynesburg University Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership cohort presented, “Hard Conversations: Addressing the -isms,” on Nov. 9, beginning at 7 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. The event took place on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center.

At this event, the cohort members discussed a variety of issues which they all encountered during their individual international experiences. The specific issues that were addressed during the event are sexism, racism, tourism, terrorism, povertyism and domestic violenceism.

The six female students who were awarded the 2016 Vira I. Heinz scholarship and had the opportunity to present at the event include senior psychology major Summer Fiori; junior international cultures and criminal justice major Alexis Prettiman; junior psychology major Moesha Godwin; senior history secondary education major Maranda Valentino; junior athletic training major Melanie Byler and junior forensic chemistry major Anna Narehood.

Each student presented on a specific topic in accordance with their country.

Fiori travelled to Thailand and presented on tourism; Prettiman travelled to Senegal and Morocco and presented

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

Kyla Wolper, The Yellow Jacket

Recipients of the 2016 Vira I. Heinz Women in Global Leadership scholarship presented their ideas gathered during their gobal travels Wednesday, Nov. 9. on sexism; Godwin traveled to Australia and presented on racism; Valentino travelled to Russia and presented

“This is what this scholarship program prepares us for. We think globally and act locally...”

SUMMER FIORI

2016 scholarship recipient

on domestic violence; Byler travelled to India and presented on poverty and Narehood travelled to Germany, as well as six other European countries, and presented on terrorism.

Fiori, who travelled to Thailand over the summer through the Vira I. Heinz program, chose to present on tourism because she witnessed it first-hand while travelling. Specifically, the exploitation and usage of elephants for tourism. After riding an elephant as a tourist, she spent a week volunteering at Elephant Nature Park, a place where elephants were cared for after lives of exploitation.

Fiori said she’ll never forget the things she saw while volunteering.

“I saw many elephants with hip dislocation, psychological trauma, back infections, blindness and other physical deficits. This was heartbreak-

ing,” said Fiori. “I knew that I wanted to educate others about what I saw and how they too could support the alternative to riding by giving or volunteering with a sanctuary like Elephant Nature Park.”

Through the presentation, Fiori was able to share her experience with over 90 people—which was more than the group was expecting, she said.

The set-up of the discussion involved a large circle with the six presenters dispersed with their poster boards and handouts. The mini-presentations allowed those in attendance to get a more intimate experience through discussion.

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Waynesburg University offers a graduate business program that allows anyone, whether they be a student at the school or not, to apply and earn their Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

Waynesburg’s program; however, allows for senior undergraduate business students to take up to six credits of graduate classes in addition to their undergraduate classes.

Janice Crile, director of graduate programs in Business Administration and assistant professor, thinks that it is a good thing for seniors to consider, so they can get an idea of what the MBA program is like, at no extra cost to the student.

“Business majors that [are juniors] can apply to take classes their senior year,” she said. “[They] should look ahead and plan to take classes their senior year so they get a feel for graduate work. Also, there is no additional cost to take those classes as a senior, it is included in the undergraduate tuition.”

Coordinator of Graduate Programs Abby Pittinaro graduated from Waynesburg University in December of 2014, and is a current student in the MBA program. Pittinaro encourages students

who have the opportunity to get some of those credits out of the way before graduating to strongly consider it.

“There’s a benefit because you will have six credits done of a 36 credit program, so that’s not bad,” she said. “It really doesn’t take that long and you will have a head start.”

The MBA program differs from undergraduate due to the speed of the courses. In the MBA program, courses only run for eight weeks, or roughly half a semester. For seniors who take graduate classes, they will only have to burden the workload from the course they take for half of their semester, lessening that workload for the other half.

Bill Stough, instructor of Business Administration, teaches classes in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Stough, who is a 1983 graduate of, then, Waynesburg College and graduated from the master’s program in 1994, feels that the MBA really helped to expand his horizon in business. “[The MBA] allowed me to go from purely accounting to a more broad base…like marketing and management,” he said. “My career changed after [getting the MBA], and now, I teach in it.”

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Graduate nursing students sweep conference awards

By CHEYENNE NESTER For the Yellow Jacket

Within a one-week timeframe, the Graduate Nursing program at Waynesburg University has received more than 10 awards.

Teresa Robinette, coordinator of enrollment and professional development for Graduate and Professional Studies Programs (GAPS), said that it is expected for students enrolled in the Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) program to present posters at conferences.

One such conference is the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders, which took place Oct. 26 and 27. At this conference, current MSN student Kathleen Rosatti won an award for her poster presentation. Her poster, entitled “From Idea to Implementation: Development of a Nursing Professional Practice Evaluation Model,” received the third place prize.

The next day, at the Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, an additional two MSN students won awards for their posters as well.

Lorraine Damich’s poster, entitled “Nurse Staffing Levels

and Patient Outcomes on an Orthopaedic Unit,” won the Participant’s Choice Award at the conference; and Julie Henry’s “Best Practice in the Operating Room is a Double Glove Indicator System” won for Best Clinical Practice Change.

“The reason they pick these [topics] is because these are specific areas they work in and they’re looking to make changes,” Robinette said, “or they have made a change and they are showing their results from that.”

Although these types of conferences occur only once per year, Robinette said the Waynesburg MSN program has had quite a few winners.

The number of winners within the program, she said, allows the program to grow.

“This is something we are very proud of,” said Robinette.

“We build our program on it because all of these posters are evidence-based, which is a very important part of our program.”

The importance of being an evidence-based program was seen Nov. 5, when eight alumni of Waynesburg’s nursing program received various Cameos of Caring Awards.

“This is a very prestigious

honor to get a Cameo of Caring award. It’s not just something they give to anybody,” Robinette said. “There’s a big gala you go to; there’s a crystal award that they give to you; and it’s a very, very prestigious honor.”

Cami Bakow, class of 2012, Katrina R. Kelley (2008), Lynn Kosier (2008) and Dana L. Minor (2006) were recipients of the Cameos of Caring Award.

Andrew W. Thomas (2005) received the Cameos of Caring Advanced Practice Award, Chibugo N. Uwazie (2009) was presented with the Cameos of Caring Donate Life Award, Grace Kramer (2013) was awarded the Cameos of Caring Nurse Educator Award, and Lisa Graper (2016) was given the Cameos of Caring Quality and Safety Award.

Robinette said another benefit of these awards is they prove that what is being taught to the students is working and helping the program achieve one of its goals.

“Our goal is to help you learn how to make changes in your environment,” she said.

“That’s what they’re doing.”

One of the recent winners, NURSES >> A4

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UNIVERSITY RECEIVES HISTORIC BIBLE

On Nov. 16, a member of the Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church in Clarksville, Pa., presented a large Bible written in Turkish to Eberly Library Director Rea Redd, President Douglas Lee and Trustee the Rev. Donald Wilson. The church is passing on the Bible, printed in the early 1900s, before they close at the end of the year.

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By AMANDA TRONCONE For the Yellow Jacket

Kelley Hardie knows that a Christmas tree in her office in October can be perceived as odd.

Hardie, the assistant dean of students, had just explained why to two students who came in and asked.

“It’s the spirit of Christmas,” she said with a smile.

The Christmas tree showcases ornaments for sale from the organization Ornaments for Orphans. The curiosity of why the Christmas tree is up so early has motivated people to ask about it.

“We’ve had just a number of people who have walked in and say to us, ‘It’s October, why is this tree up?’” said Hardie. “When we explain to them, they are so interested.

They either purchase an ornament or tell us they’ll be back.”

Ornaments for Orphans is a fair trade, nonprofit organization that helps orphans provide for themselves by creating handmade ornaments, nativity sets and beaded decorations that are sold around the world. The profit from these ornaments are returned to the artisans, so they can continue to create more products and sustain themselves.

“It is not a fundraiser. It is fair trade organization where all of these crafts are made and designed by orphans around the globe. For example, some of those countries include Uganda, Kenya South Africa,” said Hardie. “All of the money is given back to the craftsman.

Ornaments for Orphans do not keep any of the money.

They do not make any profit on these ornaments.”

This year, the Center for Service Leadership is selling these ornaments for the first time and showing the campus community what Ornaments for Orphans entails. In the future, “I am educating the community right now about this organization,” said Hardie. “I wanted to introduce it into our community this year.”

Kyle Digiandomenico, the admissions counselor who brought this idea to Waynes-

burg, supports Hardie’s efforts to educate the community.

“This organization is allowing for orphans and for families, and people in general, to make a livable wage using the resources that they have at their discretion and creating something. I think that the education competent is the important part,” said Digiandomenico. “The idea is that once people are educated on that it changes their mind of what service looks like and what empowering people looks like.”

Digiandomenico visited the Creation Festival as a Waynesburg admissions counselor this summer where he first learned about Ornaments for Orphans. Among the international mission opportunities, representatives from Ornaments for Orphans were there.

Ornaments for Orphans stood out to Digiandomenico because the organization wanted to give individuals ornaments that they could sell in their own communities.

This is different compared to other mission groups, such as Compassion International and Toms.

“They’re trying to get people to set up a tree and sell these ornaments,” said Digiandomenico. “That kind of intrigued me because most of the time, if it’s like Compassion, you pay a monthly fee and they do their thing with their organization.”

The idea of setting up a Christmas tree in one’s community where there is an opportunity to help others sustain themselves is why Digiandomenico spoke to Hardie about getting involved.

“They’re almost empowering us to empower other individuals and that is such a testament to Waynesburg’s mission of empowering students to empower their communities,” said Digiandomenico.

Each ornament and decoration that is purchased includes a tag that states its place of origin, so the purchaser knows where his or her money is going. Anyone interested in purchasing one can contact Kelley Hardie at khardie@waynesburg.edu.

nurse and a lay minister in addition to taking in dozens of children in orphanages over the years.

“The hard times and challenges have made me to persist because it improves the lives of children who are suffering,” said Ntleko.

In addition to starting orphanages and taking care of countless children orphaned by AIDS, Ntleko adopted more than 20 children throughout her life, and she still keeps in contact with many of them and with her grandchildren.

At a young age, Ntleko was told she could not get an education. “[I was told,] ‘Girls who are educated run away from home and go to big cities,’” said Ntleko.

Determined, Ntleko started school anyway at the age of 14.

“The teacher didn’t want anything to do with me,” said Ntleko. “It didn’t worry me.”

She k ne w e ducat ion would allow her to achieve her dream of helping her community.

“Education is the key to all

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Waynesburg freshmen filled Alumni Hall on Nov. 10 to hold a Skype conversation with Sister Abegail Ntleko, the author of the book used in Fiat Lux classes. doors in life,” she said.

Later in life, Ntleko eventually got her nursing certificate and began caring for people with HIV/AIDS and many other diseases while managing her adopted children at the same time.

Ntleko said, “there are not problems, there are challenges. They give me learning of some sort.”

Now, at the age of 82,

Ntleko continues her outreach to her community.

She began passing out food parcels to those in need a long time ago, and still does so and she is still active with her orphanages. She leans on her Christianity, which she developed even in a Zulu nation, to guide her.

“My faith made me to look up to my creator God to help me,” said Ntleko.

She has no regrets, despite never marrying. However, if she had a do-over, she said she might become a doctor or a “lady president.”

She told the students of Waynesburg that her greatest achievements in life have been to be educated, help her community, educate her children and “see [her children] be able to have wings to fly.”

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time, he or she must wait at least 45 days to retest.

Melany Chrash, assistant professor of nursing, said that nursing majors are pretty much guaranteed a job—and a well-paying one at that. According to Chrash, nurses are needed now more than ever.

“Right now there is a shortage, and some hospitals are offering a $10,000 bonus,” said Chrash. “On the bright side, you always have a job, and for the most part, you never have to collect unemployment.”

But that all depends on the NCLEX – the outcome of one test.

Job opportunities offered to nursing students are contingent upon successful completion of the NCLEX exam. According to Chrash, this contingency puts immense pressure on

students to perform well on their initial attempt, or puts them at risk of their potential employers retracting their offers of employment.

“There is a lot of pressure

“We have an excellent and committed faculty that really cares about the students, and it is a rigorous curriculum."

DR. NANCY MOSSER

Chair of the Nursing Department

on the graduate in terms of calling and scheduling for the test and figuring out what date they are going to take it,” said Chrash.

To prepare, the nursing program implements a review course called The Hurst review into the curriculum.

The review incorporates the core content and develops clinical judgment, critical

thinking and application skills essential for success on the NCLEX. According to Dr. Nancy Mosser, professor of nursing and chair and director of the Department of Nursing at Waynesburg University, the program is instrumental in helping students pass the NCLEX. “[The Hurst review] helps a lot because regional employers are aware of our pass rates, and they also like the professional demeanor our students exhibit at clinical sights,” Mosser said. “Our students are readily hired before they graduate, or very soon afterwards.”

With preparation for success beginning during the students’ sophomore year, the Hurst review allows them to learn how to promote success and implement it within their classes, while taking tests and even when meeting potential employers.

Mosser said the nursing program plans to maintain high passing rates by continuing to offer a rigorous curriculum that challenges students to use evidencebased knowledge as their basis for practice.

The program also offers clinical experiences starting the first semester of sophomore year including a stateof-the-art simulation lab and access to experienced faculty members. Through facilities like these, Mosser said students should be more than prepared for the test, and this is evident when looking at their successful passing rates. “[The Waynesburg University] Department of Nursing provides an environment that promotes success on the NCLEX exam...” said Mosser. “We have an excellent and committed faculty that really cares about the students, and it is a rigorous curriculum.”

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lecture assist him.

“He would tap off with a cane on the floor, and that was the signal,” Randolph says with a smile, demonstrating the action by rapping his knuckles on the conference table.

Throughout the lecture, Randolph stayed near the back of the room. As the lecture was ending and Stewart was about to leave, he noticed Randolph.

“Who are you, boy?”

Stewart asked him, holding cases full of glass slides and wildflowers and carting the heavy slide machine behind him. “What grade are you in school?”

“I graduate this May,” Randolph replied after telling Stewart his name.

“You do? You going to go to college?”

“No.” “What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to be a farmhand, that’s all.”

Stewart wasn’t satisfied with that answer. “You come down to Waynesburg College, and we’ll take care of you.”

Randolph recalls being taken aback, unsure of how to reply to such a bold statement. So he did the only thing he could think to do.

He packed an old, faux alligator-skin suitcase, and did as Stewart instructed – and so began their adventure together. ***

Employees remember Waynesburg legend

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

On Thursday, Nov. 10, Waynesburg University’s James “Fuzzy” Randolph, professor emeritus of music and curator of the Paul R. Stewart Museum, died in his home.

Fuzzy had been referred to as a "Waynesburg legend," and those who knew him reflect upon Fuzzy’s time with Waynesburg fondly, honored to have had him in their lives.

Associate Director of the Paul R. Stewart Museum Courtney Dennis worked with Fuzzy in many capacities since starting at Waynesburg nearly seven years ago.

“He would come up to the [Office of Institutional Advancement] every morning to get his coffee,” said Dennis. “There would usually be a song, maybe a funny poem or a story. We always got used to that as how we started our days. It didn’t seem right without it.”

As Dennis transitioned to take over There was no one to meet him when he arrived at Waynesburg College that fall.

He didn’t know where to live, so he moved from dorm to dorm, place to place for over a week. Out of desperation, he searched out Stewart’s office in Miller Hall. The college president greeted him like an old friend.

After looking everywhere for “a place to put up this lad,” Stewart finally arranged to have Randolph housed in the only place where there was space: the girls’ dormitory of Walton Hall, which stood where Roberts Chapel

Fuzzy’s role with the Paul R. Stewart Museum, she got to know him even more, and was constantly surprised by his wealth of knowledge and stories.

Christine Schwartzmiller, executive secretary to the University President, used to work in Institutional Advancement as well. She shared similar memories of Fuzzy captivating all with his storytelling, songs on his harmonica or bagpipes, and caring personality.

“I always said that Fuzzy viewed the world from a child’s eyes and that, to me, was his best quality,” said Schwartzmiller. “The best way I know to describe his unique, very loving and very curious personality. He was my buddy and yet, everyone’s buddy.

While Fuzzy is no longer walking around the campus, Dennis maintains that his legacy will continue on.

“For those of us that knew him and students that were fortunate enough to know him,” she said, “Fuzzy and the university are synonymous.

is now erected.

“He said ‘we need someone up there to fire the coal furnace,’” Randolph says, looking around the table once more at those listening to his enthusiastic story and laughing with them. “So I moved into the [basement of] the girls’ dormitory, and I lived there off and on until I graduated. Isn’t that something?”

While definitely an unconventional introduction to Waynesburg College, those initial experiences with Stewart provided Randolph with the foundation for a strong relationship with the presi-

dent of his college.

“I just became part of his family,” Randolph says simply, and then laughs and leans in closer to the table and whispers, “In fact, his one daughter Ruth got a little peeved one day because Prexy was a little more toward me than his [actual] family.”

That familial attachment would soon become much more real for both Randolph and Stewart. When Stewart’s youngest son Walter – who worked finding uranium ore out west – was killed after his plane crashed into the Grand Canyon wall, Randolph

found himself inserted into a new position in Stewart’s life.

“I think, maybe…” Randolph starts, but hesitates over the seriousness of what he wants to say. “I don’t want to seem like I deserved it or something, but I think that’s when I became Prexy’s son.” *** Randolph recalls Stewart demanding more from him after that, and he in turn gave Stewart more and more of his time.

In the summers, Randolph and Stewart began traveling to a field school in Colorado – Randolph estimates they made the trek together seven or eight times in total.

Stewart, Randolph and a few others would often go to the headwaters of the Rio Grande River on fishing trips. Randolph recalls climbing mountains to get to their spot, and spending a week at a time just catching trout together.

He shows off a photograph of Stewart by the river – with Stewart holding up a large fish to show the camera – and laughs at the memory he is about to tell.

“I caught a 14-inch cutthroat trout, and I thought I had arrived,” Randolph says, excitement at the memory evident in his smile as he leans back. “And that smart aleck, Prexy, he gets right in the middle of the doggone river – and it’s cold! But it’s the sweetest water you ever drank – and he caught a 24inch cutthroat trout.”

“That smart aleck,” he re-

peats, though the tone of his words belie their meaning.

It’s a happy memory. “I took a picture of him, and I think in the picture he’s still wearing that smirk.”

For being only one of many adventures Randolph has had with Stewart over the years, a fishing tale sums up their relationship: from strangers to professional colleagues, and from friends to practically family.

“I was with Prexy ‘til he died,” Randolph adds, something akin to pride touching his voice.

He nods to himself, confirming the fact.

From the beginning to the end, he was there. *** The office is thinning out now as the afternoon wears on. Randolph started to leave ten minutes ago, but he still lingers. He’s telling stories – he’ll recount the same story twice if someone missed it the first time.

He’s singing old spiritual songs that were passed down from Stewart’s mother to Stewart, who passed them down to him – he starts the verses over a few times, beginning a new refrain every time curious faces pop in to investigate.

It’s obvious that this is the kind of person he is. He has a well of seemingly never-ending stories to tell, and he’s the only one who knows them – but he’ll always take the time to tell one more story, one more time, to one more person.

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ResLife presents 'Defend WUself ' to promote student safety

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

The female residence life's program, "Defend WU Self " came about took place in the Wiley Armory last week, and taught students the correct form of self-defense from trained Hapkido instructors.

This is the first year the program was opened up to the entire campus. In year's past, they have aimed it tspecifically owards the female community.

Torre Remish, a resident assistant in Pollock Hall and a senior psychology major, said she liked the program because Hapkido is something anyone can participate in.

"You donít have to be a big and strong person to defend yourself, Hapkido is for everyone," said Remish. "We learned three different kicks as well as other moves to defend ourselves. We got to actually do the moves on the guys and they had special pads we could practice on too."

Cara Paraska, a resident assistant in East Hall and ju-

Breanna Fazio, Yellow Jacket

At "Defend WUself," a program hosted by Residence Lif, students learned self-defense strategies from trained Hapkido instructors. This is the first year that the event has been open to all students. nior forensic science major, believes the program was a success, although she wishes more of the male community had come to the event.

"I think it went really well, we had a good turnout of people. I hope people gained some security and knowing how to

protect themselves, especially in the dark or in the parks walking around campus," said Paraska. "Three [sensei] came to the armory and showed us different types of moves and kicks to defend ourselves, regardless of size and strength, [and] went through step-by-

step and [we] practiced on each other."

Students were given Gatorade and a free t-shirt for participating.

The Hapkido studio also offered a starter kit at a discounted rate for those looking to continue learning the skills.

The program was meant to show that you can protect yourself with just a few simple moves.

Maddie Quast, a freshman nursing major, said she felt safer being taught the moves from trained professionals.

"I wanted to learn little

things to make sure I was safe if I was by myself, I thought the things they taught us were cool because no matter what the size of a person, the moves can be done on anyone," said Quast. "I got the idea that I am not helpless and no matter what I can protect myself and I hope everyone feels comfortable walking around campus by themselves."

Quast said they taught the difference between causing pain and hurting someone .

According to Quast, the moves were more focused on control tactics rather than hurting someone. She said that after this event, she is interested in taking more classes similar to this one.

Jamie Moore, a freshman nursing major, joined Quast at the program and enjoyed the lessons she learned.

"I learned how to defend myself if a situation occurs," said Moore. "I thought it was interesting. I donít normally do stuff like that, I donít get involved enough so it was nice to get out of my comfort zone."

Forensic Science Club hosts Heinz: Lessons learned during drug use prevention program study abroad apply to local issues

By LAUREN DRANE

For the Yellow Jacket

It’s 6 : 5 5 p. m . o n a Wednesday night at West Sides in Waynesburg.

The place, usually full of life and laughter, goes mute.

All eyes peer towards the front of the room, where multiple Waynesburg University students stand waiting to be introduced.

Brandon Bosley, president of the Forensic Science Club, began by reminisceing on the impact achieved last year through the Greater Waynesburg Communities that Care program, hoping for the same effect this year.

“I want to make sure this is something that these kids don’t ever have to deal with, be involved in, or partake in,” said Bosley, referring to drug and alcohol consumption.

The Greater Waynesburg Communities that Care program is one of the many programs around the country that utilize research as a prevention mechanism for at-risk youths.

According to Bosley, the goal of the program is to put into perspective the effects that drugs can have on individual’s family, friends and community.

Waynesburg University’s

Forensic Science Club presented to teens ranging from 12 to 18 years old, using ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs to show what drugs can do to your body.

The teens were also able to partake in a mock crime scene involving a drug overdose, which required them to use critical-thinking skills.

“As a club, we hope that us being there for [the teens] and letting them do this crime scene shows them that there are other ways to have fun,” said Bosley. “It’s going to become a larger problem, especially as drugs are getting cheaper to buy and easier to get. It’s going to be easier for them to continue down a dark path versus giving them an alternative if these kids do fall and get caught up in drug or alcohol abuse. ” Faith Musko, instructor of forensic science, believes in her student’s faith in others, as well as the role they take within the community as leaders.

“These days, children are not scared of authority figures like police officers; they’re not concerned like they used to be 10-15 years ago,” said Musko. “It’s important that they see people like Bosley and other college students in order to

bridge the gap between age and authority.”

Bosley hopes that he is able to fulfill that purpose by engaging in the educational, forensic science side of drug and alcohol abuse.

Musko believes that this presentation implemented the University’s threefold mission of faith, learning and service, and should not only benefit the program, but also enrich the student’s education and future career goals.

“First and foremost, it is important for the students to use their education and contribute to the community in a positive manner,” said Musko. “ It allows them to take this program under their wing by giving them a little bit of logistics, planning and understanding how to run a workshop. It allows them to utilize other skills they get within their education but now have the opportunity to use it.”

Bosley and Musko both agree that this program is very beneficial for the community.

They hope that the Forensic Science Club willfind other opportunities to plan and execute additional events for the Greater Waynesburg Communities that Care program in the future.

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front of so many people was daunting for her and her fellow cohorts, but she said their passions ended up taking over.

“This is what this scholarship program (Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership) prepares us for,” said Fiori. “We think globally and act locally, and we knew what we were getting ourselves into. This was easily the biggest presentation I have ever given, and I am immensely proud with how well it turned out.”

Although the large turnout was appreciated, Fiori said she wishes they were more prepared for the big crowd.

“We were prepared for 75 people speaking in terms of pen and paper for the activity, as well as refreshments, but were only expecting 50 or less, and we had only prepared to room and seating for 50,” said Fiori. “Groups of people poured into the room at 6:50 p.m. and we all were a little nervous, but we accommodated the large crowd and quickly adapted the room and seating.”

Despite the large crowd and the chaotic chatter amongst

the cohorts, Fiori believes the event was successful.

She said she hopes each guest in attendance took something away from the event, because the topics that were presented were relevant to daily culture.

“I hope that [the event] made people think differently about these topics that we had experienced firsthand while abroad, but also to realize how they affect us in the states, too,” Fiori said. “I hope that the intimate environment that we hoped to create by facilitating hard conversations made people think before they act while at home or abroad.”

Nurses: Grad students bolster program with more recognition

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Julie Henry, who is currently pursuing the MSN education track, is an example of the department’s goal in action.

As a full-time operating room nurse, Henry said she needed very little time to prepare for her poster.

“There was not a lot of time spent in preparation for the poster presentation because I

use and share the information on a daily basis,” said Henry.

Once she completes her degree, Henry hopes to continue demonstrating her use of evidence-based practice to educate others.

“My personal goal is to continue to bring evidence-based knowledge to my co-workers in the operating room, so that we can take better care of our patients,” she said.

Despite being a full-time

nurse, wife and mother of two, Henry did not let this discourage her, and she hopes those who are in a similar situation will follow in her footsteps.

“If I can go back to school for my MSN, anyone can,” she said. “It is tough, but to accomplish this goal means the world to me. It is a degree not many nurses have and I am so proud of myself for taking this journey.”

Positive, negative caffeine effects possible Business: Grad school staff stress importance of graduate degrees

By MACKENNA DRAZICH For the Yellow Jacket

Unusually sick in bed, Nurse Director of Student Health Services Jennifer Shiring, linked her illness to Red Bull energy drinks.

“Right then and there I knew ‘This isn’t good for your health, it cant be good for your health,’” said Shiring.

She had never been a true caffeine connoisseur, not even in college, and for many college students, that’s hard to grasp. Her friend suggested Red Bull to her and she immediately became hooked. When she realized it’s insignificance, she quit drinking them entirely and soon reaped the negative effects.

Shiring has experienced the downfalls of caffeine first hand, but she’s not looking to sway opinions one way or the other. Both positive and negatives effects are displayed through quantitative studies.

According to secondary research done by Waynesburg University students Lindsay Morris, Bre Paul, Melissa Paul and Carrie Sneller, “Caffeine is the most

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Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Above, students use the Eberly Library Coffee Bar to get through the day. But regular caffeine consumption can have potentially negative effects. widely consumed mind altering substance in the world.

The average college student takes in almost 10 milligrams more than recommended.”

Low doses of caffeine can improve thinking and physical performance, enhance mood, increase alertness and reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to the researchers.

Negative effects may lead to eventual fatigue, irritability, lack of concentration, anxiety, depression and heart

palpitations.

Another effect some students may experience is caffeine-induced headaches.

A caffeine crazed college student looking to reduce their intake should take it slow, according to Shiring.

Caffeine headaches are like withdrawals.

“Your body becomes dependent on it,” said Shiring.

“Definitely doing the gradual wean is better than trying to come off of it all at once.”

Caffeine comes in many

substances, said Shiring: chocolate, tea and some types of ice cream, to name a few.

When it comes to college students controlling drinking caffeine, Shiring suggests no more than one cup per day, but overall, believes it comes down to bio-individuality.

“I think it’s on that individual person and what they can tolerate and what they can’t, said Shiring. “It really boils down to looking at your own personal health and what it does to your body.”

As a current student in the program, Pittinaro believes that it is extremely important to get a graduate degree, as a lot of prospective employers look for that in employees.

“I think that more and more recently we have seen a change where it’s so necessary to have a graduate degree,” she said.

“A few years ago everyone was saying ‘oh, you have to have a four year degree, you won’t get a job.’ Now it’s almost like you have to have a four-year degree and a graduate degree.

I think that a lot of companies see a benefit of a student that takes initiative and goes right after undergraduate because they are investing in themselves, and they see that they have a drive and are serious, and will be more inclined to hire them.”

According to Crile, students who have shown that they are active during their time as an undergraduate student have had great success in the MBA program.

“[It is] easier if they have work experience, an internship, a job on campus, if they were a Bonner scholar [and have] proven success of juggling school requirements and other personal requirements,” said Crile.

Pittinaro also noted the recent accreditation that Waynesburg University has received, pointing out that credits from Waynesburg’s program will transfer without issue to any other graduate program.

“The thing about Waynesburg is that we are accredited, so if you decided that you wanted to move somewhere else, the credits would also transfer, if that’s where life took you,” she said.

Students interested in learning more about Waynesburg University’s MBA program can visit the university’s website at www.waynesburg.edu and look under the “graduate” tab. Students could also reach out to Denise Birch, secretary for the graduate business program, at dbirch@waynesburg. edu for more information.

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Great Cookie Caper returns for third year Community stands 'Sweet' event encourages community members to shop locally together after death of local police officer

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

The third annual Great Cookie Caper event will be taking place this year on Nov. 17 and 18. The event is hosted by many of the local businesses located within walking distance of campus, mainly on High Street and a few surrounding streets.

From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, people can wander through the business district of Waynesburg and go to any of the businesses participating in the event to get a free sample of a different type of cookie.

Each business will also be giving away a recipe for the cookies they are offering. People will also receive a map at the first location they visit to see all of the businesses participating in the event.

Stores will be participating Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Christy Vliet, who is the owner of one of the participating businesses, 5 Kidz Kandy, feels that the Great Cookie Caper is a good way to start the holiday season and a way for local residents and students to have a good time in town.

“This is kind of our way to kick off the holidays,” said Vliet. “There’s a lot of great recipes…we have fun with it, [and] people who come have a good time.”

In addition to getting free cookies and recipes, people will be able to enter a raffle at each store to win prizes and also be able to qualify for a separate “Grand Prize Treasure Basket,” which will be worth over $500.

To q u a l i f y f o r t h e “Grand Prize Treasure Basket,” people will need to get a punch card at any of the participating locations and then visit each business before dropping

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

Tyler Godwin, Yellow Jacket

With its third year under way, the Great Cookie Caper event will continue to bring in customers to over 10 local businesses.

At these locations, the Great Cookie Caper and his new friend can be seen causing chaos alongside a giant chocolate chip cookie.

off their fully-punched card at the final location.

For the local businesses, the event acts as a fun promotional opportunity to make people aware of what the town has to offer.

“Mostly it’s just to introduce people to what… is new, and a tremendous number of people may not have been in our shop or somebody else’s shop,” said Jim Winegar, co-owner of the Artbeat Gallery, another one of the businesses taking part in the event. “It gives everybody an opportunity to see what is happening on the street…this kind of event gives them a nice reason

to do some poking around and do some exploring.”

Winegar feels that the Great Cookie Caper helps build an environment that will get people to want to see what is going on in town and get them involved.

“We all try to have our business thrive as thoroughly as possible,” said Winegar. “ That won’t happen if you don’t create an environment in the community that you get people out and enjoying the experience…”

Vliet said he is excited for people to come and get involved with the event this year, and hopes to

get them excited for the upcoming season.

“We just want to see people come out, enjoy things and get in the spirit of the holidays,” said Vliet.

“You get free cookies, free recipes and it is just a really fun day.”

Some of the businesses involved in the Great Cookie Caper are Carlisle Farmers Insurance, Fischer’s Antiques, Ruff Creek Crafts & Antiques, 5 Kidz Kandy, B&B Jewelry & Beads, the Fashion Shop, Made in America Gift Shoppe, Ivy Green Floral Honour Bound, Greene County Tourism and more.

A shooting in Canonsburg Nov. 10 around 3 a.m., which left one police officer dead, one wounded and two others dead was the result of a domestic violence issue. The officers reported to the scene in response to a 911 call at 3:13 a.m.

Local Canonsburg police officer, Scott Bashioum, lost his life due to an “ambushed” shooting, officials said. Both Bashioum and the second officer, who was later revealed as James Saieva Jr., were said to be fired at immediately after arriving at the duplex.

Bashioum, 52, a father of four, died shortly after being taken to Canonsburg Hospital. He was a seven-year police veteran. The second officer, Saieva, was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh where he was in stable condition after having surgery. Saieva is currently re-stabilizing in the hospital “through good spirits,” according to WTAE. The officers originally were called to the scene due to a domestic dispute involving 47-year-old Michael Cwiklinsky. According to WTAE, Cwiklinsky’s name was familiar to the police department as he had been involved in numerous cases and calls within the past month, including those of domestic abuse and public belligerence.

Cwiklinsky is the suspected shooter of both police officers with the use of a high-powered rifle. According to Trib Live, the suspected rifle was shot from the second story window of the building that the officers were responding to at the time.

Upon investigating the scene, Cwiklinsky was dead due to a self-inflicted gunshot. His wife, Dalia Sabae, 28, was also found dead.

Sabae was believed to be

3-months pregnant at the time of the incident, according to WTAE. After the incident, many members of Canonsburg and the surrounding communities had come together in support.

Bashioum There have been numerous social media posts, as well as a laser beam of blue light shooting into the sky in Canonsburg in honor of the fallen officer.

Since the shooting, funeral visitations have been set in stone for Bashioum. According to the Tribune Review, the visitation for the Canonsburg Officer was from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Beinhauer Funeral Home in Peters Township.

His funeral occurred yesterday, Nov. 16, at noon at the Church of the Covenant in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Multiple businesses in the Washington and Canonsburg area held special events in honor of the event that took Bashioum’s life. The McDonalds in Washington gave out free coffee to police officers.

Additionally, the Primanti Bro’s in Canonsburg donated 10 percent of their day’s proceeds to the fallen officer’s family.

Another event that took place in honor of Bashioum was a funeral procession yesterday, Nov. 16.

The Observer-Reporter predicted the traffic from the processional would last for over eight hours due to over 1,000 police cars taking part in the event.

Holiday food drive 'Warm Nights' to expand shelter service Local program devoted to keeping homeless warm over the winter to benefit local veterans, families

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

By GRACE HUTCHISON For the Yellow Jacket

From Nov. 14-21, the Veterans Affairs Office, located on 22 West High Street, is holding a canned food drive intended to help local veterans. The event is also intended to help widows of veterans and other people in need to help feed their families and themselves for the holidays.

The food drive will last from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.

Any donation is welcome in order to help stock the food drive. Waynesburg Elementary is helping the cause by hosting a canned food drive in the school where students are turning in donations to be brought to the Veterans Affairs Office.

Also, Intermediate Unit K-12 is doing a drive to donate canned goods to the veterans.

“In years past, the schools have sent their donations overseas to soldiers, but I saw a real need within Greene County so we decided to keep it local,” said Dalene Watson, director of the Veterans Affairs Office.

The event, which started benefitting local community members last year, is aimed

at helping local veterans and widows of veterans have an enjoyable holiday season without having to worry so much about affording a nice Thanksgiving dinner.

“I saw people in need in the county, so we decided to distribute the donation’s locally instead of sending them

“I felt that there was a need in the county for just a little help in the holidays.”

DALENE WILSON

Director of the Veterans Affairs Office

overseas like years past,” Watson said. “I felt that there was a need in the county for just a little extra help in the holidays.”

Community members and students donate canned nonperishable food, and the Veterans Affairs Office donates small turkeys for the families in need to have over DONATE >> B4

Greene County is making it an emphasis to help its homeless and shelter-less individuals. For some, winter nights out in the extreme cold can now be avoided, as the county is expanding its “Warm Nights” program.

Barb Wise, manager of Warm Nights, said last winter’s program ran from Jan. 1, 2016, through the end of February, and was hosted by four different places – three churches and Greene County Fairgrounds – opened their doors for those needing help.

However, this winter, the location will not be changing. The program is expanding because it now has its own building during the winter season.

This summer, Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman gave Wise the keys to a county building – which she said resembles a house – that will be used as the new warming shelter for four full months. From Dec. 1 through the end of March, the program will be operational.

The house will be open from December through March on nights that are below 25 degrees. The building is able to house 10 people, however, those wishing to stay in the house must regis-

ter beforehand, and no walkins will be taken.

People who want to register must call the hotline before the 4:30 p.m. deadline that night. Between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the clients staying may arrive, but the program’s strict structure requires the doors locking for the night at 10 p.m. and the lights are shut off in the building at 11 p.m.

Wise said last winter not many people took advantage of the program, but she hopes that the consistency this year will attract more people. After a smooth winter, Wise said the goal is to work out the kinks in hopes that the 2017-2018 winter season is when the program might see its largest increase in client participation.

Wise is the executive director at the Greene County United Way (GCUW), but said the Warm Nights program is not a part of the GCUW, as she started Warm Nights on her own last year.

After the county brought American Red Cross back, she realized there was “still a need” for a warming shelter.

“There are homeless people that sleep in their cars in the parking lot at Wal-Mart,” said Wise. “I didn’t think we had homeless people, but we do.”

Wise said the idea was from another county, that she “didn’t reinvent the wheel”

but rather simply tweaked the program for Greene County.

After the building was given the thumbs up for the program’s use, it needed some maintenance work before being furnished.

Wise said that all of the cots, furniture and blankets were donated to the program.

She added that Contura Energy Services made significant contributions, donating several living room furniture items, a kitchen table and chairs, a refrigerator and also cash.

Several local churches held snack drives and have donated the items to the Warm Nights program.

About 20 volunteers also contributed their time to helping those in need.

The building that the program will be using this winter has a bathroom with a shower, which Wise said is something the executive committee really likes.

Clients did not have the option to shower last winter, but, according to Wise, this option is now available.

The next morning clients are awaken at the 6:30 a.m. wake up time, and then must help the two volunteers with the cleanup process.

Since the program is only for nights, clients must leave at 7 a.m. and clients wishing to stay again, even if staying the following night, must re-

register for that night’s stay.

Wise said the program doesn’t provide dinner for the clients, but does supply snacks, provided by local church drives.

Fliers will be located throughout the county – at the gas stations, Wal-Mart and Salvation Army – that inform people of the program.

Although there are homeless people located throughout the county, they don’t all want help – something Wise said is disheartening.

She also said that homeless people aren’t the only ones the center is for. Warm Nights is open for anyone in the county: last year she said a woman having problems at home needed a place to stay so she stayed with the program.

“We are doing the best we can,” said Wise.

Wise said that every member who stays the night will receive a blanket and a comfort kit, which are donated by the Salvation Army, that include basic hygiene items such as toothpaste, a tooth brush and soap.

Every morning when the clients leave, they must take all of their belongings they brought with them and everything the “Warm Night” volunteer gives them.

For more information on Warm Nights contact Wise at 724-852-1009.

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EDITORIALS

Use money wisely

Christmas tree reminds us to be good stewards This December, the university will hold its second Light Up Night with a new Christmas tree. As the event approaches, we question the benefit of devoting funding to the tree.

The idea of the tree was originally conceived and passed by last year’s Student Senate, and the campus enjoyed the event.

However, as students at a university, we don’t believe that the cost of purchase, planting and maintenance of a tree is the best use of our funds.

While the amount of money used was not an enormous sum, we’re sure that there had to be a more productive use of this money.

The process for a tree started with a petition, where members of the Student Senate gathered signatures to exhibit student interest. Many people signed, wanting to enhance the spirit of Christmas on campus.

However, we see an inherent bias in this method of gathering interest. Students were never proposed with an alternative or told how much the tree would be in total.

Then, when the tree died last semester, more funds were put toward replacing it. While we understand that this editorial will not change what happened, we hope that this can serve as an idea for similar future endeavors.

We contend that there should be several opportunities for how the Student Senate spends money and that the student population should choose in a democratic vote. It is the responsibility of Student Senators to figure out the things we could purchase with the money that may significantly improve life for students on campus, and then allow the student population to have a say in how funds are allocated.

When there are many areas of student need at the university, it is possible some students may have chosen to use money for a different purpose — if given a choice.

November 17, 2016

Last week’s election, and its aftermath, brought out the worst in us.

I was busy last week, like most college students are every week. I had the Yellow Jacket, homework assignments and an election to incessantly obsess over.

I am going to be brutally honest about myself in hopes that you can be honest with yourself.

In the three days following the election, I didn’t shower and slept a total of 16 hours – eight of which were during the day. I tell you this not to disgust you – while it probably does, and trust me, I have been showering like a normal human since, soap and all – but rather to give you a

glimpse of how the election took over my life.

Maybe it took over your life too.

I’m frankly not proud of how I acted during the election process, and many people I know have similar experiences.

I called my best friend a racist.

I called my father ignorant.

I cursed on a social media platform.

I got into a fight with my girlfriend because of the election.

If this election taught us one thing, it is that no matter the situation or the circumstances, any stance other than loving others isn’t a stance to stand on.

Sure, I’m not happy with how the election turned out, but I'm less happy with how I acted. Sure, I’m scared for my Muslim friends, my Jewish

friends, my black friends and many other minority groups who feel threatened by the result, including the journalism industry I hope to work in one day.

But the way I reacted, and the way many people have reacted, is counterproductive. We tried fighting fire with fire. And all it’s done is caused the flame to engulf us.

Voting matters, but it doesn’t matter that much.

Who is president matters, but it doesn’t matter that much.

Politics matter, but they don’t matter that much.

What does matter is the way we treat people. Not just our loved ones and best friends, but all people.

In such a divisive time in the country, the last thing we need as a society is a continuance of the crap-throwing, hatred-filled election.

If you’re mad about the election, be mad. If you’re

happy about the results, be happy. But don’t allow your emotions to rule your moral compass. Whether or not you agree with someone is a secondary matter compared to loving them.

While it may not seem like it, more important things occurred in the world last Tuesday than the presidential election. The natural order of the world continued last week, even if we didn’t allow our lives to continue normally. And this is nothing new.

No matter the religion or household we were brought up in, love is something that we’ve been taught our entire lives, yet it is so easy to abandon.

So, no matter if you voted for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, if you’re a Democrat or a Republican or if you really cared about the election at all, one thing remains: Love first, think second.

Social media a scary place post-election MATTIE WINOWITCH Columnist

Although we all thought the day would never come, the elections are over.

After the dust has settled, for me, the most interesting thing has been observing social media.

While the election was ongoing, the stakes were high.

For the most part, no one really seemed to like Donald Trump. And don’t get me wrong; no one really seemed to like Hillary Clinton, either.

Sides were picked mainly based on political and social stances, which is normal.

But now that the polls have been counted and Trump has been chosen the victor, people are starting to make things very, very personal— as if they weren’t personal

enough already.

Social media is so unpredictable that it’s like a battlefield. Sure, that might be a little dramatic, but so are people on social media. Let me illustrate this for you: I sign into Facebook. I prepare for battle. Uncle John posts that Trump is president now, and people should just get over it. 100 likes. I scroll.

Cousin Zoey wrote that Trump is going to ruin our country, and that she refuses to back her beliefs down for someone who is #NotHerPresident. 100 likes.

I scroll. A post pops up from a media post. It reads, “No matter who the winner is, we should all just get along.”

I share.

Suddenly, like gunshots firing off in the distance, my notifications begin to blow up, one after the next. Comments such as, “You’re a coward!” or, “What about the blacks/

LGBTQ/women?” or “But Trump is the best, right?”

Suddenly, although I thought my screen was bulletproof, I feel a sharp pain in my chest as shots come in from all angles.

And that’s when I begin to wonder: who is right? Am I a coward for wanting us all to get along?

Although this situation was hypothetical “post wars” like this have been happening pretty much on a daily basis now that the election is over.

Unlike most other people on my newsfeed, I try to keep my political stances off social media, or at least off of Facebook.

Confrontation typically isn’t my cup of tea, hence why I keep political conversations behind closed—hopefully sound-proof—doors.

But at the end of the day, I understand that my confrontation issue is a character flaw built around years of crip-

pling anxiety and introverted tendencies.

I actually admire those who are still standing by what they believe in post-election, because unlike me, they aren’t afraid.

At the same time, total fearlessness behind a screen can be dangerous.

The best advice I have to offer is to speak your peace, but don’t be rude about it.

Stand up for what you believe in, but know that you don’t necessarily have to yell to have your voice to be heard.

The best rule of thumb is if you wouldn’t say it in person, don’t type it as your Facebook status.

Or you could just do whatever you want, but know that somewhere, at a small Christian university, someone will write a column about you in the newspaper that tears you apart…from behind a screen, of course.

Check priorities Utilize this break to make time for family

As Thanksgiving approaches, students and faculty members alike are eagerly awaiting the break from classes. They likely have the same plans for the holiday, as well.

There are likely many intentions of family dinners and vigorous Black Friday shopping. As you prepare to stand in line for hours and wrestle people to the ground for the last clearance item, just remember what Thanksgiving Break is really for.

In college, we only have so much time to spend with our families. The years are fleeting, and soon we will be on our own, only able to make certain family gatherings every other year.

Schedules for all college students are undoubtedly crammed while we are on campus, and Thanksgiving may seem like an optimal time to finish assignments before Finals and do all of your shopping.

In fact, it may seem impossible to complete all of your work without utilizing the holiday. But when you are home with your family and friends, their only thoughts will be of spending time with you, enjoying each moment that they still have with you before you become totally independent.

Try to keep that in mind this Thanksgiving, and during the whole break. While it is useful and beneficial to utilize the Break for homework or take part in Black Friday, it is even better spent with those whom you love. It is time to decommercialize Thanksgiving, put aside our school worries and stresses, and simply enjoy a humble week with family.

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FAITH ON CAMPUS: MICHAEL HAMBLIN

There's no problem that God can't handle Editor's Note: The following is an interview with senior criminal justice major Michael Hamblin as part of the Faith on Campus series.

By BRENDAN KEANY “I knew what I was doing was wrong, and I didn’t want to go to Him with it because I didn’t want to stop it,” said Hamblin. “So, I just kind of kept it to myself was kind of like, ‘Oh God just don’t worry about that, I’ll just do that on my own.”’

Senior criminal justice major Michael Hamblin struggles with addiction. It impacted his relationship with God because he tried to sweep it under the rug, but he came to the realization that nothing is too big for Him to handle.

“God always loves us right where we are,” he said. “We don’t need to please him; we don’t need to make ourselves better to go to him because he always loves us for who we are. No matter where we are, He always loves us and we can always turn to Him.”

Hamblin felt the shame of his addiction, but he realized that once he surrendered all problems to God, a burden would be lifted off his shoulders.

“When I finally just gave up and gave it to Him, my life got so much better,” he said.

He took some practical steps along the way to make sure that he wouldn’t stray too far off God’s path. He found an accountability partner, and he urges others going through a similar struggle to do the same. We need people who are comfortable and unafraid to call out others when they’re making mistakes.

Even then, Hamblin wasn’t entirely keen on sharing his story with others. In fact, his eyes were opened to the power of his own testimony when he attended the Kairos Retreat earlier in the fall.

“Basically from that, God put it on my heart to share at Upper Room, and I kind of ignored it because I didn’t really want to share my story with people,” said Hamblin.

“Eventually, God kept putting it on my heart, and people came up to me and asked

me if I would share at Upper Room, so I just gave in and said, ‘Ok, God, I’m going to share my testimony for you.”’

Now, he feels like an open book. He wants God to use him and his story in a way that can bring a positive impact to the lives of others.

Hamblin no longer worries or feels ashamed because he believes that something bigger is at work.

“I would say I was ashamed at first because it isn’t something that people like to talk about,” he said. “But now, I don’t really care what people think of me because I know my story can affect people, so I’ve given up on me just trying to hold my story in to keep it to myself. I’ve basically

just asked God to share my story with whoever needs it and use me whatever way he wants to use me so that I can glorify him.”

He shared the essence of his message and believes it can relate to anybody who is going through a similar struggle.

“Do not feel like your problem is bigger than God and don’t feel like you’re the only one who’s dealing with that because everybody deals with everything,” he said. “You’re not the one person who has dealt with that, and you won’t be the last one who has dealt with that. God hasn’t ever seen something new that’s in you that he hasn’t seen in somebody else.”

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Cheat Sheet: How does the candidate with fewer votes win?

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

By MATT SHINKLE

For the Yellow Jacket

In 2000, Rep. George W. Bush was named the 43rd president of the United States, despite Dem. Al Gore having won the popular vote over Bush, sparking outrage in an election that was separated by a mere five electoral votes.

Just over a week ago, a similar problem has prompted many across the country to question why the voting system in the United States uses the Electoral College rather than determining the president-elect by using the popular vote.

Rep. Donald Trump defeated Dem. Hillary Clinton 290-232 in the electoral vote, however Clinton received around 700,000 more votes than Trump across the country, causing many to once again question the election process. According to the National Archives and Records Administration website, the founding fathers established

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. in their first public step toward a transition of power. the electoral college as a way of compromising between electing a president through a vote in congress or a popular vote across the country.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, where a majority of 270 votes to a single candidate wins them the election. With this system, one can win the election without earning the most votes or having the most supporters.

However, each election

platform has its positives.

Going back to when the founding fathers were deliberating on a fair election process, James Madison stated that he specifically feared the possibility of a charismatic tyrant that would be able to manipulate the will of the people, meaning he feared direct democracy and an election run and won by the popular vote.

This was established at the Constitutional Convention in

1787 when there were only 13 states and the possibility of a single state exercising overwhelming power over the rest of the states was an all too real possibility.

States with large populations could, essentially, influence the entire government’s direction by themselves.

Rather, they went on to establish the Electoral College system that we have come to love or hate today. Rather than

a majority rule to decide an election, the country stages 51 separate elections across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and awards electoral votes to states by population, with each state being granted at least three votes.

In essence, it is designed to protect the smaller states, however as the state has expanded and grown, it now hurts the large states.

In todays world, it now

awards more votes to states where there are less people, and awards less votes to where there are more.

While the mere idea of ‘democracy’ was relatively unpracticed when the United States was first established, a change to election by popular vote has the potential to solve this conundrum. Larger states can no longer win election simply based off their population size. Currently, 22 states have a population over five million residents, and none of those votes are cast for a single candidate. For example, California, a typically blue state, went to Clinton as expected, with six million votes. However, Trump still received three million votes.

As for Texas, whom typically awards its electoral votes for the Republican, saw 4.6 million votes go to Trump and 3.8 million votes go to Clinton.

No longer are states able to single-handedly influence an election – the diversity within states is too large for such an incident to happen.

In the past five elections, the candidate who has received the most popular votes has been defeated twice.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the five stories from last week that college students need to know.

1. New Zealand earthquake kills two A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island this past Sunday, killing at least two people after initial reports according to the BBC.com.

The earthquake hit around 11:02 p.m. on Sunday, northeast of the town of Christchurch, New Zealand’s largest city on its South Island.

The effects of the quake were felt as far as Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, which is 120 miles away.

About two hours afterwards, a tsunami arrived along the east coast.

Officials warned residents along the coast to either head inland or for higher ground, however one person did die in the town of Kaikoura on the eastern coast.

Another has been confirmed to have died in the town of Mount Lyford, a ski resort nearby Kaikoura, however police have not yet confirmed their cause of death.

Prime Minister John Key spoke to reporters in Wellington, stating there had been very little communication between the areas most heavily affected from the natural disasters.

“We don’t have any indications at the moment to believe [the death toll] will rise, but we can’t rule that out,” Key said, adding that a military helicopter was being dispatched to Kaikoura.

The earthquake has ravaged the landscape of the east coast – aerial images show tunnels close to Kaikoura, a popular tourist attraction, covered by a landslide.

The country of New Zealand lies on the Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanoes that encompasses nearly the entire Pacif-

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Amazon's fast-expanding warehouses and data centers could become growing sources of carbon emissions.

ic rim, and is still recovering from a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people.

- BBC Nov. 13 2. Mike Evans kneels following Trump's election At the beginning of the 2016 NFL season, a popular topic of discussion across the league was that many players were protesting the national anthem by kneeling rather than standing and placing their hand over their hearts.

Players such as Arian Foster, Colin Kaepernick and many more staged these protests as a way of showing their belief that African Americans are held back in society.

Now, in week 10 of the regular season, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans has begun protesting the national anthem as well, but for a completely different reason.

Evans told USA Today Sports, he is protesting Donald Trump’s election win.

“If this happens, then America’s not right right now,” Evans told reporters.

“I said this a long time ago.

When [Donald Trump] ran, I thought it was a joke, and the joke continues. I’m not a political person that much, but I got common sense.”

As expected, social media exploded and many across the country are now disap-

pointed in Evans’ approach to handling the situation of a Trump presidency. Among those disappointed is his head coach Dirk Koetter.

Koetter stated he was upset with Evan’s decision to sit for the national anthem before Sunday’s game, however, he still respects Evans’ freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

Also, Koetter was not aware of Evans intent to protest prior to the game.

Evans has said he plans to sit as long as Trump is the president-elect.

“I don’t want to disrespect the veterans or anything,” Evans said. “The men and women that served this country— I’m forever indebted to them.

But the things that have been going on in America lately, I’m not going to stand for that.”

- ESPN Nov. 14 3. Chili’s removes anti-vet manager The president of the Chili’s restaurant in Dallas, Texas where a manager took away a veteran’s meal that was supposed to be free for Veteran’s Day says the employee has been “removed” from her job.

In a statement issued on Monday, Chili’s President Kelli Valade has said the company has also personally apologized to Ernest Walker, the veteran who was turned away. Valade

says she has apologized for the manager’s actions, and also thanked the man for his service to the country.

Walker posted a video on Friday to Facebook showing the now-fired manager removing his meal at a Chili’s in the Dallas suburb of Cedar Hill. After a fellow diner questioned Walker’s uniform, the manager removed his meal, even after Walker was able to show a valid military ID and discharge papers from his branch of the military.

The elderly man who questioned Walker’s service was wearing a Donald Trump shirt, and said that he was in Germany, where blacks are not allowed to serve there.

Walker is an African American.

Valade stated in an interview that Chili’s served more than 200,000 free meals on Veterans Day, however, she believes they still “fell short.”

As for the veteran, Walker believes president-elect Donald Trump has affected the public’s perception and culture.

“I do believe that the election has changed the hearts and changed the motives of people so much so that he believed in his heart and mind after talking to the Trump supporter that I was stealing food,” Walker said.

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4. Carbon emissions no longer on the rise Global carbon emissions contributed from the burning of fossil fuels were found to have hardly increased this year, having not increased last year, and having barely gone up in 2014 as well.

Even with this year’s data, it has now been three years of relatively little or no growth across the planet.

This information is all according to researches at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project’s measurements.

In 2016, the projected rise of only 0.2 percent for 2016 is a large drop-off from recorded rates prior to the past three years.

This new data published in Earth System Science Data shows emissions growth has remained below one percent across the globe, while GDP growth, remarkably, was still able to exceed three percent.

As the director of the UEA put it, the data they’ve recorded the past three years in encouraging.

“This third year of almost no growth in emissions is unprecedented at a time of strong economic growth,” said Professor Corin Le Quere, director of the Tyndall Centre at UEA. “This is a great help for tackling climate change but it is not enough. Global emissions now need to decrease rapidly, not just stop growing.”

China is the biggest emitted of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, with 29 percent of the worlds emission.

However, China dropped their emissions by almost a whole percent, and are expected to decreased their output even further in 2017.

As for the United States, the second biggest emitter of carbon dioxide at 15 percent, the country dropped its use by nearly three percent, and is expected to drop another 2 percent in 2017.

-ScienceDaily Nov. 14

5. Columbia U. suspends wrestling season Columbia University announced that it has put its wrestling program officially on hold after allegations were revealed that several members of the team sent lewd and racist group messages and texts.

In a statement, the university stated that an investigation has been launched, which means the wrestlers on the team can’t compete until the school has “a full understanding of the facts on which to base the official response to this disgusting matter.”

Their next scheduled meet is the New York State Championships in Ithaca, New York this upcoming Sunday.

“Columbia University has zero tolerance in its athletics programs for the group messaging and texts sent by several members of the men’s varsity wrestling team,” the university said in the statement. “They are appalling, at odds with the core values of the University, and violate team guidelines.”

The alleged messages were captured on “screen grabs” published on an independent student-run campus website.

Some of the messages date back as far as 2014, and include both homophobic and racial slurs, as well as crude sexual comments about women. As of Tuesday afternoon, an online petition calling for team members of the wrestling team to be expelled from the university has gained nearly 1,000 signatures.

Earlier this month, another Ivy League school was embroiled in scandal as well, when the men’s soccer team at Harvard University had the rest of their season cancelled after players reportedly were ranking women’s soccer players physical appearance.

- CNN Nov. 15 Information curated by Matt Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket

GUEST COLUMN

Stepping out of comfort zone leads to amazing opportunity

By BRITTANY MCGARY

Senior Communication Major

When I came to Waynesburg University as a freshman, I was a criminal justice major. Looking back now as an electronic media major with a film studies minor, it seems foreign to me. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed being a criminal justice major, but my love for the entertainment industry outweighed my love for criminal justice.

Pursuing the film studies minor was going to be more

beneficial to my future and for my dream of becoming a casting director. One requirement of the minor is to attend a semester at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center (LAFSC) in Los Angeles, California. At first I was very apprehensive about it because I was nervous and afraid to step outside of my comfort zone.

My best friend, however, convinced me that if I passed up the opportunity, I would regret it for the rest of my life. So I applied, thinking I wasn’t going to get in. Then

one Wednesday morning in October, I got my acceptance email and suddenly the realization of what was happening hit me; I would be going all the way across the country for four months all by myself.

I would have no friends or family – just me and a bunch of strangers in Los Angeles.

When I said goodbye to my parents, sister and a couple of friends at the airport, I honestly wanted to back out.

The only people I was going to know was my nephew and his adoptive parents that live

out there. Looking back now though, I am extremely proud of myself and I wonder why I even felt wary in the first place. Attending the LAFSC was the greatest experience of my life thus far. My roommates and I hit it off so well.

We instantly became best friends and have talked every single day since leaving. The program in general consisted of four classes and an internship. We got to make our own movie, which I got to be the casting director for.

The teachers were some of

the most helpful and amazing people I have ever met.

The classes never ceased to interest me and taught me everything I wanted to know about the industry. What I enjoyed so much about it was that while you spent a lot of the time working on projects and going to class or your internship, you still had the opportunity to hang out with your friends and explore the beautiful city of Los Angeles.

Becoming a film studies minor has been the best decision I have ever made and

it has changed my life for the better. I am truly grateful for the opportunity that I was given by Waynesburg University and I only hope that other students will get the chance to go and have as great of a time as I did.

If you’re interested in stepping outside of your comfort zone, want to explore your passions/talents or want to know more information, feel free to attend my presentation on the film studies minor and the LAFSC Nov. 30, from 3 p. m. to 5 p.m. in Buhl 414.

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WAYNESBURG GETS CRAFT Y FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Craft show aims to benefit Local home decor business Greene Academy of Art hosts first holiday craft show

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Long before Waynesburg College existed, another institution was educating students in Greene County.

Greene Academy was the first institution of higher education west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the history of the academy was on display this past Saturday.

The Greene Academy of Art hosted their 38th annual Christmas Craft Show Nov. 12. The academy hosts the event every year in the Greene Academy, which is over 200 years old.

The academy is known for producing well known figures in Greene County histor y including A.B. Miller, who was a member of the first graduating class to come from Waynesburg College and helped to oversee the integration of females to the university.

The Christmas Craft Show is held to raise funds for the Greene Academy of Art and to showcase the building to the public.

“We do this as a public service,” said Shelley Anderson, secretary of the Greene Academy of Art. “The crafters rent tables,

so we do make a little bit of money.”

The event showcased various crafters who displayed their products inside Greene Academy, which contains two sides.

Half of the academy was a school and the other half was a church. Filling the space inside the walls were handmade jewelry, homemade candles, Christmas sweaters and homemade scarves. Along with local artisans, Santa and Mrs. Claus were stationed inside the main hallway to greet customers as they came through the door. The ability to display their product inside such a historic building is one Anderson feels crafters enjoy.

“I’m a crafter,” said Anderson. “From a crafters point of view, this is a lovely, historic building to be in.”

Anderson added that she felt the building gave off a very comfortable feel. She also said the event is one the public and Greene Academy of Art look forward to every year.

“We enjoy having it; the crafters enjoy having it,” said Anderson. “The public, they look forward to this.”

With crafters coming from Pittsburgh and Washington, the event has a broad range of attendance.

Kim Prodan, owner of a handmade jewelry business, has been coming to the Christmas Craft Show for 20 years and would strongly recommend it to others who are interested in crafts.

“It’s nice to share if you have a passion for handmade items,” said Prodan.

“Even if people don’t buy from you, it is nice to see them appreciate it.”

Prodan added that many locals support and buy from the crafters that attend the show. While Greene Academy is not getting any younger, it is still receiving facelifts. The original restoration project began in 1972 after the building had fallen into bad condition and today, it is expected to have cooling and heating

by January.

Anderson, who added that local music instructors can use the building for free, said the goal of the academy of art is simple.

“We promote the arts and hold all kinds of classes,” said Anderson. “Anything we’re doing is to preserve the building.”

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Debra Everly is a woman of passion. After working in the retail business for all of her life and settling in her hometown of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, she has turned her passion into a reality and put it on display this past Saturday.

Everly’s father owned a barn, which later became the home for her very own business. Everly’s dream of owning a business became a reality after her father passed, leaving the barn to sit empty. Using it for what she called her passion, Everly now runs what is simply known as “The Barn.”

Open the first week of every month from March to December, Everly offers used items and other miscellaneous pieces such as home décor and clothing.

On Saturday, Everly and a group of crafters held their first ever Holiday Fair where they offered various items and works of craftsmanship to customers as potential gifts for the Christmas season. The difference between Saturday’s fair and a normal Saturday, said Everly, is the fact that the customers provide some of the items for

purchase, which is not the typical Saturday process.

“This is just the first time we have ever done anything like this,” said Everly. “It is a give back.”

Joining Everly were several local crafters, who, according to Everly, all made unique items. Everly wanted them to be seen because they are unique.

“It is unique clothing and home décor, which is what we do here,” said Everly.

Included in the fair were Jenie Hager’s Barbie Dolls, which are all created custom

by Hager. Hager, who said she cannot stand to see the kids throw the dolls away, gives each doll a unique set of clothing and accessories.

Aside from giving the dolls a wardrobe change, Hager also fixes the hair of each doll.

“I redo their hair and it takes days to do it; you have to soak it in fabric softener,” says Hager.

Another catch to Hager’s dolls is that none of them look like a Barbie you would buy on store shelves. All of the dolls are unique and are not meant to look like the “perfect female.”

“They’re not perfect and they’re not supposed to be,” said Hager. “I can’t stand those smiley faced Barbies,

that’s depressing.”

Hager was not the only artisan to display her work.

Melissa Lesnick, who took over her mother’s business of selling purses, was at the Holiday Fair as well.

“My mother made all of these handmade and she passed away last year, so I inherited her business,” said Lesnick, who added that her husband was selling knives at the other table she had setup.

The fair is set to wrap up on Sunday, but not without a visit from more people and several food vendors.

Everly said that a food vendor would be selling Philadelphia style hoagies and another, which was there on Saturday, was selling cabbage and noodles.

Everly was also expecting a visit from Santa’s Helpers, which is a non-profit organization. Everly added that The Barn will be open in November and December for the first two weeks of the month, instead of just one. With the event ending on Sunday, Everly wanted to make sure the focus of the event was clear.

“It is a give back for supporting us all year round,” said Everly. “It has been successful and we are going to do it again.”

Carmichaels veterans honored with event Donate: Food drive

inspired by Thanksgiving

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

On Friday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, the American Legion Post 400, located in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, held its yearly recognition event. The event was held at 11 a.m., consisting of several ceremonies and concluding with a luncheon.

One of the most crucial and recognizable parts to the program was the 21 Gun Salute.

This salute was to honor the departed comrades outside of the legion post. Following the salute and back inside of the legion post, the legion band held a performance to honor the veterans and their families. The rest of the program consisted of several speakers, stations and ceremonies for people to pay their respects to.

One of these stations was the Prisoner of War and Missing In Action presentation.

Commander William Ross gave the presentation. This ceremony makes those in attendance remember just how many soldiers never come home, and just how many families never get the closure of knowing the fate of their son, daughter, husband, wife, parent or other beloved family member or close friend.

Another portion of the program was the speaker of the day: Melodie Berardi, a veteran of the United States Navy.

Berardi spoke to those in

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While Carmichaels veterans were being honored at American Legion Post 400, the VFW Post 4793 in Waynesburg also celebrated Veterans Day with family gatherings. attendance about the importance of honoring our soldiers and veterans. Ross also spoke of this simple, yet important act of honoring those who serve and what it means to them and their families.

One member of the Auxiliary, Kelly Ridgely, also spoke at the event. She recited a poem entitled “The Flag,” which had a strong message about what it meant to defend the American flag and what the flag represents.

“The flag is a symbol of our freedom, and others sacrifice for that freedom,” said Joy Morgan, one of the organizers and presenters of the event.

Members of the Auxiliary also helped the cause at the Prisoner of War Table by passing out cups and calendars.

Another one of the speakers at the event, William Varesko, recited a poem at the prisoner of war table.

“I had the pleasure of presenting Melodie Berardi with

a homemade blanket,” said Morgan.

Towards the end of the event, those in attendance were given the opportunity to take part in a luncheon.

Each year, the American Legion Post 400 aims to have about 100 people attend the Veterans Day event and so far they have reached that goal.

Military members, veterans and their families, including children, were in attendance this year.

Library hosts book reading by local author

By KAITLYN MOORE

For the Yellow Jacket

The Eva K. Bowlby Public Library hosted a book reading on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Author Margo Orlando Littell recently had her book, “Each Vagabond by Name,” published.

Littell described how her book was based off of her hometown, which just happens to be in an area near Waynesburg University: Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

Littell said that her inspiration stemmed from multiple home invasions in the early 2000s.

“In the early 2000s, a group of intenerate thieves descended on Connellsville and the surrounding towns and they committed a series of home invasions,” said Lit-

tell. “Everyone called these Gypsies, even though there was no real evidence that they were.”

In her book, a group of traveling people descend on a sleepy small town in Pennsylvania named Shelk, which she explained was based off of the town of Connellsville, and the Gypsies coming to town.

The book takes its audience on a roller coaster ride, as they learns about these characters and how their town got turned upside down in what seemed like a night.

But, for Littell, it brought back memories from first hearing about what was going on in her hometown.

“I was living in New York City when these robberies took place,” said Littell.

“I heard about the Gypsies

during a phone call with my mother and this was exactly the story from home that I relished.”

In the book there are two main characters, Zaccariah Ramsey and Stella Vale. Littell said that she had always had these two characters in mind, and would write stories with them multiple times, but something was missing. After beginning the story, Littell said it all fell into place.

“I was writing a novel at the time with the two characters, Ramsey and Stella, who filled my every waking thought,” Littell said. “I loved them but I couldn’t get their story right.”

When writing the book, the ideas did not come right to Littell. It took multiple attempts and lots of revision to

get it right.

“It took a lot of years, and a lot of drafts to transform the idea of the Gypsies into the rich material that nourished this book,” said Littell. “Also, it took many years to write vividly about southwestern Pennsylvania. I had to leave home to do it.”

Littell is currently working on another novel, but it is still in the early stages. She said that by the end of the year she hopes to get to the point where she will let her husband read the piece. She commented on the story line.

“The key for me was that the characters were so alive, it took fifteen years for me and then even longer to get published,” said Littell.

Her book “Each Vagabond

by Name” is now available for purchase.

Thanksgiving.

Donations can be dropped off at the Veterans Affairs Office during their scheduled open hours at 22 West High Street, Suite 100.

During the collection period, those coming to collect are reminded to bring a bag to carry their goods out of the office more easily.

Local community members are encouraged to donate to help those in need in the community to have a more pleasant holiday without the financial stress of putting together a holiday meal.

Any leftover donations are kept and distributed throughout the year to veterans and others in need by the Veterans Affairs Office.

To help ensure that lo-

cal veterans will have a nice holiday season, be sure to donate to the canned food drive.

“I really want to say thank you to the schools that participate and anyone who donates.”

DALENE WILSON

Director of the Veterans Affairs Office

A ny non - p e r i sh abl e food donations are welcome, especially those that may come in handy with holiday-related cooking.

“I really want to say thank you to the schools that participate and anyone w ho donates,” Watson said.

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Thomas More women's basketball stripped of 2014-15 title Nation's top D3 program sanctioned for compliance

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

The NCAA announced Tuesday, Nov. 15, Thomas More’s women’s basketball program, which has won backto-back National Championships, will vacate all 33 wins from the team’s undefeated 2014-15 season, including its national title that year, among several other sanctions.

Thomas More President David A. Armstrong said in an interview with The Yellow Jacket that the penalties – namely the stripping of the wins and the national title

from the 2014-15 season – are “excessive.”

“I don’t believe that we committed major violations,” Armstrong said. “There was no intent; there was no unethical behavior; there was no deceit. That’s usually where you get your major violations, so I think this was inadvertent. It was a misinterpretation of a very arbitrary rule on its face.”

The team’s best player, and a three-time Division III National Player of the Year, thenjunior Sydney Moss stayed for free with a former assistant coach, Jerry Allen, for eight months in 2014, according to

the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions Tuesday. Even though the report did not name any person directly, Armstrong announced at the press conference the people involved.

Her National Player of the Year award from 2014-15, along with all of her statistics from that season, will also be rescinded. Nothing from the 2013-14 season or the 201516 season, in which the Saints won the national title, will be taken from the program.

In a tweet sent from her personal account Tuesday, Moss said, “What an absolute joke. The NCAA can take what they want but the memories and friendships will last a lifetime!” with the hashtag “StillHave2Rings.”

said ‘Hey, give us an interpretation.’ And that’s where we failed.” ***

Despite not agreeing with the extent of the sanctions, Armstrong, who is in his fourth year as President at Thomas More, said the decision is “understandable” and that the college made a “misinterpretation” of the rules.

“I don’t want to lose focus on our situation in that we should have done better,” he said. “Very easily we could have called the NCAA and

While the wins and the national title from 2014-15 is the most severe penalty, it is only the beginning of a long list from the NCAA. The sanctions stem from Moss being an ineligible player during the 2014-15 season and an estimated $5,000 in benefits given to Moss in housing, meals and ephemeral use of a vehicle during her eightmonth stay with Allen.

Armstrong disagrees with the $5,000 figure, as he said the Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee determined $3,400 of the $5,000

was paid in babysitting, work and other things she provided.

Armstrong was “perturbed” with the figure being $5,000 and not $1,600, considering another NCAA body determined a different amount.

The main secondary sanction is that Thomas More will be under probation from Nov. 15, 2016, to Nov. 14, 2018; the probation will not affect the team’s postseason status.

Armstrong thinks the rest of the sanctions indicate the committee recognizes the violation as a singular instance, rather than a systemic issue.

“I think that shows you that the Committee on Infractions thinks this was a one-time, one-player incident – that TMC >> C3

Twinning

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

Seniors Emily and Katie Latimer became the second and third runners in Waynesburg cross country history to make it to nationals, following Julie Gerber from last season. Emily, top right, placed ninth at the Mideast Regional, while Katie, bottom right, finished 12th overall.

Latimer twins continue historic season, advance to nationals

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

A year ago, then-sophomore Julie Gerber was the first runner for Waynesburg University women’s cross country to make nationals, finishing the event 114th out of 280 runners.

Senior twin sisters Emily and Katie Latimer finished ninth and 12th, respectively, in the Mideast Regional Saturday, Nov. 12, which involved 371 runners, giving them both a bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships.

With the bid to nationals, the sisters became the second and third runners in university history to accomplish the feat. After an excellent pair of performances, head coach Chris Hardie said the regionals race brought out the two twins’ true colors.

“What [Emily and Katie Latimer] bring that a lot of people don’t – and it became totally apparent this weekend – is that they are very resilient,” said Hardie. “They refuse to quit, and it doesn’t matter what type of stage it is, they are going to do the strategy that [the coaches] tell them to do and they exceed that.”

Both sisters led Waynesburg in the regional event, with Emily crossing the line at 21:58 and Katie coming in behind her at 22:01. According to Hardie, both sisters met their objective, which was set

for them at the beginning of the race.

“They had a goal of 21:44 and 22 flat [in regionals],” said Hardie. “That’s what we gave them; we gave them a strategy to implement to get there.”

Going into the race, Emily said she was not expecting to qualify for the national event despite being one of the pack leaders for the Yellow Jackets through the entire season.

“I never pictured this would happen for us – [making nationals],” Emily said.

“It’s really amazing to see how much has happened in the last year.”

From the coaching perspective, Hardie said one of the biggest growths he’s seen in the sisters since their junior year with the program is in confidence.

“What I saw this year was a little bit more confidence,” said Hardie. “I knew they could rise their game when they needed to, but to have that consistent, confident approach throughout the season, and even into workouts, is something that I think was changed over the last 12 months.”

Determination, Katie said, was one of the biggest changes she saw in her mindset this year.

“This year, I think I was a lot more determined,” Katie said. “I think I set a higher goal for myself, and I really think that was just the biggest difference, having higher expectations and really

WXC team barely misses national bid

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Last Saturday’s Mideast Regional was a bittersweet day for the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team.

On one hand, the team sent a runner to the NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championships for the second straight year – this time sending two runners, seniors Emily and Katie Latimer.

On the other hand, though, the team finished one spot – a mere 15 points – away from the team moving onto nationals, as the top two teams were pushing towards the higher goal than in previous years.”

Another change for the sisters came midway through the 2015 season when they were both promoted as captains on the team. While they both took on the roles successfully last season, Hardie said they both exceled in their leadership positions this season.

“I think they did a really good job [as captains last year],” said Hardie. “They did an excellent job this year. They as-

given automatic bids while the next three times were given at-large bids.

The Jackets finished exactly where they were projected by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association: sixth place.

“It’s a weird feeling to be honest,” Hardie said. “But I am so proud of them for the effort they put out there.

I don’t think that any of them didn’t try; I just think it’s disappointing for all of us in that it was that close. To look at that we were 15 points away from nationals, I mean that’s technically one runner having a great day, and we were WXC >> C4

sumed the roles [of captains] from the start and really kind of drove a lot of that positive energy that we needed at practice throughout the year.”

Switching into the captain’s role, Emily said, made her view the team from an entirely different perspective.

“Being a captain on the team definitely makes you look at things from a different way,” Emily said. “You go to LATIMERS >> C4

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November 17, 2016

MEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON PREVIEW

After losing 13 seniors in last two seasons, MBB looks to find its identity

By BRYCE WALTER

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s basketball team moves into a new season coming off a 10-16 record last year.

In the new season, like every other season, the team looks to develop into better players, said head coach Mark Christner.

“Our expectation moving into the season is that we’ll develop into the best version of ourselves throughout the year,” said Christner. “We’ve been an upper-half program in our league over the past three years and we want to continue to grow as a program.”

Although the Yellow Jackets finished 10-16 last year, they were able to bounce back

from a six-game losing streak early in the season after starting out 0-6. The team’s chemistry this season may help them avoid another 0-6 start at the outset of the 2016-17 season.

“We have a good vibe through our program right now,” said Christner. “The balance of class on our roster is not something we’ve had the last two years. We’ve been very senior oriented in years past, as we’ve graduated 13 guys in two years.”

This young group of Yellow Jackets may be able to help boost the team to a successful season.

Entering the season, the Yellow Jackets bring in two transfer students, junior forward Marcus Wallace and another junior forward Mike Nugent.

“The transition has been fairly easy,” said Wallace.

“Coach is expecting me to be more vocal since I’ve already played two years.”

Despite the difference in age, Christner said both the

freshmen and the transfers have a common ground.

“We have six freshmen and two transfers,” said Christner.

“They are going through similar stages of life together and they seem to get along.”

By spending meals together, freshman guard Frank Bozicevic said the team has developed a strong dynamic.

“We clicked right off the bat,” said Bozicevic. “We’re all hanging out every day and going to lunch together so we’re pretty good as far as team chemistry goes.”

Going into this season, the team’s strengths, as well as weaknesses, have been identified by players and coaches alike.

“The team strengths are the versatility and athleticism of our players,” said Christner.

“We might not be as tall this season as we have been, but I think we are more athletic in terms of our ability to defend and rebound.”

Due to the difference in height, Wallace said the team will be faster on the court.

“We’re a smaller team, so we’re going to be quicker than other teams,” said Wallace. “We play hard, that’s a strength that we have; we never give up.”

The Yellow Jackets are predicted to finish seventh out of 10 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

“The work ethic of our team is solid,” said Christner.

“Our two seniors, Timmy Kaiser and Christian Koroly have done a nice job of setting the tone for how hard we have to work to be successful.”

The Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets begin their season against the Muskingum University Muskies Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. at home.

Muskingum finished last season at 6-19, and 3-15 in conference play.

Pryor becomes 3rd fastest MXC runner ever Jackets medal two wrestlers at W&J

By DREW VORCE

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team traveled to DeSales University Saturday, Nov. 12, to compete in the Division III Mideast Regionals.

“They performed better than we had anticipated,” said head coach Chris Hardie.

“The way [assistant coach Laurel Rush] trained them worked really well, and I think they really wanted this one and went out for it.”

Hardie said the team got close to its goal of placing within the top 30, as the Jackets finished 33rd overall.

Out of the 351 runners that finished the race Saturday, Waynesburg placed three runners in the top 200.

“As a team, we had a solid race,” said sophomore runner Joel Kuzminski. “I don’t think we had anyone under 28 minutes last year at regionals, and this year we had three.”

For Waynesburg, sopho-

more Jacob Pryor came in first with a time of 27:14. Kuzminski came in second with a time of 27:30, and freshman Mason Klopp rounded out the top three with a time of 27:50. Senior Casey Heimberger, freshmen Justin Lewis and Michael Cappelli and senior Justin Simmons rounded out the remaining Waynesburg runners.

“There’s a little bit of pressure being a top runner on the team,” said Pryor. “The practices, though, have helped ease off the pressure, as we all know where we stand.”

With the team being so young, the freshmen and sophomores knew they would have to come out and have a big race in order for the Jackets to be successful.

“Jacob ran a fabulous race,” said Hardie. “That race put him into third in school history.”

Following Pryor in the race was Waynesburg’s fourth

fastest runner of all-time, Joel Kuzminski.

For the seniors who ran, they knew the race at DeSales would be their last cross country race of their careers.

“It was a pretty emotional day for those two in particular, as they knew they had no chance at all for a race after this one,” said Hardie. “They said some really nice things to the team before the race and then backed it up on the course.”

The seniors not only provided the team with some solid running, but they also mentored the younger runners.

“They put it all out there; they looked great honestly,” said Kuzminski. “You just knew with their leadership all year that they were going to do something like that for the last race; they should be proud of how they ran.”

Hardie and the returning runners carry high expectations for the team looking at the 2017 season.

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg University wrestling team traveled just 25 miles north to Washington & Jefferson College to take part in the W&J Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 12.

The invite is a personal tournament, meaning every wrestler works their way through their weight class.

The event included not only Waynesburg and W&J, but also other Presidents’ Athletic Conference members Thiel and Thomas More, as well as several non-conference schools, including Heidelberg University and Wheeling Jesuit University.

The team came away from the event with five top five finishes – endings head coach Ron Headlee is happy with.

The tournament is the first one of the season, and the PAC will host several more before the season ends. The event saw several Waynesburg wrestlers have hard draws from the mat,

including 125-pound junior Tristan Buxton and 184-pound senior Ryan Shank. Both Buxton and Shank suffered first round losses but worked their way back through consolation matches to finish in fifth.

Although both lost their first match, Headlee was still pleased with both wrestlers.

“I thought [Buxton and Shank] responded really well,” said Headlee. “That showed me a lot of heart; they didn’t quit and just kept wrestling.”

Shank was a little more critical of himself but recognized his effort.

While Buxton and Shank finished fifth, their teammate, senior Filippo Crivelli, placed third in the 141-pound weight class and was accepting of his performance.

“I feel like I wrestled alright,” said Crivelli. “I know I could have opened up more and wrestled better than that, but to open up the season, it is a decent start.”

Crivelli wasn’t the only Waynesburg wrestler to med-

al, as sophomore heavyweight Jake Evans took silver at Saturday’s invitational.

Headlee and the Jackets also received help from freshman 197-pounder Kenneth Burrs, who finished sixth in his weight division and lost to the eventual tournament champion. Headlee is excited about Burrs’ future.

While the Jackets finished seventh out of 17 teams, one area the team had to work on was confidence, as both Headlee and Buxton made note of a lack of confidence by wrestlers on the team. Saturday was a different story than a week ago, as Headlee noticed a difference in his team’s actions.

“We told them, the first time, it is going to be real hard,” said Headlee. “They looked a lot better this weekend.”

With the invite behind them, the wrestling team faces off against Thiel Wednesday, which is past this week's press time, before moving on to compete against Greensboro College Saturday, Nov. 19.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 8-0 9-1 7-1 9-1 6-2 8-2 6-2 7-3 5-3 7-3 3-5 5-5 3-5 4-6 2-6 3-7 2-6 3-7 2-6 2-8 0-8 0-10

Saturday’s Box Score

WASH & JEFF 14, WAYNESBURG 10 Wash & Jeff 7 0 7 0 14 Waynesburg 3 7 0 0 10

SCORE RECAP

RECENT RESULTS

Sunday, November 13 Lebanon Valley 3, Grove City 1

REC YDS TD Barnes................................... 5 70 0 Johnson................................ 6 65 0 Wash & Jeff passing COM ATT YDS TD Coughlin................... 11 19 162 0 Wash & Jeff rushing

ATT YDS TD Coughlin................................ 15 60 1 Kincaid................................... 14 42 1 Wash & Jeff receiving

REC YDS TD Cullen.................................... 3 77 0 Zubik..................................... 5 65 0

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 12 Bethany 32, Saint Vincent 31; Westminster 24, Geneva 0; Thiel 47, Grove City 41; Wash & Jeff 14, Waynesburg 10; Carnegie Mellon 26, Case Western Reserve 21

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 18 Brockport at Wash & Jeff - 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 19 Utica at Westminster - 11 a.m.; Wittenberg at Thomas More - 12 p.m.

Sunday, November 20 Salisbury at Carnegie Mellon - 11 a.m.

1A Football Playoffs

Friday, November 18 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 6:30 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Chatham at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, November 11 Thomas More 3, Penn State Behrend 1 Saturday, November 12 Grove City 2, Frostburg State 1; Thomas More 1, Lynchburg 0; Stevenson 5, Chatham 0

Saturday, November 19 Chicago at Thomas More - 12 p.m.

Waynesburg receiving

UPCOMING GAMES

WOMEN’S SOCCER

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ATT YDS TD Ciero...................................... 18 49 1 White.................................... 11 33 0

Friday, November 11 IUP 152, Saint Vincent 96 Saturday, November 12 Washington and Lee 189, Grove City 102; Carnegie Mellon 208, Grove City 83; Westminster 193, Wooster 100; York 166.5, Wash & Jeff 117.5

Saturday, November 12 Grove City 4, Arcadia 0

Sunday, November 13 Grove City 3, Stevenson 1

Waynesburg rushing

MEN RECENT RESULTS

Friday, November 11 Franklin & Marshall 6, Geneva 0

First Quarter: WAY - Mike Ryhal 26 yd field goal, 6:28; W&J - David Kincaid 1 yd run (Ted Ford kick), 2:38 Second Quarter: WAY - Ben Ciero 4 yd run (Ryhal kick), 12:37 Third Quarter: W&J - Pete Coughlin 27 yd run (Ford kick), 8:24

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone....................... 22 35 218 0

Swimming and Diving

UPCOMING GAMES

Satuday, November 19 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 10 a.m.; Chatham at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Wash & Jeff at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Case Western at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Gannon at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Rochester at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Pitt-Braddford - 1 p.m.

Sunday, November 20 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 18 Nazareth at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Oswego State at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Genevaat Swartmore - 5 p.m.; Bethany at Muskingum - 7 p.m.; Bluffton at Waynesburg - 8 p.m.; Case Western Reserve at Wash & Jeff - 8 p.m.; Chatham at Southern Virginia - 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 19 Adrian at Grove City - 11 a.m.; Defiance at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Franciscan - 1 p.m.; Moravian at Geneva - 1 p.m.; William Paterson at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Chatham at Virginia - TBD; Thiel at Buffalo - TBD; Sunday November 20 Saint Vincent at Center Valley, Pennsylvania - TBD

MEN’S BASKETBALL UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 18 York at Saint Vincent - 5:30 p.m.; Penn State Beaver at Thiel - 6 p.m.; Capital at Chatham - 6 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Mary Washington - 7 p.m.; Midway at Thomas More 7:30 p.m.; Geneva at home - 7:30 p.m.; Pitt-Greensburg at Westminster - 8 p.m.; Bethany at Mount Aloysius - 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 19 Pitt-Greensburg at Thiel - 2 p.m.; Muskingum at Waynesburg - 3 p.m.; Berea at Thomas More - 4 p.m.; Penn State Beaver at Westminster - 4 p.m.; Chatham at Saint Francis - 7 p.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Friday, November 11 Chatham 105, Bethany 51; IUP 159, Saint Vincent 99 Saturday, November 12 Carnegie Mellon 192, Grove City 99; Washington & Lee 203, Grove City 88; Wooster 148, Westminster 145; Wash & Jeff 156, York 138

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 18 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 6:30 p.m.; Chatham at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Wash & Jeff at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD Satuday, November 19 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 10 a.m.; Chatham at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Wash & Jeff at Carnegie Mellon Invitational - TBD; Case Western Reserve at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Gannon at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Rochester at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Pitt-Bradford - 1 p.m.

Sunday, November 20 Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 10 a.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

WRESTLING Thiel Thomas More Wash & Jeff Waynesburg

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

MATCH RESULTS

WASH & JEFF INVITATIONAL 125 lb: 1. P. Dell Gallo, Souternmaine; 5. Tristan Buxton, Waynesburg 133 lb: 1. N. Whitey, Wheeling Jesuit 141 1b: 1. D. Romero, Wheeling Jesuit; 3. Fellipo Crivelli, Waynesburg 149 lb: D. Del Gallo, Southern Maine 157 lb: 1. G. Brusco, Wheeling Jesuit 165 lb: 1. S. Ruhnke, Millersville; Luke Lohr lost in second round 174 lb: 1. S. Banco, Wash & Jeff; Nick Kusich lost in round of 8 184 lb: 1. D. Decker, Heidleberg; 5. Ryan Shank, Waynesburg 197 lb: 1. G. Gladysz, Thiel; 6. Kyle Burns, Waynesburg 285 lb: 1. N. Majoy, Heidleberg; 2. Jake Evans, Waynesburg

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 12 WASH & JEFF INVITATIONAL 5. Wash & Jeff, 87 pts.; 7. Waynesburg, 80.5 pts.; 8.

Thomas More, 71.5 pts.; 10. Thiel, 61 pts.

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 19 Thomas More at Findlay Open - 9 a.m.; Heidleberg at Thiel - 10 a.m.; Greensboro at Waynesburg - 10 a.m.; Messiah at Waynesburg - 12 p.m.; Thiel at Mount Union - 12 p.m.; Messiah at Thiel - 2 p.m.; Heildleberg at Waynesburg - 2 p.m.; Waynesburg at Mount Union - 4 p.m.; Alma at Thiel - 4 p.m.

Sunday, November 20 Penn College at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Lycoming - 2:30 p.m.; Elizabethtown at Wash & Jeff - 4 p.m.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

Team Saturday, November 12 NCAA DIVISION III MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 13. Saint Vincent, 390 pts.; 14. Grove City, 421 pts.; 23. Wash & Jeff, 676 pts.; 24. Thomas More, 694 pts.; 29. Geneva, 827 pts.; 33. Waynesburg, 935 pts.; 39.

Westminster, 1092 pts.; 45. Thiel, 1323 pts.

Individual NCAA DIVISION III MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Ernie Pitone, 24:52, Widener; 2. Will McDermott, 24:58, Widener; 3. Hnery Woods, 25:05, Haverford; 4. Ben Taber, 25:08, Gettysburg; 5. Schaffer Ochstein, 25:08, Johns Hopkins; 6. Daniel Christiansen, 25:09, Grove City; 7. Jaryd Flank, 25:12, Muhlenberg; 8. Ryan Herlihy, 25:13, Haverford; 9. Benjamin Schott, 25:19, Messiah; 10. Tom Pavarini, 25:20, Johns Hopkins; 126.

Jacob Pryor, 27:14, Waynesburg

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Saturday, November 4 NCAA DIVISION III MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 6. Waynesburg, 176 pts.; 13. Grove City, 409 pts.; 24. Saint Vincent, 756 pts.; 29. Geneva, 886 pts.; 32.

Westminster, 925 pts.; 36. Wash & Jeff, 1051 pts.; 44.

Bethany, 1261 pts.

Individual NCAA DIVISION III MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Felicia Koerner, 21:12, Johns Hopkins; 2. Meg Brockett, 21:38, Moravian; 3. Sofia Canning, 21:44, Dickinson; 4. Jamie Pacillio, 21:45, Muhlenberg; 5.

Veronica Wheeler, 21:49, DeSales; 6. Tess Meehan, 21:52, Johns Hopkins; 7. Rebecca Grusby, 21:54, Johns Hopkins; 8. Natalia LaSpada, 21:57, Johns Hopkins; 9. Emily Latimer, 21:58, Waynesburg; 10. Morgan Jones, 22:00, Wilkes; 13. Aparna Alavilli, 22:01, Carnegie Mellon

PASSING YARDS: Stewart, 2973, SVC; Coughlin, 2651, W&J; Kuntz, 2396, TMC RUSHING YARDS: Benger, 1581, CMU; Radke, 1109, THI; Burke, 1065, CWR Recieving Yards: Zubrick, 1316, W&J; Lynch, 1049, CWR; Prather 1011, CMU SACKS: Khoury, 12.5, CMU; Snedker, 9.5, W&J; Brad Grinnen, 8, WAY Tackles: Hayden, 142, BET; Quinlan, 103, GEN; Bikulege, 96, CMU

RECENT RESULTS

WHATS ON THIS WEEK WCYJ-FM Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Emily Latimer, Women's Cross Country Katie Latimer, Women’s Cross Country

Thursday, November 10 Wittenbrg 3, Bethany 0

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Clariton 46, Fort Cherry 8 Clariton 6 2 30 8 46 Fort Cherry 2 6 0 0 8

WASHINGTON 61, BRENTWOOD 27 Washington 35 0 7 19 61 Brentwood 7 6 6 8 27

ALIQUIPPA 46, DERRY AREA 20 Aliquippa 12 14 20 0 46 Derry Area 0 6 7 7 20

THOMAS JEFFERSON 35, WEST MIFFLIN 7 West Mifflin 0 7 0 0 7 Thomas Jefferson 0 14 7 14 35

Friday’s Box Score

MEN RECENT RESULTS

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

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5A Football Playoffs Football

Friday’s Box Score

MCKEESPORT 41, GATEWAY 38 McKeesport 8 7 7 19 41 Gateway 0 13 7 18 38

November 17, 2016 CO M M E N TA R Y

NCAA's sanctions on TMC women's basketball too severe JACOB MEYER Columnist

The Thomas More women’s basketball team’s undefeated, National Championship 201415 season was banished from the record books Tuesday.

Star player and then-junior Sydney Moss stayed with former assistant coach, Jerry Allen, for eight months while rehabbing her torn ACL. The NCAA Committee on Infractions released Tuesday that, along with stripping all 33 of the team’s wins and its national title in the 2014-15 season, the school will also be fined $2,500, be put on probation for two years and be forced to complete tasks relating to the understanding of NCAA compliance.

Thomas More admitted fault, and the committee found there was no deceit on the part of Thomas More.

That leaves anyone who follows the NCAA – the same organization that let the University of North Carolina, Louisville University and many other institutions get off with more egregious violations – asking why?

Most of the sanctions have merit; actually all of them do, except for the one that – coincidentally – made headlines.

Stripping the 2014-15 season is confusing at best and ludicrous at worst.

After reading the 18-page report by the Committee on Infractions, it's clear the NCAA cannot in good conscious take away that season from Thomas More. Yes, Moss was an ineligible player for the 2014-15 season, but only in the eyes of the NCAA. Thomas More President David A. Armstrong admitted the school should have been more intentional and contacted the NCAA as soon as possible, and I agree.

Moss was living for free with a former coach, which in normal circumstances would count as an NCAA violation.

Except, Allen and Moss have a “pre-existing relationship,” which was the term used in

the report. Moss and Allen have known each other since she was in seventh grade, and Allen started coaching her in AAU a year later.

In the report, the committee referred to their pre-existing relationship as a “folklore.”

The use of that word for this scenario is a farce.

Allen looked after Moss, who Armstrong said did not have the best upbringing, despite being the daughter of Randy Moss, and she would hang out at their house, play video games and babysit for Allen. This was not your normal player gaining benefits from an institution situation.

She had just had ACL reconstructive surgery, and she couldn’t navigate her apartment, which required stairs. A friend, in this case her coach, took her in and helped her.

What is equally as ludicrous as the misinterpretation by the Committee on Infractions on Moss and Allen’s relationship is the committee’s treatment of this incident as a Division I incident because Moss is a Division I-caliber player.

The report did not identify anybody involved, yet the committee felt it was necessary to include that the studentathlete was “elite” three times and the team’s “most successful” player another time. At the Division III level, this has absolutely no bearing to this case. Division III athletics treat every student-athlete as equal, and if this were a lesser player on Thomas More, the 2014-15 season would not have been taken away from them.

This is not a transfer or recruitment violation. It smells like the NCAA cracking down on Thomas More for having a player who is too good to play at the Division III level.

Hand out fines. Make them go to compliance meetings.

Put them on probation. But a sanction by the NCAA to vacate wins and a national title isn't fair.

The Division III atmosphere is meant to protect studentathletes, while the Committee on Infractions is meant to rule fairly on issues of compliance, and in both cases, the NCAA failed spectacularly.

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WBB wins opener for first time since 2011

By ELIZABETH NICODEMUS For the Yellow Jacket

The last time the Waynesburg University women's basketball team began their season with a victory was six years ago. The women’s basketball team is starting off the season 1-0, after a win in its opening contest Tuesday, Nov. 15, against Frostburg State.

“It’s great to be 1-0,” said head coach Sam Jones. “It’s the first time in a while we have started with a win, so it’s pretty nice to get that done.”

The team began its season in a nonconference game at the home, as the Jackets defeated Frostburg State 70-61.

“Starting at home, you’re kind of nervous, when you know you have your first season opener,” said junior forward Addy Knetzer. “I’m just really happy we got the win tonight, because it’s the first win I think we’ve got in [a long time]. Just starting at home, has something to do with it.”

The Jackets led for most of the game, but at the beginning of the second half, Frostburg began to make a comeback.

Waynesburg held its ground,

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Sophomore point guard Monica Starre, pictured here in a game last season scored 12 points Tuesday night. however, and managed to come through with the win.

“I was very happy with how we played tonight, but we had too many turnovers,” said Jones. “We didn’t box out well in the second half, which kind of led to a little bit of their

comeback.”

Leading the Jackets in points was Knetzer, who had seven made field goals and three free throws made, accumulating 17 points. Also contributing on offense were sophomore point guard Monica Starre and se-

nior guard Katie Gehlmann, with 12 points each.

"I definitely need to work on my defense," Knetzer said.

"I need to communicate more and things like that. Just be quicker and smarter; it’ll help the team more.”

Knetzer led the team with 14 total rebounds.

Waynesburg scored 13 points off turnovers and scored nine second-chance points.

“I think we need to come out in the second half with a little bit more focus and energy,” said Jones. “It wasn’t terrible, but we’ve got to be sharper.”

The Jackets return to action at the Penn State Behrend Tournament, when they play Bluffton University and Defiance College. The games will take place in Erie, Pennsylvania, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19.

Editor’s Note: For recaps from the women's basketball team's games over Thanksgiving Break, follow @YJ_Sports on Twitter.

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their was no intention to deceive or to violate rules, and that’s why I think there was no postseason ban,” Armstrong said. “That’s why there’s no suspension of the coaches or the [athletic director]. It’s a tough pill to swallow losing the championship, but I think they made a decision that it was based on an isolated incident.”

Armstrong said the probation will consist of monitoring from the NCAA of the entire athletic program, and the report states the institution must inform coaches and all people related to athletics at the college on NCAA legislation.

Thomas More will also pay a self-imposed $2,500 fine and undergo a review from an “outsider agency with athletics compliance expertise,” according to the Committee on Infractions.

Lastly, the college must send several representatives, including head women’s basketball coach, Jeff Hans, and Athletic Director, Terry Connor, to an NCAA Regional Rules Seminar.

Connor could not attend the press conference due to being out of town, but he wrote in a written statement that the mistake was “on an interpretation of a bylaw,” and that the college remained transparent throughout the process.

“In fact, we were so certain there were no improprieties that we provided the NCAA with the information used to make the ruling,” Connor said in a written statement, which was read by Armstrong at the press conference. “That’s how confident we were that no violation was taking place.” *** After a standout freshman season at the University of Florida, in which she was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team, scoring 11.8 points a game, Moss decided she wanted to transfer.

An assistant coach at Thomas More at the time, Jerry Allen, was close with Moss, Armstrong said. Allen coached her in AAU, had her stay at his house on several occasions and considered her a “big sister” for his son, according to the report.

The Infractions Decision says Allen was a “father figure” to Moss, whom the report said did not have a relationship with her father, retired NFL wide receiver Randy Moss.

Armstrong said the reason Moss came to Thomas More was not because of Allen.

“This young lady actually came to Thomas More because her girlfriend was here, and that’s why she picked Thomas More, not because of Jerry Allen,” Armstrong said. “As a

matter of fact, coach *** Hans wouldn’t let Jerry Allen talk to A f te r Mo ss her when there was moved out in a rumor that she was the middle of the coming. We didn’t 2014-15 undetalk to her; we didn’t feated national do anything until the title season, the release was given.”

NCAA was given After Moss’ 2013a tip from a conMoss 14 season was ended fidential source in by a torn ACL in the NCAA February 2015. Thomas More Tournament Sectional Finals was not informed of this tip on March 15, the only game until August 2015. the Saints lost in Moss’ three Despite admitting fault to years at the school, she under- misinterpreting a bylaw, Armwent reconstructive surgery in strong again disagrees with the late March. way the NCAA handled the Moss began living with Al- anonymous tip. len in April 2014, as both Moss “If we were called in Feband Allen, according to the ruary that we allegedly had report, were concerned about something, we would have obthe safety of her living situa- viously turned in the information, due to the neighborhood tion given to us, because we’re and her physical limitations. the ones who self-reported it,” Allen told Hans in spring Armstrong said.

2014 that Moss was living with Thomas More then handed him, a conversation Hans, ac- in a self-report in late Septemcording to the report, does ber 2015; the NCAA begins its not remember, but does not investigation in mid-Novemdeny. In that conversation, Al- ber; and Moss is indefinitely len said he offered to resign suspended due to the complibut was assured that was not ance review. necessary.

She missed the first five “I take full responsibility for games of the season, in which not recognizing the gravity of the Saints still went 5-0. the situation,” Hans said at the The Saints did not lose a press conference Tuesday. “... game the rest of the season, There was no intention to gain winning the National Chama competitive advantage. We pionship for the second got it wrong, and I take owner- straight season. The 2015-16 ship of that.” title was not affected by the Armstrong said Allen findings Tuesday, as Moss was would later leave the program only an ineligible player for the due to time-commitment re- 2014-15 season. straints.

Because of Moss’ talent as Either way, Moss living a player, Armstrong is “conwith Allen, if he was a coach cerned” about the verbiage or not, was an NCAA viola- used surrounding her in the tion. Moss lived with Allen for report. Referring to Moss, the the remainder of the year – ap- word “elite” was used in the reproximately eight months. port, while the phrase “most “This sounds bad, but no- successful” was also used once. body thought anything of it,” “In Division III, we treat Armstrong said. all students the same, so why Moss was then prompted by are they treating a student Connor to move out, not be- differently because they’re an cause he was concerned about elite player,” Armstrong said.

NCAA violations, but rather “It shouldn’t matter whether the “perception of a female they’re an elite player or the student-athlete living with a last player on the bench. That’s male coach,” according to the the whole philosophy of Divicommittee’s report. sion III.” Connor also did not think Armstrong said he would this was a problem because of hope that if it were another their pre-existing relationship. player on the team – even his The Committee on Infrac- hypothetical “last player on tions considers the thought by the bench” – that the sanctions Thomas More of Allen and would be the same.

Moss’ pre-existing relation“That’s the way it should ship to be based on “folklore.” be under the rules, but it cerArmstrong disagrees with tainly doesn’t seem like that the committee on this inter- how they made that an issue,” pretation.

Armstrong said. “If we vio“To [Allen], Sydney Moss lated a rule, we violated a rule was his daughter, and that’s – it shouldn’t matter what their what people aren’t under- status is.” standing,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong doesn’t believe “This was a pre-existing re- this was truly a Division III lationship; I don’t know how investigation, but rather a Dielse to describe it based on the vision I or Division II one, in definition I’ve seen…They go which those divisions can ofto church together; they wor- fer athletic scholarships and shipped together; they ate to- to athletes. gether; they traveled together; “There’s this presumption they lived together. But again, that people are getting paid that’s where I’m struggling and getting free cars, because how that wasn’t found to be a that was the assumption when pre-existing relationship.” they came out, which I guess

is right – we had to prove our innocence,” he said. “When you’re looking at Division III, you should be looking at Division III rules, not applying Division I concepts to a Division III situation.”

In recent years, major Division I institutions like the University of North Carolina and Louisville University, in which classes and the recruiting process, respectively, were found to be against NCAA violations were not handled as severely as Thomas More’s case.

“It’s just hard to know what we went through – again there was no deceit; there was no academic fraud,” Armstrong said. “When you look at the things that are going on at the Division I level, and nothing happens when people are manufacturing degrees or manufacturing transcripts, to me, that’s the core of a lack of academic integrity, yet those cases were dropped. So it does make it tough to swallow.” *** Armstrong sent an email to the other presidents in the PAC, and he hopes Thomas More is given “the chance to explain our situation,” which he thinks will happen.

“There are rules that say if there’s an NCAA violation it could mean dismissal from the conference. That’s all documented and public information…and we believe we’ve been a good conference member and we desire to stay in the conference.” Armstrong said.

“We have to show the conference that this is an anomaly – it’s not our character.

PAC commissioner Joe Onderko said in an email statement Tuesday the committee informed the PAC of the report, but he declined any further comment.

The Saints won their season-opener Tuesday night, and Hans said playing a game under the cloud of the sanctions was challenging.

“It was difficult with everything going on and the effect of the program, our alumni and our campus community,” Hans said in an interview with The Yellow Jacket. “Our team did a really very good job of doing what they needed to do to start on a good note for the 2016-17 season and to try to move forward.”

Moving forward, Armstrong said he doesn’t just want Thomas More to move past this incident, but rather become a pioneer in compliance.

“It’s not the mistake that counts, it’s what you do after the mistake that counts,” he said. “I can sit back and be angry, or I can help the NCAA have better legislation, more clear legislation and a better process. I would much rather be a part of the answer than be a part of the problem.”

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November 17, 2016

W AY N E S B U R G U N I V E R S I T Y F O O T B A L L

Jackets tripped up by rival W&J in season finale Open competition for QB spot in spring season

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference Backyard Brawl is a one-sided brawl.

Just four times in the series’ 43-game history, entering Saturday’s matchup between Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg, did the Jackets come out victorious.

The last time the two teams met at John F. Wiley Stadium was one of those against-theodds victories.

The 31-28, overtime win on the kick of then-senior kicker Scott Lewis ended a 10-year losing skid for the Jackets against their rival in 2014.

W&J won convincingly last season at home, and entered this matchup in 2016 as heavy favorites, with a top-three offense in the conference and a 7-2 record.

With 2:53 to play in the game, Waynesburg took over following a missed W&J field goal with a chance, down 1410, to drive down the field and punch in a game-winning score.

After getting a first down, a sack of redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Perone led to an eventual turnover on downs, and with it, a W&J victory.

The final of 14-10 in favor of the Presidents came as a result of a good gameplan and a well-executed one at that, head coach Rick Shepas said.

Sports Editor

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Freshman running back Whitney White finished the game with 35 yards on 11 carries. The Jacket rushing attack rushed for 2.0 yards a carry in the loss to W&J.

Limiting Coughlin to Zubik Entering the game Saturday, W&J senior quarterback Pete Coughlin and junior wide receiver Jesse Zubik were the PAC’s most lethal duo.

Coughlin came into the game as the PAC’s second leading passer at 276.6 yards per game, but finished with 162 yards in the air, 65 of which were yards on the slate of Zubik, who came into the game as the PAC leader in many receiving categories, including 8.8 receptions per game, 139.0 yards per game and 16 touchdown catches.

Zubik entered the day 18 yards shy of breaking W&J’s Alex Baroffio’s record of 3,203 yards in a career, which is second best in the history of the conference, a number Zubik made up for on one play, but other than a 28-yard gain and some smaller-gain catches, Zubik was held quiet.

“We had a plan for wherever [Zubik] was going to line up,” said Shepas. “The only time they hit him on a big play was a play they put him in a different spot and motioned him back across the formation. We had a guy under him and over him wherever he went.”

Shepas thought part of the reason the defensive line played so well outside of the

Perone for the remainder of the season – excluding the second half against Saint With the end of the Vincent in the second to last Waynesburg University game of the season. football season comes the Looking back on the seaquestion of who will be the son, Perone said that the quarterback for the Yellow experience he gained startJackets next season. ing a quarterback propelled Sophomore Jake him into a better Dougherty, who player. started his entire “The experience freshman season, helped,” said Perfractured his left, one. “Starting to non-throwing see it – definitely collarbone in a getting more on Week Three loss to p a g e w it h t h e Carnegie Mellon. coaches, kind of Then, redshirt felling how you freshman Tyler should prepare for Dougherty Perone took over teams; I think that as the starting was a big one just quarterback, while because you come freshman Aaron in and everything Jenkins replaced is different from him in two games high school.” and started in the Following Perwin against Geone’s stand out neva College. game with 401 Shepas said gop a s s i n g y ard s , ing into the offseathe first time for son it will be an a Jacket passer Perone open competition since Carter Hill for the quarterback spot. in 2013, in a 50-42 loss to “Jake’s got a year under the Thiel Tomcats he said his belt when we lost him as he experienced growth early as we did in the sea- throughout the season. son so these other guys have Perone started the last had a chance,” Shepas said. game of the season – a 14“It’s going to go to the guy 10 loss to Washington & who wants to compete the Jefferson – and Shepas said most and wants to study and Perone saw the field the best wants to be the best leader.” he had all season, even inShepas did not say wheth- cluding the 400-yard game er there will be no prefer- against Thiel. Perone comence for any quarterback in pleted 22 of 35 pass attempts the open competition, but for 218 yards, no touchhe does want to see more downs and no interceptions. competition.

“As far as him seeing the “I want to see it be more coverage rotations… I just of a competition during liked the way he saw things camp than what it was [this and the way he commuyear],” Shepas said. “That nicated,” Shepas said. “He didn’t take place. I think the was accurate with the ball. way [Perone] finished the He had a great first half season, it could be more of and some great third down a competition in the spring.” conversions throughout the Last year, in the PAC, game.”

Dougherty was fifth out of With the battle for start11 quarterbacks in pass- ing quarterback position, ing yards per game, ninth Dougherty said he is looking in passing efficiency, fifth forward to the competition. in completion percentage “I’m excited to go out and and sixth in passing touch- compete with [Perone],” said downs.

Dougherty. “It’ll be a good In t h e t h r e e g a m e s fit team with better comDougherty played this sea- petition which makes us son, the Jackets were 0-3, both better, whoever starts. before the injury on an at- I think it’ll be better for the tempted 2-point conversion. team… as long as both of Perone’s started in his first us work hard and try and two games as quarterback be better for the team.” for the Yellow Jackets beTo the open competifore being replaced late in tion going into the spring, the fourth quarter against Shepas said competition is Grove city by Jenkins. something that’s important Jenkins started the follow- to improve as a team. ing game, a 10-9 win over “C omp etition in the Geneva, because Shepas said spring is always important.

Jenkins had a better week of It brings out the best or preparation than Perone. worst in someone,” Shepas Despite being credited said. with back-to-back wins, “Somebody is going to Jenkins took a back seat to rise and somebody isn’t.”

By JACOB MEYER

Coughlin to Zubik combination was because of how the Jackets were able to take away the threat from the Presidents.

“You have to be careful there,” said Shepas. “You’re giving extra attention on the outside, you have to play well up front. Our defensive line did a great job stopping the running back and left the rest of the defense to contain Pete Coughlin.”

Seeing the field Since the injury to sophomore quarterback Jake Dougherty in an early season game against Carnegie Mellon, one of the issues for both Perone and backup freshman quarterback Aaron Jenkins, was seeing the field and recognizing coverages.

It’s something, Shepas said, that comes with time in college level playing the position.

Perone has been progressing, and the gameplan Saturday, Shepas said, was to use Perone’s ability to attack the middle of the field, something the 12th-year head coach said the Seton Hill transfer does very well.

“I thought [Perone] saw the field Saturday better than

he saw the field in any game all year,” said Shepas. “We got good preparation, had a good plan of attack, but as far as him seeing rotations and coverages, he did well. Of course he was accurate too, which helps.”

Perone finished the day 2235 passing for 218 yards. He didn’t throw an interception but also didn’t throw a touchdown.

Moving forward, Shepas said he expects Perone to battle with Dougherty for the starting quarterback position in spring ball and in camp prior to the 2017 season.

Putting a bow on 2016 In a “re-establishment year” for the Jackets, a 2-8 season isn’t what Shepas and the Jackets were looking for. But with some depth and youth at positions, Shepas said he is happy with the progression of some of the players on the defensive side of the ball. “[Senior linebacker] John Babos progressed really well throughout the season,” said Shepas. “I hope he comes back for his fifth year. We’d love to have him. Tristan Sandrosky had a good year like that as

well as [Brent] Blacharczyk and [Michael] Heasley.”

Blacharcyzk, a junior linebacker, led the team with 72 total tackles, while Heasley, a sophomore linebacker, was third with 53 tackles. Junior defensive lineman Brad Grinnen had 48 tackles, 12.5 of which were for loss. Grinnen had eight sacks on the year to go along with three forced fumbles.

Grinnen was named to the All-PAC first team defense, while Heasley and Blacharczyk were named to the All-PAC honorable mention defense. Joining the two with those laurels was senior defensive lineman Zach Machuga.

Another defensive player Shepas highlighted was Willkow, who started every game and led the team in passes defensed in 2016.

“Willkow just looked a lot more confident this year,” said Shepas. “He’s a guy that could be an All-PAC performer next year, easily.”

Offensively, Shepas is looking forward to the offseason for the young receiving corps, even with the loss of All-PAC honorable mention senior wide receiver Kevin Barnes Jr. and senior wide receiver Tim Cooper to graduation.

Waynesburg returns freshman receiver Ta’Vaughn Johnson, who led the team in receptions and was named to the All-PAC first team as a special team returner. The Jackets also return risingsenior Mitch Kendra, who caught 23 passes in 2016 for 484 yards and a score, finishing second in the conference in yards per catch (21.0). *** Waynesburg (2-8, 2-6) will take a few weeks off to heal up before returning to the weight room and preparing for spring ball.

WXC: Depth to benefit Jackets next year Latimers: Sisters excited for nationals

overall with a time of 23:15.

Following the scoring for the Jackets was sophomore that close.”

Teghan Simonton and junior Johns Hopkins finished first Elinore Loch, who finished with 38 points, placing four 55th and 56th, respectively. runners in the top Rounding out eight. the team’s top sevDickinson, Elizaen were freshman bethtown, DeSales Katie Thompson and Haverford foland junior Angie lowed with 120, Marchetti, who fin126, 131 and 161 ished 64th overall points, respectively. and 72nd overall, The Jackets totaled respectively.

176 points – only 15 “Katie Thompbehind Haverford. son and Teghan Gerber “I think… we ran [Simonton] ran well, but we needed to run fabulously," Hardie said. "They great,” Hardie said. “We never both cut time on this court. expect our teams to run great, Elinore [Loch] and Angie but we need to find a way to do [Marchetti] ran almost exactly that next year.” what they ran four weeks ago."

Emily Latimer finished first Hardie said 15 points is so on the team and ninth over- close that it could have been all with a time of 21:58, while just five seconds a runner difKatie Latimer finished right ference from finishing fifth. behind and 12th overall with “It’s horrible; for me, I have a time of 22:01. big goals,” Hardie said. “I want Junior Julie Gerber, the top this program to be a national runner on the Jackets last sea- program. We were that close. son who made it to nationals We could reach it. We just last year, ran her best meet of couldn’t grab it. I do think that the season returning from an we were the five team.” injury. Gerber finished 44th While not moving onto naContinued from C1

tionals is disappointing, sending two runners to nationals is “historic” for the program, Hardie said.

Looking to next season, Hardie said he thinks the team has more depth than any other team in the region other than Johns Hopkins.

The team loses one of its top two runners in Katie Latimer, but may not lose twin Emily Latimer, as she is possibly going to attend graduate school and use her last year of eligibility. The team is returning the rest of its top 10 runners.

Hardie also said a fully healthy Gerber would help the team as well.

Two teams ahead of Waynesburg in the Mideast Region lose several key seniors – DeSales and Elizabethtown.

“I just have a feeling that it’s going to be another great year,” Hardie said. “So we need to continue to get more competition for the top 10. That’s what happened this year. That’s why you saw how good they were this year. They battled every spot every day at practice, and that’s what got them ready for the big races.”

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the meets, and the number one thing is to look and see how everybody is doing and it’s really exciting to see them progress…You are really excited for the team and not so much yourself anymore.”

At regionals, Hardie said the twins were the few to run outside their comfort zones.

Katie said understanding the regional race was potentially the last race of her career with Waynesburg drove her to perform at her highest level.

“Even after the first mile or two [in the regionals race] the only thing I was thinking about is that I’m not done yet,” Katie said. “I didn’t want [regionals] to be my last race – I still had more left in me.”

Turning to the last race of the season, Hardie said qualifying for All-American in the nationals meet is possible for either of them.

“They are running at such a high level that I think AllAmerican status is what we’re going to shoot for with them,”

said Hardie. “We’re going to have a strategy to go for the pinnacle of the sport for them.”

With a ‘stretch goal’ of finishing within the top 65-75 runners in the event, Hardie said both sisters would most likely have to break Waynesburg University records to achieve All-American status. “[Nationals] is the fastest course we may ever run on,” said Hardie. “I think we could see some really good times, and I think we’re going to see them in the discussion.

I think if they do make AllAmerican they probably are going to need to break the school record.”

Amanda Grover set the school record for women’s cross country with a time of 21:45; a time, according to Hardie, he thinks could be beaten by either of the sisters.

With both sisters knowing nationals will be their last race together at the colligate level, Emily said having the best possible experience is her goal for the event.

“I really just [get] to have an amazing experience with

my sister,” Emily said. “It’s really heartbreaking we don’t get to go as a team, so I guess now I have a different motivation to run – just to enjoy it for all the other people I would love to have with me.”

Running with her sister in the most prestigious event in Division III cross country will provide closure to the past four years she’s had with the team, Katie said “I think that [nationals] will give me the opportunity for good closure – knowing that I ended it on the best possible note I could,” Katie said.

Emily still has a year of eligibility, and she is considering attending graduate school at Waynesburg and possibly running one last season.

Though less than a week away, Katie said she is still processing the trip to nationals with her sister.

“It’s really hard to wrap my head around,” Katie said.

“We both got to this point... and its going to be really emotional – but I’m really looking forward to it, because I think it’ll be more fun than anything.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

Rising country artist returns to Waynesburg Tailgate hosted by

SAB held prior to rivalry football game

ABC and NHL All-Star game feature artist's music on TV

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

On Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m., the Student Activities Board (SAB) held its second wing night of the year. This time around, the event featured a performance by “The Stickers.”

“The Stickers” are led by front man Joe Wodarek and his two older brothers and are accompanied by a keyboardist and a guitarist.

Out of Pennsylvania, the group recently released a self-titled EP, which includes their most popular song thus far, “Countrified.” The song was featured on an episode of ABC’s Nashville television show and was also the theme song of the NHL All-

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The Stickers, a country band from Pennsylvania, performed at the second Wing Night of the semester with a packed Benedum Dining Hall.

Star game.

“Having our song be picked, over all the other great country songs out there today, it was very humbling,” said the brothers.

In addition to playing their own original music, they also performed popular covers like Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl Shake It For Me.” They also held true to their love of being engaged

with the crowd by doing a “Mannequin Challenge,” a popular trend that is currently circulating around on social media, with the audience. Afterwards, students were invited to come up to the very front of the stage to dance along to their hit song “Countrified.”

They also shared to the crowd at Waynesburg that one of their original songs,

“One Drink at a Time,” was actually purchased, used and performed by the Zac Brown Band.

The band also presented an opportunity to get free merchandise, if students liked the band on Facebook and showed it to their manager who was working the merchandise table. They also STICKERS >> D2

P r i o r t o S a t u r d a y ’s Waynesburg football game against rival school Washington & Jefferson College, Waynesburg University’s Student Activities Board (SAB) hosted a tailgate for students inside the gates of John F. Wiley Stadium.

Starting at 11:30 a.m. until about 1 p.m., SAB members; Pat Bristor, associate dean of students; and Anthony Jarrell, resident director of Martin Hall, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and gave out drinks in a way to help “create a better game day atmosphere,” according to Jarrell.

The food was provided and paid for by the SAB budget, and the turnout, ac-

cording to Jarrell was good and may have been aided by it being free. “[SAB has] a general idea at the start of the year where money will be allocated to,” said Jarrell. “I think [the tailgate] being free helped the turnout out a bit.”

Jarell added SAB wanted to do something to heighten the game day atmosphere.

“The Student Activities Board just wanted to do something to help make the game day atmosphere a little better, and we decided on a tailgate to give out food and have fun,” said Jarrell, who grilled at the event. “We were originally going to do it for the homecoming game but the weather wasn’t great that day. It turned out to be a great day Saturday for the event and the game.”

Weddings while at Waynesburg

Photo courtesy of Joy Oster

Students share how they balance life while married and finishing college edu.

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

When John Wicker went on the Ocean City Beach Project (OCBP) trip in 2014, he had no idea the impact the trip would have on him. The trip was a great learning experience, but the most significant part of the trip was someone he met while there.

He was one of 30 college students on the trip to Ocean City, New Jersey, where a trip to a Guitar Center store with several other students would land him a conversat riel Mohn. Mohn, from Canton, Ohio, joined another student on a trip to Guitar Center. Coincidentally, Wicker had to go pick something up himself, so he went along.

Wicker and Mohn enjoyed a conversation about Wicker Mayer’s “Where the Light Is” album, and he and Mohn’s friendship ‘really hit it off then,’ said Wicker. *** Wicker and Mohn didn’t start dating until after returning home from Ocean City, after Mohn and her boyfriend

Photo courtesy of John WIcker

Senior John Wicker and his wife Ariel (above) were married over the summer of 2016. Now John returns to Waynesburg to finish his senior year. Joy Oster (left) is an alumni who was in the same position. at the time broke up. But after two years of long-distance dating, the two had their wedding on July 24, 2016 – a day Wicker said was “absolutely incredible for so many reasons.”

Wicker, a marketing major, is almost halfway through his senior year at Waynesburg University now, while his wife, now Ariel Wicker, works as an assistant marketing director and one of the managers at the Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Washington, Pennsylvania. After John Wicker graduates in May, the two plan to decide where to move and enjoy the rest of their life together. *** John Wicker said it’s characteristic for students at other schools to be married at some point before graduation.

“It’s definitely an anomaly, as opposed to other schools like Malone, where Ariel is from, or Geneva or Grove City [where] you see college students and it’s a cultural

norm for people to be married in their junior year…but it’s definitely a lot more rare on this campus,” he said.

He knows his situation is unique. But he’s not the only student on campus in recent years to have had their wedding bands on their finger before having their Waynesburg diploma in their hand.

Joy Oster, a member of Waynesburg University class of 2015, spent her junior and senior years married to her husband Callen Oster. She said she met Callen Oster in high school, as Joy Talbott, in their hometown of Tallmadge, Ohio, as he was friends with her older brother.

Joy and Callen Oster started dating in her junior year of high school and married after her sophomore year of college, in May 2013.

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Community members gather for concert Chamberworks provides students chance to perform

By TYLER WOLFE

Chief Photographer

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

The Waynesburg University music program relies on non-majors to bolster their ensembles, according to Professor of Instrumental Music and Director of the Music Program Dr. Rhonda DePriest.

Several academic departments were represented at the Chamberworks Concert that took place last Thursday, Nov. 10, as students from majors far outside the Music Department worked toward earning a fine arts credit.

“We have 10 small ensembles that anybody in the university can take the class,” said DePriest. “…It’s

just another place they can go [that’s] not a huge time commitment.”

DePriest said the university also offers applied individual lessons for specific instruments, and those students can also be represented at Chamberworks.

The concert is held once a semester, and has a different configuration each time.

Thursday’s event began with a piece from the all-women Beauty Shop ensemble. This was followed by a performance with both the Beauty and Barber Shops, and then the Barber Shop alone.

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The Lamplighters Touring Choir held a concert in honor of “Music and Family” on Sunday, Nov. 13.

The 18-person choir, directed by Director of Choral Music Melanie Catana who was accompanied by Dr. Sora Lee, sang nine songs and a variety of hymns chosen by the audience, who sang along.

“Music tends to be the one thing all families have in common, whether it is singing to a car radio or church choir or just singing Christmas carols; most families have some memory that includes music,” said Briana Ryan, sophomore music ministry major, who sang in the concert. “This way we wanted [the audience] to get that feeling of family and community at the concert.”

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

The Lamplighters Touring Choir performed last Sunday, Nov. 13, for their fourth time this semester with community members and students in the audience.

This concert was not only for students and family but also for the community, and members of the Greene Arc, Inc. Greene Arc, Inc. is a pri-

vate, nonprofit corporation that provides residential, vocational, day support, job support, job opportunities, advocacy and mental health/ recovery services to citizens

with disabilities of Greene and surrounding counties.

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Stories shared at first Upper Room 'Friendsgiving' Stickers: Band engages

crowd through music

By PATRIC FEISEL

For the Yellow Jacket

The first ever Friendsgiving took place this past Sunday evening after Upper Room. Senior Amy Hawley, testimony coordinator for Upper Room, and the rest of the team came up with the Friendsgiving event as a time for the community and the team to get together and share their stories.

The purpose of the event was to help all of those who attended to get to know each other better. Friendsgiving was held in the lobby of the Roberts Chapel, where students convened to socialize and get to know a little more about each of their peers.

Students at the event were also able to snack on mini pumpkin pies throughout their time, while also sipping on apple cider.

Hawley added that overall the event was a great success.

She said that the tentative plan is to continue this event and try to make it an annual tradition for students.

Hawley said that they are going to keep Friendsgiving in the lobby of Roberts Chapel, noting that the location

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Tyler Wolfe , Yellow jacket

Robert's Chapel was filled Sunday night as students and high school students made their way inside for a special Upper Room. is a prime location for people coming from Upper Room.

“The venue catches people on their way out of Upper Room,” Hawley said.

Building off the success of this year’s event, Hawley said that they are already planning some changes that will take place for next year. She thinks that they can make it more exciting by adding a few other perks to the event, while building off of some already successful aspects of the event.

“We are going to attempt to amp it up and [add] a

few other different things,” said Hawley. “We are going to try to incorporate music and have a few different food selections. We are going to keep it in the same venue and keep the apple cider and mini pumpkin pies due to them being major hits this year.”

Hawley said that the team appreciates everyone that showed up to the Friendsgiving event. She is glad that people wanted to come out and build relationships, while showing appreciation for what the Lord provides for everyone.

“Friendsgiving is meant to be a time for the community of Waynesburg University to get to know one another and the Upper Room team,” said Hawley. “It is also a great way for us all to be grateful for what the Lord brought us.”

Even though Hawley is graduating this year, she is happy that the event was a success this year and looks forward to seeing how the event progresses over the next few years.

Upper Rooms are held every week in Robert's Chapel at 8 p.m.

brought along plenty of copies of their EP “The Stickers” so that students had the opportunity to buy the album on site.

The Stickers held a meet and greet session after the conclusion of their performance as well.

Their performance didn’t go without it’s fair share of cheesy jokes, such as: “I sing solo… so-low, no one can hear me,” said by Joe Wodarek.

The students in the crowd thoroughly enjoyed the wings, going back for second and third helpings until they completely ran out while the band was performing, all while quietly head bobbing along to the beat of the music.

Considering the fact that the Benedum Dining Hall is a much larger venue than the BeeHive, there was an almost full house, with the majority of tables filled with students.

In accordance with their engaging nature, the band

once again got the crowd involved with a singing battle.

The crowd was split in half and given different singing parts.

The sides battled, trying to out-sing each other, but, by this point, the crowds were unevenly matched, with one side having a higher number of students than the other side.

The group also played a mash-up of all their favorite songs to listen to while traveling, which included songs

by Jason Alden, Journey, Poison, the Black Crows, Florida Georgia Line and the Beatles.

By the end of the set, everyone was out of their seats, sing and dancing.

“We have a great time touring together,” said Joe Wodarek.

“The Stickers” is a name the group is proud of and the band’s true bond is simply told by their title.

“We’re called the Stickers because we are a band of brothers and that’s what we do, we stick together,” said Joe Wodarek.

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in the Barber Shop ensemble.

Scott said that he is honored to be a part of the group.

“I was elated to find out about a group in which I could sing and yet didn’t take as much time out of my week as other ensembles,” he said. “Plus, I enjoy making music with the other singers because it gives me a break from my studying.”

Next was an individual performance by junior singer/guitarist Rachel Phillip, who sang an original piece.

After the vocalists, the woodwind quintet and the brass ensemble were each showcased. DePriest said the groups all had several non-majors who had prior experience with music before college. She said she thought the event went well, and was proud of the all of the work and practice that the students put forth.

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Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Members of the chamber ensemble performed in the Marsh Center. Above are the students who sang in the Barber Shop ensemble. proud of the turn out, and proud of the performance,” she said.

DePriest said the audience at Chamberworks concerts is often made up of the friends and supporters of the musicians. She thinks this is important to help foster “creative spirit” at the university, especially since so many people are from outside of the Fine Arts Department.

“People know the performers and they see people

their own age able to do these things…” she said.

DePriest is happy to know that students all around the campus, despite their majors or future career fields, still have an interest and appreciation in music.

“We’re appreciative of people who aren’t majors or minors, because they help the majors,” said DePriest.

“And if it weren’t for people taking it for their general education credit, we would

not be able to hear some of these ensembles.”

Scott said that he would strongly recommend the Chamberworks ensembles to non-majors and to everyone else.

“Although I’m a music minor, I would’ve definitely been a part of the Waynesburg music program in some capacity because music is one way that I release stress from my day,” said Scott.

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cause after graduating from Robert Morris University, Callen Oster was working in Pittsburgh and Joy Oster was still attending Waynesburg.

Joy Oster worked hard her freshman and sophomore years to make an easier load for her junior and senior year, during which she commuted from their house. Joy would record her professors’ lectures and then listen to them on her commute, something that caused her to keep going over and over the new information she was learning in class.

Although John Wicker said being married while still in school was a significant commitment in terms of his time management, he said he has also been able to stay on top of his academics, and has still been able to enjoy his college experience.

“To be honest, it’s so much of a blessing and I don’t find it to be hindrance in any way,” he said. “Even though she graduated, it doesn’t stop us from being college kids still.”

John Wicker commented on the experience of balancing Ariel Wicker and his academics.

“It honestly isn’t all that stressful,” said Wicker. “Because marriage isn’t just like an extracurricular activity that you put on your resume; it’s your life and it’s something that you prioritize even more than being a col-

lege student.”

Both Callen and Joy Oster had difficult majors which called for a focus on their academics. Callen was an actuarial science major and Joy was a nursing major, who also participated in cross country and track and field. Although Joy Oster was still in college when the two married, Callen Oster had graduated early and already had a full-time job before the two got married. This was an important factor Joy considered with Callen Oster, as she wanted to make sure they were making good financial decisions.

With the light load, Joy Oster only had to go to campus about two or three times a week, which allowed for more time to be with Callen Oster at home.

“I really enjoyed how everyday it was like I got a break from school, so it was a better life balance for me,” said Joy Oster.

For the first year of John and Ariel Wicker’s relationship, she attended Malone University in Ohio, which caused a gap of a three hour drive one way between the two – John Wicker said the two tried to see one another in person every two weeks but that there were a lot of Skype dates throughout this time.

Wicker said that long distance relationships are a good indicator of the intentionality of the couple.

“The thing about longdistance relationships is that

they help you to figure out right off the bat whether you are going to be intentional in pursuing that relationship or not, you can make up your mind pretty quickly in the first couple of months,” said John Wicker. “ Ariel Wicker graduated from Malone in May 2016 with a degree in communications and the two had their wedding ceremony this summer. Since she began working in Washington, the two aren’t separated by such a long distance.

He said their relationship became stronger through the growing of their friendship, and John Wicker said that’s when he knew Ariel was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

“I would definitely say that spending time together and just simply the growing of our friendship and sharing our dreams and sharing what’s important to us really helped establish that [want to get married] in the both of us,” said JohnWicker.

John Wicker said since getting married, Ariel has helped him with the stresses that life brings. He said the two are both going through a new stage in life, becoming adults. Ariel Wicker graduated and John Wicker will graduate in May, which brings several complications that simply come with becoming adults. Getting insurance, applying for credit cards, paying bills and other aspects are all new experiences to both Wickers.

They’re going to approach these tasks as they plan to attack the rest of their lives as a team.

“People say marriage is hard but I’d rather say that real life can be hard and marriage makes that hard work a lighter burden, because you’re a team with them,” said Wicker.

Just as the Wickers, Joy Oster said she and Callen would be a team and that she would equally contribute.

John Wicker said his parents were incredibly supportive of his decision to get married early and he said, quoting professional basketball player Kevin Durant, “They were ‘the real MVPs’ when it came to planning the wedding.” He said his parents helped him go into the marriage with ‘eyes wide open.’

Joy Oster said the decision to get married while still in school isn’t for everyone, but she doesn’t regret the decision at all, as it’s worked out well for them.

The Osters also liked the idea of going through life together; Joy said the reason behind the early marriage was simple.

“Since we got married young, we realized that we wanted to be able to experience life together while we were still sort of figuring it out instead of waiting,” said Joy. “Sometimes people wait until they are graduated and they have their jobs and they have life figured out, but we wanted to share those moments together.”

collaboration events together with them, to interact with the community on a deeper level,” said Catana. “I hope this is the first of many for opportunities we get to have and interact with them.”

The choir made cookies and other deserts for a small reception following the concert where they got to interact with some of the community members.

“I think the concert went really well and the audience seemed to enjoy the interactive hymn sing we did,” said choir president Kayla Goncalves, an arts administration major.

The some of the Choir members wrote out in a paragraph how music has affected their life, which was featured in the program, and others spoke on what they wrote in-between songs.

“I have never talked about that in front of people like that before,” said Heidi Dziak, a freshman accounting major. “It was nice to hear other people talk about it and hear how it has affected their life because you never know how it will.”

Choir and audience members seemed to enjoy the concert. There was a lot of positive feedback from the staff from Greene Are and the singers themselves.

“I feel it went really well and gave us a chance to really know our community,” said Ryan. “To me seeing the joy on the faces of some of the community members re-

minded me of the joy behind music and why I sing.”

A portion of the concert was dedicated to remembering the life of James “Fuzzy” Randolph, who passed away the Friday prior to the concert.

Randolph had a huge influence on the music programs at then, Waynesburg College, and still attended as many music department events as he could until he fell ill last semester.

Nelson Fox, one of the Touring Choir’s accompanists, spoke about Randolph’s accomplishments at Waynesburg, as well as a timeline of his life at Waynesburg.

This year Touring Choir has a large number of new members, including freshmen, but that did not stop them from having a very successful semester.

“As a freshman it has been very welcoming, they look out for us and make sure we’re okay as well as getting the job done,” said Dziak. “In the beginning of the semester we got to go in a small retreat that helped us bond as a big family.”

This was the Touring Choirs fourth concert this semester, with members looking forward to the few they have left.

“Touring Choir has been so much fun with all our new members,” said Goncalves. “If there are songs we struggle with we have always pulled together as a team to get them right. Sometimes I forget that most of our members are new because how [well] we work together.”

November 17, 2016

WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. “__ Wonderful Life” 5. “Good Morning America” network 8. “On the Good __ Lollipop”; Shirley Temple song 9. “2 __ Girls” 12. On the ball 13. Persuaded 14. “Daddy Long __”; Fred Astaire movie 15. “Extremely __ & Incredibly Close”; film for Tom Hanks 16. Pop singer Bobby __ 18. OJ trial judge 19. “Mr. Candid Cam era” 20. __ Tim; man who sang “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” 21. Assn. of oil-pro ducing nations 23. Past, present or future 24. Tyne or Tim 25. Bric-a-__ 26. Student 28. Peru’s capital 29. “__ be a cold day in hell...”

30. “Duck __”; Marx Brothers movie 32. Org. for Bucks and Bulls 35. “Harper Valley __” 36. Classic board

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game 37. Do the breast stroke, e.g.

38. Oblong pastry 40. Mountaintops 41. “Touched by an Angel” actress 42. Nastase with a racket 43. Suffix for auction or musket 44. Gobbles up

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12. Actress MacGraw 13. “__ Air”; film for Nicolas Cage 15. “I Love __” 17. “Eagle __”; movie for Shia LaBeouf & Michelle Monaghan 19. Norman of “The Ropers” 20. “The A-__”;

1. Tiny bit of land in the sea 2. Ted Danson sitcom 3. Gentlemen 4. Likely 5. “What I Like __ You” 6. Pitt or Garrett 7. Wally or Courteney 10. Series for Kevin James 11. Actress Barbara and her namesakes

George Peppard se ries 22. Bucket 23. “The Guilt __”; film for Barbra Strei sand 25. “NYPD __” 26. Printing store chain 27. Say

30. More devious 31. “Days of __ Lives” 33. Two-wheelers 34. Mornings, for short 36. “Cold __”; series for Kathryn Morris 37. Actress Ward 39. Pinky or Spike 40. ¬¬Dessert choice

LAST ISSUE'S SOLUTION

Thanksgiving E Y S E I P N I K P M U P X Q

J V D Y Q P O F W I S T C C J

R S N A I D N I U T S C H K X

ROLLS STUFFING POTATOES BEANS

C G E M E R P W Z E H E T Z I

X T I S O D O Y V F I O J M B

C G R C I Y T R U A V Q Z U U

HARVEST FAMILY PILGRIMS FALL

E S F Y C R A N B E R R I E S

E L M Y V H T J R O L L S Z R

W T A I Y P O C X X F R T X U

K S U I R K E V G A V C U E T

PARADE FRIENDS INDIANS YAMS

G T P R Q G S U M P N K F D S

B V F P K K L I T L G B F K N

G B U S O E L I O R V A I F A

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TURKEY PUMPKINPIE CORN CRANBERRIES

Students of Waynesburg

"Growing up I've never really thought about myself. I always made it about other people. I cared about their happiness more than my own.

It wasn't until I came here that I realized I needed to take care of myself. As a Bonner Scholar, I am always out in the community with kids or the elderly and I enjoy being with them. Sadly, I'm not bionic. I started to get very stressed out and I started to do poorly in my classes. I needed to take time for myself. Taking time for yourself is actually really helpful. It has made me reflect on school, service, and life. It also made me enjoy service even more because it felt like a chore for a little while. I tell all my friends when they first enter college to take care of themselves. If you take time for yourself then you will enjoy life more and make more memories. It's a learning process because you just want to get everything done, or go out and do something. You feel like you will miss something if you are not there. But in the long run it will be better for you. I'm still learning about this myself but I'm a lot better at it now than last year. I know God has something wonderful for me each day and I want to make sure I am well rested so able to proclaim His name in everything I do."

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rogers

Sophomore Stephanie Rogers spends a good bit of her time traveling both locally and nationally.s

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THE BACK PAGE

THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS Written by Emily Hackman

Designed by Patrick Feisel

Thanksgiving is full of family traditions. Usually, these traditions consist of being around family and friends while digging into a feast of turkey, mashed potatoes and brown butter noodles.

Another tradition involves surrounding the television and cheering on your favorite football teams to victory. Other top traditions include watching the many Thanksgiving Day parades, such as the famous Macy’s Day Parade, breaking the wishbone from the turkey and taking the time to give thanks for what you are grateful for.

Although there are many similar traditions, every family celebrates Thanksgiving differently.

“My whole family goes to a family friend’s house in the morning and my dad and brother play flag football. Then we go home and my mom and grandma start cooking. Usually my uncle and his family come up and we all watch the football game. After dinner, we sit around playing card games for hours. Thanksgiving is just a time to relax and be with the people who mean the most to you. The main purpose is to be thankful for everything and everyone that you have in your life.”

Heather Fraser

“I spend thanksgiving back home in California with family. A tradition in my family is that we spend the afternoon with my dad’s side of the family. Then later in the night, my mom and I go to see her side of the family for dinner.”

Paige Henson

“I normally eat turkey dinner with both sides of my family, visit my grandfather and usually play some video games with my cousins.”

Lexi Boudreau

“I watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the morning and have a Thanksgiving dinner with my extended family in the afternoon. To me, Thanksgiving means being able to hang out with my family and taking a day to give thanks to God for what I am blessed with in life.”

Cody Yankulic

Happy Thanksgiving!