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De La Cruz remembered: ‘We all loved Clari’ A year later, she was back as a member of the freshman class.

“Once she went to the camp, that was it; Claribeth De La Cruz’s journey she knew it was the place she belonged,” from Chicago to Waynesburg began said Beth De La Cruz. “She loved the Chriswith a message from a Christian radio tian atmosphere.” station.

Beth said her daughter was clearly happy Her mother, Beth, heard an adverat Waynesburg up until her unexpected tisement on K-LOVE for the univerdeath Sunday. The two shared time together De La Cruz sity’s annual CSI Camp, something just a weekend prior, and Beth said Clari that meshed with Clari’s desire to learn about —despite a recent dip in health—gushed with joy, forensic science. Clari wrote an essay and won a scholarship to the camp in the summer of 2013.

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Community joins together in mourning freshman's passing

By KIMMI BASTON and CHELSEA DICKS Staff Report

This past Sunday, on a cold, dark day, in the midst of the rain and strong winds, a community put on its winter coats, stepped through the large puddles and climbed the stairs up to Roberts Chapel.

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Nursing a life of stress

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Nursing major Elizabeth White completes an assignment in Eberly Library, where she and other nursing students are so frequently seen. White likes to study in between bookshelves.

For members of the campus’ toughest major, college is all work, no play enough to make White shake her head again in disbelief and slight animosity.

Costly schooling supplies, simulation labs, clinicals Her unselfish desire to help people had landed her that provide students with “real-life” experience in a here: Monday afternoon, sitting on the couch in a dorm hospital setting, open labs, and a homework load larger she shares with two roommates, a Pharmacology text- than life. It’s enough to set anyone on edge. book in her hands and pages of handwritten, colorOnly those in the nursing major truly feel these adcoded notes scattered around the living room. ditional burdens before classes even start. For those She sighed, looking down at the sketches of biological who don’t know—well, it never really concerned them. cells in her textbook, then glanced up at the far wall.

And why would it? It doesn’t affect them in the least; It was blank, just like her expression. and yet they wonder what sets the nursing JACKET LIFE “I didn’t know it was going to be this hard.” An occasional series student apart.

Elizabeth White is one of many nursing maWhite can say she knows how it feels. She’s jors at Waynesburg University. All have their own indi- on the wrong—or right—side of the wall. vidual stories, but they all face the same struggle.

The struggle of the major they chose. *** In nursing, anything below a 77 percent is failing. If your GPA drops below a 3.0, you are forced out of the She looks around at the jumble of her waiting schoolprogram. Extra expenses are through the roof, as no work, her tired eyes instantly stopping on her roommate. other major necessitates hundreds of dollars of lab fees She shares her dorm with two others: Alina Samoilo to be paid; or additional medical equipment for classes —another nursing major—and Sydney Stec, a psycholto be purchased; or the minor details of textbooks to ogy major. Stec was nestled on her bed in a closed-off be bought. corner of the room, her headphones on as she typed Textbooks. The word makes White cringe. away at her laptop.

She approximates having to purchase 12 to 15 textWhite shook her head and sighed again, forcing her books for her classes this semester, totaling over $1,200. eyes back to the textbooks and her painstakingly struc“Let’s put it this way,” she said, shaking her head and tured notes that were strewn across the living room in an leaning forward over the table covered with Pharmacol- organized mess—on the couch; the table; even the floor. ogy notes. They were printed, but handwritten words “They have it easy,” she said with a humorless laugh. were scribbled along the margins in four different colors White used to know what it was like to have less stress of pen. “I got them a lot cheaper online. If I would have and more rest. After transferring from Slippery Rock bought them at the bookstore, I would have spent over University in the fall of 2013, she originally enrolled in $5,000.” the science department at Waynesburg.

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The kicking unit trots onto the field on fourth down.

There is no hesitation. Rather, there is a quiet confidence.

This was how Waynesburg was destined to win Saturday and achieve something it hadn’t in over a decade: earn a rare win against archrival Washington & Jefferson.

“I knew I was going to go out there and make it for our seniors,” said junior kicker Scott Lewis. “They deserve it.”

Lewis is about to kick a field goal that will forever live in Waynesburg football lore.

He knew it might come down to this moment in the backand-forth contest. But as he approaches the line of scrimmage before the attempt – only his third this season – everyone at John F. Wiley Stadium Saturday holds their breath.

“Scottie wanted it on the left hash. For me, I wanted it on the right hash,” said 10th year head coach Rick Shepas in a postgame interview on the Waynesburg University Sports Network. “I knew if the ball was on the right hash, I knew he was making it just from the way he has been practicing.”

Would Lewis’ kick break a 28-28 tie in overtime, giving

Waynesburg just its fourth win in a series that dates back to 1897? Would the Presidents, with a miss, regain confidence and rally to win—as always— to maintain a perfect season?

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The players are over the ball. Just a few plays prior, W&J kicker Blake Davis had a kick blocked by Waynesburg senior linebacker Kyle Richey, thus giving the Yellow Jackets a golden opportunity to earn their first win against the Presidents since 2003.

“That was huge,” said senior quarterback Carter Hill. “[The defense] did the same thing against Thomas More. They gave us a chance late in the game by blocking a field goal.”

Added Lewis: “If he doesn’t get that block, who knows what happens. Nobody knows what the outcome of the game could have been. It was clutch.”

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In wake of election, faculty express need for private higher ed

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A key aspect of recently elected Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf ’s campaign on higher education was to help public institutions, not private institutions such as Waynesburg University.

“I am very concerned that private universities such as Waynesburg will be at a competitive disadvantage in terms of funding vis-à-vis public institutions,” said Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership.

“The whole focus in his campaign was to help the public institutions.”

In his press conference Nov. 11, University President Douglas G. Lee mentioned what he believes to be the importance of private higher education in the state of Pennsylvania. Lee split the higher education institutions in Pennsylvania—excluding community colleges—into three categories: private, statesystem and state-related. Lee referenced a survey done by the Association of IndepenSee ELECTION on A4

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Student Speak focuses on ISIS and Middle East

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COMING TOGETHER AS ONE

Students kneel in prayer and join the Upper Room band in song during a memorial service Sunday night in wake of the death of freshman Claribeth De La Cruz. Much of Roberts Chapel was filled with students and faculty, arm-in-arm, during the emotional service.

Thanksgiving mission trips remain intact

By OLIVIA LATIMER News Editor

Waynesburg University will be sending several students on two different faith, learning and service trips over Thanksgiving break in hopes of “igniting passion for service.”

Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, said that the reason there are only two trips happening as opposed to the usual amount of trips to different places throughout the world is the work of the newly inducted fall break.

“We had the rest of the mission trips take place over fall break to free up Thanksgiving break for students to be with their families,” said Hardie. “We really wanted to honor that tradition and time students can spend at home.”

One of the trips university students will be attending is a day trip called ALIVE 2014. The trip takes a group of eight students to Pittsburgh for the day to work in conjunction with a homeless ministry performing various types of service. Students Destiny McCune, Emily Nowakowski, Amber Lambing, Victoria Kapp, Laurie

Williams, Melanie Byler, Kayla Goncalvez and Kyle Digiandomenico will be led

by Resident Director Laurie Steere in services including arts and crafts, mingling and fellowship, making food and doing other human services throughout the day.

The trip is free for students, and with a limited amount of space available – due to the organization already having plenty of volunteers – is already full.

According to L.I.V.I.N.G (Love Initiated Ventures Investing in Neglected Groups) Ministry, the organization that runs ALIVE, the event takes nearly 200 volunteers on the one day ALIVE is offered each year.

This trip will be taking place on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This will allow participating students to still be able to be home with their families for the entire Thanksgiving break.

Waynesburg University has participated with the organization and sent students to ALIVE for a number of years now, according to Hardie.

The other mission trip Waynesburg students will be

participating in is the Fallingwater service trip.

The trip takes students to Ohiopyle, where they will stay overnight in a nearby church and do service work with the Fallingwater house.

According to Hardie, this is the first year for the trip, as freshman Bonner Scholar Sydney Green came up with the idea and suggested it to the university. Green works as a tour guide at the historic house and wanted to combine her passion for it with service.

“The trip is a form of ecological environmental service,” said Hardie. “Fallingwater is a historical house that they are trying to preserve. Students will be planting plants that absorb water and act as a natural solution to flooding. It’s really a fascinating thing.”

The cost of the trip is $25 for students and is still open to join, though it has limited space. The dates of the trip are Nov. 24-25, again allowing students to be able to spend Thanksgiving with family.

“Typically, taking a tour of Fallingwater is very costly; however, students will be getting to take the tour for free due to the service they will be

providing,” said Hardie.

Hardie hopes to see students come away from Fallingwater with a passion to continue serving the environment.

“Maybe students will ignite environmental stewardship in our own backyard in Greene County,” said Hardie.

“I hope students will come back and want to get involved here. This is really something we hope to see happening with students in every mission trip we offer.”

Hardie believes strongly that performing service, especially so close to the holidays, makes for a wonderful opportunity to reflect.

“It gives students a chance to reflect on the many blessings in their own lives,” said Hardie. “It’s a great time for students to really appreciate their family and those meals they get to share with their family on the holidays.”

Hardie said that doing service will help to give students a deeper appreciation for what they have at any time of the year, but especially so during the holidays.

“It’s truly a great experience for college students,” said Hardie. “It’s something you will never forget.”

Students at Waynesburg University came together once again to discuss a current news issue at the Student Speak Friday in the Stover Campus Center. The students discussed the events happening in the Middle East with the focus of the discussion on ISIS. The students talked about what ISIS is, watched videos of ISIS violence and also how ISIS is funded and the US involvement.

Junior marine biology major Derrion May was the leader of the debate and opened up the Student Speak by informing students with background about the militant group.

May focused on this topic because it was a chance for students to gain more knowledge of an event that is currently happening in the world.

“I picked this topic because I knew it was something that was currently on the horizon and something not a lot of people knew about ISIS,” said May. “I thought it would be great to educate the campus, although it is international, it does affect us right here in Waynesburg and could potentially approach us on campus.”

Students opened the dialogue by debating the topic of whether the United States should have acted earlier to stop the formation of ISIS or whether they should have avoided the contact altogether.

Aaron Palmer, junior sports management major, focused on the actions of the United States leaders and how they could have helped in decreasing ISIS’s actions.

“In the past it didn’t have much to do with ISIS,” said Palmer. “But our present state in Iraq and Syria, and with us finding out about the formation of ISIS two or three years ago and our executive leaders not taking any action towards

them and saying they weren’t a big threat, that was the first step in not doing anything about it and not caring about what’s happening in the Middle East until now is what has lead to what ISIS has become.”

In rebuttal, Joe Smith, a political science major, believed no action was the stance the United States should have taken in the situation.

“If we never would have gone into the Middle East in the first place, ISIS would not be a problem, they wouldn’t exist,” said Smith.

May shared other videos with the group, one of which included the survival story of a man who was apart of a mass killing and was the only survivor.

The students’ biggest discussion occurred when they spoke about how the United States could have limited the expansion of ISIS and its leaders.

Smith expressed the idea of allowing other countries that neighbor the ISIS group to take care of action such as Israel and not getting involved with the topic because it did not involve the United States.

Sophomore political science and history major Ashley Beener disagreed with Smith and shared that by doing nothing, a problem such as ISIS will become a United States issue.

As the discussion closed, May expressed that the Student Speak events are vital for encouraging students to think critically about issues.

“I think even today I see students in different areas on campus, so some of them may not have time to stop and see what’s going on outside of Waynesburg,” said May. “It is a very close knit community, and Student Speak provides a gateway to educate people on what is going on outside of Waynesburg, not just in Pittsburgh but in our country and globally.”

Cross-departmental project benefits students

By JACOB MEYER Managing Editor

Dr. Sara Clutter, associate professor of nursing, believes the senior nursing students have a civic duty to help younger nursing students at Waynesburg.

This goal is being achieved through a 400-level, Evidence-Based Practice course, in which students have a specific project to create informational shadow boxes to assist the things sophomore nursing students will have to endure during clinicals.

“I think it’s a personal behavior that they need to learn how to help new nurses,” said Clutter. “Being able to teach them is an important part of that role, and for the university it is important for the seniors to assist the sophomores in that process.”

Clutter described clinicals as the students’ real-life practice in hospitals and longterm care facilities to gain hands-on experience with the concepts being taught in their classes.

The course is split up into two separate classes – one taught by Clutter – and has a total of 39 students. The students split up into seven groups of five students and one group of four students to create eight separate shadow

boxes, which are located on the first and second floors of Stewart Science Hall.

Clutter thinks the senior nursing students did well in assisting their fellow sophomore nursing students.

“I think they’ve chosen really good topics for their sophomore peers,” said Clutter. “Obviously sophomores have entry-level clinical skills, so the sophomores had only been to clinicals one day. I think the seniors did a nice job picking topics that are appropriate for the [sophomores]. They did a great job trying to get that evidence to how the sophomores would understand.”

Senior nursing major Elise Kopas, who participated in creating a shadow box, knows first-hand the positive affect the shadow boxes have on sophomore nursing students.

“When I was a sophomore starting clinicals we were all scared to death, and we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into,” said Kopas. “The shadow boxes were really helpful because it’s a visual, 3-D and short tothe-point information.”

The group Kopas was in created a shadow box about blood transfusion, while other shadow boxes were on topics such as intravenous

therapy and ways to prevent complications, preventing pulmonary complications and end-of-life care.

To convey the information in the best way possible for the sophomore nursing students, the senior nursing majors teamed up with design students in a design club called AIGA. Clutter said interprofessional communications is a standard of accreditation for the nursing program.

“Interprofessional communication is important for patient safety because if all the members of the healthcare team aren’t working together with one another, patient safety is in jeopardy,” said Clutter. “Since we don’t have medical students, social work students or respiratory therapy students, we had to find a creative way to have our students learn that interprofessional communication.

Basically, that’s getting your point of view across to someone who doesn’t have your background.”

Kopas said the design consultants from AIGA assisted the nursing students convey their message onto the shadow boxes.

“It helped us to get out of the whole nursing language and communicate with other majors,” said Kopas.

Michelle Dunseath, senior communication major and president of AIGA, was the liaison between the nursing program and the design consultants.

Dunseath said the designers’ goal was to take the information and try and convey it more clearly, whether it be through changing verbiage or design elements.

“Sometimes it can be really difficult to work with other students because the terminology for graphic design is much different,” said Dunseath. “So we were able to step back and say ‘How can I talk to these people without sounding confusing?’”

Clutter said this is the second year in a row the nursing students and design students have combined in the effort, and she hopes the two departments will continue it in the future.

Three awards will be given Thursday to judge the shadow boxes.

The first is by sophomore nursing students; they are voting on which ones are most helpful to them.

The second award will be given by the nursing faculty on which shadow boxes gives the clearest, most concise message, while the last award will be given by AIGA on the best visual shadow box.

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Memorial: Students remember De La Cruz for kindness, friendships Continued from A1

ambition and expectation.

“She had been pretty sick three days in a row, so I came up because I was worried about her health,” said Beth De La Cruz. “We had the best girl's weekend. I took her to a hotel and we hung out and we ate and we crawled in bed.

She was telling me all these stories.”

Some of those stories included her experiences as a member of the track team.

Other stories included her ambitions to impact the school through her role in Student Senate.

All of these stories had happy endings.

“She felt so welcomed [at Waynesburg]. She would tell me ‘mom, these people are so awesome,’” said Beth De La Cruz. “She loved it. She loved every moment of it.”

Clari’s happiness, kindness and leadership are among the traits that friends and teammates say stood out most about her.

According to her Waynesburg track & field teammates, Clari lived by a simple saying: “failure is not an option.”

“Throughout practices, she would always push herself and she lived through those quotes,” said Lindsay Orzechowski, sophomore digital design major and member of the track team.

“She realized that even with her health conditions, she would do what she could in life.”

Her struggles with numerous allergies and pos-

Photo Courtesy of Beth De La Cruz

Clari De La Cruz lounges on her bed in Ray Hall. Students said they will remember Clari's friendly personality and uncommon kindness. tural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome—which Clari described to teammates as a condition that affects her heart rate and blood pressure regardless of if she was moving or standing still—would not define her, even though they prevented her from fully participating in athletics in college. Instead, in her daily interactions with classmates, teammates and fellow Ray Hall residents, Clari went out of her way to brighten up the lives of others.

In many ways, according to friends, Clari also emulated the heart and soul of Waynesburg by simply being a caring person and proud Christian.

“She really did just live fully and was really integrated in a lot of people’s lives,” said Jesse Serra, freshman public relations major and Ray Hall

resident. “Nothing held her back.”

Even before she came to Waynesburg, Clari constantly tried to motivate and inspire others, said former swimming coach Sue Welker. By lifting teammates up through kindness and selflessness, she would lift herself up as well.

“Whether she felt good or not that day, she was always very exuberant and, honestly, rarely spoke about herself,” said Welker. “It was really about just enjoying the moment, and that’s how her mother is, too. Both are exceptional at trying to put some of their personal struggles to the side and to focus on living in the moment and enjoying and being thankful for the blessings they have.”

Clari continued her goodnatured ways at Waynesburg as an active member of Stu-

dent Senate, by supporting her track & field teammates and, recently, by helping people who were physically disabled. It never really occurred to her close that she was involved in so many aspects of student life.

“It’s just bizarre how much we noticed that after she was gone. We noticed just how involved she was,” said Serra.

“She didn’t look for surface relationships, but she really did spend quality time with everybody, no matter what their personality was or what they were like. She just got to know everybody.”

Clari also showed signs of an emerging leader through membership in Student Senate.

According to Mary Cummings, vice president for Student Services, Clari stood out during one particular team

building exercise with Senate.

As the game goes, each student puts one finger on a meter stick and attempts to lower it to the ground. Students often think it’s easy, but they quickly realize the opposite is true. Their ambition turns to disbelief and discouragement, and then the blame game begins.

Someone usually steps up to lead and solve the problem, Cummings said. In this case, Clari rose to the occasion.

“Clari started speaking up and leading the group, and just emerged as a great leader,” said Cummings.

Cummings isn’t the only person to witness Clari’s desire to get involved and lead right away. In fact, Clari attended the very first Senate meeting of the school year, even though freshmen typically don’t get involved in

Waynesburg’s student government for at least a month.

“She was really, really dedicated to Senate and wanted to make an impression,” said Christine Ritter, junior biology major and executive vice president of Student Senate.

“She came to every single meeting and was always busy with everything. She just had such a fun spirit. I miss her so much.”

Through Student Senate, Clari also participated in the “Rise Up For RJ” fundraiser.

According to Josh Dains, president of Student Senate, Clari was one of the t-shirt fundraiser’s top five sellers, despite not knowing RJ Tonks, a senior sports management major, well.

“She felt passionate about selling shirts for RJ because her brother is in a wheelchair.

So she knows what it's like,” said Dains. “Although he has something different wrong with him than RJ, she still felt a connection to it.”

As friends remember Clari's life, they will certainly remember the way she touched their lives.

“Clari was the life and spirit of Ray Hall,” said Melanie Byler, freshman athletic training major and close friend of Clari. “She knew everyone and was everyone’s friend. We all loved Clari.”

Kimmi Baston and Nika Anschuetz contributed to this story.

Editor's Note: Anyone wishing to send sympathy cards to the De La Cruz family may do so by leaving unaddressed letters in the mailroom. All messages will be forwarded to the family.

Community: Students join together to mourn unexpected death of freshman Continued from A1

And there, a community cried.

Just hours after the tragic news spread, students, faculty, administrators and community members gathered together in the chapel.

As Upper Room began, people stood hand-in-hand, in each other’s arms, crying on the shoulder next to them.

The service was meant to be a concert, but instead was dedicated to mourning.

Mourning for freshman Claribeth De La Cruz, who spent 74 days at Waynesburg University, and, in just a few hours, unified an entire community. Some of them knew her, some of them didn’t. Regardless, everyone came together and learned how much her life affected them.

“I don’t think I have ever seen that many people at Upper Room before, and everybody was on the same page that day,” said Josh Dains, president of Student Senate.

“Even if you weren’t there that

night, even if you were in your dorm, or at your house or you were wherever, you felt the sorrow of everyone else on campus and you were grieving with us, together.”

On the left side of the chapel were members of the track team; they gathered there after meeting with their coach and walking together.

The team decided together to dedicate this track season to their lost teammate; this was just one part of what they said was a sad and emotional evening.

“Once Rev. Tinnemeyer started the service and the first song started playing, that’s when everyone lost it.

You could hear the sniffles and everyone was crying,” said Rose Huwe, junior electronic media major and track team member. “When the prayer happened, I was at the point where I was crying so much I didn’t have a dry spot on either of my sleeves, so [my roommate] took my sleeve and rolled it over for me.”

Also in chapel, sitting in a middle pew, was Josh Hausler, sophomore criminal justice major who knew Clari through Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The weekend, he said, had seen the mood on campus fluctuate dramatically.

“Emotions were just so extreme this weekend. We had the biggest win possible of our football history at Waynesburg and emotions were so high,” said Hausler after the service. “Then in the course of one day, emotions were literally completely zapped to a complete and utter zero and just the worst possible emotions you could have.”

Those emotions played out on social media, as tweets and Facebook posts on Saturday filled with excitement and joy over the football team’s win over Washington & Jefferson were replaced by something very different on Sunday. As word of Clari’s passing spread Sunday, students took to Twitter to express their shock and grief and to offer prayers and support.

Others used social media as a platform to speculate about Clari’s passing, though no one had any actual confirmed information to share.

While media reports Monday have quoted the Greene County Coroner as saying

her death was the result of a “suspected suicide,” as of press time no official word has been released.

Many in the campus community, however, were not as concerned with how Clari died as they were with remembering how she lived.

Resident Assistant Cassie Gates, a junior biochemistry major, spent Upper Room on the right side of the chapel.

After the service, she reflected on memories of her resident’s time at Waynesburg.

“My favorite memory of her was at the beginning of the semester, when a fellow hallmate was sick, she gathered everyone in Johnson Commons in a circle to pray for her,” said Gates. “She truly loved people deep down and on the surface. She was always willing to lend a smile or helping hand to someone in need.”

All throughout the chapel were student and faculty praying and singing, and Dains was moving to various groups to connect with different people. He worked with Clari at Student Senate meetings, which she started

attending weeks before freshmen were ever invited to attend. He described the feeling in Senate after her death as one of disbelief.

“It’s still that setting-in moment where you know it’s happened, you kind of accepted it, yet you still show up at a Senate meetings expecting to see her sitting there with her head band that matches her shirt that matches her shoes and just happy as ever and ready to do something,” said Dains.

On Tuesday, the university’s weekly Chapel service was dedicated to remembering Clari and beginning the healing process. It was here that the Rev. Jim Tinnemeyer, university chaplain, likened the tragedy that has befallen the university to the storm Jesus’ disciples experienced on the Sea of Gallilee.

“We have all been right there. Maybe not actually at sea, but certainly in our lives, we have encountered great storms,” said Tinnemeyer.

“Our campus is in the midst of one of these; even as I am speaking, we are mourning

the loss of one of our own.”

Dr. Wayne Rossiter, assistant professor of biology and one of her professors, said, based on Tinnemeyer’s words, he feels it was important for everyone on campus to stop what they were doing to attend the service.

“I think it’s good as a campus that we grieve together and faculty make themselves available to students and vice versa,” said Rossiter. “I would have canceled things to come to [Tuesday’s chapel].”

After chapel on Tuesday, Clari’s parents came to collect her things. When her mother, Beth De La Cruz, got out of the car, she was smiling.

“She seemed so at peace with the whole situation,” said Huwe. “She said, ‘Clari’s up in heaven now where she belongs. We’re the ones that are all screwed. We’re the ones that are all dead and she’s alive, so don’t worry about her.’”

Though this positive thinking is inspiring for the track team and for others, Waynesburg will still mourn, because the campus community has been rocked by the waves of this storm.

“The sky darkens, the winds howl, the waves crash up against your tiny little boat of life. Where is God?” said Tinnemeyer, paraphrasing the doubts of the Disciples.

Since the time of Clari’s death, it has been made clear that such a storm has knocked this Christian community down to its knees.

“For those who knew Clari, it feels, I can only guess, like a tsunami has knocked them down,” said Tinnemeyer.

And, as Tinnemeyer said, this isn’t the last storm that will shake the foundation.

“There will be plenty of storms in your life,” Tinnemeyer said. “But when they come, have no fear. Because whatever happens, your Savior is there. In your boat, all the way to the other side.”

Just as Jesus was in the boat with the disciples, Tinnemeyer said He was with Clari in her final moments.

“God was there, in that dorm room in Ray Hall, holding Clari in his loving arms, steering her little boat out of life’s storms and onto heaven’s shores,” said Tinnemeyer.

“God is with her. God is with you. God is with us.”

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dent Colleges and Universities, which Waynesburg is a member of, and said there are 89 private institutions in Pennsylvania, compared to 18 combined in the other two groups.

Since public institutions are run by the state, while private colleges and universities are not, privates receive only 12 percent of the outlay from state funding compared to 70 percent for state institutions.

Lee mentioned programs such as Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Act and the Middle Income Debt Reduction Act are effective at allowing students to decide where to go to college “Those are great programs because they don’t go to an institution they go to the students,” Lee said. “I was a business student here, and I believe in free enterprise, and that it spurs competition and makes things more efficient.

I see things like PHEAA as a way to spur competition and make things more efficient.”

Dr. Richard Waddel, professor of political science, agrees with Lee on the importance of those programs, but thinks private institutions are not being treated fairly.

“I think we’re getting the short end of the stick on things like PHEAA, which is for all Pennsylvania students and we should probably get a bigger chunk of money from that,” Waddel said. “We’re educating people that the state can’t.

We’re doing the job that the state can’t afford to do. It would be nice to get a little more help from them [the state government].”

Stratton said more opportunities for Pennsylvania students would be achieved if private institutions received more state funding.

“If the money that were spent on the public institutions were spread out through PHEAA grants and other things, it would give more freedom to Pennsylvania students to go to school anywhere than simply having to go to the state institutions,” Stratton said.

Waddel said he does not know whether or not Wolf sees the private institutions as partners or as competitors. A consequence if Wolf does see a private institution such as Waynesburg as competitors is the state government could cut PHEAA grant money for them.

Lee said private institutions in Pennsylvania educate more low-income students than state-related or state-system institutions, with privates educating more than 40 percent of them. Private institutions also grant nearly half of the bachelor’s degrees in the state, and 51 percent of minorities are granted bachelor’s degrees from private institutions.

Lee also stated private institutions have a higher graduation rate than both the state-related and state-system institutions after both four years and six years.

“If you’re looking about value and cost, you’re more likely to be able to graduate in four years,” Lee said. “You may have to pay a higher tuition depending on the private you’re

going to, but you’re paying for four years not six years of tuition. Privates do a much better job of assuring that its students graduate in four years.”

Waddel attributes the generally small size of a private institution campus as being the reason private institutions have better graduations rates.

“They look at graduation rates over six years. Well, we don’t,” Waddel said. “Our students graduate in four. We want to get rid of you soon."

Stratton believes private institutions in Pennsylvania is a strength of the state.

“Carnegie Mellon, Waynesburg, Susquehanna, Villanova, Dickinson; these are prominent institutions that contributed to the strength of Pennsylvania’s democratic system, so it’s not a monolithic dominance by Penn State or the state colleges and universities,” Stratton said.

Lee said he was planning on speaking with Wolf about the importance of private higher education and urged students who meet government officials to do the same.

Continued from A1

in the cards?

Lewis had a chance for another game-winner in the third week of the season against Geneva. Kicking toward the right upright at the end of regulation, Lewis clanked in a field goal from 27 yards out, but a penalty negated the try. Moments later, he missed a 32-yarder wide left and the game went to overtime.

Oddly enough, a blocked Geneva field goal in the second overtime paved the way for a Waynesburg touchdown on the ensuing play.

Which piece of history would repeat itself?

Justin Layton snaps it. He’s been nothing short of perfect at his job all season. He always sends clean snaps to the holder behind him. This instance is no exception.

Hill receives the snap. The senior leader who pumped up his teammates before the game led them to this defin-

ing moment by throwing four touchdowns. Now, he gets the hold down and waits.

Lewis approaches it and boots the ball toward those same uprights. The ball seemingly floats through the air, slowly hooking downward and—again—to the left.

“The sound it made when he kicked it sounded really solid,” said Hill. “I thought it was going in easy, but everyone said it was curving in at the last minute.”

Lewis’ attempt was a 34-yarder. He barely kicked it 35. That’s all Waynesburg needed to roar in celebration.

This time, the Jackets wrote the happy ending to this chapter in an epic of a rivalry that has included so few triumphs.

“Somebody had a dream that we won it in overtime,” said Hill. “It’s pretty crazy.”

Saturday, the dreams of 25 seniors, an entire football program and even an entire school came true.

Andy Stanko contributed to this story.

Nursing: Waynesburg’s toughest major provokes stressful, fast-paced lifestyle Continued from A1

“My life was easier when I was a biology major,” White said with a roll of her eyes.

She ultimately changed majors due to the instructors.

White experienced multiple difficulties with faculty in the science department. When she heard that the nursing faculty was very supportive and willing to help their students succeed, she knew what she had to do.

After all, before transferring to the nursing program in the fall of 2014, White had higher plans for her future career than biology.

“Ever since I was a really little kid, I always thought I wanted to be a nurse or a doctor,” White said softly, all traces of fatigue and necessary humor vanished from her expression. “I have a true desire to actually go out and help people.”

She added: “Plus, I knew that if I graduated with a biology degree and somehow didn’t get into medical school, I would be stuck doing something I hated for the rest of my life. So I figured, all around, it would just be a better choice to switch to nursing, because I know I’ll get to be in the medical field doing what I want to do.”

After graduating, White hopes to join a program sponsored by the federal government that allows nurses to go into high risk areas—including inner-cities and Native American reservations—where people do not have access to healthcare because it isn’t affordable.

“I feel like it’s really my calling, just to help people and to make a difference,” she said. “I’ve seen too much sadness in my life from people that don’t get the things that they need.”

At the end of the 2013-14 academic year, White officially joined the nursing program. She would learn quickly just how much of a difference exists between those in the nursing major, and those on the outside who are curiously—and often judgmentally—looking in.

White, a junior by credit hours, is considered a sophomore by the nursing department. Because she transferred from another university, she has to stay at Waynesburg for an extra year to fit all of the required nursing classes into her academic plan.

Like most students, she has six classes each week.

A full load for most, but an even larger one for White and her nursing counterparts.

Microbiology – lecture and lab; Human Development – lecture; Fundamentals of Nursing – lecture and lab; Pharmacology – lecture;

Issue in Aging – lecture, once a week; and Orientation to Professional Nursing – lecture, and a freshman-level course that White has to take now, during her first semester as a nursing major.

Tuesday is her hardest day.

It isn’t the day she has the most classes; not by a long shot. No, Tuesday holds a 4-hour lecture that begins at 7 a.m.

Danielle McGinnis, instructor of nursing, teaches this lecture. She explained that the nursing program has a certain number of teaching hours that are required to be completed each semester.

At Waynesburg, this particular class – Fundamentals of Nursing – begins at 7 a.m. to avoid conflict with the Tuesday morning chapel services that commence at 11 a.m.

Explained like that, the reasoning behind the early morning class sessions suddenly doesn’t seem as strange or crazy. At least, not to “normal” students.

The nursing majors still see it as crazy. They are blinded by the reality that they are the ones who have to go to the class.

“Only nursing classes start at 7 a.m.,” said White, a hint of resentment in her voice before she laughed it off.

“Yeah, it’s rough.”

But how rough? ***

6:49 a.m. – It’s still mostly dark. The streetlamps provide the only light as Samoilo and White talk about their similar workloads and compare notes on the way down to class.

7:00 a.m. – The 52-seat classroom, filled by 36 women—and one brave young man—is mostly quiet. A slide projector is flanked on both sides by a black chalkboard, and the fluorescent lighting is half-on, half-off.

One group of girls is talking; everyone else is silent. The majority have laptops open in front of them, with coffee thermoses and water bottles on their desks. The common attire is sweatpants and tshirts. Some have granola bars in their pockets, waiting for their first 5-minute break to eat a meager breakfast.

7:07 a.m. – Class begins with a discussion of clinical sign-ups beginning next month. Tuesday shifts are 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and evening shifts are 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

7:11 a.m. – McGinnis starts the PowerPoint for the day: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She tries to engage the class. No one responds. Many are awake physically, but not mentally.

The switched-off lights don’t help, but the glowing screens of 16 laptops and the projec-

tor do.

7:41 a.m. – The lecture goes on. Students are leaning on their hands; those in seats by the wall are leaning against it. The first round of contagious yawns begins.

The constant tapping of keys indicates they are still awake, vigilantly taking notes. They have to. This is their reality.

7:45 a.m. – First break.

Everyone breathes a collective sigh as they stretch, go out into the hallway to talk of—what else?—homework for another class, or grab a bite of the breakfast they brought along.

7:52 a.m. – Break over.

Back to it.

8:44 a.m. – More stretching. White commented the previous day that most students were able to stay alert until the class was half-over.

She was right.

8:50 a.m. – Second break.

This one for ten minutes. “So you guys can wake up a little bit,” said McGinnis. Because she can tell the students are starting to fade. Less leave the room to talk, while more stay at their desks and rest their heads.

9:00 a.m. – The halfway point. McGinnis is talking about how to administer oral medications to young children. She asks questions that only one or two students attempt to answer. Attention levels are waning. But the tapping of laptop keys continues without a choice.

9:13 a.m. – Hands-on interaction with medications and pill-crushers sparks a bit of life into the class. A few laughs are earned when McGinnis mentions Ghostbusters. But it’s still dark, and quiet, and slow.

9:30 a.m. – The lecture about medicine dosage is very precise and involves many numbers. Most have their heads in their hands at this point; still awake, but just barely.

9:45 a.m. – A discussion about suppositories charges a bit of energy and entertainment into the class. The ‘graveyard’ feeling is starting to evaporate—but only temporarily.

9:59 a.m. – Talk of eye drops once again makes it harder for students to keep their own eyes open.

10:16 a.m. – The lecture turns to the procedures for giving medicines through inhalation. The class itself seems to be barely breathing—though the tapping of the laptops keys never stops.

10:20 a.m. – The class lets out 30 minutes early, much to the relief of the class.

White says that class never lets out early. This was the first time. *** It sounds more fun than it is. Just ask anyone who has to

endure it on a weekly basis.

A four hour lecture is just the icing on their workload cake.

And that workload?

“Enormous,” White said immediately. “You have no life. No life, I joke you not.”

She laughed, but quickly fell silent. “You spend a lot of time studying,” she almost whispered, more to herself than anyone else.

Along with each class comes readings, and not a mere few pages every night.

Collectively, hundreds of pages of readings are assigned weekly, and they are not something that can be overlooked as—if we’re honest—many other students do.

No, nursing students aren’t so lucky.

“If you don’t keep up on the reading, and if you don’t start studying as soon as you get the material, you’re done,” said White. “You fall behind, because there’s no way that you can absorb everything they throw at you.”

Along with the readings come online quizzes that serve as tickets for the actual class tests.

Students can take them as many times as they need to, but if they don’t get a high enough score, or “mastery level,” on the quiz, they cannot take that chapter’s test during class time.

In addition to the readings and quizzes, open labs are thrown into the mix; something foreign to nonnursing students. Nursing majors are required to go to an open lab—a regular lab left open to only nursing students during certain hours – for a minimum of one hour each week.

In essence, they are forced to study to ensure they are proficient with techniques learned that week in class.

White added that the nursing faculty is very understanding of the struggle, of balancing so much work into so little time. The instructors are willing to give their students as much help as they are able to provide —because they’ve been there too.

“I actually went through this program,” said McGinnis, who is also currently employed at West Virginia University Hospitals. “I graduated in ‘98, and it is a very difficult program.”

McGinnis looked as if she would stop there—as if that statement said everything there was to say—but then continued the thought.

“It is taxing. It requires lots of studying, lots of good note-taking.”

Sixteen years have passed since McGinnis endured the nursing program as a student. She still remembers the struggle that she now witnesses her students withstand on a daily basis.

***

On top of all the responsibilities with homework, studying and labs, White has a particular stress that constantly weighs on her. Missing assignments—which are easy to lose track of, said White, even when written down—are minor bumps in the road when compared to missing class.

And that isn’t as simple to avoid as it sounds.

“I checked my schedule last night, and I knew that I had three classes,” White recounted, with her schedule open on her lap as if it needed to be checked constantly.

Despite knowing that she had a class at 9 a.m. the previous night, that knowledge completely slipped her mind that morning. She actually thought her first class was at 10 a.m.

“It was 8:10, and I’m like, ‘I’m just going to go get a nice long shower,’” said White, already shaking her head at her own forgetfulness. She remembered what happened next.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

“Liz!” “What?”

“It’s 8:30!”

“So?” “We have Micro in 30 minutes!”

White credits Samoilo— her fellow nursing major, roommate and friend—with getting them both to class on time that day. Where most students would have probably just skipped class, this was a luxury that White and Samoilo couldn’t afford.

Despite the chaotic beginning to their morning, they only had one concern. White voiced it.

“At least I didn’t miss class.” *** And the cycle goes on.

Classes, homework, studying, classes, homework.

Wait. What about a social life?

White just raised an eyebrow. She thought for a while, then slowly shook her head.

Nope.

All of her time during the week was on school, school and more school. She averages having about 4 hours of sleep a night, and sometimes even lacks the time to eat regular meals. Spending free time with friends is always the first thing that has to be sacrificed.

“Man, that’s sad to think about,” she whispered, looking over toward Stec’s side of the room—where her roommate was still listening to music and playing on her laptop. “I have no life.”

For someone with no life or time, there sure is plenty to get done every five days.

The world keeps turning.

Everyone else goes about their business as they work toward Friday. For them, Friday means freedom.

Friday means something different for nursing students.

White sighed, smiling for perhaps the first time. “Yes. No classes on the weekends.”

She sobered quickly, her smile disappearing. She doesn’t have the responsibility of classes on the weekends, but that doesn’t mean she can let up. And she knows it.

“Usually I’ll study a little bit on the weekends, but not particularly much,” she said.

It’s a delicate balance of avoiding burnout. For White and countless other nursing majors, the weekend was made for catching up on sleep, studying, socializing a bit and more studying.

Classes, studying, homework and a scarcely seen social life. That sounds bad enough without even mentioning the NCLEX. It sounds like a painful medical procedure. Truthfully, that’s not too far off.

McGinnis explained the NCLEX examination—a test that all nursing students have to take at the end of their four years at Waynesburg to be able to practice nursing in any real-world setting.

“They can go through four years, and if they don’t pass the test, they can’t practice,” she said.

The nursing program also recently received their department report. The 201314 academic year mark the sixth year the program has had a 100 percent pass rate for the NCLEX exam.

“There’s no other school that can say that,” McGinnis said with a smile.

So what is there to take away from this? Waynesburg is excelling at preparing its nursing students for success in real-world settings, but that doesn’t make the task easy.

At times, it’s downright torture. *** White knew it wouldn’t be easy when she transferred into the nursing program.

As she sits in her dorm— her future resting in front of her in its current form of expensive textbooks and pages upon pages of notes— she still smiles.

“How I get through this every day is by thinking that, after all of this, I’m going to be able to help people,” she said, her words deliberate.

She runs a hand through her dark hair, her smile slowly fading as she stares across the room. There’s a far-away look in her eyes again as she remembers.

It all starts again tomorrow.

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Community businesses to offer multiple open house events for the local public

Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

High Street businesses will be opening up their doors for the upcoming holiday season. Two open house events will take place in the next couple of weeks where local businesses will be offering free amenities for community members in hopes to persuade people to buy locally.

Cookie Caper event created to spark interest Annual Holiday Open House will raise for community members to buy local products money for CanStruction, community outing

By JOHN LYDIC

Multimedia Manager

The local Waynesburg community is gathering together to show off local businesses and tell people about the individual who has been dropping off cookie recipes to these businesses.

To those who do not know, the Waynesburg community has its own cookie monster, and he has been sighted at many local businesses around downtown Waynesburg.

The Cookie Caper event today, from noon to 8 p.m., is set to show off where the cookie monster has struck while also showcasing the small community businesses in Waynesburg.

Thirteen downtown businesses will be hosting the event, with each one providing a different cookie, according to Linda Winegar, owner of the Artbeat Gallery – with her husband Jim – and organizer of the Cookie Caper.

Each store will provide the recipe the cookie monster dropped off at their store.

Visitors will have the chance to enter a raffle contest at each store, and they will also have an opportunity to qualify to win a grand prize by visiting a number of the businesses participating in the event.

The grand treasure basket will include items from all 13 participating businesses and is valued at $500, according to Winegar.

“We are trying to make it a fun day for people to get out and see what’s in downtown Waynesburg and visit some of the shops and have some cookies,” said Winegar.

“I’m sure a lot of people will have refreshments as well. People will be able to have some cookies and refreshments, and get a jump on shopping season.”

The event is also serving as a chance for the local community and college students to experience all the local stores in Waynesburg.

“It makes people aware that the businesses are here,” said T.R. Mahle, owner of The Locker Room.

“It gives a chance to showcase to people who may not come and see us.”

Winegar also believes events such as these are good because they allow for interaction between the college students and local community members.

“We like to interact with the college students and we’re always happy when students come into our gallery and are looking at the artwork and the fine craft work we have in here,” said Winegar.

“We’re always excited for the college kids to come down and spend some time.

Sometimes they just come and look around and visit, and that’s always fun. It is a nice interphase between us and the college.”

The event is open to everyone in the Waynesburg community.

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By KARA BEMER

Advertising Director

Lit fire barrels outside, live holiday music and horsedrawn wagon rides are just a glimpse of the Christmas cheer that will be shared at the Holiday Open House held in downtown Waynesburg on Dec. 5.

From 5-8:30 p.m. the community is invited to attend the Holiday Open House, an annual event presented

by Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful.

C O N S O L E n e r g y, C an St r u c t i on , Gre e n e County Tourism Promotion Agency and some downtown merchants are sponsors of this year’s open house.

The streets will be closed to through traffic; merchants and food vendors will be staying out late for activities, and a special fundraiser will also take place.

CanStruction is a project that encourages local artists to craft sculptures out of nonperishable food items,

food boxes and cans. When the sculptures are completed, they are put on display during the open house and are also voted on by the public.

Many are participating in CanStruction, even one of Waynesburg University’s professors, Andrew Heisey.

CONSOL Energy will cover the cost of the nonperishable items that were used to create the art. After the open house is over, all canned goods collected will be donated to the Corner Cupboard Food Bank.

The Holiday Open House has become a tradition not only because of the fun activities, but also due to the high impact it holds as a charity event.

“The Holiday Open House is a signature event for Waynesburg,” said Tommy Johnson, vice president, public and government relations of CONSOL Energy. “It’s a great way for people to enjoy the holiday season with friends and family while supporting local businesses

that give back to the community. The event is really remarkable and has grown beyond what we could have imagined. There are activities for everyone—from Christmas shopping for adults to horse-drawn carriage rides and crafts for children.”

Some highlights of the Holiday Open House are pictures with Santa Clause, Flix on Brix—which will be displaying “A Christmas Story” outside—free caricatures, free children crafts and gift-wrapping, among many other activities that are made available for the public.

Many of the local participating businesses are also offering special holiday discounts.

A souvenir Holiday Open House map, hand drawn by Leslie Fehling, is available to help find the location of activities, can sculptures, food and shopping. The maps are provided through the Greene County Tourism Promotion See HOLIDAY on B4

Multi-billionaire Pittsburgh Project, students work together shares success of local business SAME THROUGH SERVICE - PART SEVEN

By CONNOR WALSH

For the Yellow Jacket

“Waynesburg University educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transform their communities and the world.”

This statement can be found about Waynesburg when you look under the university’s mission on the school’s website.

A major part of the philosophy that drives Waynesburg is serving the community, which is why the university has launched the High Impact Initiative in conjunction with the Bonner Program.

The basis of the High Impact Initiative is to educate the students of Waynesburg about the surrounding area, considering that students live here for many months of the year.

In addition to this, the initiative is also aimed at increasing community service output from all students, not necessarily just those who are involved in the Bonner Program.

The Pittsburgh Project, an organization that Waynesburg has had a good working relationship with in the past, is one of the avenues students can take to get more involved in the community.

Lauren Pfeiffer, the Homeowner Services Manager at the Pittsburgh Project, said

By JOHN LYDIC

Multimedia Manager

Photo courtesy of Adrienne Tharp

Students part of High Impact fix up a house through The Pittsburgh Project and join their mission to create a better, cleaner and safer community. that the purpose of the organization is to “develop servant leaders and uphold the dignity of vulnerable homeowners.”

“Our vision is that Pittsburgh will be called a city of truth, where once again men and women of ripe old age

will sit in the streets, each with a cane in hand because of age, and where the city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there,” said Pfeiffer.

“We strive to accomplish our purpose and vision through our programs in

both our Youth Development department, which reaches out to kids and families in our North Side community through our after school program and summer day camp, and our Homeowner ServicSee IMPACT on B4

Start with a little money that is provided from father to son; find a product to invest in; and work hard. Then turn all of this into a $4 billion company.

That is not everything, but in a simplified version, this is how David Rice IV and his two brothers started Rice Energy in 2007.

Rice shared his story and climb to the top at the latest installment of the Crosby Lecture Series on Nov. 12 in Waynesburg University’s Alumni Hall.

Rice began the night by sharing with the audience the background of Rice Energy with his two brothers, Toby and Derek. They began in 2008, with David as the financial partner, Toby focusing on hydraulic fracturing and Derek as the petroleum geologist. Together, they built the company into a 275-person operation functioning with $4 billion. Rice provided the audience with the platform of what he and his brothers founded their success on: integrity, honesty and hard work.

Senior psychology major Kyle Digiandomenico said he went in thinking that Rice

would address the negative effects of drilling, but enjoyed the lecture thoroughly.

“When I first went in, I wasn’t really listening,” said Digiandomenico. “After having dinner with him and then going to the lecture, I had an open mind and really heard what he said, which is nice.

Digiandomenico thought the message portrayed by Rice—that it does not take an Ivy league student to find success—was also important.

“The thing that stuck out to me is that we think sometimes as an undergraduate— we have all these dreams and aspirations—and we think we are never going to achieve it because we are just a regular person,” said Digiandomenico. “Bill Gates, Dan Rice, Steve Jobs, all started out as regular people as well.

So it is kind of encouraging to meet somebody in person who has a billion dollar company and is a CEO. It is encouraging to see that hard work and determination, like he said, can get you places.”

For a majority of the evening, Rice focused on what his company is producing through Marcellus and Utica Shale.

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Cherish life, give thanks

Take time during Thanksgiving break to reflect Every year, we are asked the same question before Thanksgiving: “What are you thankful for?”

It’s easy to give a basic response to this question; but, in light of recent events, we urge you to take time and really ponder this question.

What are you thankful for? Truly, actually, deeply thankful for?

The last few days have made one thing clear: many are thankful to have known freshman Claribeth De La Cruz.

In her 74 days here, Clari clearly impacted the lives of the people who lived with her, studied with her, ran with her and laughed with her. From what students and professors have told our reporters, Clari was a gentle soul with a burning desire to better the lives of others in any way she could.

Very little is known about how she died Sunday. Regardless, we believed that the story of her life must be told. We spoke with students, faculty members and even her mother, Beth, and discovered it was Clari’s kind heart and Christian mentality— not her varying medical conditions—that defined her life.

Some may wonder why we are covering the story.

After all, a lot of students were understandably upset when reporters from media around the area came to campus on Monday. We understand their frustrations. We, too, found many of those initial reports to be callous and sensationalized.

The problem was that those reports focused on how she died. At the Yellow Jacket, we wanted to tell a different story: the story of how she lived. And, in order to emphasize the importance of that story, we decided to let it stand alone above all our news on the front page.

So, as the holiday approaches and as we ponder the question of what we are truly thankful for, we ought to remember Clari’s story: a true definition of a Christian lifestyle – and a true reminder that life can end all too quickly.

As this week comes to an end and you head home, reflect on that story and examine which characteristics of your life you can improve.

And when you get home, be sure to embrace your family and friends this Thanksgiving. Remind them that you love them, and why.

After then, after the holiday ends, do it all over again —because this week is a tragic reminder that it is never a bad time to count your blessings.

The thoughts and prayers of the entire Yellow Jacket staff go out to Clari's family, friends, teammates, classmates and professors.

chelsea dicks Columnist

It’s not a secret to most people who know me that I did time at Grove City College. Yeah, I know, I will give you a second to boo or roll your eyes. Trust me, I agree with most of the feelings people here at Waynesburg University have toward GCC. I will boo along with you during sporting events and what not. Although my time up there was not the best, and Waynesburg University is a much better fit for me, Grove City got a few things right.

For one, the food there was spectacular. They had this amazing brunch every Sunday morning that everyone would bring backpacks to just so they could smuggle some fresh chocolate muffins and huge juicy apples back to their rooms. For two, the campus events were actually attended. Everyone went to the dances and everyone loved to perform on stage,

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this same approach.

No class took attendance.

No punishment was given to students who missed more than three classes. Their attitude was: you are an adult now. You are paying lots of money for these classes, and the college gets your money whether you show up or not.

The class will continue with assignments and tests.

If you show up, great; if you don’t, your grade will show it. It really surprised and irritated me when I came to Waynesburg University and found out that attendance was taken in every class. I felt like I was back in high school again.

Chelsea Dicks… Here!

Colleges should take the same approach to class attendance as Grove City does because of time management.

Teachers, students, faculty; whoever is reading this, go back to your college days. Do you remember those really difficult classes? You know, the ones you would spend days upon days working for? Now try and remember those easy classes. Don’t lie

to yourselves, because we all have had them. Remember those ones that interrupted the 12-page paper you were working on. Remember how you hated attending that class because it was a waste of an hour, hour and a half, two hours. You could have missed the class and still would have done well on the test, project or presentation.

At Grove City, I didn’t have to go. I could skip the class and spend more time on the classes that really mattered for my major and future career. I did better in my harder classes and gave my easier ones the amount of time they deserved. I would show up for test days and still get good grades, even though I hadn’t been there for the lecture.

Some classes work like this, and many students would still be able to keep up their grades. And for the students who take advantage of this too much, their grades will show it and be the consequence. The university shouldn’t have to babysit us.

We need to learn to be capable of making priorities and managing our time wisely.

It's our Internet, not the government's jacob meyer Columnist

Remember scheduling for classes? Before we scheduled, Self Service on myConnect was working at its normal speed.

The closer we got to 11 a.m., the slower it took the webpage to refresh. Right when 11 a.m. hit--with more than 300 students using the webpage--it took several minutes for the page to refresh. The reason for this is the Internet is an industry with an unlimited demand and a scarce supply.

The Internet is not something that everyone can utilize in an

unlimited quality. It only has a certain amount of bandwidth-the pipeline through which the information gets to our web devices. The Internet was developed with the idea of an open Internet, with relatively easy access that protects our freedom of speech. This idea is Net Neutrality.

People who support Net Neutrality believe the way to keep the Internet open and free is for the government, via the Federal Communications Commission, to intervene to ensure Internet service providers, such as Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon, do not take advantage of consumers.

Those against Net Neutrality do not want the government

to intervene, and they want the free market to provide prosperity.

Both sides want freedom; one wants government intervention to ensure it, while the other side wants the free market to ensure it. Government intervention does not enhance freedom; it diminishes it. Government regulated Net Neutrality is not a good thing.

Proponents believe without government intervention, Internet service providers, or ISPs, will not operate in the consumers’ best interest. It is possible that ISPs could slow everybody’s Internet down since the industry has a few huge corporations that could collude and decide to not give

consumers what they want.

But, why would ISPs slow everyone down?

More than one ISP exists, which means it is not a monopoly, and therefore the ISPs are not allowed to collude to make decisions in the market place. If an ISP decides to make a decision that does not benefit the consumers, another ISP will come along and offer the service that will benefit consumers.

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Walking by Faith: Christian Ola Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Christian Ola, assistant professor of business administration, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith.

ner. I was unemployed for three days before I applied for Waynesburg in May. I did not hear anything back from them until July 3rd. Dr. McClung called and told me to come down for an interview, and a couple of days later I came down and the rest is history.

By Samantha peer

Q. In what ways do you demonstrate your faith in your position at Waynesburg?

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Q. When did you first come to Waynesburg and what led you here?

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so if a lip sync competition would take place at GCC, there would be so many people interested that they would have to have tryouts to just get on the stage.

But the most important aspect about Grove City College that Waynesburg University does not implement is the way they handle class attendance.

What Grove City does is nothing. They don’t take attendance in any of their classes. I know, what kind of outlandish thought is this?

A school that does not take attendance? What if students never show up? What if they aren’t there for a presentation, a paper, or a test? Easy: they fail.

So why am I in support of this? My answer is simple: college is not high school. It’s supposed to be preparing us for the real world. Your boss is never going to watch you come through the door and put a check mark beside your name. You don’t show up, you pay the consequences.

Consequences include not getting paid or losing your job. Grove City College had

A. I was in the mortgage bank industry, and had my own firm. In my selfish desire to get more kids to work for us, I started teaching at a community college and I was teaching Finance there. That went on for about four years.

One day I came home and my wife noticed that I had a good day at school, not at the mortgage bank. She finally told me, “You should just get out of business and start teaching, that’s what God is telling you to do.” So, from 2007 until January of 2008, I sold the company to my part-

A. I think there are different ways to demonstrate your faith. I am not necessarily a “wear your heart on your sleeve and shout to the Lord” kind of guy and I am not necessarily very “in your face” about things, but I think students pick up on things.

So if you are nice to your students, if you say good things about your wife – and all of these things have to be genuine – then I think students start to pick up on that and they admire you for it. I am always telling them “oh, my wife said this, or that,” but ultimately I think my students know that I respect my wife.

In my finance class, we had a speaker on Wednesday and we were talking about the question “can you maximize your wealth and still be a good Christian?” That is a tough question to struggle with, and several students have asked him point blank, “what do you think?” He said “absolutely” and then said that he viewed his business as a calling from God. I think that to have someone in class that has had 30 years of experience, that is more powerful than a book.

Q. Have any moments with students or faculty members touched you spiritually?

I work with Brian Carr. Every semester I mentor a student that is struggling with classes. In my second semester of teaching, I started meeting with this student, and he just kept missing meetings and missing meetings, but he finally showed up to my office one day. I kept asking him, “what is wrong, what is your problem?” He looked at me, and he said, “Ola, with all due respect, I don’t care about any of this. My mom’s got cancer and I have bigger things to worry about.” And at that point in time, though I am a grown man, I just hugged him and started to cry. I would love to tell you it was selfless, but I was upset

A. I have been very blessed;

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

On Monday, Nov. 17, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard in advance of a grand jury decision. The decision will regard whether or not a white police officer will be charged in shooting a black 18-year-old.

According to CBS News, Nixon said that the National Guard would assist state and local police as needed in the event of civil unrest when the grand jury’s decision is announced. There is not a specific date for when the decision will be revealed about the shooting, which occurred Aug. 9. The St. Louis County prosecutor expects a decision to be made by mid-to-late November.

A radio recording was released in order to help sort out the series of events.

Along with the audio, there was a video released. The video shows Officer Darren

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A child holds a sign during a vigil at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit Aug. 14, 2014, for slain teen Michael Brown, who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. on Aug. 9.

Wilson leaving the Ferguson Police Department hours after he shot Brown, according to CBS News. He was seem-

ingly uninjured, which was a contradiction to what police had said.

“If you got a blowout, a

fracture to your eye socket, you’re not just going to be walking around holding your eye,” said Ben Crump,

the Brown family’s attorney.

He then proceeded to say that there was no sign of him holding his eye anywhere in

the video.

According to CBS, the entire encounter took less than 90 seconds, which led to months of protests. Wilson called for backup first, and approached Michael Brown a little after 12:02 p.m. He was shot less than 90 seconds later, and another policeman called for more backup.

As stated by CBS on Nov. 16, protesters braved the cold and snow on the streets of St. Louis lying down chalk outlines of bodies and blocking traffic to commemorate 100 days since Brown’s death.

One protester said it didn’t matter if the weather was good, bad, or ugly; they were out there because it meant so much to them.

The county Justice Center is where the grand jury has been meeting behind closed doors since August. The Ferguson Police Department is conducting their own investigation on whether Wilson will stay or go.

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In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the 10 stories from last week that a college student needs to know.

1. Historic climae change deal agreed upon According to CNN, the United States and China have agreed upon a historic climate change deal in which both nations will “curb their greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades.”

Under this agreement, the United States promised to cut its 2005 level of carbon emissions by 26 to 28 percent before 2025. Furthermore, China will peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and vowed to obtain 20 percent of its energy from zero-carbon emission sources by the same year. President Obama was encouraged following the agreement, as he believes it a responsibility of the United States and China to “lead the global effort against climate change” as the world’s largest economies.

-CNN News Nov. 17 2. Westminster to be first tobacco-free town In Westminster, Massachusetts, the local Board of Health proposed a bill that would make the town the first tobacco-free town in the United States. The bill calls for making the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco illegal. However, an uproar

has been created, according to the New York Times.

Interestingly enough, the protest has nothing to do with tobacco in particular, as only about 17 percent of the town uses tobacco; but rather, the town believes its individual liberties and freedoms would be wiped away if the bill were to pass. Furthermore, many townspeople believe it will hurt the local businesses that depend on the sale of tobacco products to keep running.

-New York Times Nov. 17

3. Death of student leads to Greek life suspension The death of a West Virginia University freshman has forced officials to suspend Greek life on campus until further notice. 18-yearold Nolan Burcha, resident of Williamsville, New York, was found unresponsive at a Kappa Sigma fraternity house in Morgantown. Both school and Morgantown officials are investigating what happened at the house on that Wednesday evening. The university has not released the specifics regarding Burch’s death, and the Morgantown Police Department declined comment, citing an ongoing investigation.

-CNN News Nov. 14 4. Energy drinks pose a real problem for children According to the American Heart Association, en-

ergy drinks can pose a real problem for young children, and regular citizens in general. Researchers found that 40 percent of the 5,156 calls to poison control centers for “energy drink exposure” involved kids under the age of 6.

Many of the side affects dealt with abnormal heart rhythm and seizures. As children are younger and less developed, their bodies cannot handle the amount of caffeine in the drinks. Energy drinks are never a healthy option, according to the American Heart Association, and they should be used sparingly.

-American Heart Association Nov. 17

5. Probe landed on moving comet In what seems like a scene out of a science fiction movie, scientists behind the Rosetta mission project have landed a probe on a moving comet.

The probe, only compared to a washing machine in size, landed on the comet following a 6.4 million mile journey.

The journey represented a “decade-long chase around the solar system to catch up with its constantly-moving target.” Scientists are excited that they will get to see how a comet “works” by essentially “living” with the comet for an entire year. Scientists also believe that this mission represents a huge step forward in the space program.

-CNN News Nov. 16

6. Former U.S. Army Ranger beheaded According to multiple reports, the Islamic militant group has beheaded American Peter Kassig, a former U.S. Army Ranger. Kassig was seized while delivering relief supplies in Syria last year. The 26-year-old Kassig founded an aid group in Syria to help many of the nation’s citizens who were caught amid the country’s civil war.

President Obama noted the bravery and courage of Kassig, as he “lost his life as a result of his love for the Syrian people, and his desire to ease their suffering.”

-Observer Reporter Nov. 16 7. Doctor treating Ebola patients has died Another American has fallen victim to the Ebola virus, according to WTAE. A doctor who was spending time in West Africa treating and caring for Ebola patients died from the virus this past Monday in Nebraska.

Martin Salia, who contracted the disease in Sierra Leone, is the second American taken by the deadly outbreak. As a legal, permanent resident of the United States, Salia dedicated much of his time to helping others affected by the epidemic in the western region of Africa, at the epicenter of the outbreak. Salia’s doctors say

they were “honored” to help their colleague because of the compassion he displayed toward the people who needed it most.

-WTAE Nov. 17

8. 2000 Turkeys need help in feeding families Thanksgiving is right around the corner. This time usually represents a period where families can slow down and be thankful for each other and for all of the blessings in their lives, such as the food on the table.

However, according to the Observer Reporter, there are 5,400 families in Washington County without the benefit of a Thanksgiving meal. 2000 Turkeys is an organization dedicated to feeding families around the holidays, and local businesses have answered the call this season, donating a combined $71,617 to the campaign. However, the foundation is still roughly $28,000 short of their goal, and they ask everyone to donate in any way possible.

-Observer Reporter Nov. 15 9. Students take a stand against shaving policy Male students at Brigham Young University are looking to take a stand against the school’s policy of a cleanshaven chin. This rule was set in place in the 1970s, when the school was determined to create a distinguished look for its students during the

time of hippies and a more generally relaxed attitude.

However, even as beards continue to make a comeback in style, the hairlesschin rule still stands. As of recently, at least one student is challenging the rule. “We want the option and ability to express personality through facial hair,” said 23-year-old Shane Pittson. Pittson’s goal is to have the administration change the rule by the end of the school year.

-New York Times Nov. 17 10. Putin scrutinized at G20 Summit It turned out to be a cold atmosphere at the G20 Summit in Australia, where world leaders consistently ripped apart Vladimir Putin for his actions in western Ukraine.

According to CNN, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had rather harsh words for Putin. “I guess I’ll shake your hand,” said Harper. “But you need to get out of Ukraine.” The CNN report of the world meeting said, “Western countries and the Ukrainian government in Kiev accuse Moscow of sending troops and military equipment into eastern Ukraine to help pro-Russian separatists fighting against government forces.”

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Internet: Free market is the way Faith: Ola found at higher prices because they could. Look how that turned out for them. Foreign cars now dominate the automobile industry. The same thing happened with Sears not even a decade ago. Sears was amazing at everything and could not be defeated. Since they grew arrogant, bumped their prices, and now they’re a dinosaur.

If ISPs do not act in the best interest of the consumers, they will not succeed because other ISPs will.

ISPs could also slow down specific websites to force those sites to pay them more money.

Netflix uses the largest amount of Internet bandwidth in North America at about onethird of all bandwidth. Last year, Comcast wanted Netflix to pay them more money, considering Netflix takes up so much space in broadband.

Since Netflix clearly would not just hand over the money, Comcast slowed down Netflix to a point at which Netflix had no choice but to pay Comcast.

Proponents of Net Neutrality were outraged at this, and used this example as what will continually happen if ISPs are allowed to continue to operate in a free market.

My question, though, is why is this bad? If a website like Netflix takes up an absurd amount of broadband, logically they should be forced to pay more to the ISP because that is Comcast’s broadband.

Netflix is using Comcast’s pipeline--about one-third of it actually--to deliver its product to consumers, therefore they should pay more than other broadband users Proponents of Net Neutrality believe if the FCC continues its hands-off approach of the Internet, it will hurt competition and innovation.

ISPs could create a twotiered system for the Internet, so that if consumers want to pay extra for a “fast lane” they can.

They believe it will hurt competition because larger companies can pay for the fast lane while smaller companies cannot afford it and have to deal with the “slow lane.” When does government intervention, compared to the free market, produce competition and innovation? It doesn’t. Government regulation increases the barriers to entry, therefore causing diminished potential for innovation and competi-

tion. These two tiers would not create a fast lane and a slow lane, though. There would be a fast lane, and a very fast lane.

Sounds ludicrous, doesn’t it?

The Internet right now can be equated to the U.S. highway system, which is not as good as it should be. Major highways have so much traffic. Only so much road can exist. A wealthy person rides the same highway as a poor person. But imagine if fast lanes existed for highways.

If private contractors added a lane or two designated as the fast lane for those who wanted to pay extra to drive in the fast lane. Those who do not--or cannot--drive in the fast lane stay on the regular highway.

The usage of fast lanes increases the amount of space for cars on the highways, which will make those who are willing to pay the toll go very fast. Those cars on the regular highway will also go faster because fewer cars will be on their side of the highway.

The two-tiered broadband system will produce a similar outcome to the fast lane highway system. A larger pipeline through which information travels will create a very fast

lane, and in turn evolve the regular lane into a faster lane.

The U.S. Postal Service used to deliver everything to everyone’s house and it took forever.

Along come UPS and FedEx to make specific deliveries at a faster rate if consumers are wiling to pay an extra price.

This creates a very fast lane for those willing to pay for FedEx and UPS, and in turn increases the speed at which the U.S. Postal Service can deliver its mail because it has fewer things to deliver.

Allowing government intervention in the Internet industry is a slippery slope. Who or what would you rather have deciding the quality of information you get and the speed at which you receive it, the government or the free market?

The Internet, to our society, is too important to let the government mismanage through bureaucracy, gridlock and ineptitude.

It is our Internet.

We created it.

Keep it free, and allow competition and innovation to create prosperity, rather than let the government inhibit these multipliers.

his niche at WU with myself because I can’t believe that for seven weeks I was bugging this kid about things that were so miniscule.

I still choke up when I talk about him because we still keep in touch.

From that moment on, it really helped me here to not be so quick to judge what’s going on in someone else’s life or day.

I realized I need to change my approach, not just with the students, but with the people at Miller, the people at Stover, Aladdin, with Bocchini, and even the lady at Starbucks who takes your order, because you might be the only nice thing that happens in their day.

I cannot thank that young man enough, because we grew together.

I learn more from my students than they do from me every single day, and I think that you will hear the same thing about everyone else who works here.

Q. Do you feel that you are where God wants you to be?

A. I am definitely where God wants me to be. Professionally, this is the perfect place to be. Personally, you don’t work with better people.

I work with six great people that I call friends as well as coworkers.

I think what’s also neat is to work across departments.

It is great to work with people who professionally and personally have the same aspirations, which is to make sure that you guys get out of here not just with a degree, but also with a really strong foundation in what you believe and what your worldview is, because I think all we want is for students to be consistent in their worldview.

If you feel a certain way about one thing, that should predicate how you feel about a whole series of events.

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Fairgrounds to host free Santa meet Sober living house and greet with a pancake breakfast created in county to

By SHON MEADE

For The Yellow Jacket

Holiday events will be abundant in Greene County as the holiday season approaches.

Greene County and other local residents will soon have the opportunity to pay Santa Claus a visit. On Dec. 6, the Greene County Fairgrounds will be hosting a pancake breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The Greene County Commissioners and the Greene County Department of Recreations are sponsoring the event.

Admission is $8 and the

event will be held in the lower level of the 4-H building at the fairgrounds.

From 9 to 11 a.m., children and parents will be able to enjoy a meal with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Chef Dan Wagner, a culinary arts teacher at the Greene County Career and Technology Center, will be catering the breakfast.

“It really brings the community together, especially the kids,” said freshman nursing major Ian Bish, who has lived in Waynesburg his entire life. “It has a great turn out every year.”

The event will not only include breakfast, but vari-

ous other activities that will put everyone in the holiday spirit.

Children will be able to participate in a Christmas coloring contest. The best picture in each age range will win a prize.

There will also be Christmas arts and crafts for the kids to enjoy, and pictures with Santa will be available.

C ommunity memb er Becky Wilson said she took her grandson to this event a few years ago.

“I got a good picture of him crying. It’s something we will have forever and tease him with,” said Wilson.

Reindeer food and a Santa

hat will be given to the kids to take home, and those who visit Santa will also receive a special gift from him.

“What child doesn’t like Santa?” said community member Dawn Bowlen Melzer. “It’s fun for the kids. They eat, sit on Santa’s lap and do activities.”

The Waynesburg Christmas Parade will take place at 2 p.m. in downtown Waynesburg as well.

If interested in reserving tickets for Breakfast with Santa, or for further information, contact the Greene County Department of Recreation by calling 724-8525323.

Oil: Rice Energy creator shares success story

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The company has drilling sites in Fayette County and Greene County in Pennsylvania, along with Belmont, Ohio, according to Rice.

He gave the audience his take on the current energy system and the role that natural gas will play in both areas.

“Natural gas development in the Marcellus and Utica Shales is going to be here for the foreseeable future, we’re talking decades, not years,” said Rice. “Rice [Energy] is going to be a huge part of that in our development in southwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.”

A common element shared with the audience was that his company did not become

successful because of striking a rich deal, but rather through finding hardworking people and motivating them by letting them know they were appreciated.

As the audience sat with attentive faces, focused on the next words Rice spoke, Rice stated that despite the money the company is worth, for the most part it is all invested back into the well-sites to help maintain the business they have built.

Rice said the money invested, and the specific area of natural gas drilling, has been in large part due to the technological advances that have been made since the discovery of shale in the mid-2000s.

“It has really been technology,” said Rice. “Technology is the full thing, the advent

of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.”

As the night grew darker and the conversation went as deep as the drilling of the natural gas well sites, Rice closed by saying that natural gas would be one of the main resources in Pennsylvania for the next 10-15 years and would become a bridge to the next wave of renewable resources with hydro, wind and solar energy.

He explained that with the competitors in the field of shale, it was not about always having the best.

“For us, it is always knowing we’re not going to be the smartest people, we’re not going to drill more wells than everyone else, but what we are trying to do is know what everyone is doing around us,” said Rice. “So it is always be-

ing on the cutting edge of technology, and admitting that someone is always going to do something better than us and just trying to find out what they’re doing.”

He closed his speech by thanking those in attendance and complementing the people he met while spending the day on the Waynesburg campus. Rice said he saw great potential in Waynesburg students.

“The Waynesburg community is absolutely fabulous,” said Rice. “The kids I met today appeared really engaged, really motivated and I think more importantly just really genuine and felt like really good people. That’s the type of people we hire and the people we like to see when we go to these college campuses.”

Impact: College students volunteer in Pittsburgh Continued from B1

es ministry, which performs free home repairs throughout the city of Pittsburgh through service camps.”

Waynesburg students traditionally have served twice in both the fall and spring semester, plus a full week during spring break.

Without the volunteer work of students at the university, the organization would not be able to function and give back to the community the way it has for 30 years now, according to Pfeiffer.

“It is a blessing to have college students assist us on some of the more difficult projects that may not be appropriate for a high school or middle school group,” said Pfeiffer.

“Waynesburg has also honored us by having a class

that is dedicated to learning about ministry and providing us a platform that we can share our vision and passion with young college students that still have most major life decisions ahead of them and can be world changers.”

Joshua Hennigh, sophomore Bonner Scholar at Waynesburg, has had the opportunity to give back to the community through the Pittsburgh Project.

He has made multiple trips to Pittsburgh over the last two years, completing a variety of different tasks when renovating houses.

“This past weekend, I was in charge of mortaring crack in the foundation of a house, then priming and painting it, then we had to install a carpet on the porch,” said Hennigh.

“Last year, I was put in a group that was in charge of redoing the entire downstairs

of a house, which included new floor boards, new cabinets, new sink and counter, along with fresh paint and lighting.”

Service is a very important part of Hennigh’s life.

“As a Christian, we are supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves,” said Hennigh.

“Community service is a way that I can reach out to those around me and try to make their days a little better every time I interact with them.”

Something the Pittsburgh Project wants from Waynesburg is for more students from the university, Bonner Scholar or not, to get more involved more frequently.

There are many ways for students who are interesting in serving the community can get involved with the Project.

One of these ways is either

working or interning with them is during the summer months.

“We hire about 80 college students to do a variety of jobs around The Pittsburgh Project, from camp counselors to classroom teachers to lifeguards and baristas and administrative help,” said Pfeiffer.

“We als o have [the] Homeowner Care Volunteer program, where we send volunteers to be friendly visitors to some of our more isolated homeowners. No construction skills needed, just a desire to share God’s love through a friendly visit once a month. Even making a small financial donation to The Pittsburgh Project can go a long way.”

For students looking to get involved with The Pittsburgh Project, contact Lauren Pfeiffer at 412-321-1678 or lpfeiffer@pittburghproject.org.

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Agency.

Brad Wilson is one of the committee member planning the Open House and is responsible for contacting musicians to play along High Street.

“I usually concentrate on having student groups and ensembles from the university come play so that they can get some experience playing for events and exposure in the community,” said Wilson.

“And of course there’s going to be some great music being played out on the streets.

This event is unique because of the way it brings the community out and gets so many people involved.”

Wilson became a committee member after a previous internship he had while completing his arts administration degree at Waynesburg University.

Wilson was able to participate in committee meetings and found that it had given

him an opportunity to coordinate with the community and university.

This event is favorable to Wilson, as he has the opportunity to bring the holiday spirit to the event by planning the entertainment.

“This year should be a pretty good one. We have a lot to offer while High Street

is closed. From vendors selling hot drinks and food, to Flix on Brix showing a classic holiday movie, there is something for everyone,” said Wilson.

“Be sure to visit as many businesses as possible. The ones I would specifically recommend are two of the newest shops on the street, 5

Kidz Kandy and Ruff Creek Crafts. They’re a great couple of additions to the local community, and I know students are always looking for a good place for some local drinks and sweets.”

For more information about the Holiday Open House, please visit, www.waynesburgpa.org.

help with addiction

By YURIKA BLEVINS

For the Yellow Jacket

Steps Inside, a nonprofit drug and alcohol drop-in center in Waynesburg, created a “Community Recovery” committee three years ago.

According to The ObserverReporter, there were monthly meetings and eventually three affiliates became members of the Greene County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee.

“At those meetings, we learned of the ongoing crisis in our community,” said Bob Terry, president of Steps Inside. “One of the facts that stood out was that out of a population of 38,000, there were 57 babies born addicted over the past two years in our county.”

The county wanted to help those with addictions, but there were no rehabilitation or sober living houses until now. Terry and other members began looking for what they could start for men with drug and alcohol addictions.

There were two things they needed in order to be successful: they needed to obtain a rental property, and then adopt a model to follow.

This past summer, both goals were met. The building is located at 1790 Morris St. This is where men can meet, talk about how their recovery is going or socialize.

Terry was contacted by the landlord of the house, saying with the right renovations and a host of volunteers that the house could be turned into a facility for six men. Terry stumbled upon the Oxford House models and visited three houses in Washington County. The term Oxford House refers to any house operating under the “Oxford House Model,” a community-based tactic to addiction cures that offers independent, supporting and sober living environments.

There are more than 1,000 Oxford Houses in the United States and other countries.

“Our mission of recovery, along with the epidemic losses we are seeing in our

community, compelled our members to take action,” said Terry.

Volunteers have been working very hard to get the recovery house ready for the past few months. $10,000 was contributed from Human Services, which was used for bricks and mortar rehabilitation.

The house has now been turned into a nice living residence for its tenants. Two men were already identified and will be ready to move in when four others are chosen.

The men have to go through an interview and a screening process; if they pass, then they are accepted.

Terry mentioned that there are going to be hard and fast rules that the men must follow. There is no use of drugs or alcohol and no disruption.

The house will be run democratically and each member must pay equal costs of the functioning house, such as rent and utilities. They will function as a family. Since it is democratically run, the men will elect officers such as a president, controller, secretary and treasurer.

The Observer-Reporter states that the Cumberland House breaks down to about $380 a month for each resident. Moreover, if a resident is working, he is required to attend three 12-step meetings a week—and if unemployed, five 12-step meetings a week. The residents get to choose where they want the meetings to be held: at Steps Inside, Alcohol Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

There is also no specific length on how long they can stay, as long as the rules are followed. If one breaks the rules, the others can vote to have him removed.

Steps Inside is not associated with or maintained by AA or any other type of organization. This new recovery house is where 12-step recovery groups can hold meetings.

The establishment of a recovery house for women is still only an idea in the process.

Caper: Locals search for the cookie monster

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According to Winegar, the cookie monster—while stopping at each store to deliver the recipes—interacted with some of the items.

The Cookie Caper event is just one event that will be happening this holiday season, as there will a downtown open house on Dec. 5 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. to celebrate the start of the Christmas

season.

Stores will remain open late, and people can go and check out the different items each business can offer. The following day is the Waynesburg Downtown Annual Christmas Parade.

People who are interested in seeing where the cookie monster has already struck— or who want to find information on the event—can visit Facebook.com/artbeatingreeene.

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Presidents kicked out of office

Lewis' 34-yard boot lifts Jackets over Washington & Jefferson in overtime

By ALFONSO FERRARI For the Yellow Jacket

Prior to this past Saturday afternoon Waynesburg University could only muster three victories in 116 years and 41 previous match-ups against rival Washington & Jefferson College.

However, the previous 116 years of dominance were quickly forgotten as Waynesburg, led by head coach Rick Shepas was able to secure victory for the first time since 2003 with a final score of 31-28 in overtime.

“It’s special for all of us, it’s most special for these seniors who have been leading us for four years,” said Shepas.

“These guys have been the anchor for us even as they have come up with the under clansmen. They provided us with great stability, and they lead us here. Nobody deserves it more than them.”

Senior quarterback Carter Hill was able to get the offense going early against the visiting President’s with a 1:22 touchdown drive capped off with an Andrew English 25-yard catch inside the end zone to get the scoring started.

“We were so tired of hearing about W&J and just felt like we needed to make a statement from the first snap so that’s exactly what we did,” Hill said. “I felt like they were shell shocked that we came out to play that hard. They

Jeff Strider, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's Bernie Thompson found the end zone twice in Saturday's 31-28 overtime win, which included this 4-yard touchdown pass from Carter Hill. The senior finished the day with 84 yards receiving on 10 catches. rolled over Thomas More and might have expected the same from us.”

The Waynesburg defense stood tall through the first 10 minutes of the first quarter before W&J was able to tie things up with a 5-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Pete Coughlin to running back Ryan Ruffing.

Hill was able to answer right back to take the lead with an eight play, 64-yard drive, which culminated with the Jackets finding the end zone through the senior

quarterback Hill and fellow senior wide receiver Bernie Thompson.

“We wanted to throw the ball overtop them to help get them back so they wouldn’t crowd the box and be to dependent on stopping the run,” said Thompson. “I also thought we had good mismatches on the outside felt that they couldn’t cover me or Andrew [English].”

Waynesburg would not be able to maintain the early success, as they would be held scoreless in the second quarter.

W&J would knot the scoring up once again at 14-14 with a three-yard touchdown run from Ruffing. The game would remain tied going into halftime.

“Waynesburg is a good football team, we know that.

Numerous seniors that start that want to play well in their last game and want to win,” W&J head coach Mike Siriani said. “We knew that going in there. They were two plays away from being 9-0.”

The third quarter was a defensive struggle for both teams, as both offenses were

Trio of Jackets heading to senior bowl games English, Hill and Thompson tapped to play in all-star games

By GENNARO BONAVENTURA For the Yellow Jacket

Much of the Waynesburg University football team’s success in the passing game the past two seasons has been thanks to the steady play of its two Ohio native seniors Bernie Thompson and Andrew English. Over the past two seasons they have combined for 266 catches, 3162 yards receiving and 27 touchdowns, along with All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference accolades during the past two seasons. Because of their successful careers, both Thompson and English have been invited to participate in all-star games this offseason, featuring the best competition collegiate football.

Thompson was elected to participate in the National Bowl in Miami, Florida on Dec. 7 at the Florida International University’s home football stadium. He passed up the opportunity to play in London, England, Arlington, Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico to once again team up with his signal caller Carter Hill.

It will be another good opportunity

for me to play football, and it will be against Division I, II and III players,” said Thompson.

English will be playing at the Myrtle Beach D-III Senior Classic on Dec. 20 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and possibly the Aztec Bowl on Dec. 6.

Both of these all-star games are another great opportunity for me to play the sport I love,” said English “I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.”

Thompson and English’s careers have had a mutualistic benefit with Hill’s, as See SENIORS on C3

(Left to right) Thompson, Hill and English will head to senior bowls.

held scoreless in the quarter.

However the W&J defense made Hill pay for a poor decision. On a screen pass Hill dropped back looking to get rid of the ball with pressure in his face, and delivered the football directly into the hands of the President’s Ryan Torrence who returned the interception 41-yards for a touchdown to give W&J its first lead of the game 21-14.

Waynesburg would finally match the President’s nine seconds into the final quarter of play with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hill to

English for his second of the game. With the touchdown pass Hill became the career leader in touchdown passes for a Waynesburg quarterback.

The turning point of the game came with 10 minutes remaining in the game and the score tied at 21. On fourth down and long Hill found Thompson on an incredible 26-yard touchdown pass with three W&J defenders draped on him to give Waynesburg the lead 28-21 and less than a quarter to play from securing its first I-79 rivalry victory since 2003.

In the closing minutes of regulation Waynesburg’s Jonathan Hager punted the ball onto the W&J 5-yard line. With two minutes remaining, 95-yards in front of them, and seven points standing between W&J and its first loss of the season, the Presidents would do what few have been able to do better: score. An 11-play drive led to a 28-yard Max Creighan touchdown catch from Coughlin to tie the game up at 28.

Waynesburg would not be able to win the game in regulation and overtime would be needed to determine a winner.

The Yellow Jackets won the toss and elected to go on defense to start the overtime See FOOTBALL on C4

Quick scores propel Waynesburg offense

By ANDY STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg offense was not a single snap into the game against unbeaten Washington & Jefferson and was already moving backwards. The Jacket offense failed to snap the ball before the play clock expired and the uphill climb against the Presidents steepened.

Four plays later, senior quarterback Carter Hill found senior wide receiver Andrew English in the end zone for only the fifth first quarter score of the season, marking the beginning of an afternoon that was out of character for Waynesburg.

“We knew we could play with them,” said Hill. “We’ve had this confidence all the way through the year. I’m glad it finally paid off.”

The drive did not include any rush attempts from a 1,000-yard rusher in senior running back Jake Forsythe.

Head coach Rick Shepas called play action and put the ball in the hands of his quarterback.

“I know he has all the confidence in the world in me,” said Hill. “That’s why I can let loose out there and play with confidence.”

Hill was not alone in gaining confidence in the first quarter.

W&J’s top-ranked offense marched 68 yards in 14 plays before facing a fourth and goal from the Waynesburg two-yard line. Waynesburg’s defense swarmed W&J sophomore quarterback Pete Coughlin just feet from the end zone, and refused to concede a touchdown, giving possession back to the offense.

“It gave us the momentum we needed to keep playing hard,” said senior defensive end Josh Tolliver. “We haven’t beaten them. It was something we just needed See OFFENSE on C3

Wrestling nationally ranked after tri-match sweep at York

By AARON PALMER

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University wrestling team completed a successful trip to York, Pennsylvania Saturday in its tri-match against York College, Shippensburg University and The College of New Jersey. Against three tough opponents, one who was nationally ranked, the Jackets posted an impressive 3-0 record on the day, and multiple individual performers swept the meet at 3-0 as well.

“I was pleasantly surprised,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “We had no idea what to expect from Shippensburg, and we knew that

York and The College of New Jersey would be close matches. We could have easily gone 0-3 or 2-1, but we won the first match, which was key.

We carried that momentum over to the other matches.”

The Jackets began the day by defeating the 15th best team in the country, The College of New Jersey 19-16. The Orange and Black carried the momentum from their first match by beating host York College 19-13, and then ended the day by dominating Shippensburg 25-11.

Three wrestlers garnered 3-0 p er for mances: junior Gordon Bieber at 125 pounds, senior Sam Guidi at the 174 pound weight class

and junior Greg Kumer at 285 pounds, although many others on the team followed with outstanding performances in the three match wins.

Graduate assistant Anthony Bonaventura thought the day went very well, despite some holes in the line-up.

“There was solid production across the board,” said Bonaventura. “The whole team knows the weaknesses and strengths of our lineup and knows how to adjust to the match at hand. The great thing is we don’t even have our full line-up back and healthy yet.”

However, there were a few speed bumps faced by

Waynesburg on Sunday.

“It was a grind all day with four matches,” said Headlee.

“It wasn’t necessarily the ideal morning with traveling the morning of the match with a five-hour bus ride, when we normally stay the night before. The best thing we did was not feel sorry for ourselves and responded well.

It was my intent to challenge our team early on with a day like this to see how we responded.”

Since it was an impressive day across the board, the team and coaches were pleased and did not have much to gripe about.

“We only really had one hiccup on the day, and that

was Luke [Lohr] lost to the guy from New Jersey when he really should have beaten him. Other than that, we really had a pretty good day overall.”

With a great 4-0 start, Headlee knows that it doesn’t mean anything yet.

“It’s all good and great experience since we have a young team, but I’m not expecting undefeated,” said Headlee. “But it speaks good to the rest of the season because we do have some holes in our line-up, that once healthy, could get much better.”

Waynesburg will travel to Alliance, Ohio, Saturday to face the No. 23 Mount

Union. Start time for that match is slated for 11 a.m.

“We will have to fight all seven minutes and try to win across the board,” said Bonaventura. “It’s most definitely a for sure test this weekend. We need to put this weekend’s quad past us and refocus on our next big opportunity."

Waynesburg's perfect start allowed the Jackets to be featured in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national team rankings, which were released Tuesday. Waynesburg enters the top-25 as the No. 17 team in the country.

Fellow conference opponent Thiel is ranked 14th.

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Jones honored for coaching excellence

By LAUREN DRANE

For the Yellow Jacket

It was a chilly, Wednesday night victory for the Waynesburg women’s basketball team that head coach Sam Jones will never forget.

Waynesburg, who was sitting at 11-6 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, hosted Saint Vincent, who came into the contest at 14-3, on its home court at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse on Feb. 19, 2014.

With the first half over and the Bearcats maintaining a 17-point lead, the Yellow Jackets fate seemed sealed.

But they proved everyone, including the Bearcats, otherwise.

“The first half was not good enough to say the least,” said Jones. “I had a very inspirational speech that helped motivate the team in the second half.”

Within the first six minutes of the second half, Waynesburg chipped away at the Saint Vincent lead down to four points. Seconds later, then-junior Hayden Giuliani, sunk a three-pointer making the score 53-52 with the Bearcats up by one. Giuliani then hit another three to give the Jackets the lead, which electrified the Orange and Black crowd.

Saint Vincent retook the lead to go up by seven with 9:40 left in the game. Four layups, two foul shots and a three-pointer later, Waynes-

Jeff Strider, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg women's coach Sam Jones became the program's all-time winningest coach last season, passing Rob Phillips, who coached from 1988-94. burg was ahead 69-68.

With 3:20 left on the clock, Waynesburg lost its lead and was now down by two. A layup from then-junior Rachel Lovely tied the game. A foul on the Jackets handed the Bearcats two easy points, making the score 77-75.

Then-sophomore Lauren Blair hit a three-pointer with 1:03 left, creating a one-point advantage over the Bearcats.

The lead was expanded to two points when Giuliani went one-for-two at the foul line.

With three seconds left, with Waynesburg leading 79-77, Saint Vincent called a timeout, hoping to tie the game. A steal from Blair with two seconds left assured the

outcome of the game and Waynesburg, with Jones at the helm, was victorious.

This was not only an important game for Waynesburg to help better their PAC record, but it was also a historic game for Jones. That night marked Jones’ 87th win in program history, which made him the program’s alltime winningest coach.

“I think being a coach takes a special kind of person,” said senior guard Rebecca Kerr. “Coach [Jones] is very patient and a great motivator. He knows our strengths and weaknesses as a team, and as individuals.

He pushes us past our comfort zone to make sure we can reach our full potential.”

Saturday, Jones was awarded a basketball before the team’s home opener against non-conference opponent Carnegie Mellon, which commemorated his success as a coach at Waynesburg University and becoming the program’s all-time winningest coach.

“I’m a pretty competitive guy, and being in the running for the most wins in the program makes me grateful for all the opportunities that I have been given,” said Jones.

“It’s nice to be recognized, but it makes me more determined and focused for future success.”

After taking over the team in late April of 2008, Jones led the team to an 8-18 sea-

son, a seven-win improvement from their 1-25 effort in 2007.

“The first goal I had for my team was to become successful,” said Jones. “After success came relevance. Now we strive to become the top team and win the PAC title to get an National Collegiate Athletic Association bid.”

In the spring of 2008, Jones decided to pack up his family so he could become the head coach for the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team.

In the 2014-2015 PAC women’s basketball poll, Waynesburg was positioned in fourth place, while Thomas More was picked repeat as conference champs.

“I have overcome a lot of adversities before becoming Waynesburg’s head coach, but I never gave up hope, said Jones. “I was assistant coaching for men’s basketball at Mount Union College when I put in 83 job applications. Only one team even considered me, which was the women’s basketball team at Mount Union. I became the head assistant coach in 2006-2007.”

“It’s an awesome feeling knowing that I was part of Coach Jones’ success at Waynesburg,” said former basketball player Elaine Hasek. “He is a great coach.

He knows how to create relationships with his players that lead to having a strong work ethic.”

Men's basketball remains winless on young season

By KYLE DAWSON

Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg men’s basketball team traveled to Marietta Tuesday night for its first road contest of the young season, and the result was all but pretty.

After leading at halftime by 12 points, the host Pioneers (3-0) were able to put together a big second half en route to handing Waynesburg (0-2) its second-consecutive loss to start the season, 96-44.

“We played hard, certainly

to start the game," said head coach Mark Christner. "I thought we played well defensively at least in the first half. Obviously, we had a tough time scoring all game so that is something we have to remedy. They were 12-17 from three in the second half.

It kind of rained, snowed and hailed all at the same time.”

The Jackets shot only 20 percent from the field on the night, and weren’t able to get into a groove offensively.

“We need to find a rhythm and we haven’t been able to yet,” said Christner. “Every-

body needs to play better on offense and they know that.

We have the players. We just have to find a way to be successful with this group offensively.”

Junior guard B.J. Durham, led the Jackets in scoring Tuesday with nine points. Senior forwards Jacob Fleegle and Jason Propst followed him on the score sheet with five apiece.

The Jackets were outscored in the paint 26-8, as well as in bench points, 5120. Those areas are something Christner said has to

improve as a whole.

Fleegle, a team captain, echoed those words and said the team simply didn’t play well enough.

“We got outplayed [Tuesday],” said Fleegle. “We have to do a better job of running our sets and dictating the game.”

Waynesburg will play a pair of games in Michigan this weekend against Calvin College and Alma College at the Calvin Classic.

“I think a lot of it is just guys finding the right combinations,” said Christner.

“So much of it’s between the ears.”

Fleegle said the team is looking forward to another opportunity this weekend.

“I think part of it is feeling things out on the court.

We are by no means panicking right now though,” said Fleegle. “There is still a lot of basketball to be played.

We have to focus on getting better one day at a time and making sure we are doing the things we need to.”

Waynesburg returns home to open up conference play Dec. 3 against Thomas More.

Women's XC takes top-15 finish

By BRENDAN KEANY

For the Yellow Jacket

After 1,200 miles of running, the season is finally over.

The Waynesburg women’s cross-country team concluded its season this past Saturday as they traveled to Newville, Pennsylvania, to participate in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals. The Yellow Jackets ran a solid race by placing 12th out of the 52-team field.

Head coach Chris Hardie expressed his overall pleasure with the way the team performed at the large meet, even though he expected the team to place higher.

“We thought the women really performed well at regionals,” said Hardie. “Alternately, we thought we had a good shot at a top-10 finish, but our region is the best in the country.”

The team matched the previous top finish in the program’s history, and given the extreme competitive nature of the Mideast Region, a 12th place finish represents a milestone the women should be proud to achieve.

“Twelfth in the region for our program had only been accomplished one other time,” said Hardie. “So the women should be proud with their final ranking.”

Freshman, Julie Gerber, paved the way throughout the season for the Jackets by placing first on the team in every meet. Saturday proved no different, as Gerber was the first Jacket to cross the finish line with a time of 23:16, which was good enough for 43rd place.

Even though Gerber did not qualify for the national meet, she remained satisfied and confident in the way the season played out.

“O verall, I was ver y pleased with this season and my transition from high school to college,” said Gerber. “This offseason, I will run track to stay in shape and work on speed, so next season I can accomplish my goal See XC on C3

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

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

Saturday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 31, WASH & JEFF 28 (OT) Wash & Jeff 7 7 7 7 0 28 Waynesburg 14 0 0 14 3 31

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WAY - English 25 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 13:38; W&J - Ruffing 5 yd pass from Coughlin (Davis kick), 5:33; WAY - Thompson 4 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 2:06 Second Quarter: W&J - Ruffing 3 yd run (Davis kick), 8:22 Third Quarter: W&J - Torrance 41 yd interception (Davis kick), 9:16 Fourth Quarter: WAY - English 29 yd pass from Hill ( Lewis kick), 14:51; WAY - Thompson 26 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 10:20; W&J - Creigan 28 yd pass from Coughlin (Davis kick), :42 Overtime: WAY - Lewis 34 yd field goal, 15:00

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Hill............................ 32 51 366 4 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Forsythe................................ 13 31 0 Leavell................................... 6 18 0 Waynesburg receiving

REC YDS TD English................................. 10 181 2 Thompson............................ 10 84 2

STANDINGS

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

Conf. Overall 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Saturday’s Box Score

MUSKINGUM 70, WAYNESBURG 65 Muskingum 36 34 70 Waynesburg 31 34 65

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15: Bethany 76, Frostburg State 70; Hilbert 66, Geneva 65; Grove City 58, Franciscan 43; Denison 58, Saint Vincent 52; Thiel 82, Penn State Beaver 74; Thomas More 76, Capital 64; Franklin & Marshall 85, Wash & Jeff 59; Muskingum 70, Waynesburg 65; Westminster 93, Kenyon 81 Sunday, November 16: Marietta 72, Saint Vincent 60; Thiel 73, Kenyon 59; Bridgewater State 105, Wash & Jeff 64; Westminster 83, Penn State Beaver 71

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 21: Pitt-Greensburg at Geneva - 7:30 p.m.; Agustana at Thomas More - 7:30 p.m.; Waynesburg at Calvin - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 22: Grove City at Mount Aloysius - 1 p.m.; Alma vs. Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Allegheny at Thiel - 2 p.m.; Heidelberg at Bethany - 3 p.m.; Franciscan at Geneva - 3 p.m.; Bresica at Thomas More - 4 p.m.; Westminster at Hiram - 5:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Wooster - 6 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Baldwin-Wallace - 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 23: Mount Union vs. Saint Vincent - 2 p.m.

Washington & Jefferson passing COM ATT YDS TD Coughlin................... 29 44 293 2

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Washington & Jefferson rushing ATT YDS TD Ruffing.................................. 36 151 1 Coughlin................................ 16 50 0

PAC M. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Washington & Jefferson receiving REC YDS TD Creighan................................ 10 96 1 Lis.......................................... 9 95 0

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15: Saint Vincent 41, Bethany 35; Carnegie Mellon 17, Washington 16; Chicago 20, Case Western Reserve 10; Westminster 38, Geneva 3; Thiel 42, Grove City 21; Waynesburg 31, Wash & Jeff 28

Eric Mallinger, Senior Forward, Thiel

Points: Resnik, 42, W&J; Kouchka, 37, THI; Mallinger, 37, THI Rebounding: Mallinger, 23, THI; Vrabel, 18, WES; Scott, 18, WES Assists: Bess, 11, THI; Mallinger, 8, THI; Wallander, 7, WES Steals: Tam, 6, GRO; Adamcyzk, 6, GEN; Bruster, 5, BET Blocked Shots: Mallinger, 5, Thi; McSweeney, 2, GRO; Miller, 2, WAY

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Conf. Overall Wash & Jeff Bethany Geneva Chatham Saint Vincent Thomas More Grove City Waynesburg Thiel Westminster

0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Saturday’s Box Score

CARNEGIE MELLON 80, WAYNESBURG 67 Carnegie Mellon 29 51 80 Waynesburg 23 44 67

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15: Bethany 71, Franciscan 57; Chatham 64, Gordon 59; Geneva 67, Hilbert 56; Pitt-Greensburg 69, Grove City 54; Buffalo State 90, Thiel 76; Wash & Jeff 58, Kenyon 56; Carnegie Mellon 80, Waynesburg 67; Frostburg State 73, Westminster 69 (2OT) Sunday, November 16: Hiram 77, Chatham 57; Hamilton 62, Thiel 49; Wash & Jeff 71, RIT 69 (OT); Susquehanna 55, Westminster 49

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 21: Maryville vs. Thomas More - 5 p.m.; Geneva at Carnegie Mellon - 6 p.m.; CinncinatiClermont vs. Grove City - 6 p.m.; Saint Vincent at La Roche - 6 p.m.; Bethany at Baldwin-Wallace - 7 p.m.

Saturday, November 22: Chatham at Marietta - 2 p.m.; Thomas More at Centre - 3 p.m.; Westminster at Medaille - 6 p.m.; Bethany vs. TBA - TBA; Grove City vs.

TBA - TBA

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Valerie Dunlap, Senior Center, Washingto & Jefferson

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive: Matt Deakins, Senior QB, Saint Vincent Defensive: Mike Lopuchovsky, Senior S, Waynesburg Special teams: Scott Lewis, Junior K, Waynesburg

TEAM Saturday, November 15 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 11. Saint Vincent, 362 pts.; 19. Grove City, 504 pts.; 29. Waynesburg, 862 pts.; 31. Thiel, 955 pts.; 35.

Westminster, 1048 pts.; 39. Geneva, 1151 pts.

INDIVIDUAL NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Charlie Marquardt, 24:57.4, Haverford; 2. Ernie Pitone, 24:59.6, Widener; 3. Nate Noll, 25:03.8; 4.

Logan Steiner, 25:05.4, Allegheny; 5. David Roza, 25:06.5, Haverford; 36. Brandan Moretton, 25:57.0, Saint Vincent; 65. Brendan Keany, 26:24.5, Waynesburg

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

TEAM Saturday, November 15 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 9. Grove City, 310 pts.; 12. Waynesburg, 392 pts.; 27. Westminster, 894 pts.; 31. Geneva, 923 pts.; 32.

Saint Vincent, 955 pts.; 33. Thomas More, 999 pts.; 34.

Bethany, 1031 pts.; 35. Thiel, 1043 pts.; 48. Chatham, 1416 pts.

INDIVIDUAL NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY MIDEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Sophia Meehan, 21:18.0, Johns Hopkins (Course Record); 2. Bridget Gottlieb, 21:54.0, Johns Hopkins; 3. Bianca Bolton, 21:56.2, Misericordia; 4. Sarah Rutkowski, 22:05.7, Dickinson; 5. Frances Loeb, 22:06.6, Johns Hopkins; 9. Emily Rabenold, 22:19.0, Grove City; 43. Julie Gerber, 23:16.8, Waynesburg

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, November 22: Grove City at NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships

VOLLEYBALL Saturday’s Box Score

GENEVA 3, CARNEGIE MELLON 1 Geneva 26 23 25 25 Carnegie Mellon 24 25 22 23

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15: Geneva 3, McDaniel 1; Carnegie Mellon 3, Bethany 1; Bethany 3, McDaniel 0; Geneva 3, Carnegie Mellon 1; Emory 3, Thomas More 0

Swimming and Diving STANDINGS

Westminster Saint Vincent Bethany Grove City Wash & Jeff

Conf. Overall 2-0 5-0 1-0 3-2 0-1 7-1 0-1 2-3 0-1 2-3

MEN

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15: Bethany 119, Cabrini 111; Grove City 140, Wheelin Jesuit 135; Wash & Jeff 144, York 118; Westminster 171, Wooster 117

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday-Sunday, November 21-23: Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 6:30 p.m./10 a.m.

Saturday, November 22: Case Western Reserve at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Gannon at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Pitt-Bradford - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Gallaudet - 2 p.m.

WOMEN

STANDINGS

Westminster Grove City Wash & Jeff Bethany Chatham Saint Vincent

Conf. Overall 2-0 4-1 1-0 3-2 1-1 5-1 0-1 5-4 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-4

RECENT RESULTS

Points: Watkins, 33, THI; Belhy, 32, W&J; Medovich, 26, W&J

WRESTLING

Rebounding: Dunlap, 24, W&J; Borts, 18, WES; Watkins, 14, THI

Saturday, November 15: Cabrini 136, Bethany 57; Franciscan 128, Bethany 58; Grove City 155, Wheeling Jesuit 139; Washington & Jefferson 144, York 105; Wooster 153, Westminster 138

STANDINGS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Assists: Medovich, 7, W&J; Mafredi, 7, CHA; Delgreco, 5, W&J Steals: Arkwright, 6, GRO; Duchon, 6, THI; Delgreco, 6, W&J Blocked Shots: Dunlap, 3, W&J; Klein, 3, WES; Ketler, 3, THI

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Buffalo State at Waynesburg 1:30 p.m.

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MEN RECENT RESULTS

PAC W. BASKETBALL LEADERS

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 22: NCAA Division III Playoffs: Wash & Jeff at Wittenberg - 12 p.m.; ECAC Division III Southwest Bowl: Buffalo State at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; ECAC Division III Southeast Bowl: Bethany at Stevenson - 2 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

Scott Lewis, Football Julie Gerber, Women’s Cross Country

Conf. Overall Waynesburg 0-0 4-0 Thiel 0-0 1-0 Wash & Jeff 0-0 0-1

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 15 MOUNT UNION INVITATIONAL 9. Thiel, 51 pts.

Sunday, November 16: Waynesburg 19, York 13; Waynesburg 19, The College of New Jersey 16; Waynesburg 25, Shippensburg 11

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday-Sunday, November 21-23: Saint Vincent at Franklin & Marshall Invitational - 6:30 p.m./10 a.m.

Saturday, November 22: Case Western Rserve at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Gannon at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Washington & Jefferson at Pitt-Bradford - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Gallaudet - 2 p.m.

PAC SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK

Men: Nicholas Smith, Senior, Westminster Women: Megan Smith, Sophomore, Grove City

Saturday, November 22: Thiel at Mount Union Duals 11 a.m.; Washington & Jefferson at Mount Union Duals 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Mount Union Duals - 11 a.m.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PAC WRESTLER OF THE WEEK

RUSHING YARDS: Ruffing, 1505, W&J; Hayden, 1426, TMC; Forsythe, 1111, WAY

Greg Kumer, Junior, Waynesburg

PASSING YARDS: Coughlin, 2923, W&J; Hill, 2517, WAY; Gebhardt, 2235, TMC

TACKLES: Pratt, 103, W&J; Comsa, 97, CMU; Hayden, 94, BET SACKS: Raddar, 12.5, BET; Turner, 11.0, W&J; Skyrm, 9.0, GRO

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November 20, 2014

Weekly Awards

Waynesburg University had two athletes that stood above the rest Saturday afternoon, thus deserving this week’s Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week awards. Both junior football player Lewis Gerber Scott Lewis and freshman cross-country runner Julie Gerber were the stars of their respective teams, with one winning the game versus Washington & Jefferson on the gridiron, and the other leading the pack at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships.

Lewis, who was 1-2 on the year on field goal kicks, made a 34-yard field goal to defeat the nationally ranked Washington & Jefferson Presidents. Early in the year, Lewis missed a game-winning field goal attempt against Geneva. This time, however, the Ellwood City High School graduate drew the football inside the left upright to give the Jackets a 31-28 victory over W&J in overtime.

Gerber has been the bright spot for the women’s crosscountry team all year. The freshman continued her success Saturday against the elite runners in the Jackets’ region, where Waynesburg placed 12th out of 52 teams as a unit.

Gerber placed 43rd overall in the 370-woman field with a time of 23:16.8.

Gerber had one of the best rookie seasons for a Yellow Jacket in the program, as her freshman campaign was capped off with Freshman All-Region honors. Only the top seven first-year runners in a regional race are bestowed with this honor.

The Waynesburg University football team will host Buffalo State Saturday in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Southwest Bowl at 1 p.m. Gerber and the women’s cross-country team’s season wrapped up Saturday.

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to do.”

Waynesburg positioned itself in an unusual spot, leading after the first 15 minutes of play as a result of Hill finding senior wide receiver Bernie Thompson for a score to take a 14-7 lead.

Compared to Waynesburg’s scoring margin in the final three quarters, first quarters this season have been pedestrian. The Jackets entered the game with 27 points for and 51 points against in opening quarters. Waynesburg outscored opponents by over 100 points in the final three quarters combined this season.

“We haven’t really come out and had our defense and offense on the same page,” said junior linebacker Aaron Palmer. “We were really in sync the whole game.”

Thompson’s and English’s scores put Waynesburg ahead at the end of the first quarter for only the second time all season, with the first instance occurring in a 35-0 win over Grove City.

“We stayed pretty simple this week,” said Hill. “We tried to beat them with what we learned day one. Our guys were playing faster, we had that little edge today because it’s a big rival.”

Waynesburg’s atypical start gave the Jackets an opportunity to compete with W&J. Waynesburg entered the final week of the season boasting the best situational defense in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by ranking first in third down and red zone defense.

W&J’s hurry-up offense made its way into the red zone five times. The Presidents’ offense that led the PAC in red zone touchdowns mustered only 14 points in those trips, with two turnovers on downs and a fumble recovered by the Jacket defense. “ We were extremel y ready,” said Tolliver. “It shows the potential our defense has.”

The Presidents ended the season ranked first in the PAC in fourth down con-

versions, moving the chains on almost 60 percent of all attempts, but Waynesburg’s defense held its ground on four separate occasions. The four fourth down stops included two in the fourth quarter, three in fourth and short situations.

“We knew what they were going to do,” said Palmer.

“Two weeks is a long time to play a game. We were more prepared for this than we’ve been the last couple of weeks.”

Wa y n e s b u r g ’s “ M O ” throughout the season had been starting slow and playing close games. The team avoided a lackluster start but found itself in its sixth one-score game of the season. W&J had not played in a game that ended with a one-possession margin yet.

“Watching film on them, I didn’t think they could play if we were up on them,” said Palmer. “They hadn’t really come back in any games.

They’ve just come out and blown teams out.”

Waynesburg’s offense turned to its seniors as it had in wins against Geneva, Westminster and Thiel to lead the way. Thompson and English delivered 10 receptions and two touchdowns each.

“I told them before the game, we’re living and dying with this senior class,” said Hill. “They know when it’s time to step up, and they expect the ball every play, and they were there to make it.”

It was an afternoon of firsts for the Yellow Jackets: after a season without scoring twice in the first quarter, Waynesburg held a 14-7 advantage going into the second.

After missing his only attempt at a game-winning kick against Geneva, junior kicker Scott Lewis made his first field goal since to send John F. Wiley Stadium into a temporary state of hysteria.

After falling short against Bethany and Thomas More, Waynesburg lacked a signature win, now the season cannot be forgotten.

“Somebody had a dream that we won it in overtime,” said Hill. “It’s pretty crazy.”

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Men's XC looks to improve in 2015

By NATE LABISHAK

For the Yellow Jacket

The men’s cross-country team wrapped up its season Saturday when it competed in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships.

During the meet, the Jackets placed 29th out of the 47 competing teams, their highest finish since 2006.

S ophomore Brend an Keany, to no surprise given that he was a member of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference’s first-team, was the first Jacket to cross the finish line.

Keany finished with a time of 26:24.5 placing him 26th out of the 343-man field.

The New York native believes that overall, this year has been a successful one, yet he is still humble.

“I just want to keep progressing,” said Keany. “The

last thing I want is to become stagnant in running. I want to keep improving, so that comes from hard work. I’m going to work harder than I ever have to make sure that I keep improving.”

This year, Keany was honored by the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference as the Runner of the Week, along with the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Runner of the Week.

Out of Keany’s many accomplishments this season, arguably his best was when he placed 81st out of the 375man race at the NCAA Division III Pre-National Cross Country meet, where he set the school record at 25:35.27 back on Sept. 27 in Mason, Ohio.

However, he isn’t the only runner to be recognized, as the entire Yellow Jacket team had one of its best seasons in

program history.

“This was absolutely a successful season from a team standpoint,” said Keany. “We fought hard every single race, and we were easily the best team in school history. We also worked harder than any team I have ever been on.”

With that sort of confidence on such a young team, the future of the program looks bright. Keany wasn’t the only one impressed with the season, head coach Chris Hardie and his coaching staff were also intrigued.

“We were very pleased with the effort this season,” said Hardie. “It was a very good regional meet and we are in the toughest region in the country. We achieved the goal of a top-three finish.”

With the season in the back of their minds, the coaches and runners shift their focus to the offseason.

Hardie is excited to get things rolling once again.

“The preparation for 2015 has already begun,” said Hardie. “We are in the information gathering stage and do an end of the year wrap-up with each athlete.

Those meetings provide us with some suggestions for next year.”

The offseason also means recruiting, which helps the coaches gather information about future runners who may join the team in the following years.

“We are actually deep into the recruiting process and are very happy with the potential of the next freshman class,” said Hardie. “We are selective in our potential athletes, and the process takes a lot of time and energy. We are confident that this next class will be ready to compete next fall.”

Women's basketball picks up first win of the year

By JEFF CHAMP

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg women’s basketball team defeated the Pitt-Greensburg 72-62 Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup. With the win, the Jackets (1-1) picked up their first win of the season.

Waynesburg was led by the emergence of freshman forward Addy Knetzer. After scoring five points in the season opening loss to Carnegie Mellon, Knetzer was the team’s leading scorer with 17.

“Being the leading scorer really isn’t like me,” said Knetzer. “Someone had to pass me the ball.”

Head coach Sam Jones was pleased with what he saw from the freshman. “[Knetzer] is a great talent and that is why we recruited

her heavily,” said Jones. “She makes a lot of freshman mistakes, which is typical, but when she doesn’t make those mistakes you see what you saw tonight, which is a great athlete who can really play the game of basketball.”

Waynesburg was also led by junior forward Maura Bobby. In the first half, Bobby finished with only 2 points but scored 14 in the second half to help the Yellow Jackets put away the win in a game that was back and forth all throughout the game. Bobby received added encouragement from a source other than Jones.

“My dad told me at halftime to look at the basket more when I am shooting so I did and that seemed to help,” said Bobby.

Early on in the game,

Waynesburg struggled on offense, with the exception of Knetzer and also found themselves in foul trouble early. Within the first seven minutes of the game, Waynesburg had accumulated six personal fouls and finished the game with four players with at least three fouls.

“I think we are still trying to find ourselves defensively,” said Jones. “It’s easily rectified and should not be a problem.”

The Bobcats were led by their leading scorer in junior guard Emily Nelson, who finished with 21 points, a game-high. Despite Waynesburg’s early foul troubles, Pitt-Greensburg allowed the Jackets to hang around. A big factor in that was the large number of traveling calls for

the Bobcats which stopped momentum for the host team at times.

“I think we need to take better care of the basketball, we made too many mental mistakes and it is absolutely unacceptable,” said Bobcats’ head coach Erin Eaton. “We have a veteran ball club and it is absolutely inexcusable.”

Both teams were anemic from the three point line.

Waynesburg finished the game only converting 14 percent, while Pitt-Greensburg shot 18 percent from beyond the arc. Waynesburg was more successful from the free throw line and turned the ball over less.

Waynesburg returns home for its next contest when it hosts Franciscan Nov. 24.

Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

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all three players have been household names in the PAC during the past two seasons. Having one of the best quarterbacks to ever play at Waynesburg has benefitted Thompson and English arguably as much as their surehandedness has benefitted Hill. Hill thinks what they have done for this program is sensational.

Without them it would be a lot tougher on me as a quarterback to play as well as I do,” said Hill. “They just practice so hard and work so hard in the offseason with me running routes and getting on the same page.”

The coaching staff believes in English and Thompson just as much as Hill. Jason Falvo, assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and running backs coach made one of the biggest impressions on English during his recruitment as a high school senior at East Liverpool High School in East Liverpool, Ohio.

Coach Falvo would call me non-stop,” said English. “He was always trying to help me out. I could tell that he really liked me as a person and a

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Andrew English is one of three Waynesburg seniors to be selected to play in senior all-star games across the country. English scored twice in Saturday's win. player, and that really helped me in my decision in coming to Waynesburg University.”

Fellow senior football players J.T Thompson, Kody Edwards, Willie Leavell and senior baseball player player Kyle Weyand all joined English from East Liverpool High School, which made for a support system coming into college.

For Thompson, the “Falvo

Effect” had an impact on him as well.

"Coming out of high school, I wanted to play at a bigger school,” said Thompson. “When [Falvo] contacted me, I really didn’t know much about Waynesburg, but he had such interest in me and pursued me so hard that I finally decided to come and play.”

Falvo has been very happy

and pleased to see the success of his two recruits, from when they came in as freshmen, to where they are now as seniors.

Coming out of high school I knew [Thompson] was undersized, but knew he was a heck of player,” said Falvo.

“English is a different monster. He is a goal line threat the way he catches the fade ball.”

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of qualifying for nationals.”

Senior captain, Annette Aho, represented the next Jacket to finish in 62nd place, with a time of 23:39.

Following Aho was a trio of freshmen: Angela Marchetti, Elinore Loch and Kerianne Hensel rounded out the scoring top-five for Waynesburg. Marchetti and Loch placed 70th and 93rd, respectively, with times of 23:49 and 24:16. Hensel finished in 127th place, with a respectable time of 24:42.

An emotional Aho re-

called her time as a Waynesburg cross-country runner with nothing but prideful thoughts as she crossed the finish line for her final race of her career. As Aho points out, the cross-country team at Waynesburg is a family, and that is what she will take away most from the program.

“I am literally so proud to have been a part of the legacy that Waynesburg cross-country is,” said Aho. “Which is the legacy of family.”

With time now available for reflection on her career, Aho can honestly boast that she left everything out on

the course for the program, and there was nothing over her four years that she would change.

“I feel overwhelmed that the season is over, but I have absolutely no regrets,” said Aho. “That was my biggest fear; that my time as a crosscountry runner for Waynesburg would end, and I would have all these regrets. But I look back at my senior season, and there is nothing I can regret.”

Hardie knew the large senior class is on its way out the door. However, at the same time, he realizes the stable program the seniors

left behind and it does not concern him for 2015.

“We are sad to graduate six seniors and know that their leadership will be missed,” said Hardie. “But they have set the stage for future generations of leaders.”

With four freshmen placing in the top-five for the team throughout the season, Hardie understands the immense potential of the team to really become a respected in the conference next year.

“As for the accomplishments throughout the year, this young team did some really special things,” said Hardie. “The future is bright.”

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November 20, 2014

ECAC Southwest Bowl preview: Buffalo State

By CARSON FOX

Assistant Sports Editor

For the fourth-consecutive year, the Waynesburg University football team will participate in the postseason. The Yellow Jackets (8-2, 6-2) have the luxury of playing at John F. Wiley Stadium for the second time in three years in the postseason, but Saturday’s Eastern College Athletic Conference Southwest Bowl features a new adversary, as the Buffalo State Bengals (7-3, 5-3 Empire 8) will face the Yellow Jackets for the first time in program history.

Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas relishes the opportunity to play in this game, as it will serve as an accolade to the program and as a goal achieved by the team after their offseason winter speeches.

“It’s an honor for these guys to play,” said Shepas.

“It’s a reward for them too.

They’ve played tremendous in the last two weeks of the season against our most physical opponents. We’ll prepare that way as well.”

For Buffalo State head coach Jerry Boyes, he said he loves the postseason bowl games, in the sense that each winner of the six ECAC bowls finish the season with a win, rather than facing the sudden death of a heartbreak loss in the NCAA Division III playoffs.

“I look forward to the ECAC games,” said Boyes.

“We’re excited to be playing a team we’ve never played before. We’re traveling, so that means we get to see Waynesburg’s facilities and see the

college. We’re looking forward to it.”

Before the 2014 Waynesburg University football team’s finale kicks off at 1 p.m., here are a few story lines to follow.

Catching Fire

After suffering three losses in games in which Boyes admits that his team was its own worst enemy, Buffalo State ended its season with a high note, defeating Brockport State on the road 55-21. Waynesburg at least shares one recent common opponent, as Jacket fans remember all to well last season’s ECAC Northwest Bowl game loss to Brockport, in which the Jackets had to battle the elements of a snowstorm. Boyes called the team’s win last week very much necessary, as the Bengals were able to claim the I-90 rivalry in style.

“We have a rivalry with them,” said Boyes. “We call it the I-90 trophy -- so it was winning back the trophy. To get that and retain that trophy -- that was big. It put us in contention for this game.

So there was a lot riding on that game.”

Like Buffalo State, Waynesburg is coming off another rivalry win, as it was the first time since 2003 that the Jackets were able to upend the nationally ranked Washington & Jefferson Presidents. Using the momentum from last week’s historic win and close defeat to Thomas More three weeks ago will help stir up this team and its 25 seniors in their final game at John F. Wiley Stadium this

season, according to Shepas.

“Game plans were tight,” said Shepas. “The intensity at practice and focus was there.

I don’t think this game will be any different for them.”

With both teams coming into Saturday’s game hot, the combination of the right x’s and o’s and Jimmy’s and Joe’s will determine what looks to be on paper an evenly matched game.

Defensive Stranglehold

In both of Waynesburg’s past two, closely contested games against Thomas More and W&J, Waynesburg’s defense held its opposing offenses well below its points per game average, despite allowing a ton of yards. Thus, creating a bend but not break mentality. This week, the Jacket defense faces an opponent with another stout rushing attack with senior running back Rich Pete and sophomore Kyle Hoppy in

the backfield.

Pete averages 101 yards rushing per game and has scored 13 touchdowns rushing the ball this season. Boyes said that Pete is a not only a quality back, but a three-time All-American long jumper, who has a blend of speed and power, though he is at the diminutive size of 5-6, 165.

“He’s as tough as anybody we have on the team,” said Boyes. “He’s not just an outside guy. He’ll give you everything he’s got with that small body. He’s not afraid to run the iso plays. He’s a complete back for us.”

As for Hoppy, Boyes said that he is making strides after going through the transition to playing football again, after not playing for four years while he was pursuing a career in minor league baseball with the Baltimore Orioles organization. On the season, Hoppy has averaged 214 yards through the air and 30 yards per game on

the ground.

Hoppy’s targets include senior wide receivers Mike Doherty and Ryan Carney, who both average over 20 yards per reception, and have combined to score 18 touchdowns receiving this year. Boyes said they bring the possibility of big plays at any moment.

“They have size, and speed to go along with that size,” said Boyes. “They’re our threats, no questions about it.”

Against W&J, Waynesburg’s defense made arguably every stop it needed to put the team in a position to win. Over the past month, the Jackets have played competitive defense thanks to what Shepas contributes to as players starting to finally gel.

“Coach [Scott] Venick said in our coaches meeting a few weeks ago that we know exactly who we are as far as the proper roles for the proper players,” said Shepas.

“Coach Venick’s evaluation on how to make the right adjustments with these guys, putting them in their comfort zones and playing them to our strengths, has obviously helped in our two game plans.”

Push the Pile

Waynesburg’s offense has seen a trend toward favoring the passing game over the run game; considering the reliable senior running back Jake Forsythe has only rushed for 61 yards during the past two games against Thomas More and W&J. Shepas admits during the

coaches’ evaluation process that both defenses were giving favorable looks for senior quarterback Carter Hill to take advantage over the top in the passing game.

“Thomas More and W&J did exactly what they should do, and that’s take one phase of our game away and try to beat them in another phase of the game,” said Shepas.

“In this case, Thomas More and W&J both tried to take away Jake Forsythe. So not that it discredits our line, but if you’re loading the box with extra people, you’re going to play tighter at the run.”

Buffalo State comes into Saturday’s game with a defensive secondary that features a mix of man-to-man and zone coverage, but what is most impressive is that the unit has recorded 18 interceptions on the season, which would be good for tops in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

In addition, the Bengal defense includes a trio of juniors who would be amongst the top tacklers in the PAC: linebacker Shaq Frederick (115), linebacker John Alessandra (98) and defensive back Marquis Artis (96).

If Waynesburg is to continue its ways of running the football to balance the pass, then it must get the big boys up front to give a good push off the ball and reach the second level to stop Buffalo State’s standouts.

“You take those stats away and you aren’t in the playoffs, that’s for sure,” said Boyes. “A great credit to those guys and having a nose for the ball. We have some guys up front who are keeping people off them.

That’s the way we like to roll."

Football's storybook ending shouldn't be tainted by bowl game LUKE CAMPBELL Sports Editorial Assistant

Ten years.

A decade of heartbreak.

A decade of frustration. A decade of disappointment.

But junior kicker Scott Lewis buried each and every one of those 10 years of losing with one 34-yard field goal in overtime to finally defeat the Washington & Jefferson Presidents 31-28 on Saturday.

It was a game in which many on the campus of Waynesburg University thought was meaningless, unless you were one of the 25 seniors honored before the game.

They thought it was the last time they would ever put on shoulder pads and take the turf at John F. Wiley Stadium, as they ran through the banner, glaring at their most hated nemesis on the opposing sideline. Before Saturday, it was a one-sided "rivalry" that W&J had won 38 of the 41 previous times, not to mention the past 11-straight years.

Those same 25 remember the face-to-face meeting out of the locker room prior to

taking the field at Cameron Stadium during their freshman year, when Waynesburg came back from a 21-point deficit, only to be crippled by a game-winning field goal by the Presidents.

I can guarantee the picture of Washington & Jefferson’s players holding up the Presidents’ Athletic Conference trophy in 2012, after storming that same turf played on during Saturday’s contest, has not left the seniors’ minds either.

Not to mention the 3813 thumping the Presidents laid out to the Yellow Jackets last season, allowing them to once again capture another conference title, this time on their own turf.

Saturday was about something more.

It wasn’t about lifting the PAC title. It wasn’t about records or placing within the conference.

It wasn’t about the Presidents, who already clinched an automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs for the thirdconsectuive season.

Saturday was about pride.

Pride has been something these seniors have displayed throughout the past four years while sporting the black and orange and obtaining a 30-12 overall record.

However, in case some of you didn’t hear until now, Waynesburg will be hosting an Eastern College Athletic Conference home bowl game against Buffalo State this upcoming weekend.

Saturday’s win against the Presidents should have been the last time that those seniors donned the word "Jackets" that is stitched across their chest on their jerseys.

It’s not that playing in this ECAC bowl game wasn’t well-deserved, but simply because Saturday was the perfect way to exit those white lines that have been a way of life to many since they could hold a football.

Anot her game g ives Waynesburg the chance to right some wrongs from Saturday’s game against Washington & Jefferson. Wrongs, that I believe, in time, will be forgotten because Waynesburg simply did what so many players that have worn the orange and black have not done, and that’s beat W&J. Carter Hill threw three bad interceptions, all in which he probably regretted the moment he let go of the ball.

The Waynesburg defense, which has been unpredictable most of the 2014 cam-

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period.

Washington & Jefferson would have a fourth down to determine if they would attempt a field goal or go for it and try and score a touchdown. Originally electing to send out the offense before calling a timeout and try to put points on the board with a field goal.

Waynesburg has had success blocking field goals this season having blocked one just two weeks prior against Thomas More to give the Yellow Jackets a chance to tie at the end of the game.

The success would continue, as Kyle Richey would

get a paw on the kick to keep the score tied at 28-28.

Waynesburg, only needing a field goal to win would not be able to find a first down in overtime and on fourth down on the W&J 18-yard line Scott Lewis was sent on to be the hero and give coach Shepas the biggest win of his coaching tenure.

Lewis, who had attempted two field goals and made only one this season up to that point lined up from 34-yards out on the right hash mark and sent the kick spinning and turning in the air before finally crossing the bar and sending Waynesburg University into a frenzy with a 21-28 victory.

“Scotty [Lewis] wanted

it on the left hash. For me I wanted it on the right hash,” said Shepas. “I knew that if it was on the right hash I knew he was making it just from the way he has been practicing.”

The junior kicker has had his fair share of struggles this season by missing numerous extra point attempts and missing a game winning field goal earlier this season against Geneva College.

“I knew I was going to go out there and make it for our seniors. They deserved it,” said Lewis. “We fought hard for them. We have gotten a lot better since the start of the season, and we just knew we were going to make that kick.”

paign, implemented the bend but not break mentality for the last two games of the season, including allowing a lofty 501 yards to a potent Washington & Jefferson offense.

The controversial use of timeouts early in the second half almost seemed destined to hurt the Jackets late, and the 95-yard game-tying touchdown drive by the Presidents in the final minute of regulation seemed to mirror the many games that Washington & Jefferson stole out of the hands of Waynesburg and head coach Rick Shepas over the previous nine seasons while he has been at the helm.

The only thing that really mattered was getting win number four of 42.

Washington & Jefferson head coach Mike Sirianni underestimated the rivalry earlier last week when he noted that Thomas More was the Presidents’ real rival

now. This type of degradation was shown when senior cornerback Alec Schram, as he clapped down the sideline in the face of most of the Jackets following a Washington & Jefferson interception, mocking the efforts of those 25 seniors and those who stood behind them.

There was also the arrogance the Presidents showed by continuously goingw for it on fourth down, even in their own territory, to try and continue to state their dominance.

The Presidents brought that aura of arrogance that they normally bring to the gridiron as they have, year after year.

But this year wasn’t like the past 10, as Washington & Jefferson saw its perfect regular season record slip through its hands as Lewis’ kick fluttered over the cross bar in the west end zone at Wiley Stadium.

Hill will go down as one

of the most decorated players to play at Waynesburg University, and what better way to go out than beating Washington & Jefferson in the grand finale.

Many seniors were lauded by the PAC; 12 to be exact, were recently announced to some sort of all-conference team.

The dynamic duo of senior wide receivers Bernie Thompson and Andrew English, who have given Hill reliability since his arrival on campus, have been invited to various all-star games across the United States.

Those 25 men have accomplished not only a lot this year, but over their careers here at Waynesburg.

But maybe the most impressive accomplishment that this senior group has done for the program is that the program is in a state where playing in ECAC bowl games is simply just not good enough anymore.

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Returning artists create ‘music that moves you’ Guest singer performs to increase awareness

By GRANT LONG

For the Yellow Jacket

Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

Above, a capella group Ball in the House entertained Waynesburg University with their renditions of classics like "This is How We Do It" and "Cupid Shuffle" during their performance Nov. 14. Below, the group leads students in dancing to "YMCA."

Students engaged during a capella performance by hit group of musical guests

By SHON MEADE

For the Yellow Jacket

Benedum Dining Hall was filled with the unique voices of a cappella group Ball In The House on Friday, Nov. 14.

The group can be summarized as “Music That Will Move You” with stylings such as R&B, soul and pop a cappella.

The group has performed on "The Today Show," "America’s Got Talent" and "The Early Show."

This also isn’t their first time at Waynesburg; they have performed here during the past few years.

Students who came out not only enjoyed the music, but also the nachos and popcorn chicken provided by the Student Activities Board.

The opening started out with the singing of “This is How We Do It,” originally performed by Montell Jordan.

Then the group put a twist to it, as their very own Montario “Monty” Hill started to sing the theme from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." “I’ve always been a fan of music,” said Philip Hurd, senior music ministry major.

“I’m so blessed to be able to

hear the harmony and musicality the group put out.”

The crowd was enthralled when the group started to sing the “Cupid Shuffle.”

Students got up and danced along to the song.

Soon after, Ball In The House started to sing “YMCA,” and the crowd once again stood up and participated.

While this was going on, Ball In The House member James Jones was taking videos and pictures on his phone of the Waynesburg

students getting into it.

These can be viewed on the group’s Facebook page and Instagram account.

Charles Cook, a resident assistant in Thayer Hall, enjoyed the song “Falling Slowly” that the group put on. They only used their voices; no microphones or background sound by beat boxer Jon J Ryan.

“It was really fun, the food was good and the music was great,” said Cook.

Earlier in the show, Ryan

taught the audience the basics of beat boxing.

“Be careful not to spit out any of your nachos in the process,” said Ryan.

Students enjoyed attempting to beat box as Ryan proceeded to go on to a faster pace and demonstrate more skills.

“To be good at beat boxing, you need to practice it, just like any other instruments,” said Ryan.

Other songs that the group performed were “Treasure,”

“Happy” and “Use Somebody.”

“Seeing people have a good time, knowing that they are watching us is one of my favorite parts,” said singer Dave Guisti. “They are here for a good time regardless of what is going on out there.”

The Waynesburg crowd served as fantastic hosts for the band as well.

“This has been one of the best schools we’ve been to on this tour,” said Jones. “The fun interaction with the audience has been great.”

Some of the artists that the group members themselves enjoy and get inspiration from are Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars and Boyz II Men. “We don’t want do what other a cappella groups are doing,” said Ryan. “We wanted to do the music we were listening to.”

A few Waynesburg students enjoyed it so much that they wanted more.

“I wish there would have been an encore,” said freshman early childhood education major Tara Barnard.

The group stayed for a meet-and-greet with the students after the show for well over an hour, taking pictures and having a good time.

Human trafficking is a growing problem in the United States.

Tens of thousands of young men and women are trapped in this vicious cycle.

PW Gopal, along with others from around the country, is leading the way to stop this cycle.

Gopal has been a professional singer and songwriter for the past 11 years, starting in what Gopal described as the “bar scene.”

“Music started as mainly a journey for me to talk to people who didn’t know Jesus and weren’t coming to church. That then translated into becoming part of someone’s story who was trafficked,” said Gopal.

“For the past seven years, I have been working on an aftercare project called ‘The Hundred Movement’ for victims of human trafficking.”

The organization’s mission statement is “to rescue and restore 100 women and children from U.S. sex trafficking by empowering the local church to build 100 points of exit for victim recovery, educate the local community, and train abolitionists to grow the movement.”

Knowledge of human trafficking as well as interest in its termination of human trafficking continues to increase.

“There are more people that know about trafficking and there are more people that want to do something about it. The awareness has gone up radically over the past seven years,” said Gopal. “We are starting to build better tools and having a little bit more success in preventing trafficking, educating on trafficking and even removing girls from the street.”

After the girls are taken off the street, they are placed in an aftercare system to make up for lost time.

Some victims lack certain social and intellectual skills due to the years of abuse.

The age range of the vicSee CONCERT on D2

Friday's pep rally encourages student body's school spirit Cheerleaders prepare students for historic game

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN For the Yellow Jacket

It was almost identical to a scene from High School Musical in Benedum Dining Hall on Friday.

As many people were enjoying their dinner, the cheerleaders and pep band held a “Beat W&J” pep rally in front of the crowd at 5 p.m.

The pep rally was originally scheduled to take place in Johnson Commons, but was moved to the cafeteria due to inclement weather.

Although the event was scheduled and featured on several student publications, it was not well-known around campus and took many students by surprise.

The rally included several songs performed by the pep band and cheerleaders.

Also, senior football players Carter Hill and Bernie Thompson were chosen from

Roomel Reese, Yellow Jacket

Cheerleaders surprised much of the student body in Benedum Dining Hall on Friday, Nov. 14 in an effort to energize students for Saturday's historic football game against Washington and Jefferson. among the team to say a few words about the upcoming game against rival Washing-

ton and Jefferson College.

“As cheerleaders, we were not notified of the pep rally

until Tuesday at practice,” said sophomore cheerleader and criminal justice major

Angelica Barr. “I’m glad people had fun and some school spirit. W&J is a huge game

for Waynesburg and I think everyone who attended the rally understood that.”

Waynesburg University and Washington & Jefferson College are notoriously known for their rivalry in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The pep rally served as a way to encourage the student body to attend and support the Yellow Jacket football team.

“I sat so close to the pep band that my bowl of Cocoa Puffs was shaking,” said sophomore nursing major Lauren Adams. “Its safe to say that defines a solid pep rally to me.”

The pep rally must have worked its magic, too; the attendance and school spirit of students at the game were very high.

The pep rally may have played a role in obtaining a turnout for the high-energy game on Saturday, Nov. 15 at John F. Wiley Stadium.

It is unknown if more pep rallies will be scheduled to gain support for the Yellow Jackets basketball team, but there will not be a rally before the bowl game Saturday.

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Concert: Musician advocates for human trafficking solutions Continued from D1

THANKSGIVING DINNER Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

Students gather with friends at Waynesburg University's annnual Thanksgiving family dinner on Nov. 19.

University faculty and staff served the students as part of one of the last events before Thanksgiving break.

tims is anywhere from 12 to 22. The aftercare program allows the victims to regain what is needed to be reintroduced into society.

“We want them to have access to higher education from ages 18-22,” said Gopal. “Even after that, we want them to have tools after they are done with college to be able to pick a career or do whatever it is that they want to do in their life.”

“The Hundred Movement” is in the process of building a 15-year system to cater to a 12-year-old girl until age 26.

The group plans to partner with 99 other systems.

Those interested in joining the movement to help end human trafficking can

“There are more people that know about trafficking and there are more people who want to do something about it. The awareness has gone up radically over the past seven years.”

PW GOPAL

Singer/songwriter

visit www.thehundredmovement.com for more information.

Backyard: Human trafficking an issue globally, domestically

By SAMANTHA PEER Op/Ed Editor

Imagine performing backbreaking labor around the clock.

Imagine being beaten if you did not keep pace.

Imagine being made to sleep on the cold, hard kitchen floor.

This was the life that Rwandan genocide survivor, Sabine, lived for six months.

Sabine, left alone upon the death of her entire family, jumped on the opportunity to travel to America with a wealthy family who offered her the chance to come to the United States.

However, upon arriving to their home, the family imprisoned her, forcing her into domestic servitude.

Fortunately, Sabine, with the help of a kind Rwandan man, was able to escape and has since recovered from the traumatic months she spent enslaved.

However, this true account of modern-day slavery is not the only one of its kind.

Millions of people are living in conditions similar to that of Sabine’s today.

This epidemic is commonly referred to as human trafficking.

On Nov. 12, five of the Vira I. Heinz Scholars sought to educate students and community members about the issue of human trafficking through their event “Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the Hidden World of Human Trafficking.”

The event resembled that of a visit to the Holocaust Museum, in which attendants were given the identification of a victim of human trafficking whose story they could follow throughout their visit.

Sabine was among the victims whose story people could follow.

Senior public relations major Northe CampbellEscalante followed the story

Allyson Wernert, Yellow Jacket

Students at "Out of Sight, Out of Mind," a human trafficking discussion, addressed the widespread issue of human trafficking around the world and in our own communities. of a victim named Rachel “In India, a lot of domes- trafficking, computers with man trafficking, Keslar is also Canfield. tic slavery takes place where links to websites to learn a counselor at Abundant Life “Her story really took a people are forced to work more about the topic and Ministry Center, an organitoll on me,” said Campbell- long hours in the brick kilns,” representatives from several zation that offers aftercare for Escalante. “I read about this said Blankenbuehler. organizations that assist vic- victims of sexual violence. innocent young girl around Though the Vira Heinz tims and work to combat the “Human trafficking is a the same age as I go through Scholars wanted to educate issue. huge injustice that often is such a horrible experience people about the human traf“I thought the event was overlooked in our country,” and it was completely heart ficking issues taking place great and that the Vira said Keslar. “Slavery is greater breaking. To think that this internationally, they wanted Heinz girls did a great job today than it ever has been in could happen to anyone, and to impress the locality of the of making it a realistic walk the world yet it is still hidden even myself if I’m not care- issue upon their audience as through,” said Victoria Kes- and forgotten about in every ful, is frightening to think well. lar, senior human services about."

“One of our goals was to major. “I know a lot of colAllyson Wernert, senior educate those in attendance lege students and community international cultures and that this isn’t just an interna- members came through and political science major, stud- tional issue, it is very much a as they were talking to us ied in Japan through the Vira domestic issue as well,” said about getting involved, they I. Heinz scholarship over the Blankenbuehler. “Another were saying how moved that summer where sex traffick- of our goals was to educate they were by the event and ing is prevalent. people of the various types how it brought them to tears.

“Japan has a huge sex- of human trafficking. Most The event really put into pertourism industry,” said Wer- people associate human traf- spective how these people nert. “When I would go out ficking with sex slavery, but lived and the reality of it.” at night with my friends, we they are not aware of the “Out of Sight, Out of would see men advertising other forms of human traf- Mind” discussed an issue for strip clubs and hostess ficking that also exist.” close to Keslar’s heart. bars.”

Those in attendance were In addition to serving as Caley Blankenbuehler, guided by footprints through president of Waynesburg junior secondary education the realistic depiction of the University’s Chapter of the major, studied in Sri Lanka, lives of human trafficking International Justice MisIndia over the summer where victims, which included sion, an on-campus organilabor trafficking is wide- the stories of the victims, zation that works to bring spread. information about human awareness to and combat hu-

day society, so I think that it is our job to be the voice of the lost and of those who do not have a voice or do not have the opportunity to be rescued. These women, these girls, these children that are in other countries and are taken are expecting no one to come for them, and that is something we have to live with everyday. I don’t want to just sit and think about that, I want to be doing something for it.”

More than 80 people attended “Out of Sight, Out of Mind.” Those in attendance were asked to fill out a survey describing their experience for feedback.

“It was really cool to see people share that they were unaware of the locality of human trafficking, but now they knew of its nearness,” said Blankenbuehler.

Among those in attendance was Annette Aho, senior athletic training major, who was one of those enlightened by the event.

“I think the fact that trafficking happens here in America, here in Pennsylvania, is very impactful,” said Aho. “It becomes something that we can’t run from. It’s present and we are all aware, so the question is now, what are we going to do about it?”

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS

1. Story 5. Gauge on a dash 9. Lowest opera voice 14. Landed on the runway 15. Sunburn soother 16. Starting squad 17. Window material 19. Beauty at the ball 20. French friend 21. Rapture 23. Marshland 24. Legendary skater Henie 26. “If it only could be” 28. “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” author 34. Indian or Chinese, e.g.

35. Nametag greeting 36. Harbinger 39. Hindu guru 42. Imitated 43. Images on a desktop 45. Bride’s beloved 47. One coming in from the bullpen 51. Thigh bone 52. Feel around in the dark 55. N.C. State’s conference 57. Early metalworking period 61. Hush-hush fed. org.

62. Centrally managed store group 64. Explosive situation 66. Metamorphosis stage 67. Scat legend Fitzgerald 68. “__ upon a time ...”

69. Speak 70. Optimistic 71. Brew found in increas ing quantities in the ends of 17-, 28-, 47- and 64-Across

DOWN

1. Spanish appetizers 2. Texas mission 3. Every cloud’s silver feature?

4. Somme summer 5. Soft mineral 6. “Ah, me!”

7. What you pay 8. Half a guy-gal argument 9. Infantile 10. Had dinner 11. “For Dummies” book store section

12. Reduced-price event 13. Harbinger 18. Drive and reverse 22. Stockholm’s land: Abbr.

25. Lady in the 1965 sitcom pilot episode “The Lady in the Bottle” 27. Pot for clams 29. “__ better to have loved ...”: Tennyson 30. How half-shell clams are eaten 31. Eel, at sushi bars 32. Land in la mer

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

33. Silent agreement 36. Knight’s title 37. Cubes in a bucket 38. Wheels on the links 40. Mohawk-sporting actor 41. Biennial games gp.

44. Advanced college course

46. “Golly” 48. Cat’s coat 49. Like capitalized nouns 50. Legendary football coach Knute 53. Cake serving 54. Like the idiomatic beaver

55. Civil rights org.

56. Online dialogue 58. __ contendere: court plea 59. Leatherworking tools 60. Down Under greeting 63. “__ got it!”

65. Director Reiner

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TAYLOR CRACKS THE TOP 10 By: Danielle Schuyler Editorial Assistant

Taylor Swift made music history this fall with her album “1989,” selling over 1.2 million copies within the first week of its release. This is the first time since 2002 a recording artist has achieved such a feat.

Here are the first-week numbers for the top ten fastestselling albums in the United States since March 1, 1991, as tracked by the Nielsen SoundScan:

TOP 10 FASTEST SELLING ALBUMS IN THE US

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“No Strings Attached” (2000) - NSYNC - Studio: Jive Records Released on March 21, 2000, NSYNC’s second studio album sold 2,415,859 copies. The single “Bye Bye Bye” was said to have assisted in building up the long-standing popularity of “No Strings Attached.”

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“Celebrity” (2001) - NSYNC - Studio: Jive Records Released on July 24, 2001, NSYNC’s third and final studio album sold 1,879,955 copies. Celebrity went platinum five times, with its single “Pop” taking the 19 spot on US Billboard Top 100.

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“The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000) - Eminem - Studio: Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records Released on May 23, 2000, rapper Eminem’s third studio album sold 1,760,049 copies. The Marshall Mathers LP won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2001.

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“Black & Blue” (2000) - Backstreet Boys - Studio: Jive Records Released on November 21, 2000, Backstreet Boys’ fourth studio album (third in the United States), sold 1,591,191 copies. “Black & Blue” debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

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“The Eminem Show” (2002) - Eminem - Studio: Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records Released on May 28, 2002, Eminem’s fourth studio album sold 1,321,799 copies. “The Eminem Show” became the rapper’s second album to receive Diamond certification and the third to achieve Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards.

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“Oops!...I Did It Again” (2000) - Britney Spears - Studio: Jive Records Released on May 3, 2000, Britney’s Spears’ second studio album sold 1,319,193 copies. Album single “Lucky” peaked at number 11 on the Billboard chart and received Gold certification in the United States.

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“1989” (2014) - Taylor Swift - Studio: Big Machine Records Released on October 27, 2014, Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album sold 1,287,000 copies. While it is too soon for the album as a whole to rack up awards, single “Shake It Off ” debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. This dance track became the 22nd of Taylor Swift’s songs to hit the top position with Billboard.

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“Red” (2012) - Taylor Swift - Studio: Big Machine Records Released on October 22, 2012, Taylor Swift’s fourth studio album sold 1,208,000 copies. “Red” spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Top 200 charts, making Taylor Swift the first artist since The Beatles to reach this notoriety with three back-to-back studio albums.

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“The Massacre” (2005) - 50 Cent - Studio: Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records Released on March 3, 2005, rapper 50 Cent’s second studio album sold 1,140,638 copies. “The Massacre” was released five days earlier than planned to avoid song leakage on the internet and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 48th Grammy Awards.

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“Millennium” (1999) - Backstreet Boys - Studio: Jive Records.

Released on May 18, 1999, Backstreet Boys’ third studio album sold 1,133,505 copies. “Millennium” was nominated for five Grammy Awards.

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