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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Vol. 90 No. 20
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SPEAKS
WU warned of Stover Scholars learn about ethics, politics man who exposed himself to students By Nika Anschuetz Staff Writer
“We were told under all circumstances that we were made equal,” said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “They held us to that standard.” Justice Clarence Thomas spoke on various ethical, social and political issues to a group of over a thousand people at the Duquesne School of
Law. Waynesburg University Stover Scholars were among the group of lawyers, judges, students and faculty invited to listen to Justice Thomas on Tues., April 9. The afternoon began with a video giving intimate details of Justice Thomas’s life. Clarence Thomas was born into humble beginnings in Pin Point, Georgia, in 1948.
His mother sent and his brother and him to live with her father and stepmother at a young age. Thomas talked about the difficulties he had growing up as an AfricanAmerican in the 50s. He said he was often looked down upon because of his color, but that didn’t stop him from being proud of his heritage. Justice Thomas said he
believes that there is a particular narrative painted about the south. Despite the poverty that plagued his town and despite his circumstances, he loved his family, church and neighborhood. Much of Thomas’s lecture focused on the culture change in the north and the south. He compared it to
By Sarah Bell
but from a father standpoint, is seeing students Executive Editor walking through the park Waynesburg Borough late at night. They need to Police and the Waynes- be more aware of their surburg University Depart- roundings,” said Humisment of Public Safety are ton. “Don’t take advaninvestigating several inci- tage that it’s Waynesburg dents of a motorist propo- and nothing ever happens sitioning and exposing here; it happens everywhere. I don’t want one of See THOMAS on A2 himself to young women. our people Accordto be a vicing to Mike tim.” Humiston, Accorddirector of ing to Public Safepolice ty, there reports, the have reportvictims edly been were three inciinconsisdents in the tent in area and, . their although descripnone of Mike Humiston tions of the them were Director of Public Safety vehicle on campus, that the two were man was fairly close and involved Waynesburg driving; however, his physical description were University students. “Stuff like this does the same from each witdrive me crazy,” Humis- ness. The women, who are ton said. “This person is pretty brazen. Hopefully all in their early 20s, we can get this get stopped described the man as before it gets to the next white, with short dark blond or light brown hair level.” The Department of and a thin build. Humiston added to the Public Safety has notified the residence life staff to description, saying that advice their co-eds about the man is around 25 to 30 these incidents, with the years old. The victims told police hopes that encouraging students to travel in the man pulled up to them groups or be aware of their while they were walking surroundings will prevent down the street, opened his car door, offered to pay further incidents. Photo by Katherine Mansfield “What worries me, not them for explicit acts and Freshmen Maura Bobby, Lauren Blair, Heather Davis and Sarah Scipio celebrate the arrival of warm weather by only from a Department of exposed himself to them. throwing Frisbee on the lawn of Miller Hall Tuesday evening. Public Safety standpoint, See STUDENTS on A2
“Don’t take
Spring fever
advantage that it’s Waynesburg and nothing ever happens here; it happens everywhere ”
Crossing the border: Niagara Falls trip takes unexpected turn By Sarah Bell Executive Editor They expected to arrive in Canada. Instead, they found themselves in the United States Customs Border Protection building. When 22 students and trip leaders Luke Payson, resident director, and his wife Michelle piled into two vans early Sunday, no one expected the journey to Niagara Falls would quickly become the stuff television shows are made of. When the two vans arrived at the United States-Canada border right on time, what the trip leaders did not know
was that Pedro Torrez, freshman foreign exchange student from Guatemala, did not have the specific visa needed to get into Canada. “An adventure” Although none of the students blamed Torrez, being turned away by Canada caused a setback for half of the students who attended the trip. While they were detained, the other half of the group got to continue onto the Falls. Dana Holzpfel, a sophomore early childhood education major, did not mind having to take a detour through U.S. customs. “This is more fun
than I think going to see the water,” she said. “This is such an adventure.” Other students shared similar feelings about the change of plans, saying that they now had the opportunity to see “the back streets of Buffalo, New York” and joking that the trip became their “mission trip to the falls.” After the van they were traveling in was searched, a security guard gave the students and the Paysons permission to travel back into the states, screaming “good luck” as the travSee CANADA on A4
Photo by Katherine Mansfield
Mindy Hooven, a freshman nursing major, takes photographs of Niagara Falls during a day trip to the national landmark Sunday.
ARTS & LIFE
REGION
SPORTS
The Waynesburg Players performed “Anything Goes” April 3-6. See Page D1
The 25th annual Hammer-In festival will be held Saturday, April 20 at the W.A. Young and Sons metal foundry and machine shop in Rices Landing.
Waynesburg’s nationallyranked track and field teams travel to Bethany.
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