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University to overhaul service trip funding Faculty in Stewart Revision of SLR classes also considered By JOHN LYDIC

Editorial Assistant

Service opportunities could become more affordable with additional funding and redesigned service learning courses for the 2014-15 academic school year. As Waynesburg University begins preliminary alterations to service learning classes, the school is also developing more funding approaches to provide students

with mission opportunities, according to University Provost Jacquelyn Core. “What we’re trying to do is increase the amount of the funds available,” said Core. “We are also looking for other funding sources, whether it be programs like the Vira Heinz program that provides scholarships for study abroad or service opportunities.” Core’s focus with these changes is to give every student an equal opportunity to experience service. “We want every student to have a service experience,” said Core. “Some students may choose to take a service learning or mission trip,

while others may choose to engage in ongoing local service. I do want people to have opportunities to consider. I want people’s opportunity not to be limited by the financial resources available.” Core said the university is also searching for additional funds through endowments to create opportunities for students. “We have one new endowment fund that has a service component through it,” said Core. “In addition, we are looking to increase our grant writing. We’re hoping to attain some grant funding.” She added that a goal of the university is to eliminate

on-campus fundraising and requirements that students pay for their mission trips by providing some mission trip funding for individual students. For senior criminal justice major Steven Snow, providing funds makes students more comfortable and allows for less stress. “I think [funding] is important because, as college students, we are very busy,” said Snow. “You don’t want to take a student who may not have the means to go on a trip, but really wants to go on a trip and not hinder them

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By KIMMI BASTON Staff Writer

As the administrative and technical details of the ongoing renovation of Stewart Hall are nailed down, Waynesburg University teachers and students have begun to look more closely at what the coming changes will mean for classes and day-today activities. The six-phase remodeling of Stewart Hall began in 2012 and is expected to conclude in 2017. At his Arpil 7 news conference, University President Douglas G. Lee indicated phases one and two have gone according to plan and were completed in the fall of 2013. This included a large addition to the building with common lounge areas and

the replacement of the bricking on the entire building. So far, classes have been minimally disturbed by the renovation of the exterior. Evonne Baldauff, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science, believes the benefits of the project outweigh any disruption she and her students may experience. “I did have a classroom where they were jackhammering while I was trying to teach, and it was a challenge,” said Baldauff. “But the end result is worth it.” As phase three commences this spring, work will begin on Stewart’s interior. From May to November of this year, the roof and windows of the building will be See STEWART on A4

Lecturer's diverse experience results in beneficial visit

By ERIC BOST

Throughout the year, Waynesburg University has seen some major changes to its academic calendar. At the beginning of the 2013-14 academic school year, the university decided to end the annual Fiat Lux trip to Washington D.C. in favor of smaller trips specified for individual Fiat Lux classes. Now, as the school year nears its end and commencement draws closer, one more change to the calendar was recently made. In years past, Waynesburg normally held a universitywide awards ceremony in April to honor its top students across all academic concentrations. This year, each academic department will host indi-

preparing for third phase of renovation

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Alex Sherman, junior exercise science major, snatches an Easter egg during Wednesday's Ovarian Egg Hunt, sponsored by Colleges Against Cancer. All eggs contained oviarian cancer awareness facts and some included prizes.

The topics of science, faith and life after death were the focus of Andrew Ginsberg’s two-day visit to campus as part of the Christ and Culture Lecture Series. Ginsberg is the vice president and director of advancement at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA, which is “a vibrant nationwide college ministry that establishes and advances witnessing communities of students and faculty,” according to InterVarsity’s website. Before joining InterVarsity, Ginsberg was the vice

president of marketing for LabCorp and served in a number of leadership and strategy positions for SmithKline Beecham. The event “Does Christ have a Place in Healthcare Technology?” on Monday involved the Rev. Carolyn Poteet, director of Faith and Mission, asking Ginsberg questions about his faith background, his education and his careers. Ginsberg started the lecture talking mainly about his upbringing in Judaism, which held firm until he was 27 and “found Christ.” Today, Ginsberg classifies himself as See LECTURE on A4

Counseling Center says students aware of mental health risks

Murphy will discuss proposed act at Waynesburg April 23 By KIMMI BASTON Staff Writer

Since the Columbine massacre in 1999, horrific acts of violence have appeared in news media with increasing frequency. Recently, it seems the public hardly finishes reeling from one tragedy before another occurs. The Sandy Hook shooting, the Washington Navy Yard shooting, the death of a 10-year-old in Washington, Pa., the Fort Hood shooting and the Franklin Regional stabbing are all examples of this. The common element among all of these events is the ongoing discussion of

mental health in conjunction with violence and of mental healthcare in the United States. U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., is responding to mental health concerns with a new bill, the 2013 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which is currently being debated in the House of Representatives. If it passes, the bill will reform much of the United States’ current mental healthcare system. Murphy will hold a press conference April 23 at 11 a.m. in Alumni Hall to discuss his new mental health bill. While the issue of mental health is sensitive and there-

fore highly debated throughout the country, it is especially important to colleges and universities. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students, and depression is the number one cause for suicide. Mary Hamilla, assistant director of the Counseling Center and educational enrichment program at Waynesburg University, affirms that this is true. “College students are at a really high risk, more so than other populations, for suicide,” said Hamilla. “They come here and feel this increasing pressure to succeed.”

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Over 100 local community members came out to the fairgrounds to support the fight against hunger.

Hamilla works with the Waynesburg chapter of the Peer Education group, which held a suicide prevention program in the fall of 2013. The international organization requires that students take a semester-long class to be trained before they begin to plan and carry out programs centered on various issues for their college. “The fall program was completely student led, and it was because we have a lot of students who lost somebody by suicide, so it was really close to them,” said Hamilla. “If you ask in a classroom, ‘How many people know someone who was a victim of suicide?’ lots of hands go up.”

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• Clarifies privacy rules so health professionals can provide guardians with necessary information to protect patients • Increases inpatient and outpatient treatment option availability by making two exceptions to the Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion under Medicaid • Reevaluates how the federal government uses the $125 billion it allocates for mental health care annually According to the New York Times, the plan for Murphy’s bill is to provide funding for suicide prevention programs all over the country. He also hopes to fund increases in the space and personnel capabilities of mental health wards everywhere. Hamilla agrees this is an

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urgent need. “There are still many, many, many people who don’t get the mental health care they need, and they end up in prison lots of times, or on the street, and it’s just really unnecessary for that to See BILL on A4

A CHANGE FOR SPRING

The Jackets upset the PAC's top team with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning Sunday.

The spring concert will have a slightly different look this year as the Department of Fine Arts features two concerts this year: the concert choir on April 24 and te symphonic band on April 25.

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