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Changes made to 2014-15 academic calendar Rumors Weeklong fall break added, dead week eliminated WHAT'S CHANGING IN 2014-15? of stricter visitation hours untrue

By JOHN LYDIC

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Students that are left feeling mentally exhausted after a long fall semester grind could see a break coming next year. Planned changes to the academic calendar, which will be implemented for the 2014-15 school year, are meant to give students more “breaks,” according to the Waynesburg University

provost.

“One of the issues that we identified is that the instructional period between the start of the semester and Thanksgiving break is a really long time with no opportunity to mentally recharge,” said Jacquelyn Core, university provost. “We really wanted to demonstrate the value of good mental health and the opportunity to recharge your batteries and

take a break and take care of yourself.”

After dealing with a schedule that sees students go eleven straight weeks without a break, Waynesburg University has decided to implement a weeklong fall break beginning in the next academic year.

Fall break will begin Oct. 11 and run through Oct. 19. The break will begin on homecoming, but according

• Fall calendar includes weeklong fall break (Oct. 11-19) in addition to Thanksgiving break • Commencement is scheduled for May 3; Dead week is eliminated from the academic calendar • Each finals week will include a Monday "study day" which counts as a day of classes

to Core, students will still be allowed to remain in their dorms the Friday before to attend the game.

Students are happy about a chance to rest before the second half of the semester.

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Honors Finally Spring banquet revised

By REBECCA BURCHAM Staff Writer

Waynesburg University has seen many changes over the past year, and yet another one will be taking effect this spring. In past years, the university has held an honors awards banquet in the spring that encompasses all academic departments. This spring, however, that process will change.

Most of the awards presented to students are departmental awards, which provided motivation to take the university-wide awards ceremony and divide it into smaller, department-organized ceremonies.

Dr. Jacquelyn Core, university provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, explained how and why the awards banquet will be split into many smaller ceremonies starting this spring.

“Students seem to best gravitate toward people in their own academic departments,” said Core. “We See HONORS on A4

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After braving a winter with record-cold temperatures, a group of Waynesburg University students welcomes warm temperatures back to campus Monday with a game of Wiffle ball on the lawn outside Miller Hall.

According to the Weather Channel, students might have to wait a week to see temperatures in the 60s and 70s again. Instead, expect temperatures in the 50s for the next seven days.

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STOVER LECTURE SERIES KATHLEEN QUINN ABERNATHY

Waynesburg University will welcome two experienced guests to campus to speak on April 9 as part of the Stover Lecture Series.

Charles F. Abernathy, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, and his wife Kathleen Quinn Abernathy, former federal communications commissioner, will lead a lecture titled “Washington D.C. Behind the Veil: Reflections on both the Constitution and Federal Communications Law.” The lecture will be in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. and is free to attend.

Charles Abernathy has authored several books and articles. One of them is the first modern case book on federal civil rights law, “Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation.”

President George W. Bush appointed Kathleen Abernathy to the Federal Communications Commission in 2001. As a commissioner and

as a Washington, D.C. lawyer, she molded American communications law regarding broadband communications, broadcast, cable, satellite and wireless communication. She is now the executive vice president of external affairs at Frontier Communications Corporation.

Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, said they will discuss the constitutional and theoretical angle of what administrative agencies should do and what actually happens in the FCC. “He is going to describe the emergence of the administrative state in the 20th century, the constitutional checks on the agencies, how they navigate the political waters in terms of the industries that are being regulated and their continuity to congress, the president and the courts,” Stratton said. “[He] will talk about what the constitution says, what the statute

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BASEBALL SWEEPS TOMCATS

By NICK FARRELL Executive Editor

Rumors are spreading among students that the university is contemplating changes to rules about visitation hours in residence halls, but those statements are news to two university executives and an associate dean of Student Services.

Douglas G. Lee, university president, says the university has no intentions of altering its policy on residence hall visitation hours. In fact, Lee said he had not even heard the rumors and found them ridiculous.

“Why would we want to do that?” Lee said of the rumored changes.

Mary Cummings, executive vice president for Student Services, echoed Lee’s words, saying she has not heard of any plans to revise the rule, either.

According to Chris Hardie, associate dean of Student Services, the Residence Life staff is not currently considering any changes to the visitation policy, and he does not expect changes will be made to the policy for the upcoming semester.

“They [the rumors] are not true,” said Hardie. “As far as I know, there have been no discussions at all, and we do not anticipate any changes for the fall semester.”

Hardie said the Residence Life staff examines policies and procedures every summer. The staff looks at all aspects of residence life, including student safety, privacy and fire procedures—not just visitation hours—and determines if any changes must be made.

“We do those conversations over the summer, but to be honest, I do not anticipate any changes in the visitation realm,” said Hardie. “We’re happy with how it’s set up now, and we’ll probably move forward with that.”

He added that violations of the visitation policy occur every semester, but this has not caused the staff to contemplate the elimination of visitation hours entirely.

According to the student handbook, resident students may bring guests of the opposite sex into residence halls and on-campus housing from 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Hardie said on-campus residents with concerns about this policy or any other aspect of residence life should contact their resident director.

GETTING READY FOR RELAY

The Yellow Jackets improved their PAC record to 4-1 with a doubleheader sweep of Thiel Tuesday.

Various student organizations are holding fundraising events for Relay for Life this week, including WCYJ-FM, Kappa Delta Pi and the Criminal Justice and Forensic clubs.

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BEING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Johannes Swart of Pittsburgh Seminary speaks to students at Chapel Tuesday about being a light for the world through service, a theme that was evident during last week's inauguration celebration.

Transformative professor nears retirement

Instructor to retire after 16 years at WU

By ANTHONY CONN

For the Yellow Jacket

This past weekend John McIlwain, instructor of Criminal Justice, took part in his last mock crime scene workshop, an event he helped create.

In a few short months, he will begin his first summer break as a retired Waynesburg University professor.

After 16 years of service and dedication to the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences, McIlwain says he will retire at the end of the academic year. “[Retiring] will be sad,” said McIlwain. “It’ll be really sad, but not because I’m not ready, because I am.”

Retirement is not something new to McIlwain.

After serving two tours in Vietnam, he worked 11 years on the streets of Pennsylvania and West Virginia with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and then retired from criminal justice work in 1998.

His career at Waynesburg began later that year.

McIlwain soon felt that, although the program was

highly sufficient, to Waynesburg’s the department campus, includneeded some iming the CSI House provements. After across the street discussing the posfrom B enedum sibilities with Tom Dining Hall.

Rennington, reThe house is tired Waynesburg used for many professor, and Dr. activities within Dana Baer, inthe Department structor of crimiof Criminal JusMcIlwain nal justice, a new tice, including the plan was created. mock crime scene workshop. “[The department] was It is not uncommon to find more theoretical based,” McIlwain inside this imporsaid McIlwain. “We wanted tant building, either hard at to try to make the criminal work or enjoying conversajustice department as hands tion with students over a cup on as possible. Rather than of coffee. to just talk about things, we “What I will miss more wanted to talk about it and than anything else is the then do it.” wonderful interaction with McIlwain, Rennington students,” said McIlwain. “It’s and Baer wasted no time in probably hard for students to improving the department. see it, but there is so much “We collaborated and growth that takes place beworked well together,” said tween the August of your Dr. Dana Baer. “We created freshman year to the May of the culture.” your senior year. It’s really The culture of the crimi- cool to see that transformanal justice department can tion, to see the light bulb go be seen in the students, who on.” have learned professionalism For years, McIlwain has and compassion from their taken time to get to know professors because they have students. been led by example.

“Bonding with him goes “It is the respect that we beyond the classroom,” said have for each other that has Tino Napolitano, sophomore caused students to respect criminal justice major. each other and to have pride Even though McIlwain did in the program,” said Baer. not teach in the classroom The efforts of McIlwain, this past fall, Napolitano said Rennington and Baer have he still visited campus to help also brought transformation students.

“During the fall I would stop by his office and he would ask me about my classes, even though he wasn’t my advisor,” said Napolitano. “He really cared.”

Adam Jack, who has worked with McIlwain since 2002, says that students and faculty have been inspired by McIlwain’s energy.

“He will be remembered for his tireless work ethic and his caring, compassionate spirit,” said Jack.

As McIlwain reflects on his time at Waynesburg, he compares it to words he has lived by for years: “As long as it is fun and I can do it, I should do it.”

Why then is McIlwain retiring? After a health scare last year, he spent this past fall semester recovering.

He has decided to come to terms with his physical limitations and is looking forward to spending time at home with his wife.

When asked why he did not retire sooner, McIlwain smiled and answered, “I was having too much fun.”

In his fun, McIlwain inspired students and faculty, ultimately with a clear purpose.

“My entire career has been about service,” he said. “To me, 35 years of law enforcement without giving it away to somebody seemed kind of silly.”

GAPS instructor fulfills mission of service

By KYLE DAWSON Staff Writer

According to Natural News, the number of natural disaster occurrences per year has increased by more than 400 percent in the last 20 years, and more than 500 disasters occurred last year worldwide.

Natural disasters devastate many parts of the world each year, according to Natural News. Those disasters leave people homeless, without money and looking for help and a way to live.

At a university that prides itself on service learning and volunteering in the community, one instructor in the graduate counseling program has taken it to the next level in his work during some of these natural disasters. As the world enters the season where the most natural disasters occur, this work is especially important, according to Natural News.

Dr. Mark Lepore, instructor in the Graduate and Professional Studies Counseling program at Waynesburg University and assistant professor of counseling at Clarion University, has seen these things firsthand. Lepore has

worked as a volunteer in disaster mental health since 1997 in the Red Cross. He has also worked there as a mental health trainer.

Lepore has done work for mental health during disasters such as Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina and the California wildfires.

“I do a lot of crisis intervention things with the Red Cross,” said Lepore. “I have worked with and in some of the higher profile events. It can be a stressful field because it affects a lot of people and they need the help. People such as myself want to be there to give them that help.”

At Waynesburg University, the mission, “faith, service and learning,” echoes this kind of volunteer work.

Lepore said that volunteering with the Red Cross can be a great opportunity to volunteer, to get involved in service learning projects and to take in all the experiences that people can get through involvement with these things that can be highly impactful on peoples’ careers and lives.

“I would encourage students, even those not interested in the counseling side, to get involved in this kind of

work,” said Lepore. “It can be a phenomenal way to get service learning time and help the community.”

Lepore said the basis of this training can be received through a counseling education at Waynesburg and training courses with the Red Cross. He also said students can get involved in this kind of work either for a career, or just to serve the community.

In order to do this kind of volunteer work, however, those interested must go through trainings with the Red Cross and most times, Lepore said, obtain a master’s degree in counseling and get certain licenses. However, even with the necessary training , Lepore said that it can be of high impact to and make those who take it on better counselors and people.

“It has a huge impact on professional counselors in the field but with volunteer workers as well,” said Lepore.

“This work allows people to learn how to deal with people in crisis situations and truly horrible situations. It can help to enhance careers, and I have learned so much from my work with the Red Cross.”

Dr. Scott Tracy, director of the graduate counseling

program at Waynesburg, said that having Lepore in the program allows for students to better prepare themselves for the moment when “any of us can be called into action.”

“You never know with hurricanes, tornadoes or the mudslide, when they are going to happen,” said Tracy. “Having a teacher like [Lepore] to help mentor these students could lead our students to make an impact in serving the community in these situations, and that is our ultimate pride.”

In his time with the Red Cross, Lepore said that while it is a lot of work and a lot of different people with different areas of expertise are needed to assist in every possible situation, he would not trade it for anything because of how much he has learned and been able to assist with.

“I have been blessed with these opportunities and they have made me better in my career as a counselor and an instructor as well,” said Lepore. “On a larger scale, this goes so much further than just working as a counselor. You can simply become a better person and give back to the community. It is what service truly is.”

Waynesburg University Department of Communication student Brooke Larson has sensed a calling by God to do a women’s event on campus. This week, she will get the chance to fulfill her dream before she graduates.

“I felt like the university needed something for women on campus to come together and talk about issues that we women deal with in college,” said Larson.

“It’s something that I have been putting together for a couple of years, and I finally decided to go ahead and do it in my last semester of my senior year.”

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Larson is leading an event titled “Women’s Conference 2014.” The theme of the conference is “Identity: Love.” The event will start in Alumni Hall, and the small group sessions will be in various rooms near that site.

“I think the idea of identity is the main thing we [women] deal with,” said Larson.

“Are we worthy enough?

Are we good enough? Are we beautiful? I think every woman deals with this on a day-to-day basis.”

B esides ice-breaking events, the conference will feature worship sessions led by student-run Upper Room.

This was an easy decision to make, according to Larson.

“I was thinking that I wanted music, and Upper Room was the first thing that came to my mind,” said Larson. “They will be beginning and ending [the conference] with worship.”

One main aspect of the conference will include three keynote speakers: Challey Knight, a Waynesburg counselor; Kelly Crow, a member of Greene Community Church and the pastor’s wife; and Waynesburg alumna Kelly Mackey. Larson said there was a specific process in choosing the speakers.

“I have a committee: five of us in total,” said Larson.

“We came up with about 10 names, and we went through each of the people to pick the best speakers. We had a lot of prayer, and we felt the three that we went ahead and picked were the best of the options.”

The other main aspect of the event will be small group sessions for the women to discuss what they are learning during the event.

The Rev. Carolyn Poteet, director of faith and mission at Waynesburg University, will be one small group

leader, and she wants to emphasize to the women that God thinks highly of every woman.

“The group I am leading is specifically going to be on the lies that we hear about ourselves. ‘I’m not good enough, I’m not smart enough, I’m not pretty enough, I’m a nobody;’ lies like that,” said Poteet. “Then trying to replace those with the promises that God has for us. Like, ‘I am his dearly beloved child, I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I am bought with a price. He can work all things together for good. There is therefore now no condemnation.’ Trying to grab onto the promises of scripture of our lives.”

Getting the conference up and running was not easy, and Poteet said the event was improbable to organize, yet Larson found a way to get it accomplished. Poteet said with all the events happening during this time of year, including the perspective student events and the inauguration, the odds were against them. Poteet was grateful that ideas, including the topic itself, came together with God’s guidance.

“Identity was something specific brought up at Jubilee [a youth conference in Pittsburgh], and I felt that something that I should bring it up,” said Poteet. “When [Larson] brought that [as an option for the topic], I felt that it was a great opportunity to address the issue in a unique and personal way.

I felt that it was a sign from God speaking to me when the idea came from two different angles. I knew not to ignore that.”

Larson said students can sign up in Student Services

by Friday. A $5 fee is required. The fee can be paid for at Student Services while signing up, or upon arrival on Saturday.

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College entrance exams to return to original format in 2016

By KIMMI BASTON Staff Writer

Standardized testing is a necessary part of the college admissions process, as students’ test scores allow admissions counselors to place all applicants on equal footing before deciding who to admit.

However, there is much debate over how well standardized tests show a student’s knowledge and potential for success.

Recently, the College Board announced several changes to the Scholastic Aptitude Test that will better suit students’ shift from high school to college.

According to a press release on March 5, the College Board no longer believes the SAT aligns with high school curriculums or prepares students for what is facing them in college.

The release stated that the test is being redesigned “to focus on the few things that evidence shows matter most for college and career readiness.”

At Waynesburg Univer-

sity, Director of Admissions Jessica Sumpter believes the changes to the SAT will have a positive influence on the ease of decision making during the admissions process.

“It’s more applicable for what we would need to know on the admissions side – how prepared someone is going to be based on their standardized test scores,” said Sumpter.

The new test, to b e launched in 2016, will better show how prepared a student is for college based on a number of changes.

The vocabulary on the SAT will no longer be obscure words that students are unlikely to hear again.

According to the College Board, the test will instead examine students’ knowledge of words used “consistently in college and beyond.”

Rebecca Wilson, math teacher and Math Department chairperson at Waynesburg Central High School, believes this change will help her students be more familiar with vocabulary that can be used across curriculums.

“I believe that the shift

from studying vocabulary as a distinct topic to studying vocabulary in context will be more useful to students as life-long learners,” said Wilson.

Rather than learn vocabulary solely for use on the SAT, Wilson hopes her students will now learn vocabulary that can be used in all classes, including math.

The SAT will also better examine students’ ability to analyze data and text in real world contexts rather than just material created specifically for the test.

This change will be most noticeable in the essay portion of the exam, where students will analyze an author’s method of building an argument.

The essay will be scored according to the strength of the analysis in addition to the quality of writing.

A student’s ability to analyze texts on the exam will help show how prepared they are for analysis in college.

Another major change affecting the writing section of the SAT is the alteration of the essay to make it an

optional component for students.

So, students can complete the SAT with or without writing an essay, a fact Wilson feels is extremely important for her students.

“The designation of the essay as optional is the biggest game-changer for my students,” said Wilson. “Many students experienced testfatigue, particularly when the essay was first. The parts of the test that most schools used came after that highpressure essay situation.”

Because of this alteration, the SAT will be out of only 1,600 points, rather than the current 2,400, with 800 point scales for both reading and mathematics.

If students choose to complete the essay, it will be scored separately.

At many institutions of higher education, including Waynesburg University, the admissions department only looks at the verbal and mathematics scores of students.

Often, the writing score is only considered during placement in English classes.

Sumpter believes the Col-

lege Board is reverting to this scoring method, which they used prior to 2006, in response to the way schools are using SAT scores.

“I think that’s ultimately why they’re going back to the 1,600 [scale], because a lot of colleges and universities never really adopted the 2,400 scale,” said Sumpter.

“In some ways it’s aligning back with what they did previously.”

In addition to illustrating how prepared a student is for college, the new SAT will also align more precisely with what students are learning in high school.

This involves several alterations to the material, such as providing source documents from a number of different disciplines, like social studies and science, that students are exposed to daily.

This is in an effort to compete with the ACT, which is seen as a closer parallel to high school curriculums.

According to the New York Times, more students took the ACT than the SAT in 2013.

“Why I sometimes value

the ACT over the SAT is the fact that the questions on the ACT better aligned with school systems,” said Sumpter. “So, it kind of measured how knowledgeable the student is rather than potential intelligence on the SATs. Now the SAT is trying to align more with what and how students have been taught.”

Sumpter believes the changes to the SAT will be beneficial for the students and will help the Department of Admissions better compare applicants.

“It’s difficult for us to be able to evaluate an applicant apples-to-apples whenever their schools are so different,” said Sumpter. “The more we can align standardized testing with how students are taught and what students are taught, it allows us to be able to look apples-to-apples at an applicant.”

Sumpter predicts the changes will bring an increase in national test scores, which will affect the way Waynesburg’s Department of Admissions looks at the scores of all applicants.

Students to display Kappa Delta Pi teams with local library research at annual campus symposium

By HANNAH MORRIS

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Every spring, after months of research and work, students of all majors are given the opportunity to present their personal research and findings to the Waynesburg campus and community.

With the help of their faculty mentor, students are able to take their ideas and turn them into results.

Dr. Chad Sethman, associate professor of biology, serves as a mentor for students working with projects in the field of biology and notices changes in his students every year.

“They go from studying and taking exams to becoming a scientist,” Sethman said.

“They are thinking critically and intellectually and are taking ownership in what they are doing. You see confidence grow in their abilities.”

The fifth annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work Symposium is a collection of original research projects and scholarly work from undergraduate students at Waynesburg.

It is open to all majors across campus.

Sethman is responsible for coordinating the symposium and other research-based events on campus.

He defines the purpose of the symposium as gaining “awareness of what research is going on and promotion of undergraduates getting involved in research.”

This year’s symposium will showcase 24 research projects completed by more than 40 undergraduate students.

All of the traditional sciences of biology, chemistry and forensic science are represented in this year’s exhibition with more than half of the projects from nursing students under the field of evidence based practice, and a few representatives from the humanities.

According to Sethman, abstracts are selected based on whether or not it is a student’s “own creative work, sheds unique knowledge or perspective or is something that has never been done before.”

The deadline for abstracts was March 21, leaving the next month for the approved students to prepare either their oral or poster presentations.

Students are now finalizing the details of their presentations by writing an introduction, explaining techniques and figures and adding pictures.

Every part of the presentation helps the student grow

in his or her skills.

“Through doing a research project such as this, students are developing three skills: how to apply knowledge, how to be productive inside and outside of the classroom and how to become innovative,” said Sethman.

Participants are not the only ones who benefit from the symposium.

There is also value for the students who choose to attend the symposium.

“Students can go to the symposium and get ideas from other students on the different types of research they could do. It’s important for students who are doing research to present research,” said Sethman. “Underclass students especially benefit.

They get to see for the first time what undergraduate students can do.”

Chuck Cook, sophomore biology major, hopes to attend this year’s symposium.

“I have not attended a symposium, but I do plan to eventually because they are an extremely good opportunity to see some opportunities within the research field," said Cook. "Also, it is a good idea to remain knowledgeable about what kind of research is going on within the field."

Cook is mindful of the advantages the symposium will provide him for his future.

“I am a biology major, so the symposium directly connects to my major. I would expect to see research from the full spectrum of the biology field, from botany to microbiological research,” said Cook. “It will give me a wider view of the different fields and opportunities that I will have once I have moved past Waynesburg.”

Sethman also sees the importance the symposium holds for students’ futures through attending and participating in the event to simply learn from each other and from professionals.

“Students have the experience of presenting research in a professional setting and have the opportunity to network and draw connections.

Employers and graduate schools are always looking for students participating in new research,” said Sethman.

“It’s impossible to prepare students for the jobs they’ll have 20 years down the line, but we can prepare them to be innovative. As long as they are able to innovate on their own, they can prepare themselves for their futures.”

The symposium will be held on campus on April 26 at 1 p.m. and is open to the public.

Children from the community will travel all over the world next Saturday without leaving the library.

Members of Kappa Delta Pi, an honors group for education majors, are hosting a literacy day that will involve children learning about several countries.

Each year during the spring semester, Kappa Delta Pi holds an event that chapters across the United States participate in.

This year, the event is “Literacy Alive!”. According to Kappa Delta Pi’s official website, “Literacy Alive!” is Kappa Delta Pi’s signature service initiative that invites members to create programs and events in their communities that bring empowering

literacy skills to their participants.

Local libraries will host programs across the nation. Waynesburg students will hold their’s on April 5 from 10-11:30 a.m. Activities are geared towards kids in kindergarten through 12th grade. Parents and younger siblings are invited to stay as well, and snacks will be provided throughout the morning. Eva. K. Bowlby Public Library will host the event.

“We are always excited to partner with Waynesburg University and offer a place for them to do their programs,” said Diane Moninger, coordinator of family literacy at Bowlby Library.

“They [Waynesburg students] have helped us with so many of our programs that it is a delight to be able to help them with theirs.”

In the past, Kappa Delta Pi members have collected books and sent them to other areas.

This year, for the first time, they decided to focus on the Waynesburg community.

“We really wanted to try to be more active within our community this year,” said Jena Blissman, a senior education major and the president of the Waynesburg Kappa Delta Pi chapter.

“I always enjoyed learning about different cultures and countries when I was a kid.

It seemed like a great way to involve literacy with learning and make it exciting.”

The Kappa Delta Pi members will break up into teams of three, and each team will handle teaching students about a different country, according to Debra Clarke, chair of the Department of

Education and advisor to Waynesburg’s Kappa Delta Pi chapter.

“As we have seen through the service day and heard during President Lee’s inaugural address, service is a huge part of Waynesburg University,” said Clarke.

“The morning spent with kids will allow students to practice leadership skills, encourage kids and serve while enjoying themselves.”

This event is open to anyone who is interested in coming.

“Students are welcomed and encouraged to invite kids they know from the community to come to the library on Saturday,” said Clarke.

Students are encouraged to contact Blissman at bli3964@student.waynesburg.edu with questions about the upcoming event.

AT seminar aimed to grow, recruit students

By WHITNEY WATERS For the Yellow Jacket

In honor of National Athletic Trainers’ Month, Waynesburg University presented its annual athletic training spring seminar on March 30.

The seminar welcomed a wide variety of medical experts as well as past graduates to speak with athletic training, exercise science, pre-physical therapy and prospective students.

“There is a wide variety of topics and presenters.

There are athletic trainers in various professional settings like colleges and universities, high schools, clinics and corporations – one speaker is the athletic trainer for Consol Energy,” said head athletic trainer Andrew Palko. “Others are orthopedic surgeons,

Emergency Medical Technicians and Quality Control Supervisors.”

Palko also participated as he took on the role of moderator and contributor during the round table discussion.

“I led the discussion, asked questions and made sure we all stayed on track,” said Palko.

The Round Table Discussion is led by questions and case scenarios presented by speakers and audience members.

It provided the audience and health care professionals with interaction.

The athletic training seminar was created about five or six years ago as a way to celebrate the month with students and professionals.

“Having the seminar is an opportunity for alumni to return for the day, see friends,

meet current and prospective students and gain continuing education,” said Michele Kabay, PhD, LAT, ATC and clinical educator and coordinator of the Athletic Training Education Program. “Professional development is an educational goal for not only our athletic training program but also as professionals in the field. It’s an opportunity for practicing clinicians to gain that locally.”

The main goal of the seminar was to benefit all that attended.

The seminar was held on an overnight visitation partially for recruiting and opportunity.

“It is another good opportunity for prospective students to come to campus,” said Kabay. “They are able to participate in the activities that admissions has for the

overnight.”

Among the benefits of learning, students also had the opportunity of networking.

“Hopefully for the prospective students, they learn different job settings and roles athletic trainers can work in,” said Palko. “For current students, we want them to understand the importance of continuing education, of how to always stay abreast of new and innovative techniques or learn another way to think or approach a certain situation.”

Palko has high hopes for the future of the seminar.

“Our hope is that we can grow this seminar into a firm recruiting tool while at the same time allowing local professionals to network and grow their practical knowledge,” Palko said.

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says and what the constitutional law says about an area, and she is going to fill in the blanks from the personal and political angle.”

Stover Scholar and senior criminal justice major Daniel Czajkowski believes the lecture is going to be phenomenal.

“He’ll give students a lot of insight about the constitution and our founding principles, and his wife brings a great deal of expertise on communications,” Czajkowski said.

“I’m really looking forward to how their perspectives on constitutional law impact her practice in her field.”

Charles and Kathleen Abernathy will both also hold

a special event in McCance Auditorium in Buhl Hall at 1 p.m. on April 9. Stratton said they will talk to students about going to law school and the importance of getting involved in the political sphere.

“These are two distinguished lawyers who are at the top of their fields, communications law and constitutional law. Students should attend both the lecture and the event before to learn about what it is [the speakers] have to say and to get to know them,” Stratton said.

“These are two people who are giving of their time to meet with Waynesburg students and help them find out what path they want to take. Communication majors will meet with a big wing in

American communications and those interested in law and politics will speak to one of the major constitutional scholars.”

Czajkowski believes all students should attend no matter what their major or interests.

“For students in general, even if they’re not particularly interested in the topics covered, I think it’s important for them to attended,” Czajkowski said. “Professor and Mrs. Abernathy are both political and intellectual experts in their fields, and they have a lot to share with us about the Washington D.C. environment and the political scene. I think all of that information is important for students to understand.”

The Stover Scholars have

met with Charles Abernathy several times before on their Washington, D.C. trips, including their trip last fall.

“We had the privilege of sitting in on one of his classes and we sat in the back row and we were able to watch [Professor] Abernathy engage with his students,” said Czajkowski. “I think it was a good opportunity for us to see what the law school environment is like.”

Stratton believes both events will be great for the Waynesburg students.

“I hope students will take advantage of the opportunity to meet them,” Stratton said.

“They’re giving of their time in their busy schedules to come here and it’s because they believe in Waynesburg’s mission.”

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Fox: Historic event 'rewarding' to plan How 16 days

changed his life

By SAMANTHA PEER Staff Writer

As alumni, students, faculty and special guests gathered to observe and join in the celebration of the inauguration of University President Douglas G. Lee, one woman worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the events of the Inauguration unfolded smoothly.

Mary Fox, institutional advancement event planner, planned and the inauguration of Waynesburg University’s 15th President, along with the assistance of her hand-selected inauguration committee.

Fox faced the task of planning an event from scratch, with no prior recollections of past Inaugurations.

“Typically when we hold events, they have been done before multiple times,” said Fox. “When we have alumni events, there is a general pattern that we follow. But without having a blueprint for the Inauguration, even creating a timeline from scratch was daunting.”

Fox elected various faculty members to serve on the inauguration committee to assist her in handling such a large scale event.

“I tried to select people to be responsible for certain areas,” said Fox. “I divided committee members into subcommittees of areas I thought were very important. I also elected an individual from each subcommittee to serve as leaders. It worked beautifully.”

Long before the inauguration excitement began, the inauguration committee initiated planning and preparing for the largest event that Fox has ever planned.

“I knew last summer that I would be planning the inauguration, but I waited until after homecoming to begin because homecoming is my number one priority ordinarily,” said Fox. “But as soon as homecoming was over, I was full steam ahead.”

Once the homecoming

Professor plans event in memory of son, daughter

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

University President Douglas G. Lee addresses the congregation in Roberts Chapel March 25. Many events, including the inauguration service, were planned to celebrate the inauguration of the university's 15th president. festivities had concluded, the committee began to meet every two weeks. However, when time began to draw nearer to the event date, the committee began to meet weekly. Lee was present at almost all of the meetings in order to listen and give his input.

One of the premier events occurred the Saturday before the inauguration and was an event true to the mission of Waynesburg, the Day of Service.

“The Day of Service was a centerpiece to the whole schedule,” said Fox. “It was a really important part of the inauguration schedule.”

The next event on the inauguration schedule was the Monday night worship service. The actual inauguration occurred Tuesday morning with faculty from Information Technology assisting with the viewing in Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse as well as recording the service.

Fox worked hard to ensure the inauguration went smoothly and that all the necessary tasks were completed.

“On the day of the inauguration, I literally had minutes planned of what needed to be happening so that everyone involved knew what they were doing and the tasks of others so that it could all

work together,” said Fox. Last on the schedule of events was the Michael W. Smith concert.

When asked who he would like to perform for the inauguration, Lee specifically requested Michael W. Smith; however, Fox was unsure if it would be possible to get such a prominent person to perform at Waynesburg.

“When President Lee made his request, I jokingly said, ‘Let’s dream big. “Let’s go for it,’” said Fox. “I did mean that because I like doing things big, but the reality of him coming and us being able to afford to have him was in the back of my mind.”

It was a conversation with her husband in the car that drove her decision to reach out to Michael W. Smith’s agent to attempt to bring him to campus.

"In the car with my husband, I told him that I would love for Michael W. Smith to come but I told him that I didn’t know what to do to get him here,” said Fox. “And he said, ‘Just try it. Who knows? Why don’t you just try?’ That’s when I began the process of contacting his agent and trying to appeal to his passions.”

The agent of Michael W. Smith was not a simple phone call away. It involved a long procedure to contact

him to request a performance.

“We did research to find out what Michael W. Smith was involved with and what was near and dear to his heart,” said Fox. “We attached a letter to the proposal to explain what our university is about and what our students do and how many hours of service they give. Because we attached the letter to our proposal, I think in large part that is the reason that he accepted it because of what we’re doing on this campus and our emphasis on service.”

The day that Michael W. Smith’s agent sent an email to Fox confirming that he would perform for the campus, Fox was thrilled.

Despite taking a significant pay cut and smaller scale performance, Smith did indeed perform for the Waynesburg community in Roberts Chapel, concluding the schedule of events for the inauguration.

Although Fox had anxieties during and prior to the event, her hard work and dedication proved worth it in the end.

“It was very challenging, and there were times that I thought that it would all fall apart and not work, but really in the long run, it was really rewarding,” said Fox.

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thought it would make it a little more personal if we transitioned them to be given in the context of their own academic departments.”

The department awards ceremonies will be held on different dates, as established by each individual academic department, said Core.

In the past, students attended both a universitywide awards ceremony and individual department awards ceremonies. Under the new format, students will only have to attend their department’s awards ceremony.

“We’re just streamlining it and trying to make the awards process a little more personal,” said Core.

In addition to eliminating the university-wide event,

one of the main reasons for the change in academic ceremony procedures was student and parent feedback.

Core said the timing of the university-wide awards ceremony did not always provide the best opportunity for parents to come to the university to visit their son or daughter.

“We felt like we were making parents choose between coming to the academic awards ceremony or coming in for something that was meaningful to their individual student,” said Core. “We wanted to provide a better opportunity for parents to choose to come in when it was convenient with them, and when the student and the parent decided together that it was best for the parent to come.”

Core said that feedback has been gathered over the

last two years to find out preferences from parents and students. Additionally, parents have called the university inquiring about why there was a university-wide awards ceremony in addition to departmental awards ceremonies.

“We basically took the student and parent feedback that we had received and just tried to consider it and implement a change that reflected that feedback,” said Core.

Dr. Jenny Jellison, associate professor of psychology and director of the Waynesburg University Honors Academy, said she supports the changes in the procedure.

“I believe having the departments give out awards on their own [in], more intimate ceremonies makes them more personal,” said

Jellison. “We are like a family here, and each department is even more so, and I much prefer to have dinner with the honorees in my department and congratulate them and discuss their future plans at a ‘family’ dinner, rather than with just a handshake in front of an audience.”

Core also thinks the changes are beneficial, specifically for students’ comfort levels.

“I’m really happy that we’re able to do this,” she said. “When I was an undergraduate, I liked being in the environment of my own department with the students I regularly took classes with [and] the professors who were most important to me.”

Nine university-wide awards will still be given out during the last chapel service of the semester April 29.

survived and she’s still getting better and recovering,” said Chicarelli.

Since leaving the hospital after those tragic 16 days, the Chicarellis still deal with the pain every day. However, the

By ERIC BOST Managing Editor Chicarellis continue to not only look at the positives, but When Josh Chicarel- create new ones as well. li, business professor at In order to assist famiWaynesburg Unilies who are going versity, took his through similar wife to the hospipains, the Chital in March 2013, carellis decided they both thought last fall to plan an they would only event that not only be there for a few honors their late hours. children, but aids What the couother parents and ple thought was children as well. just some stomach “I approached Chicarelli pains turned into one of my market16 of the most emotionally ing students, Ashley Clark, devistating days of their lives. and I asked her if she would The Chicarellis were in the mind helping me with it bemiddle of expanding their cause this was kind of her family last March. Josh’s wife, specialty and I thought it Bethany, had been pregnant would be good experience with twins for a few months, for her planning and coorbut was not due until August. dinating an event as well as They were surprised to find doing something in honor out that what was bothering of the kids,” said Chicarelli. her wasn’t just an upset stom- “We were hoping to have it as ach; she was actually going close to the birthdays as we into preterm labor. could, but with scheduling “I couldn’t leave the whole conflicts, we had to push it time because at first we didn’t back a couple weeks.” know when either of the kids The event, called Collectwere going to be born and I ing Hope, will take place didn’t want to miss that,” said April 4 in the Beehive from Chicarelli. “Then when my 8:30 p.m.-midnight, where wife got sick, I didn’t want students can listen to music to leave because we didn’t played by 99.5 The Hive and know if something was go- participate in Minute To Win ing to happen. We weren’t It games. In Jacoby and Joprepared; we had nothing.” vie’s memory, cash, clothing, After hours of labor, the toiletries and comfort items Chicarellis were able to call will be collected throughout themselves parents, but the night and donated to the their joy was paired with WVU Children Hospital in heartache. Their son, Ja- their names. coby, born March 24, 2013, “All the nurses and doctors was only alive for 30 minutes. from the Children’s Hospital The next day, their daughter, wing were the ones mainly Jovie was born and passed taking care of her [Bethany] away as well; Josh was only and we developed a pretty able to hold her for an hour good relationship with and a half. them,” said Chicarelli. “They Although devastated, Josh did a lot to help us so we deChicarelli had to remain cided that we wanted to try strong and stay in the hospi- to give back something.” tal a little while longer.

Baked goods, raffle tickets “Anytime something like and milkshakes will also be that happens, it’s really, re- available to purchase during ally tough to move on,” said the event. All proceeds will Chicarelli. “Actually, my wife be donated to the hospital as developed a bad infection well. To conclude the event, after, and [the doctors] re- the Upper Room worship ally thought we were going team and the Rev. Carolyn to lose her too, so we went Poteet, director of Faith and about two weeks after losing Mission, will lead an evening [our children] where we re- prayer service that will inally thought we were going clude a latern release. to lose my wife too.”

Chicarelli said the uniAfter being moved be- versity support during the tween the children’s wing of last year and in making this the hospital and the intensive event happen has been overcare unit, Bethany Chicarelli whelming. was able to pull through. It “We’ve got students and was hard, but Josh Chicarelli personnel who care and want said that he and his wife try to be involved and want to to look at the few positives help. We appreciate the fact that came of the situation. that we have that here and “We realized that as bad as I think it speaks a lot to the things were at the time and character of the students,” as tough it was to move on, said Chicarelli. “It’s a family that there was something to atmosphere. One of the bigstill be thankful for in the gest selling points, I think, fact that at least both of [the is that I look out and it’s alchildren] were born alive and most like we have 3,500 famwe got to hold them and [my ily members when stuff like wife] came through and she this happens.”

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the groove of things towards the beginning of the semester you kind of get burnt out.

So I think a fall break in the middle could be beneficial.”

Sophomore business major Zakk DeCarlo expressed his pleasure over the schedule changes.

“It allows you to get a little more break in the fall,” said DeCarlo. “The fall is really long until Thanksgiving break, so people getting a break earlier could relieve some stress.”

Not all students are thrilled with the proposed fall break, though.

“I don’t like the fall break at all,” said Rachel Wilson, sophomore business management major. “First of all, it is an entire week and sec-

ond of all, it takes away time from Christmas break and I like a longer Christmas break because I work and get more hours at Christmas than in the fall.”

Core said breaks also benefit students who want to take a mission trip but don’t want to miss a holiday with their families.

“The mental recharge for me is the biggest thing that makes me happy we’re going to have a break, but I also think [the break] is a great opportunity for us to have an opportunity in the fall for mission and service learning trips where people won’t have to be away from their families over Thanksgiving,” said Core. “I hate that people are away from their families. Thanksgiving should be a time when you get to go home and experi-

ence tradition and spend time with your family.”

Despite the weeklong fall break, Thanksgiving break will remain a week long so students can enjoy the holiday at home. The weeklong mission trips that will be offered during fall break will not leave until Sunday, Oct. 12 to allow students to attend the homecoming game.

According to Dave Calvario, dean of students and director of the Center for Service Leadership, no weeklong trips will be offered during Thanksgiving break.

Calvario does not know how this will affect the attendance on mission trips, but he sees the break as a positive thing for students and faculty.

“I think this is definitely very positive and will allow students and faculty mem-

bers to walk away from things for an extended period of time,” said Calvario.

“There is a lot of stress that comes with academics whether you’re in a students seat or a faculty seat. I think it’s a win-win situation all the way around.”

In conjunction with these two weeklong breaks, students will remain on campus a week longer for the fall semester, according to Core.

Despite finals week being a week later, another break will be added during the week to help students.

Core said a full day allotted for studies will be added the Monday of finals week and will count as a full day of classes, which becomes valuable in the accreditation process.

“We won’t have traditional class on Monday of finals

week. Instead, we have decided to designate Monday as a study day,” said Core. “It will give students a day in addition to the weekend before they dive into finals. We hope that will help people who end up with more than one final in one day, and give them an opportunity to spread out their studying.“ The finals will be administered Tuesday through Thursday of finals week, according to Core.

The fall semester will not be the only semester that sees the changes to the calendar.

According to Core, dead week will be eliminated from the end of the year schedule.

Students will also finish the spring semester a week earlier than normal.

The spring semester will conclude on May 1, a week earlier than this year.

Finals week, which will occur April 27-May 1, will again include a Monday study day like the fall semester.

Commencement is slated for May 3.

These additional changes have students excited for what is to come next year.

“I think [the changes] could be beneficial because we get out a week earlier,” said Brown.

All the changes are meant to help the students, but Core said the institution will also benefit during its accreditation process.

“We need to have 15 instructional weeks, and by putting the study day in it counts towards the 15 weeks,” said Core. “That’s what has allowed us to add a fall break without lengthening the academic calendar.”

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Former state rep. freed from jail

APRIL 3, 2014 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

Carmichaels renovation underway

By CHELSEA DICKS

Bill DeWeese released from prison early

Managing Editor

By NICK FARRELL Executive Editor

WAYNESBURG-After serving nearly two years in state prison on charges of political corruption, former state Rep. Bill DeWeese was released from prison Sunday.

The Yellow Jacket reported in April 2012 that DeWeese received a 2 - to five-year sentence after he was convicted of three counts of theft and one count each of conspiracy and conflict of interDeWeese est for using public employees and taxpayer dollars for political reasons.

According to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, DeWeese was eligible for parole because a firsttime, nonviolent offender must serve only 75 percent of his or her minimum sentence.

He is still under restrictions until his full prison sentence expires in 2017.

As reported in the Yellow Jacket in 2012, DeWeese faced six charges as the result of a 2007 investigation conducted by the state Attorney General’s Office.

He was charged with five of those six counts, fined $25,000 and nearly $117,000 in restitution after his conviction by a Dauphin County jury in April 2012.

Shortly before recieving the 2-to-five-year sentence, he resigned from his Pennsylvania legistlative seat as a state representative.

Even as a convicted felon, DeWeese ran unopposed in the 2012 Democratic Primary.

DeWeese ser ved as a member of the state House of Representatives for 35 years before his prison sentence began.

Retrial finds Roe guilty of murder

Courtesy of Veronica Michleski

Above is a sketch of what the Carmichaels Junior/Senior HIgh School will look like after the new cafeteria, and exterior is added. There will be new seating areas and walkways where there is currently an overpass.

Carmichaels Junior/Senior High School will start renovations on both junior and senior high buildings to give whole new look “They're pretty much going to gut it and rebuild it. And we've been in the design phase for almost The Carmichaels Junior/ two years now as to what we want to put in that Senior High School will be- building; it's going to have a whole new look gin part of it’s renovation on inside and outside.”

By JAMES WITTE Op-Ed Editor

April 14.

The construction will start on a new cafeteria and kitchen, and Carmichaels Area School District Superintendent James Craig Baily is excited.

“The maintenance department that we have has kept the building in excellent shape up to this point, but it’s a lot of infrastructure with the water lines, asbestos in the floor and things like that, that really has to be changed,” said Baily.

Renovation of the junior high school will begin after the end of the current school year on June 2.

Bailey stated that they’ll hand the junior high over to the contractors and, “they’re pretty much going to gut it and rebuild it. And we’ve been in the design phase for almost two years now as to what we want to put in that building; It’s going to have a whole new look inside and outside.”

Once the junior high building is completed, which is scheduled to take a little over a year according

JAMES CRAIG BAILY

Superintendent of Carmichaels Area School District

to Baily, then work will begin on the senior high school building.

Overall, the project is expected to last about a yearand-a-half, according to Baily.

Some of the renovations will include a new boiler system for both buildings, a new gymnasium floor in the senior high school, painting the ceiling of the gym, relocation of the band room, new LED lighting district wide, and an upgrade on the electrical infrastructure.

In addition, the school will also have new Wi-fi connectivity.

The cost of the renovations is just under $14 million and that was $1.5 million under budget, said Baily.

“We were very pleased with that,” said Baily.

“And that’s even putting in some of the add-ons that we didn’t know if we could afford until the bids came in.

We put everything in it that

we had; it’s our whole laundry list and we still saved $1.5 million.”

This will be the first renovation for the school district in its history since the buildings were first built.

The junior high school was built in 1928 and was the Cumberland Township High School at that time.

“It was a very elaborate building of it’s day in 1928,” said Baily.

“It even had a central vacuuming system in it.”

According to Baily, the school district conducted a feasibility test two-and-ahalf years ago on the possibility of a renovation project.

The architect recommended that the district renovated, not tear down the junior high school because it was as solidly built as any modern buildings.

“That encouraged us to go ahead and keep the culture of the area, that 1928 building, but completely upgrading,

remodeling, infrastructure and a face lift.”

The senior high school was then built in 1965, and with the exception of a renovation of the junior high school’s auditorium done by the school’s maintenance staff five years ago, both buildings have been untouched since that day.

To help relieve some of the problems that will come with renovations and construction while still having classes, 10 portable classrooms will be brought in and placed next to the library and Strawberry Alley, the road located next to the school, which will be closed for the duration of the project.

Following the completion of the renovation project to the junior/senior high school, a small renovation will begin on the elementary school, which is still in the planning stages.

“We’re not cutting any corners when it comes to cost for down the road for the budget,” said Baily.

The school district will receive a reimbursement rate from the state for about $7.4 million.

“We’re going to use that to make sure that the taxpayers can benefit tax-wise for the building’s operation.”

WAYNESBURG—After 7 hours over a two day time period, Lana Kay Roe, 41, of Carmichaels was found guilty of first-degree murder by the jury in Greene County Judge William Nalitz’s courtroom this past Friday.

Roe will spend the rest of her life in prison without parole for the shooting of Cordele Edward Patterson, 38, of Daisytown in Aug. 14, 2012.

Roe’s husband, Jason William Roe was also found guilty of first-degree murder of Patterson in November and also will spend the rest of his life in prison without the option of parole, but the courtroom was unable to reach a verdict dealing with the charges against Lana Roe, which led to the re-trial last week.

The murder that Lana Roe has been found guilty for took place in a hunting cabin located on Strawn Hill Road in Wayne Township where her husband shot Patterson, and also accidentally shot Lana Roe. Lana Roe claimed that she was unaware of her husband’s plan to kill Patterson and that she did not act in concert with him.

Nalitz along with the jury found that after the re-trial, along with the evidence presented by both sides, that Lana Roe was guilty.

Along with the guilty verdict of first-degree murder, she was also found guilty with charges of falsely reporting stems from a police report she made that dealt with Patterson stealing weapons from the Roe household.

In the beginning, Lana Roe stated Patterson took the weapons, but in a later interview with police, she admitted she sold two of the weapons prior to the reported burglary.

This confession led to Lana Roe being found guilty of False Reports to Law Enforcement Officers, which is in violation of Section 4906(a) of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code.

Lana Roe is now in custody at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy for diagnosis and classification.

Red Cross opens new chapter in the Greene County area

By ERIC BOST

Managing Editor

There hasn’t been a Red Cross in Greene County in a long time. So long, in fact, that some people in the County forget when it was last here.

“We had this discussion. I don’t think anybody knows how long [the Red Cross] has been gone,” said Barb Wise, executive director of the Greene County United Way and a Red Cross volunteer. “There’s been a missing Red Cross for years, and now we’re bringing them back in.

It’s been a long time.”

Greene County officially welcomed the Red Cross back when it held an open house at the Greene County United Way on March 26, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“A lot of people have been upset because they weren’t around, and now they are and we’ve brought that good feeling back that if there’s a disaster, we’ll have it covered,”

Courtesy of Barbara Wise

Executive Director of the Greene County United Way, Barbara Wise [first row, fourth from the left] stands with Patricia Waldinger [first row, third from the left] chief executive officer of the Western P.A. region of the American Red Cross to cut the ceremonious ribbon to signify the opening of the Greene County Red Cross. said Wise. “We’re working on all kinds of trainings. We went from two disaster shel-

ters to six potentially. All of this is in the works.”

Wise said the importance

for the Red Cross to be in the county was a huge necessity, especially since the county

had no disaster shelters in the works over two years ago.

It was when Wise heard

this news that she used her relationship with those at the Red Cross to begin the process of bringing them back to Greene County.

“It was terribly important.

I was having a conversation with a Red Cross volunteer and he said, ‘We don’t have a disaster shelter here.’ I went, ‘What do you mean we don’t have a disaster shelter here?,’” said Wise. “So I, being a part of United Way, have 18 partner agencies that I give money to, Red Cross being one of them. Essentially we took the bull by the horns and ran with it. We put together a disaster shelter training in the armory and we had 92 people attend, and that was really our first step last year.”

After the disaster shelter training, the plans for bringing the Red Cross back almost fell between the cracks.

Wise said both parties lost track due to lack of communication.

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A change long over due Waynesburg will revise academic calendar

Provost Jacquelyn Core is leading a movement to revise the academic calendar and provide students with a weeklong fall break as well as a weeklong Thanksgiving break in the fall semester.

We believe this change is long overdue, but includes some unfavorable tweaks that balance out the positives.

As students, we know how tasking it is to attend classes and study regularly, all while getting very little sleep, for 11 consecutive weeks without a day off between Labor Day and Thanksgiving break.

This semester, that issue was aggravated when Thanksgiving break fell before the final week of classes and finals week, thus creating a disturbance in the regular flow of classes and forcing the completion of some major projects in mid-November.

A weeklong fall break in October will certainly provide students with a muchneeded (and well-deserved) breath during the fall semester that will help us handle stress and give us a more ideal opportunity to serve on mission trips.

However, the addition of this fall break to the calendar will undoubtedly have a few flaws, especially in its first year.

Don’t be surprised if school spirit is rather low when homecoming rolls around Oct. 11; when classes conclude the day before and break officially begins, a large portion of the student body is bound to flee campus for home. Students should consider spending that homecoming on campus to wind down, relax and focus on friends with no classes or deadlines to distract them.

In the spring semester, finals week will begin at the end of April, but this earlier exit is accompanied by the elimination of dead week.

Sticking with that theme of focusing on friends with no distractions, dead week is every senior’s last chance to spend a week with friends without worrying about assignments.

If dead week really is stripped from seniors under this revised calendar, Waynesburg graduates won’t have the same opportunity for one last hoorah like the generations before them.

While students are right to rejoice about an additional week off during the fall and an earlier finals week in the spring, the fact that a few traditions might be diminished is an unfortunate addition to these otherwise positive changes.

April 3, 2014

Journey through good ol' southern hospitality chelsea dicks Columnist

We have all heard of southern hospitality.

I saw what I thought were examples in the Zataran’s and Popeye’s commercial always displaying the happy and friendly workers and spokesperson that just oozes this personality.

Like I said, all I had to go by were these commercials and everyone else’s here say.

This past weekend I got to see for myself if this whole idea of southern hospitality was true; if they really do drink a ton of sweet tea, and if they use the word ya’ll more than any other word in

the dictionary.

Is this all a slighty terrible stereotype, or is it valid?

Nashville Tenn. The home of country music, ten gallon cowboy hats and a lot of old estates. As soon as I entered the state, I was excited to see if the south would live up to all of my expectations. And honestly, I was ready to jump out of the car after driving for nine hours.

The first place we stopped was a gas station. Nothing special, but I wanted coffee, slash that I needed coffee.

As soon as I walked in I heard the laughter of the two women working behind the register.

“Goo’ mornin there honey!” I looked up startled to see one of the women smiling right at me.

It was way too early for anyone to smile like that. I simply responded with an awkward hi and good morning and continued to pour my coffee.They continued to laugh loudly as I came up to the register and dug in my back pocket searching for the bundle of ones that had to be in there somewhere.

“Oh honey don’t worry about it.”

Once again I looked up stunned.

“What?”

“Just take it, its only coffee,” she said with small life but a huge smile.

I didn’t know what to do.

Who the heck was this nice this early in the morning?

I picked up the coffee and awkwardly smiled and did the one finger wave as I said

thank you.

In all my time living in Pennsylvania, I have never seen more happier people working their mundane job, and then giving me free coffee.

I mean, the only time I receive anything free, is when a waiter or worker is trying to hit on me, or they made the food wrong.

The longer I spent in the city, the more I noticed the simple joy everyone seemed to be filled with.

It wasn’t an act, it was their personality of making the choice to always be happy.I found that it was contagious.

I loved that part of Nashville. Great attitudes along See trip on b3

Does the media have a Lemon on its hands?

James Witte Columnist

I, like millions, if not billions, of other people, have been drawn into the case of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

When the news of it disappearing first broke, I assumed that it simply crashed on its flight path.

Then news broke that it didn’t.

Then news broke that two men on the plane were using stolen passports, but they turned out to be Iranians seeking asylum.

Then news broke that it deliberately diverted from its flight path.

Then more news about satellite images that led to nowhere and an eyewitness account of a man on an oilrig in the Pacific claiming he saw

a plane on fire crash into the ocean.

There were the theories of some sort of terrorist involvement or that it was hijacked for ransom because prominent people were aboard the flight and things simply went wrong.

Those theories seem to be debunked with more evidence coming forth every day.

Everyone seemed to have an idea on what happened or claimed to have found it, including the singer Courtney Love.

The whole story is just too surreal.

I was hoping for a happy ending like all of those families of the people aboard the plane.

I said to myself and later on Twitter that this is becoming more and more like the old episode of the “Twilight Zone” where a lost World War I pilot arrives at a U.S.

Air Force base in France in the 1960s.

All 239 aboard would be unaware of anything wrong and Rod Sterling would appear, smoking a cigarette, saying that I just crossed over into the “Twilight Zone.”

Just me trying to be optimistic.

Sadly, a few weeks passed and everyone involved had to admit the inevitable: the plane was gone and all 239 aboard were lost forever.

As I write this, people are still searching for it somewhere in the Indian Ocean and there’s still a microscopic chance that somewhere, the plane safely landed.

But what they aren’t searching for is a black hole.

CNN reporter Don Lemon, while round tabling with a gust panel, posed the theory of a black hole swallowing up Flight 370.

Lemon also referenced the Bermuda Triangle, “Twilight

Zone” and another TV show “Lost” for possible scenarios and went on to state, “I know it’s preposterous. But is it preposterous?”

Yes Don Lemon, it is preposterous.

It’s also preposterous that you even wasted a minute discussing it.

Quite frankly, it’s downright asinine.

Lemon’s guest, former Inspector General of the Dept. of Transportation Mary Schiavo, humors him and informs him that a small black hole would absorb our entire universe.

So where’s the proverbial line in the sand when it comes to actual news reporting and making it up as you go along?

Where is the journalistic integrity?

As a professional journalist, he and other reporters See Lemon on b3

At the movies this Lent New movies may offer encouragement in life

Easter Sunday is less than three weeks away. As this special day draws near, the season of Lent – and the traditions that come with it – continues. Amidst the usual Lenten practices observed by some Christians, recent releases at the box office may also serve as encouragement in this season of hope and joy.

Several recently released movies depicting events from the Bible, including “Noah” and “Son of God,” are making impressive profits at the box office. The Christianity-themed film “God’s Not Dead” also scored well in theaters.

As of March 31, “Noah” and “God’s Not Dead” are No. 1 and No. 4 respectively in box office rankings, indi-

cating strong support from the public.

As we celebrate the season of Lent, it is worth considering a closer look into movies that depict Christianity and Christian values, since such films are commonly released around Easter.

Lent is a time to reflect on our faith, heritage and where we came from. As several speakers mentioned at University President Douglas G. Lee’s recent inauguration, our heritage came from Christ.

In particular, “Son of God” depicts Jesus’ life from his birth to his crucifixion and resurrection.

If you are looking for a connection between the Lenten season and a few hours of free time, think about going to the movies.

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Walking by Faith: Mary Hamilla Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Mary Hamilla, of the Counseling Center, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith.

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

A. I started in August of 2001, right before 9-11. I didn’t know that Waynesburg was hiring for this position at the time.

I was working at a private practice and I had been teaching at Penn State Fayette. I enjoyed teaching there, but then they implemented a policy to eliminate using adjunct professors and were only going to hire full-time professors, so I could no longer teach there.

I wanted to try to teach elsewhere, so I sent my résumé to Waynesburg and some other local colleges as well.

Nancy Ferrari, the direc-

tor of the counseling center at the time, called and said you must have seen on our website that this position opened, and I really hadn’t.

It was really strange, because I was just looking for some supplementary part-time work, but this position was open and it was also incredible, because it was counseling and teaching which was exactly what I love to do.

At the time, it was a really hard decision because it meant giving up my private practice that I cared a lot about and worked hard to establish, but I decided to go for it. Only after I was here for a while did I realize what a good decision I had made.

This job is just perfect for me.

So I feel like something bigger than me was telling me that I needed to take this job before I even knew about it.

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

A. Hopefully, I do that in almost all of my interactions.

I really try to love the students and respect them and accept them and help them to move forward.

It’s nice because there are so many ways that I can do that here.

I am free to either directly or indirectly talk about faith.

A lot of students are directly trying to explore and figure out their spiritual journey, so it is lovely to walk with them in that.

Even in the classroom and peer education, I feel like a lot of what I am doing underneath the surface is demonstrating in teaching, how important compassion is. I teach two psychology classes, sociology, peer education, strategies for academic suc-

cess, and I have taught career and life planning.

Though I do not teach that class any longer, I still help students one on one to figure out what they want to do career wise.

When helping people find vocation, we take a Christian approach to that as well in assisting people in finding out what they feel called to do.

It’s exciting to help someone figure out what they want to do with their lives. To see someone go from having no idea to finding their calling is very exciting.

Q. Have any specific moments with either students See faith on b3

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news digest

Cheat Sheet: Mudslide in Washington kills twenty-four Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

On Saturday, March 23, a mudslide wiped out the small town of Oso, Wash. and the surrounding area, and killed 24 people and initially left 90 people missing, according to USA Today.

As stated by USA Today, Snohomish County officials stated that Saturday night they could hear cries for help from people trapped under debris.

The slide cut off the nearby city of Darrington and dammed up the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, causing the water to pool up behind the dam, per USA Today.

First responders in Snohomish County stated that it was the worst natural disaster that they have seen in decades.

“Think back to what Mount St. Helens and Toutle River looked like -- and that’s what we’re looking at,” said Rodney Rochon, of the Snohomish County Sheriff ’s Office.

On Monday, March 31, officials stated that 22 people were still missing, down from 30 on Sunday, and had found more bodies in the debris.

The Snohomish County medical examiner’s office stated that they had positively identified 18 of the 24 deceased.

Courtesy of MCT Campus

Above: Bellevue Fire PIO Lt. Richard Burke answers questions from the media near Oso, Wash.

Right: An American flag hangs at half-staff near Oso, Wash., on Tuesday, April 1, 2014.

According to the Washington Post, the search by heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands for victims from the slide was going “all the way to the dirt.”

On Saturday, March 29, Gov. Jay Inslee asked that all

people across Washington to pause at 10:37 a.m., the moment the mudslide occurred, for a moment of silence.

“People all over stopped work — all searchers — in honor of that moment, so people we are searching for

know we are serious,” said Snohomish County Fire District 1 battalion chief Steve Mason.

According to Mason, an American flag was run up a tree in the debris site and then lowered to half-staff.

Mayor of Darrington, Dan Rankin, said that the community had been “changed forevermore,” as stated in the Washington Post, “It’s going to take a long time to heal, and the likelihood is we will probably

never be whole,” said Rankin.

According to the Washington Post, finding and identifying all the victims could stretch on for a very long time, and authorities have warned that not everyone may ultimately be accounted for after one of the deadliest landslides in U.S. history.

Commanders are making sure people have the right gear to stay safe in the rain and potentially hazardous materials, and that they are keeping a close eye on the level of the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River to be sure nobody is trapped by rising water, the Washington Post stated.

According to the Huffington Post, University of Washington researchers announced that seismic signals showed there were two major slides about four minutes apart during the disaster and afterward, smaller slides occurred for days.

The “very rapid and energetic” event was detected on 17 seismic stations ranging from 7 to 170 miles away, according to the Huffington Post.

The landslide moved with surprising speed, said Ralph Haugerud, a U.S. Geological Survey research geologist at the University of Washington.

Information curated by James Witte Op/Ed Editor

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. Old logging laws may have caused mudslide Washington’s state Department of National Resources was using outdated logging boundaries when a large area was clear cut on the Snohomish County slope that collapsed March 22. The hill that collapsed has a history of mudslides, the most recent killing more than 20 people. According to the Seattle Times, March’s mudslide may have been prevented if trees had still been on the slope to absorb water and prevent soil saturation.

– Seattle Times, March 30 2. End of open enrollment filled with glitches The rollout of the Obamacare website in October resulted in complications , and on Monday, the last day for open enrollment in Obamacare, the glitches continued.

As people hurried to sign up at the last moment, the site stopped accepting applications, resulting in an

extended deadline for those who tried and failed to sign up for government healthcare. Still, since the start of open enrollment, 9.5 million Americans who were not previously insured now have healthcare coverage.

– Los Angeles Times, March 30 and The New York Times, March 31

3. 10-year-old girl killed in Washington, Pa. An attempted invasion of a Washington, Pa. home early Monday morning resulted in the death of Taniyah Thomas, 10. Thomas’s mother, her mother’s boyfriend and an infant were also in the home when multiple shots were fired through the closed front door, but no one else was hurt. The shooter(s) fled and have not yet been caught.

– The Pittsburgh Tribune Review, March 31 4. Unfruitful search for Malaysian jet continues On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search for the missing Malaysian jet liner that vanished on March 8 will continue indefinitely, and that the search operations are actually intensifying. On

Sunday, search crews found several large orange objects in the ocean, which they believed to be from the flight but were proven to be abandoned fishing equipment.

Despite the disappointments and the vast area of the ocean which must be searched, Abbot has no plans to scale back the search.

– Fox News, March 31

5. Crimeans accept Ukrainian help Several thousand refugees from Crimea have entered mainland Ukraine over the past few weeks as they flee the influence of the Russians.

Russia annexed the peninsula last month and sent many anti-Russian individuals running. Ukrainian officials declared they would accept any and all refugees who do not wish to live under Russian rule in Crimea, although the refugees have few options on where to stay and are currently occupying temporary shelters and some homes of Ukrainian volunteers.

– CBS News, March 31 6. LA fears the worst quakes are yet to come

After two decades of seismic silence, the Los Angeles area has experienced two significant earthquakes in the last two weeks. On March 17, a 4.4 earthquake and its aftershocks were felt by most inhabitants of Los Angeles, although no damage was done. A 5.1 earthquake on March 28 caused damage to several homes and resulted in a rock slide. According to the Washington Post, scientists will need to see a few more earthquakes before they become too concerned, but officials said the recent tremors are a good reminder of how many fault lines are in southern California and the real possibility of a much larger earthquake in the near future.

– The Washington Post, March 30 7. North and South Korea exchange fire On Monday, North Korea conducted an offshore military drill that landed 100 artillery shells in South Korean waters. South Korea responded with 300 shells fired into North Korean waters and dispatched fighter jets. According to CNN South Korea, considered

the action a hostile threat, although North Korea defends what they are calling a routine drill. North Korea have also said they have not ruled out new nuclear tests if it can strengthen their armory and they warn the U.S. to think carefully about the situation.

– CNN News, March 31

Corp., the observation ride has 28 air-conditioned, glassenclosed gondolas. A full revolution around the wheel takes a half hour, and tickets start at $24.95. Called the High Roller, the wheel stands at 550 feet, which is nine feet taller than the previous record holder in Singapore.

– CBS News, March 31

8. MLB’s new format means more challenges Major League Baseball’s new replay format, tested during spring training, means that many more calls can be challenged this season. In the season opener on Monday between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, Cubs manager Rick Renteria asked for a second look at a fifth inning play, which resulted in the MLB using expanded replay for the first time.

– Associated Press, March 31

10. California baptism ends unfortunately On Sunday, Pastor Maurigro Cervantes of Jesus Christ Light of the Sky was holding a baptism ceremony on a beach near Guadalupe, Calif. when a rogue wave swept three people out to sea. Two of the victims returned to shore on their own. The third, Benito Flores, 43, was the cousin of Cervantes and was helping with the baptisms. According to CBS News, the pastor tried to save Flores but a second large wave washed him away.

The Coast Guard called off the search for Flores at midnight on Sunday with no plans to resume it.

– CBS News, March 31

9. Las Vegas aims to please On Monday, a Ferris wheel officially known as the world’s tallest opened on the Las Vegas Strip. Built

by Caesar’s Entertainment

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with country music and cowboys? Sounds like heaven to me.

But I must admit, there were some downers.

One: They do not even know what skim milk is.

I stopped to get a specialty coffee and asked for skim milk and the worker just stared at me as if I spoke a foreign language. I repeated my request and he said, “You mean no fat?”

I shook my head and he quickly said that they didn’t carry that type of milk only whole and 2% if I was feeling ‘preppy.’

I looked in a couple of gas stations for a carton of skim milk, and low and behold, there was none anywhere.

I don’t classify myself as a ‘preppy’ person by a long shot, but I guess compared to the lifestyle of Tennessee,

I may be.

Two: Lots of bad drivers.

Maybe it was just the time we were there or all the tourists in the area, but driving was truly one of the scariest things about the trip.

Hourly we almost got into a car accident, no kidding.

As we came back and I contemplated about the trip, I realized how rude and miserable it seemed to be in Southwestern Pennsylvania, but can we really blame that on the area, or on the people?

I learned that a smile and that happiness is contagious and that maybe if we chose to see the best at all times, maybe we could catch some southern hospitality as well.

If that would happen, Pennsylvania would be the perfect place to live.

Happy people; Skim milk’ Good drivers, what more do you need?

have an obligation to the public to report the facts backed up by legitimate sources, not crackpot theories or conjectures from conspiracy theorists.

Will we ever know what happened to Flight 370?

ory is that it was some act of pilot suicide and it crashed after running out of fuel somewhere in the turbulent Indian Ocean.

Flight 370 is not the first plane to just vanish from the sky, never to be seen again.

There are dozens, if not

aviation.

Furthermore, the Bermuda Triangle is no different than a handful of other locations in the world where planes and boats have a tendency to just vanish.

Somewhere, there’s a logical explanation as to what

seems to have a great future in tabloids.

Maybe they’ll get Bat Boy on TV for a sit-down interview on the set of the Apollo moon landing with a round table of Bigfoot, Elvis, Tupac Shakur and Michael Jackson.

Faith: Blessed by the community at Waynesburg Continued from B2

or faculty members really affirmed your faith and touched you spiritually in your time at Waynesburg University?

A. I feel like there are a lot of moments and that it happens all the time, but none are really lightning bolts or huge moments. They just happen really natural here.

I feel that way any time I really make a connection with a student or when they have an epiphany about their life or are taking a big step towards healing.

When I lost my husband a few years ago, that was a way that I was blessed by the community at Waynesburg, the faculty, staff and students, were so wonderful and really reached out to me.

I have always been grateful to have this job here that

means so much to me. But since then, that gratitude has really been magnified.

That experience has really been touching.

Even on days when I am tired and don’t feel like working, I always feel blessed that this is where I work.

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

A. Yes, I really do. I used

to wonder what my real vocation was and was always searching.

When I started here, I had in the back of my mind, if I do not like it here, I can always return to my private practice.

Only over time did I realize that this is my dream job and it does feel like I am where God wants me to be.

There is a need here that I feel that I can meet, and that really fills me up.

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Empty Bowl event wants to end hunger

'Remember that you are loved'

By JENNY SCHOUPPE

Online Content Manager

Waynesburg University students hold a suicide awarness event as an outreach event for teens to learn through music and testimonies

By JENNY SCHOUPPE

Online Content Editor

“You are loved.”

These words were said frequently during a suicide awareness event March 27 from 6-9 p.m. at the Westside building located in Bucktown.

“I want you to remember that you are loved,” said junior psychology major and Bonner Scholar Victoria Kapp. “If you don’t remember anything else from tonight, just remember that you are loved.”

The event was organized

by Kapp and other members of the university’s Bonner program as an outreach event for teens.

Projects surrounding an ongoing social issue in the world are a requirement under the Bonner Program.

The event featured musicians who performed an acoustic mix of uplifting songs and worship songs.

“We asked all these musicians to come play because this is a place to be honest,” said Kapp.

“People are honest in music about things that they normally wouldn’t be.”

The first to perform were two members of the Pittsburgh-based, American rock band known as the “The R4 Project.”

Members Jordan and Shane Smallwood sang two originals songs, then followed up with three popular worship songs.

Following the duo, sophomores Austin Orth and Lori Williams took the stage. The pair sang two upbeat songs followed by two worship songs.

“The songs that were performed at the event were inspiring and spoke a lot about hope and faith,” said Nermeen Bushra, sophomore psychology major and Bonner.

“I’m glad we were able to have musicians who were willing to help raise awareness about such a sensitive topic.”

Halfway through the event there was a break from the music and the mood in the room turned more serious.

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

Above, Victoria Kapp speaks to the crowd about her friend who was a senior in high school when he committed suicide in hopes to affect someone in the crowd.

A movie was played about a boy named Logan Daugherty. The movie was made

by Kapp and spoke about a friend of hers who was a senior in high school when he took his own life on Dec. 2, 2010.

“I have a big passion for suicide prevention because of my friend Logan,” said Kapp. “It happened three years ago, so clearly suicide is not just something that happens and you get over it.”

The video included testimonies from Daugherty’s friends and family.

Daugherty’s mother, Kim, spoke about how much of an impact Logan’s death has had on her and her family.

“Logan was a great kid,” said Daugherty. “And when he died our whole world just changed so much.”

Daugherty’s friends and family spoke of his outgoing personality and his big heart for God. They never realized that he was dealing with big issues.

“We don’t talk a lot about suicide,” said Kapp. “We approach the subject like if we don’t talk about it then it won’t happen.”

Kapp wanted to share Daugherty’s story with teens so that no others feel that suicide is their only option.

“Our goal for tonight is to

bring light to the issue and the heaviness that suicide holds,” said Kapp. “We are here tonight to show that it is a real issue and it needs to be talked about in order for it to stop.”

When the video came to an end, Kapp stood before the audience and spoke about the impact suicide can have on not only the person contemplating suicide but the friends and families as well.

Kapp explained to the teens that there are so many people in their lifes that love them, and that they need to take the time and think about their parents, friends and mentors that would miss them if they were to take their own life.

“Logan clearly lost sight of that,” said Kapp. “He didn’t realize how many people loved and cared for him.”

Kapp mentioned how everyone has their own story and challenged the teens to be a character in the stories of those who sit alone at lunch, or those who walk down the halls looking lonely and the ones who are bullied.

“I feel that if more people reached out to Logan the way he reached out to others than he would still be here,” said Kapp.

According to Kapp, teens

need to reach out to each other and love each other because one never knows what others are truly going through.

She even encourages teens that a simple smile could change a person’s day.

“So for those who have rough stories, it should not end because of it,” said Kapp.

“Your story will have a happy ending and all those twists and turns will make it even more beautiful in the end.”

Kapp encouraged the teens to let people in and open the lines of communication between themselves and their parents.

The event finished with performances from four more musicians.

As the 37 teens and adults funneled out of the building, a part of Kapp’s speech stuck in many of their minds.

“In the amount of time it took to watch the video, 26 people in the U. S. committed suicide, and in the amount of time we spend here tonight, 270 people worldwide killed themselves,” said Kapp.

“So worldwide, 270 people will be dead because they thought there was nothing for them to live for or thought there was no hope for them, and in my opinion that is 270 people who are gone but should still be here.”

Charity: Red Cross looking for volunteers

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“I’m getting smashed with all these emails, but that’s not my job. I told them I wanted one point of contact because I don’t want anyone else harassing me with emails,” said Wise. “We never knew who to go to for what, so we wanted to eliminate all that and have one point of contact, which is Red Cross response specialist Betsy Myers, and that made us happy, cause now we’re all on the same page.”

During the open house, Wise said the support was great throughout the day.

People that came in were able to tour the office and the Emergency Response Vehicles the Red Cross will be using. Among those that showed up were all three Greene County Commissioners and State Representative Pam Snyder.

“We’re very proud to have the Red Cross back in Greene County,” said County Commissioner Archie Trader.

“They already have a number of shelters established, and they continue to work on getting more. They’ve had many training sessions to get volunteers trained and help with the Red Cross.”

“I feel so much better knowing there's a disaster shelter here. I didn't realize that we weren't prepared. It makes me feel good.”

BARBARA WISE

Executive Director of the Greene County United Way

The immediate goals the Red Cross wants to accomplish are to get people signed up and get everyone trained.

Wise said there are many training sessions scheduled for the near future. Wise also wants to prove that the Red Cross volunteers in Greene County can be trained well enough to where they will not need the Red Cross’

assistance in creating and maintaining shelters.

“Long term goals are to get our shelters up and running without the assistance of the Red Cross. They are the Red Cross’s shelters, so you’re gonna use them, but we want to get them up and running,” said Wise. “They don’t have to hold our hands; we can run our own shelters. What

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happens is the Red Cross will come and drop off the cots and blankets, but they won’t have to hold our hands. We’re all gong to be trained to run our own shelters.”

As for the community, Wise feels that Greene County residents will be safer once the Red Cross gets in full swing.

“I think it gives [the community] a sense of security,” said Wise. “I feel so much better knowing there’s a disaster shelter here. I didn’t realize that we weren’t prepared. It makes me feel good.”

At the first ever Greene County Empty Bowl event, 80 empty bowls will be filled with soup and served with fresh baked bread to raise awareness about world hunger. The event will be held in the 4-H Building (Building 9) at the county Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 6 from noon to 3 p.m., with lunch beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The Empty Bowls event is a national grassroots movement to end hunger started

by John Hartom and the ImagineRender group.

In 2012, 49 million Americans lived in food-insecure households, 33.1 million adults and 15.9 million children, according to Feedingamerica.org. Thousands of people all over the United States and in at least a dozen other countries have been involved with Empty Bowl.

Millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations.

The Empty Bowl event was brought to Greene County

by Waynesburg University senior and criminal justice major Steven Snow and the university’s Bonner program. Projects surrounding an ongoing social issue in the world are a requirement under the Bonner Program.

“This past fall, with the cooperation and collaboration of the Bonner Leadership team, we decided to transition class projects into issue-based projects,” said Snow. “Instead of each class doing separate projects, now students from all classes can work together on an issue that they are passionate about.”

According to Snow, the Bonner Scholars began forming a committee in the fall of roughly 15-20 Bonner students. From there, they partnered with the Community Foundation of Greene County to raise proceeds for the Weekend Food Program.The Bonner Scholars thought it would be a great way to adopt the Empty Bowls event and bring it to life here in Greene County, while partnering with an organization that addresses food insecurity.

“So my committee and I have been working diligently to plan this event as well as the other Bonners who have already carried out their projects this past semester,” said Snow. “I took on the role to lead this project because I had to pick one to “lead,” not necessarily because I was passionate about hunger, but after such a great deal of planning and organizing, I have become to understand more about hunger and am greatly passionate about this event.”

According to the Empty Bowl website, “Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The ImagineRender Group.” Potters, craftspeople, educators and others who are interested in working with the community to create handcrafted bowls and those who attend should expect to receive soup and bread served in one of the handcrafted bowls.

For the Greene County Empty Bowl, Standard Ce-

ramics in Carnegie donated 500 lbs. of clay towards the event in which the Bonner committee as well as other Waynesburg University students had the opportunity to make bowls one night in late January in the ceramics room. In addition, Artbeat Gallery, located on High Street in Waynesburg, has partnered to work with the committee and will also be donating bowls.

The target number and overall goal for the event is 130-150 people. Between the Bonners, ceramics students and other Waynesburg University students, roughly 80 bowls have been made and Artbeat will be donating around 40.

“Knowing that these bowls will be used to raise money for students suffering from hunger really makes me want to create the absolute best product,” said sophomore marine biology major Anna DiCoco, who is enrolled in a ceramics class this semester. “Hopefully the bowls that will be taken home will remind people to support those who struggle to afford food.”

The beef tortellini, chicken and rice, stuffed pepper and cheddar potato soups that will be provided at the event will be donated from Dan Wagner, Culinary Arts Instructor at Greene County Career and Technology Center, and the bread will be provided by Rising Creek Bakery and Hartley Inn Restaurant. Guests will also have the opportunity to bid on local artisans’ beautifully hand-crafted items during a silent auction.

Guests are expected to keep the handcrafted bowl “as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world” and are encouraged to give a cash donation for an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.

In the case of the Greene County Empty Bowl event, all direct proceeds from the event will support and sustain the local school districts’ Weekend Food Program which provides 6 packs of perishable food items for young children on the weekends. The Weekend Food Program is run by the Community Foundation of Greene County and the Greene County Food Security Partnership.

“My hope is that Empty Bowls Greene will have an impact in our local community to help fight hunger and food insecurity,” said Snow.

“We want our young children to grow up and be leaders.

We want them to thrive and develop with great potential, but we cannot allow them to worry about when their next meal is. Through Empty Bowls Greene County, we [the Bonner’s] can educate our local community to help alleviate hunger and sustain the Weekend Food Program, giving our young children a continued fresh start on Monday mornings.”

Tickets are $20 per person; however, children 12 and under eat free but do not receive a bowl to take with them.

Tickets can be purchased at Artbeat or the Community Foundation of Greene County, both located on High Street.

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Baseball takes two over Thiel Jackets fall short of historic win Contest called 'most complete game' in lax program history

By Creg Milko

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Rob Longo, Yellow Jacket

Sophomore righthander Connor Furwa delivers a pitch during the second game of the Jackets doubleheader against Thiel Tuesday. Furwa earned his first collegiate win, tossing 5.2 innings of three-run ball.

Jackets get strong pitching performances from Resnik, Furwa

By Kyle Dawson

For the Yellow Jacket

As players are taught the game of baseball, they are taught that winning is fun. And the Waynesburg University baseball team is having a blast in the midst of an uplifting stretch, after a rough start to the season.

Since starting 4-11, the Yellow Jackets have flipped the switch and have won four of their last five to start Presidents’ Athletic Conference play. Fans can clearly see that the recent play by the team has them in high spirits.

During Tuesday’s doubleheader sweep of PAC foe Thiel, freshman Jonathan Kletzli took a 1-2 outside fastball to the opposite field and hit his first colle-

giate home run in game one. Normally, teammates would greet the player at the plate after hitting a home run, but this time, Kletzli’s teammates gave him the silent treatment. They sat back on the bench and waited for Kletzli to put his helmet and bat away before rushing to congratulate him.

Kletzli’s home run was part of a 7-2 win, and he wasn’t expecting this treatment from his teammates.

“I didn’t see it while I was rounding the bases,” said Kletzli. “I put my bat away and walked in to the dugout and everyone was just sitting there staring at me quietly. I just said, ‘Okay that’s cool guys.’ That’s when everyone got up and

congratulated me. It just shows that we are having fun as a team.”

Freshman catcher Josh Haulser went one-for-two in his plate appearances in game two and said that it was good to see the team get back to having fun and winning baseball games, and that the silent treatment was truly all in good fun.

Kletzli is the Waynesburg’s leading hitter in terms of batting average and entered the day third in hitting in the PAC. “I have just been trying to put the bat on the ball and get key hits,” said Kletzli.

“If I can hit well, the team will benefit, and that is the goal. I am just trying to do my part.”

The freshman first baseman and designated hitter was not the only one to contribute to the winning cause in both games of the doubleheader.

Junior outfielder Eric Crum contributed three extra-base hits (one triple See Baseball on C3

“It was the most complete performance a Waynesburg lacrosse team has ever put on the field,” said head women’s lacrosse coach Maria Shepas, after her team’s 12-6 loss to Capital Friday. “We have great team chemistry.”

It i s n’ t something you commonly hear a coach say after a loss. But for the Waynesburg women’s lacrosse team, these words couldn’t be more true.

Shepas was enthusiastic about her team’s performance. Though the Jackets didn’t finish with a winning outcome, she was proud of the teams’ ability to compete, despite catching some bad breaks.

“I think it was a win for us in a lot of ways,” said Shepas.

“We competed until there were 10 minutes left on the clock. We kind of let up. We got two offsides on either side of the ball, they went on a run and we didn’t score and we lost the game. I think

my girls really learned how to compete with that team the whole time. Those girls were really athletic, fast and strong.”

A big contributor for the Jackets was senior midfielder Toria Shepherd. She netted three goals for the Yellow Jackets against Capital, but for Waynesburg’s captain, it’s not all about goals.

“I like to look at assists,” said Shepherd. “If I’m making the passes when I need to make them and taking the shots when I need to take them, it’s really all about timing. There are times when I feel like I can score, but there might be a girl in a better position and that pass can make the team better.”

Perhaps the biggest contributor to Shepherd’s lack of assists was Capital’s freshman goalkeeper Maddie Wilson, who made 10 saves and only allowed the six Jacket goals.

This kind of performance is nothing out of the ordinary for Wilson, who went into the game leading the Ohio Athletic Conference with 66 saves. Shepas had high praise for the freshman keeper, crediting her with being one of the big reasons the Crusaders were able to out last the Yellow Jackets.

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Sowers takes gold in javelin Speed leads men's track Women's track & field finish fifth at CMU

By Tim Neral

For the Yellow Jacket

In a five-team competition at the Carnegie Mellon University Mini-Invitational Saturday, the women’s track and field ran and threw to a last place team finish, despite promising performances from a few standouts.

Senior Jamie Piotrowski finished in second place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:32.74. She will have a larger role this season for the Jackets.

“When I started track two years ago, I wasn’t so much of an asset to this team, so it means a lot to be able to contribute to the team,” said Piotrowski.

Piotrowski was also on the 4x400-meter team along with seniors Bre Paul, Melissa Poach and freshman Kiana Weary. The team ran to a fourth place finish with a time of 4:31.06.

“To do so well at such an early point in the season is something that is going to stick with me,” said Piotrowski.

Running in the steeplechase for the first time her collegiate career, freshman Katie Latimer placed

Sowers fourth in a time of 12:39.71.

Earlier in the season, head coach Jason Falvo hinted at the young runner's addition to the event which is not usually run at the high school level.

“The women’s team is a group of fighters,” said Falvo. “They will not quit or back down. I love that about them.”

In the field events, junior Breanne Prinkey jumped to a fifth-place finish in the high jump. Prinkey also took second in pole vault, clearing the bar at a hieght of 2.9 meters (9-06.25).

Senior thrower Megan Sowers added another firstplace finish to her résumé, as she took gold in the javelin with a 37.63-meter toss.

She also finished sixth in the shot put with an 11.32-meter heave.

“I’m not where I want to be right now, but I also know it’s only the first meet of the season,” said Sowers. “This year, I really notice how ev-

eryone is coming closer together as a family.”

Flavo noted what it means to have a core of veterans on his young team.

“I think we have a total team effort when it comes to leadership,” said Falvo.

“Each event area has leaders in it that are working hard together.”

Senior Rebecca Rapp also made her presence known by taking second in the discus with a throw of 38.35 meters, which qualified her for this year’s Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.

SUNY Fredonia won the team title with 152 points.

Allegheny College took second (130 points), more than 20 points behind first place.

Denison University rounded out the top three with 122 points.

The Jackets will continue to defend their Presidents’ Athletic Conference title Saturday, when they take on conference foe Bethany in Bethany, W.Va. The event’s start time is yet to be determined.

“Last year we took first in outdoor track, so that’s something I reflect back on whenever I’m getting ready for a race,” said Piotrowski.

“All that is still possible.

We’re all coming off that high from our championship last year and now we’re seeing if we can do it again."

Team finishes fifth behind strong showing by sprinters

By Nadine Leishman For the Yellow Jacket

Despite the men’s track and field team fifth place showing out of six teams at the Carnegie Mellon University Mini-Invitational Saturday, a two runners proved that they have what it takes to be team leaders going forward this spring.

The Jackets were led by sophomore Zakk DeCarlo, who scored 26 team points in the meet. His points were earned as both an individual competitor and a relay runner. His showing garnered him high praise from his head coach, who has noticed his abilities. “[DeCarlo] is having a great year,” said Jason Falvo.

“This was expected from him; we know he will show up when the time is right.”

DeCarlo took fourth place in 100-meter race, with a time of 11.55 seconds, which was just 0.05 behind the third place finisher. DeCarlo also took third in the 200-meters, with a time of 23.21 seconds.

His 100 and 200 meter times scored 10 team points for the Orange and Black.

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Junio Lorenzo Mikulin took first in the 400-meter run (51.52), besting the competition by nearly one second at Saturday's meet at Carnegie Mellon.

DeCarlo was also a member of the 4x100-meter relay team, which broke the tape at 43.57 seconds with his teammates. Freshman Patrick Martin, sophomore Colin Roble and junior By-

rum Louco accompanied DeCarlo.

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Developing number-two starter key for Jacket baseball Carson Fox

Sports Editorial Assistant

As many in this area saw with the Pittsburgh Pirates last season, pitching can take a team to the promise land, even if it has a lackluster line-up. Case in point, pro-

lific pitching can end 20-year losing streaks.

While the baseball team did accomplish a first in program history by winning the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Championship last season, the next step forward for the program has to be reaching the Presidents’ Athletic Conference postseason,

something the Jackets haven’t done since 2005. In order for Waynesburg to place in the top-four of the conference standings, it must develop a number-two starter.

The Jackets suffered a huge blow in the preseason when they found out that starter J. Jay Paskert was leaving the team. The then-sophomore started the most games (13),

led the team in wins (8), struck out the most hitters (53) and ate the most innings (89) for the Jackets last season, en route to earning second-team All-PAC laurels.

In late-season doubleheaders, fans knew when Paskert was starting game one and then-freshman Brian Resnik was starting

game two, Waynesburg had a fighting chance, no matter the opponent.

Coming into this season, with a pitching staff made up of six freshmen, two inconsistent sophomores and two upperclassmen, who combined for just eight appearances in 2013, Resnik was the only pitcher Waynesburg fans could put faith in.

In every game he’s pitched this season, Resnik has given the Jackets a chance to win, or at least look respectable in a loss. In the first game of the season, he didn’t give up a run against LaRoche.

He struck out nine Mount Union Purple Raiders in Florida and gave up just See PITChing on C2

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Men's golf takes on tough conditions

By CJ Biedka

For the Yellow Jacket

Stormy skies rolled in over the greens of the Tam O’Shanter Invitational in Greenville, Pa. Saturday, but for Waynesburg’s men’s golf team, it was just like any other day on the course.

“We always seem to run into bad weather in the spring,” said head coach Scott Venick.

Waynesburg finished with a total score of 358, only 54 strokes away from the lead.

The Saint Vincent Bearcats won the invitational with 304 strokes. Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe Bethany finished the invitational 103 strokes off the lead.

The host team Thiel had two teams representing it; the Blue team and the Gold team.

The Blue team had a total team score of 318, while the Gold team finished 14 strokes ahead of the Jackets with 344.

The squad finished in fifth place out of the six-team field.

Waynesburg’s top golfer, junior Tyler Tracy finished in 16th place out of the 29-man field at 14 strokes over par 86. The winner of the match was Derek Lingafelt of Saint Vincent who shot a 70, two strokes under par.

“I didn’t play that well,” said Tracy “ I hope to do better throughout the rest of the season.”

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Sophomore midfielder Makayla Vidosh looks to attack the net in Friday's loss to Capital.

Sports Information, Saint Vincent College

Junior Ryan Srnik tries to get up-and-down after a previous shot lands in the bunker. Srnik battled rough conditions Saturday to fire an 88 for the Jackets.

The cold and wet conditions that generally are associated with the first match of the spring season did not disappoint, which weren’t the idea conditions for the golfers.

“It was really wet and inconsistent, depending on which green,” Tracy said.

“You have to adapt and try to do as best as you can.”

The next closest Jacket to fight off the cold and wet conditions was fellow junior Ryan Srnik, who shot a 16over 88 and finished 20th.

“It was like hitting out of a swamp,” said Srnik. “The

ground was ridiculously wet.”

Srnik started off well though, before a back-nine collapse.

“I was great through 10 holes,” Srnik said “Then I had a meltdown.”

After enduring winter’s harsh weather, Saturday’s Tam O’Shanter Invitational was the first match to be played on the course this season. “ There were broken branches and the grounds were soaking wet,” said junior Tyler Miller, who finished in 23rd place, with a

score of 92 strokes.

After Saturday’s showing, the team hopes for better conditions in its next match at the McBride-BehringerAllen “MBA” Tournament hosted by Grove City College Friday, with a shotgun start beginning at 1 p.m.

“We will only improve in the coming weeks,” said Venick “Everything is leading to the PAC Championships.

The women’s team will join the men Saturday and kick off its spring portion of the season Saturday at the Thiel College Invitational, which begins at noon.

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Moving for ward, the Jackets will take on Hibert College tomorrow at John F. Wiley Stadium at 4 p.m. The Hawks have lost five of their last six games.

If the Jackets were to pull off a win Friday, this year’s women’s lacrosse team would be the winningest in program history.

But perhaps an even bigger accomplishment for Waynesburg, Shepas would become the winningest coach in program history.

“It’s an interesting dynamic between us because we were teammates and now she’s my coach,” said Shep-

herd of Shepas. “This being my last season and her being my coach now, I want that win for her, and I want it for the program."

However, Shepherd feels that regardless of the win, the program has come a long way in the last four years.

“Seeing how much this program has grown, seeing the skills that have been acquired by the team, the chemistry and the comradery that has come out of this has been amazing,” said Shepas. “Obviously it would’ve been great to get that historic win. But from my first season to this season, I don’t need a record to be incredibly proud of how far this program has come.”

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three earned runs against the defending Ohio Athletic Conference champions.

To compare, Waynesburg’s pitchers gave up 15 runs against Mount Union in game two of the twin bill.

He’s gone the distance in three starts; never giving up more than three earned

runs in his complete games.

He threw six strong innings Friday against Saint Vincent and set the tone Tuesday in the game one win against Thiel.

Like Resnik did last season, someone on the Jacket pitching staff has to step up and become a player head coach Mike Humiston has confidence giving the ball to in game two of doublehead-

ers, after Resnik pitches game one.

Leading the pack may be freshman Luke Carter, who also plays third base.

In five starts, the three-time regional Saegertown High School Pitcher of the Year has pitched the most innings (26.1) behind Resnik this season. Carter has surrendered 25 runs, but only 14 of them have been earned.

Sophomores Tyler Prevost and Connor Furwa have also made the most of their opportunities.

Most notably, Prevost’s relief appearance Friday against Saint Vincent when the Bearcats were within striking distance and Furwa’s appearances against Penn State Behrend’s high-powered offense and his game two win versus Thiel.

After graduating a seniorladen team last season, combined with Paskert’s departure, it was obvious that the team was going to have to work in players with little to no collegiate experience.

But as he said earlier this season, Humiston does not want to use inexperience as an excuse for conference losses.

While the season is still in

its infancy, it was Waynesburg’s slow start in conference play last season that ultimately cost the team a chance at the PAC playoffs.

With the three and four spots in the conference wide open behind Washington & Jefferson and Thomas More, Waynesburg has the chance to get there if it develops it’s pitching.

The hitting is there.

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Saturday's tennis match canceled Weekly Awards Jackets return

A pair of standout track athletes’ performances this weekend garnered them Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week honors.

Once again, senior thrower Megan Sowers Sowers DeCarlo led Waynesburg in the throwing events. At the Carnegie Mellon University Mini-Invitational last season, Sowers set the meet record in the javelin. Saturday, she threw a meet-best 37.63 meters (123-05) to win the event. The Beth-Center graduate finished the day with a sixth-place finish in the shot put as well. Her top toss was 11.32 meters (33-00.5).

Along with her teammate and fellow senior Rebecca Rapp, Sowers qualified for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships at the event. The Jackets finished the mini-invitational fifth out of the five teams in competition, but they have the opportunity to rebound Saturday when they face Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe Bethany. The scheduled start time is yet to be determined.

Sophomore Zakk DeCarlo did it all for the men’s team, scoring 26 team points with his work as both an individual competitor and a relay runner. DeCarlo placed fourth in the 100-meters (11.55 seconds) and third in the 200-meters (23.21). He was also part of Waynesburg’s winning 4x100-meter relay team, which crossed the finish line in a meet-record time of 43.57 seconds. Also, the Franklin High School graduate ran with the fourth-place 4x400meter relay squad, which posted a time of 3:33.65.

While Waynesburg finished fifth in the six-team event, the team will join the women Saturday to battle the Bison in Bethany, W.Va. in hopes of picking up a PAC victory.

to courts today, will host Muskingum

By Carson Fox

Sports Editorial Assistant

Like many of the other Waynesburg outdoor spring sports teams, the men’s tennis team has been feeling the wrath of Mother Nature, which has caused many postponements to its season.

“It’s disappointing whenever we are supposed to be playing a match and then we can’t,” said freshman Mitchell Ross. “But, of course we can’t control the weather so we just use it as an opportunity to get more work in and keep getting better.”

Ross said the team has used its early season matches as practices because the

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Junior Phillip Littlejohn curently ranks first on the Waynesburg tennis team with four wins in doubles. team didn’t get to train outdoors throughout the winter months. Since the team has only had a handful of days to hit around outside, Ross said the team has had to resort to working on footwork drills

or endurance training, which can become tedious.

“Our motivation is to continue to work hard, play better and try to finish as strong as we can to get some momentum going into the

[Presidents’ Athletic Conference] Championships at the end of the month,” said Ross.

Once the Jackets are able to get back out on the court, they have some work to do. After losing to 24-time defending PAC champion Grove City last week 9-0, Waynesburg currently sits in last place in the conference standings at 0-3 overall, 1-6 in the conference.

Juniors Philip Littlejohn and Isaiah Cochran currently lead the team with three wins in singles play. Littlejohn and fellow junior Colin Phillips lead the team in doubles play as well with four wins.

The Jackets are scheduled to be in action today at Muskingum University to battle the Muskies.

Saturday, the team will take on the Westminster Titans in New Wilmington, Pa. for a conference match, which is scheduled to begin at noon.

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tations for them.”

DeCarlo was also part of the 4x400-meter relay squad that placed fourth-place.

The squad crossed the line with a time of 3:33 and was made up of DeCarlo, Louco, Martin, and junior Lorenzo Mikulin.

“It was great to help my team and contribute 26 points,” said DeCarlo. “I hope I can continue to improve and contribute more to the team come the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship meet.”

Another promising standout Jacket at the meet was Mikulin, who won the 400-meter race, with a time of 51.52 seconds. It was Mikulin's first time taking gold this season in the 400. “[Mikulin] has really come into his own this season,” said Falvo. “He really has a passion and drive to win a championship.”

After getting his legs loose last weekend, junior captain Byrum Luoco had a standout day in his best evnt. He won the 400-meter hurdles, breaking the tape at 56.82 seconds.

“It was a good feeling finishing first in the 400 hurdles because that is my best race and I have put the most practice time in that race,” said Louco. “When I finish first, it builds a lot of confidence which is very helpful for when I get to the bigger meets.”

The trackside of the meet did very well, according to

Falvo.

“I was pleased with the effort and fight of our athletes,”

“[Mikulin] has really come into his own this season. He really has a passion and drive to win a championship.”

Jason Falvo

Track & Field head coach

said Falvo. “This was a quality meet. We definitely were challenged.”

Junior Jason Propst is back with the team after basketball season, and he claimed first place in the high jump.

Propst’s top height was measured at 1.78 meters.

“Having [Propst] back from basketball is great,” said Falvo. “He is a great athlete and we know he will do well this year.”

Junior Travis Schubert also placed first in the javelin.

Schubert’s longest throw set a meet record at 52.66 meters. “[Schubert] has great potential,” said Falvo. “I am looking forward to him putting it all together this year.”

Graduate student Kurt Bonnet is back throwing the discus for the Jackets, and placed fourth, with a toss of 40.45. “[Bonnet] is starting to get his form back,” said Falvo.

“After a two-year layoff, it’s nice to see him improve.”

The team will be back in action Saturday, as it travels to Bethany College to battle the Bison. The start time is still to be determined.

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Junior Eric Crum tries to beat out a throw at first base during Tuesday's game in against Thiel. Crum went 3-for-7 with three extra-base hits, three RBI and two runs scored in the Jackets two wins over the Tomcats.

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and two doubles) to the offensive effort and also drove in three runs in the process.

Crum also scored twice during the day.

“It feels good to start hitting well again,” said Crum.

“I am just seeing pitches better and trying to work counts so I get better pitches to hit.

There are still areas where I can improve, but I feel good right now.”

Crum said that an analogy for how well he is seeing the ball would be like hitting a beach ball into the ocean, and his .322 batting average, good for third best on the team, proves that.

Head coach Mike Humiston said that it was good to see a couple guys, especially Crum and Kletzli, hit very well Tuesday.

“Having guys like [Crum] that can come in and have good games for you at the plate is rewarding,” said Humiston. “[Kletzli] has been big for us to. But, recently, it

hasn’t been just those guys, maybe one or two more, that we have had to rely on, and that’s an even better sign.”

Humiston also highlighted the efforts of sophomore pitching ‘ace’ Brian Resnik, who hurled a complete game in game one of the twin bill.

The sophomore pitched the full seven innings and gave up just two runs (both earned) on nine hits. He struck out two and walked two as well. “[Resnik] is a real workhorse for us,” said Humiston. “He doesn’t get down on himself or upset when he gives up hits. I think the rest of the team, especially the pitching staff, feeds off of that. They want to be like him simply because he’s successful.”

After the game, Resnik was more excited about the team result than his own outing, citing the defensive play behind him, as well as the offense.

“I think the biggest point of our win was seeing our team pull together,” said

Resnik. “We fielded the ball well, hit the ball well and sure, I pitched a good game, but I am happier to get the win as a team than one for myself.”

However, he did say that he had pitches working and was just trying to get outs and keep his team in the game.

In game one, Resnik picked up his third win of the season and his second consecutive win. His last one came last Friday against Saint Vincent, when he gave up two runs in six innings of work in a 16-10 Waynesburg victory. Between last Friday and Tuesday, Resnik threw 13 innings and said pitching on short rest is simple when the correct preparation is done.

“I just try to take care of my arm and body,” said Resnik. “When you do that, and you get mentally prepared to pitch, adrenaline kicks in and you go out there and do what you do best. In my case, I just look forward to getting out there every chance I get, and try to help the team win.”

Senior Marc Timmons, sophomore Matt Bensinger and freshmen Luke Carter and Nathan Mori also scored runs in the 7-2 win.

Sophomore Connor Furwa got the nod on the hill in game two of the twin bill, and pitched well in five and two-thirds innings of work.

He surrendered three runs, all earned, on seven hits and walked one. This was good for Furwa, especially after his last outing, in which he tossed four shutout innings in a loss to Penn State-Behrend March 22.

Fellow sophomore Derrick Zavatsky then worked the final inning and a third to earn his second-consecutive save.

Highlighting the game on offense for the Jackets in game two was a two-for-three effort from junior Ben Shorthouse and a two-forfour effort from Crum.

Scoring the four runs were

junior Neil Yakopin, Mori, Crum and Shorthouse.

“I think our guys are just getting more comfortable at the plate,” said Humiston. “ We have preached on approaches and making adjustments at practices, and it is starting to translate into our at-bats. It’s good to see our guys not bloating on what we do well, but working on what we do not do well.”

Waynesburg also did not commit any fielding errors in either game. Humiston said it is a product of the idea of trying to get pitchers off the mound quicker and trying to be flawless.

On the other side of the diamond, the Thiel Tomcats, now 0-7 in PAC play, committed seven errors between the two games.

“When you play a good team like Waynesburg, you have to play well,” said head coach Joe Shaly. “You have to field the ball and catch the ball to win baseball games. We didn’t do that and Waynesburg did.”

The Yellow Jackets will now prepare for a threegame series with Geneva this weekend.

The first game of the series is at home Friday at 3 p.m., while the schedule shifts to a road doubleheader Saturday in Beaver Falls, Pa. Game one of the twin bill is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

Humiston said that the team has gotten back to having fun and the team is starting to gel, but emphasized the need for his team to be patient and not look too far ahead.

“We have to take the approach of taking things one game at a time,” said Humiston. “We had a bad start, sure, but I think our guys have had enough and they are hungry..”

Waynesburg record now sits at 4-1 in PAC play and 7-12 overall. After starting 4-11, the Jackets are seeing how much fun winning can be, even if it means receiving the silent treatment.

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Powerful Potopenko provides offensive punch for Jackets Sophomore leads PAC in home runs, ranks third in RBI

teammates, but that’s not like what it is here.”

Even though Potopenko had a phenomenal first year, head coach Lou Giachetti has noticed vast differences in the slugger.

“Her confidence, leadership and maturity are the main changes,” said Giachetti.

“I really think softball is fun again for her.”

Through the

By Luke Campbell

For the Yellow Jacket

“All In.” The motto that’s been coined by the softball team for the 2014 season. Sophomore Katey Potopenko not only believes in those inspiring two words, but her confidence has emanated to an exceptional start to her second year in a Jacket uniform.

Potopenko, a graduate of Steel Valley High School in Munhall Pa., only started softball five years ago. That late start didn’t hinder her, as she separated herself from other competitors throughout her four years of high school. Potopenko was a four-year letter winner, three-time team MVP, member of the all-section team, but most impressively, led the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League in home runs.

But more important, Potopenko has used the diamond as an outlet.

“Softball kept me out of trouble,” said Potopenko. “It has taught me life skills and responsibility more than anything.

Some people just play the game to play it. I have the motivation to strive and get better than the day before.”

Potopenko, who made an immediate impact as a freshman at Waynesburg, had an excellent batting average of .311, drove in and scored 10 runs, respectively, smacked seven doubles and a homerun, in 21 starts, the most of any freshman.

However, last season was drastically different than the ones spent in high school.

“I never experienced something like I have here,” said Potopenko. “In high school our team was so divided. I never really had a connection with any of my

first 14 games of the season, the sophomore leads the Jackets in hits (14), home runs (three), RBI (14), total bases (24) and slugging percentage (.585). She also is among the Presidents’ Athletic Conference’s league leaders in numerous offense categories, ranking third in RBI and first in home runs.

Potopenko has embraced the role of designated hitter for the Jackets, but she has seen action at the corner infield positions throughout the early part of this season.

She credits the offseason workouts and hitting drills throughout the winter months for the improved confidence.

But what possibly makes Potopenko so difficult to face could be due to the fact that opposing pitchers normally don’t have the option of pitching around her. She is frequently surrounded by seniors Madison Presto and Jasmine Blackwell, who were both All-PAC performers a year ago.

Whatever the reason may be, Potopenko is on pace for an excellent season as the Jackets cleanup hitter.

“You have to walk up to the plate with the mindset that you know you are better than the pitcher,” Potopenko said.

“That confidence is awesome to have.”

The Jackets and their power-hitting sophomore return to action Saturday when they travel to face Geneva. The two teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader with first pitch coming at 1 p.m.

Katey Potopenko

Softball swept up in doubleheader by Thiel

By Zachary Zalar

For the Yellow Jacket

The early season continues to haunt the Waynesburg softball team, after a pair of losses in its twin-bill loss to Thiel Monday.

The first game was marked by great pitching by senior Carrie Maier, who lowered her ERA to 4.56 on the young season. Waynesburg opened up the scoring in the third inning on an RBI-triple by second baseman Jessica Dorazio. Beside the third inning run, a goose egg was placed in each frame. The Jackets seemed to have the game in control heading into the final inning, until Thiel struck in

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Outfielder Jasmine Blackwell awaits a pitch earlier this season. The senior had four RBI's Tuesday. the bottom of the seventh.

With a 1-0 lead and Maier pitching well, Waynesburg looked to have this one se-

cure. However, everything came crumbling down and the Jackets walked off the field thanks to a two-run

triple by Thiel’s leadoff hitter junior Amanda Callahan.

“We played probably our best game of the year in the first game,” said head coach Lou Giachetti. “We didn’t execute some bunt situations that would have scored us a couple more runs. Maier was outstanding in the first game.”

“It was the best I’ve ever pitched in my life for the first six innings,” said Maier. “I hit 95 percent of my spots, and [catcher] Jess Gavin called an amazing game. I just couldn’t keep it together for the seventh inning. The Thiel batters caught up to me in the seventh and we couldn’t hold on. That 2-1 loss was the toughest loss I’ve ever taken in my life.”

Even though game two didn’t end in a different result than game one, it was a slugfest, with a final score of 12-8. Waynesburg started off

the scoring in the bottom of the first inning after junior pitcher Jenn Lingg kept the Tomcats off the board in the top of the first. Senior outfielder Jasmine Blackwell drove in three runs with a bases-clearing triple. Junior Haley Payne singled in Blackwell in the next at bat to bump the score to 4-0 after a full inning of play. The next half inning is where the game got out of hand.

The Jackets allowed eight unearned runs in the top of the second inning to hand Thiel an 8-4 lead.

“The second game started well with four runs in the first, but any time you give up eight unearned runs in an inning it’s hard to win,” Giachetti said.

Thiel tacked on one in the top of the third and two in the top of the fifth to push the score to 11-4. Waynesburg tried to make it competitive, as sophomore Katey Potopenko continued her hot start with a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth. Payne followed two batters later for her second RBI single of the game.

The teams each added one more run before the end of the game.

“What decided a win or loss yesterday came down to one, errors; two, execution,” Blackwell said. “[Monday], we had a few costly errors that the other team capitalized on. There were times when we needed situational hitting, but did not execute.

Those two things would have won us the games yesterday; because on top of that, there were a lot of positives in the games. There were a lot of intense, intimidating moments where you could see the fear in the other team’s faces. We are a solid, dedicated team that only needs to cut down on errors and execute together offensively; then those games are ours.”

As Waynesburg moves forward into the heart of the conference schedule, Maier looks at her outing Monday to serve as inspiration for the rest of the year.

“Starting the conference 0-2 is tough to swallow, but hopefully this is the last time we get swept,” Maier said. “I don’t want to feel that way again – the way I felt coming off the field after that walkoff hit in the bottom of the seventh. But that will be my motivation for the rest of the year."

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The Hive Kappa Delta Pi raises money for cancer research changing 24-hour broadcast

By C.J. BIEDKA

For the Yellow Jacket

By ERIC BOST

Managing Editor

Every year, student organizations at Waynesburg University hold fundraising events for the university’s annual Mini Relay For Life.

WCYJ-FM, 99.5 The Hive, Waynesburg University’s student-run radio station, is no different. However, while most organizations try to think of new ways to raise money to help fight cancer, The Hive has a fundraising mainstay that brings in thousands of dollars every to year to donate to Relay For Life.

Today at 3 p.m., Brandon Rainelli, student general manager of The Hive, and Brandon Reed, assistant general manger, will enter the on-campus radio station and broadcast for a full day as part of the fifth annual 24hour broadcast, ending at 3 p.m. Friday.

“The 24-hour broadcast started out as a little thing, and since then each year it’s developed more and more and our goals get a little bigger, our plans get a little more in depth,” said Rainelli. “The event’s something special to the radio station and since my freshman year, it’s become something special to me because this is our big event, this is what it’s made out to be and ever since then I’ve been excited to do it.”

D ur ing t he 24-hour broadcast, both the general manager and assistant general manager of WCYJ-FM try to stay awake in the radio station for an entire day while raising money for cancer research.

Although he has some experience, this is Rainelli’s first attempt at making it the full

Waynesburg hosted an old-fashion game of kickball Sunday to raise money for cancer awareness. Men and women in colorful shirts and shorts as well as sneakers stretched and got ready for what would be an hour long game of kickball, a game played during recess all across America.

Kappa Delta Pi, the honors society for education majors hosted the game in the old gym. The game was a fundraiser for KDP, one of the teams for Relay for Life.

The team raised more

than $35, which was added to the $400 already raised.

There were a couple dozen players, who were split into two teams.

The teams were split into the guys versus the girls.

Even though the score was not kept, the guys’ team scored a few dozen runs before teams were mixed up.

One of the guys’ top performers, Matt Amick, junior biology, pre-physical therapy major, kicked a home run, a shot onto the overhead in the gym.

“This was a good idea,” Amick said. “Anything to help out cancer awareness is a positive.”

Waynesburg University relay teams have the option to choose which cancer they wish to support. The cancer that KDP is supporting is childhood cancer, the second leading cause of death in children. The most common cancers in children are leukemia, neuroblastoma and bone cancer.

“We tried to think of fun ways to fundraise,” said Jackie Crites, junior education major, co-captain of the relay team and KDP president.

The 24 people at the game were all students at Waynesburg and not all of them were athletes.

“We thought kickball was

one of those things that everyone could play,” Crites said.

The game was chaos for a few innings with the guys’ side exploding the first kickball for a handful of runs but special rules were implemented for the rest of the game and runs per inning decreased for the men as they increased for the women.

“It’s not like most college students get to play kickball all of the time,” said junior sports management major Nadine Leishman. “It was a lot of fun.”

The overall theme of the afternoon was raising money for a cause.

“I wasn’t worried about who won the game or not,” said junior exercise science major Willy White. “I was just there to have fun and raise money for a good cause.”

For others, it brought back the fire of being a kid.

“It went well, people had fun and everyone was competitive,” said Nick Howard, junior criminal justice major.

“I think we all enjoyed it because it was for a good cause: cancer.”

All of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Waynesburg's Mini Relay for life is set for the end of April.

Photos by Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

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The Waynesburg Univesity Players are taking their rendition of the musical "Little Women" from rehersal to the main stage this week. The musical opens to the public April 2 and will run through April 5. Tickets are free; those that still need to reserve tickets can do so through www.ticketleap.com.

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Student groups to host Formal dance cancelled before Spring Week spaghetti dinner for local Relay fundraiser

By BEAU WALMER

For the Yellow Jacket

By JOHN LYDIC

Editorial Assistant

The Forensic and Criminal Justice clubs are joining together to serve up a spaghetti dinner to battle cancer.

On Friday April 4, the two groups will team up to raise money for Relay for Life, which happens in late April.

The event will take place at First Presbyterian Church in Waynesburg. The event costs $6 for adults, $5 for students and $4 for children 3 and younger.

For the event, students from Waynesburg University’s Forensic and Criminal Justice clubs will serve spaghetti with multiple sauces, along with meatballs, salad and bread. Cake will be served as the desert with fruit punch and unsweetened ice tea.

Junior criminal justice major and captain of the relay team, Kassi Kelley said this event is trying to create bonds within the community “It’s a fundraiser where we’re trying to include students from the university and people from the community of Waynesburg,” said Kelley.

She believes it is a great event because it makes the community aware of what

the university is doing and a chance for recruiting.

“I think for something to be successful, it takes more than just people from the university, it takes people from the community to be aware about what’s going on in the community,” said Kelley. “It’s also good because there are potentially young people that could go to Waynesburg. It’s good to see that Waynesburg University is trying to involve [the community].”

She also sees this as an important way to show the extension and care from the university.

“When more students are involved and take part in something like this, I believe it also goes back in the community and shows Waynesburg University and their students get involved.

The goal of the group is to raise $2,000 for Relay for Life to battle childhood leukemia and the leaders of the group see the hard work and dedication by the students to the project.

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Spring Week, starting April 6, will be a week that students can celebrate the changing of the seasons.

“It allows students to get outside and relieve their stress during the last few weeks of school,” said Cara Petrone, junior forensic science major and student activities board vice president.

An event featured during the week is a picnic dinner on Tuesday, April 8, from 5-7 p.m. in Johnson Commons with an appearance by an a cappella group, Blue Jupiter.

The New York City group’s

music is comprised of pop lead vocals, a jazzy cappella harmony and funky beat boxing that has bestowed them recognition from across the country.

Some of the ensemble’s notable works include the role as the voices of the Oreo cookie commercials, performing with Livingston Taylor on Oprah and working with celebrities like former American Idol judge, Randy Jackson. Some of the groups other clients include Microsoft, the Food Network, Nokia and the American Red Cross.

Food, including hamburgers and hotdogs, will be avail-

able for those in attendance.

Festivities will continue on Friday, April 11, but not in the way originally planned.

Due to lack of student interest, the Spring Formal at the Lakeside Party Center in Fayette County was canceled, according to Pat Bristor, associate dean of students.

In place of this event, the Student Activities Board will host a Spring Fling April 11 in Johnson Commons from 6-8 p.m.

Bristor stated in an email to students that the event will include music, a karaoke contest, air brush t-shirts, Kan-Jam, corn hole and fresh-squeezed lemonade.

According to Bristor, students who already regsitered for the event should visit the Office of Student Services to receive their refund.

Those who signed up were surprised by the announcement today, but have full confidence in Bristor and the rest of the SAB to come through in putting together the Spring Fling.

"For me, [the cancellation] was out of the blue," said Russ Schneider, resident director of Thayer Hall, who was signed up to attend the formal with his wife.

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A cappella group to perform during picnic

By DANIELLE SCHUYLER For the Yellow Jacket

Johnson Commons will be filled with music, food and fun on April 8 from 5-7 p.m.

There will be a picnic dinner with special guest a cappella group Blue Jupiter.

Blue Jupiter has been heard by many in Oreo commercials, singing the cookie company's radio advertisement since 2005.

Ever since, the group has been headlining shows all over the world, working with notable figures such as former American Idol judge Randy Jackson and television

superstar Oprah.

From 2002 to 2011, the a cappella band recorded four albums, with their first one “Ear Candy” being named “Best Pop/Rock Album” by the Contemporary A Cappella Society.

Like the Waynesburg University population, Blue Jupiter has a history of serving and volunteering with charities.

Hartford Childrens Hospital, the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross are examples of organizations that have had their benefits positively impacted by Blue Jupiter's performances.

Gene Simmons, founder of the rock band KISS, told this a cappella group, “You guys are the real deal.”

CNN and HLN Producer Grayson Thursgard said, “We are honored and overwhelmed by your music.”

American singer and songwriter Livingston Taylor said, “Excellent work. Really quite amazing.”

These are only three samples of the numerous reviews praising Blue Jupiter.

Blue Jupiter’s energetic blend of pop lead vocals, jazzy a cappella harmony and funky beatbox has garnered standing ovations in

over 40 states and around the world, according to the group’s website.

Members have taught classes on basic a cappella singing, arranging, ear training, vocal percussion, stage presence, general performance and working with a full choir according to Blue Jupiter’s website.

This is what makes the picnic with them a fantastic addition to this year's student activities lineup.

In going to this picnic students will not only receive food, they will listen to an experienced and well-reviewed group.

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Film festival blends Details of 'Mystery Van Tour' kept secret together love for cinema, outdoors

By MATT KOLL

For the Yellow Jacket

and 22-year-old Jorn Ranum.

They devised a hypothesis that they could live comfortOn Friday, April 4 the ably just off the garbage of Waynesburg Outdoor Ex- others. perience club and other stuThis 46-minute film shows dents, will embark on a trip just how these young men to experience the BANFF succeeded during the nine Mountain Film Festival. months they stayed in an unVans will leave at 5:30p.m. disclosed location North of for Morgantown, W.V., one the Arctic Circle in Norway. of the Festival's tour stops.

“Cascada” is an eight-minWOE leader Becky Juliano ute story of a cinematograsaid to club members, “The pher and paddler taking on film festival features several raging rapids. short movies – anywhere “Keeper of the Mounfrom six to 15 minutes – of tains," which will be a speincredible 'outdoorsy feats' cial edit with a special jury such as free climbing an mention is a sixteen-minute enormous cliff or kayak- interview that gets personal ing crazy whitewater rivers. with explorer Elizabeth They are beautiful and amaz- Hawley decided in 1960 to ing.” live alone in the Kathmandu.

Chestnut Mountain ProShe kept track of Himalaductions will be hosting this yan expeditions and continevent. ues to do so now at 90 years “The members of Waynes- old. burg Outdoor Experience are “The Burn” is a six-minute really excited about this film tale of how a fire in 2012 in festival,” said WOE soph- Canada created new trails for more Amanda Stillings. skiers.

One of the films to be “Spice Girl (Reel Rock 8)” shown is called “Split of a has nothing to do with the Second.” former British girl group.

It is an eight-minute clip This 24 minute documenof a 2012 cliff exhibition in tary looks into rock climbSweden. ing situations in the United “Return to the Tepius” is Kingdom. a 2013 observation of a pebHosted by Hazel Findlay, ble toad living the tepius of the first woman to climb South America. the British grade of E9, the The nine-minute film ex- viewer takes a journey over plains how the toad is the key very rough terrain. to comprehending the speThe final film is “35.” cies and the age of the tepius.

Sponsored by The North “Flow: The Elements of Face and winner of the Best Freeride” is a mountain bik- Short Mountain Film award, ing adventure through the this five-minute tale presents Cascade Mountains. a challenge.

Geophysicist Rex Flake The challenge would be to uses this three-minute vid- complete 35 rock climbing eo to bring the audience up routes in one day in celebraclose to the wildlife of the tion of living 35 years. territory.

Anticipation is high as “Nord For Sola (North film and outdoor lovers Of The Sun)” is a 2012 ex- around campus await this perimentation conducted by worthwhile experience that then 25-year-old Inge Wegge is sure to not disappoint.

By DANIELLE SCHUYLER For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board is putting together one of its most unique trips of the year for Sunday, April 6.

The Mystery Van Tour, formerly known as the Mystery Bus Tour, is available for students to sign-up. Further details on the trips are, appropriately, a mystery.

“The students will be back for dinner and the cost is five dollars,” said Assistant Dean of Students Pat Bristor.

“That’s just about all we can really say.”

The students participating in this year’s event will meet in front of the Stover parking lot at 12:30 and board the van with not the slightest clue as to where they will be going expect for a helpful hint.

“Treat yourself to something nice, you deserve it.”

“Once they get into the van they will go to a destination and they will be given a time constraint there,” said Bristor.

“Once they are done there they will gather back at the bus and perhaps move to another location, or perhaps not.”

The unknown location of

this trip creates an adventure-like atmosphere that will make this SAB-sponsored event unlike any other.

“We used to do this event quite often,” Bristor said. “In previous years, we have actually had a bus and other times we have had multiple vans. So the interest is always there, and they just have to trust that we are going to do something fun.”

Some of the original plans and locations that SAB had prepared were stymied several times because many places were overbooked or were not open on Sundays.

The mystery trip was first

born many years ago and found immediate success, so SAB thought it worth bringing back.

“The idea was given to us by a Resident Director about six years ago,” said Bristor. “It was something that he had done at his school and had found it was successful.”

The number of students that will be involved in this year’s event is still unknown, but it is not too late to sign up in the Student Activities office.

Although it is a mystery, Waynesburg’s SAB will try to have some fun tricks up its sleeves.

Oscar winner featured on movie night

By DANIELLE SCHUYLER For the Yellow Jacket

At 8 p.m. this past Friday, the magic of Disney fell upon the Bee Hive with the Waynesburg University premiere of “Frozen.”

Just before 8 p.m. students settled in on the second floor

of Stover, awaiting the topgrossing animated film in the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

The Student Activities Board provided popcorn and drinks. “‘Frozen’ is one of my favorite Disney movies and I was pretty excited when

I found out the school was showing it,” said Jess Boyer, junior chemistry major.

“I looked for ward to watching it with friends Friday evening. I also really enjoyed the free popcorn and drinks.”

The movie was adding something a little extra for

some viewers who enjoyed the lesson taught in the film. “‘Frozen’ is a really good movie. It has the typical, cute Disney-fairytale feel but it also teaches something that some of the other Disney animations have missed,” said Cherylynn Shird, senior sociology major.

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24-hours.

“Last year I had my first taste of being a bigger part of it because the assistant general manager couldn’t be here the whole time so I got to fill in for half of it,” said Rainelli. “This year it’s going to be an adventure; I don’t know what my plan of attack is, whether I’m going to nap the whole day before or if I’m going to take it like a normal day and hope I make it. After 24-hours we’ll have ‘zombie Brandon’ at some point, but ultimately, no matter what stage I hit, our goal is to help fight cancer.”

Rainelli said this year he and his staff tried to think of new ideas to help improve the broadcast in any way.

One way was to reach out and expand the broadcast into the Waynesburg community.

“We’ve taken some steps into making it a little better.

Thursday night we’re set up to do a remote broadcast to help raise money and then Friday afternoon we have a spot at the courthouse steps, where we’re going to do a live broadcast,” said Rainelli. “We’ll have people there broadcasting to the community because that’s something the Hive cares about, getting in touch with the commu-

nity and hopefully bringing in some more donations and some extra publicity.”

For the last couple of years, WCYJ-FM has set their fundraising goal for over $2,000, and this year is no different.

The radio station is looking to best their total from last year, when they were not able to reach their overall goal.

“The goal is slightly bigger than last year. We fell just slightly short last year and that’s not something we want to do again this year,” said Rainelli. “I hate to say money is the motivating factor, but in this case it almost is because we want to raise as much money as we can to

donate to the Relay For Life because it’s such a big deal to us.”

How much money the station raises or where they finish among university organizations comes second to Rainelli, whose only goal is to generate money to help the fight against cancer.

“We don’t care what position we finish on campus, whether it’s first, second or even if we’re not in the top five, but if we raise a whole bunch of money and there’s another organization that raises more, good for them, good for the university because it’s about the cause, not the individual efforts,” said Rainelli.

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ence in their fight against it,” said Brianna Davis, junior forensic science major and co-captain of the team. “The students on our team have been selflessly providing their time to help make that difference as great as pos-

sible.”

For Kelley, childhood leukemia was her choice because it hits close to home.

“I have a child and it is more of a personal influence for this event,” said Kelley.

As they prepare for the event, Davis believes understanding about the disease is an important goal and a

focus of the students.

“The more awareness we raise for childhood leukemia, the more we can encourage others to join the fight against cancer,” said Davis.

“It is our duty as Christians and human beings in general to serve others, especially children since they are our future.”

up today to sign up, so [the cancellation] seemed a little early, but Pat [Bristor] knows what she's doing."

Altogether, students involved with the week’s celebration are absorbed with excitement as the days wind down to the event according to Provost. For her, this is

week.

Prior to the conclusion of the week, campus clubs and organizations will be able to turn in their Easter Buddy Baskets.

“They’re put together by the clubs and organizations,” said Ryan Smith, junior biblical and ministry studies major and student activities

“Then they’re given to students in public schools for parents who can’t afford them.”

Baskets turned in will feature various treats and trinkets for children. All baskets can be dropped off in Student Services anytime between 12 and 1 p.m., on Friday April 11.

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DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS

1 Scale on which diamond is assigned a “10” 5 Owl’s question?

8 “Music __ charms ...”

12 The Sego Lily is its state flower 13 Map out 15 Nymph rejected by Narcissus 16 Actress Elisabeth 17 Deck opening 18 Work on jerky 19 WWII aircraft carrier plane 21 Iowa native 23 Tax-sheltered nest egg 25 Hippy dance 28 1963 Newman film 29 Ousted Iranian 33 “Snowshoe” animals 34 Quizzical sounds 35 Bears owner 37 Singer Piaf 38 Soup base 39 Luxury craft 40 Quiet “Quiet!”

43 “Ulysses” actor Milo 44 Quaint pronoun 45 “Isn’t __ bit like you and me?”

46 Solvers’ cries 47 Tremulous glow 50 Except 54 Beeline 59 “Hava Nagila” dance 60 Different 62 Worker welfare org.

63 Progress slowly 64 Organ with chambers 65 Son of Odin

66 Sinister chuckles 67 “ __ best served cold” 68 Seven: Pref.

DOWN

1 Soft stuff 2 Will-wisp link 3 Truck 4 Poet Silverstein 5 Words said with a double take 6 Fez, e.g.

7 Corsage flowers 8 “Consarn it!”

9 Motrin target

10 Those folks 11 Suffragette Julia Ward __ 13 Former Labor secretary 14 Where she blows 20 Vehicle safety measure 22 J ug band percussion instrument 24 “Say what?”

25 Tackled 26 “Vega$” actor 27 M ythical river of forgetfulness 30 Grating 31 “Hello, wahine!”

32 Can’t stand

33 “You, there!”

36 Doo-wop syllable 40 W ent from first to second, say 41 Jeans bottom 42 Pounds

48 Ado 49 Mars neighbor 50 __ Tzu 51 Fine-tune 52 B’way seating area 53 Sounds from the stands

55 Shakespearean verb 56 1975 Wimbledon winner 57 Hit the mall 58 Antlered deer 61 Ginza agreement

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

THIS WEEK IN GREENE COUNTY HISTORY APRIL 8, 1936 In April of 1936, Waynesburg faculty considered the “serious need for additional chairs for the library reading room” and other “urgent needs such as arm chairs for classrooms and repair of the floors.” Stewart appointed one teacher to ascertain the cost of replacing the floors. This all led to the library objects that we are accustomed to today.

APRIL 12, 1790 James Carmichael, for whom the town of Carmichaels was named for, conveyed to the Episcopal vestryman that a more substantial stone structure should be erected for the first Episcopal meeting house. Episcopalians were pioneers who migrated to eastern Greene County from Virginia and Maryland.

APRIL 10, 1924 On this day, the Uniontown Alumni Association was organized. Its membership included graduates of Waynesburg College who resided in Fayette County.

This association, along with many others, were created for many reasons, such as providing scholarships for worthy students and to raise money for the college.

G I N G E R M B W B H H X U L

N X F K Z D Q D K T D Y O C I

E O B E I Y O A A Z Y D A Y L

BABYSBREATH CARNATION DAFFODIL DAISY

D V G H B L S E C Z S R B A Y

TYPES OF FLOWERS L A C A P O R N R X N A V I X

G R F N R B V O A A K N R T V

O Y M F S D I Y T P H G Y T H

GINGER HYDRANGEA LILY ORCHID

P S M Y O E P I X Z D E X E Y

Y I B D Z D O A M U K A L S B

Z A Y C O N I T N D V U Q N D

B D Y N N W R L O S Z A U I R

C N Q R E W O L F N U S S O E

PANSY POINSETTIA ROSE SNAPDRAGON

P I L U T V A W U W K C S P A

U C T M V S U H L U X E L C T

SUNFLOWER TULIP

Source: The Waynesburg College Story by William H. Dusenberry

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TOP FIVE BEST SELLING BOOKS 1. “Missing You” by Harlan Coben 2. “The Fixed Trilogy” by Laurelin Paige 3. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt 4. “Maybe Someday” by Colleen hoover 5. “The Husband's Secret” by Liane Moriarty

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Happy

April Fools!

A look back at the most famous (or infamous) media pranks of all time

ABOUT A

pril Fool’s Day is widely recognized across the world on April 1, when it has become a custom to play practical jokes and hoaxes on one another followed by shouting “April Fools!” The media is no stranger to fooling their followers into believing wild stories. While the degree of these pranks varies from minor children’s pranks to grandiose productions, there are some pranks that stand out among the best April Fool’s shenanigans of all time.

FOOLISH PRANKS

Sidd Finch

In 1985, Sports Illustrated ran a story about an upcoming rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who was allegedly planning to play for the Mets and was capable of throwing a 168 miles per hour pitch with deadly accuracy. He had reportedly never even played baseball previously and was still deciding between pursuing the major leagues and studying the French horn. After receiving more than 200 fan letters in response, Sports Illustrated reported that Finch had lost his ability to throw a fastball before admitting it was a hoax days later.

Sweden’s Instant Color Television

In 1962, the technical expert of Sweden’s only TV channel – which could only be received in black and white – went on air to announce to viewers they could instantly view programing at home in color. The expert went on to instruct citizens that all they had to do was pull a pair of nylon stockings over their screens and sit the appropriate distance away, while tilting their heads back and forth. Citizens across Sweden were taken in by the hoax.

San Serriffe

In 1977, British Newspaper The Guardian ran a seven page article about a small republic named San Serriffe in the Indian Ocean, whose several islands made up the shape of a semicolon.

Even after the publication ran several articles describing the idyllic culture and geography, no one noticed that everything about the island including its leader “General Pica,” was named after printer’s terminology.

The Taco/Liberty Bell

In 1996, Taco Bell ran full page ads in major newspapers declaring they had purchased the Liberty Bell and it would be renamed “The Taco Liberty Bell.” After receiving dozens of calls from worried and outraged citizens, the National Park Service in Philadelphia – where the bell was housed – reported that it was simply a hoax.

When asked to comment, White House press secretary Mike McCurry announced that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold to Ford and would henceforth be known as the “Lincoln Mercury Memorial.”

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

In 1957, BBC’s “Panorama” reported that due to the mild winter and the “elimination of the spaghetti weevil,” Swiss farmers were receiving a bountiful crop of spaghetti. Included was footage of Swiss townspeople pulling spaghetti off of tree branches. The show received dozens of calls from citizens asking how to grow their own spaghetti.

Written By: Olivia Latimer Design By: Brittany Semco Sources: Museumofhoaxes.com

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