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University receives $2 million from Stover Foundation

By TANNER MCKNIGHT For the Yellow Jacket

The new Opportunity and Knowledge Strengthened (OAKS) campaign was announced in Alumni Hall Friday, Sept. 24, during a kick-off event.

During the campaign announcement, it was announced that the Stover Foundation has donated $2 million to Waynesburg University in honor of the late Dr. W. Robert Stover, an alumnus, trustee and patron of the university.

Stacey Brodak, vice president of Institutional Advancement and University Relations, commented on the university’s relationship with donors.

“Our goal is to foster relationships with donors and double the number of funds or major gifts that are coming into this institution,” said Brodak.

This was not the first generous donation by the Stover Foundation, as the foundation also made the creation of the Stover Campus Center, that was dedicated in 1999, possible through their donations.

However, the university took a different approach

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

During the event, Dr. Parker T. Williamson, president of the Stover Foundation, announced the donation. with the OAKS campaign than it has with past events.

“I think campaigns are a common tool for universities, but how we structured ours is important,” said Brodak. “The trend is to structure very long term campaigns even as long as ten years. We didn’t want to do that we wanted to keep ours in a

“I think campaigns are a common tool for universities, but how we structured ours is important."

STACEY BRODAK

VP, University Relations and Institutional Advancement

confided period of five.”

In t he 1990s w hen the campus was being

redesigned, oak trees were purposely left to s h ow t h e i n d i c at i on

of this university.

The name of the campaign was titled "OAKS" for that reason. The OAKS campaign will begin this year and end in December of 2020.

According to Brodak, the main priority of the new campaign is the university as a whole.

“I think that ultimately, whatever the needs are of

this institution, whether it would be current or future, the OAKS campaign would address those,” said Brodak. “The extra dollars will help us address any needs we have. But the goal is, and hopefully there would be enough, to help us into the future.”

The donors of the OAKS campaign can choose how we use the money that is being donated.

But, in the future, Brodak said it has the potential to be used for the needs and wants of this university.

"We are also hopeful to create momentum for other gifts," said Brodak.

Other than the donations that they are giving, the donors can be forever remembering through a gift to the university.

Brodak said the gift from the Stover Foundation, as well as other monetary donations the school receives, can help guarantee the future of the university.

“Once people are in the habit of giving and they see what we are doing, hopefully they'll be able to see the benefit of that and see their legacy," said Brodak.

HOMECOMING 2017

SAB hosts several Homecoming court selected by students events leading up to weekend festivities

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor

During the week leading up to and including Homecoming weekend, the Student Activities Board (SAB) is hosting a variety of events for students, faculty and alumni to gather and celebrate Waynesburg from Sept. 25 through to Sept. 30.

Pat Bristor, associate dean of students and head of SAB, helped arrange each of the activities that are taking place throughout the week.

Kyla Wolper, junior electronic media and media ministries major and chair of special events for SAB, has been preparing for homecoming week since the spring semester.

SAB hosting a series of events leading up to Homecoming has been tradition for over 20 years, according to Bristor.

“Our job is to program for students throughout the

year, and homecoming gives us a theme to work around and encourage,” Bristor said.

The week began with “Cram the Van,” which is an annual event where students are challenged to fill one of the university’s 12-passenger vans with items including clothing, non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies and toiletries for the local Salvation Army. The donated items will then be distributed to families in need.

The Salvation Army Service Center in Greene County gives out these donations to families and citizens in the area who may be financially unable to purchase the items themselves free of charge.

The “Cram the Van” truck will be parked in the Roberts Chapel parking lot with students inside the van to collect donations during HOCO >> A3

At Waynesburg University and college campuses across the United States, Homecoming weekend is one of the most celebrated annual traditions. Among the key aspects of the weekend is the Homecoming Court, which culminates with the crowing of the King and Queen at halftime of the school’s football game.

Wednesday, Sept. 20, Waynesburg University announced the nominees for this year’s court. Of the nine men and 14 women who applied, five men and five women will walk alongside each other at halftime of Waynesburg’s football game against Grove City this Saturday, Sept. 30. The pairings are: Maura Fenske and Ian Bish,

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

All 10 members of the 2017-18 Homecoming court will make their debut at Wiley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 30, during the Homecoming football game.

Kayla Goncalves and Andy Burnett, Marla Holland and Brad Gillespie, Kathryn Kondrick and Mason Morgan and Cara Paraka and Zac

Yonko. Voting for King and Queen took place Thursday, Sept. 21, and the winners will not be announced until the court is introduced

at halftime.

Holland did not decide that she wanted to run until COURT >> A3

Fuzzy Randolph to be honored with exhibit

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

D u r i n g t h i s y e a r ’s Homecoming celebration Saturday, Sept. 30,

the newly-opened visitors center in the Paul R. Stewart Museum will feature its first art exhibit: “Do I Know What I’m Doing: The Multifaceted James D.

“Fuzzy” Randolph.”

The exhibit will feature a glimpse into the life, interests and talents of the late Fuzzy Randolph, a member of Waynesburg University

who died last fall.

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September 28, 2017 DAY OF GIVING

Donation day funds help enhance Mac Lab Fundraiser leads to

upgrades for three academic programs

By DESTINIE ORNDOFF For the Yellow Jacket

At the tail end of last semester, an essential part of students’ educational success was revamped. On the fourth floor of Buhl, in room 406, a complete overhaul took place.

The restoration of the what students and faculty like the call ‘the Mac Lab’ was completed in time for the 2017 Fall semester.

The entirety of the restoration took six months.

The last restoration of the iMacs was five years ago, and the lab itself hasn’t seen an update since the year 2000.

The joint efforts of the Department of Communication, Information Technology Services (ITS) and Academic Affairs made this possible. William Dumire, the vice president of ITS was in great support for this project as well.

The academic administration was contacted regarding the budgeting and funding for the project first and foremost. Then, a regularly scheduled refresher program from ITS fell into place at a great time for the restoration. This fall, the Department of Communication was due for a refresher, so this contributed to some cost regarding the upgrade.

“The newly established refresh cycles will ensue the equipment stays current and provides faculty and students with the best possible teaching and academic experiences,” said Dumire.

Funds were also drawn from the department budget, but the Department of Communication was additionally the recipient of a four-thousanddollar prize last fall for The Day of Giving. Win-

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

With the renovations to the Mac Lab in Buhl Hall, students are able to take advantage of upgraded technology and a more interactive working enviornment. ning first place, this was used towards the lab restoration as well.

“The funding from The Day of Giving raised from students last November was used to remodel the lab…as promised the money was invested into something that all students could use and benefit from,” said Richard Krause, chairman of the Department of Communication.

Dumire stressed how crucial the Mac Lab is to the academic support of current students, and felt the investment in the space and equipment was well needed and greatly important.

In regard to the old iMac computers, the department participated in a buyback program with Apple where they bought back the computers. The money from that was also put towards the renovation.

With the new restora-

tion, students will find that the brand-new iMacs bring visual effects and 3D graphics to a “whole new level.” The text is “crystal clear” and the photos are “extremely vibrant and rich.”

T h o s e i Ma c s h on e t he b est Mac Ret ina display yet.

On top of that, students can find advanced video and editing abilities and all-new seventhgeneration Intel Core processor is also in every iMac. It packs more speed than Mac has ever reached before.

“We live in an era where technology has become so significant.

This lab provides our

students with the very best technology in computer based instruction,” said Krause.

Professors of the Department of Communication, Chad Sherman and Kristine Schiffbauer had a lot of say in how the lab was set up. The lab holds more space, more comfortability and is aesthetically improved with new carpet and paint.

“The old structure was difficult at times; it wasn’t great for presentations," Sherman said. "We wanted to do something that promoted collaboration. The new lab strives in better inner-student collaboration and one-on-one instruction."

New members elected to Student Senate

By HOLLY HENDERSHOT Convergence Editor

After a three-day duel election, the Student Senate welcomed five newlyelected members into its body, Friday, Sept. 22.

From the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 19 to Thursday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m., freshman students could vote for t he f reshmen senator election, while s ophomores vote d b etween candidates involved in a three-way tie for one of the senate positions during Spring 2017 semester’s elections for this school year.

The official count of the ballots was at 9 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 21, and the results of the elections were announced through an email by student services to all Waynesburg University students Friday morning.

The students who won the freshman Student Senate elections are Holly Ludvigsen, Danny Booth, Claire Wherthey

and Andrew Greta.

The sophomore run-off election was won by Mikayla Hagerty.

Before and during the elections, candidates for the Student Senate openings campaigned in dormitories and over lunches and dinners in the cafeteria.

This year, there were five candidates for the four freshman Student Senate openings, lending to some competition for the roles.

Dr. Lawrence Stratton, associate professor of Ethics and Constitutional Law and advisor for Student Senate, said the number of candidates there are per year depends on interest.

“Some years, there may be three or four candidates and other years, five or six,” said Stratton.

Most of the planning and work associated with the elections falls to the Vice President of the Student Senate body.

T h i s ye ar, s oph om ore Timothy DeNofrio is the

Vice President.

“Being the Executive Vice President, that’s really one of your biggest esponsibilities, overseeing the elections and making sure that they run smoothly,” said DeNofrio.

Nick Cordova, president of Student Senate, said there were many responsibilities that were required for setting up the elections. “[The Vice President] is responsible for making the petitions… and for creating ballots,” said Cordova. “The Vice President is also officially in charge of scheduling the election, getting senators to volunteer to man the election table and securing class lists.”

DeNofrio scheduled this year’s elections to be over a three-day period to give all students a chance to vote.

“We give a three-day voting period because we know that a lot of students are busy and that schedules don’t always fit,” said DeNofrio.

"So we wanted to make it as long as we could, so that everyone gets the opportunity to go out and vote.”

This year, both Cordova and DeNofrio worked on designing the ballots for the race, and after they were printed, they got the ballot box from the security office.

DeNofrio said one fact about this part of setting up for elections that not many people know is that security officers watch as the ballot box is taped shut, to make sure of no tampering with the ballots.

All students are encouraged to vote for candidates of their class in the elections every year—upperclassmen elections in the spring and freshmen elections in the fall.

“It’s very important that we get as many votes as possible, just to make sure the senate body is being represented and that all the students are b e i n g r e p r e s e n t e d ,” said DeNofrio.

Last November, the week before Thanksgiving break, Waynesburg University’s Office of Institutional Advancement held its first ever campus-wide Day of Giving.

Students, faculty, staff and alumni, along with anybody else who wanted to lend a hand, donated to the department or organization of their choice.

Donna Nypaver, associate director of development, said that the reason for the departmental challenge was to get students contributing to their cause.

“We did it to get the students more involved, and we wanted to increase the educational opportunities and enhance each departments programs,” Nypaver said. “So that’s pretty much why we decided to do that, for student involvement.”

The total goal for donations for the first Day of Giving was 250. The university ended up with 625 donors and around $160,000 raised. The Department of Communication alone had 249 donations. For Richard Krause, chairperson for the Department of Communication, this was far above his initial goal.

“Initially my goal was 100 [donations],” Krause said.

“And I thought maybe I was overstepping bounds a little

bit there. I thought we could do it, but I didn’t know. So I didn’t anticipate anything like 249.”

According to Krause, another student donated after the break, so the number of donors is technically 250, meeting the goal that had been established by the university.

“We’ve been fortunate that we’ve always had great investment by our current students in the program,” Krause said. “They put a lot of hours in… they’re leaders on campus, so they are quite dedicated and committed to what we do at the department. At the same time, I think that spirit of involvement has carried through.”

Krause estimates that 70 percent of students in the Department of Communication donated. In total, the department received $4,000 towards its budget.

As a result of the additional funds, the Mac Lab, located on the fourth floor of Buhl Hall, experienced some significant changes this summer.

“The $4,000 incentive money [the Department of Communication] won for getting in first place went directly into the [Mac Lab], as well as some of the money from the personal contributions that we received."

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Sattler: University reviews housing plan as class sizes increase

By CAMERON AULD

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University has always had a plan to try and enhance life on and off campus. Waynesburg now has its eye on the prize, which is; dealing with the new increase in class sizes.

Director of Facilities Planning Terry Sattler said that the university is always looking ahead.

“We always have a plan” said Sattler. “Waynesburg always has had a 10-year plan, but we tend to look deeper into that plan, as a sub plan, closer to every 5 years” said Sattler.

Waynesburg was recently selected by U.S. News and World Report as a "Best Value School".

The price is now catching the eye of more and more families looking to send their children off to a higher education institution.

“Our tuition allows us to increase our student numbers, we are fortunate enough to maintain one while some other schools near us may

not be able to do the same” Sattler said. “We also provide this unique background with religion and our mission is a big part of what we use to persuade students to come here."

Along with an affordable tuition comes a new group every year, and in recent years bigger ones as well.

“We recently just purchased a new home for students to begin living in next school year, even though our new housing policy is in full effect,” said Sattler.

One of the common questions with the housing policy is; where would all of the people on campus live.

“We have both short-term and long-term plans in regards to the housing of our students” said Sattler. “From expanding the inventory of beds, we have to maybe even renovating existing dorms would be closer associated with the short-term plans,” said Sattler. “Every year is an opportunity to create more space for our campus here at Waynesburg.”

Waynesburg University welcomes Father Al as campus Chaplain

By KYLA WOLPER

For the Yellow Jacket

Al Carver was born and raised in a poor family, and was the oldest of eight children. During his first Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic Church, Carver felt a calling - one that brought together his strong faith and heart for community life.

In his early 20's Carver began to question that calling and buried those feelings, but in his early 30's that calling came back and brought him to Waynesburg University.

Known on campus as “Father Al,” Carver was ordained in June of 2017 and is currently working towards a master’s degree in philosophy

at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“When I was ordained this year, I was still going to be around at least for another year while I finished this degree program," said Carver.

During this one-year educational experience, Carver is also serving as a campus chaplain for Waynesburg University and the California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U).

"My provincial was looking for things for me to do for a year, and the diocese had this need. They gave me a couple different options of different ministries to do, one of them was to be a Catholic Chaplain at two different schools,” said Carver. “And that was the one that appealed to me the most.”

“[Carver] is just a very thoughtful, gentle soul, who has been really a blessing on campus."

BARB KIRBY

Director for CRED

Carver’s responsibilities on both college campuses involve meeting with students, building relationships and celebrating mass for students.

Carver is only at Waynesburg for one year due to his long-term calling in ministry.

“I was called to missionary life, and my long-term goal is to go to foreign missions,” Carver said.

While Carver is only at

Waynesburg for a year, he is already making a big impact on campus.

Barb Kirby, director for the Center for Research and Economic Development whom is also the Waynesburg University Newman Club advisor and has been around since the year 2000, speaks highly of Carver and his ministry at Waynesburg. “[Carver’s] first assignment was to Waynesburg and Cal U. He has a responsibility for

both campuses,” said Kirby.

“We were pleased to learn of that and to meet him. He’s just a very thoughtful, gentle soul, who has been really a blessing on campus."

Marybeth Cocchi, a Junior nursing major and President of the Newman Club, is also excited about the addition of Father Al to the Waynesburg family and the growth of the ministry on campus.

“For years the Newman Club had just been meetings,” said Cocchi. “Since it has become sacrament centered [adoration and mass], our ministry has begun changing and growing for the better.”

Waynesburg University Catholic Ministries include Catholic Mass, Adoration

and Confession on Tuesday nights at 5 p.m. in the Guessman Prayer Chapel, Newman Club Activities, a special service for college students at Saint Ann’s Catholic Church at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday mornings, and Father Al is on campus every Tuesday to meet with students.

To get involved with WUCat, the Waynesburg University Newman Club chapter, or if you have any questions about Catholic Ministries on Waynesburg’s campus you can email either Cocchi (coc8860@student.waynesburg.edu) or Kirby (bkirby@ waynesburg.edu) or like “WUCat: Waynesburg University Newman @WUCatholic” on Facebook.

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Homecoming provides reunion opportunities for alumni

By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor

Wh i l e t h e of f i c e of Alumni Relations at Waynesburg University stays busy year-round hosting various events for alumni, maintaining the tradition of the "Waynesburg family."

However, there is one e v e nt t h at s t i c k s o ut among the rest each year: Homecoming.

Victoria Beppler, asso-

ciate director of alumni relations and Waynesburg graduate of 2011, is part of that tradition.

According to Beppler, her title on campus and passion for Waynesburg gives her the ability to connect with alumni and bring them together for annual events.

B eppler said Mar y Fox, event planner, is the “brains behind the planning” of events like these.

“Mary handles the plan-

ning, she’s like our planning queen—our guru,” Beppler said.

This year's Homecoming celebration for alumni will span from Friday, Sept. 29 to Saturday, Sept. 30.

Wh i l e pre p a r i n g t o contact alumni for larger alumni events like Homecoming, Beppler reaches out to alumni by focusing a lot on social media and marketing on various social media outlets. Beppler said

she also frequently uses email to contact alumni and inform them about events.

“We find a lot of alumni don’t decide that they’re coming unless they’re celebrating a reunion year,” Beppler said. “They usually don’t decide whether or not they’re coming back until the week of Homecoming.”

The biggest factor that controls the outcome of alumni traveling to campus for Homecoming is the

weather, but another factor was added to the list this year: Homecoming being on an earlier date.

“Usually we’re celebrating Homecoming with an October date, so usually the first or second weekend in October is when we had it,” said Beppler. “It just worked out this year that it’s September 29 and 30 but hoping just that we get a lot of people back, especially if the weather is nice.”

Beppler said she takes her perspective in her everyday workplace to try and help get the attention of Waynesburg alumni.

“I always try and think of what would I want to come back and do?” said Beppler. “I get to do all of these things and I’m grateful for that—I get to do all of them because I’m an alum and I work here, but I like to try and think, 'What would I come back for?’”

HOCO: Events to benefit charities, service trips Court: Senior students prepare to represent student body at game Continued from A1

lunch and dinner hours throughout the week. Donations can be given any time, by dropping them off at Student Services.

The event kick-off was at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 25 outside of Benedum Dining Hall featuring ice cream,

music and raffles.

Donations to the van benefits not only citizens in need, but those who donate 10 items to the cause will be offered free admission to the football game.

A campus-wide Black and Orange day will be held tomorrow, where students wearing the black and orange or university apparel

will win a raffle ticket for an opportunity to win a prize arranged by the SAB. The winner of the raffle will be drawn at a picnic and pep rally in Johnson Commons.

The picnic, which begins at 5 p.m. Friday, will feature musician Matt Hires as well as the opportunity to help create signs to cheer on the

Yellow Jackets during their Homecoming football game the following day.

The day of Homecoming, Sept. 30, there will be a Homecoming 5K Run/ Walk for students and community members, and the entrance fees collected for the participation in the walk benefits the service trip scholarship fund.

Fuzzy: Exhibit to be first held in Visitors Center

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Museum, the idea for this exhibit came when brainstorming draws for alumni to attend Homecoming.

“We’re always looking for new activities for Homecoming, and just trying to keep it fresh and have something to keep people coming back each year,” said Dennis. “We knew this space was going to be available, and so I had always intended to have part of it going towards being able to install exhibits.”

Between Dennis and University Planner Mary Fox, they knew an exhibit about Fuzzy would be perfect for two reasons: “First, most people who came back to Homecoming knew and loved Fuzzy,” said Dennis. “That’s when we thought that this would be something that would really be enjoyed. We are also coming upon the one-year anniversary of his passing on Nov. 10, 2016.”

Because so many alumni could not attend the original memorial event held in Alumni Hall Nov. 29, 2016, Dennis also thought the exhibit could act as a way for people to pay their respects.

“We both thought it would be a fitting tribute to him, as well as something for people to come and enjoy,” she said.

When coming up with

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As someone who was close to Fuzzy, Courtney Dennis said putting together the exhibit was an emotional process. the title of the exhibit, Dennis reflected on Fuzzy’s daily routine.

“Part of Fuzzy’s morning ritual here when he was still coming into work was to make rounds through the entire building and stop at each department’s office and say hello,” she said. “As one of his signature catch phrases as he was leaving to go to his next stop, he would always put one hand in the air with his finger raised and basically just say, ‘Now, do I know what I’m doing?’”

At first glance, Dennis knows that those who didn’t know Fuzzy might think the title has an air of

mystery to it, but to her and others who were close to him, it means much more.

“This phrase was really him trying to say that he had so many projects going on that day that he wasn’t sure which one he wanted to dive into first,” said Dennis. “Fuzzy was very charismatic and goofy, but one of the best things that brought Fuzzy joy was bringing other people joy, and these greetings and sayings were one way he did that.”

As someone who was especially close to Fuzzy, Dennis said she has struggled while pulling the exhibit together.

“It’s been very emotion-

al,” Dennis said. “Sometimes I get busy in the planning and the details and I focus on checking off all the blocks, but every once in a while it sort of sneaks up on me a little bit, and I really start to miss him even more.”

Now that the exhibit is ready to be viewed, Dennis said she knows Fuzzy would be proud and has been looking over her through each step of the process.

“It’s happy and sad at the same time, but I am so grateful to be able to honor him in this way,” she said. “I know he’d be tickled to see the finished product.”

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the day before the deadline for applications.

For Holland, just being a part of such an important weekend for the university was an honor.

“I was kind of excited just to represent Waynesburg and the class of 2018, so it was pretty cool," Holland said.

Holland takes part in several activities on campus. A psychology major, Holland runs track, is in the symphonic band, pep band and brass ensemble, is a member of the Student Activities Board (SAB) and is vice president of psychology club.

Holland said she also looks forward to walking alongside Brad Gillespie, who is one of her best friends.

Morgan did not intend to be in the running for Homecoming King. When a close friend said that he had signed Morgan up, Morgan did not believe him.

After Morgan was signed up for the first ballot, he didn’t picture himself making it far.

When he found out that he had made it to the court, it was both amusing and exciting for him.

“I honestly thought [being selected] was hilarious,” Morgan said. “I was like ‘this is awesome.’ Then I looked to see the people I was with, and I was happy to see the people that were on there because I’m really good friends with a lot of them.”

Like Holland and Bish, who both will be playing in the pep band, Morgan will have additional duties for Saturday’s game, interning with Head Athletic Trainer Andy Palko. Although Morgan said that he might be a little nervous, the fact that he will not be alone on the field is comforting.

“I feel like [being on the field] will be a lot different that it’s not just me,” Morgan said. “There’s a lot of us out there, so we’re all going to be equally as awkward and equally as worried about everything.”

Morgan is a member of SAB, a Resident Assistant in Willison Hall and the president of the bowling club that is in its first year of existence.

Similar to Morgan, Bish was notified by a friend of his nomination. Bish said that his selection came as a surprise.

“I figured, why not [run for King]?” Bish said. I didn’t think I’d get this far at all, but

here I am.”

Although Bish has experience with these types of events, as he was on the court for the “Cinderella Ball” when he was a student at Waynesburg Central High School, Saturday will come with jitters, he said.

“I’m going to be in front of a ton of people,” Bish said.

“I’m usually pretty good with that, but we’ll see."

Unlike her partner, Kondrick had been thinking about being on the court since before the school year started.

“I decided to [run for Homecoming Queen] probably over this summer, and I got the idea again whenever school started back up.” Kondrick said.

This fall will be Kondrick’s final semester as an undergraduate, as she will be graduating in December.

“This is my last semester, so this was something that I wanted to do to kind of make a statement and say ‘goodbye everyone, see you later’ [that] type of thing.”

Kondrick is looking forward to stepping on the field at John F. Wiley stadium, which she said she has never done before, as well as the excitement of the day.

“I’m looking forward to dressing up and standing next to my nine friends,” Kondrick said. “Seeing everyone’s faces in [Wiley Stadium], getting that field perspective and just whenever the names are called, just that excitement of ‘wow, they did it.’ To kind of just experience all of that.”

For Morgan, whatever the results are, being a part of long-standing tradition is a thrill.

“I’m really happy to be there for the experience,” Morgan said. “If [becoming king] happens, it happens…

I’m just happy to be there with the people I’m with. It’s going to be great.”

Senior public relations major Maura Fenske said that both her friends and family had encouraged her to run.

“A bunch of my friends had been asking me since [about] last year if I was thinking about running,” Fenske said.

“My dad really wanted me to do it, and he knew that a friend of mine had run last year, and he asked me if I was going to do it. When Homecoming applications opened up, I figured that I would take a stab at it, because I didn’t have anything to lose, and I thought it’d be really fun.”

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First blood drive of the year accomplishes goal of 40 units

By DYLAN CLELAND

For the Yellow Jacket

Thursday, Sept. 21, in conjunction with Central Blood Bank, the Student Activities Board (SAB) and Student Health Services of Waynesburg University held their annual fall blood drive.

The drive was held on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center and was open to students, staff and community members.

Jennifer Shiring, nurse director of Student Health Services, helped coordinate this event for the sixth consecutive year. SAB and Central Blood Bank also were a part of the effort in the set-up, hosting and breaking down of the blood drive.

Central Blood Bank, based out of Western Pennsylvania, came for the drive.

According to their website, the mission of the organization is “To provide best in class blood products and clinical services to meet the needs of the healthcare community, patients and our donors through a dv an c e d t r ans f u s i on medicine practices.”

“Central Blood Bank is great, they come set-up and clean-up,” said Shiring.

“Central Blood Bank they are great, they have a driver and he does all the clean-up, the runs to the hospitals once they have so many units collected. They bring all of the supplies for the canteen and the juice and snacks.”

The need for blood is usually specific, therefore Central Blood Bank covers all bases when holding a drive and is sure to distribute the blood to needed areas.

“It is based upon need, but I know they try to collect different types,” Shiring said. “It’s not [that they collect] just whole blood, it’s platelets—fresh, frozen and plasma. They try to collect those things that they know are in need.”

Pierce Whissler, a criminal justice major donates blood on occasion.

“I really feel like it is helping a lot of people, so that is why I like to do it,” said Whissler.

Sometimes there are instances where people who want to give blood are unable to for a variety of reasons.

“Typically, we probably have 50-60 [people] that show up and they usually have some deferrals,” Shiring said. “Whether the student is sick or if they have received a tattoo recently, there is cer-

tain reasons that they can’t donate for so long. They usually have about 10 deferrals.”

According to Shiring, the unit total for the fall drive came out slightly lower than in years past.

Central Blood Bank shared the numbers for the blood drive with Shiring. They collected 40 units, meeting their goal of 40. With those units, about 120 patients will be helped.

Shiring added that there will be other opportunities to help and donate in the future, including this spring.

“There is one [blood drive] in the fall and one in the spring,” she said. “The one in the spring will be in conjunction with the health fair.”

Typically, the health fair is held in March or April inside of Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse in the old gymnasium.

As the spring approaches, all students, staff and faculty members are encouraged to consider donating blood to the organization.

Information will be posted around campus, as well as on the myConnect page.

For more information on donating blood, visit centralbloodbank.org.

Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Students volunteered to give blood Sept. 21 through the Central Blood bank. The next opportunity to donate blood with be in the Spring in conjunction with the health fair.

Rinehart to establish new scholarship Admissions gears up

By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor

Why couldn’t the pony talk? It was just a little horse. This pun-filled joke is Albie Rinehart’s go-to conversation starter when it comes to sparking a conversation with a new face on Waynesburg University’s campus.

Albie Rinehart, alumnus of the then-Waynesburg College has had a place for Waynesburg in his heart ever since Hanna Hall was constructed in 1851.

Rinehart’s great, great grandfather, Elisha Rinehart helped build Hanna Hall, the first building to stand on campus, while he was a student at Waynesburg.

The photograph of his relative is currently hanging in the Paul R. Stewart Museum.

The Rinehart family have been around the Waynesburg campus ever since the construction of Hanna Hall.

Albie was a graduate of Waynesburg University in education of 1967. Along

with finding a degree, “The students are willAlbie also found love at ing to stop and talk, and Waynesburg. He and his I am able to talk to them,” wife, Donna, have been said Rinehart. “happily married” for over Rinehart said he ad50 years. mires the values, characRinehart used his de- ter, direction in life, posigree to teach at Nineveh, tive thoughts, smiles and Rogersville and Graysville willingness to share time.

Elementary from 1967 to “I have observed them 2002 and a Waynesburg sincerely wanting to serve College adjunct others and the f rom 1 9 9 7 to c o m m u n i t y, 2002. thoughtfulness, In addition polite, kind, to being a formake me and mer adjunct, he others feel welis also a retired come and wantArmy staff sered, greet others geant from the with a smile and Pe n n s y l v a n i a a friendly hello, Army National personalities,” Guard.

Rinehart said.

Rinehart Being a lover “They all conof the Waynestribute and creburg campus, Rinehart ate a positive environment said he enjoys coming – a place you want to be a onto campus but he makes part of. I do speak highly it a scarce trip by visiting to many (I know and see once a week. many people) that I see “I try not to make a pest about [Waynesburg Uniof myself,” Rinehart said. versity] and its students.”

Rinehart also has grown Albie said he has taken to admire the students, that admiration for the as they have become a students and is working large contributor for his to expand a scholarship love of Waynesburg. to students on campus.

The scholarship he will be offering to Waynesburg University students, called the Rinehart Scholarship, was originally offered to West Greene high school students but will soon be available to Waynesburg University students.

According to the scholarship form, the scholarships purpose is to “recognize the contributions of his family to the Mission of Waynesburg University.”

In addition to the Rinehart Scholarship, Albie has proposed another scholarship that he will be offering to all students enrolled in the Nursing Program.

Rinehart is arranging the final touches on his scholarships in the upcoming weeks.

Rinehart said that he has been grateful to previously arrange the outline of the scholarships with faculty members on campus.

“I am thankful to have worked with Heidi Szuminsky and Waynesburg Un ive r s it y Pre s i d e nt , Doug Lee, in making these scholarships possible.”

Rinehart said.

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the Mac Lab include 80inch displays, as well as new chairs by the computers.

Krause expects a similar project to take place after this year’s Day of Giving, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 16.

“Whatever contributions that we receive, whatever gifts that we get from alums or current students, we’ll turn around [and] put it right back into the daily operation of what we do here.”

One potential project that Krause said could be worked on is room 416 in Buhl, which is where classes, meetings and other department events take place frequently throughout the school year. “[416 is] a room that gets a lot of traffic for us; especially big events,” Krause said. “And so we’d like to do some things in there just to improve it— make it look a little bit more attractive.”

T he D e p ar t me nt of Communication is not the only area that had a successful day of donations.

Both the English Depart-

ment and the Criminal Justice Department were also rewarded for their efforts, as both had $2,000 added to their budgets.

Jaime Dessart, professor of english, said that the additional funds gave english students the opportunity to travel to San Diego, California, to present at the Popular Culture Association (PCA) conference.

The students who attended were Nicole Drew, Jodie Alexander, both of whom recently graduated, and senior Sean White.

Dessart said that five students will be sending out their abstracts for this year’s PCA conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Coming into the annual Day of Giving, Dessart didn’t know what to expect.

“We actually didn’t go in with a lot of expectation in terms of giving,” Dessart said. “We went in primarily thinking about trying to establish a sense of who we were. We didn’t set ourselves a number goal. We said ‘we want to get out there and let people see who we are.’”

The Criminal Justice Department also showed well in the annual event, tying with the English Depart-

ment for second in donations. According to Adam Jack, chairperson for the Criminal Justice and Social Sciences Department, the money will be used to upgrade tools used in the CSI House.

“We have some needs here in the department in regards to equipment,” Jack said. “Radios and ear pieces and some things like that that we need to upgrade because we’ve been using the same ones for about a decade…We have a number of needs, it’s just a matter of trying to plan out exactly how to use those in

the future.”

Last year, eight departments participated in the Day of Giving.

Planning for this year’s Day of Giving is already in progress, as Nypaver said that the Office of Institutional Advancement has already met with several department chairs.

“What really made us feel good was how the entire Waynesburg community, and the people that care about Waynesburg, came together and supported us that day,” Nypaver said. “We greatly appreciated it.”

for recruiting next year's freshman class

By ZAC SCHNEGG

For the Yellow Jacket

The Department of Admissions at Waynesburg University has officially hit its enrollment goal for the last two years.

Despite the 2017 fall term being just a little over a month in, the department has already shifted its focus to hitting its goal for the incoming class of 2018.

The admissions staff has recently started traveling to various high schools and college fairs in order to engage potential students.

“This is primetime for us,” said Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McNeil.

“We will visit around three or four high schools per day and attend a college fair every night.”

McNeil represents the states of Maryland and Virginia. He also covers Washington, DC. and the states west and south of Ohio.

While this is the best time for counselors to engage students, planning for these events started long before students inhabited the university in mid-August. “[Counselors] will start planning in the beginning of the summer and will plan until travel starts in September,” said Director of Admissions, Jackie Palko. “They will usually travel from September to mid-November.”

While traveling is an effective way to spread the message of Waynesburg University, the grueling schedule that comes with the job can be taxing on admissions counselors.

“At first travel is fun, but it becomes very challenging both mentally and physi-

cally,” said McNeil. “It’s hard physically because of the long drives to high schools and fairs. It is a lot tougher mentally because you have to stick it out and you begin to miss your family and friends.”

The Admissions Department also utilizes on-campus events to draw students to visit the university and get a feel of what it is like to be a college student.

Other departments such as Student Services and Criminal Justice have also joined in with admissions to help recruit potential students.

“We have a mock crime scene coming up on Nov. 11,” said Palko. “The event is put on by Admissions, Criminal Justice and Forensics and it usually a very well attended event.”

McNeil added, “Our overnight visitation is on Nov. 12, and we have partnered with Student Services on the event to allow participants to experience what being a student at Waynesburg University is like.”

The university has welcomed its two largest classes in the 169-year history of the institution the last two years. With these statististics in mind, the Department of Admissions is looking for a similar number for the incoming class of 2018.

“We like to stay consistent with our incoming classes,” said Palko. “We like to bring in a class with similar numbers of the year’s graduating class in order to fill the void of our students leaving campus.”

According to Palko, the admissions department is looking to enroll around 415 students, which is 35 students fewer than the goal of 2017.

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You can sign up on madanthonyyearbook.ycb.me All portraits will be taken in the Photography Studio, located past the children’s section in the basement of Eberly Library.

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Growing garden

Bird Sisters ‘stick together’ in recovery Transitional home seeks new treatment options for county

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Michelle Kieth, Yellow Jacket

Corner Cupboard Foodbank continues to expand its community garden since it was constructed as part of Waynesburg University's freshman service project in August 2016.

Corner Cupboard Foodbank plans to expand program

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

Feeding the hungry is an issue all over the world, including Waynesburg.

The Corner Cupboard Foodbank has had a miss i on , s i n c e t h e y we re founded in 1992, to feed the hungry by distributing food and grocery products, according to the organization's website.

Adding to that mission, the Foodbank is making progress on a recent project.

They have constructed a community garden, an addition to their multiple food programs, according

to Executive Director Candace Tustin.

“It’s a really great addition,” said Tustin. “The garden is meant to educate clients and community about learning self-sustainability.”

The construction of the garden began last fall by university students as a part of the freshman service project.

“We have five raised beds built by Waynesburg University students and volunteers in the area,” said Tustin.

As a part of the day of service this year, university students helped build three new beds.

However, the development is not done.

Tustin wants to keep adding onto the garden, which is across the street from their location at 831 Rolling Meadows Road, by the Greene County Historical Society.

“There is no end date [for the garden] in the future, but I want to keep adding to it,” said Tustin.

According to its website, Corner Cupboard has four different programs that help feed hungry people in the community.

They have Emergency Boxes designed to be used only once to help people in

immediate need of food, and Food Pantries designed to distribute food once a month to families or individuals that meet specific income guidelines for food assistance. They also have Senior Boxes, which is a federally-funded program which helps improve the health of senior citizens.

Senior citizens, 60 years of age or older, who meet the income guidelines receive a box of healthy food once a month.

The fourth program Corner Cupboard emphasizes is the Kids Bag program, GARDEN >> B4

The first person to wake in the Bird Sisters transitional home is Tonya Palmer. She sits by her bathroom window on the top floor of the house, a mug of warm coffee in her hands. Outside, the town of Waynesburg is still dark and cloaked in thick fog.

In a house with five women, the mornings are the only part of the day when she is alone with her thoughts.

When she rises, the hallway in the old house creaks as she passes the spare room, also on the top floor. There are two beds inside the room—where her four children have often slept when they visit; but they are soon to be filled with two new members of the family.

Two more girls who came looking for help.

By the time she moved in three and a half months ago, Tonya had tried everything to overcome her heroin addiction—including Narcotics Anonymous, in-patient facilities and a five-year stint in a state prison. But she continued to struggle.

Now, as she walks down the narrow steps, stepping over random pairs of shoes and personal items to greet the other women downstairs, she is more than 90 days sober, and she has a job.

“Just having that kind of love and support,” she said. “It boosts you up; it makes you want to do the right thing.”

At the Bird Sisters, where

each member is given a specific position and job—Tonya is president—applicants are interviewed by the current residents, and are voted in by an 80 percent majority. But these days, with heroin and other opioid substances ravaging the community, Tonya and the other women often have no choice, paradoxically, but to turn them away.

Most of the women in the house are a lot like Tonya.

Traditional rehabilitation programs did not appeal to her, because it meant separation from her children. She would leave before she was ready, and she would relapse.

The Bird Sisters, an allfemale transitional home branching off the Oxford House organization, aims to change that pattern. Aside from one facilitator, who monitors the residents and makes sure they are following the basic rules—no substances of any kind and attendance at 12-step meetings—the house is mostly “democratically-run” by the women, said Tonya.

They wake up together, drink coffee together, go to NA meetings together. They have house meetings, too, where they make schedules for fundraisers and public forums, talk about how they will pay the bills and address any conflicts between residents. When someone new applies to join the facility, they are all present for the interview, and they can RECOVERY >> B4

Carmichaels to host Bowlby Library hosts author book talk annual walk to raise money for Alzheimer's

By DREW HREHA

For the Yellow Jacket

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

At Wana B. Park in Carmichaels, there will be a two-mile walk to raise funds to help end Alzheimer’s Saturday, Sept. 30. Registration will be at 9 a.m., with a ceremony starting at 9:45 a.m., and the walk at 10:15 a.m.

“We have been doing this for about five years, and by doing this, we have a greater presence in Greene County for everyone affected by the Alzheimer’s and dementia,” said Brittany Coulter.

All of the funds raised Saturday will go to help the support, care and research efforts of the Greene County Alzheimer’s Association.

So far, there are 136 participants signed up and 15 teams too. Coulter said 250 people are expected to come on Saturday for the walk.

Last year, the Greene County Alzheimer’s Association raised about $48,000.

This year’s goal is to raise at least $57,000, and as of Sept. 23, they have raised about $17,000 so far. With a few days left to keep raising money, the hope, said Coulter, is to go above the goal.

“This is our largest opportunity to raise funds,” said Coulter. “I hope that we reach our goal so that we can help start a world without Alzheimer’s.”

Everyone, including children, will need to register to participate in the walk.

There is no registration fee, but people are encouraged to donate money to help the cause. Every registered participant will receive a purple T-shirt if they are able to fundraise $100, or donate that same amount.

Purple is the color that represents someone who has lost a loved one to the disease. Blue represents someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia; yellow is for someone who takes care of someone with the disease and orange is for supporters who vision a world without Alzheimer’s. Those colors will also be on wristbands that will be given out to registered walkers. The people with wristbands will receive a Promise Garden flower during the walk.

Skateboards and footwear with wheels are prohibited due to safety concerns, but strollers are allowed.

The Alzheimer’s Association of Greene County is also asking for volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, registration, water stopping locations, the Promise Garden, the T-shirt tent and other areas. To donate money for the fundraiser, people can either do it online or mail a check to the local Alzheimer’s Association office.

Local readers and fans of J. Judson Lacko got the chance to meet the author when he visited Bowlby Library Monday night to discuss in depth his newest book, “Final Mission.”

Lacko, a former airman for the United States Air Force, wrote the first book of his trilogy in 2015, and “Final Mission” is the final installment. A Ruff Creek, Pennsylvania, native, used his military background as inspiration for his trilogy.

The first book, “A Breath Away: Life’s Final Chapter” follows the main protagonist, Chris, and follows him for 50 years, showing the various ups and downs of his life.

The second installment of Lacko’s trilogy, “The Four Apostles: A Breath Away” is set in the second half of the 20th century during the Cold War. The historical fiction novel follows a rescue mission in the Middle East in pursuit of a captured physicist, and the many complexities of international relations in such a politically high-strung time in history.

“Final Mission” is the last installment of the trilogy and concludes Lacko’s “A Breath Away” series.

Bowlby Library is used to hosting Author Showcases.

About once a month, the library opens its doors to a local author, to reach out to readers and promote their new books.

Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

Author J. Judson Lacko visited Bowlby Library Monday, Sept. 25, for an Author Showcase to talk about his latest novel.

Members of the public are invited to engage with the author and support local writers.

Typically, the author is also able to sell his or her book during their time at the showcase. They will also typically sign copies of their book for the public.

Bowlby uses the Author Showcase platform to promote local authors, whether they are published through a publishing firm, or selfpublished.

Kathy Douglas, Bowlby librarian, coordinates the author sp otlights, and spoke positively about the effectiveness of

the program.

“We try to promote the local authors so they can be here and try to do some sales,” said Douglas Typically, during the author showcase, authors get to interact with the readers, Ms. Douglas stated.

“They can talk about their book, the history, the writing, the writing process, and getting published,” said Douglas. “If there are questions from the audience, they can certainly ask, things like that.”

For the author, it’s an opportunity to promote their book and reach out to the c om mu n it y a c c ord i n g

to Douglas.

“It’s an opportunity for the authors to introduce their book to the patrons of the public library and to the community members,” said Douglas. “It’s a great way to promote our local authors.”

Bowlby library will be the host of “Friends and Authors” Oct. 17, where a collection of local authors will be celebrated. Any fan of literature is welcomed to come, in addition to writers in the area.

All three of J. Judson Lacko’s books from the “A Breath Away” series are currently available for purchase on Amazon.

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EDITORIAL

Indecisiveness is a good thing, I think indecisiveness.

Only an indecisive person can understand that life is Columnist just a series of little decisions that flow into bigger ones that place us on our current I watch intently as students paths. To most people that’s lean their glass against the simply fate. To a person who metal back of the pop ma- can’t choose between water chine, allowing the fizzy drink and pink lemonade, that’s to fill their cups without a sec- paralyzing. ond thought. I try to follow I’ve never been good suit, choosing water and then at making choices, from dumping it out halfway after choosing a major to decidrealizing that pink lemonade ing on the drink to have sounds better at the moment. with my lunch. As a child, I That small action mirrors a had to have the remote in my much bigger theme in my life; hand, unable to sit through an GRACE HUTCHINSON

entire episode of something, constantly flipping channels, desperately curious to see if the other channels had something better to offer. As I’ve grown older, and no longer take my SpongeBob viewing quite so seriously, I continue to flip channels in my life, changing styles, music tastes, hair colors, still searching for contentment.

Noticing this trend within myself, I have been able to identify that my inability to confidently make a decision is caused by two simple, short and, to me, debilitating

words: what if?

I want the mint gum, but what if the watermelon is better? I am passionate about what I do, but, at the end of it all, what if I am not good enough?

My what-if’s have made me second-guess most things I do, but they have inspired me to put thought in all that I do and really explore who I am and what the world has to offer. How would I know that the best flavor of Ben & Jerry’s is Cinnamon Buns if I hadn’t THINK >> B3

Why not always put forth your best effort?

LUKE GOODLING Columnist

Someone asked me the other day why I wear a sports coat and tie to church every Sunday.

It was just another way to approach the day reverently – that was the answer that came to mind first – or perhaps it was one of the habits my parents instilled

in me when I was younger.

H o w e v e r, a s I s a t through the service, I realized there was more to it than just that.

It wasn’t a convincing answer as to why a college student would wake up 30 minutes early on a Sunday morning to be sure there was enough time to properly tie a tie and find a matching shirt.

Then I realized the root of it all; it’s just an attempt to put in my best effort.

We’re given so many daily and weekly tasks as college students. Some are academic, some are fun and others are a waste of time.

As we progress through our daily events in life, too often, we do so only to get to the next thing on our daily checklist.

Often it’s more about finding shortcuts and bypasses to what we’re trying to accomplish than trying to complete it in itself.

But where’s the satisfaction in that?

Through college I’ve come to realize that personal gratification is not directly tied to the end result, but rather meaningful work.

It’s the assignments and exams that I’ve worked the hardest for that are the most satisfying – not necessarily the final marks.

The ones I scraped through EFFORT >> B3

More than just a protest

Although controversial, athletes can actually help A citizen’s right to protest is part of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

People have protested different establishments or laws for years, typically ones that weren’t popular in their current time period.

From protesting for civil rights to the deconstruction of confederate statues, the people behind these protests were able to orchestrate them because of the freedoms they have per the First Amendment.

It is from these protests that we are able to do what we can today.

However, the most recent protests come with plenty of controversy.

Football players in the National Football League have been protesting the national anthem since last season, when Colin Kaepernick first decided to take a knee.

The recent comments made by President Donald Trump this past weekend did not help deflate the issue at all.

Trump, and many others, believe that the players protesting are disrespecting the flag, while the players believe they are exercising their First Amendment rights and attempting to help others.

While they are exercising their rights, they are causing quite an uproar. Yet, that is the exact reason why they are kneeling or locking arms: to get people talking. What people are often reluctant to do is make the connection between their protest and their efforts to donate their own money to different organizations.

Chris Long of the Philadelphia Eagles has pledged his first six game checks to his alma mater school, St. Anne’s Belfield School located in Charlottesville, Virginia. to help fund scholarships for students.

Meanwhile, Colin Kaepernick, who is no longer on an NFL team, has donated $800,000 to oppressed communities.

It is not just these two players, but many others, who are donating time and money, yet the general conversation is still fixated mostly around their on-the-field protests rather than their off-the-field contributions.

The Pittsburgh Steelers opted to not be on the field during the national anthem. In that way, no single player would be ostracized, yet the team still received backlash for it.

Their demonstration isn’t a point of morals, but rather a point that players should want to stand during the anthem.

When the players feel like they can’t stand during the anthem, what does it say about the state of our nation?

In today’s world, it can feel like there is always more than one side, and being able to respect and understand each is the first step in healing the divide the country faces.

NFL players are using their largest platform to make what they feel is the right decision by shedding light on injustices within the country, with police brutality and racial inequality being two of the driving factors.

So, while some are caught up in players kneeling during the national anthem, they are not seeing what they are doing behind the scenes.

It is imperative that, before anyone judges players for standing up for what they believe in, they know all of the facts behind the issue.

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STARTING THE CONVERSATION

Student has lofty goals for announcing career

The following is an interview with Greg Finley, a Communication major, as part of the Starting the Conversation series.

By MATTHEW SHINKLE

Q: L ooking at your college career, what drove you to come to Waynesburg University?

A: "One-hundred percent Lanny [Frattare] – I reached out to him in high school as a senior year and said that I was doing some anouncing with MSA Sports for baseball, and I said I want to be a broadcaster.

"He said 'I want you to come to Waynesburg and sit in on my class,' so I came down. They gave me a tour, told me about all the oppourtunities the [Communciation] department had to offer.

"My heart was still set on going to community college for two years to knock out my [general education] classes, and then...Waynesburg was the only place I applied to afterwards."

Q: What was growing up li ke, l o ok ing at w h at y ou w ante d to do when you were

older? Did you always know you wanted to be a broadcaster?

A: "At the age of eight years old I knew I wanted to be an announcer.

"I announced in my gym class, I announced in my backyard. I'd throw az ball off the wall and be the annoucned, I'd announce my video games, I did it all.

"I knew I wasn't good enough to play the sports so I continued to just work on my craft as a broadcaster and I quit band in ninth grade and I picked up the microphone with MSA Sports in tenth, eleventh and twelfth with my teacher...we did games for three years."

Q: What goes into a broadcast? How much work and preperation goes into a typical game?

A: "So much, I begin as soon as I get two deep [rosters] for football on Monday and Tuesday. I got an email from Bobby [Fox] with the two deeps, I already have Groce City's offense done.

"You have to go ahead and look at biography and stats, and then you've got to go deeper as the week goes on.

"Look up the coaching information, informa-

tion about the school. For Grove City, for instance, they lost 33 games in a row [until] they won on Saturday, so that's huge. That's a big story line.

"You've just got to be prepared, because of situations. Like, if an injury happens, where am I going to go with the game? Or if theres a two-yard run, do I have something about the player that made the tackle? Or the runningback?

"You just always have to be on your toes with preperation. The more you don't use becaues you overprepared, the better, I believe."

Q: What has Lanny Frattare taught you during your time here?

A: "He's taught me how to prepare correctly. He's really hammered score, time and period into my brain. Anytime I do football now, first, third, fourth

down, I'm ready to just keep giving score, time and period.

"He's taught me to just be myself, not to be another announcer, but be Greg Finley.

"He's really been just a mentor to me, he's looked out for me and he's what an advisor should be. Everyday he sees me, he asks me 'How are things going with your job,' or 'how is announcing going?'

"He's really taken me under his wing."

Q: What is your dream job?

A: "I want to be a playby-play announcer for basketball. Buy after college, if I'm still working at 93.7 The Fan, thats fine. If not, something on-air, or producing, im fine with that. I want to do play-by-play basketball though for the NBA, television or radio."

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Cheat Sheet: More protests in NFL after Trump's comments

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

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

After comments made

by President Trump over the weekend, two sports organizations are now in the headlines for political reasons.

While at a rally in Alabama Friday, Sept. 22, the President criticized the NFL and its athletes who kneel during the national anthem.

Saturday morning, Trump targeted the National Basketball Association, specifically Steph Curry, by disinviting him to the White House following the Golden State Warriors Championship, even though Curry had already stated he did not plan to attend.

Multiple NBA players, including LeBron James, have called out the president on the popular social media site Twitter.

The anthem protests started last year when Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem.

Trump said that NFL

Tribune News Service

Many National Football League teams showed unity in light of recent comments from President Trump by locking arms as the National Anthem was performed during week four's games. owners should fire such players.

However, Trump’s opponents think he is failing to respect the First Amendment rights of American citizens.

Trump went on to say that the NFL has massively low ratings and then denounced the league for trying to make the game safer.

As a response to the comments made on Friday, a vast majority of NFL players continued their protests.

Rather than take a knee, most players decided to show unity by locking arms, although there were still about 200 NFL players who decided to kneel.

Such NFL stars as Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore

Ravens and Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers opted to kneel during the National Anthem.

It wasn’t just select players that kneeled though, as much of the entire New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos and the Miami Dolphins teams all kneeled during

the anthem.

Also during the Sunday games, the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers, with the exception of a single player, all opted to not leave the locker room during the anthem.

The exception was offe ns ive l i ne m an A l e j andro Vi l anue va, an

ex-Army Ranger.

Across the league, several owners including Eagles owner Jeff Lurie and Jaguars owner Shad Khan, joined their teams on the field.

In Detroit, the owners of both the Lions and the Falcons joined their teams and the anthem singer, Rico Lavelle, finished his rendition by taking a knee and raising his fist in the air.

The league commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement that criticized the comments made by Trump without directly calling him out by name.

President Trump received plenty of backlash from multiple NFL players, including Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.

Sherman believes that the behavior of the President is unacceptable, and that if it is not condemned, it is being conditioned.

An NFL front office source said “What you just saw was a variety of responses with theme of unity”.

The same source added “If Trump thought he could divide the NFL, he was wrong.”

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

4) Nicaragua comes out in support of Paris Accords

1) Kim Jong Un still feuding with President Trump North Korea is considering testing a nuclear missile over the Pacific Ocean in order to respond to recent comments by United States President Donald Trump.

In Trump’s recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly, he threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea. Trump followed up the speech with tweets calling North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, a “madman,” and saying that he will “test him like never before.”

Un responded by calling Trump “mentally deranged,” and also saying that the country is not afraid to respond with high level weapons.

These comments not only concern the United States, but Japan as well, as they are concerned about missile tests possibly flying over their country. In the past few weeks, two North Korean missiles have flown over Japan.

Many believe Un has taken Trump’s comments very personally. Un released his statement replying to Trump’s comments in the first person, something he has never done before.

The Trump Administration is trying to expand the sanctions against North Korea and those who trade with them.

Many of North Korea’s imports come from China, but Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin says the sanctions are not intended to hurt China.

The new sanctions ban ships and aircraft that have been to North Korea from entering the United States for the 180 days following that visit.

-CNN Sept. 22

Tribune News Service

Supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un is once again in the news, continuing his war of words with President Donald Trump.

2) Left ravaged, Puerto Rico looking to recover Millions of people in Puerto Rico are still trying to recover from the massive damage caused by Hurricane Maria.

However, Hurricane Maria might still not yet be done.

The National Weather Service has warned the East Coast of the United States of “direct impacts” possibly happening in the next few days.

“It is becoming increasingly likely that some direct impacts will occur along portions of the coast next week,” warned the National Hurricane Center.

Many are expecting highly dangerous currents at beaches in the southeastern United States this week.

The category three storm left at least ten dead in Puerto Rico. It also left massive damage to the commonwealth’s power grid, leaving many without power.

There is also a lack of service for cell phones, not allowing people to contact their families. In some places, there is a shortage of clean water.

In the northwest portion of the island, there is fear of a dam collapsing. Many

people in that area have been evacuated and it is expected to be months before they are able to return power to the majority of residents.

“This is going to be a long road,” said Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello.

President Donald Trump has pledged money for Puerto Rico.

Maria is not the only big hurricane this year. Many people are still suffering from the devastation of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Relief efforts for hurricanes Harvey and Irma are still in full swing.

-CNN Sept. 23 3) Tennessee church attacked, leaving one dead and others hurt A Tennessee church was shot up on Sunday when Emanuel Kidega Samson, a 25-year-old man, reportedly fired off multiple rounds around 11 a.m. before injuring himself.

Samson, an immigrant from Sudan, came into the church with two guns.

Members of the congregation say they recognized Samson from services he had attended in the previous few years.

Samson entered the church and was confronted by an usher. He “pistolwhipped” the man, causing an injury to the head. He shot and killed a 39-year-old woman while she was walking to her car.

In total, he killed one person, shot six more and injured another. All of them were rushed to the hospital and are currently in stable condition.

Initial reports say he shot and injured himself as well.

He has been released from the hospital and will be charged with murder and attempted murder.

“This is a terrible tragedy for our city,” said Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Megan Barry. “My heart aches for the family and friends of the deceased, as well as for the wounded victims and their loved ones.”

The FBI is not leading the investigation, but they have responded to the tragic situation.

Reports from the police have said that the Justice Department will dive deeper into the shooting and consider opening up a civil rights case.

-Fox News Sept. 25

Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua, announced at the United Nations General Assembly that it will now support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a move that singles out the United States and Syria as the only two countries not part of the deal.

The news comes in the midst of confusion about what the United States plans to do regarding the pact that includes nearly 200 nations, all focused on curbing climate change. President Trump has stated that he is focused on the economy, and he believes it would negatively affect the country.

Originally, Nicaragua did not agree to the Paris agreement because, the country’s negotiators, stated that it did not compel richer countries to cut carbon emissions or to pay for such damages caused by climate change, thus leading them to believe the pact did not do enough.

However, a Nicaraguan newspaper also reported Monday that Mr. Ortega has indeed reversed course in order to help protect the most vulnerable countries.

“We have to be in solidarity with this large number of countries that are the first victims, who are already the victims and are the ones who will continue to suffer the impact of these disasters and which are countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, of the Caribbean, which are in highly vulnerable areas,” he said according to a translation of his statement.

-New York Times Sept. 20 5) The Republican repeal and replace effort just died.

Again.

With the latest announcement that Sen. Susan Collins, a republican from Maine, will not vote in favor of the Obamacare replacement, Republicans are now pondering

their next move.

Collins became the fourth Republican senator to vote against the bill.

This vote made it impossible for the bill to be passed, despite a republican majority, as it only takes three Republican senators opposing the bill to shoot it down.

Collins announced her decision not long after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that millions of Americans would lose coverage under the bill.

While four senators have rejected the bill, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a republican from Alaska, remains undecided.

Murkowski is currently still reviewing the bill and looking into its impact on her state.

The bill has some republicans hesitant to bring the legislation to a vote.

“I think we’re going to need to have a meeting of our conference tomorrow,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. “[That way] we can kind of see where everybody is before there will be any news.”

On Monday, Trump went after Sen. John McCain, one of the senators who also rejected the bill, and said that it was a “tremendous slap in the face to the republican party.”

However, Cassidy and Graham, the authors of the bill, went on to defend the bill before the finance committee.

“I don’t need a lecture from anybody about healthcare,” said Graham to the panels Democrats. “What you have created isn’t working.”

Another senator that testified was Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who recently learned she has kidney cancer, and has searched long and hard to ensure all types of diagnosis are covered in such bills.

-Fox News Sept. 26 Information curated by Matthew Mansfield For the Yellow Jacket

Think: Overthinking can be good Effort: Hard work really does pay off Continued from B2

tried all of them wondering what if I had missed the best one? I am confident I chose the right college because after my many spreadsheets and dozens of college tours, I am not kidding, dozens, I realized Waynesburg was the best fit for me.

Second-guessing makes the smaller decisions tougher,

but it also ensures that you are making the right long-term ones.

I don’t mind giving everything I do such a ridiculous amount of thought, as I know that it’s impossible to have regrets if you carefully consider all of your options before making a decision.

Indecisiveness is often seen as a drawback, and honestly, as someone who has sat there as a kid endlessly flipping

channels, I can say living a life of just what-ifs isn’t much of one at all.

But, if decisions are approached with an attitude of optimism, self-betterment and confidence, contentment isn’t hard to find.

I find selecting a shirt to wear and choosing the next song to blast into my knotted earphones intimidating tasks, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Continued from B2

never are as satisfying because I didn’t actually try or put the effort in to study enough.

Sometimes I feel we’re pulled into the temptation of developing a hard evasion towards anything that involves homework, assignments, or extra work.

But isn’t that why we’re

at Waynesburg University to begin with?

Why pursue a major, a career, or a passion if you aren’t willing to put your best effort in?

It’s those Sunday mornings that I pull myself out of bed far past the alarm, skip breakfast and hardly bother to find a clean shirt that are the least satisfactory.

I sit through the service

wondering why I even bother attending if taking the time to put on a clean shirt is too much of an inconvenience.

Maybe those bothersome three-page papers and lab reports wouldn’t be so bad, and maybe a bit satisfying in the end, if we went at them with hard work and determination rather than half-hearted procrastination.

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September 28, 2017

VFW brings traveling memorial Local shops and artisans to be wall to honor Vietnam veterans showcased at Farm to Fork event

By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor

According to the National Archives and Records Administration, 58,220 U.S. military fatal casualties were recorded during the Vietnam War. In October 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, located in Washington, D.C., was completed, and was dedicated Nov. 13, 1982.

Several groups of names have been added to the wall since its dedication. In 2011, the last set of names added to the monument brought the total to 58, 272, according to the Wall’s website.

Rick Black, senior vice president of the Waynesburg Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), acknowledged the fact that not everyone is able to travel to Washington, D.C., to visit the wall. But the memorial wall means an indescribable amount to those with loved ones, friends and family, whose names are on the wall.

So, he reached out to the people who operate the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in 2015, hoping to bring the wall to the Waynesburg community.

They gave him three sets of dates. The first set of days didn’t work, but the second did.

Now, the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be on display in Waynesburg for the first time since its creation in the 1990s. The three-fifths scale wall, which is six feet tall and almost 300 feet around, according to its website, was scheduled to arrive yesterday with an escort of over 200 motorcycles, cars and trucks. The wall was escorted from Morgantown and was scheduled to arrive before 2:30 p.m.

The wall will be displayed

at the Greene County Fairgrounds, in Waynesburg. An opening ceremony will take place tonight at 6 p.m., followed by a fly over at 6:15 p.m.

Black, who also belongs to the American Legion, said the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be available for visitation 24 hours a day from Thursday until Sunday, and there is no admission to come see the wall.

Saturday, starting at 1 p.m., will be a recognition ceremony for those on the wall. Black said there will be nine people whose names are on the wall from Greene County that will be honored during the ceremony.

There will be a fly over for the recognition ceremony at 1:15 p.m.

For Black, this ceremony will be special.

“There’s a fellow on the wall that I graduated with from Waynesburg here,” Black said. “Glenn Hopes – 1964 from Waynesburg High School.”

Black continued on the importance of seeing the wall here in Waynesburg.

“It’s extremely important.

I have seen the wall but it’s very important to me. To let other people have the opportunity to see the wall…

It being here, there’s some people that wouldn’t make the trip but with loved ones here they will [be able to see the wall],” Black said.

Black said there’s nothing better than people having the opportunity to see the wall with all of their loved ones around them.

He said for some, seeing the wall won’t be easy but that there will be professional counselors available to help those who need it.

There will also be people who can help search for

names to help anyone looking for specific names or try to answer questions people may have.

Black said there will not be any ceremonies tomorrow, because Sept. 29 marks the 118th birthday of the VFW organization.

While Black acknowledged Waynesburg University’s Homecoming football game that will occur at the same time as the recognition ceremony, he hopes there will be university students, alumni and faculty or fans in general that stop to visit the wall, following the game.

He said while college students today aren’t as impacted by the memorial as older generations, it’s still something that will make a difference to these younger generations down the road.

Sunday’s agenda will feature a Warriors Rock Concert to benefit veterans at 3 p.m. Black said the event is dedicated to veterans and that there were 10 veterans interviewed where they were asked their favorite song during the time they were in Vietnam.

The responses from the veterans will then be the songs plated at the concert.

At 6 p.m., the closing ceremony will take place for about one hour, however, Black said the wall’s visiting hours will go until midnight that evening before the wall will be disassembled and taken to its next location in Florida.

Black said there is an excitement in Waynesburg about the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall coming to town.

“This has been well received by the community, by all veterans, county commissioners – everyone is putting a lot of positive effort into this,” Black said.

By JONAH PHILLIP

For the Yellow Jacket

Thistlewaite Vineyards hosts several events throughout the year to provide members of the community with an opportunity to see what the business has to offer.

This weekend, the vineyard will be hosting its biggest event of the fall.

Farm to Fork is an event that the Thistlewaite family has always had in mind, according to Deneen Rhodes, tasting room events coordinator.

“The idea of Farm to Fork had always been a dream of the Thistlewaites,” said Rhodes.

The event will be held Sept. 30 at 3 p.m., where those in attendance will be able to participate in “an evening of food, wine and entertainment,” according to the Thistlewaite Vineyards’ website.

The event began thanks to the Observer Publishing Company, which offered to help the Thistlewaites complete their dream.

“Carol Deangelo from the Observer-Reporter loved the idea of the Farm to Fork,” said

Rhodes. “They were able to pull sponsors and make the event happen.”

During this day, there is a wide arrange of activities visitors can participate in, including art booths, with anything from jewelry to fashion experts from local clothing stores. There will also be a 5 Kidz Kandy booth.

“Along with the booths, an Alpaca farm will be present, and cooking demonstrations will be offered,” said Rhodes.

“Live music will be performed all night long, and the night will be capped off with a bonfire.”

Rhodes said that there will be an acoustic set from 2-5 p.m. and the Observer Publishing Company booked the Southern Comfort Band for the rest of the night. The band, led by Ricky Marshall and David Paul Travis, is a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band that has played all over the country.

There are two types of tickets available for the Farm to Fork event: general admission or VIP tickets.

The general admission ticket will give the visitor a chance to try local delicacies,

such as roasted hog, salmon sliders and sweet candy apples.VIP tickets have the added opportunity to meet the winemaker, have a private wine tasting and a private tour of the winery.

The event gives the opportunity for attendees to support the local people who produce a majority of the food, according to Rhodes.

Emerald Valley Artisans will be providing most of the dairy products at the event.

They will also be providing one of the most famous Farm to Fork items on the menu.

“The pumpkin ravioli has become a local grown favorite over the course of the event,” said Rhodes.

Rhodes emphasized the main goal of this whole project: to give back.

“A portion of the proceeds go to the Corner Cupboard Food Bank,” said Rhodes.

According to Rhodes, the Corner Cupboard Food Bank has been providing food to those who cannot not afford it since 1992.

More information on the event can be found at farmtoforkevent.com or call 724-883-3372.

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which aims to help feed children during times of great hunger risk, such as holidays and summer breaks.

Already, the community garden is making a difference.

Some of the vegetables at the garden, are in the process of being put into bags

and being distributed at the end of the harvest season, according to Tustin.

According to Tustin, the community benefiting from the garden has been the greatest help in constructing the garden.

“A lot of community involvement was a big incentive for this project,” said Tustin.

The Corner Cupboard

Foodbank’s website states the importance of its volunteers and donors, which are equally important in carrying out the mission of the foodbank.

Information about the foodbank, volunteer opportunities or the community garden, is available on the Corner Cupboard Foodbank’s website at cornercupboard.org or call 724-627-9784.

Recovery: Bird Sisters transitional home attempts to change county

both recovering addicts and concerned community members. They recently petitioned to start a rehabilitation center in the building that used to be Graysville Elementary, but the request was denied.

“Nobody wants to take that step, to be the first people to make a rehab,” said Alissa.

“But, you know, we’re just going to keep trying.”

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all ask questions.

It is really about supporting one another through recovery, Tonya said.

“We all work together as a team to try to help other people and share our experience, strength and hope,” she said.

The facility has become increasingly active in the conversation for drug recovery, on a county level.

The opioid epidemic in Western Pennsylvania is mounting, with overdose deaths in Greene County having doubled since 2014— nearing Washington County levels, according to an article in the Observer-Reporter.

The residents do all they can to address the crisis. Tonya, for example, regularly visits the county courthouse to advocate for probation violators with crimes linked to addiction.

“They need help,” she said.

“Sitting in a jail cell isn’t going to help you; you need to go to treatment.”

Unfortunately, the general consensus in the house is that there are not enough resources to combat drug and alcohol addiction in the county. According to the Pennsylvania Youth Survey 2015 results, which was the most recent year the survey was conducted, up to 46.2 percent of students in 12th grade reported easy access to prescription pain medications, including narcotics. Abuse of narcotic pain medications has been linked to heroin addiction nationwide.

Yet, Tonya thinks that the issue is underestimated in Greene County.

“A lot of people I don’t think quite understand how bad the epidemic is for alcohol and substance abuse. And they feel like ‘Oh well, Washington’s only right there and they have rehab.’ But that’s not the case, because Washington

Teghan Simonton, Yellow Jacket

From left to right, Tonya Palmer, Kelly Riley, Samantha Boyle and Rachel Molish are all residents of the Bird Sisters transional home, pictured with Bonnie Fisher, facilitator. has their issues,” said Tonya.

“We need one here.”

But it’s not that simple.

According to Kira Sisks, director of the Drug and Alcohol Program in the Greene County Department of Human Services, the system in place in Greene County is statewide.

“We are pretty much that central contact for the county for drug and alcohol services,” she said. “So, we provide the prevention, intervention and referral to treatment services.

able programs across the state.

“The problem is…there might be several counties who are looking for this same bed,” Sisks said, explaining that if there is no space in any detox agencies, the patient will have no choice but to wait.

In the eyes of the Bird Sisters residents, making patients wait is unacceptable, and more treatment options should be made available within the county lines.

That’s what brought one of the women in the house, Treasurer Kelly Riley to take up the

“That's what this house is about: saving lives, and giving people a second chance.”

TONYA PALMER

President of the Bird Sisters

We help people find the most suitable bed for them, and we do follow up calls.”

Sisks said the county offers level-of-care assessments to any person in recovery who makes contact with DAP and then helps place them in avail-

issue with state legislators by leading a trip to Harrisburg.

The Bird Sisters lobbied for three main points for the county: a halfway house, a rehabilitation/detox center and more youth outreach programs to prevent cases of

addiction in the future.

With no in-patient rehabilitation facility located in the county, Tonya is beginning to feel desperate. As a transitional home, the Bird Sisters does not have the resources available to provide medical detox—their purpose is to help women only after they’ve gotten clean.

Tonya is asking herself, what should she tell women when they come asking for help?

What if there is no alternative?

What is going to happen to them?

The hardest part is having to turn people away.

It’s one thing to deny someone because of a lack of space, said Tonya. But it’s even worse to have no place to send them.

“I’m terrified, now, of anybody that’s using. I’m just waiting and waiting for a phone call,” she said. “I don’t want to have to turn people away and have no help or resources or anything to do for them, because what’s going

to happen if they [die] that night?”

She thinks about the importance of having a support system during recovery, and the guilt of denying that from someone in need.

She remembers finding her own cousin, dead of an overdose. Only with the help of her friends in the house was she able to make it through the trauma without relapsing.

And she is not the only one in her community to watch loved ones struggle and succumb to addiction. Alissa, a former resident of the house and Tonya’s sponsor, said she has lost more than a dozen friends to the epidemic.

“I think people are seeing that this is affecting our community more and more because people are having family members die, and this disease is affecting everybody,” she said. “I know, us that are sober…we’re all just trying to come together and make a difference.”

Alissa is a part of a community recovery group in Waynesburg, which includes

On a Friday afternoon, the women sit together on the back porch of the house, reclining in lawn chairs and sharing an ash tray. The newest member of the house, Rachel Molish, just returned from a job interview, with good news.

Breathing smoke into the unseasonably hot air, they make plans for the evening, a candlelight meeting down the street, and they talk about their next step with state legislators.

The women plan to host two senators and their aides for dinner, to keep discussing the issues plaguing Greene County. They are composing handwritten letters, too, to send to Harrisburg and make their voices heard.

No matter the outcome, though, Tonya said they will carry on. She knows they will be OK. “When you’re doing the right thing and you’re staying clean, blessings will start to happen,” she said. “That’s what this house is about: saving lives, and giving people a second chance.”

As the late afternoon sun sinks lower, they tease each other, share jokes and laugh.

Tonya said it isn’t always easy being there for each other, but she knows they all need it.

“It’s like a family; we’re kind of like sisters, here. And it ain’t perfect; we don’t always get along, but at the end of the day, we’re here for each other,” she said.

“We stick together.”

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WAYNESBURG UNIVERSIT Y SOCCER

Through faith, Byler beats injury Forward excels in return from torn knee ligaments

By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor

After coming off a great sophomore season in 2015, Melanie Byler was a returning starter ready to continue her role making plays for the Waynesburg University women’s soccer team.

The 2016 season started and Byler was off to a hot start. The team started 3-4-1, but the Yellow Jackets were looking to have a promising season.

In the ninth game of the year, in a game against Mount Union, Byler scored her second goal of the season. However, it would be the last goal Byler would score all season.

Before the game would finish Byler suffered a torn ACL, MCL and PCL, along with a lot of other smaller ligaments in her right knee – the athletic training major stated she basically “shredded” her knee.

She knew the instant it happened that it was a season ending injury.

Women’s head soccer coach Laura Heethuis said it was unsettling.

“Man, it’s tough to put into words,” Heethuis said looking back a year later on Byler’s injury. “My heart just sank for her because she had been having such a good season and was such a good threat for us up top.”

The Yellow Jackets would lose to Mount Union 3-2 in the game, but the loss of one of the team’s leaders was the hardest news to swallow.

“The type of leadership she brought to the field on gameday was something that we relied on,” Heethuis said.

Knowing the injury would be difficult to overcome, Byler wasn’t sure what her plans were moving forward.

“At first, I was extremely frustrated,”

Byler said. “And the first couple of days afterwards I was extremely hesitant to whether I even wanted to have surgery and come back to play.”

However, through the positive encouragement from her teammates and coaches especially, and the intentionality that she carries with her every day, she decided to have the surgery in November 2016 and prepare for a comeback during her senior year. She had her mind set on it.

“The more I sat out on the sideline I realized that I did want to come back and I didn’t want to end my soccer career with this tragic injury,” Byler said. “But I wanted to have a cool story of coming back and seeing how God kind of redeems every part of our lives, including our bodies.”

Growing up in a Christian home, Byler had always been surrounded by faith, but it wasn’t until she started to believe that it made a difference to her.

“Instead of being spoon-fed from my parents, I needed to actually start chewing on it and figure out what does this mean to me, ‘Who is Jesus?’ ‘What does He mean to me?’” Byler said.

Byler said during her sophomore year she started to believe more in God and that she has been growing in her faith since then.

“Since I was raised in it I knew a lot of the answers, but a lot of the head knowledge had to become heart knowledge – and that’s a journey that I’m still on,” Byler said.

The strong aspect of faith in Byler’s life is something that Heethuis has noticed.

“Faith is huge for Mel,” she said. “She relies solely on Christ. And I think when you do that, when you have that rock-solid foundation, any trouble or tribulation that comes your way, you’re almost ready to take it on because you know where you are getting your strength from…She wants the will to win, but she wants the will to witness even more. And I think that speaks volumes as who she is as a person but that she is always going to put her faith before everything else.”

Men's soccer edges out 1-0 win

While sitting out during her injury, Byler to ok on a role as a student-coach.

The transition wasn’t easy – she knew it wouldn’t be – but since Heethuis adapted to a similar role during her days in college, the experienced coach was able to relay quality insight into Byler’s situation.

“My sophomore year of college I got injured, I broke my leg, part-way through the season as well, and that was a challenge that my coach had for me as well, was ‘How do you continue to lead from the side?’” Heethuis said. “…

So you try to learn and you try to become a little bit of a playercoach in that situation and I think that was one thing I challenged Mel to do. She had an opportunity to kind of sit back and watch the game from a different view and watch the angles and the movement of forwards and what the middies need to do and she was really starting

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

So far this season, the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team has struggled in close games.

Coming into their nonconference finale against Shenandoah University this past Monday, Sept. 25, the Jackets had just one win in six contests decided by one goal or fewer.

For the first time in 23 days, the Yellow Jackets picked up a victory, 1-0.

At first, it did not seem that would be the case; for nearly 77 minutes, neither team managed to find the back of the net.

Then, late in the second half, junior forward Austin Zurik’s first goal of the season broke the deadlock. Junior defender Tyler Sisler was credited with the assist. The MSOC >> C4

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Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

Melanie Byler leads the Jackets in points, goals and game winning goals.

Football ‘inconsistent’ in 56-21 defeat Women's XC team

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

Four weeks into the season, the Waynesburg University football team has scored more points each week than it has the week prior. After getting shut out at Muskingum to start the season, the team scored seven points against Westminster. Then the Yellow Jackets scored 20 against Carnegie Mellon. Then they scored 21 against Case Western Reserve.

While the offense has trended upwards from a scoring perspective, the defensive effort has trend-

ed in the opposite direction since the opening game of the season.

After allowing 19 points to Muskingum, it then allowed 28 points to Westminster, 30 to Carnegie Mellon and 56 against Case Western Reserve.

This is one of the facets that the football team has struggled with during this season – consistency on both sides of the ball.

According to interim head coach Chris Smithley, this issue is one of the most important to address and fix as the season progresses.

“We’re not playing as a

team consistently. We’re not complimenting each other,” said Smithley. “…I just think it’s both ways.

When we’re playing good offensively, defensively we’re having some flaws and struggling in areas.

When we’re playing really good defensively, we’re going three-and-out on offense. We’re not consistently playing together yet as a team.”

Smithley saw this especially in the most recent game at Case Western Reserve, noting several drives on both sides of the ball that momentum swung in Waynesburg’s favor,

but was quickly eliminated.

“We come out in the first half and the defense gets a couple stops early…and get us the football back a couple times there in the first quarter,” Smithley said. “But we’re complimenting them by going three-and-out…we’re just not complimenting each other right now.”

One area for the offense that has struggled to find a rhythm so far has been the run game. Out of the four games, there have been three different singlegame leading rushers for

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Colomb making an impact as newcomer

By MATTHEW ZERFOSS

battling several midseason injuries

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

Although not a hardhitting contact sport, cross country runners get injured just as frequently as other athletes.

According to head coach Chris Hardie, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team may very well have more injuries this season than it ever has had in program history.

Having a roster of 27 ac-

“It's hard whenever you want to run so bad for your team. It's not even about myself anymore, I just want to be here for my team, but I can't.”

KATHRYN THOMPSON

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University’s men’s cross country team has a lot of talent overall, but there is one individual that has lead the team through the first three meets. Mac Colomb, a freshman nursing major, had a unique path to Waynesburg.

Colomb is a graduate from Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore City, Maryland. Until high school, Colomb never considered running to be cross country.

“My high school was really good, so I said no [to soccer]," Colomb said. "So I just quit that and I knew that cross country did not make any cuts so I went to cross country.”

When Colomb made up his mind to go to cross country, there was one leader from his high school that inspired him to be the best he could be.

Matt Boldin gave Colomb the advice to be the best you can be in anything you do because it will reflect in your times of running.

cross country season due to her health.

After making the postseason for spring track last year and competing for the extra two weeks, Thompson took four weeks off from running before returning to the pavement.

After just a few weeks of summer training, even going past a jog would cause a burning sensation up her shins. She attempted to run through it for a week before being diagnosed with the

Sophomore runner

Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott

In his most recent race, Colomb paced the Yellow Jackets with a 42nd overall place, with a time of 22:14.

This inspiring message from Boldin helped Colomb be successful in his first two years of his high school campaign. It continued to shine throughout his high school career, which opened the eyes of Waynesburg’s head cross country coach, Chris Hardie,

when seeing his performance at a championship race during his junior year of high school.

Hardie was so impressed with Colomb’s performance that he reached out to him at the meet and stayed in contact with him. Throughout the recruiting process, Hardie felt

that Colomb was one of the best fits in recent years since recent graduate Brendan Keany.

“Mac is a perfect fit in the recruiting process, and I matched up a bunch of variables so they MAC >> C3

tive athletes will do that to a program, as overuse injuries are typically the most frequent injury that sidelines a cross country runner.

On this team, Hardie said the coaching staff are certain to bring runners back to full health before even contemplating about racing them.

“A program philosophy [of ours] is that we probably tend to keep a runner out a little bit longer than most distance programs,” said Hardie. “Because of the depth that we have, we know that we can be really conservative, so we tend to give a day or two more off on the back end of an injury, knowing that we can build them back up slowly. But every runner is a little different.”

Kathryn Thompson, a sophomore on the team, is one of the athletes who has had a slow start to the 2017

possibility of shin splints or a stress fracture. The routine of ice, compression and rest alleviated some pain until she was told that it might be a muscular issue instead.

Thompson has just recently been able to start running and cross training again to get back into shape.

However, her coaches have agreed that health is the largest issue.

Rushing her back to race before her body is ready would only hurt herself and the team.

Despite the p ositive and uplifting atmosphere, Thompson’s desire to be out on the course with her team is still unbearable.

“Mentally, it’s been very, very hard,” said Thompson.

“Both coaches know, Malarie [Yoder], my roommate, WXC >> C3

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September 28, 2017

Yellow Jacket golf Women's tennis swept consecutive times teams prepare for PAC Championships

By BEN NORMAN

For the Yellow Jacket

is that he is a consistent golfer and he doesn’t get himself into a lot of trouble, which we all know is the key to golf, and he had some amazing shots. I know he was frustrated but he had a pretty good day.”

Jones was also happy with what he saw from Miller during the event, though said there is still room for improvement. “[Miller] had some really good holes. He struggled a little bit with his short game, but that was just rust,” said Jones “That was his first competitive round of golf since his freshman year, he is now a junior, so I was pretty pleased with some of the stuff I saw from him. He definitely is a great ball striker, and once he shakes the rust off a little bit, the scores should be better than they were.”

The Waynesburg University golf team will be back in action this Saturday, Sept. 30, in a dual match against Carlow University at Youghiogheny Country Club in McKeesport.

According to Jones, the team focus of the match against Carlow is another opprotunity to prepare for the upcoming PAC Championships which are on Monday, Oct. 2, at the Squaw Creek Golf Club in Vienna, Ohio.

“We are going to use it as a tune up for PAC’s, that is why we scheduled it there,” said Jones. “We won’t worry about results, but just fine tune our strategy going into PAC’s and work on our games…We just got to get back to playing Jacket golf.”

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

Three members from the golf team, senior Aaron Hill, junior Joshua Miller and freshman Will Purbaugh, traveled to the Westminster Invite to compete a week before the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Fall Championship on Monday, Sept. 25, Head coach Sam Jones said he was not looking for any specific placements, but rather the invite served the opportunity for the golfers to strengthen their skills.

“It was just another day to play golf and get better. That is what golf is really all about,” said Jones. “There is no real record, we are not looking to finish second in the conference in the regular season or top five, because there is no regular season. It is just about getting out there and golfing.

So, when a couple of your guys are just out there getting better at golf that is what you want.

So, I’m just happy with that.”

Hill carded a 16-over 88, finishing in a tie for 51st place in the invite. Miller went on to shoot a 93 and Purbaugh was pulled out due to an injury during the contest.

According to Jones, the consistency of Hill was evident in his performance despite moments of frustration. “[Hill] did fine. He had a bit of a rough day and had some unlucky breaks, but he still had a decent score,” said Jones. “The course was playing particularly hard for a lot of people. The thing about [Hill]

The Waynesburg University women’s tennis team has had many scheduling conflicts this season. When playing away from home on a weekday, the team more often than not will be forced to forfeit a few sets. “[Senior] Liz [Ensminger] is student teaching, [and there are] a couple are nursing majors,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “It has just been a struggle getting everyone to

the matches.”

This was the case at Westminster where the Jackets dropped a 9-0 decision to last year’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference champion.

With only five players able to attend the match, the team was forced to forfeit a singles match and a doubles match in the contest.

Ensminger, who usually is Waynesburg’s number two player, was unable to make the trip to New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Sophomore Si-

erra Stevens was also unable to compete, and junior Aubree Brown, the team’s number one singles player last year, is still injured.

According to senior Wendy Wall, competing without a full lineup often puts players that are in the match in a tough position. With the absences, players have to play outside of their typical competition and shift up in the lineup.

“Playing shorthanded can throw you off a little, especially if you have to play a dif-

ferent line than you’re used to playing,” said Wall.

Wall and sophomore Noelle Hughes paired up at first doubles and dropped an 8-2 decision to the Titan duo of senior Gabriele Eaborn and freshman Julia Serbati. Those two game wins were the only doubles wins for the Yellow Jackets in the entire matchup.

Following the competition against W&J on Wednesday.

The Yellow Jackets will face off against Thomas More Saturday, Sept. 30.

Men's tennis ends fall season with tri-match split

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg University men’s tennis team closed out its fall season by splitting a tri-match with Washington & Jefferson and Marietta on Saturday, Sept. 23. The Jackets fell to W&J, 7-2, before bouncing back to beat Marietta, 8-1.

In the first match, the Presidents dominated in doubles, sweeping all three matches.

In singles, two Yellow Jackets, junior Josh Denham and senior Andrew Brunette, picked up wins.

Denham won his match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, while Brunette lost the first set, 2-6, before bouncing back to win the next two, 6-4, 10-8.

Waynesburg got much better doubles results in the next match against Marietta, sweeping all three. Denham and fellow junior Jonah Cooper did well as the number one pairing, winning 8-5.

Senior Adam McKnight and sophomore Tanner McKnight

Patience Yobp, Yellow Jacket

Josh Denham was selected as Waynesburg University's Athlete of the Week after he recorded a 3-1 record in the tri-match. fought to win their match, in a tiebreaker, 7-4. Sophomore James Zeremenko and junior Brian Drake closed out the doubles portion of the day with an 8-5 win.

In singles play, Cooper grinded out a three-set victory. After splitting the first two sets, 6-4, 4-6, Cooper won the final set that came down to

a tiebreaker, 10-7. Denham won his match in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, and Adam McKnight clinched the win for Waynesburg, winning both sets 6-0.

Tanner McKnight and Drake capped off the day by winning their respective matches, both in three sets.

Cooper took over the number one spot as a sophomore

last year. Although head coach Ron Headlee says some aspects of Cooper’s game still need work, he doesn’t think Cooper is far from reaching his potential.

“Number ones are tough,” Headlee said. “You’re playing the best person on the other MTEN >> C4

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

Conf.

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

Overall 4-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 0-4 0-4

Saturday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 21, CASE WESTERN RESERVE 56 Waynesburg 0 7 7 7 21 Case Western Reserve 14 14 14 14 56

SCORE RECAP First Quarter: CWR- Jacob Burke 6 yd run (Ben Carniol kick), 8:44; Aaron Aguilar 6 yd pass from Rob Cuda (Ben Carniol kick), 2:51 Second Quarter: WAY - JaWuan Jones 35 yd pass from Tyler Perone (Garret Guthrie kick), 4:01; CWR - Jacob Burke 5 yd run (Ben Carniol kick), 2:14; Justin Phan 29 yd pass from Rob Cuda (Ben Carniol kick), 0:52 Third Quarter: WAY - Chad Walker 13 yd pass from Tyler Perone (Garret Guthrie kick), 12:26; CWR - Jacob Burke 2 yd run (Ben Carniol kick), 3:48; Aaron Aguilar 9 yd pass from Rob Cuda (Ben Carniol kick), 0:00 Fourth Quarter: CWR - Myles Anthony 2 yd run (Weston Saleron kick), 11:19; WAY - JaWuan Jones 5 yd pass from Tyler Perone (Garret Guthrie kick), 5:57; CWR - Sam Jenkins 45 yd run (Weston Saleron kick), 1:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD INT Tyler Perone................. 18 32 181 3 1 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS Austin Wilson............................ 15 82 Doswell-Hardric........................ 3 9 Waynesburg receiving

REC YDS Austin Wilson .............................6 47 Jake Dougherty......................... 3 46

PASSING YARDS: Rowse, 1057, W&J; Navarro, 955, SVC; Cuda, 823, CWR RUSHING YARDS: Marshall, 839, GEN; Barca, 658, THI; Pitts, 590, THI TACKLES: Gatling, 43, BET; Jaszcar, 42, GRO; Murgo, 28, W&J; SACKS: Armbrecht, 3.5, GRO; Hansel, 3.5, TMC; Pierce, 3, BET INTERCEPTIONS: Williams, 3, TMC; Jeter, 2, WES;

Washington & Jefferson Geneva Grove City Thomas More Westminster Bethany Thiel Waynesburg Saint Vincent

Conf.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Overall 6-2 6-2-1 4-2-2 4-3-1 5-4-1 5-5 3-5 2-4-2 3-6-1

Last Monday's Box Score

SHENANDOAH 0, WAYNESBURG 1 Pitt-Greensburg 0 0 0 FINAL Waynesburg 0 1 1 SCORE

SCORE RECAP

Second Half: WAY - Goal Austin Zurik, 76:55

RECENT RESULTS

Tuesday, September 26: Mount Aloysius 1 @ Bethany 3; Geneva 1 @ Allegheny 0 Monday, September 25: Mount Aloysius 1 @ Saint Vincent 0; Shenandoah 0 @ Waynesburg 1

TD 0 0

UPCOMING GAMES

TD 0 0

Saturday, September 23: Penn State New Kensington @ Bethany 12 p.m.; Thomas More @ Grove City 3:30 p.m.; W&J @ Thiel 3:30 p.m.

Case Western Reserve passing COM ATT YDS TD INT Rob Cuda.................... 17 26 314 3 1 Case Western Reserve rushing ATT YDS Jacob Burke............................... 21 137 Sam Jenkins............................... 4 54

TD 3 1

Case Western Reserve receiving REC YDS Justin Phan................................. 6 93 Zak Hurd......................................2 83

TD 1 0

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, September 23

Geneva 33 @ Thiel 24; Bethany 14 @ Westminster 41; Thomas More 17 @ Carnegie Mellon 37; Waynesburg 21 @ Case Western Reserve 56; Saint Vincent 14 @ Grove City 24

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, September 30 Westminster @ Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Case Western Reserve @ Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Thiel @ W&J - 1 p.m.; Grove City @ Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon @ Bethany; 2 p.m.

POINTS: Iregui, 19, WES; O'Holloran, 18, GEN; Burton, 11; GRO; Lujan ,11, BET GOALS: O'Halloran, 8, GEN; Iregui, 8, WES; Burton, 5, GRO

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

Conf.

Friday, September 29: Waynesburg @ Saint Vincent 2 p.m.; Bethany @ Geneva, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 3:W&J @ Thomas More 2 p.m.; Grove City @ Buffalo State 6:30 p.m.; Westminster @ Waynesburg 8 p.m.

On The Air WCYJ-FM 99.5 The Hive Saturday, September 30 Grove City College @ Waynesburg Pregame: 1:00 p.m.

Grace Beck, Zac Schnegg Rachel Mangan, Joe Smeltzer

GreeneSports.net Friday, September 29 Jefferson-Morgan @ Avella Pregame: 6:45 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES

W&J Digs

Friday, September 29: Waynesburg @ Saint Vincent - 4p.m.; Bethany @ Geneva - 5 p.m.; Westminster @ Chatham - 7:30 p.m.

Cassie Murcko..............................................................11 Hannah Devine............................................................11

Saturday, September 30: Thomas More @ Grove City - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff @ Thiel - 1p.m.; Alfred @ Bethany - 3p.m.

Tuesday, September 26: Geneva 3 @ Grove City 1; Thiel 2 @ Geneva 3; Saint Vincent 3 @ Waynesburg 0; W&J 1 @ Bethany 3; Thiel 0 @ Grove City 3

Tuesday, October 3: Wash & Jeff @ Thomas More 4:30 p.m.; Westminster @ Waynesburg - 6 p.m.

Sunday, September 24: Westminster 0 @ Thomas More 3

Wednesday, October 4: Chatham @ Grove City - 4 p.m.; Saint Vincent @ Geneva - 4:30 p.m.; Thiel @ Bethany - 7:30 p.m.

PAC WOMENS SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Grimm, 12, W&J; Robinson, 11, CHA; Vernail, 10, CHA GOALS: Robinson, 5, CHA; Grimm, 5, W&J; Meyers, 5, BET ASSISTS: Kirk, 3, GRO; Vernail, 3, CHA; Ruzzini , 3, W&J; Guerra, 3, GRO; Lett, 3, CHA SAVES: Palmer, 46, THI; Page, 43, WES; Vazquez, 42, BET

2:30 p.m.; W&J @ Thiel - 3 p.m.; Thomas More @ Geneva -3 p.m.; W&J @ Chatham 5 p.m.

Overall

Thomas More 7-0 13-4 4-0 5-12 ASSISTS: Oliver, 5, THI; Sisler, 3, WAY; Preziosco, 3, W&J; Geneva Walters, 3, WES Westminster 5-1 11-2 Bethany 4-1 11-6 SAVES: Conrad, 48, THI; Antonoplos, 46, SVC; Bove, Saint Vincent 3-3 10-7 46, WES Grove City 3-3 5-10 Washington & Jefferson 3-4 5-7 Chatham 1-5 7-5 Thiel 1-6 7-11 Chatham 0-0 6-1 Waynesburg 0-8 1-13 Grove City 0-0 5-3 Westminster 0-0 5-3 Last Tuesday's Box Score Thomas More 0-0 4-3-1 SAINT VINCENT 3, WAYNESBURG 0 Washington & Jefferson 0-0 4-3-1 Saint Vincent 25 25 25 3 Waynesburg 0-0 4-3-1 Waynesburg 13 13 20 0 Geneva 0-0 3-5 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Thiel 0-0 3-6 Waynesburg Kills Bethany 0-0 2-7 Saint Vincent 0-0 0-7-1 Jordyn Wyllie..............................................................7 Cassidy Guiser.............................................................4 Last Saturday's Box Score SALEM 2, WAYNESBURG 1 Waynesburg Assists Salem 0 2 2 FINAL Waynesburg 0 1 1 SCORE Olivia Zuchelli..............................................................8 Rachel Lemay..............................................................7 SCORE RECAP Second Half: SAL - Goal Brooke Bukas, 70:55; WAY Waynesburg Digs Goal Emma Gozzard, 71:17; SAL - Goal Brooke Bukas, 77:58 Cassidy Guiser..............................................................10 Alyssa Proper................................................................9 RECENT RESULTS Tuesday, September 26: Grove City 0 @ Baldwin Saint Vincent Kills Wallace 2; Saint Vincent 0 @ Juniata 2; Mount Aloysius 0 @ Bethany 1 Cassie Murcko...............................................................12 Mary Popp....................................................................11 Monday, September 25: Thiel 0 @ Marietta 1 W&J Assists Sunday, September 24: Thomas More 1 @ John Carroll 2; Salem 2 @ Chatham 0, Wash & Jeff 2 @ Case Marisa O'Dell................................................................33 Western; Westminster 0 @ Carnegie Mellon 7 Hannah Glasheen.........................................................4

WOMEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS

PAC MEN SOCCER LEADERS

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, September 23: King's 1 @ Saint Vincent 3; FDU-Florham 3 @ Bethany 2; Waynesburg 0 @ Thomas More 3; Saint Vincent 0 @ York 3; Chatham 3 @ Waynesburg 0; Wooster 3 @ Geneva 0; Albright 0 @ Bethany 3; Westminster 3 @ Wilmington 0; Chatham 0 @ Thomas More 3; Messiah 3 @ Geneva 0

UPCOMING GAMES

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

KILLS: Hughes, 184, GEN; Lasher, 125, CHA; Sparks, 190, BET ASSISTS: Fessler, 396, TMC; O'Brien, 394, W&J; Hartshorn, 388, GRO BLOCKS: Muhammad, 55, BET; Mummert, 47, TMC; Yoho, 45, WES DIGS: Parker, 369, BET; Coughlin, 236, W&J; Bronner, 247, TMC

CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, September 23 Saint Vincent Invitational 1. Saint Vincent, 19 pts.; 5. Thiel, 150 pts.

Individual

Saint Vincent Invitational 1. Will Greene, 27:39, VIN; 2. Bryce Childers, 27:47, LIB; 3. Alex Krieger, 27:55; VIN

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday September 30: Grove City, Geneva, Waynesburg @ Dickinsong Long-Short Invitational; Chatham @ Eden Hall Invitational; Thomas More @ Greater Louisville Classic

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, September 23 Saint Vincent Invitational 1. Saint Vincent, 36 pts.

Individual

Saint Vincent Invitational 1. Tori Fulkroad, 23:52, JOH; 2. Margaret Czapski, 24:34, VIN; 3. Amanda Espy, 25:27, CAR

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday September 23: Chatham @ Eden Hall Inivational; Geneva, Grove City, Waynesburg @ Dickinson Long-Short Invitational; Thomas More @ Greater Louisville Classic

YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Friday, September 29: Westminster @ Allegheny - 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 30: Baldwin Wallace @ Grove City - 11 a.m.; Bethany @ Geneva - 11 a.m.; PittGreenesburg @ Westminster - 12 p.m.; Thiel @ Chatham - 1 p.m.; Grove City @ D'Youville - 1 p.m.; Bethany @ Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Buffalo State @ Westminster -

Josh Denham - Men's tennis Cassidy Guiser - Volleyball

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan

Carmichaels

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

West Greene

Football

Football

Football

Football

Football

JEFFERSON-MORGAN 0, West Greene 18 West Greene 12 0 0 6 18 Jefferson-Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 This game was all West Greene from the start, as Isaac Courtwright connected with Gavin Scott for a 20-yard score mid-way through the first quarter.

Ben Jackson capped the first quarter with a 2-yard run for the Pioneers before Nate Brudnock sealed the deal with a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter.

CAMRMICHAELS 47, Avella 13 Avella 0 6 0 7 13 Carmichaels 21 20 0 6 47 Carmichaels dominated this game from the start with 41 points in the first half, topped off by a 14-yard touchdown catch by Garrett Ponick from Kevin Kelly.

Chad Ruse had both a touchdown reception and kickoff return for a score in the contest. Owen English had a touchdown run and 59-yard touchdown pass for Avella in the loss.

MAPLETOWN 8, California 63 Mapletown 0 0 0 8 8 California 28 21 7 7 63 Mapletown struggled to get much going in this contest, allowing 56 points before Dylan Rush finally got the team on the board with a 56-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. California benefitted from a run-heavy attack that produced seven touchdowns on the ground, including two from Jelani Stafford.

WAYNESBURG 6, Yough 21 Waynesburg 0 0 0 6 6 Yough 13 0 0 8 21 Waynesburg Central broke a two-week scoreless drought in this contest, but it was not enough for the Red Raiders to overcome Yough. Dustin Shoaf paced Yough with three rushing touchdowns. Caleb Shriver tallied the lone points for Waynesburg Central with a 1-yard run.

WEST GREENE 18, Jeferson-Morgan 0 West Greene 12 0 0 6 18 Jefferson Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 This game was all West Greene from the start, as Isaac Courtwright connected with Gavin Scott for a 20-yard score mid-way through the first quarter.

Ben Jackson capped the first quarter with a 2-yard run for the Pioneers before Nate Brudnock sealed the deal with a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: @ Avella 9/29- 7 p.m.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: @ Mapletown 9/29- 7 p.m.

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: vs Carmichaels 9/29 - 7 p.m

Friday’s Box Score

NEXT GAME: vs Southmoreland 9/29 - 7 p.m.

Friday’s Box Score

NEXT GAME: @ Fort Cherry 9/29 - 7 p.m.

September 28, 2017

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Volleyball extends losing streak to 13 Mac: Freshman

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

The Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team hosted St. Vincent Tuesday, Sept. 26, for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference competition.

T h e B e arc at s ro l l e d comfortably over the Yellow Jackets in a 3-0 win at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. The loss was the 13th straight for the Yellow Jackets.

Waynesburg kept the first set close early, trailing 1210 until Saint Vincent rattled off eight straight points to take a 20-10 advantage.

The Yellow Jackets were unable to rally back, dropping the first set 25-13.

The second set started in similar fashion, as the Yellow Jackets kept the score close, trading leads with the Bearcats until the score was 7-7.

Saint Vincent again ran up eight straight points to take another commanding lead that they did not relinquish.

The Bearcats took the second set by another score of 25-13.

Waynesburg made some adjustments heading into the third set as the team did not give up a big run like it had in the first two sets.

“Really it was us doing basic things—kind of repeating the same thing over and over again,” said

Jackets again fell just short, unable to get a final run going to avoid the sweep and losing the set 25-20.

One of the bright spots on the team for the night and the past few matches, according to Benkowski, has been junior defensive specialist Cassidy Guiser, who has taken on a different role this season.

“Cassidy is a rock star. She is awesome. She has, for us, taken on a role that she probably did not expect.”

STEPHANIE BENKOWSKI

Head volleyball coach

head coach Stephanie Benkowksi.

Midway through the third set, the Yellow Jackets took a 12-11 lead after freshman outside hitter Hannah Colvin notched a kill off a set by sophomore setter Olivia Zuchelli.

Waynesburg continued to battle, keeping the score close, trailing 18-16 late in the third, but the Yellow

“Cassidy is a rock star.

She is awesome,” said Benkowski. “She has, for us, taken on a role that she probably did not expect.

She has bought into it and she has worked super hard in practice to get better at being an outside [hitter] for us and she does good.

She really works hard and is successful at it.”

Guiser finished the match

with the second most kills on the team with four, led the team in digs with 10 and had the lone ace for the Yellow Jackets on the evening.

Junior outside hitter Jordyn Wyllie led the team in kills on the night with seven, while Zuchelli led the team in assists with eight.

Freshman setter Rachel Lemay added seven assists and sophomore defensive specialist Olivia Proper added nine digs.

One of the things that Benkowski has been the most impressed with for the season has been the growth and development of new players that are seeing significant time.

“They’re getting better and they have gotten better,” she said.

“Hannah [Colvin] has gotten so much better as a middle for us even though she came as an outside and took on a role that she probably wasn’t expecting.

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a ‘perfect fit’ for men's cross country Continued from C1

have to hit some criteria,” said Hardie. “He’s fast, he’s talented, a high character guy and you can tell that he has been raised by some great parents.”

After seeing Colomb’s performance, Hardie stayed in contact with him asking about his performances. Hardie going the extra mile made Colomb feel comfortable and that Waynesburg would be the best choice.

“I actually chose to come to Waynesburg because of Hardie and the nursing program here is fantastic,” said Colomb.

“I was looking at one other school, and basically coach Hardie’s willingness to communicate with me and just texting me to see how I was doing meant a lot to me.”

Throughout the early stages of Colomb’s collegiate career, he received his first collegiate

honor – Presidents' Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week.

According to Hardie, Colomb’s strategy and leadership is present.

“He is someone that really pushes the pace, he is really aggressive at practice and you do not see that from a lot of freshmen,” said Hardie.

“He does not mind being the front runner at practice and overall so far he is a good leader.”

Hardie said the confidence level of the freshmen is remarkable. Five out of the top seven runners so far have been freshmen.

“The confidence level is there when 12 out of your top 15 are freshmen. There has to be a little bit of swag at the practices and at the meets,” said Hardie. “Overall, they want to help the team to do better and they do not focus on themselves.”

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the Yellow Jackets. Junior Austin Wilson led the team in yards in Week One and Week Four, while sophomore Jarves Crews paced the team Week Two and junior Ben Ciero led the charge in Week Three.

As injuries have piled on, Smithley said the approach of using multiple backs is something most teams are utilizing around the country. “[Our run game] will be a by-committee until someone takes on the ownership of the position,” Smithley said. “You’re seeing it around the country, everyone is almost a by-committee. Nobody is taking 30-35 carries anymore just with the speed of the game and you want to keep guys fresh and manage their carries. I think that we’ll continue to be a by-committee.”

While echoing that sediment, Smithley notes that from last week, there is one

thing in particular that he looks for the running backs to be consistent in – hitting the holes.

“We missed a lot of holes – they may not be holes that take us for touchdowns, but they’re holes that will get us four yards instead of zero,” said Smithley. “That’s something that we’re going to put a pretty big emphasis on moving into this week is getting positive yards.

We can’t take the negative yards on offense.”

Additionally, after starting the season with consecutive games of under 100 yards passing, sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone has picked up his play from a statistical standpoint over the last two contests.

With nearly 400 yards passing and five combined touchdowns against Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve, the secondyear transfer from Seton Hill continues to show positive signs of his playmaking abilities.

Smithley said that, despite the numbers against

Case Western Reserve, it was not one of Perone’s better games as Waynesburg’s starting quarterback.

Smithley is, however, committed to the growth and development of his young quarterback. “ [ Pe ron e ] h a s m a d e some plays and he’s improved,” Smithley said.

“But I think from a decision making process, and doing the right things by the offense, I thought that this [was not one of Perone’s] better games that he’s played. For whatever reason that is, we have to get it fixed moving forward.

He’s our guy, and we’re going to stick with him. We just have to fix the mistakes and move forward.”

Defensively, there have been many players that have individually contributed to the effectiveness of the unit.

However, Smithley said, there are often times where not everyone is on the same page.

Two young players in particular that have carved

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In his last start, Tyler Perone completed 18 passes of 32 attempts for 181 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. big roles into the defensive effort that the firstyear interim head coach has been impressed with are sophomore defensive backs VaShon Graham and Tyler Smith, who he thinks have been consistent in a

defense that has shown inconsistencies.

“I think those guys do a great job,” said Smithley. “I think they’re the future of the heart of that defense.

I think they’re still making their young mistakes

here and there. For the most part, those two guys are pretty key components to our defense right now.

They’ll keep getting better, and those are guys that we are going to lean on in the near future here to get this thing going.”

On a team that features m a ny u n d e r c l a s s m e n , Smithley is aware that the inconsistencies are all a part of the learning curve for his young team.

“Those are things you’re going to deal with when you’re an inexperienced team and you grow and try to build something into what you want it to be with a little bit different of an offensive plan than in the past,” he said. “Possessing the football and managing the clock—these are growing pains that we’re going through right now and we’re going to get to that.

These are conversations that we’re having with our players about situations and how we need to handle them better and how… we’re going to get there.”

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to understand the game better than when she came in.”

Although Byler embraced the role of contributing to the team form the sideline – because she had no choice – she felt as though she couldn’t give it all she had.

“I could support my teammates on the sideline but I could only do so much from the sideline,” she said. “I wanted to be back in the battle with them instead of just cheering on the sideline.”

Heethuis knows just how Byler is – having spent several years coaching her and getting to know her, she knew the leader would do what was necessary to make the comeback season happen. She said Byler is very intentional in everything that she does.

“And then also she showed her leadership as well by the amount of time and effort and energy she spent and the dedication and commitment to rehabbing,” Heethuis said.

“And spending all that time committed to this team and committed to getting better and coming back and being even fitter than she was before.”

Due to the fact she was unable to do a ton of contact drills during the summer heading into this season, Byler entered game one as a reserve player coming in off the bench. But

because of her work ethic, determination and intentionality, she has worked her way back into her spot from last year.

“She’s earned her way back into the starting 11 right now,” Heethuis said. “…But having her back on the field, in and out of every practice, every training session, and every single game she brings a voice and a work ethic that I think people can thrive off of.

If I want my freshmen looking at this team to find somebody to strive to be like, she’d definitely be one of them. She sets a great example for who we are as a university and what we want the soccer team to be about.”

So far, through eight games of the 2017 season, Byler is tied for first in goals on the team with three and is the points leader, with seven – one more than she had last season this many games into the season.

How has she been able to not only return to the field but excel?

“Just praise be to God. I am fully aware that the only reason I’m back is because God is good and he has brought healing to my knee. Even like up to a week before the season I was having pain in my knee and like I trained a lot and I did a lot of physical therapy over the summer. But it’s by the grace of Jesus Christ alone that I’m able to be playing. And every time I step out onto the field I just say in my head, I’m praying

and saying, ‘Help me Jesus do this well and do it for your own glory,’” Byler said.

While Byler not only includes her faith in her daily life, she also works to share her faith with others.

Young Life is a mentor-type event where college students visit and spend time with local high school students simply getting to know their stories and being good listeners.

On any given Friday evening before a game Saturday, Byler can be caught at West Greene High School sharing her time with others. A Bonner Scholar who is also a member of the Athletic Training Club, Byler is also a threetime member of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Sharing her time on others, whether for her athletic training major or for a fun evening of fellowship, and carrying out her life as a Christian with intentionality, Byler has received high praise from her coach.

“Between being an athletic training student and trying to get in all of those clinical hours and go to team practices that are not her own and then get to practices with us and then be a part of youth group stuff, like she has got so much time that she is devoting to other people,” said Heethuis. “And she truly is a servant leader and somebody that I think Waynesburg in general can be very, very proud of.”

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Shin splints, stress fractures and cramps are some of the most frequent injuries among cross country runners.

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knows the struggles that I’ve been through…it’s hard whenever you want to run so bad for your team, it’s not even about myself anymore, I just want to be here for my team, but I can’t.”

However, both the coaches and Thompson’s teammates have helped calm her down and ease her potential fears.

“Being here, getting to talk to everyone,” said Thompson. “With everyone being so uplifting and reassuring… they don’t want me hurting myself by just wanting to run. They want me healthy.”

Freshman Megan Studebaker was coming off a stress

fracture from her left leg during the summer, and the high mileage in the summer aggravated the injury again.

Having dealt with injuries before in her athletic career, Studebaker already appreciates the way Waynesburg handles the issue.

“It feels a lot more accommodating than it did in high school when I was dealing with injuries,” said Studebaker. “The coaches still have me come to practice every single day even if I’m not doing the workouts and I still feel like a huge part of the team.”

Although Studebaker would love to be out on the course as well, she still understands and sees the nature of the team.

“It’s hard mentally with my season,” said Studebaker.

“But it’s really encouraging watching everyone else.”

All the athletes on the team are treated with care to their injuries to ensure they can come back healthier than before.

However, another important aspect is that their four years aren’t the only time they may be running in their lifetime.

“We’re conservative, it’s how we’ve always been, we don’t ever want to run somebody in to the ground,” said Hardie. “The key for us is there is a career after college, and I would feel horrible if I ran an athlete into an injury that set them back their entire career.”

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September 28, 2017 WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GROVE CITY COLLEGE

Jackets face perennial PAC bottomdweller on Homecoming

By DONALD CHEDRICK For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University football team finds itself in unfriendly territory – an 0-4 start to the season.

However, this is the second consecutive year the Yellow Jackets have opened their season without a win in the month of September.

The defense got roughed up, but the offense tallied its highest point total of 2017 following a 56-21 loss at the hands of the Case Western Reserve University Spartans last weekend.

The Spartans opened up a 14-0 lead on Waynesburg and never looked back, with an offensive output that scored 56 points and accumulated 595 yards.

The balanced attack produced three rushing touchdowns from senior fullback Jacob Burke. Senior quarterback Rob Cuda tossed three touchdown passes, two going to senior running back Aaron Aguilar

and one to junior wide receiver Justin Phan.

T h e Ye l l o w J a c k e t s achie ved their hig hest scoring game of the season by putting 21 points on the scoreboard.

Sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone connected with freshman wide receiver JaWuan Jones on a pair of passing scores – a 35-yarder and 5-yard catch.

Perone would find sophomore wide receiver Chad Walker for his first-career Waynesburg touchdown in the third quarter.

On Saturday, the Yellow Jackets take on the Grove City College Wolverines, who are coming off their first victory in four years after knocking off Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe, Saint Vincent 24-14.

Last season, Waynesburg got the best of Grove City and spoiled homecoming for the Wolverines with a 14-10 win on the road. This year, Grove City will be looking to return the favor.

against Grove City.

“We have to get our defensive guys healthy, and we just have to have a good week,” Smithley said.

Don’t sleep on Grove City

There are few keys the Yellow Jackets can look to in order to pick up win number one versus Grove City for the second straight season.

Get back to basics Waynesburg has been able to build on its offensive production each week of the season, and if the team can continue, it will score more than 21 points on Saturday. Interim head

coach Chris Smithley said the first important step to continuing that progress is sticking to the basics.

“We have to be good at what we do and we cannot make mistakes,” Smithley said. “We have to have those long offensive drives and we have to end those with touchdowns.”

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The Grove City football program has had a handful of turmoil over the past few seasons, most recently with the untimely departures of quarterback Brett Laffoon and wide receiver Nick Ponikvar. But the Wolverines are coming off a stunner against Saint Vincent a week ago, and Smithley does not see them as the team they were in the past.

“This is a better Grove City team than what a lot of people think,” Smithley said. “They play with a lot of fire and they play with a lot of heart. They are getting back on track to being a good football program.”

Smithley sees a lot of similarities between the two squads, and entering the game with an 0-4 record, the Yellow Jackets

cannot take the Wolverines lightly.

“I see [Grove City] being in the same situation that we’re in,” Smithley said. “[Grove City] has a young coach setting up a foundation for how he wants things to be done.”

Homecoming energy Last year, the Yellow Jackets used the energy from homecoming to pull off an upset win over Geneva, and they hope to do the same thing Saturday afternoon in front of what is normally one of the largest crowds of the year.

This will be Smithley’s first homecoming game as head coach at Waynesburg, and he wants to make sure his team keeps their focus where it should be.

“Our focus has to be the game at hand and what we have to do to get our jobs done,” Smithley said. “We have to win a football game and that’s where our focus is going to be.”

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goal would be all the offense the Yellow Jackets would need.

For head coach Brad Heethuis, the win was important for Waynesburg improving as a young team.

“It’s [part of] that growing process, that learning process, that a lot of these young guys have to do,” Heethuis said. “It was good to get that 1-0 win and to kind of be able to see a game out there in the last five, 10 minutes.

We didn’t do that good prior to last night, and I wouldn’t say we did that perfectly by any means last night. But it was much better in the sense of finishing off a game.”

After leading the Yellow Jackets in goals last season with three, Zurik has only started two games so far in 2017. For Zurik, who came off the bench Monday night, it was a relief to get that first goal out of the way.

“To finally put one in the back of the net is really relieving,” Zurik said. “Especially to finally break the tie, but also personally – since I’ve been struggling this year. It felt good to get that confidence back before [conference play] starts.”

Zurik said that a change in his strategy helped lead to the goal.

“We had a long throw in and we had a play set up to send a few people near post, and a few loop the back post, but I changed up my run… I had been going near post the whole game, so I took a few steps near post, and it cleared up some space,” Zurik said.

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After appearing in only two games last season, Kaylib Young-Argyle has played in eight this season.

Way ne s bu rg out shot Shenandoah, 20-8, and also had seven shots on goal as opposed to three for the Hornets. Due to the difference in total shots, Zurik feels the final score was misleading “Even though the final score was 1-0, it probably could have and should have been about 4-0, because we had a lot of chances,” Zurik said.

Zurik said that closing out a game was a point of discussion after a 2-2 draw against Pitt-Greensburg last Tuesday, Sept. 19.

“After [UPG], we came to-

gether as a team and talked about [closing],” Zurik said.

“We focused on that in practice, so I think it was also really good that we closed out the game, got the ball to the corners and followed our game plan.”

Junior goalkeeper James Snyder posted his second clean sheet of the campaign.

Although Snyder only had to save three shots, Heethuis said that the stops he did make were vital to the win. “[Snyder] didn’t have to make a lot of saves, but the few he did make were big,” Heethuis said. “One [was es-

pecially vital] in the first half.

It was pretty much [a one-onone situation,] and he came up with a big save to keep it knotted at 0-0. He could have clicked off mentally, but he was in it for 90 minutes.”

For Snyder, being able to focus despite not seeing a lot of action was vital.

“It’s staying mentally in the game,” Snyder said. “It’s really easy to just kind of forget that you’re there, or forget that this is a 1-0 game…

You’re just staying focused on the game and understanding and analyzing every play, and just trying to make sure that when they do come down... you have to be at your best.”

Waynesburg will play the first of its eight Presidents’ Athletic Conference games this Friday, Sept. 29, when it travels to Latrobe, to take on Saint Vincent College at 2 p.m. Although the Bearcats did not post an impressive non-conference record, Snyder does not take them lightly. “[Saint Vincent is] coming in confident,” Snyder said.

“They’re coming in ready to play. They feel that they can get a win over us, but we understand that we are the better team. We just have to go out and play our game and not feel any pressure about it.”

Heethuis sees conference play as the start of a new season. “[We can] kind of throw records out the window at this point,” Heethuis said.

“Saint Vincent, every year, they’re going to come at you hard in work, and try to put you under pressure. So it will be a good first test for us in the conference.”

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she’s done a great job."

Benkowski also noted a few other players who stood out in the match.

"Rachel [Lemay], as a setter, has done a great job.

We’re tweaking her here and there, but she’s working really hard," Benkowski said. "Grace [Hogue] has done a good job. My freshman, I’m very happy with—they’re working hard and they’re trying. I’m sure they’re frustrated with ever ything going on, but you can see improvements with them.”

Waynesburg will be back in action Thursday, Sept.

28, at home as the Yellow Jackets host Mount Aloysius at 7 p.m. in a non-conference matchup.

“We’re going to have to play hard,” said Benkowski.

“They’re a solid team coming in here on Thursday. We’re going to have to actually play an entire match and not pick and choose when we play. We’re going to go at them a little differently because its nonconference, but we have to get a win. We have to play hard, we have to try, we have to trust our teammates and then we can get a win.”

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team. I think [Cooper] has all the shots to stay with him…I just think what he’s going to have to learn a little bit more is the patience and setting up his shots a little bit better, mixing up his shots. Once he gets that, I think he can turn into a complete player.”

According to Headlee, Cooper worked with his father a lot on his serve this summer.

The men’s tennis team finished the fall season with a record of 2-2. Waynesburg will begin a 10 game spring schedule on Saturday, Feb.

17, in Erie, Pennsylvania, against Penn State Behrend.

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships for the spring season will take place Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, also in Erie. To Headlee, a big goal for the team going forward is to slowly climb up the PAC standings.

“It’s definitely my goal that as a team – being in the middle of the PAC this year,” Headlee said. “We don’t want to be one of the bottom teams.

I want to try to at least get to the middle of the pack. Individually, if we keep getting better, then I think as a team we’re going to improve.”

Women's soccer heads into conference season on back to back losses

By BRENNAN SMITH

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team hosted Salem College, on Saturday Sept. 23, a team which traveled from North Carolina.

After a scoreless first half, the Yellow Jackets fell, 2-1 in the contest.

In the first half of the game, the Yellow Jackets were only able to get off five shots, with two being on goal.

The Spirits got five shots on goal in the first half as well, but with solid play by sophomore goalkeeper Courtney Syfert the game remained scoreless at halftime.

In the 71st minute of the game, the Spirits were able to strike first after senior forward Brooke Bukas was assisted by junior forward

Maddie Crumpton.

Just 22 seconds later, the Jackets responded when s ophomore m i d f i el d e r Emma Gozzard racked up her first goal of the season with an assist by sophomore midfielder Brittany Woodcock to even the game at one.

Then six minutes later, Bukas tallied her second goal of the game off a corner kick to give the Spirits the lead again.

The Yellow Jackets had a couple of chances late in the game, but could not find a way to tie the score.

Senior defender and captain Sam Nichols said that Salem was able to capitalize on Waynesburg’s errors.

“Our mistakes were made because of us and they reacted off of our mistakes and used them to put them ahead,” said Nichols.

The game was domi-

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In her most recent game, senior Sam Nichols was tied on the team with most shots with two coming in the match against Salem. nated on the offensive end by the Spirits, as they had 21 shots on goal to the Waynesburg’s seven. Syfert had a season high 11 saves on the night.

Nichols said that she did not feel that her team played to their skillset.

“At times we didn’t play to our best ability like we know we can,” said Nichols.

Team chemistry played an important role in Saturday's game.

“We need to work on working as a team, it’s either the defense is doing

their job or the midfield and for wards are,” said sophomore midfielder Brittany Woodcock. “[Conference play] is our time to shine, if we put our heart and effort into it we will be unbreakable.”

The next time the Yellow Jackets take the field will be for their Presidents’ Athletic Conference opener on the road at Saint Vincent College to take on the Bearcats.

So far this season, Saint Vincent has struggled in nonconference matchups, having no wins and only a tie going into conference action.

The Bearcats tie came against Hilbert and ended in a 0-0 lockout.

The game against Waynesburg University will be played on Friday, Sept. 29, and is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

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Student Senate president awarded

by Oxford University

Disney on display

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

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Contestants battle it out with Disney tunes during round two of WU Idol

By EDWARD BOICE

For the Yellow Jacket

The Goodwin Performing Arts Center was packed as students returned for the second round of Waynesburg Idol’s 13th season Friday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. Those in attendance waited to see if one of their favorite Disney songs was going to be covered by any of the 12 contestants in Waynesburg Idol.

For Kyla Wolper, special events committee chair for Student Activities Board, this is a typical Waynesburg Idol night.

“It’s something that people look forward to seeing again,” Wolper said, “and people look forward to participating in.”

Before the event started, contestants were eliminated based voting done after last week’s performance. One by one, Holly Hendershot, Matthew Haux, Christian Wilson and Samantha Morad left the event, leaving eight singers to compete.

As each remaining contestant came onto the stage, spectators clapped and cheered as songs from “Tarzan” and “Aladdin” were vocalized by their fellow classmates.

A few of the contestants even dressed for the occasion. Heidi Dzaik used at gene lamp as a prop as she sung “Friend Like Me” from “Aladdin.” Megan Leiter dressed in a pink, short skirted dress and held a frying pan, just like Rapunzel in the movie “Tangled.”

For Kayla Coughlin, junior special education major, her song choice was obvious due to her love of a specific actress.

“I’m kind of a musical theater nut,” said Coughlin, “so Idina Menzel is one of the first voices I learned and loved on Broadway.”

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Student Senate President Nicholas Cordova was recently granted an award from Oxford University in Oxford, England.

The senior political science major received the award from the university after studying abroad there last semester.

After completing his term at Oxford, there was a seminar opportunity meant only for American students who had originally applied through the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, a program that helps give students attending Christian secondary schools the chance to study abroad.

Because Cordova originally came to Oxford through the CCCU, he was able to attend the program, where he was able to find out more about the award opportunity.

“The seminar was designed to be an introduction to a graduate-level seminar where each student had their own research topics and would meet a few times a week with an adviser from King’s College London to discuss our work and receive critical feedback,” said Cordova. “What they determined to be the best paper that came out of that process was to be given an award in that subject.”

Cordova, who was placed into the history seminar, returned home without hearing anything. Due to the silence, he automatically assumed he was not chosen as a winner.

“I had just assumed that I would never hear back from them, and I had just let it fall off the radar,” he said.

After four months of waiting, Cordova was informed by Waynesburg University Provost Dana Baer that he had been selected as one of the winners.

“It was exciting, mostly because I was informed so long after the fact,” Cordova said.

“I then realized that it obviously must have taken them a long time to read through all of those submissions.”

To award him for his efforts, Oxford University sent Cordova a copy of the congratulatory letter through the Provost’s office, along with a $60 Barnes and Noble gift card.

“I promptly spent that on books about American Constitutional Law,” said Cordova.

Looking back, and even beyond his award, Cordova is thankful for the opportunity he had at Oxford University.

“I had originally heard about [Oxford] through a fellow Waynesburg student who also went to Oxford three years ago, and he mentioned it to me at a departmental meeting during my freshman year,” Cordova said. “I decided that I was going to apply, and I ended up doing it the following year.”

Today, Cordova said he has gained countless friends, experiences and now, a new accolade.

“It was such a relief to hear back, and I really wasn’t expecting it,” Cordova said. “I’m definitely thankful.”

Powers reflects on 50 productions, his time at Waynesburg

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

To a student, the classroom is like any other – bricked walls, uncomfortable chairs and poor lighting – but for Edward Powers, professor of theatre, it is a timeline of the past 17 years he’s been with the university.

Poster after poster for countless performances form zig zag lines across the walls, and discarded props from productions-past aggregate in the corners and crevasses of the room.

“I can sit alone on stage in an empty room and see those memories, and I can see them here,” he said. “I could point at every poster and tell you something.”

In 2007, in ‘Guys and Dolls' he remembers the ad-libbed line.

In 2009, with ‘Li’l Abner’ he remembers the reconstructed dance scene.

In 2011, for ‘State Fair’ he remembers the execution of the singing and dancing.

In 2016, during ‘The Little Mermaid’ he remembers the choreography of the ‘Under the Sea’ scene.

The fall play at Waynesburg University this year, Hamlet, will mark his 51st production at the university. While Powers serves as the director of the productions, he said he views himself more of a storyteller - reenacting the narratives that the audience needs to hear.

“We need stories to understand ourselves – to understand other people – to understand humanity…,” Powers said. “Everything is about the human condition and stories, whether they are told from parent to child…or whether they are stories that we see on stage, stories that we see on the big screen. They all bring something about humanity to us and they help us cope.”

Through the stories that are told on stage, Powers said each possesses the authority to edify the audience.

“The character on stage can remind us of someone we know, something about part of us or they can introduce us to something totally different, but something we need,” Powers said. “Sometimes we cannot find the words, we cannot find the emotions that we need to face a situation…a story can personify what we need to know, it enlightens us.”

For Powers, the passion of telling stories has been a part of his life since middle school.

“When I was in the third grade we did a little play in the classroom,” Powers said.

“I remember the teacher coming by. She was handing out parts to different students, and she walked by my desk. She gave me the leading role, and she had a look of, ‘I’m so happy to give you this part – and I’ve never forgotten that look.’”

The gratifying feeling of landing a role in a play eventually led Powers to pursue theatre at Austin Peay State University, lo-

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Senior creative writing major Shawn White reviews some lines with Eddie Powers on stage in the GPAC during one of his theatre classes. cated in his home state of Tennessee, for his undergraduate degree. Pulling from the impression his

high school drama teacher, had upon him, Powers said he realized he wanted to pursue the educational

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SAB to host pumpkin palette painting with The Weekly Buzz

By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor

There are many different mile markers of the fall season at Waynesburg University, including Jacketfest, Homecoming, 5K’s and pumpkin spiceeverything, but there is a new event that students could add to their fall and Homecoming season to-do list.

On Monday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Beehive, the Student Activities Board will be hosting “Painting with Pallets: Create Your Own Pumpkin” with the help of The Weekly Buzz.

The Weekly Buzz is a group of people from the Waynesburg University community who take old wooden pallets and restore and recycle them into various creative functional pieces or artsy decorations.

The group is made up Graduate Assistants Erin Kern and Ryan Smith along with Kyle Di Giandomenico, an admissions counselor. The group started out making the repurposed pieces for themselves but ultimately decided to share their work and creativity with everyone else.

The Weekly Buzz made the pumpkin pallets for the

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Members of The Weekly Buzz pose with their palettes.

“Painting with Pallets: Create Your Own Pumpkin” event by reshaping regular wooden pallets. Because these pieces are handmade, there is only a limited amount of them available

for students to customize with paint. Sophomore Mikayla Hagerty, co-chair of the Publicity Committee in the Student Activities Board, stressed the fact that there are a limited

amount of opportunities.

“Because The Weekly Buzz took the time to gather the materials and make each and every pumpkin, they only had so much time to make so many,” said Hagerty.

Hagerty explained that what makes the event so attractive to many of the students is the low cost with a price of five dollars.

“It is a fun and creative event to get people involved in,” said Hagerty. “You could go with a group of friends and celebrate the beginning of fall and celebrate the Autumn mind-set.”

Hanging out with friends is not the only appealing factor

of the event.

“You are getting the opportunity to only pay five dollars to paint a completely custom and unique decoration for your dorm,” said Hagerty.If students like the idea of what they are doing, The Weekly Buzz has a Facebook page under the same name that showcases their other creations.

These pieces can range from a simple decoration, to something with a functional use.

Those pieces are available for purchase, but if someone has an idea for a custom piece they want made, they can submit it to The Weekly Buzz.

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September 28, 2017

SAB organizes upcoming Harvest Festival for campus clubs

By SHON MEADE

For the Yellow Jacket

Changes in the ownership of the annual Waynesburg University Harvest Festival have shifted back into the hands of Student Senate after the Student Activities Board (SAB) had possession of it last year.

Student Senate executive board member A.J. McClure said the event used to be con-

quered jointly.

“Years past SAB and Student Senate have worked hand in hand to create Harvest Fest,” said McClure, junior applied business major.

“We are just taking a burden off SAB to share in the event planning.”

Each year campus clubs and organizations take part in setting up tables in Johnson Commons to welcome children from the commu-

nity and college students alike to participate in different events.

Funds raised at these tables will go to charity like the years prior, however, this year, McClure said that the clubs get to choose their own organization for the funds to go to. In years past all the clubs donated to the same organizations.

McClure said this way there will be a larger impact

in the community this way.

For senate, they are selling gourds that participants can paint and take home with them. Donations collected will have a direct impact on the local community because the money will help with Project Bundle Up in the community. Other campus clubs have chosen organizations, such as the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, as their represented charity.

Campus clubs have until Sept. 30 to contact McClure about participating in Harvest Fest.

Since children from the community are encouraged to come to Harvest Fest in their Halloween costumes, McClure hopes to see clubs handing out candy.

“We highly suggest that each club has a bowl of candy because we’re really trying to get the community involved,

“said McClure. “We are trying to get the kids in their costume[s] to go trick or treating at each table.”

Harvest Fest is slated to take place in Johnson Commons at 4 p.m. Oct. 26.

“It’s just a really great time to give back and a lot of the organizations that our clubs will be donating to are all local,” said McClure, “they need our help more than ever.”

Bisque and Brew draws in large crowd Senior art student displays paintings in capstone exhibit

By TYLER SUMMERS

For the Yellow Jacket

The monthly Bisque and Brew was hosted by the Student Activities Board (SAB) Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the second floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Pat Bristor, Associate Dean of Students, and three students from SAB were at the event.

SAB has hosted this event once a month for each of the past nine years, according to Bristor. Each month generally has its own themed ceramics depending upon the time of year.

Just before 4 p.m., students quickly fled into Stover for the Bisque and Brew, forcing SAB members to lay out more places for people to paint.

Right at 4 p.m., Patty Rohanna, the owner of Gloria's Ceramics, gave a small lesson on how to use certain paints and paint brushes.

“Our instructor is Patty Rohanna,” said Bristor. “She runs Gloria’s Ceramics in Rogersville…if anyone was interested they could go out to her shop. She offers classes, she has some already painted items, as well as some other craft items.”

After the short instruction people lined up to gather their

By KADEN HURLEY

For the Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of Sarah Mendes

Freshman nursing major Jodie Benitez paints a mug during the Sept. 19 Bisque and Brew in Stover. materials – including paints, paint brushes and the ceramics.

The ceramics quickly ran out as more and more people lined up to get their materials.

Along with the wet paints inside, there were also spray paints available outside of Stover for students to use. After using the spray paint students were able to leave their ceramics out to dry on newspapers that were laid down on the sidewalk.

The first Bisque and Brew of the year also brought out a larger crowd than usual, according to Bristor and Rohanna., they had 92 instead of

the typical 60 to 70 students.

Rohanna said there was over 70 students within the first half-hour of the event.

As they got their painting supplies and settled down, students started to flood toward the Beehive to pick up their free coffee.

Around this time, students started to finish painting their ceramics and were available to share their experience of the Bisque and Brew.

“I’m having a great time,” said Jonah Cooper, junior nursing major. “I love mugs, which is why I get so pumped for these events.”

Another student who at-

tended the event said that she “loved” going out and painting with her friends.

Bristor and her SAB helpers were able to clean all of the excess paints and paint brushes up before dinner was ready to start.

The Bisque and Brew will be held on one Tuesday every month with the exception of the very next event which will be held Monday, Oct. 9.

There will be pumpkin carving and painting as well as painting of ceramics at the next Bisque and Brew. Signups for the next event are already open on the MyConnect homepage.

Senior Lydia Brennan, who transferred to Waynesburg University a year and a half ago, hosted an Art Exhibit in the Fine Arts Center featuring pieces she created throughout her college career in the. Brennan’s artwork will be available for viewing Sept.

18 through Oct. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by making an appointment.

Monday evening was the first showing and the display was accompanied by various live musicians, who were selected by Brennan. Brennan spent time mingling with viewers, answering questions and explaining the thought process behind some of her creations. Her gallery pieces involved horses; a male, whom she clarified to be her boyfriend; a cat and a dog.

“I paint what I know,” Brennan said. She explained that her job off campus revolves around horses, which is why the majority of her pieces depicted horses.

Brennan’s gallery was com-

prised mainly of paintings, Chairperson of the Fine Arts Department Andrew Heisey makes sure to have variations between different students’ showings.

“Each student is different,” Heisey said.

Seniors must select their best work over their four years at college to display at a gallery of their own design. Like every art major, Brennan set up this gallery according to the Capstone Project, part of a graduation requirement that Heisey is involved with.

“There’s a whole science to this,” said Heisey. “Everything from how to frame pieces, how to make your piece look the best they can, how to arrange the pieces. It’s a lot harder than you’d think.” Brennan and other senior artists must correctly manipulate the lighting and spacing of each piece, whether hung on the wall or displayed along tables.

“I think that it is key to having a show that people can walk through and enjoy,” Brennan said.

Multicultural Club hosts meetings to promote acceptance

By KADEN HURLEY For Yellow Jacket

The Multicultural Club [MCC] met for their third meeting this semester Tues., Sept. 19, in the student organization room on second floor Stover.

Resident Directors Matt Pioch and Liz Diviney currently lead the MCC with the intent of raising awareness and understanding of other cultures, but also to educate on racism, ethnocentrism and religion.

“I felt there needed to be a

place to discuss these kinds of topics,” Pioch said.

His goal is to see the club led by students.

Pioch and Diviney are working together to come up with material and discussion topics for the club’s weekly meetings. The meetings are held Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in the student organizations room on second floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Diviney led a meeting for the first time Sept. 19, something she said she was nervous about but hoped the meeting was enjoyable.

Diviney gathered information about the current Canadian election and Jagmeet Singh, who is running to be the leader of Canada’s federal New Democratic Party. The club looked at online sources and Diviney’s handout titled “Responding to Hate and the Danger of Labels.”

There was an incident that occurred during an event for Singh, where a woman started harassing him. This was the main focus of the discussion.

For an hour, members read through the allotted informa-

tion and were encouraged to engage in discussions analyzing all aspects of the situation.

“Labels dehumanize … but [they] can be ideal,” Pioch said.

Pioch said while labels allow people to categorize individuals thus making them easier to control, at the end of the day, labels with negative connotations are harmful and disrupt societal functions.

Another topic brought up to further identify the power of labels was the idea of first impressions and stereotypes.

Group members unanimous-

ly confirmed detrimental effects of stereotyped labeling of an individual based on a similar group of people.

When the meeting came to a close, members were encouraged to keep their handouts so as to remember the power of labels and maybe start a conversation outside their group.

Besides discussions, the MCC hosts occasional events available to students and staff such as the Defamation Experience Oct. 9, a free event.

Those attending will travel to West Virginia University

to see a traveling theatrical group from Chicago act out court cases dealing with race and ethnicity while the audience plays the jury.

Anyone interested can sign up on MyConnect, however there are only 22 spots available.

Diviney and Pioch agree that connections are of upmost importance, especially in a world where messages across the world are sent and received within seconds.

“Take time to ask what’s your story,” said Pioch. “Build a bridge, not a wall.”

Theatre: Powers holds productions close to heart Idol: Finalists selected atre major, we have a lot of after two rounds of talent on this campus, and I really get a kick out of workthe University of Memphis. ing with them. I believe singing competition With opportunities of besome of the students I have Continued from D1

coming a professional actor springing up throughout his early years of acting, Powers said he instead invested his time behind the scenes.

Through the wide variety of productions he was able to work with, Powers said he feels he has ultimately accomplished more than the career of an actor.

“I’ve had 50 major shows, that doesn’t even count the short plays…,” Powers said. “But 50 major shows of comedy, of drama, musicals, Shakespeare, Greek tragedy – I don’t think I would have been able to do that as a professional actor in New York or Hollywood.”

Despite living three states away, Powers said he found Waynesburg University after the school he was at previously encountered financial difficulty. Although Waynesburg University does not offer a major in theatre, Powers said the casual environment was what he was looking for.

“Theatre is a business, and it can b e a harsh business,” Powers said. “I couldn’t do it if I couldn’t put a little bit of heart into

Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Eddie Powers, professor of theatre, instructs students on writing, organizing and acting in productions. it. If it was strictly business for me, it would lose part of the magic – I’m able to have my heart here.”

His heart lies with the productions and the actors on the stage. After nearly two decades of directing at the university, Powers said the students have had their own impact upon his life.

“I have been enriched by a lot of the personalities that I’ve had on stage,” Powers said. “Then some students

have created a struggle, and I think to myself ‘gosh are they ever going to get this, is it ever going to click?’…but then something does click.”

Through the years at Waynesburg University, Powers said he has encountered considerable amounts of expertise among his students.

“It’s been very rewarding,” said Powers. “I have had so much talent. Even though we don’t have a the-

worked with have the talent to be professional actors. I saw that in them.”

Every year, with seniors graduating and leaving the stage, Powers said it’s the ones who continue acting past Waynesburg University that give him the most gratification.

“Some of these alumni have gone on to do theatre other places…I think maybe it’s because they had positive experiences here,” Powers said. “They want to keep doing it, and I think that’s a tribute.”

This spring, after the final production of the year, the seniors will walk off the stage one last time and leave behind four years of memories with Powers. The curtain will fall a final time, and the audience will applaud – but those memories are never truly over.

“I talk about how this is so special,” Powers said.

“When the play is over it doesn’t end – the curtain call happens, the lights turn out, everybody walks out of the theater – and is that play over? No, because it stays with us.”

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the attachment students, contestants and audience members alike have with Disney when deciding the theme.

“Everyone can find a Disney movie that they really enjoy and a song they are excited to sing,” Wolper said.

In the back of everyone’s mind, however, hung the suspense of who would stay for the finals.

Even though Coughlin made it to the finals in last year’s competition, she was unsure of her fate going into tonight.

“Every time there’s eliminations we are all really nervous,” Kayla said. “For the finals, same thing, none of us have any idea how this is going to turn out because there’s a bunch of talented people singing this year.”

The finals will be tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

The song theme will be a little different than what Waynesburg Idol has done the past two nights.

“Students are going to

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Sophomore Nursing major Megan Leiter portrayed Rapunzel during the Disney round of WU Idol. have the opportunity to recommend songs for those people to sing,” Wolper said.

“For week three of our competition our final four will be singing those songs that people in the audience want to hear them sing.”

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Sales pitch 6. Outback birds 10. Sunup 14. Café lure 15. Clickable webpage word 16. Home to billions 17. Grass shortener 18. Apart from that 19. Slightly wet 20. Julie Andrews’ “The Sound of Music” role 23. Risk, e.g.

24. Healthful berry 25. Jimmy Fallon hosts it 31. “Homeland” spy org.

32. Taxi 33. Nebraska city 34. “Apocalypse Now” setting, familiarly 35. Gathering for fans of graphic novels, an ime, etc.

38. Delivery vehicle 39. Painting need 41. Microwave 42. Valuable rock 43. Avengers member with a patriotic shield 48. Tolstoy’s Karenina 49. Dutch cheese 50. 9/26/1957 Broad way debut featuring the consecutive songs found at the start of 20-Across, the middle of 25-Across and the end of 43-Across

55. With 50-Down, tightrope walker’s place 56. Oscar winner Ka zan 57. Aquafina rival 59. Craving 60. Accelerates, with “up” 61. Foolish 62. Military meal 63. Cafeteria carrier 64. V-formation fliers

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1. “Casablanca” pia nist 2. Formal school dance 3. Corn Belt state 4. Rise into view

5. Cattleman’s rope 6. Late morning hr.

7. Venus de __ 8. Disentangle 9. Quick drawing 10. Arp’s art move ment 11. Right away, in a memo 12. Namby-pamby person 13. Midday snooze 21. Gas brand that had a torch in its logo 22. Florida’s Boca __ 25. Pageant winner’s crown 26. Exaggerate, as a stage role 27. Spanish island in

the Mediterranean 28. Devastation that’s wreaked 29. Scarlett of Tara 30. Decrease in inten sity 31. “Closing Bell” channel 35. Repetitive shout at a protest 36. Required little ef

fort 37. Newspaper opin ion pieces 40. Secret supplies 44. Add to text, as a missing letter 45. Carpenter, at times 46. Suitable for all ages, filmwise 47. Apple software for creating videos

50. See 55-Across 51. Omelet ingredi ents 52. Prima donna 53. Ready for picking 54. Toy dog’s barks 55. Play a kazoo 58. TV’s “Science Guy”

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

STUDENT ART: JACKET COMICS

"FRESHMEN" (continued)

Art major, Class of 2021

By CLARE RAINONE

INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR ARTWORK PUBLISHED? IF SO, CONTACT TIFFANY MORGAN AT MOR4950@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU.

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2017 Homecoming Weekend Activities Illustrated By: Ashley S. Hall

Friday, Sept. 29 Noon | Golf at Greene County Country Club

Greene County Country Club, 1044 Lippencott Road

2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Walking History Tour Paul R. Stewart Museum, front steps of Miller Hall

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. | President’s Reception Home of President Lee and his wife, Kathryn, 101 West College Street

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | All Alumni Celebration Greene County Country Club, 1044 Lippencott Road A shuttle will be available to run between the Country Club and local Waynesburg hotels. Drop off and pick up sites will be available upon request.

Saturday, Sept. 30 8:30 a.m. | 21st Annual Waynesburg University Homecoming 5K Run & Walk Goodwin Performing Arts Center (Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m.)

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. | Special Museum Exhibit Honoring James D. “Fuzzy” Randolph (‘56) Paul R. Stewart Museum (“Do I Know What I’m Doing: The Multifaceted James D. “Fuzzy” Randolph”)

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Walking History Tour Paul R. Stewart Museum, front steps of Miller Hall

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Cross Country and Track Reunion Third floor of Stover Campus Center (at the conclusion of the 5K)

10:30 to 2 p.m. | All-Alumni Check-In Johnson Commons or John F. Wiley Stadium (12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.)

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | 6th Annual JacketFest Johnson Commons

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Come-and-Go-Brunch Benedum Dining Hall [$12.95/adult and $6.50/child under 12 (5 and under free)]

11 a.m. | Dedication of the Waynesburg Unity Trail Waynesburg University Unity Trail located in the wooded area across from Martin Hall

11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Class of 1967 Brunch with President and Mrs. Lee Home of President Lee and his wife, Kathryn, 101 West College Street

1 p.m. | Women’s Tennis Match Athletic Field Complex, 4260 W. Roy Furman Highway

1:30 p.m. | Football Game Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets vs. Grove City Wolverines at John F. Wiley Stadium

Halftime | Alumni Tent at the Back Gate Tent located at the back gate of the stadium

Post-Game | 5th Quarter Steak Cookout Back gate of John F. Wiley Stadium [Tickets are $15 each, and children (12 and under) eat free.]

7:30 p.m. | Encore Presentation of Dearly Beloved Goodwin Performing Arts Center [Tickets are $5 each] Source: www.waynesburgunited.com