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Ten students charged after October fightWAYNESBURG, BETHANY REACT

By Kaitlin EdwardsManaging Editor

Charges were filed thismonth against sevenBethany College studentsand three WaynesburgUniversity students afteran off-campus incident

sent two students to thehospital in October.

Eric Walker, 20; RobertBaker, 21; Kasib Taalib-Din, 23; Jorge Laboy, 22;Matthew Grimard, 19;Lafayette Grady III, 19;and Kevin Covert, 19, arecharged with a felony 3

charge of inciting a riot,misdemeanor 2 criminalconspiracy (to commitsimple assault), a misde-meanor 2 charge ofunsworn falsification toauthorities, and misde-meanor 3 charge of disor-derly conduct.

The schools will alsoconsider disciplinaryaction as well.

“At this time, we arecarefully reviewing thecharges against our stu-dents,” said Brian Rose,

Health Center, ITto move to Armory by end of summerBy Jason LoganStaff Writer

The Department ofInformation Technologywill soon have a newhome in the Robert C.Wiley Armory o accord-ing to Vice President forBusiness and FinanceRoy Barnhart.

The school has pur-chased four local busi-nesses and organizationsincluding the Robert C.Wiley Armory, Hudson’sJewelers, the Colonialand Lam’s Garden.

The Armory, located

on Washington Street,contains office spacethat will be renovatedand developed into anew location for theDepartment of Informa-tion Technology.

The basement of theArmory will be madeinto a new site for a stu-dent health center.

The armory also con-tains a training area witha gymnasium, which iscurrently being renovat-ed to be a new facility tohouse the wrestling

‘SUPER’STEELERSDate with destiny

Photo by Lisa Jaeger

Waynesburg residents cheer for the Pittsburgh Steelers during a pep rally held Friday. The Steelers will play theGreen Bay Packers during the Feb. 6 Super Bowl.

Thayer Hall wins,University saves1.5 million gallons

Aladdin announces late night menuBy Kyle OlandStaff Writer

Beginning this week,the Aladdin Food Manage-ment Services will intro-duce the new Late NiteBuzz Menu in the Bee-hive.

The Beehive has

always offered food to stu-dents from 8-11 p.m., butit has not been popularamong the students ofWaynesburg University.Aladdin Food Manage-ment Services and Bee-hive employee DonnaHusman said she mightget three stragglers during

a typical night.One reason for the lack

of students who eat dur-ing the late night period isthat many students areunaware that the Beehiveoffers food from 8-11 p.m.

Freshman AndrewZahn said, “I didn’t knowit was open after eight.”

Another reason for theBeehive’s lack of businessis many students chooseto go to Sheetz for theirlate night food cravings.Zahn said he goes toSheetz “at least five timesa week.” The current

Five sophomores receive summer study abroad scholarshipsBy Brandon ReedEditorial Assistant

Waynesburg Universitysophomores CaitlynBolon, Lynae Byler, Natal-ie George, Megan Peeblesand Heidi Weaverreceived the 2011 Vira I.Heinz Scholarship.

The Vira Heinz schol-arship was founded by aPittsburgh native, Vira M.Ingham, who was bornand raised in what is nowknown as BrightonHeights.

Vira was activelyengaged in philanthropicand civic work, makingmade her famous.

Now, the programnamed after her is givingyoung women the oppor-tunity to experience whatshe did in her travelsabroad.

This year, five Waynes-burg University sopho-more women havereceived the opportunityto study abroad and expe-rience all different parts ofthe world.

George is double major-ing in art and creative

writing with amusic and phi-

losophy minor. George will spend five

weeks in Florence, Italy.While in Florence, Georgeplans to study ceramicsand Italian language.

“I was really excited,”George said. “I was reallyjust nervous about how itwould all play out, butmostly excited.”

George said that herdream job is to be a travelwriter, and she will cer-tainly do a lot of sightsee-ing in Italy. George plansto go to Rome, Pompeii,

Pisa, Venice and Tuscany. Weaver, a human serv-

ices major, will go toUdaipur, India for four tosix weeks and will internwith Pro World Organiza-tion.

Weaver will be helpingthe people of Udaipur,India through economicdevelopment. She willhelp the people ofUdaipur, India througheconomic developmentand will either assist in

Photo by Amanda Rice

Heidi Weaver (left), Lynae Byler, Natalie George,Megan Peebles and Caitlyn Bolon will study abroad.

CAMPUS WATER CHALLENGE

By Cori SchipaniStaff Writer

Thayer Hall won thisfall’s semester-long Cam-pus Water Challenge.

Dorothy Rurak, co-president of the EcoStew-ards club, coordinated theevent with the aid of otherEnvironmental Clubmembers.

According to Rurak,the Campus Water Chal-lenge was a competitionbetween dorms to savethe most water in order toraise environmentalawareness on campus.

The contest began withthe beginning of fall 2010classes and ended on thelast day of the semester.

Percentage of water

saved was the scale usedto compare the residentialhalls.

The residential hallsused 1.5 million less gal-lons than during the fall2009 semester.

“I’m very pleased withthe results, much morethan I expected. It showedthat the campus commu-nity cares in one way oranother,” Rurak said.

Thayer Hall ResidentAssistant Shawn Wharreywas surprised by the out-come.

“That is amazing, andI’m very impressed bycampus effort,” saidWharrey.

Thayer Hall was

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menu offers burgers andsandwiches, whereasSheetz has a wide varietyof food.

In addition, the currentprices at the Beehive arehigher than Sheetz.

“They (Beehive) don’thave two hot dogs for adollar. You can’t beatthat,” Zahn said.

Because of this, the BeeHive has revamped theirmenu to appeal to stu-dents.

“The idea for the menuwas driven by meetingsbetween Aladdin Food

Management Managers,Waynesburg UniversitySenior Management andthe Student Senate FoodTask Force. We wanted tomake the menu entirelydifferent than that of themeal plan offering. Thiswill allow for the studentsto be able to get qualityfood after our meal planhours,” said Food ServiceDirector Joe DeSalvo.“Better yet, it’s different.Now students can savetime and travel money bystaying on campus if theyneed a late night snack.”

The new menu willoffer sandwiches, salads,pizza and a wide variety ofsides and snacks.

The new menu hasmany items that Sheetzoffers, such as onion rings,

mozzarella sticks, bone-less wings, nachossupreme and milk shakes.

The changes have notbeen brought to the atten-tion of most students, butthe menu will begin togain more publicity incoming weeks.

DeSalvo said, “We havemenus that we plan tohave delivered to eachdorm room on campus.”

Junior nursing majorRachel Saeler is excitedfor the new menu and theopportunity to get tastyfood without having towaste her gas and moneyby driving to Sheetz.

“I don’t want to losemy parking spot, so I willwalk two minutes to theHive instead of driving toSheetz,” Saeler said.

However, the newmenu has yet to attractthe Sheetz enthusiastZahn’s attention. “Theonly way I will ever go theBeehive is if Sheetz isclosed,” said Zahn.

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Professor reminds campus to ‘shine by representing God’By Eric BostStaff Writer

Chapel began Tuesdaywith the reading of Gen-esis 1 in both Englishand Hebrew.

“God made two greatlights - the greater lightto govern the day andthe lesser light to governthe night. He also madethe stars.”

The stars were thefocal point of associateprofessor Richard Blake’smessage during Chapel.

Blake prayed byrepeating Psalm 19:14:“May these words of mymouth and this medita-tion of my heart bepleasing in your sight,Lord, my Rock and myRedeemer.”

Blake began by talkingabout his college daysand how he had to takeastronomy. According toBlake, it was the oneclass he was most excit-ed to take.

He continued to refer-ence astrology and con-stellations, speaking

about the meaning of thestars and their creationin Genesis.

Blake said the sun andthe moon were rulers ofday and night, castinglight on the world. How-

ever, when the starswere mentioned, theBible says, “and also thestars,” making themsound inadequate.

Blake said Babyloni-ans thought the stars

were there as “dwellingplaces for gods.” Somepeople think of the starsas only lights, but Blakesaid they are much morethan that; people justhave to look deeper into

the scripture.“The sun expresses

Jesus’ first expression oflight, and so should we,”said Blake.

Blake called the con-gregation the “collegiate

constellation, as we are asign of God’s light,” likethe stars in the sky.

He mentioned thewords Fiat Lux, Waynes-burg University’s motto,and how it means “letthere be light.” Ifhumanity representsGod’s light, people haveto allow themselves toshine by representingGod, he said.

Blake said people arethe light of the world,quoting the Sermon onthe Mount.

“You are the light ofthe world. A town builton a hill cannot be hid-den. Neither do peoplelight a lamp and put itunder a bowl. Insteadthey put it on its stand,and it gives light toeveryone in the house. Inthe same way, let yourlight shine before others,that they may see yourgood deeds and glorifyyour Father in heaven.”

Blake ended with thereminder that we have touse God’s light while atWaynesburg.

Photo by Greg Reinhart

Associate Professor Richard Blake spoke at Chapel Tuesday about being God’s light in the world. He encouragedstudents, faculty and staff to glorify God through their actions.

Student Senate postpones ‘Duet’ event• The “Can WU

Duet?” has beenmoved from 7:30 p.m.Friday in the GPAC toan unknown date inApril after plans forthe event fell through.

• At least four ofthe six executive posi-tions empty nextschool year, as fourmembers will gradu-ate. Elections will

occur the last week ofMarch.

To run for presi-dent, applicants mustbe either a junior orsenior by credits, andthe Student ActivitiesBoard must nominatethe Social VicePresident.

Anyone who runsmust have been amember of Senate for

at least one semester.• The results of the

MyConnect poll werealso announced.

More than 80 per-cent of students whoparticipated voted infavor of going trayless.

Student Senate con-ducted the poll togauge student reac-tions to making thecampus trayless.

Senate is currentlyproposing that stu-dents would receivetwo guest passes persemester if theUniversity removedtrays from the DiningHall.

Efforts to make thecampus remain anongoing project.

- Brandon Reed

Tuscon shootingprompts questionsabout mental healthBy Sierra ShaferOp/Ed Editor

In the two weeks since Jared Loughner allegedlyopened fire at a political gathering in Tucson, Ariz.,leaving six dead and 13 wounded, a discussionabout the shooter’s mental health has ensued.

Loughner, a 22-year-old student, had recentlybeen asked to leave his community college until hecould provide a mental health clearance.

Both students and faculty at the college that heattended had reported Loughner for suspicious andtroubling behavior.

“That community college did exactly what it wassupposed to after legitimate concerns were broughtto the administration,” said Director of the Coun-seling Center at Waynesburg University Jane Owen.

“People talk back and forth about blame and ifthis could have been prevented, but that school dideverything right.”

Owen works closely with students on campuswho struggle with mental health issues and behav-ioral problems and feels that these issues are notlimited to any one area or demographic.

“Mental health issues are prevalent in every sin-gle college campus, everywhere,” she said. “Butnow, students are more willing to get help. Studentssee it as a good thing.”

A large majority of the students who are receiv-ing counseling at Waynesburg University are com-ing in already diagnosed or are self-referred, shesaid.

“Our goal is to help students be the best studentsthey can be,” said Owen, adding that while theCounseling Center treats mental health issues andsubstance abuse cases, but it also helps studentsdevelop better coping skills.

“People do well with crisis because it’s out oftheir control,” she said. “But not as well witheveryday things. Students often just need toimprove their coping skills and learn that they canchange their situations.”

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Sports Information Direc-tor for Bethany College.“Once our review is com-plete, the institution willact in accordance with ourpolicies and proceduresregarding student disci-pline.”

Waynesburg Universitystudent Tyler Fatigante ischarged with a summaryoffense of purchase, con-sumption, possession ortransportation of liquor ormalt or brewed beverages.

Waynesburg Universitystudent Gino Scampone,22, of Verona, is chargedwith a summary charge ofdisorderly conduct.

“We expect our stu-dents to live up to thehigh standards of behavioron and off campus,” saidRichard “Skip” Noftzger,senior vice president forInstitutional Planning,Research and EducationalServices. “Bethany cantake care of its students,but we expect high stan-dards from our students.”

According to police,Waynesburg Universitystudent Tyler Fatigante,19, of Avonworth, wastaken to Ruby MemorialHospital in Morgantown,W.Va., on Oct. 24 after afight broke out involvingseveral Bethany and Way-nesburg students. BothZachary and Tyler Fati-gante were hospitalizedwith head and facialinjuries.

According to the affi-

davit, Bethany Collegestudent Matthew Gri-mard, was at party at 376N. Richhill St. before trav-eling to 311 Nazer St. Atboth locations, Grimardmet with Darryl MooreJr., a Waynesburg Univer-sity student, who eventu-ally drove Grimard to theparking lot of the FirstNational Bank to meetother Bethany Collegestudents, presumably toreturn back to Bethany,according to the affidavit.

After Moore left, thetwo cars containing Walk-er, Baker, Taalib-Din,Laboy, Grimard, Gradyand Covert returned to376 N. Richhill St., saidpolice.

After arriving at theparty, a fight broke outbetween the Waynesburgand Bethany students, and

Tyler Fatigante wasknocked unconsciousduring the fight. ZacharyFatigante reportedlychased the cars down FirstAvenue as they wereattempting to leave.Laboy then exited the carand knocked ZacharyFatigante down.

Fatigante then hit hishead off the sidewalkcausing severe headinjuries, according to theaffidavit. A preliminaryhearing for WaynesburgUniversity studentZachary Fatigante, 21, ofAvonworth, is scheduledfor 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. Heis charged with a misde-meanor 3 charge of disor-derly conduct.

Preliminary hearingsfor the other studentsinvolved were not sched-uled as of presstime.

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team, Barnhart said. Wrestling head coach

Ron Headlee said, “Forus it’s going to be a lotmore room for what wewant to do.”

The varsity wrestlingteam, which has beengrowing in the pastyears, is up to 26wrestlers for this 2010-

2011 season. Headlee said that the

team has outgrown thecurrent training facilityin the Rudy MarisaFieldhouse.

Headlee said he islooking forward to therelocation and hopes tohave his team trainingin their new facility nextfall.

In addition to theinterior work the oldArmory needs, Barnhartalso said that there aresome exterior renova-

tions to be done, such asto remove the fence sur-rounding the northernside of the building andto add a handicap-acces-sible ramp and entrance.

Barnhart hopes tohave renovations on theArmory completed bysummer 2011.

Although it has beenover three months sincethe West High Streetpurchases were final-ized, Barnhart said thatany uses of the assetswere still subject tonegotiations.

He hopes to imple-ment the changes with-in the next six monthsand to have the propertyfully by the fall semes-ter of 2011.

After an extensiveevaluation of the condi-

tion of the building thathouses Lam’s Gardenand the former site ofthe Colonial, officialsdetermined that thefacilities were struc-turally unsafe, unusablefor the University andwould be demolished,according to Barnhart.

Once this buildingand the adjacent build-ing formerly housingHudson’s Jewelers aredemolished, it is stillnot certain what will bedone with the lot ofland, he said.

“We are exploring twoor three different alter-native uses [for the HighStreet lots, each] thatwill benefit the entirecampus and communityas a whole,” said Barn-hart.

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New concentration added to nursing masters programBy Amanda WishnerEditorial Assistant

Waynesburg Universityis offering a new concen-tration in its graduatenursing program. Stu-dents now have theoption to graduate with aMaster of Science inNursing with a concentra-tion in nursing informat-ics. Pat Davies, assistantdirector of the Accelerat-ed Health Programs, cur-rently manages the pro-gram, which prepares stu-dents for leadership posi-tions such as informaticsnursing specialists.

“An informatics nurs-

ing specialist is a nursethat has a graduate degreewith a focus specific to hisor her ability to work withhealthcare informationsystems,” said Davies.“In the old days we usedto write everything onpaper. Now, everything isbeing done in a computer-based environment.”

Graduates of this pro-gram are qualified to workin a wide range of posi-tions.

“Knowledge and skillsin informatics and patientcare technology are criti-cal in delivering qualitypatient care in a variety ofhealthcare settings,” said

Nancy Mosser, chairper-son of the Department ofNursing and director ofthe Bachelor of Science inNursing program.

Possible professions forinformatics nursing spe-cialists include nurse ana-lysts, department anddatabase managers,researchers and govern-mental lobbyists.

The 36-credit programoffers six specific coursesfor nursing informaticsstudents and will beoffered at all Universityregional sites. The cur-riculum features leader-ship, health policy, criti-cal thinking and comput-

er classes, as well as lec-tures that will preparestudents to educatehealthcare professionalsand patients on the useand purchase of health-care information systems.

Davies has recruitedcurrently employedexperts in the nursinginformatics field to teachthese courses, including anursing information ana-lyst from UPMC St. Mar-garet of Pittsburgh.

Students are able totake two courses everysemester, making timemanagement easier forthose pursuing a graduatedegree.

“They are able to moveat a slower pace,” saidDavies. “It’s usually pret-ty easy for working adultsto balance work, schooland a personal life.”

Nursing informaticsstudents are required tocomplete 220 practicumhours by working along-side experts in theirdesired profession.Davies hopes the special-ized, accelerated format ofthe new program willquickly prepare studentsto fill the upsurge of avail-able positions in thisdiverse field.

“Because of the needfor healthcare informa-

tion, Obama has mandat-ed hospital developmentin order to work toward afully electronic healthcaresystem by 2014,” saidDavies. “This has causeda gigantic opening inhealthcare facilities thatneeds to be filled.”

Davies firmly believesthat the nursing informat-ics field will continue togrow in the near future.

“We have to look atwhat’s going on outside ofhealthcare,” said Davies.“Computers are every-where. Healthcare hasgotten much stronger inits capabilities because ofit.”

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A member of the Waynesburg University physical plant works to remove snow from a sidewalk on campus duringa snowstorm. Workers spend the night plowing, salt and removing snow during storms.

By Matthew SnyderStaff Writer

Driving to campus andwalking to class becomesdifficult once wintercomes and snow begins tofall. Director of FacilitiesManagement John Burkeis the person in charge ofmaking sure the snow isremoved on campusgrounds.

“It can be difficult, butwe do our best to get theparking lots and side-walks cleaned off,” saidBurke. “We focus first onthe parking lots and thenthe sidewalks. From thatpoint I direct people towhere we need them themost.”

The physical plant hasa number of ways to

remove the snow andkeep the campus safefrom the snow, he said.

The grounds crew willsalt when there is a lightsnow until they cannotkeep up. Once the snowbecomes too much, thenthey will then begin toplow Burke said. A truckwith a salt spreaderattachment is used incampus parking lots,while golf carts with saltspreaders are used oncampus sidewalks.

Plowing is done by twotrucks with plows, threeriding tractors with plowsand an ATV with a plow.

The speed and efficien-cy of snow removal alsoweighs heavily on thetime of day. The morningshift can include sixmaintenance workers.Afternoon shifts will nor-mally include four main-tenance workers. Eveningshifts regularly have onemaintenance worker withhelp from housekeepers.

“We work strictly oncampus property. Many ofthe roads around campusare plowed by the Bor-ough of Waynesburg,” hesaid. Last February’s bliz-zard brought a largeamount of snow veryquickly. The blizzardcoming on a weekendallowed time for increasedsnow removal before stu-dents and faculty cameback to class, Burke said.While many of the roadsaround campus were stillcovered, the campus wasclear. An outside contrac-tor was brought in to han-dle the volume of snowand have it removed. Thecontractor was able tocome in, dig out the snowand haul it away to anoth-er location, Burke said.

Crews work late to clear campus of snow

Students, faculty to lead discussionabout Middle East

“It can be difficult, but we do ourbest to get the parking lots and side-walks cleaned off.”

John BurkeDirector of Facilities Management

By Megan CampbellStaff Writer

The University willhost its third installmentof Students Speak on Fri-day, Jan. 29.

This event will be heldat noon on the third floorof the Stover CampusCenter in the conferenceroom. Speakers willinclude seniors DanielleBrush, Ellen Louttit andAssistant Professor of His-tory Noah Haiduc-Dale.

Students Speak is anopportunity for studentsto voice their opinions infront of other students andgives everyone the chanceto hear what their peershave to say about a giventopic. There are variousfaculty members fromStudent Services thatattend these events, butthe students primarily runthem. Brush was asked toparticipate because shejust returned from a studyabroad program in Egypt.

“It’s really a veryrelaxed event, and every-one’s opinions and con-cerns are welcome,”Brush said. “It would ben-efit students to attend

these events to hear moreabout the topics being dis-cussed, as well as expresstheir opinions on the topicbeing discussed.”

Haiduc-Dale will pro-vide a variety of view-points and facts to whatcould be a controversialconversation, he said.

The topics that aregoing to be discussedinclude women in theMiddle East and last fall’s“Ground Zero Mosque”ordeal.

In addition, Haiduc-Dale said he would like tosee what students knowabout Tunisia andLebanon, two MiddleEastern countries thathave recently experiencedmajor political disorder.

“One of my main goalsas a professor is to encour-age students to engagewith the world aroundthem. This is a great wayto begin looking beyondour own state and countryand to consider how therest of the world influ-ences us,” said Haiduc-Dale. He hopes to helpmaintain focus and accu-racy throughout the con-versation.

STUDENTS SPEAK

the building of cleanwater wells or help withcareer and life counseling.

Weaver will not travelalone to Udaipur though,as Byler will also go toUdaipur.

Byler, a nursing stu-dent, will work with ProWorld in a different capac-ity, interning at a medicalclinic during her timethere.

Byler said, “I hope to goand get my master’s inpediatrics.”

Bolon, a public rela-tions and electronicmedia major, will be trav-eling to London, Englandwhere she will studymusic management andblack and white photogra-phy at Middlesex Univer-sity.

Bolon will be in Lon-don for six weeks.

“Small-town girls likeme don’t get big-timeopportunities like this,”said Bolon. “It’s a dreamcome true to study musicmanagement in a city sofull of culture.”

Peebles, and InteractiveDesign major with an artminor, will join Bolon inLondon.

She will study at theUniversity of Westmin-ster, taking classes inmultimedia journalismand photography during

her six weeks abroad. “I was very excited and

surprised that I got thescholarship,” said Pee-bles.

While in London, Pee-bles hopes to visit localmuseums and take pic-tures for her photographyclass. Peebles will blogand write press releasesthrough social media, anexperience she hopes willhelp her on the Waynes-burg campus because sheis the Executive Editor of

the Mad Anthony Year-book.

All students whoapplied for the scholarshiphad to submit recommen-dation letters from teach-ers and other personal ref-erences of the recipient, aswell as how the tripwould relate to theirmajors and future goals.

They also needed toturn in a proposal for theirintended plans whichincluded a budget thathad to describe details

such as cost of airfare,housing, meals and class-es.

After receiving andreviewing the applica-tions and proposals, acommittee conductedinterviews.

The committee’s goalis to pick students thatwould best representWaynesburg Universityand the United States in aforeign nation.

Before their respectivetrips, the recipients must

attend one weekendretreat as well as anotherone following their trav-els. Recipients of thescholarship will also berequired to participate in acommunity engagementwith an internationalfocus after traveling.

All recipients of thescholarship are requiredto write a responses dis-cussing how their travelsand community serviceintegrated into their lead-ership skills.

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announced the winner atthe Jan. 14 StudentsSpeak.

Questions werebrought up about how theWater Challenge could bedone better next time.

Alyssa Laird, who ispreparing to take Rurak’sposition as president ofEcoStewards, hosted theStudents Speak.

500 dollars was placedinto Thayer Hall’saccount to be used in anyway the hall chooses,according to Rurak.

When asked what willbe done with the prize,Thayer Hall Resident

Director Steve Bauthiersaid that the ResidentAssistants will be dis-cussing the matter withthe residents and hopeful-ly a concrete decision willbe made soon.

When the news of thewin was first received, fly-ers were hung in the hall-ways to collect ideas fromthe residents about whatthey think should be donewith the money.

T-shirts, athleticshorts, a new couch forthe lobby and even a pooltable or pinball machinewere all suggestions thatWharrey saw written onthe posters.

Bauthier did not knowof any group plan amongthe residents during thecompetition to savewater, but the winseemed to happen natu-

rally. “It was a 50-50 split,”

said Wharrey when askedabout his guess of Thayerresident participation.

“When we found outhalfway through the com-petition that we were inthe lead, we were all real-ly surprised,” said Whar-rey. However, Bauthierwas not surprised thatThayer won the chal-lenge.

“Men do usually takeshorter showers thanwomen,” he said.

This event was the firstwater-saving contestamong the dorms at Way-nesburg University.

The Campus WaterChallenge idea was mod-eled off the Campus Cli-mate Challenge project,composed of youth organ-izations in the U.S. and

Canada that strive toreduce pollution and pro-mote greener living attheir high schools and col-leges, according to climat-echallenge.org.

In contrast, the Way-nesburg University chal-lenge involved only oneutility. The first CampusClimate Challenge varia-tion at the University wasan electricity-saving con-test in the fall of 2009,according to Rurak.

When asked aboutanother similar contest inthe future, Rurak said: “Itshould be led by a student.I hope it does come upagain. I’m really happywith the results, and Ihope students learnedfrom the experience ofthis challenge. I hopesomeone can cover itfrom here on out.”

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Serving others: Students sort clothing with World Vision By Sarah BellEditorial Assistant

On Jan. 22, Waynes-burg University studentstraveled to World Visionin Pittsburgh for an annu-al work day.

Dave Calvario, dean ofstudents and director ofthe Center for StudentLeadership, has been vol-unteering at World Visionfor five years.

“When we go to WorldVision we sort goods thatare donated from theirnational partners,” Cal-vario said.

“They get goods thataren’t selling or are over-stocked, and we arerequired to sort them intodifferent sections like sea-son of the year, boys’clothes and girls’ clothes.”

World Vision raisesmoney for communitiesthat have been struck bypoverty.

According to their website, they serve nearly 100countries around theworld adding up to about100 million people.

Calvario feels Studentinvolvement is beneficialto both the organizationand the student.“[Volunteering at WorldVision] helps students to

understand that t-shirtsthat we all take for grant-ed are going to go to a real-ly good cause,” said Cal-vario.

“Work like this plantsseeds in individuals, espe-cially college studentswho are going to be thefuture leaders of corporateAmerica and of non-profitAmerica.”

World Vision wasfounded in 1953.

The global organizationhas offices located in 100countries; the sortingwarehouses located in theU.S. are in Pittsburgh and

Denver, Co.According to Calvario,

it is sometimes surprisingto find out what itemsvolunteers will be sortingwhen they get to thewarehouse.

“Once when we wentthere were multiple trac-tor trailers that wereseized from New YorkCity just filled withknock-off purses, coatsand shoes,” Calvario said.

“World Vision had themanufacturing approvalto distribute some of thestuff, but we had to cut offthe tags. Because they

wanted to protect theirbrand.”

Students can getinvolved with the WorkDays by signing up in theCenter for Student Lead-ership. The universityhosts two World VisionWork Days each semester.

The next work daywill be held on Feb. 12.The volunteers leavecampus at 7:30 a.m. andare back on campus by1:30 p.m.

World Vision is a Chris-tian humanitarian organi-zation motivated by faith.The organization works

to reflect Christ in thecommunities in whichthey serve.

The World Vision website states that they“serve alongside the poorand oppressed as a demon-stration of God’s uncondi-tional love for all people.”

Dr. Bob Pierce foundedWorld Vision to aid chil-dren who were orphanedduring the Korean War.

The web site statedthat contributions fromsponsors allow the organi-zation to provide “com-munities with access toclean water, nutritious

food, healthcare and eco-nomic opportunities.”

Sponsors and dona-tions are the driving forcein World Vision’s success.

Volunteering for WorldVision Work Day willhelp with the organiza-tion’s continual growth.Students can also getinvolved by participatingin a 30 hour famine, spon-soring a child from adeveloping country ordonating gifts, like a goat,that can provide nourish-ment to the communitiesthat the organizationserves.

Photo courtesy of Kimber Blair

(Top) Olivia Bakke packs a box during the World Visionwork day on Jan. 22. (Right) Andrew Zahn organizesshoes with other Waynesburg students. Twice a semes-ter,students partner with World Vision to work.

In addition to theCounseling Center,there are several otherresources available oncampus to students inneed of guidance.

Carol Young is thenurse director of Stu-dent Health Services oncampus and is availableto students who mayalready be using phar-maceuticals to treat amental issue or studentswho have other healthquestions.

A physician’s assis-tant is also available tostudents by appoint-ment through this

office.Students who are

seeking spiritual guid-ance are encouraged toseek out UniversityChaplain Tom Ribar.

“Waynesburg Univer-sity offers a lot of servic-es that are completelyfree of charge,” saidOwen.

“We’re good here. Ourstudents will tell youthat. It’s free now, andit’s a great time to getcounseling if you’veever thought about it.”

In regard to the shoot-ing in Tuscon, Owensaid that she hoped stu-dents at WaynesburgUniversity felt safe andensured that her door isalways open to studentswho have concernsabout themselves aswell as others.

Counselingavailable

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Greene County mines caused most of the structural

and land damage to the area, according to a DEP study.Read more on B4

Crowded field vying for Greene County commissioner postBy Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

With the primary elec-tion on May 17 quicklyapproaching, candidateshave begun to emerge asboth Republicans andDemocrats vie for thethree County Commis-sioner positions that willbe up for grabs in theNovember election.

Incumbent DemocratsPam Snyder and Charles

Morris and incumbentRepublican Archie Trad-er, are the three currentcommissioners who leadthe current list of candi-

dates.Travis Barkley and

Richard Yeager have alsoannounced their plans torun for the Republican

nomination. Meanwhile,Gregory Niverth andBarb Wise bothannounced last weekplans to challenge for the

Democratic nominationfor Greene County Com-missioner.

Snyder has served aschairman of the Greene

County board of com-missioners for two con-secutive terms and hasheld the position sinceJan. 5, 2004. Snyderannounced Monday shewould seek re-electionfor a third term as sherepresents the Democrat-ic party.

Some of Snyder’saccomplishments haveincluded: bringing a Wal-

Hunters decry dropin game populationBy Sandor MecsStaff Writer

Though the winterylandscape may seem likea snow encrusted bad-land to the casualobserver, Greene Countyis still prime turf for thehunt. Outdoorsmen stillactively patrol the hillsof southwestern Penn-sylvania; though deerseason ended on Dec. 11,small game is both inseason and ready for har-vest. Rabbits are up forgrabs all the way to Feb.26 while ruffed grouseseason just ended thisSaturday.

Concerns aboundhowever, over the esca-lating presence of preda-tors in the area, namelycoyotes. According to JayRiggenbach, one of thedirectors at the Waynes-burg Sportsman Associa-tion, everything from theturkey to the rabbit pop-ulation has noticeablyplummeted since theirrise.

“A guy that I workwith here who’s a realavid rabbit hunter hasn’tfound the same numberas previous years. Hehas harvested ten thisyear; at this same pointin time last year he shotupwards of 80,” he said

Riggenbach said that

other predator popula-tions are growing aswell.

“The bobcat popula-tion in this county hasexploded also. When Iwas hunting this pastdeer season I ran acrossmore than one set ofbobcat tracks on differ-ent locations,” Riggen-bach said. “I hunted on acouple of different farmsaround here, and bobcatsare also bringing a num-ber of our game down.”

He said that this wasactually the first yearthat bobcats were in sea-son and residents couldget a license to huntthem.

Small game is not theonly quarry vulnerableto encroaching preda-tors, however.

Will Orndoff, owner ofOrndoff Sporting Goodsin Graysville said thatwhen coyotes get togeth-er in packs, they havebeen known to chasedown deer.

“When you have a topdog like the coyote, thatputs an extreme dent inthe game. Ask a deerhunter how deer seasonwas this year,” saidOrndoff. “A guy I talkedto had a trail camera setup at a coyote den a

EcoStewards restores trail, ribbon-cutting ceremony to be heldBy Natalie BruzdaSocial Media Manager

The EcoStewardsClub at WaynesburgUniversity has recentlybeen very influential inpreserving nature, and apiece of history.

On Jan. 29, a ribboncutting ceremony willtake place at RyersonStation State Park,unveiling the newlyrefurbished Fox FeatherTrail.

After receiving a$1,000 CommunityImpact Grant, theEcoStewards Clubrestored the Fox FeatherTrail, a self-guided trail,from late September

until early November.According to Dorothy

Rurak, co-president ofthe EcoStewards Club,the use of the grant wenttowards trail clean up

and maintenance, mak-ing it easier for visitorsto walk and hike, as wellas updating the self-guided trail, which hadnot been restored for

more than 30 years.“It was nice to be able

to restore the trail to aneven better trail than itwas before,” Rurak said.“It’s geared for all types

of people who just wantto learn about natureand learn about theirsurroundings.”

The project involvedmarking the trail with

posts made of 100 per-cent recycled milk jugsand new plaques thatcorrespond with thenumbers on the self-guided manual and pam-phlet.

“At each post there isa piece of history, some-thing of ecologicalimportance,” Ruraksaid. “You learn as yougo. You learn about treesand why it’s importantthat they are there. It’s alearning trail.”

This year, Rurak saidthat the organizationwanted to change it up.

She approached Ryer-son Station State Park

Photos courtesy of Pamela Englemann

(Above) Waynesburg student Hilary Holets explores

Ryerson Station State Park. (Right) Members of the

EcoStewards club walk through the park. EcoStewards

partnered with Ryerson Station to refurbish a trail.

SnyderMorris Trader

Regional Construction Updates

OFF TARGET

Wise YeagerBarkley

See GAME on B4

See TRAIL on B4

Photo by Amanda Rice

Hidden GemsWaynesburg residents brought their antique items to the Comfort Inn on Jan. 15 to be appraised. Experts from

the Treasure Hunters Roadshow were available to examine the antiques.

Chapel- Construction on Waynesburg

University’s Roberts Chapel con-tinues to move steadily forwardthis semester. Work on the mainfloor of the chapel has begun andincludes the pouring of concreteslab for the floors.

- At this point, the building isabout 90 percent roofed, accordingto officials.

- Workers are currently con-structing partition walls in thechapel basement. At this time,the construction crew is also

doing carpentry work and work-ing on the chapel windows.

- For the rest of January, theworkers will begin to lay brickoutside. They will also prepareto set the steeple.

- The last thing to finish upthe construction of the RobertsChapel will be the seating,which consists of red cushionedchurch pews.

- Officials say that workers aremaking good progress, and thatthe finish date for the chapel isstill scheduled for Aug. 1.

Borough Area- There will also be local bor-

ough construction taking placethis week on the Morgan Streetbridge bypass in Waynesburg.There will be demolition of hous-es on S. Morgan Street.

- Because of the demolition,there will be limited access toMorgan Street as well as FirstStreet, but the rest of the boroughwill be accessible as usual.

~By Alex Hinton

See CANDIDATES on B4

One suitcase, onecarry-on, and zero ideaof what I was doing.

That’s how I arrivedin Costa Rica almosttwo weeks ago.

Because of the snowin the Northeast, myplane arrived one daylater than the groupflight for the studentsattending the BestSemester Latin Ameri-can Studies Program.

Without any sort oforientation, a LASP pro-

fessor brought medirectly from the airportto my new home in ElCarmen de Guadalupe.

There, I was receivedwith the kind of enthu-siasm that Costa Ricans,or “Ticos”, are famousfor.

There was some awk-

ward, on my part, cheekkissing at the doorbefore I was scootedeagerly to my room bythe entire family.

There, I responded togoodness-knows-whatwith smiles and headnods.

Admittedly, I was notprepared for my Ticofamily, but they havebeen the secret to mysuccess here in CostaRica.

In Costa Rica, mean-

ingful human interac-tion is the most impor-tant part of life.

Who cares if a mangives you directions thatsend you in circlesthrough the city?

As long as youenjoyed talking to him,everyone wins!

Although this puravida or “pure life” atti-tude has gotten me loston occasion, but it also

One in four.Twenty-five percent.That’s how many stu-

dents show symptoms ofclinical depression,according to a recentstudy by American andCanadian universities.

Although not everystudent who displayssymptoms is diagnosedwith clinical depression,the number is still stag-gering.

To put the numberinto perspective, try this.If you live in a dorm,pick a neighboring room.Of you, your roommateand your two neighbors,one of you will displaysigns of depression.

Signs vary from a loss ofenergy, loss of pleasurein activities, lack ofsleep or too much sleepor distorted negativethoughts, according toWaynesburg UniversityCounseling Centerintern Brian Winkle-blech.

These symptoms canbe triggered by employ-ment, relationship orparental statuses or evenanxiety linked to stress.

As college students,

our lives are stressful.We have a daily list of

assignments to completeand must learn to navi-gate the confusing pathbetween college and“the real world.” Parentsand friends, though oftenwell meaning, can add toyour stress as well.

But there is hope.Waynesburg Universi-

ty has a Counseling Cen-ter, located on the thirdfloor of the Stover Cam-pus Center, with staffmembers who aretrained to help students,faculty and staff withthese types of feelings.

Best of all, the serv-ice is free.

According to Winkle-blech, “It’s a forum forpeople to talk aboutwhatever is botheringthem.”

Students, faculty andstaff can set up anappointment by calling,e-mailing or visiting theCounseling Center. Ses-sions occur once a weekand last for approximate-ly 50 minutes.

“It’s a safe place forpeople to talk aboutstuff,” he said. “It helpsto be able to talk aboutthings.”

Not everyone feelscomfortable visiting the

Choose to have meaningful interactions

In a town as small as Waynes-burg, any businesses in the areaare prized.

When I first learned that theUniversity had bought three ofthe buildings along High Street, Iwas a little uncertain as to how Ifelt about the most recent of theexpansion plans.

Although I love to see Waynes-burg University growing andexpanding, I hate to see the towngrowing smaller.

And then when I heard whatbuildings had actually been

bought, I was even more appre-hensive.

After a court battle to finalizethe deal between property ownerJohn Juskowich and the Universi-ty, eventually the two agreed on afinal price.

This would be only the first ofpotential problems with thisbusiness transaction though.

My thoughts immediatelyturned toward the people in townand how they would feel aboutthis latest University intrusionon their space and livelihoods.

Very few food outlets alongHigh Street currently exist thatare within a reasonable walking

distance from the Universitycampus unless you happen to bevery athletically inclined withlots of free time.

As I possess neither of thesequalifications, my options arepretty limited.

Even though this purchase hap-pened months ago, not too muchhas happened in terms of changesalong the street.

The University administrationhas made no public statement asto what the buildings will be usedfor or any plans for renovationthat might be necessary.

Apparently the lack of commu-nication extends farther than theUniversity campus though.

After the purchase in October,members of the University beganassisting the owners of the Lam’s

Support local businessCoffee and ice cream shop coming soon

Senate fails to publicize online votingResources available to treat depression

Universitypurchasesaffect locals

Student Senate started the new semester on a low note,hosting a poll on the myConnect homepage but failing to letanyone know about it.

The poll, which was meant to discover if students wouldbe willing to go trayless in Benedum Dining Hall if theywere given two free guest passes per semester, failed miser-ably due to lack of advertising. No e-mails were sent out,and no flyers were posted. As a result, the poll only had 212voters participate, an inadequate number to be used as a rep-resentative sample for a campus of this size.

One Student Senate executive board member evenadmitted at Tuesday’s meeting to beingy unaware the pollexisted until its existence was announced at a meeting twoweeks ago.

The fact that this occurred is truly not surprising, giventhe Senate’s previous track record in trying to hold its socialevents.

The Senate needs to get its act together if it hopes to haveany chance of getting the university to go trayless. Theyshould focus more on spreading the word about importantevents like the poll via blast e-mails, Twitter and flyers ifthey expect to get usable results. There needs to be morecommunication between the task forces and between Sen-ate and the campus.

If Senate really wants to improve the campus, theyshould start by improving their communications skills first.

See DEPRESSION on B3

See LIVING on B3

See ONE on B3

Hot Rod's owner, Rod Phillips, has con-firmed plans to establish a coffee and ice creamshop in downtown Waynesburg.

He will be meeting a great need - the need forcaffeine, sugar or a maybe just a bagel.

We live in an area that struggles economical-ly and small-town entrepreneurs have to fighthard to stay afloat next to the big-name corpo-rations.

Opening a new business is always a dauntingtask, but especially here and especially now.

So while most of don't need to have our armstwisted to enjoy an ice cream cone, keep inmind how important it is to support local busi-nesses like this one.

They give character to our community andfoster economic and personal relationships.

Local businesses also create more jobs -including jobs for students.

By keeping our money in our local economy,it benefits those directly connected to the Way-nesburg community and continues to cyclethrough, developing our infrastructure.

By stopping in to grab a cup of coffee andtake advantage of the promised Wi-Fi connec-tion, we can help to promote that AmericanDream just a little more.

Besides, it's not as if there is a Starbucksdown the street.

It's an ideal situation for a local businessowner and an easy choice for college students.

We can all help eachother out on this one.We get a new place to study and escape fromcampus, and a local business owner can feelconfident his investment was a good one.

It’s a win, win. Besides, it’s so much easier to get through

those millions of textbook pages with a latte inhand.

Polls need publicity

SARAHMARKWARDT

GuestColumnist

KAITLINEDWARDS

Columnist

RACHELBROWN

Columnist

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Counseling Center. Students may feel a

stigma is attached toasking for help or for vis-iting the Center.

However, withouttreatment, depressioncan get worse, accordingto the American CollegeHealth Association.

In addition to seekinghelp with professionals,reach out to family andfriends about how you’refeeling to create a sup-port system.

Eat balanced, nutri-tious meals, and follow asleep schedule.

Most importantly,exercise regularly.

“Those who partici-pated in leisure timephysical activity wereless likely to be sufferingfrom symptoms ofdepression,” said SamuelHarvey, who researchedthe effects of exercise ondepression in an articlein Men’s Health.

“What is most impor-tant is spending part ofyour leisure time doingsomething active, whichyou enjoy and that

makes you feel goodabout yourself.”

If you know someonewhose behaviors havechanged recently, youneed to speak up, accord-ing to Dr. KatherineNordal with the Ameri-can Psychological Asso-ciation, in an NPR arti-cle.

Your friend may beresistant to counseling atfirst, so offer to listen tothem.

The American Col-lege Health Associationsuggests the followinglistening techniques:

Be supportive. One of the worst

things you can to doyour friend is to be judg-mental or laugh at theirproblems.

If you’re going to offerto help, make sure youtruly want to listen.

Show that you care bystaying in touch fre-quently.

Know when to backoff. Friends might per-ceive your attempts tohelp as threatening.

If this happens,explain that you want tocontinue the conversa-tion at a later date.

Prayer never hurtseither.

Garden Chinese Restau-rant, Joey and Zsu Choy,to find a new location.

According to an arti-cle in the Observer-Reporter, the Universitywanted the restaurant tostay on High Street in adifferent location.

Two locations weresuggested, but neitherlocation worked out forthe restaurant.

After an anonymoustip was sent to the Way-nesburg Borough aboutpotential structuralcompromises to thebuilding, an inspectionrevealed some problems.

According to theObserver -Repor ter ,“The report indicatedthe building was struc-turally unsafe because ofa fire on the third floor ofthe building in May1999.”

My question is, whydid this not come outsooner?

Why are we waitinguntil the last minute,acting on anonymoustips, and realizing nowthat after more than 11years that a building issuddenly unsafe?Thiswould soon becomeanother burden of theChoy’s.

But unfortunately, itgets worse.

After months ofattempting to find a newlocation without suc-cess, a letter wasreceived by the Choy’son Friday, Jan. 21 statingthat they would need tovacate the building by 8p.m. on Wednesday, Jan.26.

Five days. That’s it. The immediacy to

vacate the building wasapparently based on thisreport.

Roy Barnhart, seniorvice president forFinance and Administra-tionfor Waynesburg Uni-versity, was unavailablefor comment on thismatter by press time.

Even though theyknew eventually thatthey had to move, thesudden change of pacewould have taken any-one by surprise.

By the time this arti-cle is printed, Lam’s Gar-den Chinese Restaurantwill no longer be at thesame location thateveryone has grown toknow.

No more late-nightChinese food runs ontoHigh Street.

No more gorgingyourself on bowls offried rice and eggrolls.

No more laughingwith friends and familyaround the familiarbooths.

One less food venueon High Street.

Unless somethingchanges. And fast.

accounts for the degreeat which my family hereloves me.

On Saturday, myfather, or Papí,announced that we weregoing. Where?

No one seemed toknow, but we all hoppedinto the car anyway.

First, Papí took us tosee the National Basilicato honor my Catholic

heritage. From there, we drove

into the mountains toan overlook of San Jose;he had heard me tellMamí that I live in themountains in Pennsyl-vania.

The next day, mybrother Fabricio organ-ized a soccer game withthe kids on our streetafter I told him that Iplay soccer for Waynes-burg University.

These experienceshave me thinking like acrazy person: what ifeverything we did wasmeaningful human

interaction?At LASP, the profes-

sors invite anyone frommembers the CostaRican FBI, SupremeCourt justices, priests,social workers andartists to present theirexperiences of LatinAmerica.

Last week, Elmer-artist by day and securi-ty guard by night, sharedwith us his humbleupbringing in a garbagedump in El Salvador.

Today, he explained,he is still poor by theworld’s standards.

If Elmer could change

anything about the richand the poor, he said, hewould have them knowone another’s names.

So now, I find myselfin Costa Rica, the landof beautiful foliage,sloths, quetzals, beachesand sunshine.

But the most impor-tant thing is that I amsurrounded by people.

And I plan to makemy life with themmeaningful.

Markwardt is a juniorbiblical and ministrystudies major, studyingin Costa Rica for thesemester.

Depressionis treatable

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Pennsylvania cuts antismoking effortsThe nation’s battle

against smoking and itsmany health-related per-ils has had more ups anddowns than a patientfever chart: Tobacco rev-enues go up, but govern-ment spending on anti-smoking programsdeclines, as smokingrates creep up.

The challenge is todrive those numbers inthe right direction toimprove public health.

But on the heels of thefirst reported increase insmoking in a decade _driven mostly byyounger smokers _comes a study docu-menting that states seethe benefits of antismok-ing programs and are try-ing to maintain funding.

Pennsylvania unfortu-nately was singled out asone of the states makinglarge cuts last year inantismoking effortsamid the budget crisis,according to the study,done for the AmericanHeart Association andother health advocacygroups.

That’s the wrong path

to take on such a keypublic-health issue,especially at a time ofrecord revenues fromtobacco taxes and con-tinuing payouts from the1998 tobacco settle-ment.

Moreover, the grow-ing number of stateswith indoor smokingbans provides a goldenopportunity to piggy-back antismoking effortsso that more people quit.

Just under 21 percentof all adults smoke, rep-resenting about 46 mil-lion people.

That’s up from nearly20 percent in 2007.

So it’s at least goodnews that one New Eng-land state serving as atesting ground for thenear-universal healthcare being debated inCongress is document-ing remarkable successin cutting smoking by itspoorest residents.

By providing low-costsmoking-cessation treat-ments to Medicaid recip-ients, Massachusettshealth officials cutsmoking rates in this

population by more than25 percent.

The steep drop from38 percent of poor Mass-achusetts residentssmoking to about 28 per-cent last year, represent-ing 30,000 fewer smok-ers, is impressive proofthat concerted anti-smoking efforts can havea big payoff.

A few states offerMedicaid recipientsstop-smoking benefits;good to see Pennsylvaniaamong them.

But so far only Massa-chusetts officials reportsuch an impressive dropin smoking among Med-icaid recipients.

The state offers low-income smokers up tosix months of counselingand access to smoking-cessation medications.

That sort of aggressiveapproach may accountfor their success.

Among smokers ingeneral, their cessationefforts frequently fail thefirst few times.

As the old joke goes,quitting must be easysince so many smokers

have done it over andover again.

With more teens andyoung adults acquiringthe deadly habit everyyear, in large part, due tothe industry’s $12.5 bil-lion annual ad budget ,the price of slacking offon antismoking efforts issteep.

Some 440,000 Ameri-cans die annually fromsmoking-related illness-es, a toll in human suf-fering as well as a dragon the nation’s econom-ic prospects with associ-ated health-care costsand lost productivity.

As Congress looks forways to tame healthcosts, it would be wise toinclude new Medicaidcoverage for antismok-ing efforts.

Meanwhile, statehealth officials would besmart to replicate theMassachusetts effort byextending stop-smokinginitiatives to as manycitizens as possible.

The orginal editorialappeared in the Philadel-phia Inquirer.

Living the‘pura vida’

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One lessfood venue

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Dear Editor,I think we need to go trayless

in the Benedum Dining Hallbecause it would save money bylowering the water and soapconsumption.

The money that isn’t beingused from buying more waterand soap can be used to makechanges happen on campus eas-ier.

People are always complain-ing about how something iswrong with their dorm.

If we had some extra moneyin the University’s pocket, thenwe could make these changes

happen quicker.Another reason I think we

should go trayless is that onlyabout half of the trays get usedper meal.

Most of the time a tray isused, it’s only for one plate orbowl with a cup.

I think most people can usetheir two God-given hands tocarry one plate and a cup.

If you decide you want morefood than you can carry whileyou’re up, then you can go backand get it.

The third reason I think weshould go trayless is because so

many other colleges havealready done it.

It may not be the greatest rea-son, but I think we should fol-low suit.

If so many colleges and uni-versities are making the changeto go greener, why shouldn’twe?

So, please make the changeeasier and stop using trays.

It’ll help us become a eco-friendly campus and give theschool a little bit more moneyto do so.

Signed,Karl Weber

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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while back, and in a

month’s time they drugin about 15 or 20 deer.”

Though he said thatthey are hierarchical ani-mals carving out adefined territory forthemselves, Orndoff said

the coyotes will comeinto your back yard andtake your cat, take yourdog, no problem, and I’msure if the opportunitypresented itself, theywould take a small child.

Perhaps that’s part ofthe reason that this Feb-ruary, Orndoff is organ-izing his regular coyote“lottery” hunt lasting

from Feb. 18-27. Afterpaying a $15 entry fee tojoin the competition,whoever brings in theheaviest kill wins half ofall the proceeds.

The rest of the moneyis divvied up betweenthose who are successfulin shooting at least onecoyote.

“I just do it to give

people the opportunityto get out, spend a fewextra days in the woods,and of course I do it asadvertisement for thebusiness,” said Orndoff.

He said that turnout isusually around 75 partic-ipants, but doesn’t seemworried about overhunt-ing.

“These guys are not

endangered by anymeans. You’ve got a lotout here,” Orndoff said.“If I had 75 hunters, andthey killed 75 coyotes,you wouldn’t put a dentin the population. Theonly way you couldmake a dent would be tohave guys out here fulltime, 24/7, baiting andpoisoning them.”

Manager Alan Johnson,asking if there waspotential at the park todo a project.

“I thought that restor-

ing the Fox Feather Trailwould be a good fit,”Johnson said. “I’ve hadseveral people ask meabout that trail, becauseit was pretty popular inthe past. People wantedto know what happenedwith it.”

The trail dedicationwill take place in con-

junction with RyersonStation State Park’sWinter Fest.

A crowd of about 100to 150 people is expect-ed, which, according toboth Johnson and Rurak,is the perfect atmos-phere for what he andthe EcoStewards Club istrying to accomplish.

“We want to showwhat Ryerson providesfor us as a community,”Rurak said. “Ryersondoes Winter Fest everyyear and it’s a timewhen there is more peo-ple. We can really bringattention to the newopportunity that isavailable.”

Trailrestored

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Mart to the county,obtaining state assistancefor the relocation of ShaftDrillers International’scorporate headquarters toMt. Morris, securingfunding for a streetscapeimprovement project indowntown Waynesburgand the installation of abrand-new waterpark inWaynesburg.

“We have accom-plished much in the lastseven years, but muchwork remains to be doneto make Greene Countythe home we want it tobe,” Snyder said in anews release. “If electedfor a third term, I plan tocontinue to bring ourcounty sustainable eco-nomic development, job-creating initiatives andfamily-based recreationalopportunities.”

Morris was appointedcommissioner in Augustto replace Dave Coderwho had resigned in lateJune. Morris announcedlast Thursday that hewould seek the Democ-ratic nomination for theposition. Morris, a gradu-ate of Carmichaels AreaHigh School, earned hisbachelor’s degree fromthe University of NotreDame before earning alaw degree fromDuquesne University.

He is currently practic-ing law out of the officeof Pollock Morris and hasbeen in law since 1975.

Trader, Republicanand Board Vice Chair-man, is seeking his sec-ond term. He spokeabout the importance offamiliarity and havingexperienced leaders inthe role of County Com-missioner.

According to Traderthe current commission-ers are working on sever-al projects. He stated thatthey are “working on

development of elderlyhousing so that we don’tlose to other counties,”he said.

Trader also mentionedthe possibility of contin-ued development of thearea around the airportand balancing the budgetfor the fiscal year andstressed the importanceof experienced commis-sioners during this time.

Wise, executive assis-tant of RJ LeeGroup Inc.,announced her candidacyfor the Democratic nom-ination as well last week.Wise graduated fromWaynesburg Universityin 2008 and serves on theboard of directors for the

Greene County UnitedWay, Waynesburg Pros-perous & Beautiful andGreene County Tourism.She is also the secretaryof Community Founda-tion of Greene Countyand the Waynesburg AreaChamber of Commerceand also was recentlyelected president of theRotary Club of Waynes-burg.

Niverth is also throw-ing his hat into the ringas he attempts to earnthe Democratic nomina-tion. He is a 1967 gradu-ate of Jefferson-MorganHigh School and a 1971graduate of CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylva-

nia, earning a degree andcertification to be a highschool mathematicsteacher. He worked for 31years for Jessop Steel inWashington, Pa. He hasalso been heavilyinvolved in the commu-nity, as he has served onthe Jefferson-Morganschool board for the pastsix years and been on theGreene County Democ-ratic committee for 12years.

Rounding out therepublican side will beYeager and Barkley.

Yeager’s name shouldbe a familiar one as heran as the Republicanrepresentative againstincumbent DemocratBill DeWeese last fall forthe 50th Legislative Dis-trict seat. Yeager was for-mer chairman of theGreene County Republi-can Party.

According to the state-ment on Yeager’s websitehe “contacted 6,800 vot-ers during last year’spolitical campaign sea-

son. Most feel our futureshould be brighter for ourcounty, but many havelost faith in our leaders.They all want leadersthat place the needs ofthe citizens before poli-tics, power and personalgain. This is why I amannouncing my candida-cy for Greene CountyCommissioner.”

Yeager owns a strongbusiness background andhas a M.B.A. from Way-nesburg University.

The final candidaterunning on the Republi-can side is Travis Barkley,of Greensboro. Barkley,29, is the youngest of allthe candidates and is aRepublican county com-mitteeman who alsoserved as a corporal in theU.S. Marine Corps.

Voters will decide onthe top two candidatesfrom each party by votingin the primary election,and then the three withthe most votes will beelected in the generalelection in November.

Candidatesemerge

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Greene County mines cause majority of damage, study showsBy Rachel BrownExecutive Editor

The longwall mines inWashington and Greenecounties caused the mostdamage to the surround-ing areas during a five-year period, according to areport recently released bythe Department of Envi-ronmental Protection.

Together with the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh, DEPstudied the effect of mineson 10 counties in south-western Pennsylvaniafrom August 2003-2008,as required by Act 54 of1994.

Act 54 requires a reportto be compiled every fiveyears.

“Mining has been—and, for the foreseeablefuture, will continue to

be—a part of our econo-my and way of life,” saidDEP Secretary John Hang-er in a press release.“While coal companieshave made advances toreduce underground min-ing’s impact on the sur-face, this report gives us achance to better under-stand how those incidentsoccur, where they’reoccurring and how we canprevent them or addressthem more timely.”

Hanger said the reportcontained details aboutthe number of structures,water supplies andstreams undermined inthe five-year assessmentperiod.

Additionally, the reportgives an overview aboutthe reported damage tosurface structures and fea-

tures and how thoseissues were resolved.

During the assessmentperiod, 50 undergroundcoal mines were operatingin southwestern Pennsyl-vania, covering 38,256acres of land.

According to thereport, almost 94 percent

of incidents involvingstructures and 89 percentof damage to landoccurred in Greene andWashington counties.

The average number ofdays to resolve these inci-dents was 207 for struc-ture damage and 246 forland, which is low when

compared to the amountof time needed to fix dam-age to other areas.

Overall, the number ofreported incidents rose 14percent since the laststudy, which ended in2003, according to thereport.

The report also indi-cates that the DEP isinvestigating the signifi-cant increase to deter-mine what caused theincrease and to identifyany trends.

Of the nine mines inGreene County, eight ofthem are longwall mines,which use a technique tomine coal from the six-foot-thick PittsburghCoalbed, present in muchof Greene County.

Together, the eightmines cover 15,711 acres

in Greene County, includ-ing the Emerald andCumberland mines nearWaynesburg.

The ninth mine focus-es on the removal of coalfrom the SewickleyCoalbed.

The report also indicat-ed that mining affected 12percent of structures and3 percent of propertiesexamined during thestudy.

However, almost 700water sources, or 24.5 per-cent, were reportedlyimpacted during the min-ing process.

More than half of inci-dents with the watersources had been resolvedbefore the end of thestudy, but fixing the issuetook, on average, 321days.

Infographic courtesy of Department of Environmental Protection

Game levelsdeclining

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“We have accomplished much inthe last seven years, but much workremains to be done to make GreeneCounty the home we want it to be.”

Pam SnyderGreene County Commisioner

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By Jon LedyardAssignments Editor

As junior forward LouGalante’s drained a three-pointer to give Waynes-burg a 56-55 lead over vis-iting Geneva with 12minutes left in the game,it looked as if the YellowJackets were poised topull off the improbableupset.

Then the shootingslump that had plaguedthe Jacket offense in thetwo previous gamesreturned, Geneva’s high-powered offense found its

rhythm, and a one-pointWaynesburg advantageturned into a 81-66 victo-ry for the Golden Torna-

does last Wednesday. “Geneva’s zone defense

gave us some problems inthe second half,” said

head coach Mark Christ-ner. ”We haven’t seen alot of zone defense thisseason, and when youdon’t see a lot of zone, thedefensive movements candefinitely be confusing.”

Geneva went on a 26-10 run over the last 12minutes to improve to 12-5 and bury the (5-12, 2-5)Jackets hopes of breakingtheir now five-game los-ing streak.

“Coach Christner did agreat job of instilling in usthe confidence we neededto break out of our slumpand shoot the ball well,”said senior guard SteveIser. “We need to play 40minutes instead of 35 andlearn to finish games

By Brandon ReedEditorial Assistant

Freshman Luke Lohr, awrestler from SomersetHigh School in Pennsyl-vania, has had himself abreakout year on the Yel-low Jacket wrestlingteam.

Lohr is 25-3 after hisvictory Tuesday night at149 pounds against SteveBickerstaff of Penn State

New Kensington. Lohr’sfavorite move, a highcrotch takedown, earnedhim at least four pointsand a win with a fall at4:18.

Lohr has beenwrestling his entire lifeand said that wrestling inhigh school got him pre-pared for competitionevery weekend.

“It taught me how tobalance athletics and

school work,” said Lohr. Lohr did not begin the

season as a starter for theYellow Jackets, butthrough various injuries,including one former con-ference champion JesseByerly, he became theonly wrestler left in the149-pound weight classfor Waynesburg besidesSam Lombardo.

“Luke and Sam wres-tled for the spot,” said

head coach Ron Headlee. After a competitive

match, Headlee felt likegoing with Lohr at 149and Lombardo at 157 wastheir best option.

“[Lohr’s] going to bepretty special; he reallyhas a competitive spirit,”he said.

“He’s very talented, hehas a real good feel for it

Sorry, Steelers haters.As someone who spent

the majority of this pastweekend in Pittsburgh(including inside HeinzField for Sunday’s AFCtitle game), it’d be hard forme not to document mythoughts and observationsduring my time in theheart of “Steelers Coun-try.”

For many this time ofyear, it’s all Steelers all thetime, both in Pittsburghand elsewhere. Actually,it’s probably borderlineobsessive. And thatbecame clearer to me thanever after my experiencesover the weekend.

As a lifelong Steelersfan, I can’t get enough.However, even I can alsounderstand how the wall-to-wall black and goldcraze could make apathet-ic Pittsburghers cringe.

Here are just a fewexamples from this pastSaturday and Sunday:

Saturday, 4:45 p.m. – Ipick up my sister Mary atPittsburgh InternationalAirport. She’s flown infrom Waco, Texas, to visitmy parents for a week andhas somehow convenient-ly arrived just in time toaccompany me to thegame the following day.She proceeds to recap hertravel day.

Toward the end of herfour-hour layover at Hous-ton’s George Bush Interna-tional Airport, she figuresshe should double checkwhich gate she will beusing. Her initial guess isconfirmed when she spotsa “sea of black and gold”eagerly waiting to board aflight to the Steel City.

Then, as said flight pre-pares to land in Pitts-burgh, a first-class flightattendant begins walkingthe aisles, not passing outpeanuts but already wav-ing her Terrible Towel.

Saturday, 7 p.m. – Myfamily sits down for din-ner, where Mary shows usall a piece of paper. It’s anote she received from thefather of one of her fourthgrade students in Waco. Itread, “We’re on our way …Stairway to Seven. SteelerNation No.1.” Signed, Mr.Merchant.

Not your typical par-ent-teacher interaction.

Saturday, 10:59 p.m. –My mother and other sis-ter Jill (slightly lessenthused Steelers fansthan Mary and I) complainabout recent 11 o’clocknewscasts being devoted

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Dave FloydSportsEditor

Steelersmania inplayoffform

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JACKETS 61 - CHATHAM 43

Photo by Andrew Buda

Sophomore forward Paige Pearce (24) plays with her

back to the basket in last week’s game against Geneva.

The inaugural Yellow Jacket

Athletes of the Week

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Lohr excelling as starter in Byerly’s absence

Strong second half lifts Jackets to PAC win

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

For 20 minutes on Sat-urday, the Presidents’Athletic Conferencewomen’s basketballmatchup between Way-nesburg (13-4,6-3) andChatham (6-11, 2-7)looked very similar totheir matchup on Dec. 1.In that contest Waynes-burg came from behind inthrilling fashion to score

an overtime victory thatwas capped off by juniorpoint guard HannahHunter’s buzzer beater.This time, though, theYellow Jackets decided toleave no doubt as theycontinued one of the bestseasons in the program’srecent history.

The Jackets used a hugesecond half surge topound the host Cougars61-43.

The first half was anugly one that includednumerous jump balls, sev-eral missed layups, play-ers hitting the floor forloose balls and even errantshots.

After the first half ofplay, the Jackets held aslim 26-23 lead againstChatham.

In the first half therewere also seven ties and11 lead changes as the twoteams fought back andforth in the first game ofthe second half of the PACschedule.

Waynesburg headcoach Sam Jones talkedabout the difficulty in thefirst half against a confer-ence opponent.

“I think since it is aconference game and weknow each other well that

Wrestlersready forThiel

By Dave FloydSports Editor

As their league clashwith rival Thiel drewnearer, the WaynesburgUniversity wrestling teamcompleted a busy stretchin their schedule Tuesdaynight at the Rudy MarisaFieldhouse. In that match– their third in just sixdays – the Yellow Jacketsshut out an undermannedPenn State New Kensing-ton squad 58-0.

Other highlights duringthe six-day span includedan individual tournamenttitle by freshman 157-pounder Sam Lombardoand a 28-18 victory overWashington and Jefferson– the Jackets only otherPresidents’ Athletic Con-ference foe besides Thiel.

“We want to be knownas the best, so of course wewant to be the best in con-ference; we’re returningchampions,” Lombardosaid. “We want to put it in[the rest of the confer-ence’s] mind that we arethe best. You don’t want togive them any thought intheir mind that they havea chance of beating us.”

Waynesburg hostsThiel Friday at 7 p.m. atthe Marisa Fieldhouse –the site of the PAC Cham-pionships to be held justtwo weeks later.

“We lost to them lastyear early in the season, soit’s not going be an easymatch for us,” head coachRon Headlee said. “I’msure they are going towant get the PAC titleback after the first timelosing it, and we’re goingto want to keep it after thefirst time [winning it].

“It’s a good indication

Jackets mired in five-game losing streak

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Transfer Drayernets 12 in secondhalf to lead WU

Team beats W&J,Lombardo winsMessiah Open

Geneva’s zonestymies offense infifth straight loss

Photo by Andrew Buda

Senior captain Steve Iser drives to the basket in last

week’s game against Geneva. Iser had 10 points.

Photo by Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Freshman Luke Lohr (top) is an impressive 25-3 this season, filling in for former PAC champion Jesse Byerly, who

was lost for the entire 2010-11 campaign with a shoulder injury before the season began.

SUBSUPER

By Dave RykalaStaff Writer

Most Waynesburg Uni-versity athletes grow anddevelop on and off thefield in four years; howev-er, that is not always thecase. Some Waynesburgmajors have the studentsat main campus for threeyears and at anotherschool for one or twoyears.

These majors play afactor in the recruitingprocess and the process ofseeing the student-athletegraduate.

“In the recruitingprocess, we would like toprovide a four-year experi-ence,” said head footballcoach and Director ofAthletics Rick Shepas. “Ifthey are unsure, we mightsuggest going a differentroute or refer them some-where else.”

Marine biology stu-dents will spend three offour years here at Waynes-burg and then enroll ateither the Florida Instituteof Technology or the Uni-versity of North Carolinaat Wilmington for their

senior year.One student that is at

Florida Tech now is MattZimmerman, a formerWaynesburg wrestler.Zimmerman wrestled hisfirst three years at Way-nesburg and now is fulfill-ing his academic require-ments at Florida Tech.Zimmerman was a part oflast season’s Presidents’Athletic Conferencechampionship team,wrestling in three differ-ent weight classes. How-ever, the Yellow Jacketshave been forced to dowithout his versatility in2010-11.

According to headwrestling coach RonHeadlee, he won’t stop hisstaff from recruiting ath-letes that are in thosefields.

“Matt was a different

situation because he wasalready in the programwhen I got here,” saidHeadlee. “But we will stillrecruit the same and tryto get three good years outof the athlete.”

Though Zimmerman isnot on the mat for theJackets this year, hisimpact on the team is stillevident as he is now help-ing the Jackets withrecruiting. As Zimmer-man continues the pur-suit of his degree, he iscoaching on the side andtrying to help Headleewith his recruits.

“It’s hard to getwrestling out of your sys-tem,” said Headlee. “Thisis a different way to helpus out and give back.”

Zimmerman is onlyone Waynesburg student-athlete that these majors

effect. Junior JennyMcAndrews is anotherexample of an athlete hav-ing to leave Waynesburgin order to accomplish hergraduation requirements.

McAndrews is a mem-ber of the women’s tennisteam and also a marinebiology major. McAn-drews recently finishedher best season in a Way-nesburg uniform and willhave to walk away afterhaving the best statisticalseason of her career.

“It’s extremely hard towalk away from theteam,” said McAndrews.“It’s especially hardbecause it would’ve beennice to continue to playwith Logan [McDonald].”McDonald served asMcAndrews’ doublespartner. The two rackedup six wins together.

McAndrews also endedthe season tied for theteam lead with eight vic-tories in singles competi-tion.

The sacrifice by thestudent athletes to con-tinue their education andwalk away from the sportthey love is difficult. Asfor McAndrews, and mostof the other athletes, thisdecision isn’t by choice,but the understanding of

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Softball set to holdinstructional clinic

The Waynesburg Uni-versity softball team willbe holding an instruction-al clinic on Saturday, Feb.5, at the Rudy MarisaFieldhouse.

Registration for the daybegins at 8 a.m. Instruc-tion will be broken upinto two different cate-gories. Pitching will runfrom 8:30 a.m. until 9:30a.m., while hitting &fielding will last from 10a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

A $25 fee is required toattend the pitching semi-nar, while the hitting &fielding seminar is $35. If

a player would like toattend both seminars, thecost is just $45.

All players, highschool age or younger, arewelcome.

For more information,please contact Waynes-burg head softball coachLou Giachetti at lgia-chett@waynesburg.edu orat 724-852-3397. Todownload and print off a.pdf version of the clinicregistration form, look onthe right hand side of thesoftball home page atwww.waynesburgsports.com.

Photo courtesy Waynesburg University Sports Information

Head coach Lou Giachetti uses a broom to instruct par-

ticipants at a previous clinic.

Certain majors shorten athletic careers“Words can’t even

describe how hard of adecision it was for me.Being a leader on the teamand having to leave wastough.”

Ryan GaudyFormer men’s soccer player

Marine biology,engineering majorsamong those affected

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strong.”The Jackets started the

game on fire offensively,staying right with the topoffense in the Presidents’Athletic Conference bygetting scoring contribu-tions from ten differentplayers and shooting near-ly 52 percent in the firsthalf. Waynesburg with-stood a furious onslaughtof five treys and 17 pointsfrom Geneva senior guardBryan Hill in the first halfwith six threes of theirown, including three byjunior reserve LarryAlexander.

“We didn’t play verywell the week before thisgame, and a big reasonwhy was because we hadpoor ball movement andspacing offensively, whichwas causing us to takequick shots instead of set-ting up,” said Christner.“Against Geneva wecame out with a renewedsense of purpose and wereable to set up our halfcourt offense and get backto getting the ball swungand players movingaround attempting to getopen.”

However the lid wenton the hoop for Waynes-burg in the second half astheir shooting percentagedropped to under 30 per-cent. Iser, whose sevenfirst half points were sec-ond on the team only toAlexander, managed onlythree in the second half.The Jacket captain hasnow shot just 31 percentover the team’s last threelosses.

“What Steve does real-ly well is get into the laneand get to the basket offreversals and ballscreens,” said Christner.“When he settles for jump

shots, he’s kind of been ina slump all season, andhe’d tell you that him-self.”

Junior forward JeffYoung ended up leadingWaynesburg with 12points and nine rebounds,while Iser snagged fouroffensive boards to goalong with his 10 points.

The Jackets were with-out 6-foot-6-inch, 245-pound forward Kurt Bon-net, who missed the gamewith a concussion. Bon-net’s size may have helpedthe Jackets match up withGeneva junior LambrosSvingos, who used hisown 6-foot-6-inch, 245-pound frame to get theJackets primary big man,6-foot-5-inch junior JamesAllenby, into foul troublein the second half.

Allenby, the Jackets’other captain, finished thegame with four fouls inonly 11 minutes, whileSvingos posted 10 pointsand five boards.

“When you lose a guylike Kurt, it hurts, espe-cially when you don’thave lot of depth at theposition,” said Christner.“Guys like Aaron

Cromwell, Lou Galanteand of course Jeff Youngand James Allenby havedone a real nice job. Butit’ll be nice to get Kurtback as he gives us a lot ofgood minutes at both endsof the floor.”

PAC action continuedfor Waynesburg Wednes-day as they battled the(12-4, 6-2) Bethany Bisonat the Rudy Marisa Field-house. Results were notavailable at press time.

The Jackets’ next con-test is on Saturday as theyplay host to the (4-13, 1-7)Grove City Wolverines.When the two met earlierthis season the Jacketscame away with a 63-57road victory, snapping a22-game PAC losingstreak and an eight-gamelosing streak to thedefending PAC champi-ons.

“Coach [Christner] hasbeen telling us it's allabout the end of Februarywhen those PAC tourna-ments roll around,” saidIser. “As long as we keepimproving and playinghard, I'll be confident wecan beat anybody comeFebruary 26.”

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both teams matched upwell against each other,”he said.

The game really swungin Waynesburg’s favorwhen they turned a 37-32lead into a 49-32 lead bygoing on a 12-0 run andnever looking back asthey coasted to victory.

Playing a key role inthe second half run wassophomore guard JessiDrayer.

Drayer transferred intoWaynesburg in mid-December and has been akey addition to the Jack-ets.

Drayer came off thebench to score a game-high 17 points on seven-of-14 shooting from thefield, which included atwo-of-three mark fromthree-point range.

Drayer and Hunterhave given Jones a dynam-ic option at the guard spot.Having both of them hasallowed both players to

flourish offensively withtwo point guards on thecourt at once.

“It is every coach’sdream to have two girlsthat handle the ball, playphenomenal defense andcan both score,” Jonessaid. “It is a great thing tohave.”

Jones talked aboutDrayer and her impactsince she joined the teama little over a month ago.

“Drayer came in, andshe was very unassum-ing,” Jones said. “She justjumped in and got towork.

“She is obviously avery talented player, andshe just fits in with theteam. The girls love her.She is one of us.”

Waynesburg ended upoutscoring Chatham 35-20 in the second half enroute to victory.

Senior forward ElishaJones tacked on 15 points,while Hunter added 13points to go along with sixsteals and four assists.Sophomore guard BrittanySpencer finished out theWaynesburg scorers indouble figures with 10points.

The Jackets also did anexcellent job by turningthe ball over three timesin the second half and 15times all game. In com-parison, the Cougars com-mitted 27 turnovers forthe contest.

The win coupled with aGrove City loss to No. 2ranked Thomas More,means that Waynesburghas a one game lead forthird place in the confer-ence standings. Waynes-burg looked to stay hotthis week in the PAC asthey hosted rival Bethanyyesterday.

They will host GroveCity on Saturday in a keyconference matchup atthe Marisa Fieldhouse asthe season kicks into highgear.

The Jackets will also belooking to avenge an earli-er season loss to theWolverines.

In that loss, the firstone of the year for Way-nesburg, the Jackets led byas many as nine points inthe first half before lettingthat advantage slip awayin the second.

Tipoff is set for 1:30p.m.

Second halfkeys win

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Photo by Andrew Buda

Junior captain James Allenby (40) takes the ball to

hoop as Geneva’s DJ Damazo tries to defend.

Photo by Andrew Buda

Sophomore guard Jesse Drayer (right) defends a Golden Tornado ball handler in

Waynesburg’s game against Geneva last week.

and he is very relaxed andcomfortable,” said juniorcaptain Alex Evanoff.

Headlee agrees thatLohr has significant tal-ent.

“He hates to lose, hehates losing a point letalone a match and he isgood at all three posi-tions,” said Headlee. “Hefits into our program real-ly well.”

Lohr’s hard work andsense of competitivenessaid in his success.

“He is a hard worker,”Evanoff said. “He knowswhat he needs to do to getbetter. He is a silent work-er.”

Lohr intends to get asfar as possible in the post-season and stay healthy as

the season goes on. As his first season

wears on, it is clear Lohr’shard work is paying off.

The current careerrecord for wins at Waynes-burg University standsat 107. With theway Lohr is pro-gressingand if heremainshealthy,he couldclose in onthat record veryquickly.

Lohr, who holdsSomerset’s records forwins and falls has agreat future ahead ofhim at Waynesburg.Headlee had nothingbut optimism to shareabout Lohr’s future.

“He could be anAll-American;there’s no reasonhe couldn’t be anationalchampion,”

Headlee said. Evanoff looks forward

to Lohr’s continuedinvolvement with thewrestling program.

“He has a verygood future andpotential to be one

of the best of all timeat Waynesburg,”said Evanoff.

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Inaugural Yellow Jacket Athletes of the Week unveiledBy Jon LedyardAssignments Editor

-Sam Lombardo cappeda 5-0 week with his sec-ond individual tourna-ment title this season. Hescored victories over apair of Division Iwrestlers on his way tothe crown at the MessiahOpen this past Saturday.

The freshman 157-pounder started the weekwith an 11-0 major deci-sion over Washington andJefferson’s Roja Stephen-son to help Waynesburgdefeat its Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference rivals 28-18.

Lombardo followedthat victory by going 4-0at the Messiah tourna-

ment, beating the sixth,second and fourth seedsfrom his No. 3 position tocapture the 157-pound

title. In the semifinals,Lombardo scored an 8-7decision over Gabe Bird afreshman from Liberty

University, who posted a208-15 record in highschool.

Lombardo has now

won 10 straight matchesand looks to improve onhis 21-4 record with thisweekend’s upcoming

matchup against ThielCollege.

-Waynesburg’s ElishaJones captured the YellowJacket Women’s Athleteof the Week award byscoring a combined 37points and grabbing acombined 18 reboundswhile leading Waynes-burg to victories againstboth Geneva andChatham this past week.

The senior forward’sstellar play in the posthelped the Jackets extendtheir winning streak tothree games and gave theteam’s leading scorer anaverage of 15.8 points pergame heading intoWednesday’s matchupagainst Bethany.

in the dual meet,” headded. “You want to seehow some of your guysmatchup with some oftheir guys going into thePAC Championships.”

Last Thursday’s matchwith W&J lost a bit of itsluster right away whenthe Jackets realized theywould be the beneficiariesof three forfeits (18points).

“[The three forfeits]caught us a little bit bysurprise. Actually, I thinkit worked out worse forus,” Headlee said. “I justthink we got in a lull; ourguys let up a little. Wedidn’t have a real goodwarm up in the[wrestling] room, took it alittle bit lax. I didn’t seethe intensity we’d like tohave in a lot of our match-es.”

After forfeits at 125 and133 pounds, the Jacketswere spotted a 12-pointlead. However, W&J 141-pounder Josh Etzel gavehis team some life byupsetting 2010 All-Amer-ican senior Nick Garber12-9. Garber appearedbothered by a lower bodyinjury throughout the

match, causing two injurystoppages.

That’s when Waynes-burg’s freshmen steppedup.

Up 12-3, 149-pounderfreshman Luke Lohr gut-ted out a 2-1 decision overthe Presidents’ Tyler Berg-er. Then, at 157 pounds,Lombardo scored a majordecision victory, 11-0,against W&J’s RojaStephenson.

After Waynesburg

sophomore 197-pounderCody Catalina avoided asix-point loss to clinchthe match, freshman 285-pounder Brandon Fedorkacapped off the eveningwith a 6-0 win over W&J’sTaylor Potts, a formerPAC heavyweight cham-pion.

“[The freshmen] havebeen doing a great job forus,” Headlee said. “Wethought overall this wasour best recruiting class.

We’ve had good classes,but we brought in 16 newkids, and we thought thequality of them were pret-ty good. They’re addingdepth to our program, andwe’re not afraid to put anyof them out on the mat.

“[Lohr, Lombardo andFedorka] have exceededour expectations rightnow,” he added. “Thebiggest thing with thosethree is the competitive-ness; they just hate to

lose, and you can see it inthem. They have thatdrive to win, and in oursport you really needthat.”

On Saturday, severalJacket grapplers traveledto Grantham, Pa., for thesecond time this seasonfor the Messiah Open.

Both 133-pounder RicoBorz and Lombardoturned in impressive per-formances. Borz wentundefeated into the semi-

finals before being forcedto default out because of aminor injury. Lombardodid not lose a match enroute to the 157-poundcrown, his second tourna-ment title in as manyweekends.

“Coach Headlee and[assistant] Coach Yatesand [grad assistant Jeff]Havelka got us workinghard in the room, andyou’re going to get noth-ing but better if you putthe work into it,” Lom-bardo said. “I’m not reallya starter yet, but if you’reconstantly working outwith people like NickGarber, Garrett Johnston,Alex Evanoff, Jon Sanko,everybody’s good, soyou’re constantly gettingbetter and learning newmoves and how to stopmoves.

“I have no problemstepping in wheneverthey ask me to because Iknow I’m ready. They pre-pare you.”

For Tuesday’s match,Penn State New Kensing-ton brought just fourwrestlers to the MarisaFieldhouse, meaning theywere forced to forfeit atsix different weight class-es.

The Jackets used thosesix forfeits, three wins byfall and one major deci-sion to score the easy vic-tory.

Jackets prepfor Thiel

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This semester, the Yellow Jacket’s sports staff will vote on their own athletes of the week. Congratulations to wrestler Sam Lombardoand women’s basketball player Elisha Jones on being named the inaugural recipients of the honor.

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almost entirely to cover-age of Pittsburgh’s belovedfootball team.

Saturday, 11:15 p.m. –Finally we hear news thatisn’t 100 percent Steelersfootball – the weather. Noworries, though, we stillheard our complete gameday forecast.

Sunday, 4:30 p.m. –Driving inbound on theParkway West, I check themessage boards overheadto see if we’ll run into anytraffic ahead. Instead, I’msimply told, “Buckle up.You’re on the road to theAFC ChampionshipGame.”

Thanks, PennDot.Sunday, 4:45 p.m. – We

arrive at our usual gameday parking garage. More

Texans. The group whoparked next to us had oneSteelers fan from Houstonand another from Dallas.

Sunday, 8 p.m. –William Gay scoops up aMark Sanchez fumble andtakes it back for six to givethe Steelers a 23-0 lead.The record crowd inattendance creates a pan-demonium the likes ofwhich I’ve never seen inmy eleven years taking ingames at Heinz Field.

Mary nearly falls intothe row in front of us. I,for some reason, choose tocontort my body in a waythat allows me to hug amiddle-aged man threeseats down. Why I didn’tgo for a high-five or a hugfrom someone closer I’llnever know.

Sunday 10:15 p.m. – Bythis time, of course, ourparking garage friend fromDallas knows he won’thave to travel far for theSteelers’ next big

matchup.We’re now walking

behind a Steelers fan whocame in from the BigApple for the game.Despite the Pittsburghvictory and her New Yorkroots, she’s busy cursingout the J-E-T-S Jets any-way.

Sunday, 11:15 p.m. –Now driving outbound onthe Parkway East, I seethe message board hasbeen updated.

“Congratulations,Steelers. AFC Champi-ons.”

After seeing that typeof coverage, I can onlyimagine what the nexttwo weeks will be like inand around the city ofPittsburgh.

To be honest, I can’twait.

But I’m sure there’ssome who can.

Note: All times used inthe above article wereapproximate.

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Photos by Dawn Yates and Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Above: Freshman Sam Lombardo (top) controls his

bout in his team’s match with rival W&J.

At right: Senior forward Elisha Jones takes her defend-

er off the dribble in a game earlier this season.

Photo by Dave Miller,

ADM Photography

Photo by Andrew Buda

Freshman 285-pounder Brandon Fedorka (left) battles former PAC heavyweight champion Taylor Potts of W&J in

the two’s bout last week. Fedorka shut out Potts 6-0, and Waynesburg defeated W&J 28-18.

The Waynesburg Uni-versity men’s andwomen’s track and fieldteams got back to compe-tition Saturday when theytraveled to West VirginiaUniversity to take part inthe indoor WVU StateFarm Games. The meetincluded teams fromAlderson Broaddus, Cali-fornia, Pa., Elon, Hood,Juniata and Waynesburg.

WVU won a total ofeight events to claim thevictory, but the YellowJackets did not comeaway disappointed.

Senior Maria Shepas

led all Waynesburgwomen with a 10th-placefinish in the 800-meterrun with a time of 2:32.97.

Freshman Angele Hagyput together a strongshowing in the shot putfor the women. She fin-ished eighth in the eventwith a toss of 10.85meters (35’ 6”), the teamslongest throw for the day.

“It’s a good starting dis-tance, but there’s a lot ofroom for improvement.”Hagy said.

The 2010 Mt. Lebanongraduate holds her highschool’s all-time outdoorshot put record but hasalready thrown further atWaynesburg with animpressive debut in thepreseason with a throw of11.54 meter (37 feet, 10

inches).“I’m excited to see how

training for track all yearround will pay off,” Hagysaid.

Shot put is the onlyevent Hagy throws forindoor track, but she willalso throw discus duringthe outdoor season laterthis spring.

Another freshman alsoperformed well for theJackets. Bre Paul led allDivision III athletes byfinishing fifth in the polevault with a height of 2.80meters (9’ 2”).

The male freshmen hadan impressive day of theirown. Ethan Smith set anew Waynesburg recordin the indoor men’s 500-meter run, finishing thirdwith time of 1:13.78.

First-year competitorJustin Angotti won the800-meter race with atime of 2:06.18, beatingthe second-place finisherfrom Alderson Broaddusby only .09 seconds. It wasWaynesburg’s only victo-ry in any event on the day.

Junior sprinter JordanWrask turned in severalstrong performances forthe Jackets. He recorded athird-place finish in the60-meter dash with a timeof 7.36 seconds and addeda fourth-place showing inthe 200-meter dash (24.47seconds).

The Waynesburg trackteams are back in actionon Feb. 5. when they willcompete at the Universityof Mt. Union in the JimWuske Invitational.

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-Despite not being an everydaystarter, Waynesburg freshman SamLombardo showcased his abilities onthe mats this past week and foundnothing but success.

The first-year standout went 5-0with a big dual win and his secondtournament title in as many week-ends on his way to being named Pres-

idents’ Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week.Lombardo is the sixth different Yellow Jacket to earnthe weekly honor in the nine weeks it has beenawarded this season.

He opened his week by shutting out W&J’s RojaStephenson 11-0 to help clinch Waynesburg’s 28-18win over the Presidents, and followed that perform-ance by claiming the 157-pound title at this past Sat-urday’s Messiah Open. Lombardo beat a pair of Divi-sion I wrestlers at the event, including Gabe Bird, afreshman from Liberty who won 200 matches in highschool.

With the victories this past week, Lombardo haswon his last nine matches and has dropped just onebout in his last 14 trips to the mat.

PAC award

Lombardo

Track and field resumes indoor seasonSmith sets recordin 500-meter run,Angotti wins 800

the benefits eliminatesthe negative of having toleave Waynesburg.

“I would rather havestayed here four years,”said McAndrews. “But Iwouldn’t benefit the samehere as I hope to in Flori-da.”

In another case, thisone with a men’s soccer

player, Ryan Gaudy hadto choose another schoolafter his third year at Way-nesburg to continue hisacademic track for anengineering degree. Theengineering program hasthe student go three yearsto Waynesburg and thentwo years to a cooperatingschool.

According to Gaudy,the setup for him was notideal, and there wereobstacles that he had toovercome to get to thenext part of his require-ments. Gaudy is currently

enrolled at West VirginiaUniversity but feels thatthe program setup mightnot be ideal.

“It was definitely notthe best setup personal-ly,” said Gaudy. “I hadproblems with some ofthe schools I was trying toget in with, but I ended upat West Virginia, and ithas worked out.”

Gaudy, like the previ-ous two athletes men-tioned, played a key roleon his team. Gaudy start-ed 17 games in 2009 andwould have been an inte-

gral part of this year’steam.

“Words can’t evendescribe how hard of adecision it was for me,”added Gaudy. “Being aleader on the team andhaving to leave wastough.”

In the cases of Zimmer-man and Gaudy, bothhave adapted well to theirnew surroundings, and allevidence shows that bothwill continue their suc-cess. Though he is doingwell, according to Gaudy,if he could have finished

his college career at Way-nesburg, he would have.

“I definitely wouldhave stayed,” said Gaudy.“But I simply had to gobased on my academics”

Waynesburg Universitywill continue to bring instudent-athletes that willbe in majors like these,and according to Shepas,as long as coaches recruithonestly with potentialplayers, Waynesburg willremain the same.

“We are who we are atWaynesburg University,”said Shepas. “We just

need to continue torecruit honestly in theprocess”

While academics madethe decision a no-brainer,it was still tough for thesethree athletes to end theirplaying days. In sports,athletes learn how toovercome adversity, andthis will be no differentfor Zimmerman, McAn-drews, Gaudy or any otherWaynesburg student-ath-lete that has to go throughthese programs.

They are just playingwith a quicker clock.

Athletes facetough choice

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By Rachel Davis and

Philip HenryStaff Writers

While the majority ofWaynesburg Universitystudents enjoy relaxingover holiday breaks, sev-eral groups volunteeredtheir time to impact oth-ers’ lives around theworld.

Over Thanksgivingbreak, three groups of stu-dents served inGuatemala, W. Va., andthe local Habitat forHumanity.

The students whowent on these missiontrips had the opportunityto take center stage atTuesday’s Chapel service,as they described theirexperiences.

“Any action countsand is always beneficial,”Junior Esteban Saldi saidas he explained the con-struction project heworked on. Esteban isone of several studentswho participated in themission trip toGuatemala.The volun-teers spent their time atthe Centro Nutricional yHogar de Ninos inPatzun, Guatemala.

The center is a placewhere children whoseparents cannot take careof them on their own canstay, Saldi said. The stu-dents helped at the centerand completed a con-struction project to helpimprove the center.

The group that servedat Greene County’s localHabitat for Humanityhelped rebuild a fencearound a local man’shouse.

The last group thatwent on a mission tripover Thanksgiving breaktraveled to Philippi, W.Va. for a five-day service.The group assisted WorldServants, a Christianorganization that servespeople in need throughhome renovations and bybuilding relationships.

They spent the vastmajority of their timecleaning out a floodedbasement and cuttingplenty of fire wood.

“Take a risk,” Univer-sity Chaplin Tom Ribarsaid. “You can’t just coastthrough life playing itsafe or you will nevergrow.”

Mission trips give theopportunity for studentsto give, contribute andhelp people who are inneed said Ribar.

“Jesus commands usto do,” Ribar said. “Theprimary goal of a missiontrip is to give.”

Students served in var-ious capacities overChristmas break as well.23 students participatedin service trips in GreeneCounty, New Jersey andJamaica to spread the loveof Jesus Christ with theindividuals they served.

Kelley Hardie, assis-tant director of student

activi-ties, andher hus-band ledfour Way-nesburgstudents asthey participated in theGreene County Immer-sion trip Dec.11-18.

“Personally, I live inWaynesburg, so it was anhonor to serve my neigh-bors, especially duringholiday season,” saidHardie.

The group preparedmeals at the St. Ann’sGood Neighbor program,worked with the Salva-tion Army kettle cam-paign and served andstocked food at the Jeffer-son Township FoodPantry; they also held aChristmas party at KidsCafé, spoke to highschool students about theimportance of educationat West Greene High

School and volunteeredat Ten Thousand Vil-lages.

From Jan. 1-8, Ribartraveled to Montego Bay,Jamaica, with his wifeand 15 students to workwith Mustard Seed Com-munities.

Mustard Seed Com-munities is an organiza-tion that works with allages of individuals withphysical and mental dis-abilities by providingthem with long termcare.

The Waynesburg groupworked at Jacobs’s Lad-der, which is a facilitythat provides adult care.During the week, thestudents helped in the

greenhouses, painted andset up school and therapyrooms, tiled floors anddid other various con-struction projects.

“Mustard Seed Com-munities has been a won-derful partnership withus,” Ribar said aboutWaynesburg’s fifth yearworking with theJamaican-based organiza-tion.

Dave Calvario, dean ofstudents/director of theCenter for Service Leader-ship, traveled to Camden,N.J. during the sameweek to lead four stu-dents in their work withUrban Promise.

By Alex HintonEditorial Assistant

Although the studentactivities calendar listsseveral student discountmovie nights at the Way-nesburg Theater, they willnot resume until April.

A sign on the theaterindicates that the theateris closed until April.

According to StudentActivities Board Advisor,Pat Bristor, the owner ofthe local movie theaterdid not notify StudentActivities Board about herdecision to close the the-ater for the winter untilthe calendar was alreadymade and printed; there-fore the cancelled eventsstill appear on the activi-ties calendar. StudentActivities Board is review-ing the dates of the can-celled discount movie

nights. Some of themwere scheduled for Sun-days during Upper Roomand will not be replaced,but the remaining dis-count movie nights willbe substituted with differ-ent activities, which willpossibly include showingmovies on campus for thestudents, Bristor said.

“Since 1995, I havebeen working with [theWaynesburg Theaterowner],” Bristor said.“We usually plan six toeight movie nights asemester.”

Bristor said that ChrisKiger, owner of the Way-nesburg Theater and ArtsCenter, agrees to allowthe students to pay onlythree dollars per ticket onthe scheduled discountmovie nights, and thenStudent Activities Boardpays the difference for the

remaining cost of eachticket.

“I like having the stu-dents in the theater,”Kiger said.

Kiger normally keepsthe theater open on a lim-ited number of days dur-ing the winter months.Because of low attendance

and other costs, she usual-ly changes the theater’sbusiness days to Thursdaythrough Sunday duringthe colder months.

“I closed it this winter,because the gas bill allowsno profit,” Kiger said. Sheplans to work on keepingthe theater well main-tained during the nextthree months while it isclosed, which will includenew paint and clean up.

“I am opening the the-ater in April,” Kiger said.“The date depends onwhen I get things doneand when it warms upand I can pay for gas.”

There will continue tobe discount movie nightsfor Waynesburg Universi-ty students in the future.

Students should lookfor updates posted aroundcampus or in their stu-dent email accounts fromStudent Activities Boardabout the upcomingevents planned to take theplace of the discountmovie nights.

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Waynesburg theatre closed until April, SAB events affected

Localmusicianleadsworship

Photo by Brandon Reed

The discount movie nights at the Waynesburg Theatre, scheduled in conjunctionwith SAB, will be replaced with other activities until the theatre reopens in April.

We came,we saw,

we served By Matt GiardinaStaff Writer

As a Christian Univer-sity, Waynesburg is com-monly visited by Christ-ian musicians and artists.This Friday was no differ-ent as local Christianartist Rick Butor per-formed in Alumni Hall.

Butor is well knownthroughout the greaterPittsburgh area as an avidsinger, songwriter andworship leader.

Butor started his per-formance at 7 p.m. on thethird floor of Miller Hall.He led a session filled withprayer, devotion and wor-ship songs that lastedaround an hour and a half.

Katie Smith, a juniorcomputer science andmathematics major,attended the show andwas overjoyed about it.“Rick Butor was great,”said Smith. “I’m glad he ishere, I feel like this is thefirst true Christian bandwe’ve had here in awhile.”

Butor wrote several ofthe songs that he per-formed throughout thenight, including “We WillPraise You.”

Butor said that he wrotethe song out of his desireto continuously praise andgive thanks to God forbeing in his life.

“‘We Will Praise You’was written out of a cry ofmy heart to go deeper andto praise more. Let it sinkin and praise Him all weeklong; it is all I wish,” saidButor.

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During the fall and winterbreaks, students served incountries across the world

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By Amanda SilayStaff Writer

For the next fewmonths Waynesburg Uni-versity students can workout with their friends inthe Fitness Center andwork toward the miles ofa Spring Break destina-tion.

The university’s annualSpring Break-A-Thon runsfrom Jan. 17 to March 4.

The event was startedsix years ago by KelleyHardie, Director of Hous-ing and Assistant Directorof Student Activities.

The idea for the eventcame from a brainstormidea and has continued onfrom there, Hardie said.

For the event, groups oftwo to four people exer-cise in a variety of ways toachieve a certain mileage.Each group’s requiredmileage depends on thenumber of people that arein the group.

Participants can obtaintheir exercise miles byrunning or walking on atreadmill, biking, usingthe elliptical machines,

weight lifting or any othertype of physical activity,Hardie said.

If there are two peoplein the group then themileage is 367 total miles,or 31 miles per week foreach person, which wouldget a traveler to OceanCity, Md.

A group of three wouldneed to obtain 630 totalmiles, or 35 miles per

week per person to get toMyrtle Beach, S.C.

Finally, a group of fourwould have to exercise for870 miles total, or 36miles per week for eachperson, and that wouldget them to DaytonaBeach, Fla.

“This is a fitness activ-ity in hopes you stay inshape, keep a New Year’sresolution and have fun

with your friends,” Hardiesaid.

Resident Director Car-rie Smith is a participantin this exercise eventbecause it is also open toWaynesburg Universitystaff and faculty, not juststudents.

“I want to be at thegym more, and it is alsoan unofficial New Year’sresolution to exercise,”

Smith said.Her group of four will

be going to the gym regu-larly and wearingpedometers when theywalk around campus,according to Smith.

Hardie said she is alsoparticipating in the event,but with just one otherperson.

Many people thinkabout the dreaded “fresh-

man 15” when they entercollege.

Even students that arenot freshmen worry aboutthe idea of not exercisingand gaining weight.

This event is a fun wayto motivate people to usethe fitness center, Hardiesaid.

If students are notmotivated by the idea ofstaying active, then theycan be excited about theidea of getting a free t-shirt when completingthis exercise challenge.

According to Hardie,having a goal to look for-ward to and people to do itwith makes it easier tothink about going to thegym and working out.

So far this year thereare over 100 participantsthat have begun theirexercise journey to beaware of their fitness andstaying active, Hardiesaid.

It is very easy to getstarted and it is never toolate to start, Hardie said.

Any questions or com-ments please contact Kel-ley Hardie, 724-852-3402.

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Spring break-a-thon to promote healthy lifestyle on campus

By Jessica SchinkovecStaff Writer

DVD workouts such as Insanity and P90X have recently become very popular among college students atWaynesburg University. For a college student DVD workouts are cost-effective way to stay in shape. DVDworkouts can also be done in the comfort of your own home, or dorm, as opposed to having to go to the gym.

DVD workouts have a one time cost and can be kept for a long period of time and used more than once. Itis less expensive to buy a good DVD workout than to pay a trainer or to pay for a subscription to a gym.

“I enjoy the workouts,” junior Jamie Rempel said. “They are fun. I usually use them when I don’t feel likegoing to the gym because of bad weather or something like that.”

“I think people should find a workout that they enjoy doing,” Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer Vilija Bish-op said. “If people try these workouts and like doing them, then its great. If people don’t like them, then theymost likely won’t stick to doing them.”

Some athletes have used these DVD workouts during their offseason, while many other students at the Uni-versity use the DVD’s just to get a good workout that is convenient.

Business professorpublished again

DVD workouts becoming popular at colleges

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By Zach ShoafStaff Writer

Given the need for abusiness to compete in aninternational market inorder to do well in today’sglobalized economy, anyinnovation could help pro-vide that competitiveadvantage.

That was one of the rea-sons why Dr. SutSakchutchawan wrote hislatest published article,“Contemporary LogisticsInnovation for Competi-tive Advantage: Conceptand Operation.”

The article will be pub-lished in volume 4, issue 4of “Global Journal ofInternational BusinessResearch” and isSakchutchawan’s sixthresearch work accepted byan academic publication.

Sakchutchawan, anassociate professor ofinternational business anddirector of the interna-tional studies program atWaynesburg University,focused his attention onproblems related to theglobal supply chain:specifically unnecessarycosts, expenses and penal-ties that occur due to mis-communication in logis-tics integration.

Using Wal-Mart as anexample, Sakchutchawanpointed out how largercorporations shouldembrace logistics innova-tions such as using a largequantity of InformationTechnology to enjoy sev-eral benefits such as costreductions and customersatisfaction among others.

“Wal-Mart is very keenon logistics,” saidSakchutchawan. “Theyhave used logistics in avery useful way to cutdown on costs and operateglobally better than any-one else. Where they suc-ceed and a less successfulcompany like K-Martfailed, was in terms of net-working logistics.”

The idea for this paperwas born not only out ofSakchutchawan’s back-ground in business, butalso an effort to focus on anew concept related to theever growing global mar-ket.

“I wanted to focus onsomething related to inno-vation,” saidSakchutchawan. “I didn’twant to stick to one topicof economics that hasalready been documented.With technology, innova-tion is always possible,and so I focused on tryingto develop an innovativean original idea.”

Considering the recenteconomic recession,Sakchutchawan also feltthe need to work on devel-oping innovative ideascritical to the studentswho are currently prepar-ing for careers in the field.

“The reason we need todo this now is that inAmerica we have so manycompanies it’s hard to staycompetitive,” saidSakchutchawan. “We aresuch an open society andso international business-es contribute to the vol-ume of business in thiscountry. Innovation willgive future businessesmore opportunities to cutdown on costs and suc-ceed in the future.”

Sakchutchawan hopesto present his research atconventions in the nearfuture, and he will con-ducting an empiricalstudy on the matter aswell.

Global Journal of Inter-national BusinessResearch is a bi-annual,peer-review research jour-nal that provides a publi-cation outlet for practicaland theoretical globalissues in the area of busi-ness, finance, manage-ment and informationsystems, according totheir website,http://www.globip.com/globalinternational.htm.

By Carrie MaierStaff Writer

Muse & Stone, Way-nesburg University’s liter-ary arts magazine, held itsfirst open mic night of thespring semester on Tues-day at College TownDiner.

This is the second timethe location has been usedthis school year.

The open mic night fea-tured readings of poemsand short stories as wellas acoustic and bass guitarperformances.

“It’s been kind of hardfinding places, but it’sbeen really great here,”said Sarah Rizzi, execu-tive editor of Muse &Stone.

“We kind of went outon a limb here, but theturnout was great.”

The small diner set upfeatured microphones, anamp, chairs and a musicstand to head the stage.

These items sat at infront of booths andmakeshift tables for acrowd of about 30.

“The diner is a good fit.It’s small enough that 25people here feels crowd-

ed,” said Martin Cockroft,advisor of Muse & Stone.

Junior Jacob Richie saidhe performs at every openmic night he can make ittoo.

“The one I went to lastyear at Alumni Hall – Ifelt bad that I was singingsome of those songs there.The diner – this is muchmore laid back,” saidRichie.

Performances rangedfrom spoken word poetryto an acoustic duet of Wil-low Smith’s top 40 hit“Whip My Hair,” muchto the audience’s delight.

As a spectator, sopho-more Travis Fife said thiswas his first time at thenew location.

“I don’t want to per-form. I just like watch-ing,” Fife said.

“I like the guitars andthe poems evenly. I likethe originality of thepoems because a lot of thepeople that play guitarsing songs people knowalready, but they’re all sotalented.”

First time performerbut frequent audiencemember Amanda Hill,who recited a short poemfrom her cell phone, saidthe readings were muchmore intimate at CollegeTown Diner.

“Plus there’s free food,”said Hill, a freshmen Eng-lish major.

The allotted time spotof 8 to 10 p.m. included amenu of food and drinksthat were provided free ofcharge.

“We shelled out somemoney, but it’s not themost expensive locationwe’ve had,” said Cockroft.

Rizzi said thatalthough she appreciatesthe regulars, new faces arealways welcomed.

“Hopefully I’ll get toread more at the nextone,” said Hill.

The next Muse &Stone open mic night isscheduled for Feb. 22.

Poetry and Prose: First open mic night held

Photo by Lisa Jaeger

Jacob Richie performed at the first open mic night ofthe semester hosted by the Muse & Stone.

Within the last 40 – 50years, factory closings andthe poor economy havecaused Camden tobecome one of the poorestcities in the United States;student, Jonathan Blattsaid Camden is a city thatis in worse condition thansome third world coun-tries. The Waynesburgstudents helped teachersin Urban Promise’s highschool known as ForwardSchool to offer Camdenteens one more chance ata proper education.

They also worked theNew Visions’ day shelter,

serving food and interact-ing with the homelesspopulation.

Calvario noted that the

experience in Camdenwas worth the work.

“It’s a gut wrenchingexperience but humbling

experience. These areindividuals that just fellupon hard times,” Cal-vario said.

Studentsserve others

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Students traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica from Jan. 1- 8 to work with MustardSeed Communities, a group that works with physical and mental diabilites

Fifth annual conducting symposiumadds musical perspective to leadership

Photo by Lisa Jaeger

The Conducting Symposium was held on Jan. 21-22 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. People from across

the country participated in this event including guest clinicians Dr. Jack Stamp and Dr. Linda Moorhouse.

By Rob GriffithStaff Writer

Conductors fromacross the country, areahigh school students andWaynesburg Universi-ty’s Symphonic Bandcame together for thefifth annual ConductingSymposium.

The two-day eventoffered a laboratoryenvironment for partici-pants to hone their con-ducting and leadershipskills. On Friday, Jan. 21and Saturday, Jan. 22,students participated infour interactive lecturesessions that coveredconducting and rehears-al techniques.

The event’s organizer,Dr. Ronda DePriest,assistant professor ofinstrumental music anddirector of the universi-ty’s music program, saidthe event was beneficialfor all involved.

“This kind of labora-tory experience doesn’thappen without adynamic, willing band,”DePriest said. “By theend of the first day, theensemble sounded phe-nomenal.”

Mark Fordyce, a jun-ior business major andtenor saxophonist, saidplaying in the sessionshelped him adapt to dif-

ferent conducting meth-ods.

“It helps you appreci-ate different styles,”Fordyce said. “Conduc-tors work differently,and you just have to rollwith it.”

Dr. Jack Stamp andDr. Linda R. Moorhouseserved as the event’s cli-nicians, evaluating con-ducting ability and offer-ing recommendationsand insight.

DePriest said Moor-house was invited torepresent a growingcommunity of femaleconductors.

“She’s a very skilledconductor,” DePriestsaid. “She really knowsher area.”

Stamp brought anoriginal compositiontitled “Miniature Over-ture” for the partici-pants to prepare..Fordyce enjoyed per-forming the piece withthe group.

“It was simple, butwhen it came together itworked really well,”Fordyce said.

Since its inception in2007, the ConductingSymposium has seenexponential growth.

“When we first start-ed, it was a stretch to get30 people who under-stood what we were

offering,” DePriest said.“This year, 94 came.”

DePriest said theevent helps bring stu-dents into the Universi-ty’s music program.

“It shows studentsthat they can keepmusic alive after highschool,” DePriest said.“Every year, we’veadded at least one of thehigh school participantsto our program.”

DePriest praised thecampus staff and facultyfor their support, andsaid that despite theevent’s continuedgrowth, she sees roomfor further improve-ment.

Several pieces wereperformed during theevent including , “Sec-ond Suite in F,” by Gus-

tav Holst “King CottonMarch” by J.P. Sousa,“Chester” by WilliamSchuman and “Fantasiaon a Theme of ThomasTallis” by Ralph Vaugh-an Williams.

Butor was also satisfiedwith the events of theevening.

“My favorite part ofperforming is seeing thelisteners find a fullerunderstanding of God,who He is, what His pres-ence is and how He affectsour lives,” he said.

Freshman religion andphilosophy major RobertParise agreed.

“Tonight was excellentand a very moving experi-ence,” he said.

However, according toButor, he has not alwayshad this career in mind,and he said his faith chosea different path for him tofollow not too long ago.

“My faith has influ-

enced everything in mylife. It brought about acomplete change of direc-tion,” said Butor.

“I started out in busi-ness; I actually graduatedwith a business degreefrom RMU, but Godreached out to me. He saidI should be in ministry,and here I am.”

Butor went on toexplain how he ended upin this specific line ofwork.

“From the time I wasreal young I always want-ed to do music. We didmusic in youth group, andI loved it,” Butor said.

“I also started taking ona worship leadership rolewhen I was 16, and I havebeen doing this for 8years.”

Butor is now a pastor atthe non-denominationalWestridge Christian Com-munity Church which islocated in Coraopolis, Pa.

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Senior Jesse Gonzalezsaid the Waynesburg Uni-versity baseball team hasused P90X DVDs duringtheir offseason. Gonzalezsaid the DVD’s were agood workout and heenjoyed them.

The Waynesburg Uni-versity volleyball teamhas also used DVD work-outs during their offsea-son.

“They are not easy andthey will make you sore ifyou try to do them,” soph-omore Volleyball PlayerCarly Smithyman said.“They are also repetitiveand if you’re someonewho would get bored withthem then you should notdo them.”

Athletes use DVDs

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Rick Butorperforms

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NEWS IN BRIEF

First one-clawed dinosaur fossil found Two deputies injured in Walmart shooting

BEIJING – A monodactyl theropod fossil wasunearthed in China, international scientists saidMonday. The previously unknown single-clawed species has shed light on the evolution ofdinosaurs.

Theropods are a primarily carnivorous groupthat includes the well-known tyrannosaurus andvelociraptor. Theropods had short forelimbs andran or walked on their hind legs, eventually giv-ing rise to modern birds.

Lead Chinese researcher Xu Xing and col-leagues discovered the Linhenykus monodacty-lus fossil in rocks from the Upper CretaceousWulansuhai.

The rock formation dates back 75 million to84 million years and is one of the world’s richestveins for dinosaur fossils.

The researchers found a partial skeleton,including bones from the vertebral column, theforelimbs and hind limbs, the report said.

Space-based solar power set for first test

TOKYO – A team of scientists from severalJapanese organizations will begin tests thisspring on a space-based power generation tech-nology using satellites.

The technology would start by generatingelectricity from sunlight in space, convert thepower into microwaves and then send themicrowaves back to Earth, the team said.

A successful test would likely accelerate thegoal of putting a space-based power generationsystem into practical use by 2025.

Space-based solar power generation, which is10 times more efficient than earthbound genera-tion, would be a major step forward in terms offulfilling energy needs, as the strength of sun-light in space is about twice that on Earth, andthere are four or five times the hours of sunlightdue to the absence of clouds. The Solarbird sys-tem would collect sunlight using reflecting mir-rors fitted onto satellites in geostationary orbitalmost 22, 370 miles above the equator. Afterthe electricity is generated, it would be convert-ed into microwaves and transmitted to Earth.

TACOMA, Wash. – Four people, including twoCounty sheriff’s deputies, have been shot outside theWalmart in Port Orchard, Wash. Two people havedied; at least one of the deceased is a suspect.

The incident began Sunday when the Kitsap Coun-ty Sheriff’s Department received a call about a suspi-cion person outside the Walmart in Port Orchard,which is about an hour from Seattle.

Wilson said the deputies who first respondedattempted to contact the suspect, who then openedfire on them.

A third deputy arrived on the scene and shot thefleeing suspect. The suspect was pronounced dead atthe scene.

Apple App store hits 10 billion download mark

CHICAGO – Apple Inc.’s App Store has nowgotten more than 10 billion downloads, the com-pany said Saturday.

In an announcement on its website, Apple didnot reveal the name of the person who made the10 billionth download, but the company hadpromised to give him or her a $10,000 gift card.

Apple has sold tens of millions of iPhonessince the product hit the market in 2007, and itspopularity remains undiminished with evermore programs and wireless carriers signing on.

Polar bears fight against global warming

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The journey to findfood in the Arctic will only get worse for Alas-ka’s polar bears if global temperatures continuerising, as the world’s leading climate scientistspredict they will.

This year, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service istrying to devise a plan to “recover” Alaska’spolar bears, as required by the EndangeredSpecies Act.

The Fish & Wildlife Service hosted a majormeeting in downtown Anchorage on Friday tobrainstorm ideas that could be used in a polarbear recovery plan.

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University entrancetests emphasizecourses in Japan

Moscow airport bombing kills 35, injures approximately 130By Sergei L. LoikoLos Angeles Times

MOSCOW — A sui-cide bomber slipped into acrowd waiting for interna-tional passengers arrivingat Moscow’s newest andbusiest airport, detonatinga huge blast that killed 35people and exposed anoth-er weak spot in securityfor global air travelers.

The attack at Domode-dovo international airportillustrated how difficult itis to safeguard publicareas at terminals, even asthe United States andother governmentsengaged in a cat-and-mouse battle with would-be bombers have tight-ened screenings of passen-gers and their luggage.

In the United States,such areas at airports areprotected by a hodgepodgeof security agencies. InMoscow, visitors are sup-posed to pass through ametal detector but onesurvivor of Monday’sattack said he saw no onebeing required to do so.

There was no immedi-ate claim of responsibilityfor the bombings, whichalso wounded about 130

people. However, Russiahas suffered repeatedattacks by Islamic mili-tants based in the Cauca-sus region. Russia hasfought two wars againstseparatists in Chechnya,and though the militarycampaign has largelyended, sporadic violencecontinues there and in

neighboring regions.Russian officials said

they were searching forthree Chechen men inconnection with thebombing, and added thatthe attack might belinked to the explosion ofa homemade bomb in aMoscow apartment onDec. 31. A woman offi-

cials believe was beingprepared to carry out asuicide attack was killedin that blast.

Domodedovo, whichunderwent a massive ren-ovation and expansion inthe last decade, is about25 miles southeast of cen-tral Moscow and is thelargest of three airports

that serve the capital. In2004 a pair of suicidebombers were able to buytickets illegally from air-port personnel atDomodedova and went onto detonate explosives inmidair on separate flights,killing 90 people.

Flights from Germanyand Britain were amongthose arriving about thetime of the explosion lateMonday afternoon, andRussian officials said twoBritish citizens wereamong the dead.

One witness said hebelieved he saw thebomber from the back, aman who was in the mid-dle of about 150 peoplecrowded into the cav-ernous arrival hall await-ing passengers. He saidthe man was dressed in ablack coat and hat, andhad a suitcase at his feet.

“At that very momentwhen I was looking athim, he disappeared in anexplosion,” said the wit-ness, 30-year-old ArtyomZhilenkov. “I think itcame from the suitcase. Iwas standing betweentwo columns propping upthe ceiling, and that iswhat I think saved my

life, cushioning the shockwave. People all aroundme were lying on theground. A choking smokewas quickly filling up theplace.”

Zhilenkov, a formermilitary officer who wasmeeting a friend arrivingfrom Dusseldorf, Ger-many, said in a telephoneinterview that he ran forthe exit fearing a secondexplosion, but thenturned back to help theinjured.

The bomb was packed“full of metal pieces” andhad the force of between15 and 22 pounds of TNT,a source in the RussianInvestigation Committeetold the state RIA Novostinews agency.Russia Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedevordered special securitymeasures at airports andother transportation cen-ters. Domodedovoreopened a couple ofhours after the explosion,but increased securityresulted in huge crowds ofpeople at the entrances,where they were searchedextensively.

(Tribune Washington Bureau staff

writer Brian Bennett in Washington

contributed to this report.)

Photo by Itar-Tass/Abaca Press/MCT

A bombing victim is wheeled by paramedics from Domodedovo InternationalAirport, which killed at least 31 people in Moscow, Russia on Jan. 24.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

TOKYO — A growingnumber of universityentrance examinees areaiming to join Japaneseuniversities that will helpthem acquire a teacher’slicense or other vocationalqualifications likely toimprove their chances offinding a job amid uncer-tain economic times.

As two-day unified col-lege entrance examina-tions, known as theNational Center Test,started at 706 venuesacross Japan Saturday, jobprospects were on theminds of many exami-nees.

“At any rate, I want tobe a public servant,” saidKota Matsuura, 19, at theUniversity at Tokyo inBunkyo Ward, Tokyo.“Civil servant jobs are sta-ble even in a recession,and are quite popularamong my friends.” Mat-suura said he wants tostudy law and become apublic servant.

Misato Toyoda, 18, saidshe wants to get a qualifi-cation she can use as achild-care worker. “Whenconsidering the universi-ties I want to apply to, Iclosely checked if I can geta qualification and if grad-uates of those universitieshave good employmentrates,” Toyoda said.

Ippei Maeda, 18, whotook the test at KyushuUniversity in Fukuoka,said his first choice is astate-run university inKanto.

“I heard there are morejob opportunities in Kantothan in Kyushu,” he said.“That’s one reason why Ichose the university.”

The number of univer-

sity students receivingtentative job offers beforethey graduate has beenparticularly low inKyushu. At Nagoya Uni-versity, Masaki Sato saidhis first choice is an edu-cation department of astate-run university. Sato,19, hopes to become aphysical educationteacher. He said competi-tion among job seekers onthe employment front andconcern about the gloomyeconomic situation werereasons for his choice.

“A school teacher is astable job. I want to be agood teacher,” he said.

Besides science, engi-neering, agriculture andmedical departments, uni-versity departments thatoffer qualifications asteachers or nurses havereceived considerableinterest, according to sev-eral major cram schools.

Some examinees, how-ever, remain convincedthat following their pas-sion remains the bestoption.

“The economy canchange pretty quickly,”Hisaki Nagase, 18, said atKyoto University. “Ratherthan choosing a depart-ment more likely to landme a job under the currenteconomic situation, I real-ly want to study science _and I intend to throwmyself into my studies.”

Nagase’s view wasechoed by an 18-year-oldfemale student taking thetest at Kobe University.

“I’ve no idea how theeconomy will be when Istart looking for a jobthree or four years fromnow. I’ll choose a majorthat I really want to studyso I don’t have anyregrets,” she said.