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by nIck FarrellExecutive Editor

On Sept. 11, Dr. Jacque-lyn Core was officially named provost of Waynesburg Uni-versity after serving in an in-terim role since last spring.

The search committee ap-

pointed by Douglas G. Lee, university president, could have elected to conduct a na-tionwide search for the uni-versity’s new chief academic officer, but instead recom-mended Core last week with-out any hesitation.

“We’re very happy to have Dr. Core in the position of provost,” said Lee. “She brings a great vision and a great energy, high integrity and she has already devel-oped a great love of Waynes-burg University.”

C o r e , w h o served as acting provost prior to the announce-ment, was se-lected to fill this position shortly after the search committee unan-imously decided she met all the requirements.

“My first reaction was to think how blessed I was to be chosen. This is an incred-ible opportunity to impact

the lives of so many people,” said Core. “When it started to sink in a little bit, I was shocked be-cause I didn’t expect for there not to be a formal search. I felt incredibly honored that the commit-tee felt confident enough in my abili-

ties to recommend that I be named without a national search.”

Core takes the place of

former Provost Dr. Robert Graham, who is now provost of Grove City College. Core said Waynesburg Univer-sity is her dream school in a way, because it is filled with eager students and faculty members that are commit-ted to nurturing them and the mission statement of the university.

“I think part of what makes me feel so confident is that I really do feel we have such an

by erIc bostAssignments Editor

For the past few years, Waynesburg University’s Fiat Lux classes would spend a Monday in the middle of September embarking on a five hour journey to our na-tion’s capital.

This year, Waynesburg’s campus welcomed the sec-ond largest freshmen class in school history, none of whom will be going on a Fiat Lux trip this fall.

At least not to Washington

D.C.Dr. Jacquelyn Core, uni-

versitys provost, said a few structural changes were made to the annual Fiat Lux trip, all of which was for the betterment and the safety of the students.

Instead of taking the entire freshmen class out of school for an entire day, Core said that there will be multiple Fiat Lux trips taken through-out the year.

The budget that was used for the trip to Washington D.C. will now be split up

evenly between Fiat Lux in-structors, said Core. Instead of a one-size-fits-all trip, the change allows individual in-structors to tailor their class trip to the interests of their students.

“We broke the budget up between instructors and they have access to univer-sity transportation for their trip of choice,” said Core. “That way the students get to provide input into what they want.”

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University increases institutional aid by $1 million

Merit Badge University to bring Boy Scouts to campus

Tailored Fiat Lux trips to replace trip to Washington

Faculty support ill instructor

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Waynesburg University has increased its allotment of institutional aid this school year by $1 million.

The Office of Financial Aid estimates it will process $36 million dollars of financial aid across the board, a year after it processed $35 million dollars of aid.

University President Douglas G. Lee said Waynes-

burg is continuing its trend of offering value and quality to its students by increasing the aid it distributes.

“I think students are look-ing for value in education,” said Lee. “I think that goes back to [the university’s] commitment to provide a valuable education to the extent that we can as an in-stitution.”

According to the Office of Admissions, the total cost of a Waynesburg University

education is an average of $8,500 less than any other private school in the nation based on tuition facts from the 2012-13 school year.

Matthew Stokan, director of Financial Aid, agrees with Lee and said affordability is a large part of Waynesburg’s identity.

“I think our administra-tion, first under the leader-ship of President [Timothy]

by samantha peerFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University Provost Dr. Jacquelyn Core’s background in Boy Scouts of America began with a bit of dumpster diving.

When tucking in her old-est son Jackson, then six years old, she was asked if she had filled out the scouting appli-cation that he had brought home in his folder.

He told her that he was go-ing to be a Cub Scout, then a Boy Scout and finally an

Eagle Scout. “To be completely honest,

I had to dig the application out of the trash,” said Dr. Core. “I did not know any-thing about the Boy Scouts of America at all.”

Flash forward five years and Jackson is of First Class ranking in Boy Scouts of America, and his mother has become extensively involved in BSA as well.

“My involvement in the Boy Scouts of America has become more significant than I ever thought it would

be without even knowing what the BSA was five years ago,” said Core.

Core chaired the Summit Safety Task Force for The Summit Bechtel Reserve, the newest high adventure base in West Virginia and location of the most recent National Jamboree, for two years.

Additionally, she currently serves on the BSA National Health and Safety Team.

“The experience has really been a blessing to me,” said

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The faculty of Waynesburg University’s Department of Criminal Justice administra-tion suddenly had to make changes to its class schedules last week.

John McIlwain, instructor of criminal justice, recently became ill and will be out for an undisclosed amount of time.

With McIlwain out and students already registered for his classes this semes-ter, Waynesburg University faculty rallied together and added some extra classes to their schedules.

Adam Jack, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration, said other professors from outside the Department of Criminal Justice Administration vol-unteered to lend a helping hand and teach an extra class this semester. He said he ap-

preciates the attention and aid his collegues have given him.

“I have had more people offer to teach his courses than I’ve had courses for people to teach,” said Jack. “There’s been an outpouring of sup-port for Mr. McIlwain.”

People from outside the department such as Dr. Jac-quelyn Core, university pro-vost, and Heidi Szuminsky, director of Donor and Alum-ni Relations, have added one of McIlwain’s classes to their schedules.

James Tanda, instructor of criminal justice, was willing to take two extra classes and give one of his other classes to Jack.

Tanda said having so many instructors come forward and add classes was a testa-ment to what Waynesburg

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Incoming students received more scholarships, grants this school year

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Students have a conversation in a Fiat lux class led by university Counselor Chaley Knight. this year, many incoming students benefited from an increase in student aid and merit-based scholarships that helped make Waynesburg university more affordable.

John McIlwain recently became ill and will be out for an undisclosed amount of time.

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On Sunday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., the Guesman Prayer Chapel in the Stover Campus Center sat nearly empty.

Rev. Dr. David Stains of Oak View United Methodist Church was forced to can-cel the first Hispanic church service held at Waynesburg University due to a lack of attendance.

In fact, according to Stains, hardly anybody showed up at all.

“It’s a work in progress,” said Stains. “A lot of students don’t know about it yet and it hasn’t received that much publicity because it’s new.”

The idea for the new church service was brought forth by Julio Quintero, as-sistant professor of Spanish.

Quintero asked Rev. Donald Wilson, Waynesburg Uni-versity’s interim director for Christian life, one simple question: Could it be pos-sible?

“We did some exploring and I thought it was a great idea and still do,” said Wil-son. “Attendance is small and it will be until word gets out.”

Stains said he met with Wilson over the summer and was given the prayer chapel in Stover to hold the services.

The services will feature music and will be conducted in Spanish.

Wilson said because the services will be full of the Spanish language, there are multiple ways they can pro-vide an advantage to univer-sity students.

“We have students here whose primary language is Spanish and this will give them more of a connection with home,” said Wilson. “Some of the other students

who are taking Spanish classes can use [the service] to sharpen their Spanish speaking skills.”

Along with benefiting students and faculty of the university, Wilson said these services could bring together members of the community as well.

“We’re trying to reach out to the local Spanish classes in high schools and workers in the area,” said Wilson. “Many of the workers are from Texas and Louisiana and are His-panic, and we thought this would be a great way to reach out to them, to offer them a worship service in their lan-guage.”

Stains said that another way the service could help the university and its stu-dents is by offering more op-portunities to broaden their Spanish.

Students would be better equipped at providing God’s message to foreign, Spanish speaking countries when they travel on one of the

many mission trips Waynes-burg offers.

Students can also get in-volved by offering to par-ticipate in Bible reading and singing throughout the ser-vice. Wilson said Stains has a lot for students to do.

“If the students just attend, then Dr. Stains will have a good use for them and will incorporate them into it,” said Wilson.

Although the attendance has been small for the first couple of services, Wilson believes they will increase in popularity and is not ready to give up.

“You never quit just be-cause you have a small number to start with,” said Wilson. “Jesus even began with just 12 men, and one of them failed. So those remain-ing men carried the Gospel around the world.”

Hispanic chapel services will continue to be held in the Prayer Chapel in the first floor of Stover on Sunday nights at 7 p.m.

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By austin andErsonFor the Yellow Jacket

Professor of Fine Arts and Director of Theatre Edward Powers will deliver the Cha-pel sermon on Sept. 24.

Powers said that he loves being the director of theatre at Waynesburg.

“We have talent on this campus, and we have the ability to entertain, en-lighten, and educate in tell-ing stories, one aspect I like about Waynesburg is the

Christian university focus,” said Powers.

Powers assisted with the Stover scholarship perfor-mance “Constitutionally Condemned,” the third-annual show scripted and performed by the Stover Scholars that was performed during Waynesburg Univer-sity’s Constitution Day cel-ebration Tuesday.

“I liked the script. Each year [it] has improved,” said Powers. “There is some very fine talent there.”

For the service, Powers doesn’t plan on reaching his audience in a typical or pre-dictable way.

“I’m in theatre because I am a storyteller, and I am going to tell a story,” said Powers. “My message is a dramatic reading. On the one hand, one may look at it as a tale for young people, but there is a very deep message to it. So I’m hoping that it will appeal to our age group.”

Powers added he hopes

students find meaning in the simple story he will tell, because in it there is beauty, poetry and an understand-ing of the message of salva-tion.”

Powers received his bach-elor’s degree from Austin Peay University and his mas-ter’s degree from the Univer-sity of Memphis.

The weekly service led by Rev. Donald Wilson, in-terim director of Christian Life, will begin at 11 a.m. on Sept. 24.

Powers to speak at weekly Chapel

By Kara BEmErFor the Yellow Jacket

While Waynesburg Uni-versity’s Department of Education remains intact, Clarion University of Penn-sylvania was forced to close its school of education.

The Pittsburgh Post-Ga-zette reports, “Clarion Uni-versity plans to let go of up to 40 employees campus wide, including 22 faculty, and dis-solve its college of education under a broad restructuring intended to offset sharply lower state aid, rising costs and enrollment losses.”

Waynesburg University has seen an increase in en-rollment recently and will have an advantage as the school's Department of Ed-ucation remains active and thriving.

“The education depart-ment at Waynesburg Uni-versity has focused its efforts on preparing teachers who embrace learning and dedi-cate themselves to service and leadership in the pro-fession,” said Debra Clarke, chair of the Department of Education. “We have in the past and we anticipate in the future that we will continue to enroll excellent students who are committed to our mission.”

Clarion has chosen to en-force budget cuts to reduce the university’s debt, and

some parts of its school of education were included on the chopping block.

Clarion resides approxi-mately two hours away from Waynesburg University, cre-ating a some concern among education majors, even though professors are confi-dent that the department will never face the same fate.

“If this happened here at Waynesburg University, I would be very upset espe-cially at this point being a junior,” said Ellen Limback, junior early special educa-tion major. “I would trans-fer because teaching is what I want to do and I’m already halfway there.”

Limback emphasized the value of Waynesburg Univer-sity’s Department of Educa-tion.

“Waynesburg places us in a different school every se-mester to observe and help out starting freshman year, a lot of universities don’t do that,” said Limback. “Trans-ferring would mean starting over and losing an essential program to me, which would be very hard at this point.”

While Clarion has strug-gled to keep some of its pro-grams, Waynesburg Univer-sity’s education department continues to keep promises made to students, making it a more appealing choice for prospective students..

Waynesburg University’s Department of Education will continue to be a part of the university and will remain focused on helping students fulfill their educa-tion degrees.

By olivia latimErAssignments Editor

On Sept. 19, Waynesburg University will host its quar-ter-annual blood drive. The university and Central Blood Bank hold two blood drives each semester.

Each of the blood drives are spaced with enough days between them that donors who wish to donate in each blood drive have the capabil-ity to.

Saving lives is a very easy and convenient process with the Central Blood Bank blood drives.

“Donors are expected to be in and out within an hour including the time it takes to go through screen-ing and preparation,” said Jen Shiring, Nurse Director of Student Health Services.

Not only is the blood drive

open to students at the uni-versity, but faculty and staff are welcome as well.

There are plenty of precau-tions that donors should take before going to donate.

Donors should be at least 17 years of age and should get a good night of sleep the nght before donating. Also, donors should eat well and stay hydrated.

Donors need to bring pho-to identification with them to the drive before donating. Screening for eligibility is done at the blood drive.

“Don’t assume that you cannot donate,” said Shiring. “It is better to sign up and come and let the screeners decide if you can or cannot donate.”

According to Shiring, it is not always red blood cells that are being donated.

“They base what they try

to collect from donors on the needs of the local hospitals,” said Shiring.

Shiring says that there will also be a bone marrow screening during at least one of the blood drives this year.

“It is a simple mouth swab, it isn’t even an invasive pro-cedure,” said Shiring.

Shiring said donating blood is something that many people are capable of doing and something that thousands of people across the country are very grateful of every day.

“I think that the blood

drives go along with our mis-sion of serving and helping others,” said Shiring.

Shiring hopes students recognize that blood drives like this one help to save lives around the globe.

“You are helping save lives,” said Shiring. “Just think of what would hap-pen if people didn’t donate. There is such a high need for blood all over. You are help-ing kids with cancer, people who have been in car acci-dents and people with blood diseases. I couldn't imagine what would happen if no one donated."

School holds first blood drive of the fall

A story printed Sept. 12 about the fall play auditions in-cluded an incorrectly attributed quotation. Edward Powers was labeled as the speaker when senior John Flanigan made the statement. This quote appeared both in the story and as a pull quote. The Yellow Jacket regrets the error.

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By JacoB MeyerFor the Yellow Jacket

The fall semester brings many changes to Waynes-burg, one being the revamp-ing of the university’s men-toring program.

The program involves pairing up a student with a faculty or staff member to enhance the student’s college experience.

Before this year, the men-toring program was based solely on cumulative grade point average. Only if stu-dent's cumulative GPA dipped below a 2.0 would he or she be admitted into the program.

Starting this semester, any student whose GPA falls below 2.0 is automatically admitted into the program for the subsequent semester, regardless of his or her pre-vious academic standing. As a result of the changes, the program has more students participating this semester than in any other semester in school history.

“We are trying to help [the students] as early in the pro-cess as possible,” said Brian Carr, director of the Center for Student Success and Dis-ability Services. “We don’t want to have a student who starts to struggle and it ends up being too late where it be-comes an avalanche.”

A student is in the pro-gram until he or she is back in a good academic standing. The mentee must achieve a GPA over 2.0 in the next semester as well as raise his or her cumulative GPA over 2.0 to advance out of the pro-gram.

Carr, head of the mentor-ing program and a mentor himself, is a big advocate of the changes to bring more students into the program because of the positive im-pact it has.

“Ultimately, I think it is

the relationship between the mentor and mentee that is the driving force,” said Carr. “Someone who serves as a mentor and knows things about the university can help the mentee and point them in the right direction.”

The mentor and mentee meet once a week to discuss classes and other aspects of the student’s life.

“The meetings between the mentor and the mentee are very much like a class,” said Carr. “There is a set date and time that works around their schedules.”

A student participating in the mentoring program re-ceives one credit hour toward graduation.

Students can continue to participate in the program for credit after the first se-mester, but these extra cred-its don't count toward their total needed to graduate.

Head men's basketball coach Mark Christner, a second-year mentor, high-lighted the importance of accountability for the men-toring program’s success.

“The first thing the stu-dents in this program need is accountability,” said Christ-ner. “Mentors try to build trust with the mentee and learn where they are at and encourage them to do their best to find the answers they need and habits that are cru-cial for success.”

Even though the mentors are not compensated mon-etarily for this, the feeling of helping students is enough for the mentors to appreciate the program.

“A lot of the mentors who participate in the program consider it a guilty pleasure because they like doing it so much,” said Carr.

With more students in the program this semester than in the program’s history, Carr is excited to see the affect it has on the students.

“We want to guide them through the process,” said Carr. “We are trying to do as much as we can to invest in the lives of our students in a positive way.”

By John LydicEditorial Assistant

Dr. Jenny Jellison, associ-ate professor of psychology at Waynesburg University, went north of the border to present to psychologists from around the world.

Jellison attended the fourth International Conference on Teaching Psychology in Van-couver, Canada.

The conference was started to allow psychology teachers at collegiate and high school levels to improve their skills and techniques for teaching psychology.

“The conference was on teaching psychology, which allowed psychology profes-sors to bounce ideas around,” said Jellison. “It gave us the ability to share different teaching techniques and re-sources.”

In all, people from 16 dif-ferent countries gathered to share their insight on psy-chology.

“It was neat to hear how people are doing things in different countries,” said Jel-lison.

Jellison’s seminar was

titled “Educating While En-tertaining – Remembering Why You Love It and Getting Them To Do the Same.”

Jellison was inspired by a former student to present at the seminar.

“I got a text from one of my students saying I should speak at one of the seminars because I would have a lot to teach other professors,” said Jellison.

Jellison was hesitant to speak until her partner Dr. Kristel Gallegher, also a for-mer student, told her she had modeled her teaching style after Jellison and that she should really consider it.

“I thought maybe I do have a technique and maybe there is something I could present,” said Jellison.

Jellison conducted her seminar in conjunction with Gallegher, who is an assis-tant professor of psychology at Keystone College in La Plume, Pa.

“It was awesome,” said Jel-lison. “We sent stuff to each other while working. We were on the same page.”

The main purpose of Jel-lison’s seminar was to stress

that teachers need to enter-tain and connect with stu-dents instead of teaching on a pedestal.

“Professors need to come down off the pedestal of be-ing superior beings that need to impart knowledge on students,” said Jellison. “We need to care about students and let down our guard and be a real person.”

Jellison’s accomplishment was noticed by her fellow colleagues.

“We are so proud of Dr. Jellison’s accomplishments in being chosen to speak at an international conference,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Core, pro-vost of Waynesburg Univer-sity.

Core believes Jellison’s actions illustrate the talent that the experienced faculty at Waynesburg University possesses.

“Having Dr. Jellison speak at a conference like this one propels Waynesburg Uni-versity into the international academic arena and allows us to demonstrate the great thinkers we have here and the great things we have hap-pening here at Waynesburg,”

said Core.Jellison enjoyed the expe-

rience and will look for op-portunities to speak in the future.

“I maybe see myself going back to another conference,” said Jellison. “I don’t feel like I invented anything so awe-some. It is so basic to me.”

Jellison feels this expe-rience has come from the opportunities she has expe-rienced at Waynesburg Uni-versity.

“I just love our students and enjoy teaching them like real human beings,” said Jel-lison.

Core believes Jellison’s story is just the beginning of Waynesburg showing the world what it is all about, and that the professor is setting an example for the faculty.

“We expect to have more stories to tell when it comes to Waynesburg University faculty having these great op-portunities,” said Core. “We could not be more thankful to Dr. Jellison for paving the way and inspiring faculty to reach beyond our borders to share their expertise and knowledge internationally.”

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Students sit outside Buhl Hall for a lecture delivered by Dr. Jenny Jellison, associate professor of Psychology. Jellison presented at a recent conference in Canada.

Mary Spencer, a junior creative writing major who went on the D.C. trip two years ago, said that the changes were a positive.

“I think that it’s going to be a really cool opportunity that each Fiat Lux class can do their own thing and thought-fully discuss together what they want to do and what will be most beneficial to them,” said Spencer. “If they don’t want to learn about the Ho-locaust and would rather go see a museum in Pittsburgh, then that would better suit that particular group.”

Among other changes, the trips will now take place on Friday nights or Sundays to better accommodate stu-dent’s plans.

Core said the original trip caused a lot of conflicts with students’ and faculty’s schedules: classes had to be interrupted and the athletes that attended were forced to miss practice on that specific Monday.

Not only did students miss a full day of classes, but after speaking to several students that had previously gone on the trip, Core said that they found themselves worn out for their classes throughout the rest of the week.

“Some students com-plained that they were beat and tired for the rest of the week,” said Core.

Moreover, since part of the trip in the past included free time in D.C., Core said that some students’ raised con-cern with being in a new city for the first time.

In the past, when the stu-dents arrived in D.C. they would take a few hours to walk through the Holocaust Museum. After that, how-ever, freshmen were then given freedom to eat and roam the nation’s capital for a few hours.

“We were sensitive to the fact that some students feel uncomfortable walking around in a new city with un-structured time,” said Core.

The D.C. trip isn’t the only change for this year’s incom-ing freshmen class. Core said Fiat Lux classes are now composed of around eight students per class along with one instructor and student advisor. The smaller classes are a benefit in and of them-selves, but also function to create the more tailored Fiat Lux trip experience.

“If [the classes] were in smaller groups, they could be closer to the instructor,” said Core. “The instructor can now act as a guide for the trip and the students can feel more comfortable.”

Core added that these changes will benefit both the students and the instructors.Not everyone complained ,but Core says these changes are for best.

“The visit to the Holocaust Museum was powerful,” said Core. “It’s not that it was a bad trip, but that [this plan] works logistically for the stu-dents, and it’s something that all students can embrace.”

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Fiat Lux: Students will not go to D.C.

Jellison presents at international conference with former student

A believer of entertaining education Mentor program changes to assist struggling students Program offers aid to students with low GPA

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incredible faculty here,” said Core. “For me, those people require so little guidance and leadership in terms of man-agement. They have great ideas, and my biggest blessing is just being able to let them generate great ideas and give them the support they need to run with them.”

Core, who has worked as a trial lawyer and at West Vir-ginia University in her career, noted Waynesburg’s academ-ic policies operate through a shared governance structure, which allows the faculty to have more influence over the direction of the university’s academic path. She sees great potential in this structure be-cause it gives educators room to develop unique curricula that best suit their students and fields of study.

“The provost isn’t some-body that makes decisions for the university. The pro-vost is a person that works in conjunction with the faculty

to figure out what the will of the faculty is and to try to put those decisions into play,” said Core. “How I see my roll here is to help facili-tate the direction the faculty wants to take the university academically, and I have been so impressed with how much I believe they really have stu-dent learning and student advancement at heart.”

The university has already made some changes under Core’s guidance. For one, the school will implement a cap on the number of students in each required freshman composition classes next se-mester.

According to Core, these classes will only have 14 seats each as opposed to the 18 seats offered this semester. Core said this is a positive change for the school since it will provide a more engaging environment learning envi-ronment to freshmen.

“I think this will allow them to provide even more individualized attention to the students, but it’s a sug-

gestion that I think demon-strates that our faculty are very interested in the qual-ity of the teaching here,” said Core. “They really care not just about coming here, put-ting in their time and going home, but instead about the outcomes and what kind of experiences students are hav-ing and how they can really best serve those students.”

Core has noticed the facul-ty and staff actively exempli-fy the university’s Christian mission on a daily basis.

“The best thing about this place is the faculty and the fact that we have this tremen-dous faculty that are servant leaders and care about our students unequivocally,” said Core. “From the first day I stepped on the campus, I re-ally felt that the mission is palpable here. I feel like every person you encounter lives our Christian mission.”

Core doesn’t think any-thing has to change at Waynesburg. She plans to simply guide the university down the path it’s on.

“We’ve got great new leadership in our president, in whom I have the greatest confidence, and I really feel like if we continue to be good fiscal stewards of our tuition dollars and continue to hire great faculty, we will contin-ue to turn out great students,” said Core. “We’re making all kinds of connections in the market and exploring addi-tional opportunities for in-ternships every day. I think those are the kinds of things that will help us continue to stay above the rest of the crowd.”

Core is ready to become a full member of the univer-sity.

“I think I was made for this job,” said Core. “When I think about being here as the provost and being here at Waynesburg University, it seems like a culmination of a bunch of different things I’ve done over the course of my career. I think it’s the first time in my life where I feel like I have a calling and not just a job.”

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Core. “I’ve enjoyed the pro-gram, and I learn as much from the Boy Scouts as they learn from me. It’s been a great way to serve, a great way to connect with com-munity and a great way to build leaders out of young kids. It’s just been a fantas-tic experience and I am very grateful.”

Now Core has the oppor-tunity to connect her passion for BSA with Waynesburg University through the up-coming Merit Badge Univer-sity event.

Merit Badge University will take place on campus on Oct. 26 and is open to any registered Boy Scouts ages 10 to 18.

Merit Badge University is an opportunity for Boy Scouts to earn an array of merit badges, survey differ-ent academic disciplines and ultimately experience a taste

of Waynesburg University through campus explora-tion and the opportunity to sit in on courses of their preference.

“Merit Badge University is definitely a great recruit-ing opportunity,” said Jessica Sumpter, Director of Admis-sions. “Students that will be participating are within the high school range of 9 to 12 grade which is definitely the target audience for recruit-ment.”

The cost of the event is $10 and includes lunch, a patch and a t-shirt if registered by Oct. 1.

Nineteen badges will be offered, ranging from com-munication and journal-ism to first-aid and public health.

All of the badges offered will be presented by faculty members and employees of the university who possess some level of expertise.

All faculty members in-

structing a particular badge must undergo the process of applying with the local Boy Scout counsel, which involves completing a merit badge form and a counselor application form that re-quires them to list their area of expertise in that field.

According to Corey, Merit Badge University fits perfectly with Waynesburg University’s service mission in offering Boy Scouts badges that are required of all Boy Scouts in addition to the badges necessary to obtain the Eagle Scout standing.

“Merit Badge University is part of our ongoing com-mitment to serve the com-munity and provide youth development opportunities that introduce local students to the campus and that link us to the community through service,” said Core.

Registration for Merit Badge University ends on Oct. 18.

By Katherine BlumFor the Yellow Jacket

Several recent incidents at nearby college campuses have drawn the issue of stu-dent safety into stark relief.

On Sept. 6, several shots were fired near students from Washington and Jefferson College as they walked near campus; a week earlier, a Wheeling-Jesuit student was fatally beaten after an argu-ment off campus.

Though both incidents occurred within an hour’s drive of campus, Roy Barn-hart, senior vice president for Finance and Administration, said measures have long been taken at Waynesburg to en-sure student safety.

“We have 24-hour guard patrols all 365 days a year,” said Barnhart. “We are par-ticularly careful to patrol the border areas of campus where there is more interac-tion with people unrelated to campus communication.”

While both recent inci-dents occurred near col-leges and involved students and people from out of town, Barnhart does not believe the recent occurrences require alarm here.

“In both stated cases, you have towns larger than Waynesburg,” said Barnhart. “That’s not to say there aren’t a lot of people in and out of town due to the drilling in-dustry, but I have not seen [in Waynesburg] any major difficulties associated with that.”

Despite steps the univer-sity takes to ensure their safe-ty, Barnhart said that it is a misconception that students here are immune to crime or other incidents.

“We have a substantial video system monitoring the streets bordering cam-pus and we are hoping to add more cameras, but it is important for students to en-sure their own safety,” said Barnhart. “Be aware; situ-ational awareness is the best safety feature.”

According to Barnhart, campus security officers in-teract with Waynesburg Bor-ough police on a regular basis to ensure the tightest security possible for students, faculty and staff on campus.

“We do a good job of being aware and detecting poten-tial problem areas ahead of time,” said Barnhart. “That’s our goal.”

Campus remains safe despite events at regional colleges

University stands for.“The criminal justice de-

partment works as a team to support each other toward the common goal of edu-cating our students, so any opportunity to work as a team and assist each other enhances the overall Crimi-nal Justice program,” said Tanda. “The fact that others,

including the provost herself, availed themselves to teach during John’s absence just speaks volumes about the professionalism and spirit of giving that Waynesburg University represents in so many ways.”

Jack said criminal justice professors were prepared for the extra classes that have come their way.

He said during his time as a detective, he had to go

through 18-hour days, which prepared him for the hectic schedules that he now takes on as a professor.

“We were very careful when we chose these courses. All of us come from a back-ground where we were in another career before,” said Jack. “We have all had hec-tic schedules before, but we were able to use good time management skills and get things accomplished.”

Teacher: Department adjustsContinued from A1

By Paula BittnerFor the Yellow Jacket

R e c e nt Way n e s bu rg University graduate Evan Kephart was named interim director of the Bonner Schol-ars program late last summer when former director Sarah Brandstetter resigned.

According to Dave Cal-vario, dean of students and director of the Center for Service Leadership, the uni-versity was not given suffi-cient notice of Brandstetter’s resignation to make the job opening public.

When he graduated last May with a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Ministry Studies, Kephart did not know what plans God had in store for him.

This job opportunity came at the perfect time for the former Bonner Scholar.

“It was a no-brainer that this is where I liked to be,” Kephart said.

Kephart said that he re-ceived a call from Calvario while working at a summer camp. He took a few days to think about it, and ultimately decided to take the job at his alma mater.

“It was an honor to be asked,” said Kephart. “I love

this program.” Kephart was a Bonner

Scholar during his four years at Waynesburg University and was influenced by an older brother who was also in the program.

“The Bonner Program felt more like my major than what my major did,” said Kephart.

C a lv ar i o k ne w t hat Kephart was the right choice based on his knowledge of the Bonner program.

“He brings a lot of expe-rience to the position,” said Calvario. “He’s definitely do-ing everything expected.”

Calvario said the fresh-men and sophomore Bonner

Scholars are responding well to Kephart and that everyone is adjusting and learning.

Kephart is also learning through his leadership role.

“It is interesting learning the other side of the fence,” he said. “I enjoy interacting with students and finding service projects for them.”

Kephart focuses on plan-ning meetings and dealing with the program’s finances.

“The paperwork isn’t so bad,” said Kephart.

He credits Bonner Schol-ars Caley Blankenbuehler and Katie Shultz for doing a lot of work for the Bonner office.

On Fridays, Kephart takes

on the role of a teacher. Kephart is responsible for

teaching a class to a group of 15 freshmen. The class orients the students to the Bonner Program.

“God dropped this posi-tion in my lap,” said Kephart. “God called me to be here.”

He believes that God will guide him after his time as Interim Director of the Bon-ner Scholars is over at the end of the fall semester.

According to Calvario, the position is publically adver-tised and applications are being accepted. He hopes to have someone named for the position later in the se-mester.

Alum leads Bonners as interim director

Badges: Scouts invited to WUContinued from A1

Kephart takes Brandstetter's role in program

Photo by Sarah Carlson

Evan Kephart, interim director of the Bonner program, instructs students at Pine Springs Camp. Kephart received a degree from Waynesburg last spring.

Thyreen and now under the leadership of President Lee, has made a concerted effort to keep our costs as low as possible,” said Stokan. “Be-cause of their efforts and the administration’s, I think our costs are, other than Grove City, the least expensive of any private school in the state of Pennsylvania, and for that matter, in the country.”

In order to enhance this identity, Stokan said the uni-versity awarded increased funds to incoming students this year.

“It’s the name of the game,” said Stokan. “We’re trying to recruit the best students we can to come to our univer-sity. To compete with other schools, you have to be re-alistic that cost is one of the key determining factors in what school a student is go-ing to go to.”

The university hired a na-tional enrollment consultant firm called Noel-Levitz to determine how it could best use funds to attract the ideal Waynesburg University stu-dent to enroll.

The firm made a number of recommendations, specifi-cally to the school’s univer-sity grant funds. These grant

funds were distributed to students to compliment the merit-based scholarships they received based on their academic standing in high school.

Institutional grants do not have to be repaid.

“Grants are used to offset unmet financial need,” said Stokan. “This year, for the first time, we gave out more academic scholarships and we gave out more Waynes-burg University grant funds to supplement those aca-demic scholarships.”

Waynesburg’s low cost is now more comparable to the state schools in Pennsylvania, many of which have imple-mented tuition increases in the last few years.

After calculating the in-creased aid Waynesburg al-located this year, Stokan said he believes future students and even current students might find Waynesburg is equally as affordable an op-tion as a state school after scholarships and grants are accounted for.

“You might go to a school like California University of Pennsylvania that if you’re paying out of pocket, it’d be cheaper than paying out of pocket at a four-year pri-vate school, but after the aid

package is processed and the scholarships and grants, you might see that they’re com-parable in price or that a pri-vate school might only be a few thousand dollars more,” said Stokan.

While Stokan does not foresee a time when Waynes-burg’s base tuition will equal that of a Pennsylvania state school, Stokan thinks the complete Waynesburg expe-rience is worthy of an extra investment from students and their families.

“Do I see a place where our costs are going to be the same as theirs? If history tells us anything, probably not, because we don’t get the state funding they get,” said Stokan. “But I think the qual-ity you get here far exceeds most state schools.”

Stokan, who begins his 13th year at Waynesburg University, said he sees the same value in the institution as Lee does. According to Stokan, Waynesburg will re-main one of the most afford-able schools in the nation in the future.

“Our leadership here is such that it’s very fiscally sound,” said Stokan. “I feel very confident that President Lee will continue that in the future.”

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Legislators fired up over closure of coal-fired power plantsBy nick FarrellExecutive Editor

State legislators and rep-resentatives from local en-ergy companies and other organizations met Friday at Waynesburg University to discuss FirstEnergy Corp.’s proposed retirements of the Hatfield’s Ferry Power Sta-tion in Greene County and the Mitchell Power Station in Washington County.

Both coal-fired power plants are expected to close on Oct. 9 because FirstEn-ergy says it does not have the funds to upgrade the plants to meet new regulations.

Since this hearing, sev-eral reports have stated In-

ternational Electric Power, a Pittsburgh-based company, is interested in purchasing at least one of the two plants; however, Sen. Tim Solobay said the company’s leaders are out of the country and will not begin negotiations until next week.

“From what I was told, there was some interest on their part to consider looking at Hatfield’s,” said Solobay.

“I think until we hear next week once the principles come back into the coun-try, it’s going to be still a bit speculative.”

Prior to hearing this news, Solobay believes the recent hearing at Waynesburg University was a step in the

right direction for the two condemned facilities, but he’s still skeptical about their respective fates.

“It’s way more complex than any of us initially be-gan to think about, and it’s been a lot of good learning and education since then,” said Solobay.

“Unfortunately, I’m not sure if we’re going to get a good outcome.”

At Friday’s hearing, sev-eral representatives testified before the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, mak-ing it clear FirstEnergy still plans to close the plants next month.

James Lash, president of

FirstEnergy Generation, said the plants are inefficient at the present time.

“We continuously per-form economic analysis of our generating stations, and that’s done on an ongoing basis,” said Lash.

“It’s apparent that the slow economy and the cost of up-coming environmental regu-lations has made the contin-ued operation of Hatfield’s Ferry and Mitchell stations uneconomical.”

While FirstEnergy main-tains these facilities are no longer cost-effective op-erations, several legislators commented during the hearing that the two plants will meet federal standards

in their current state until 2016.

A purpose of this hearing was to determine if the elec-trical grid would be affected by these two plant closures, something PJM Interconnec-tion is trying to determine. Robert Powelson, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, stated the importance of protect-ing the public interest when dealing with FirstEnergy’s proposed plans for the power plants.

“I think it’s our goal to ensure the final outcome of this matter does not hurt consumers or decrease the reliability of our electric grid,” said Powelson.

When these plants close, approximately 380 employ-ees will lose work. Powelson stated how the PUC is work-ing to try to find a resolution that will save these jobs.

“I know some of the work-ers are here today with their families, and I think it’s accordingly [that] I want them to know that all of us and people here at this hear-ing are working collectively and speaking with a unified voice, and we’re going to do what we have to do whether it’s working with the EPA, the Department of Energy and other stake holders, to keep the dialogue going around

Women take a shot at firearms course

By James witteOp/Ed Editor

For the past three Thurs-days, Greene County wom-en have enjoyed laughing and learning to shoot guns together at Hunting Hills Shooting Preserve in Dil-liner.

“They go from not being able to mount the gun very well to breaking targets,” said Charles Malloy, who instructs the introductory sporting clays class.

“They’re very enthusiastic and they really enjoy being together and enjoy the ca-maraderie, because most of them don’t know each other until it starts.”

The sporting clays classes have been offered through the Greene County Depart-ment of Recreation for the past three years.

According to the course manual provided to partici-pants, clay target shooting is “the art of shooting at special flying targets” with a shot-gun.

According to its mission statement, the clays shooting course aims to promote and enhance the game of shoot-ing sports while teaching gun knowledge and safety instruction to participants.

The clays shooting course also teaches sportsmanship, technique and etiquette.

“It began with our scholas-tic target program,” said Pam Blaker, Greene County Parks and Recreation manager.

“We had a good response for children, and that’s avail-able for students 12th grade

and under, and we had a lot of female students that were interested.”

When the program grew even larger, the county de-cided to offer a basic course

to women.This year, the classes were

free to women ages 15 years or older who had not previ-ously taken the course.

“[Instructors Malloy and Randy Coss] start with the basics on how to mount a gun, how you need to stand, what to look for when the clay comes out of the thrower and gun safety,” said Blaker.

According to Malloy, the women have progressed very far in their skills – and they have only held three classes to date.

“The ladies are very recep-tive to it and pay attention,” said Malloy.

“They try very hard and they do real well.”

In previous years, the county has offered this pro-gram through grant assis-tance from the Friends of the National Rifle Association.

This year, the county re-ceived support from the Waynesburg Sportsman As-sociation, as well.

Music store sings a new tune in Waynesburg's downtown

By chelsea dicksManaging Editor

Waynesburg is adding to the attractions the small, ru-ral town has to offer.

With the loss of Waynes-burg Press and other small-er businesses in the area, Waynesburg commission-ers welcomed the idea of a new and completely unique musical attraction called The Music House.

The man behind the idea and the house is Alejandro Pinzón, lecturer of music at Waynesburg University.

“I came here [from Mexi-co] to be a professor of music because I played the violin and they were enlarging the music program,” said Pinzón. “But then I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if we had something for the whole community.”

One of the first things Pinzón noticed when he first moved here was the lack of

options for people interested in learning a musical instru-ment.

“When I moved here I started having a lot of people coming up to me and asking for lessons in violin because I was the only one who could offer that to them,” said Pin-zón.

He was surprised there were no string options for children, even at public schools.

“For people to find a teacher in this area, they would have to drive all the way to Pittsburgh or Mor-gantown, and that is where the idea began,” said Pinzón.

“I wanted to save people that time, that money, that gas and have something closer to home.”

From the very beginning, the idea for The Music House began to grow. Pinzón real-ized that instead of making it a dream, he would make it a goal.

Since 2009 he has been working on this goal, and now he has made it a real-ity.

The Music House opened its doors this month for the community to enjoy. The business offers instrumental lessons to customers of all ages. Instructors are experi-enced professionals who are passionate about music and committed to the education of the fine arts.

Lessons are available for a variety of musical in-struments: violin, clarinet, banjo, piano, organ, guitar and voice. He also said that

if someone from the com-munity is interested in an instrument that they do not offer, they will try to add the instrument to their list of available lessons.

The Music House plans on having recitals for all stu-dents.

“I want people to have a relationship with the music,” said Pinzón.

Pinzón said that he plans on decorating the music house with many different instruments and original paintings done by friends and colleagues.

“I want to make it a real artistic place where people can come and enjoy the arts,” said Pinzón.

He believes he has es-tablished a relaxed feel-ing within the building for both students and parents. He provides a comfortable sit down area with refresh-ments of coffee, tea and hot

chocolate. Pinzón stressed that The

Music House is meant for all ages who are interested in learning a musical instru-ment.

“It is scientifically proven that music helps your mind, your memory and your coor-dination especially in young-er children,” said Pinzón.

Pinzón is proud of the re-sponse that he has received from the community, and that The Music House is now a part of the Waynesburg community.

“I want to see growth in the interest of music and I want to see the music scene grow in the county and hope-fully bring people closer to-gether,” said Pinzón.

The Music House is now open, located at 35 S West Street in Waynesburg. For more information visit mu-sichousewaynesburg.weebly.com or call 724-914-0346.

Shiny cars, sunshine and Golden Oldies

By samantha peerFor The Yellow Jacket

Vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles lined the streets of downtown Waynesburg as Waynesburg Prosperous and Beautiful hosted its 12th An-nual 50s Fest and Car Cruise on Sept. 14.

Fifties music filled the streets as WANB’s Doug Wilson, also an instructor of communication at Waynes-burg University, played Golden Oldies music from his booth located on the steps of the Greene County courthouse.

WANB entetained the crowds with various contests throughout the day.

The station held bubble gum chewing and hula-hooping contests, as well as a twist contest and a limbo contest.

The radio station offered a variety of prizes, from a free hot dog provided by Moore’s Hot Dogs to tickets to the Pittsburgh Zoo.

“The 50s Fest is not seen as a fundraiser as much as a way to attract people to downtown Waynesburg in order to generate economic activity for merchants and

to bring the community to-gether,” said Barbara Kirby, vice president of Waynesburg Prosperous and Beautiful.

Shelly Brown, chairperson of the promotions committee of Waynesburg Prosperous and Beautiful, was pleased with the turnout at this year's annual event.

“It’s been a great year for the 50s Fest,” said Brown.

“We’ve had 218 vehicles register in the car cruise, and those registered have come as far as 260 miles to participate. We have people attending from Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia.”

Though the weather was not ideal, Brown could not complain.

“It’s certainly better than rain,” said Brown.

“We got rained on last year, so as long as the sun is shining, we are happy.”

The promotions commit-tee of Waynesburg Prosper-ous and Beautiful, in ad-dition to planning the 50s Fest, plans events such as the Holiday Open House and the Farmer’s Market, both in downtown Waynesburg.

Sasha Lemley, a stylist for

Chelsea Dicks, Managing Editor

Alejandro Pinzón poses outside his newly opened Music House along S. West Street in Waynesburg.

Cori Schipani, Graphic Design Editor

A pair of 50s Fest-goers admire the pristinely-kept classic cars that lined High St. on Saturday. Passers-by walked to the beat of music that WANB's Doug "Crazy Dougie" Wilson played from the courthouse steps.

“They go from not being able to mount a gun...to breaking targets.”

charles malloyInstructor at Hunting Hills

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Hunting Hills shooting range offers local women free classes

50s Fest and Car Cruise sees lots of cars, large crowd

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Waynesburg University is located in a rural area where the old covered bridges, hundreds of acres of trees and tons of open space help Greene County maintain simple, rustic beauty.

The only problem is that the town of Waynesburg doesn’t provide students

with many things to do when classes are not in ses-sion. Aside from historic at-tractions, Waynesburg does not offer a huge amount of attractions for people around college age.

Thankfully, Waynesburg University offers many op-tions for getting out of the rolling hills and into all cor-ners of the world.

The university offers mul-tiple international mission trips every year for anyone interested to sign up.

Trip sites include Guate-mala, Romania, Jamaica and many others that will allow you to get you out and ex-plore the world. These trips enable students to experience different cultures, lifestyles and religions. Your eyes will be opened to the wonders that our world holds.

Each trip offers different experiences, different services and different memories that you will cherish.

The university also offers multiple closer-to-home mission trips if visiting a for-eign land is not something that interests you.

Waynesburg University strives to have its students experience all they can while attending school and com-mitting themselves to leading lives of purpose. But it's up to students to take advantage of these opportunities.

For more information on the mission trips Waynesburg offers, check out page D4 in the Arts & Life section of this week’s newspaper.

World viewsTake advantage of service opportunities

For the last few years, Waynesburg residental stu-dents have had to gain access to their Internet connection through an Ethernet cable.

While the rest of the buildings on campus have wireless Internet access, dorm rooms had to connect the old fashioned way.

That no longer is the case.

In an email sent to stu-dents from William Dumire, Executive Director of In-formation Technologies, students on campus were alerted they are now permit-ted to have wireless routers in their rooms.

In the past, if students wanted to use the Internet from their bed, they had to drag their Ethernet cable across the room with their laptop. They also could not connect tablets and smart-phones to the Internet in

their rooms without break-ing a rule.

Now that students may have access to wireless In-ternet, it shows that Waynes-burg University is doing its best to advance its on-cam-pus technology one router at a time.

Granted, students didn’t have to go that far back to find a time when they had to use a dial-up connection, but it's good to see wireless, which has long been a part of the rest of campus, now reaching to the dorms.

It's good to see the univer-sity advancing its technology and giving its students a bet-ter chance to succeed in the same process.

Students can check out the email sent by Dumire on Sept. 5 to see how exactly he or she can set up a wire-less router in his or her dorm room for this year.

Techy dorm roomsUniversity allows wireless Internet routers

Court dribbles up frustration for students

By the end of this column, most student-athletes on campus may not care for my view on this topic – but it’s worth raising a point.

Last week, the Yellow Jacket ran an article about a basketball court in the sports section.

It wasn’t an earth-shatter-ing article – just a simple, av-erage-length article, tucked inside the front page that spilled onto the back page of the section.

The article talked about the new surface in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

For those who haven’t heard, it’s a beautiful hard-wood court, complete with a new logo at center court.

No more polyurethane court from the 1980s.

No more cracks on the sides of the courts when try-ing to play pickup basketball on the side hoops.

Every student who has ever played pick-up basket-ball or soccer or volleyball on the old Fieldhouse court should be excited about this, right?

Wrong.According to athletic di-

rector Larry Marshall, the court will not be open to the average student that would like to shoot hoops.

The court may be under more security than Fort Knox.

Okay, that might be a stretch.

Regardless, the new sur-face in Marisa Fieldhouse will be for athletic use only.

But what about intramu-rals?

Don’t worry about it. To combat this concern, the school has decided to move all fitness classes to the Wiley

Armory, where the wrestling team has to practice.

That’s all well and good, but what happens if there is an overwhelming amount of students who want to play basketball on a week-night? I understand having a basketball court to use is a privilege rather than a right. But if there is a cramped gym one night, what are students supposed to do? Drive down to the basketball courts be-hind Sunoco and put their floodlights on the outdoor courts to play?

I understand we are a small Division III college, but the necessity of having two open, functional courts is there.

I know student-athletes like having something spe-cial, just for themselves. I’ve been there before.

Even Division I venues re-ceive more occupants than the Marisa Fieldhouse. The University of Pittsburgh has

the Peterson Events Center, the home of men’s and wom-en’s basketball. But on off days, students use the court – whether they are using the court for pickup basketball, or the protective cover is on the playing surface and the space is being used for ellipti-cal and stationary bikes.

West Virginia also lets its students use the court in the Coliseum. While working for ESPN two years ago, there was a 10 a.m. tip on national television. When I walked into the arena around 7 a.m., there was a group of people playing pickup basketball on the court – three hours be-fore the game.

It is my understanding that the the funding for the court was entirely pulled from the athletic fund. If the money was entirely pulled form the athletic department, I can understand why the court

Need for speed: 55 mph is just too slow

I recently watched a You-Tube video.

I know, I know, but it was not the typical viral video of the week or anything like that. Just follow me on this, you’ll see where I’m going with it.

The YouTube video I watched was titled “Speed Kills Your Pocketbook” and it was uploaded just last week. It is an informational video that’s 15 minutes long and already has three quarters of a million views.

According to the Huffing-ton Post: British Columbia [B.C.] the creator of the vid-eo, Chris Thompson, targets the speed limits in British Columbia, Canada.

Thompson argues that while 50 kilometers per

hour (31 mph) speed limits makes sense in urban areas, it does not make sense in other less populated areas, such as highways, where the traffic often drives well above the speed limit.

I know what you’re think-ing; ‘I’m full of it; this video I watched was nothing but someone’s opinion. No facts at all.’

Wrong.The video is full of statis-

tics and research on speed limits from across the Unit-ed States and Canada. Ac-tual facts with graphs and charts.

When I first watched this video, something clicked, and I realized this is relatable to anyone who has ever driven on either I-79 or I-70.

I say I-70 with a bit of dis-gust, because if you’ve ever driven on the road, you fear for your life.

The posted speed for I-70 between the Washington

and New Stanton exits are 55 mph.

Yes, 55 mph. The same speed you can go

on stretches of Route 21 in rural Greene County.

But trust me, no one ever goes 55 mph on I-70.

I’ve been told numerous times from different people that the police don’t bother to go to I-70, because no one follows the speed limit.

Now whether the police enforce that stretch of high-way is not my point. It’s that no one on I-70 drives at that speed limit.

If you watch the video, Thompson references a B.C. report on speed that states “the majority of motorists drive at a speed they con-sider reasonable and safe for road, traffic and environmen-tal conditions. Posted limits which are set higher or lower than dictated by roadway and traffic conditions, are ignored by the majority of

motorists.”Do you follow me yet? Why then, if the majority

of the motorists ignore the 55 mph speed limit on I-70, does the state not bother to set a more reasonable com-mon sense speed limit?

If you do a little digging, you can find the speed limits of Pennsylvania roads back into the 1940’s.

And in that time, the speed limit on the Pennsyl-vania Turnpike was 70 mph. So the speed limit was higher when the phrase “crumple zone” meant your knees?

Look, cars have gotten safer.

Roads are better, albeit in Pennsylvania they’ve dragged their feet for as long as I’ve been alive and are just now getting to making roads safer.

Yes, I’m talking about the I-79 andI-70 interchange,

rob loNgo

Columnist

Voting is a right, so why not exercise it?

Thank you to the Yellow Jacket for allowing me to use this space to ‘put in my two cents.’ One of the preroga-tives of geezerhood is offer-ing wisdom to succeeding generations.

Students may think of this as ‘nagging’ but we call it ‘teaching.’

Even though I teach Po-litical Science, I’m not going to tell you about particular policies, parties or positions.

Instead, all I want to do is to encourage, exhort and enjoin all Waynesburg Uni-versity students to vote.

There are a lot of bad rea-

sons for not voting. There are only good reasons to vote.

I will mention the most important.

Voting is the only way a young person can truly de-clare adulthood. We have many age qualifications for doing all kinds of things.

Fifteen year olds can start driving. Sixteen year olds can legally drop out of school.

Seventeen year olds can join the military (with a note from your mom).

Twenty-one year olds can buy beer. Twenty-five year olds can rent cars.

All of these things are nice, but eighteen year olds can change the world by changing the leadership of the most powerful nation on earth. Not a bad way to make people sit up and take notice

of you!Waynesburg University

students have two options in voting.

You may register and vote in your home town via ab-sentee voting or register and vote in Waynesburg due to the fact that you live here long enough during the academic year to qualify as a resident.

Registering and voting via

absentee ballot is very easy. The U.S. Election As-

sistance Commission has an easy to use website that provides all of the forms and information needed to receive an absentee ballot from anywhere in the U.S. Their website is www.eac.gov/voterreources. You can also google “absentee vot-

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probably one of the most dangerous, if not dumb-est, sections of road in the country.

My point is, you, the reader, should get involved. You should be advocating better and safer roads, and more common sense speed limits based on science, not Harrisburg politicians from decades ago.

We drive these roads every day. And it’s sad that it’s the most dangerous thing we do every day.

I’m not saying raise speed limits so we can all drive faster. I’m saying raise the speed limits so we can all drive safer.

ing (your home state)” and connect with state websites throughout the U.S.

Registering to vote in Waynesburg is equally easy. All it takes to register is

a quick trip to the Greene County Office Building at 93 E. High Street (on the north side of High Street be-tween Church and Morgan Streets). You will be quickly registered by the nice folks in the Office of Elections and

Voter Registration on the first floor.

You may not be interested in politics, but politics is al-ways interested in you. Put on your big boyor big girl panties and hang out with the adults! Vote!

Speed: slow driving is bad

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Editor's Note: The fol-lowing is a summary of the 10 stories from last week that a college stu-dent needs to know.

1. U.S. accusation leads to further Syria debate

The accusations from the United States against the Assad government of Syria concerning the use of poi-son gas against rebels caused President Obama to reiterate the threat of military action against Syria. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review states that Syrian officials see the U.S.-Russia compromise as a vic-tory for their country. Obama said in a televised interview that Russia doesn’t share U.S. values in Syria, although he is still withholding military strikes until receiving results from the United Nations chemical weapons inspector.

–Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sept. 16

2. Shooting tragedy in nation's capital

On Monday, a gunman opened fire in the Washing-ton Navy Yard in the U.S. capital city. The New York Times reported that 13

people were confirmed dead while another eight are re-covering from injuries. The shooter, Aaron Alexis, was killed and reportedly acted alone. Law enforcement is working to discover a motive for the criminal act, which is not currently being treated as an act of terrorism.

–New York Times, Sept. 16

3. Flood casualties in Colorado escalate

According to the Pitts-burgh Tribune-Review, di-sastrous flooding in Lyons, Colo. is emphasized by ris-ing numbers. More than 1,200 people are still unac-counted for, six are presumed dead, 11,700 people have been evacuated and at least 19,000 homes have been lost or damaged. Rescue work-ers have been flocking to the Rocky Mountain town, and the extensive repair work will begin as soon as possible, al-though town officials say that many roads in the area may not be repaired for a year.

–Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sept. 16

4. An uncertain time

for Pittsburgh sports Pittsburgh’s fans were

disappointed on Monday as the Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers all lost their respec-tive games. The Penguins lost 4-1 to the Detroit Red Wings in a preseason game, the Pirates fell to the San Diego Padres 2-0, and the Steelers start the season 0-2 with a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, 20-10. Writers from the Pittsburgh-Tribune Re-view said the Pirates are still on track to make the post-season, the Steelers need to make some serious changes if they want to succeed and judgment on the Penguins’ future will wait until the regular season begins.

5. Policeman on trial for manslaughter

A Charlotte, N.C. police officer is being charged with voluntary manslaughter, ac-cording to the Observer-Reporter, after shooting a Florida A&M University football player on Sept. 14. The student, Jonathan A. Ferrell, was reportedly look-ing for help after a car ac-cident. He knocked on a woman’s door, and the police

were summoned. When Fer-rell continued to approach them after being warded off with a Taser, officer Randall Kerrick shot and killed the student. Kerrick began court hearings on Monday.

–Observer-Reporter, Sept. 15

6. Wrecked cruise ship salvaged from reef

According to the Associ-ated Press, workers began on Monday, Sept. 16 to salvage the cruise liner Concordia that collided with an Ital-ian reef in January 2012. The extreme tilt of the ship combined with size of the ship means the process of rotating the ship to a posi-tion where it can be towed away is extensive; there is a constant possibility of toxic chemicals leaking into the water and of parts of the ship splintering away. Engineers in charge are confident that the salvage and towing of the ship will be successful.

–Associated Press, Sept. 16

7. Pittsburgh to join NLC Pittsburgh City Council-

man and Democratic may-

oral nominee Bill Peduto intends to renew Pittsburgh’s membership in the National League of Cities. Pittsburgh was a part of the NLC from 1958 until 1996, and Peduto, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, believes the city has missed out on many opportunities in the interim. He will therefore travel to an NLC conference in Seattle to begin the process of re-turning to the league.

–Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sept. 16

8. World War II squadron memorialized

America’s first black fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, were honored on Sunday, Sept. 15 at the un-veiling of a new memorial at the Sewickley cemetery. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the memo-rial is the largest outdoor dis-play to honor the World War II squadron. 500 people at-tended the unveiling to show support for the Tuskegee fighters. –Pittsburgh Tri-bune-Review, Sept. 16

9. Waynesburg profes-sor makes an important

discovery According to Waynesburg

University’s website, Assis-tant Professor of Biology Dr. Chad Sethman contrib-uted to an extensive report concerning SARM, an in-nate immunity adaptor. He hopes his research will lead to advancements in drugs to treat diseases caused by the SARM gene.

–Waynesburg.edu, Sept. 12

10. Pennsylvania works to get bridges up to standards

According to the Observ-er-Reporter, Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest quantities of structurally deficient bridges in the na-tion.

PennDOT has been work-ing quickly in recent years to fix this issue, but funds for fixing the bridges are nearly gone. The state now faces an uphill battle to reduce the number of unsound bridges.

–Observer-Reporter, Sept. 15

Information compiled by KIMMI BASTON

For the Yellow Jacket

In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week

Cheat Sheet: The Navy Yard shooting and why it happened

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should be used for athletes. What if part of a normal student’s tuition went to-wards the renovation of that court?

Better yet, is it worth it in the long run to keep the floor under lock and key from non-student-athletes that would enjoy the floor as well?

In a July issue of Focus Magazine, a publication of floordaily.com, a hardwood court, if properly main-tained, can be used for up to 60 years.

Compare that to a rubber

floor, which lasts roughly half of that time, when main-tained well.

It’s estimated that the old floor in the field house was used for the past 29 years.

Even if the concern of the athletic department is the longevity of the court, con-cern for the court's ability to last decades should be tossed aside..

The university spent a great deal of money to give the court a facelift, so why not allow all students use it to maximize the value of the field house?

It would be a shame if the facility would be used all for one, not one for all.

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On Monday, Sept.16 ap-proximately at 8:15 a.m., Aaron Alexis began a shoot-ing rampage that would leave 13 dead, Alexis included, at the Navy Yard in Washing-ton, D.C.

According to the Wash-ington Post, Alexis entered Building 197 of the Navy Yard with a valid pass and key card.

He then went to the bath-room on the fourth-floor and came out with an altered Remington 870 shotgun and began firing.

Within minutes, police were at the scene and soon after engaged Alexis in a gun battle.

At some point, as stated by law enforcement authori-ties, “Alexis killed a security guard in the lobby and took the guard’s 9mm handgun.”

At 8:55 a.m., emergency responders reported a D.C. police officer down on the third floor.

Finally, at approximately 9:20 a.m., Alexis was fatally shot.

It still remains unclear what Alexis’ motive was, but details have emerged that Alexis, a former Navy reservist, had a checkered past with the law and had visited two Veteran’s Affairs hospitals after claiming he heard voices in his head, ac-cording to reports.

According to the Wash-ington Post, “on Aug. 7, while on a trip to Newport, Alexis called police to his hotel room and told them he was being followed by three people who were keep-ing him awake ‘by talking to

him and sending vibrations into his body,’ according to a police report. The re-port has the victim’s name blacked out, but Lt. William Fitzgerald of the Newport police confirmed that it was Alexis.”

Alexis’ past is littered with

run-ins with the law and he had moved numerous times from Seattle, Wash. to Fort Worth, Tex., when he was in the Navy.

He was described as a gentle man who became a devout Buddhist, but also as a man with an angry streak

who had fired his weapon into his upstairs neighbor’s apartment in Fort Worth.

“He’s a 13-year-old stuck in a 34-year-old body,” said Oui Suthamtewakul, owner of the Happy Bowl Thai res-taurant in White Settlement, Tex., and a friend who lived

with Alexis for most of the past three years.

“He needs attention.”When interviewed by the

Washington Post, Somsak Srisan, a Thai immigrant in Fort Worth, offered a pos-sible explanation.

“I think probably some-

body tried to put him down. I don’t know," said Somsak.

"Did somebody try to dis-criminate against him?”

Somsak asked Alexis only once why he had left his job at the naval base.

It was a brief conversa-tion.

According to the interview published in the Washington Post, Somsak asked Alexis why he quit his government job.

Alexis said he felt dis-liked.

As to how someone with such a problematic past could have been allowed on base, the Navy had given Alexis an honorable discharge, cor-recting a report issued that stated he was given a general discharge, something less-desirable, according to the Washington Post.

“With his honorable dis-charge, Alexis apparently was issued a government contractor access card that would have allowed him into the Navy Yard and other military installations, " said Thomas Hoshko, chief executive of The Experts, a Hewlett-Packard subcon-tractor for which Alexis was working.

"His security clearance was updated in July.”

Those killed in the shoot-ing are: Michael Arnold, Martin Bodrog, Arthur Dan-iels, S ylvia Frasier, Kathleen Gaarde, John Roger Johnson, Mary Frances DeLorenzo Knight, Frank Kohler, Vish-nu Pandit, Kenneth Bernard Proctor, Gerald Read, Rich-ard Michael Ridgell.

Information complied from washingtonpost.com.

Information compiled by JAMES WITTE Op/Ed Editor

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Left, a police officer stands guard outside of the Washington Navy Yard in D.C. after fire was opened inside of the secure base. Thirteen lives were lost inside the Yard Monday.

Below, Aaron Alexis lived in a gated community in Fort Worth, Tex., until he was evicted for shooting guns in his apartment. Alexis claimed he was cleaning his gun while cooking, but some suspect that accidental shooting, which nearly injured a neighbor, was intentional.

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these generation assets,” said Powelson.

L a s h a l s o a d m it t e d FirstEnergy recognizes the ramifications these closures will have among employees and throughout the compa-ny; however, when asked by Rep. Pam Snyder to elaborate on what FirstEnergy is doing to help employees who will lose jobs, Lash did not make any specific comments.

While Powelson stated his beliefs that these two coal-fired power stations have a future in Pennsylvania, the fifth largest coal producing state in the nation, Lash again cited economic issues as reasons why the plants must close.

In addition, Lash said con-verting these facilities into gas power plants is not an option.

“There’s the capability there to convert them to gas, but it doesn’t make economic sense to do so,” said Lash.

“They are not designed for running on gas, they’re de-signed for running on coal.”

While rumors circulate in-volving a potential buyer for these two condemned plants, Lash reiterated FirstEnergy’s

plans for the Oct. 9 closures of the two facilities at the hearing.

“What we’ll do on Oct. 9 is what we’ve done with nine other stations,” said Lash.

“We will deactivate them and shut them down, deacti-vating them in a safe, secure and environmentally con-scious way.”

According to Lash, once these power stations are shut down, they cannot be reac-tivated.

“When you close a sta-tion, you lay systems up, you deactivate a lot of systems; there’s quite a cost in terms of bringing those stations back,” said Lash.

“We don’t see an opportu-

nity right now for that [reac-tivation] to happen.”

Solobay is still hopeful that these plants will remain open after Oct. 9, stating he hopes to meet with the Secretary of Energy to determine if either Hatfield’s Ferry or Mitchell could become a pilot station that uses cleaner technolo-gies.

Alysson Wernert, For the Yellow Jacket

Sen. Tim Solobay speaks to FirstEnergy president James Lash about the power plant closings at Hatfield Ferry and Mitchell at a hearing last week.

FirstEnergy: Pa. legislators and union leaders discuss local plant closings

Blondie’s Hair Salon, handed out cupcakes and offered re-wards cards to people passing outside of the salon located along High Street.

“The 50s Fest is definitely a great way of promoting the local businesses,” said Lemley.

“We’ve had a great turn-out.”

Members of the Greene Community church offered 50s Fest-goers free face painting and commemora-tive photographs, as well as the opportunity to decorate frames.

The 50s Fest promotions committee first approached Greene Community eight years ago and asked them to offer kid-friendly activities to the children attending the event.

The church has partici-pated in the event every year since.

Among the Greene Com-munity volunteers were Dave and Leah Bell, who printed photos of each vehicle reg-istered in the car cruise and offered the photos to the owners.

“The 50s Fest offers our church the opportunity to be a blessing to the community,” said Leah Bell.

Everette Warner, of Bridgeport, W.Va., entered his 1964 Dodge 330 into the car cruise, traveling 70 miles to display his vehicle.

Warner first discovered the 50s Fest when driving his truck through town four years ago.

This was the first year that he registered his vehicle in the event.

Karen Vitori, owner of Grandma’s Attic, said her business has been a part of

the 50s Fest since its grand opening eight years ago.

The 50s Fest has proved successful in promoting her business.

“Any event that brings

people into town is always good for business,” said Vi-tori.

The turn-out at the 50s Fest this year pays tribute to the fact that this annual

event is quickly becoming a tradition that Greene Coun-ty residents look forward to each year.

Brown believes the 50s Fest is a staple of Waynesburg

tradition.“The 50s Fest is sure to be-

come a tradition in Waynes-burg,” said Brown.

“It’s been going strong for twelve years, and is one of

the most enjoyable days in downtown Waynesburg. It’s not only enjoyable to be at the festival, but it’s also enjoyable to be downtown when all of the merchants are open.”

(Above left): Ron Robinson of Washington, Pa., admires a 1940s Willys that was remodeled like a race car.

(Above right): A King of Rock impersonator entertained 50s Fest-goers on the steps of the Greene County Courthouse by singing and dancing to classis Elvis tunes.

(Left): A stuffed animal leopard keeps watch over Richard Sterbutzel's 1954 Metropolitan Nash. One couple smiles at the spruce green car and its feline friend, both of which Sterbutzel drove to the fest from Gettysburg.

(Below left): Neki MacFann and Joette Grimes of Fredericktown enjoy snow cones provided by Greene Community Church.

(Below right): A couple stops to admire one of the many shiny, old-fashioned trucks that lined High St..

Photos by Cori Schipani, Graphic Design Editor

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Pam Blaker, along with Greene County Director of Recreation Jake Blaker, at-tends all of the classes for grant writing purposes.

Pam Blaker sometimes practices shooting while she and Jake are at the course.

“I think my best is a 92 [clays],” said Pam Blaker. “Nintey-two out of one-hundred.”

Both Malloy and Pam Blaker agree that Hunting Hills is a great facility to teach at.

“Hunting Hills is one of

the nicer courses around,” said Malloy. “If you get into the sport and you go to other courses, you’ll realize how well-maintained and how nice Hunting Hills is.”

Pam Blaker has practiced shooting at many courses, and she agrees with Malloy.

“They keep their course well-maintained and, com-pared to others we’ve been to, they take very good care of it and everything goes back into it,” said Pam Blaker.

“Hunting Hills," she said, "is a well-kept secret.”

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It seems to me that Okla-homa State University was Blue Mountain State before Spike TV ever came up with the idea of the show.

According to a 10-month investigation by Sports Illus-trated, the Cowboys’ football program is alleged to have paid players, allowed drug use, allowed academic cheat-ing and had a hostess pro-gram in which female stu-dents had sex with recruits on visits, which is similarly portrayed on the television show.

On Sept. 11, Sam Mel-linger of the Kansas City Star wrote a piece titled, “The real story of the Oklahoma State scandal is that no one cares.” While his title seems like a hasty generalization, I can see where Mellinger is coming from. Division I college football has become a billion dollar industry, and as long as fans continue to spend money on season tick-ets, merchandise, travel and donations to schools’ athletic clubs, college football fans

really do not care about any day other than Saturdays for their respective teams.

I understand that Divi-sion I football has become the minor league to the NFL, but I think Division I football has lost the idea of what be-ing a collegiate athlete is all about. With coaches such as Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden and Eddie Robinson out of the game, the age of the men-tor who was just as interested in winning games as he was in molding young men into upstanding members of soci-ety. Gone are the days where earning a degree mattered.

Two weeks ago, Waynes-burg University head football coach Rick Shepas won his 50th career game at the helm of the Yellow Jacket program. He was also the fastest to 50 wins in school history. In the world of Division I, reach-ing 50 wins at one program is becoming a rare feat.

Only 12 coaches in Divi-sion I have been employed by their current school longer or as long as Shepas has been at Waynesburg. The desire to win at whatever the cost not only puts added pressure on coaches when it comes to job

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Frostburg State Univer-sity head coach Tom Rogish summed up his team’s 59-49 loss to Waynesburg this past Saturday in one statement.

“[If we would have] stopped [Bernie Thompson] or [Andrew English], we win the ball game,” said Rogish.

It was definitely a monu-mental game for both of the Waynesburg junior receivers. Thompson led all receivers in the game with 173 yards on 10 catches, including a critical first-down reception on fourth-and-seven in the fourth quarter.

English tallied his second-straight game with over 100 yards receiving, catching 13 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown. English has al-ready eclipsed his total for receptions from the entire 2012 season, while Thomp-son needs just three more receptions to break his ca-reer total.

Both receivers’ play came to no surprise by Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas.

“I knew [Thompson] was going to play this well,” said Shepas of his diminutive 5’8” receiver. “His catch on

fourth-and-seven showed he plays much bigger than he actually is in stature. English can be a big-game player and he showed that on Saturday also.”

The Jackets improved to 2-0 on the young season, while the Bobcats fell to 0-2.

Waynesburg junior quar-terback Carter Hill broke the school record for passing yards in a single game with 483. He completed 38-of-58

pass attempts, which were both career highs and threw three touchdowns without an interception.

Even in a back-and-forth game, Hill said he did not have a moment where he felt he needed to carry the offense.

“I just believe in our of-fense, our game plan and our coaches,” said Hill. “As a whole, our offense thinks we can move the ball and that was our mentality today.”

After a 47-3 loss to Geneva in week one, Frostburg State rebounded with 49 points off seven touchdowns by quar-terback Ken Emmons.

Emmons threw for 384 yards with four touchdowns and ran for 137 yards and three more touchdowns on the Jacket defense. Emmons’ performance, as well as the entire Frostburg State offense, was a surprise to Shepas.

“I didn’t know what to ex-pect because there are a lot of [misleading] things about first games,” said Shepas. “I

knew it would snap [Frost-burg State] into a better week of practice and we knew we were going to get a better game out of them. I didn’t think it would turn into a score-fest, but it did.”

A week after Musking-um quarterback CJ Snider thrashed through Waynes-burg’s defense, Emmons found similar success run-ning the ball from the quar-terback position.

Running an up-tempo, spread offense, Emmons was able to convert on quick pass-es, hitting sophomore wide receiver Haydan Roberts for a team-high nine passes for 135 yards and a touchdown. Two other Bobcat receivers combined for 10 passes for 227 yards.

Shepas believes getting his team experience against two different types of spread of-fense quarterbacks will pay dividends in the future.

“I left the Muskingum

Michael Kabay, Waynesburg University

Junior quarterback Carter Hill unleashes a throw during Waynesburg's 59-49 victory over Frostburg State on Saturday. Hill's 483 passing yards set a new program record and helped Waynesburg start the season 2-0.

Offensive explosion

Hill and Waynesburg offense overcome seven touchdowns by Frostburg State quarterback Ken Emmons at Bobcat Stadium

by cJ filippiFor the Yellow Jacket

It was a tough matchup on Saturday, but it did not stop the Waynesburg football team from improving its re-cord to 2-0 when it defeated Frostburg State, 59-49.

Junior quarterback Carter Hill set the school record for passing yards in game, throwing for 483 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Hill’s aerial display shat-tered a 45-year-old record held by John Huntey, who

passed for 467 yards in a game against Lock Haven in 1968.

The feat left head coach Rick Shepas impressed by his junior signal-caller.

“I thought [Hill] played well,” said Shepas.

“I liked how [Hill] spread the ball around. He was sharp and seeing the field well. He didn’t play perfectly, but he could’ve thrown for well over 500 yards. He had a lot of good decision mak-ing.”

Shepas was not the only one who thought Hill had a

great day. Junior wide receiver An-

drew English thought the quarterback had a great day

as well.“[Hill’s] performance was

Junior QB breaks 45-year-old record

D1 teams can learn from Waynesburg

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by nick brommerFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Univer-sity women’s cross coun-try team competed in the Waynesburg Invitational on Saturday.

The Jackets finished first out of five schools while run-ning on their home course at the Greene County Airport. It was the first time Waynes-burg has won a women’s cross country meet as a team in over two years. The last time the Jackets won a meet was in 2001, at an event held at Geneva College.

Waynesburg dominated the competition in this race, having five runners finish in the top 10. Point Park University, who finished second on the day, only had two runners finish in the top 10. Fellow Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference members Westminster and Chatham finished third and fourth re-spectively. Carlow University occupied fifth.

Saturday’s event was the only home match for Waynesburg University in the 2013 fall season. Waynesburg head coach Chris Hardie believed it was an advantage for the Jackets, because they were familiar

with their course.“Our course is a lot flat-

ter compared to the other courses in the PAC, and I think we know it a lot better than the other schools since we get to run it twice a week,” Hardie said. “From this point forward, we won’t run it as much, but it’s still nice to have a good home course.”

After sitting out last week’s meet, senior Bre Paul was first to cross the finish line for the Yellow Jackets, with a time of 23:47.5, good enough for third place overall. Freshman Emily Latimer finished just a second behind Paul, with a fourth place time of 23:48.9. Joy Oster, Katie Latimer and Megan Ferrick crossed the line consecutively for a sixth, seventh and eighth place overall finish.

Chatham’s Rachel Left-wich won the 44-women race with a time of 22:30.7. Left-wich also won last Saturday’s Bethany Invitational race.

The team will have this weekend off, as they ready for the Chatham Invitational in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28. Up to this point in the season, the Chatham Invitational is the biggest match of the year so far, and is known as the

Women's XC wins home invitational

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Joy Oster (left) and Emily Latimer (right) lead a group of runners during the Waynesburg Invitational.

Paul and four other Waynesburg runners finish among top 10

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By John Lydic Editorial Assistant

Ciara Scott has been on a search to find comfort as a goalkeeper; a search that she hopes will lead her to the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

As Scott enters her second season as the Waynesburg women’s soccer goal-keeper, she is still searching for a com-fort in her new position.

“There are still things to this day that I don’t feel comfortable with,” said Scott. “I don’t know if I will ever be comfort-able.”

Scott came to Waynesburg as a de-fender, after playing the position for four years at Carlynton High School.

Scott began practicing as a goalkeep-er over the summer before she came to Waynesburg. However there was no plan for her to be the starting goalie for the 2012 season.

“We had no plan in mind until we came to camp,” said Waynesburg head coach Carl Griffiths. “We began to eval-uate who we would want to train as a backup goalkeeper.”

The plan quickly changed when start-er Nicole Aponick went down with an injury.

Scott was thrust into the starting role without ever playing a game.

“Once the injury occurred we began to get her ready,” Griffiths said. “Our goal was to make sure she understood the fundamentals of the position.”

Scott’s first game was at home against Franciscan University, and the nerves were swirling.

“All I could think was, ‘don’t mess up,’” said Scott. “I was extremely ner-vous."

She won her first start, as Waynes-burg defeated Franciscan 6-1.

With every passing game, Griffiths began to see confidence grow in the young keeper.

“We felt each game she became more confident and began to grow as a player

understanding the position,” said Grif-fiths.

As a freshman, Scott started all 19 of Waynesburg’s games and was second in the PAC in shutouts – something she never imagined. In addition, she was named the PAC Goalkeepr/Defender of the Week and the ECAC South De-fensive Player of the Week during her rookie season.

“I never thought I would start,” Scott said. “I was just trying to make it so I could travel with [the team].”

T h r o u g h a l l t h e change, there is one common theme that has lead

to Scott’s success.“My defense has played a big part in

my success,” said Scott. “If it was not for them we would not have won as many games.”

She also credits the work of a fam-ily friend and her goalie coach as two people who have contributed to her continued advancement.

“A family friend who played goalie at the collegiate level worked with

me, along with Coach Sarah [Arsenault] who put in

more time than neces-sary,” said Scott.

Heading into her second year as the Jackets full-time goal-keeper, Scott still finds things she needs to

improve.“I want to con-

tinue to be ag-gressive,” Scott said. “Whether it is going out on a breakaway or punching a ball out.”

A l t h o u g h t h e n e r v e s and challenges still exist, two

fr iends bring her comfort before

games. “I have two bring my to

stuffed animals with me on every away game,” said Scott. “I have a Penguin named Puff and a Koala named Fonz. I have to have them.”

As strange as it may seem, the comfort of her stuffed animals hopes to guide her on her journey to climb the mountain to

become of the PAC’s top goalkeepers.

After being thrust into new role, Scott embraces opportunity

Men's soccer loses first game

By Tim neraL For the Yellow Jacket

Hoping to extend its win-ning streak to four games, the men’s soccer team trav-eled to Buffalo, N.Y. this past Saturday to face off against Medaille College.

After wins against Fran-ciscan, Pitt-Greensburg and LaRoche, it became appar-ent that the Jackets posses-sion-based style of play was effective. The Jackets had outscored their opponents 11-2 and had outshot them 76-32.

The first half of the match was similar to all the others before it.

Waynesburg outshot its opponents once again, just as it had done in three of its four previous matchups. Both teams had scoring op-portunities and it appeared the two teams were evenly matched.

“Medaille plays a similar style to ours,” said Waynes-burg head coach Carl Grif-fiths. “They play a 4-3-3 like us. The first half, we came prepared.”

The second half was a dif-ferent story. After a Waynes-burg turnover in the defen-sive zone, Medaille forward Cory Carter netted the first goal of the game less than five minutes in.

“During halftime, we talk-ed about connecting our for-wards more and pushing our midfielders higher to help them out,” said Griffiths. “We created a few opportunities but after we gave up the first goal, we lost our style.”

Less than five minutes lat-er, Medaille scored its second goal of the night.

“We still kept playing the game, getting balls in the box, attacking their mid-fielders,” said Waynesburg freshman midfielder David Nicholl. “Coach was telling us to keep our heads up."

Medaille finished the con-test with a 5-0 victory.

“We were kind of rattled,” said sophomore defenseman

John Allen. “After the game coach said he didn’t like our response to being down. We lacked intensity.”

Medaille struggled to cash in off scoring chances earlier this month, despite outshooting its opponents in dominating fashion.

The 2-4 Mavericks outshot their opponents 156-49 and yet only netted 19 goals; 16 came against Penn State Bea-ver in their match three days before their match against Waynesburg.

In this match, Medaille had 27 shots on goal to Waynes-burg’s 18, nearly equaling the amount of shots Waynesburg had allowed in its first three games. Before the game at Medaille, Waynesburg had allowed just 32 shots.

Earlier in the week, the men’s team traveled to Frost-burg, Md. for a game against Frostburg State University, only to have it postponed due to lightning.

Griffiths did not believe the near four-hour round-trip had a negative effect on his team.

“I don’t think [it did],” said Griffiths. “We came out strong in the first. It’s how we reacted that had a lot more to do with it. The guys were up and ready. They wanted to be back on the pitch.”

Medaille had built a repu-tation for being a physical team, coming in with 11 yel-low cards entering Saturday’s game.

“They’re definitely a more physical team,” said Griffiths. “That really played a role in this game.”

To try and counter Me-daille’s physical play, Grif-fiths said that it was a com-bination of moving the ball

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By Matt Jones For the Yellow Jacket

“Survival week” was the term used to describe this week’s schedule by head coach Ron Christman.

After coming off their first conference loss against West-minster College Saturday, Christman treated the loss as a learning experience.

“We just have work on what the things that caused us problems,” said Christ-man. “It was all about learn-ing and growing this week.”

The Yellow Jackets had a short three-day turnaround to fix those problems as they faced off against another top team in Saint Vincent Tues-

day afternoon.Waynesburg welcomed

the defending Presidents' Athletic Conference cham-pions Tuesday with the hope of gauging the team's poten-tial for postseason tourna-ments.

In a battle of 4-2 teams, the Bearcats got an early jump and Waynesburg’s late surge was not enough, as Saint Vin-cent won the contest 5-4.

Christman kept the same strategy coming into this contest as he had the entire season.

“We are trying to do spe-

cific things with players and doubles teams,” said Christ-man. “We are trying to set up a win.”

The strategy was effective for the most part, but Saint Vincent used an experienced team to set the tone early in the match.

The Bearcats opened the match claiming two of the three doubles matches. The duo of senior Markie Gustafson and sophomore Sarah Reyes won against a tough pair in Kylie Auman and Hannah Kahn, 8-5. Au-man and Kahn came into Tuesday’s match with a 5-1 record in doubles play.

In first singles, Saint Vin-cent’s Amanda Gans defeated sophomore Rachael Klemash in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Jacquelyn Hauser defeated Waynesburg’s Alyssa Daniel in second singles, 6-1, 6-1.

The third singles match

put Gustafson against Au-man. Auman entered the contest with a perfect 6-0 record. Gustafson lost 6-0, 6-1.

Waynesburg reeled off three straight wins in singles play, but it was too late. The wins came from Reyes, ju-nior Madison DuBrock and junior Lauren Cowden.

The win improved Cowden to a perfect 7-0 on the season, while DuBrock bumped her record to 4-1.

Reyes saw her record im-rpove to 3-1 on her sopho-more season.

Cowden, who is still unde-feated after Tuesday’s match, continues to be a bright spot in the eyes of Christman.

“[Cowden] has been a pleasant surprise thus far,” said Christman. “She has re-ally set up and played well.”

Despite the loss, Christ-man feels the team is in a

good place as it moves on from the loss.

According to Christman, the team has been able to build off of things, and every starter has a winning record. To go along with Cowden, Christman feels that the other positions are sound everywhere else.

DuBrock also feels that the team is headed in the right direction, but can still make strides toward becoming bet-ter.

“We played well, in my eyes,” said DuBrock. “But there are still several different things that we can improve on.”

Waynesburg continues conference play against Grove City College today, when they take on the Wol-verines at 4 p.m.

Last season, the Jackets fell to Grove City by a score of 6-3.

Weekly AwardsThis week's Waynes-

burg Athletes of the Week led their respec-tive teams to success-ful Saturdays this past weekend.

On the gridiron, ju-nior quarterback Carter Hill was busy rewriting the record books with a top-notch performance against Frostburg State. Mean-while, senior women's cross country runner Bre Paul put in a top-five performance at the Waynesburg Invitational to lead her squad to a first-place finish.

Hill continued his strong start to the season by setting a new school record for passing yards in a game after completing 38-of-53 pass attempts for 483 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday's 59-49 victory against the Bobcats.

The old school record for passing yards stood for 45 years after being set in 1968 by John Huntey. Hill was also recognized as the PAC Offensive Player of the Week.

Paul paced a tremendous team effort by placing third with a time of 23:47.5 at Saturday's home invitational at the Greene County Airport.

Paul was the top performer for the Yellow Jackets, who claimed the team title. Paul's performance marked the second time this season that she turned in the top time for any Jacket runner at an event.

In addition to bringing home Waynesburg's AOTW, Hill was named as the Presidents' Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week and NCAA Division III Southwest Offensive Player of the Week. He became the first member of Waynesburg's football team to bring home the weekly awards.

Last year, Christian Jackson, Bertrand Ngampa and Tyler Fatigante each received the PAC honor. All are no longer on the Waynesburg roster.

Hill's teammate, senior kicker Alex Henry, was also lauded for his his efforts in Saturday's game. Henry snagged the PAC's Special Teams Player of the Week amd Division III Southwest Special Teams Player of the Week.

The senior was perfect on all six of his PAT tries along with nailing three field goals from 40 yards or longer.

This is the first weekly award for the former All-PAC kicker.

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By antHony Latessa For the Yellow Jacket

It was not a good week-end for the Yellow Jacket volleyball team (5-8, 0-2), as it dropped its sixth straight match over the weekend.

The action started Satur-day as the Jackets traveled to Geneva for a tri-match between the host Golden Tornadoes, as well as Grove City.

The Jackets’ first match came against the Golden Tornadoes, in which the Jackets lost in three sets, los-ing 25-19, 25-16 and 25-19. Freshman Rachel Lang led the team in kills with seven as well as digs with 12. Sopho-more Jessica Dorazio led the team in assists with 14.

“We played a good game against a very good Geneva team,” said Waynesburg head coach Stephanie Ben-kowski.

The second match of the day wasn’t much better for the Yellow Jackets. They were defeated in three sets, losing 25-23, 25-18 and 25-16.

Senior Mabel Culp led the team in kills with six. Senior Natalie Ranallo led the team in assists with 22, while Dorazio led the team in digs with 21.

“Right now, we are lack-

ing team unity and it showed in our match against Grove City,” said Benkowski.

With the losses over the weekend, the Yellow Jackets are 5-9, after starting the sea-son 5-3.

The six-straight losses are a season high for the women's volleyball team.

Last season, the Jackets lost eight-straight, includ-ing seven-straight against PAC foes.

While the losses keep pil-ing up, the team says they will continue to fight on, knowing that better days are sure to come.

The Yellow Jackets have gone 17-36 in the past two years and according to Ben-kowski, changing the mind set to believing they can win is the solution.

“Attitude is a big issue right now,” said Benkowski. “Skill

wise, we are good. We just need to start playing better as a team.”

After starting conference play 0-2, Benkowski is look-ing for the team to pull to-gether and rebound from this winless start.

She said the team goal is to be in the top six in the con-ference.

“We come into a lot of our

games as underdogs and we have to take advantage of teams overlooking us,” said Benkowski.

Waynesburg returns to ac-tion Saturday at 10 a.m. as it continues a six-match road trip against La Roche.

Last season, the Jackets defeated the Redhawks by a score of 3-0 at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

By nadine LeisHMan For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s cross country team compet-ed in the Waynesburg Invi-tational Saturday. The men took second place out of a field of five teams, which in-cluded Saint Vincent, West-minster and Point Park and Carlow individuals.

Sophomore Ben McAuley was the first Jacket to cross for the team with a time of 27:23, which was good for sixth overall. McAuley also set a new school record in the 8k.

His previous stellar per-formances and hard work in practice caught the eye of his head coach.

“Prior to the race, I com-mented to one of our as-sistant coaches that I think [McAuley] has a great shot at breaking into the 26-min-ute range,” said Waynesburg head coach Chris Hardie. “That has never been done before, but I know he has what it takes to reach that goal.”

The next Jacket to cross the finish line was freshman Brendan Keany, who finished in eighth place with a time of 28:11. Following Keany was junior Brandon Dugan placing 13th with a time of 28:40.

Keany was proud of his performance, but more so for his teammates.

“It was a great feeling to finish in the top-10,” said Keany. “I am excited about the number of runners that the team had near the top group, especially when many of us are underclassmen.”

It was a fantastic race

for Saint Vincent College, who won the team title. The Bearcats occupied the top five spots, with senior Chan-sler Poole breaking the tape at 26:27.

All the Jackets had com-peted in this meet for the first

time all season and Hardie believes they have a lot to take away from in the race.

“The athletes may have some doubts during the first two weeks, but those were erased in the race this weekend,” said Hardie. “They understand that they can compete with some of the top teams in the region. Saint Vincent is one of the better teams in the region, but we hung in the race and battled.”

The Jackets had nine run-ners under the 30-minute mark, which was a prominent feat in Hardie’s opinion.

“What stands out first and foremost is the depth of this team,” said Hardie. “Having nine guys under 30 minutes is pretty remarkable. I don’t remember a team we have had that was this deep.”

Teammate support has al-ready made an impression on Keany, who believes the team creates long-lasting relation-ships.

“The support from the en-tire team and especially the captain, has certainly helped me so far this season,” said Keany. “It is a blast to be part of a team with great re-lationships; when everyone genuinely cares about one another, it makes me want to have fun for the team, not just myself.”

The team returns to ac-tion next Saturday, Sept. 28, at Chatham University.

McAuley breaks school record as Jackets take second over weekend

Megan Potosky, Yellow Jacket

Sophomore Ben McAuley reacts after breaking the tape for a school record at the Waynesburg Invite.

Volleyball drops sixth-straight match

security, but also in recruit-ing and team management. A player with character issues may be offered a scholarship or kept on scholarship if he can produce at a high level, even at the risk of the entire program.

At a meeting with Shepas nearly two weeks ago, he credited the rapport with his coaching staff, but also recruiting the right student-athlete. He believed without the two, he would not have achieved accomplishments like this. He also said he was thankful, because he has gotten to a point in his career where he can finally appreciate the work others around him have put in to reach where he is today rath-er than solely being focused on wins.

I do not believe Oklahoma State is the only Division I school where ethics are being tested and rules are broken to keep up with the competi-tion. But if the allegations are true, I would not be surprised if the Cowboys’ received the

Death Penalty and punish-ment came down on Mike Gundy and then-OSU head coach Les Miles because of what then is defined as “lack of institutional control.”

Unlike a Division I school, Waynesburg University does not provide full scholarships, have state-of-the-art facilities, have a 100,000 seat stadium and have athletes promoted on national television.

But if there is one thing Division I schools could learn from Waynesburg is the sense of humility.

Full scholarships are not awarded, jerseys and head-to-toe attire are not free and student-athletes are not glamorized to get whatever they want and be treated above regular students, but the success on the field is still there.

If Oklahoma State’s foot-ball program goes away, for however long, maybe this time it will do it the right way and hopefully other programs will follow.

Or maybe I’m just a hope-less romantic lost in the re-ality of the world of the big business of college football.

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quickly, but at the same time, there’s an attitude to match-ing an opponent’s physical intensity.

The schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Jackets. Yesterday they traveled to Bluffton, Ohio to take on the Beavers and return home for two games next week. It’s a critical week in the eyes of Allen.

“Next week we have some big games,” said Allen.

“Baldwin-Wallace is a big game and the game against Mount Union is huge. The results will show what we’re looking at come PAC sea-son.”

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Tennis enduring 'Survival week' Women sufffer loss against Saint Vincent

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Sophomore Jessica Dorazio serves during a previous game. Dorzaio and her team have lost six straight.

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Week three football preview: Saint VincentBy RoB Longo

Assistant Sports Editor

After two relatively close non-conference battles, Waynesburg (2-0) returns home to take on the Saint Vincent Bearcats (0-1) at John F. Wiley Stadium. The matchup will open up Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference play for both teams.

Saint Vincent and Waynes-burg have been playing each other since 1929. However, the Jackets have been domi-nant in recent memory, go-ing 5-1 against the Bearcats after their football program’s 45-year hiatus in 2007. The lone loss came back in 2011, when then-freshman kick-er Morgan Porter kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to defeat the Jackets on their home turf 17-14.

The Jackets will try to calm their heart rate after a back-and-forth game last week against Frostburg State, where Waynesburg pulled ahead late in the game to win 59-49 in the shootout.

“We didn’t know what to expect this week from Frost-burg,” Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas said ear-

lier this week. “Frostburg has a lot of off-field distractions they were dealing with.”

Despite the distractions, the Bobcats were able to put up seven scores on a Jacket defense that allowed only three against Muskingum week one.

For St. Vincent, they have nowhere to look but up. In week one, it was shutout in a 57-0 loss against Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va. It didn’t help that the Bearcat offense turned the ball over three times in its own territo-ry, including an interception

that resulted in Bridgewater beginning a drive inside the red zone.

“We have to prevent turn-overs,” Saint Vincent head coach Bob Colbert said. “If we do that, we’ll be fine.”

Colbert approached the game as an extra exhibition game for his team, and used his bye week to work on fun-damentals.

“We took this week and looked at it as an extra week of preseason camp,” said Colbert. “Instead of concen-trating on Waynesburg for two weeks, we concentrated

on ourselves. Then we took a look at Waynesburg this week.”

When these teams lineup for the opening kickoff this Saturday afternoon, here are a few key points to keep in mind.

Double TroubleThe story so far this sea-

son for the Waynesburg is Carter Hill and his receiving core. Despite being upper-classmen, wideouts Bernie Thompson and Andrew Eng-lish don’t have much experi-ence that maybe some other juniors would have around the PAC.

Thompson may have been tied for third on the team in reception last season, but he only had 14 for a total of 128 yards. Despite only standing 5’8”, Thompson has done a tremendous job replacing former 6’5” tight end Adam Moses, snagging 11 catches so far in two games. Shepas compared Thompson to a Wes Welker-type receiver with his size.

On the other side of the field stands English, who was tied with Thompson for third in receptions last season. This season, English

already has 19 grabs for 261 yards. Additionally, his 6’3” frame causes a mismatch in the Saint Vincent secondary, where the Bearcats don’t have anyone listed over six feet on their roster at defensive back. Shepas said that Saint Vincent is very aggressive in its secondary on film, so he said his receivers worked on releasing into their routs a lot this week in practice.

Interior PlayW h e n a s k e d a b o u t

Waynesburg, Colbert said one word to sum up the en-tire team – physical. So far this season, Waynesburg has done a good job of playing to its strengths. The offensive line has held its own in the pass game, giving Hill time in the pocket to find his re-ceivers. This week, however, it faces a tough matchup, going against defensive end Mitchell Depellegrini. De-pellegrini has an immense figure (6’5”, 290) and can cause problems for the offen-sive tackle, especially if he’s able to get off the ball fast in the pass rush game.

“They’re thick on the de-fensive line,” Shepas said. “[Depellegrini] might give

us some trouble.”Waynesburg will need that

physical play that Colbert mentioned if it wants to move the line of scrimmage.

Special TeamsHowever underrated it

may be, look for special teams to play a key role this week. Alex Henry proved last week that special teams wins games, by connecting on all three field goals he attempt-ed, which all happened to be from 40 yards or longer.

Saint Vincent’s closest chance of scoring against Bridgewater was on a 22-yard field goal attempt, but it was blocked.

The last time Saint Vincent beat the Jackets, came on a late field goal two seasons ago from Porter, who is now a junior.

If Saint Vincent keeps the game close, special teams may be the x-factor that al-lows either team to start out on a good note in PAC play.

Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at John F. Wiley Stadium.

The game can be viewed and listened to on Waynes-burg University Sports Net-work and WCYJ-FM.

game feeling grateful in that we played a big quarterback,” said Shepas. “Frostburg tem-po-ed us and matched us pretty well in certain situa-tions with a quarterback-run mix."

Waynesburg kicker Alex Henry came through with three field goals in the game, including one from 41 yards out before half time to cut Frostburg State’s lead at half-time 28-20. His first, which came from the same spot on the field, was a career long. Shepas called Henry’s field goals significant.

“He’s been a significant player not only in field goal kicking, but also kickoffs and PATs,” said Shepas. “His field goals in the two-minute drill and at the end of the half proved to be huge.”

Waynesburg was able to distance themselves with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter, when ju-nior Willie Leavell jumped on a Frostburg State muffed punt; after Waynesburg had just went three-and-out on offense, clinging to a three point lead. Waynesburg running back Jake Forsythe scored his third rushing touchdown on the ensuing possession making it a two-

possession game with just 2:36 left on the game clock.

With the Jackets done with non-conference play, the Saint Vincent Bearcats visit

John F. Wiley Stadium Sat-urday to open up conference play. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

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Football: Offense piles up TDsoutstanding,” said English. “He was on target and he got everyone involved in our game. I believe eight differ-ent players caught the ball from [Hill].”

Junior wide receiver Ber-nie Thompson also praised Hill for his historic perfor-mance on Saturday.

“[Hill] is not only very tal-ented, but very smart as well and knows how to read a de-fense,” said Thompson. “I am not at all shocked that he put up the numbers he did. The scary thing is I don’t think he has reached his potential yet.”

English had a terrific game also, catching 13 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown. It was his second 100-yard game of the season.

Shepas was pleased with English’s performance.

“[English] can be a big game player,” said Shepas.

Thompson also had a great day with 10 catches for 173 yards. He said that he felt he had improved from week one, despite catching the game-winning touchdown in the waning moments of Waynesburg’s win over Muskingum.

“I think I improved from week one,” said Thompson. “That is my main goal: Just

to get better each week and improve my craft. I was able to find holes in [Frostburg’s] defense and capitalize on that. Hill believed in me and was able to spot me on the field.”

Shepas said that he likes the way Thompson plays on the field despite his small size.

“He is like a Wes Welker type of player,” said Shepas. “Even though he’s small in stature, he plays bigger than he actually is.”

Hill and the rest of the Jackets take on Saint Vincent Saturday at Wiley Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

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PAC preview.This will be the first time

Waynesburg will get the op-portunity to face PAC fa-vorite Grove City, who was picked to finish at the top of the PAC coach’s poll, prior to the start of the season. In the same poll, Waynesburg was picked to finish second. Grove City has won the PAC

title 24 times in a row.Hardie thinks this year’s

Waynesburg cross country team has a chance to beat out the Wolverines for the cham-pionship for the first time in nearly a quarter century.

“We know we are a top two school, but after our perfor-mance this week, I think it puts us in the hunt for the Championship, although there still is a lot of work to do,” Hardie said.

Despite missing out on a team title, Waynesburg's head coach believes his pro-gram is starting to gain rec-ognition from other schools in the conference.

After comming up short to the powerhouse teams in the PAC a year ago, Hardie believes the field is starting to level out.

“But I do think [Waynes-burg] set a statement this weekend. We got close to [Grove City] last year but they graduated six or seven seniors last year, and five of them were at the national level," he said. "So now they have a new group coming in and they’re still talented as heck. It’s a matter of our teams getting a little bit more experience and we’re leveling the playing field now, which is nice.”

The women will enjoy a week off from competition this weekend as they begin a rest and recovery part of their training.

The team will be back in ac-tion on Sept. 28 at Chatham. The meet will serve as a PAC preview for the conference's schools.

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Michael Kabay, Waynesburg University

Senior tight end Mike Ferraro catches a touchdown during Saturday's 59-49 victory over Frostburg State.

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WU Idol

by Jenny schouppeOnline Content Editor

The 2013 Waynesburg Idol competition is underway.

Auditions were held Sept. 10 and 11 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

Sixteen Waynesburg University students prepared songs to perform acapella in front of three judges.

Alphabetically, the students were brought before the three judges and they did their best to ‘wow’ them.

During the first day of auditions, six of the nine students who auditioned received the golden ticket.

A golden ticket guarrantees the contes-tants an automatic place in the first round of the WU Idol.

Evan Pennington, freshman Criminal Justice major, was the first to receive a golden ticket. Pennington was involved in theatre throughout high school.

“I loved theatre in high school and I re-ally enjoyed being on a stage,” said Pen-nington. “I loved showing off my angel-like voice.”

The second to make it through was Dan Buzzard, senior Second Education/Social Studies major. Buzzard felt it was his last chance to step out of his comfort zone.

“I’ve wanted to audition since freshmen year,” said Buzzard. “My friends and family finally convinced me to give it a shot.”

Buzzard has never sung in front of an audience before, but has been playing the guitar since he was 14 years old.

He is a huge fan of country music and looks up to Tim McGraw and Brantley Gilbert.

Freshmen Nursing major Anna Kelley was the first female contestant to get her hands on a golden ticket.

Kelley was involved in theatre through-out high school and was raised by a musical family.

“My mom is an opera singer,” said Kel-ley. “I’ve always been surrounded by music growing up.”

Though Kelley appreciates opera music, she prefers Ed Sheeran’s style of music.

Freshmen International Studies major, Emily Mielcarek, made it through even af-ter being diagnosed with tonsillitis the day of auditions.

She has been singing all her life and now teaches voice lessons.

“I’ve always loved singing in front of an audience,” said Mielcarek. “I’ve sung at weddings, at Carnegie Hall, and even won second place at Disney Idol.”

Junior Public Relations major, Danielle Schuyler and senior Nursing major, Toria Shepherd also made it to round one of the competition.

On the second day of auditions, six more contestants moved on.

Sophomore Public Relations major and WU Idol returner Megan Bayles was among them. Bayles was excited to be given the chance to compete again this year.

“The competition was a lot of fun last year and I was disappointed that I didn’t make it further,” said Bayles. “I was deter-mined to compete again this year and hope-fully make it further.”

Music major and transfer student, Haley Lusebrink, was so thankful for the opportu-nity to perform and receiving a ticket was icing on the cake.

Lusebrink was diagnosed with Hodg-kin’s Lymphoma a few years ago and went through many rounds of chemo therapy.

Now that she is in remission, she hopes

Popular singing competition begins with 16 students’ acapella auditions

Abby Wernert, Chief Photographer

Above, Danielle Schuyler sings her heart out as she performs for the audition round for Waynesburg University Idol. Below, One of only four male contestants, Dan Hayes, fights for a spot in the next round of the competition.

‘Lion King’ trip continues tradition

by beau walmerFor The Yellow Jacket

Student Activities Board launched two trips to at-tend The Lion King musical at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh on Sept. 14 and Sept. 17. The history for a daily semester trip to see a musical has gone on for nu-merous years with Associate Dean and Director of SAB, Pat Bristor, in the driver’s seat.

“We’ve gone to see Les Miserables, Wicked, Phan-tom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon,” said Bristor.

As a recognized trip among the student body, the university approached the event by taking two trips. By the deadline, the tickets had nearly sold out.

“We had about 40 sign-up for both trips and some non-students attended the one on the 17,” said Bristor.

The shows began at 8 pm Saturday and 7:30 pm Tues-day. The students were asked to dress appropriately with no jeans or shorts.

“Who doesn’t love getting dressed up for a nice din-ner and show every once in a while?” said junior, Kacey Bence.

Transportation and din-ner at the Spaghetti Ware-house (14) and Olive Garden (17) was provided by SAB, as apart of the $40 cost, in

comparison to the normal $60 cost.

“I’ve been going to theat-rical performances in Pitts-burgh ever since I can re-member, but The Lion King is one of the performances I had yet to see,” said junior Gina Robinson. “Conse-quently, I became extremely excited when the school of-fered a trip to see the show.”

Memories from previous years have motivated stu-dents to keep going back.

“I have gone on four trips with the university,” said Bence. “The first trip was The Nutcracker, despite never having seen or heard about it until I went, I abso-lutely loved it.”

The emotion that was reeled in from the musical gave some students a hint of excitement.

“There is something infec-tious about the energy in the theatre that can’t be replicat-ed in films” said Robinson.

For a chance to be able to be in the theatre, students de-scribed it as a trigger to an adrenaline rush.

“I love getting drawn into a story and being able to watch it play out right in front of me,” said Bence. “It makes it so much more personal and really makes you feel like you’re there right along with them through all of their ad-

by DaviD o’DonoghueFor the Yellow Jacket

Each month this fall, the history department at Waynesburg University will invite students to join mem-bers of the department’s fac-ulty in the Benedum Dining Hall for a “Lunch with Your Historians.”

The first two meetings will be held at noon at a reserved table in the cafeteria on Sept. 26 and Oct. 24.

The final meeting will also be held at noon in the cafete-ria, and will be conducted in

the faculty dining room on Nov. 4.

According to Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Wil-liam Batchelder, the meet-ings are primarily intended for students currently major-ing or minoring in history, and especially those who are planning on teaching history. However, they are also open to any student who may be interested in history or the department.

“We are interested in talk-ing to current history majors and history minors, and we’re very interested in talking to

current social studies and secondary education stu-dents,” said Batchelder.

“We also want to talk with people who are just interest-ed or love history”

Batchelder said that the intention of these meetings is not to discuss history.

The main goal is to pro-vide students with an oppor-tunity to voice their opinions and tell the faculty what they expect from the department, from the classes they partici-pate in and from their teach-ers.

“These aren’t lectures,”

said Batchelder. “We would like to figure

out what people would like for their history department and history professors to do, so that we can be as respon-sive and as open to them as possible, particularly with secondary education stu-dents. We tailor our courses to be more helpful to them.”

Dr. Batchelder empha-sized that one of the primary objectives of these meetings is to listen to student’s sug-gestions for new courses

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by samantha peer For the Yellow Jacket

The Primary Source and PA Common Core Fall In-stitute Level presented by the Library of Congress will be taking place at the Waynes-burg University Southpointe Campus on Saturday Sept. 28 and Oct. 12.

This is an event for current and future educators that will touch upon the growing pop-ularity of primary sources in the classroom.

“Attending this event will

look good on a resume for two reasons,” said Sue Wise, Associate Director, Teaching with Primary Sources.

“The event will focus on

critical thinking and analysis skills which are essential in the use of primary sources.,” said Wise. “Additionally, tak-ing the initiative to expand

your knowledge before en-tering the workforce will pro-vide you with a competitive advantage. This event is also a good opportunity to be able to meet and make connec-tions with current teachers.”

“This event is beneficial to everyone, but is particu-larly beneficial for educa-tion majors,” said Zach Wilson, Waynesburg Uni-versity alumnus who will be instructing the event.

“Primary sources are not

Event to touch upon the popularity of primary sources within the classroom

‘Lunch with Your Historians’ promises a listening ear for students’ concerns

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“This event will focus on critical thinking and analysis skills which are essential in the use of primary sources... This event is also a good oppor-tunity to be able to meet and make connections with current teachers.”

Zach wilsonWaynesburg University alumnus

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to inspire others to go after their dreams.

“I God has given me a second chance,” said Luse-brink.

“I want to inspire others who are going through hard times to never give up and go after what they truly want in life.”

Another student going af-ter their dreams is senior Bi-ology/Pre Physical Therapy major Dan Hayes.

Hayes has been involved in choir for many years but has always had a fear of perform-ing solo.

Hayes tried out for WU Idol his sophomore year but did not make it past audi-tions due to his shyness on stage.

“Not making it through sophomore year encouraged me to audition again,’ said Hayes.

“My mom and friends re-

ally gave me the confidence to compete this year.”

Sophomore Arts Admin/Theatre major, Amanda Still-ings was the last one to re-

ceive a ticket. Stillings tried to audition

last year, but due to sched-ule conflicts she was not able to. This year, Stillings can’t

wait to show Waynesburg her voice.

“I love bluesy music and I hope to bring my own unique style to the stage,” said Still-

ings.Stillings claims to be com-

fortable on stage. She has done theatre and

performs shows with her younger brother.

Freshmen Secondary Ed-ucation major Sheryl Sesay and senior Business major Rebecca Perlmutter also re-ceived ticket earlier in the day.

Judges Anne Schrock, Vicki Beppler and Chris Kel-ner were very pleased with the contestants.

“The freshmen this year were very impressive,” said Resident Director,, Schrock.

“It was great to see how much talent the students at Waynesburg have.”

Round one of the competi-tion starts Sept. 20 at 8 pm in the GPAC and round two will be Sept. 27.

The finale will take place Oct. 4 at 9 pm in the GPAC. and all of campus is invited to come and watch.

Idol: One-of-a-kind performances highlight audition round

ventures.”The trip signified an op-

portunity for theatre and music participants to ob-serve what it takes to become a headlining performer.

“Although I cannot read music, I’ve loved to sing since I was a freshman in choir,” said Bence. “I would not go on stage to act myself, but I’m a huge fan of watch-ing some good theater.”

“I really looked forward to seeing how the African savannah is brought to life on stage with the choreogra-phy and animals,” Robinson said.

Both trips to the Benedum Center were an all-around success leaving no worries, Hakuna Matata.

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Musical: SAB goes to show

Adventures Underground: Club travels beneath the surface

Courtesy of The Waynesburg Outdoor Experience Facebook page

Members of the Waynesburg Outdoor Experience club got to experience a natural marvel known as Laurel Caverns, where they got to navigate through caves in the darkness and see some of the work of erosion.

By Alexis BoudreAuFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Outdoor Experience group went to Pennsylvania’s largest cave, Laurel Caverns to experi-ence spelunking on Septem-ber 14.

Laurel Caverns is a cave 50 miles from Pittsburgh, which is situated beneath a 435 acre privately owned geological preserve.

It was created over thou-sands of years of erosion and other natural causes.

Now it stands as one of the

natural wonders of Pennsyl-vania.

Some of the students reported that they had never been in a cave, and this was a completely new experience for them.

Demi Lewin states that her favorite thing about going to Laurel Caverns was “getting to do something that [she] had never done before, and being able to see what things are in the cave.”

One of the most interest-ing activities that the W.O.E. group experienced was walk-ing in complete darkness.

There was a part where we turned off all of our lights and had to crawl through a place called Sleepy Rock.

This massive rock was once attached to the ceiling of the cave, but fell and now lies at an angle with the high-

est point as the head and the lowest point, the feet.

This to appears as though it were sleeping in a recliner.

Each of the students and faculty who wanted to try to round this stone in complete darkness were given the op-portunity.

“It feels like you are com-pletely blind,” said Jim Law.

In the cave there are different rooms such as the ballroom, which is named because of the high open ceil-ing about 50 feet high, the bat room and the mailroom.

In the bat room, bats sometimes will enter the cave while a tour is taking place but the group was informed that this was not common anymore.

Unfortunately, most of the population was wiped out by an illness called White Nose Syndrome, which has depleted the bat population extremely.

The mailroom is a tight area where, in order to get out one of the possible ways, one must crawl through ice-cold water and mud.

The students got very muddy and wet from going through, although most said they enjoyed trying it.

“There were parts that we had to slide into the mud and crawl in small places with dirty water,” said Jim Law

Most of the individuals on the trip were tired and ready to take a hot shower after the caving adventure was over.

The W.O.E. group had an interesting experience over-all with all coming back to Waynesburg safe and sound , and with great memories.

For more information about the Waynesburg Out-door Experience, visit their facebook page and see all the activities and places they have experienced as a club together.

“There were parts that we had to slide into the mud and crawl in small places with dirty water.”

Jim lAwJunior children and

youth ministries

and make them as best as possible.

“It’s an enormous amount of work to prepare a class,” said Batchelder. “It’s kind of crazy for us to prepare a course that people don’t want. We want to make sure

that we’re doing stuff that people really want to learn about.”

Batchelder hopes that stu-dents will attend the event and be very forward with their thoughts and ideas.

“It’s very important to us that the students here feel like they have a stake in our program,” said Batchelder.

“We want people to feel like our professors know what we want, want to help us and want us to succeed. The best way for us to do that is to hang out with people who are history majors, history minors, secondary ed. ma-jors, or who are undecided and might like to be one of those things.

only used in history courses, but also in language arts, mathematics, and science. “Using primary sources will help you make yourself a better teacher and connect with kids while getting them to think in new, interesting ways.”

Wilson graduated from Waynesburg University in 2007 with a Master of Arts in Teaching.

He currently teaches his-tory at the middle school level at the Pittsburgh Urban Christian School.

A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or cre-ated during the time under study.

“Primary Sources are defi-nitely effective in the class-room,” said Wilson. “They are a real life skill. Historians use

this, and it gives a glimpse into what happens when studying a time period.”

Primary sources are quick-ly becoming of great impor-tance to teachers because of recently adopted Common Core State Standards.

The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia. The primary sources will help teachers reach the Common Core State Stadards.

“Primary source analy-sis is something that is be-ing pushed a lot more these days,” said Wilson. “The skills necessary to analyze sources are something that kids al-ready have but just need to be developed.”

The Common Core State Standards provide grade to grade goals that are adjusted to the advanced literary skills needed for college, career and citizenship.

Common Core commu-nicates a standard of what students should be knowl-edgeable of and be able to implement by their high school graduation.

The session taking place on Sept. 28 will introduce the re-sources available to teachers on the Library of Congress website. The second session occurring on Oct. 12 will in-volve actual participation in classroom activities.

Anyone interested with a major dealing with educa-tion or teaching is strongly encouraged to attend this event to help them in their future endeavors within edu-cation and teaching.

The event will take place from 9 am to 3 pm. Lunch will be provided on both dates. To register for this event, visit tps.waynesburg.edu/upcoming-events or contact Nancy Wrick at 724-852-3499.

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Megan Bayles Sophomore public relations major

Dan Buzzard Senior secondary education major

Dan Hayes Senior biology and physical therapy major

Anna Kelley Freshman nursing major

Haley Lusebrink Transfer student, music major

Emily Mielcaiek Freshman international studies major

Evan Pennington Freshman criminal justice major

Rebecca Perlmutter Senior business major

Danielle Schuyler Junior public relations major

Sheryl Sesay Freshman secondary education major

Tori Shepherd Senior nursing major

Amanda Stillings Sophomore theatre major

moving on: season 9 contestants

First round Begins: Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center

ACROSS

1 Martial art: kendo usually no good for unqualified beginners (4,2)

4 Like the whole point - take it for granted (6)

9 Ancient city held by party reject (4)

10 Annoy old Cleopatra’s killer with English tariff (10)

11 Fired Steiger without purpose (6)

12 No Lancastrians kiss Tory bum (8)

13 Don’t worry: Kelly keeps a higher breed than Bevan’s Tory Party! (5,4)

15 First class of French as-sistant (4)

16 See 24

17 Holbein eats in for con-venience (9)

21 Concern Home ruler during trial (8)

22 Open tin lid to get a penny for a pound (6)

24, 16 Dotty and her cha-rades: such money doesn’t grow on trees (4-6, 4)

25 Head off Vietnamese capital in return for Scottish island (4)

26 Standard article on Wisdom (6)

27 The legendary King Henry wants primitive art in the first place (6)

DOWN

1 Opener’s opening (7)

2 Wants pressmen on Tyne-side (5)

3 Liberty cap off reformed revolutionary (7)

5 Smashing up public transport with traveller aboard (6)

6 Air in UK affected an in-habitant of Lviv, perhaps (9)

7 Allow in French champi-onship (7)

8 Royal 15 from Wigan in t’daily press (4-2-7)

14 Cockney character: ‘e ‘as to look after ‘er! (4,5)

16 Hold on: time to crack Abel’s assassin (7)

18 Ablaze then frozen over? The result depends on it (7)

19 ...and he would get his pound of flesh from the Beast of Bolsover? (7)

20 Tebaldi out of turn: what a nerve! (6)

23 Sounds like no sound of a horse (5)

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Sept. 18, 1874The Alumni Association at Waynesburg passes the resolution to establish a monument commemorating Margaret Kerr Bell Miller. Miller’s funeral was the largest in Waynesburg history up to that point. The association said, “None knew her but to love her; none named her but to praise.” The funds to erect the monument were accumulated by November 1880.

Sept. 20, 1964Resolving a dearth in classroom space, the Paul R. Stewart Build-ing is dedicated. Snyder Auditorium gains its name as a nod to the memory of William Penn Snyder Jr. The expansion package ushers in the Buhl Humanities Building by the following month.

Sept. 18, 1970In protest against the College Publication Review Board, the Yellow Jacket student staff suspends the paper’s publication. A small group of Waynesburg students, faculty and administra-tors, the review board oversaw guidelines for college publica-tions but had been meeting without the full participation of Yellow Jacket staff. Publication was resumed by Oct. 9.

Source: The Waynesburg College Story

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Below is a list of every mission trip offered this year:

The university offers many closer and shorter mission trips as well, such as trips to North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, The Pittsburgh Project, Habitat for Humanity and Greene County Immersion.

Head over to the first floor of Stover to the Bonner Office.

One of the main reasons students do not look further into these international trips is due to the hefty price tag. Luckily, many students who have participated in these trips end up not paying the total trip price or, in some cases, pay nothing at all. With the many fundraisers and scholarships offered by the school, that final price becomes smaller and smaller.

Mustard Seed Communities is a ministry for disabled and abandoned children. Service will consist of manual labor and work with the children in the children’s home. Trip date: Nov. 23-Dec. 1. Cost: $1,600.00

Mustard Seed CommunitiesMontego Bay, Jamaica:

The group will be partnering with Strong Missions, a ministry supporting the local churches. Service will consist of construction aid and children’s education and day care services with the local church. Trip date: Dec. 14-22. Cost: $1,500.00

Strong MissionsCarrillos, Costa Rica:

Anyone interested must have first-semester sophomore level nursing skills or be fluent in Creole to be a part of this trip. Service will consist of working with Victory Chapel Church of the Nazarene and operating a health clinic for Haitian refugees that do not have access to health care. Trip date: Jan. 5-10. Cost: $1,500.00

Medical Academy Medical Mission Trip Nassau Bahamas:

TWR, a Christian broadcasting ministry, reaches millions of listeners in the Caribbean and the northern region of South America. The trip is specifically designed for communication majors and minors and will include hands-on work at the radio station recording liners, creating brochures and making promotional videos, logos and other materials for the radio station.Trip date and cost: TBA

Trans World Radio [TWR] Kralendijk, Bonaire:

The group will travel to Haitian villages where Dominicans of Haitian descent face many challenges. Service will consist of construction, repairs in the village, leading Vacation Bible School, prayer walks, playing sports and hanging out with children in the villages. Trip date: March 8-15. Cost: $1250.00

Meeting God in Missions Hato Mayor Dominican Republic:

The service will consist of providing a day camp for the children along with any maintenance projects needed. Trip date: May/June. Cost: $2,000.00

Sunrise Children’s Home of ArgentinaSan Nicolas, Argentina:

Service will include working with children in the community, reaching out to impoverished gypsy families and manual labor. Trip dates: May/June. Cost: $1,600.00

Barnabas MinistriesSebis, Romania:

closer to home

mission trips

So what are you waiting for?

Here at Waynesburg University, the mission statement is to “educate students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they can faithfully transform their communities and the world.’ The university offers students many opportunities to make these connections. One of the most popular ways is through the multiple mission trips the university organizes every year. These trips have taken students all over the world, let them experience many different cultures and see the hands of God working everywhere in His creation.Many students who have participated in these trips come back with a different perspective, never again able to look at life the same. Any student attending Waynesburg University can become affiliated with these trips.

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Contact Dave Calvario for more information at dcalvari@waynesburgedu or (724) 852-3318

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