By Kimber BlairStaff Writer

In Shanksville, Penn-sylvania, WaynesburgUniversity students gath-ered with thousands ofother Americans at theFlight 93 Memorial onSept. 11.

Despite the earlydeparture time, approxi-mately 70 studentssigned up for the trip andleft Waynesburg campusat 6:15 Sunday morning.

Jasmine Blackwell, asophomore secondaryeducation English major,was among the studentswho attended the event.

“It was hard wakingup in the morning,” shesaid, “but I really wantedto experience this oncein a lifetime event.”

The Flight 93 Memori-al was constructed tocommemorate the heroiccrash landing of Flight 93on Sept. 11 during the

By Stephanie Laing andMandy OrmsbyYellow Jacket Staff

While most Waynes-burg University studentsleft for home when lastsummer began, somestayed behind to go one offour mission trips toMalawi, Africa; TubaCity, Ariz.; Jackson orBiloxi, Miss.

Beth Merry, a lecturerof communication at theuniversity, took one groupto Malawi. The group fed,cared for and spent timewith orphans and workedwith handicapped chil-

dren and adults living inpoverty. They painted,volunteered at a hospital,worked on an environ-mental project and attend-ed local church services.

“These people livedwith so little, yet theywere so happy,” said nurs-ing major Emily Varner.

Another group traveledto a Native Americanreservation at the GreyHills Academy, a highschool boarding school, inTuba City, Ariz.

These dedicated stu-dents, led by AssociateProfessor of EducationFrank Pazzynski, tutored

at the Tuba City BoardingSchool. They experiencedthe culture of the Navajo

Nation through local tra-

By Chad GreenStaff Writer

This semester’s Who’sYour Neighbor Weekprompts WaynesburgUniversity students tofocus on the tenthanniversary of the Sept.11 acts of terrorism.

During this week, stu-dents will be learningabout the different

aspects of the word“neighbor” throughactivities on campus.

This week’s theme,Love in a World of Con-flict, is aims to changethe ways that studentsthink of the culturesaround them.

“The idea is to chal-lenge one’s world view,”

By Nick FarrellStaff Writer

This past summer, onJune 16, Timothy R.Thyreen, President ofWaynesburg University,was appointed to thePennsylvania Higher Edu-cation AssistanceAgency’s Board of Direc-tors.

President Thyreen willassume his position on theBoard of Directors along-side 19 other men andwomen, most of whomare State Senators or StateRepresentatives from theCommonwealth of Penn-sylvania.

The president is one ofonly two board memberswho are not Senators orRepresentatives. He wasnominated to the Board ofDirectors by the Governorof Pennsylvania and waslater ratified by the StateSenate.

The Board of Directorsis instrumental inPHEAA’s operations andchanges the lives of manyyoung men and womenacross the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania.

“My role is typical ofany board member,” saidPresident Thyreen.“PHEAA is a huge organi-zation, and they give outhundreds of millions ofdollars to students duringthe year. The role of theboard is to make surePHEAA is using themoney as intelligently as

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Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a memorial was dedicated to the passengers and flight crew of UnitedAirlines Flight 93. Several Waynesburg students traveled to a memorial service held in Shanksville on Sunday.

Thyreenadded toPHEAAboard

‘Neighbor Week’features Sept. 11tenth anniversary

Memorialmakesimpact onstudents

Mission trips:‘Yet they were so happy’

Ten years later

Flight 93 memorial draws emotional crowdBy Kaitlin EdwardsExecutive Editor

SHANKSVILLE — Fields of wildflowers and overgrown shrubs surrounded anemotional crowd at the memorial site of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash onSunday.

In what was once an ordinary field, tears flowed freely as bells tolled inremembrance of those who were killed ten years ago a few miles outside ofShanksville after a passenger plane was hijacked by terrorists.

Instead of complying with the terrorists’ demands, the 40 passengers and crewmembers of Flight 93 fought back and eventually the plane crashed killing every-one aboard.

The plane was speculated to be targeting either the White House or the Capi-

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Sophomore Julia Paganelli works with a child duringher time in Malawi, Africa, this past summer.

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By Matt GiardinaStaff Writer

All week campus heldevents to celebrate “Lovein a World of Conflict,”the theme of the universi-ty’s annual “Who’s YourNeighbor Week.”

With this in mind,Chaplain Tom Ribarinvited Billy Williams tospeak at chapel on Tues-day.

Williams is the grass-roots director of NuruInternational, an organi-zation dedicated to raisingawareness to extremepoverty.

“The focus of chapel[was] to love your neigh-bors in times of conflict,as Sunday was the 10-yearanniversary of 9/11,” saidRibar.

“This week is abouthow to continue to liveand to love our neighborseven through terrorism

[and] even if our neighborsare considered enemies.”

A scripture passageread in chapel reinforcedRibar’s views.

Luke 10:25-37 tells thestory of the Good Samari-tan and his kind actionstoward a man viewed asan enemy.

“We need to love ourneighbors here and ourneighbors around theworld,” said Williams.“The scripture passage Ichose for this week reallyshows what loving ourneighbor looks like.”

Williams and NuruInternational Express lovetoward such neighbors byworking to resolve theissues that cause conflict.

“Nuru International isan organization thatworks to find the causesof terrorism,” said Ribar.“Poverty leads to radical-ism, which is prone to ter-rorism, and in part Nuruis an attempt to say ‘let’s

take this on’ by establish-ing practical real-liferesponses.”

Williams described a

program Nuru Interna-tional enacts in Africa.

“We make a holisticmodel of a community. If

you look anywhere in theworld, infrastructureinfluences opportunity,”said Wiliams.

“There are more oppor-tunities in Pittsburghthan there are in Rwanda.Access to health caremakes a huge differenceas well. Nuru Internation-al initiates programs thathelp build infrastructure,such as schools and med-ical centers.”

Williams hopes that hislecture has inspired thestudents in realizing theycan make a difference.

“After hearing my lec-ture I hope the studentsget that they have a con-tribution to make,” hesaid. “They can do thingsright now and they canget a vision for what ispossible later in life aswell.”

Sarah Blais, a sopho-more psychology andsociology major, attendedchapel and was influenced

by Williams’ lecture. “Chapel was really

challenging to my per-spective on extremepoverty,” said Blais.

“There are millionsdying from starvation andI am so privileged to notknow what it feels totruly be hungry. I feelcompelled to do some-thing radical. I can’tignore the fact that myfellow human beings aresuffering while I live inluxury. I just have soincredibly much to give ofmyself.”

One of Williams’ goalsis to help people to under-stand what it takes to endextreme poverty.

“It really is inspiring tosee the light bulb go offwhen people discover theneed and the opportunityto make a contribution toending what I believe isthe greatest humanitariancrisis of our generation,”he said.

ditions.Another group traveled

with the John PerkinsFoundation to Jackson,Miss., one of the poorestcities in the United States,to participate in variousbuilding projects.

The missions groupstudied racial reconcilia-tion and communitydevelopment issues withDr. John Perkins.

He showed them howracial segregation andlarge-scale poverty hasalways existed.

The last missionsgroup traveled to Biloxi,Miss. and helped with thecontinuing rebuildingefforts begun after Hurri-cane Katrina.

These students devotedthe beginning of theirsummers to serve otherswhile living in fellowshipand serving others. In

their service, they learnedhow to appreciate life.

“I have learned tothank God for what Ihave,” said sophomore

biology and pre-medmajor Jessica Shaffer. “Mystrength has grown, and Ihave been challenged bythe experience.”

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Chapel: ‘Love your neighbor in times of conflict’

Loan programinspires students

possible, and my role onthe board is to representthe students of Pennsylva-nia.”

Of all the board mem-bers, President Thyreen isthe only one currentlyworking in the field ofhigher education, givinghim a unique perspectivethat is beneficial toPHEAA and their mis-sion.

“The importance ofPHEAA is that it providesmoney for students.When PHEAA was startedin the 70’s, the legislationsaid two things: ‘accessand choice,’” he said. “Inother words, this was togive opportunity to stu-dents who could get in toall of these differentschools to have access tothem because of finances,but also choice.

“Choice is equallyimportant to accessbecause a student canthen choose any college oruniversity in Pennsylva-nia to go to. My responsi-bility as a Board memberis to fulfill that mission of

‘access and choice.’”In this time of financial

struggle in America,PHEAA’s mission of“access and choice” iseven more necessary.President Thyreenbelieves that any form ofhigher education providesopportunities for youngmen and women and canlead them to a brightfuture.

“The real thing about acollege education is howit opens doors, how ittakes a person and makesthem think more critical-

ly, develop skills, and todevelop an appreciationand a fullness of life,” saidthe president.

PHEAA helps morethan just students. In anindirect way, the moneyPHEAA gives to studentsactually benefits theCommonwealth as well.

“PHEAA is a very effi-cient way of providinghigher education,”Thyreen said.

“There are 81 privateschools in the state, and ifa student gets a PHEAAgrant to go to a private

school, other than thecost of the PHEAA grant,the state doesn’t have tobuild buildings, doesn’thave to hire faculty or paylifetime faculty pen-sions.”

A PHEAA grant can becombined with any ofWaynesburg’s scholar-ships to further decreasethe cost of the annualtuition, make Waynes-burg’s already low tuitioneven more affordable.

“All of that adds up tobillions,” he said.

“So PHEAA not only isgreat for students in pro-viding choice, but it isalso great for the statebecause it reduces theamount of money neces-sary to educate the stu-dents in higher educa-tion.”

At Waynesburg Univer-sity, a PHEAA grant com-bined with one of themany available merit orneed based scholarshipscan make Waynesburgeducation even moreattractive.

“There was an articlein the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that said [Way-nesburg’s] tuition increas-es in the last 10 years havebeen the least of anyschool in Western Penn-sylvania,” said Thyreen.

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University President Timothy R. Thyreen became amember of the PHEAA board of directors this summer.

By Shelby Tabrosky Staff Writer

Grassroots MovementDirector of Nuru Interna-tional Billy Williamsspoke to students and vis-itors on Tuesday, Sept. 13about the Nuru Programand how he got started.

As a student at WestVirginia University major-ing in chemistry and Eng-lish, with a minor in biol-ogy, Williams neverthought about studyingministry. When he wentback to school for a five-year degree, he attended aclass about African Amer-ican literature and howpeople below the povertyline lived. That’s when ithit him: poverty stillexists today.

Williams and a group ofhis friends had a dream: toend poverty. That’s whenthey discovered the group,Nuru International.

Nuru, or light, is asocial venture dedicatedto fighting off humanitari-an crisis of our society,which in this case ispoverty. The mission,according to the NuruInternational website, isto “eradicate extremepoverty by holisticallyempowering rural com-munities to achieve self-sufficiency and inspiringthe developed world toconfront the crisis ofextreme poverty.”

Extreme poverty takesplace in one out of everysix people living in thisworld, having less thanone dollar a day.

In addition, there arearound 27 million slavesstill today. So, Nuru tookaction and helped manycountries, like Kenya,Ethiopia, Afghanistan andYemen with poverty.

Changes have beenmade, with many morepeople getting involvedwith the organization.

It started as a group ofvolunteers and has drasti-cally increased to thou-sands of supportersaround the world who arepassionate about endingpoverty, all within three

years.“It is amazing, utterly

amazing,” Williams said.The events and tasks

that Nuru accomplishesare supplying soap andsanitary water, assistingthose in need to afford aneducation, providing helpwith crops and teachingthe basics of savingmoney and issues aboutmalaria.

A lack of crops was thebiggest issue in Kenya.Families were starving,and it made it hard for thekids to survive. BeforeNuru helped Kenya, thecitizens could only pro-duce three bags of cropsper acre. Four to five bagswould feed a family, sothree is barely sufficient.After Nuru taught the cit-izens how to enrich crops,15 to 18 bags of crops peracre were picked.

The organization keepsgrowing in supporters, butpoverty will always exist.

In the book ofDeuteronomy 15:11, itstates, “There will alwaysbe poor people in the land.Therefore, I commandyou to be openhandedtoward your brothers andtoward the poor and needyin your land.”

Williams refers to thisverse because he believesthat poverty will never goaway, but we as support-ers can make a difference.

“Ask God to help youopen your hands and helpthe poor,” Williams said.“Love your neighbor andmake dreams come true.”

Matthew 5:14 says,“You are the light of theworld.” With this verse,Williams explains that weneed to take action.

“We are the light of theworld. Jesus was the lightof the world, but he isphysically not here,”Williams said. “We arecalled to do somethingabout it.”

In addition, Williamsstates that we as support-ers can give glory to Godwith our light, hope andfaith. It is no wonder theslogan for Nuru is “BeHope. Be Light. Be Nuru.”

Photo by Nicholas Frazee

Billy Williams is the director of the Nuru International,which is dedicated to raising poverty awareness.

Missionshelp children

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Sophomore Emily Varner works with two children while she participated in a mis-sion trip to Malawi, Africa. The trip was led by Beth Merry.

said Sarah Brandstetter,coordinator of the Who’sYour Neighbor Weekcommittee.

Brandstetter said thepoint of Who’s YourNeighbor Week is to“shed light” on issuesthat may not be com-pletely understood.

“Each school year pro-vides two Who’s YourNeighbor Weeks that

have focus on a nationaland an internationallevel,” said Brandstetter.“If possible, we try to tiethe theme in with a cur-rent event.”

Love in a World ofConflict, in keeping upwith current events, ledstudents to attend the

United Flight 93 com-memoration on Sundayin Shanksville, Pa.

“I felt pride in suchbravery that counteractedsuch terror,” said sopho-more Julia Paganelli, whoattended the commemo-ration on Sunday.

“[I] have hope for peo-ple sacrificing them-selves for others in theface of fear and hatred,”she said.

Luke Payson, residentdirector of Martin Hall,also attended the com-memoration.

“Who’s Your NeighborWeek expresses the needto look out for eachother,” said Payson.

A candlelight vigilheld during Upper RoomSunday evening launchedthe week’s campus activ-ities.

“To be selfless, to lovepeople, to offer what youhave,” were some phras-es that sophomoreAnnette Teressa said tosum up the purpose ofWho’s Your NeighborWeek. Teressa was atSunday’s vigil where stu-dents and faculty listenedto the reflections of thosestudents who visited theFlight 93 memorial earli-er that day.

“They acted out toprotect others they didn’tknow,” said Payson.“That example of love iswhat this week is about.”

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New professors use different teaching stylesFall semester not just new for freshmen

By Kelly WitasStaff Writer

Over the summer,Waynesburg Universityadded professors Dr. Kel-ley Solomon, Dr. ChadSherman and Dr. KentJames to its faculty.

Professor Solomoncomes to the universityas an assistant professorof education after teach-ing in the Morgantownarea, where she is origi-nally from.

“I think we need a bitof everything,” Solomonsaid about her teachingstyles.

“It has been my desireto teach in higher educa-tion, and I consider it aprivilege to be part of theWaynesburg communi-ty.”

After her brother spokeso highly of Waynesburg,

Solomon looked into pur-suing the university as anoption because of theChristian affiliation.

Department of Educa-tion Chair Debra Clarkesaid Solomon is a perfectfit because of her pastpublic teaching skills.

“You need everythingin the departmentbecause you are trying tomodel the absolute bestteachers,” Clarke said.

The Department ofCommunication brought

in Sherman as assistantprofessor of communica-tion.

Sherman previouslytaught at Indiana Univer-sity of Pennsylvania as aprofessor of interactivedesign.

“I like to keep things asreal world as possible,”said Sherman about hisclassroom environment.

The Department ofCommunication waslooking for a person witha multimedia and web-

based background, andSherman fit the part.

Chair of the Depart-ment of CommunicationRichard Krause thinksSherman will “really helpto grow the program.”

James has taught forthe past five years at Way-nesburg University, butonly part-time. Now as afull-time professor, heteaches two classes a day.

“I like to keep things asinteractive as possiblewith different readings,”he said.

According to James,the new full-time jobhelps to take the stress offof teaching multipleclasses a day like he hadin previous years.

“His expertise inAmerican and world his-tory will benefit us a greatdeal,” said Chair ofHumanities Keith Rieder.

New faces for music,business, forensic scienceBy Daniel HrusaStaff Writer

The new semester atWaynesburg Uni-versity is notonly the firstsemester for theincoming fresh-man, but it is thefirst semester fora few professorsas well.

Some of theseprofessors, such as JoshuaChicarelli, areentirely new toWaynesburg Uni-versity. For oth-ers, such asMelanie Catanaand AlisonChasko, it ismerely their firstsemester as a full-time professor.

The Department ofBusiness hired JoshuaChicarelli toteach AdvancedAccounting andthree other relat-ed courses. Chi-carelli taught pre-viously for twosemesters atWest VirginiaUniversity.

The classes atWaynesburg are smallerthan those at WVU, andthis allows professors toget to know student on abetter level, Chicarellisaid.

According to Chicarel-li, the students and facul-ty have been very wel-coming, and he plans ongetting more involvedwith extracurricularactivities as the year goeson.

One of the reasons theDepartment of Businesswas so eager to hire Chi-carelli is his experience inthe field, which allowshim to be involved out-side the classroom,according to DepartmentHead Gordon McClung.

McClung said thatChicarelli is very youngand energetic, whichmakes him a great candi-date to be an instructor.

Melanie Catana hasbeen At Waynesburg Uni-versity for two years as apart-time professor andthe director of the Lamp-lighters Choir.

As Department HeadRhonda DePriest helpsthe Music Departmentgrow, Catana wasbrought on as a full-time

professor.Along with increasing

her involvement in themusic program, Catana

turned the Wor-ship Team into acredited course.She also nowteaches a courseon aural tech-niques, whichallows music

students to devel-op skills to identi-

fy musical notes andpitches, solely byhearing.

“[Catana] is anabsolute gift tothe choir,” saidDePriest. “She isthe very obviouschoice to furtherthe vocal area.”Catana received

her Bachelor andMaster of Arts degrees invoice performance from

Carnegie MellonUniversity.

Catana hasperformed innumerousplaces, includingNew York City.Her experiencehas taught her

her that thingshave be perfected

to a very high level, andshe has been passing thisidea on to her students.

For four years, AlisonChasko has been a part-time employee in theDepartment of ForensicScience. This is Chasko’sfirst semester as a full-time instructor and as theDirector of Fiat Lux.

Prior to this semester,Chasko was responsiblefor coordinating the uni-versity’s Crime SceneInvestigation camp, aswell as the Mock CrimeScene workshops, andshe worked as a lab tech-nician. She still holds allof these responsibilities.

Chasko has also helpedstudents obtain intern-ships with companiessuch as the RJ Lee Group,which tries to developsolutions to scientificproblems.

“[Chasko’s] role inworking with the stu-dents is incredibly help-ful,” said Department ofForensic Science HeadEvonne Baldauff.

Chasko received herBachelor of Science andMaster of Educationdegrees from WaynesburgUniversity.

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Catana

Chasko

“They acted out to protect othersthey didn’t know. That example of loveis what this week is all about.”

Luke PaysonResident Director of Martin Hall

tol building, but becauseof the efforts of the pas-

sengers and crew mem-bers, neither location wasaffected.

“This location, thisplace, is like no otherbecause the deeds aboardFlight 93 are like noother,” Gov. Tom Corbett

said. “The passengers ofFlight 93 charted a newcourse and set a new stan-dard for American brav-ery.”

The memorial servicewas held in remembranceof those people andincluded appearancesfrom several political fig-ures.

President BarackObama laid a wreath onthe Wall of Names, whichis a memorial wall withevery passenger and flightcrew members’ namesinscribed on the wall andwas dedicated to thosepeople who were killed.

The president did notmake a public address,but spent more than anhour greeting familymembers of the deceased.

During this time, healso signed autographsand posed for picturesbefore leaving to make anappearance at the Penta-gon for the final ceremonyof the day.

Earlier that day, thepresident attended a cere-mony at the site of the

World Trade Center inNew York.

Six keynote speakerswere featured during thememorial service includ-ing Corbett, U.S. Rep.Mark Critz, Gov. TomRidge and John Hen-dricks, Chair of DiscoveryCommunications.

Many of the speakersspoke about what thisplace meant to them andhow the actions of thepassengers and crew ofthe Flight 93 affectedAmerica even throughtoday.

“I get a feeling when Igo to some of those places,to Gettysburg, to theAlamo and here, a feelingof spirit, of a presence, but

the truth is this locationis like no other,” said Cor-bett. “There is nothingwith which to comparethe passenger uprising often years ago.”

Earlier that day beforethe memorial service, sev-eral separate moments ofsilence were held. Eachmoment of silence repre-sented one of the terroristattacks including thecrash of Flight 93.

The wall was dedicatedon Saturday where morethan 4,000 people attend-ed the ceremony.

Former presidentsGeorge W. Bush and BillClinton both spoke at thededication about the hero-ic actions of the 40 pas-

sengers and appealed forunity and support againsta common enemy.

The Wall of Nameswas constructed alongFlight 93’s flight path as itcame toward the ground.

During the ceremonyon Sunday, Critz revealedthat he had been touchedby this information.

“Ten years of emotionjust came rushing out asthose names on the wall,those lives that weresnuffed out in that briefmoment here meant somuch for this country,”he said

Other ceremonies wereheld across the UnitedStates in honor of theevents of September 11,2001.Throughout the day,the speakers also made aneffort to encourage thecrowd to learn from theacts of the passengers andcrew members.

Hendricks said, “Wemust speak the unspeak-able; we must think theunthinkable and at criti-cal moments we mustrise from our seats.”

terrorist attacks. Collec-tively, the forty civiliansovertook the plane toprevent another terroristattack on the terrorists’third landmark, Wash-ington, D.C. Ten yearsafter the event, a memo-rial in honor of the 40men and women fromFlight 93 now stands inthe fields of Shanksville.

At the event, Waynes-burg students heardspeeches from govern-ment officials such asCongressman MarkCritz and Governor TomCorbett. Both the Con-gressman and Governorrecalled where they wereten years ago that dayand spoke of the 40 pas-sengers’ heroic act.

Being at the memorial

and hearing the speakerstalk about the eventsthat unfolded Sept. 11,2001 was highly benefi-cial to Waynesburg stu-dents.

“This was the firsttime that I connected thetragedy of 9/11 with thedeaths of real people, notjust numbers,” freshmanTim Swarr said.

“They were real peo-ple with real familiesthat are still strugglingto recreate their liveswithout their brother,sister, or mother in it.”

Most of the studentswho attended the memo-rial service were only inelementary school whennews of the tragediesreached their ears.

Sophomore CriminalJustice major StevenSnow said he only recallsseeing television footageof the Twin Towers dur-ing class and askingwhen the Towers wouldbe rebuilt. He said partic-

ipating in the school trip“put it in perspectivehow important today[Sept. 11] is.”

Following the com-memoration service, thePresident and his wifemade an appearance inShanksville to personal-ly place a wreath of flow-ers at the memorial.Afterwards, Presidentand Mrs. Obama shookhands with the crowdgathered there.

“It was nice [that] heshowed he cares aboutthe people by taking thetime to shake hands andtalk with them,” Snowsaid.

Snow, along withSwarr and junior DanielCzajkowski were amongthe few Waynesburg stu-dents who shook handswith the President of theUnited States BarackObama.

Students returned tocampus that afternoonand some of them shared

their experiences fromShanksville and 9/11.

Blackwell, along withJunior Psychology majorAnthony Jarrell andsophomore Forensic Sci-ence major Chelsea Rit-ter shared testimoniesduring Upper Room thatevening held at theGoodwin PerformingArts Center.

Ritter explained howtruly significant the sac-rifices the passengersaboard Flight 93 were,while Blackwell chal-lenged her peers toremember and maintainthe same selflessnessthose 40 passengers exer-cised on the plane tenyears ago.

Jarrell concluded thestudent testimonies byoffering comfort to peo-ple directly affected bythe attacks, saying Godis in control and God hasa plan, even when peopleare unable to recognizeit.

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Upper Room hostscandle light vigil toremember Sept. 11By Mariah BeauregardStaff Writer

The Upper Room can-dle vigil was a time ofreflection to rememberthose who lost their livesin the tragic incidents ofSept. 11, 2001. Specialemphasis was placed onthe 40 passengers aboardFlight 93.

The candle vigil tookplace in the Goodwin Per-forming Arts Center at 8p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11,the tenth anniversary ofthe terrorist attacks.Many Waynesburg stu-dents and faculty mem-bers met for a time ofprayer, reflection and wor-ship on this solemnevening.

Matt McNeil, upperroom worship leader andbass player, said, “Wewant this time to be atime of worship and rever-ence and reflection on theanniversary of 9/11.”

The evening consistedof several worship songsas well as speeches bythree students who hadattended the trip toShanksville, PA earlierthat day. Chelsea Ritter, asophomore, was one ofthe three students whospoke about the 40 pas-sengers aboard Flight 93.

“Could I knowinglyend my life to ensure atomorrow for a stranger?”she asked the audience.“That’s exactly what 40common Americans didon Flight 93.”

Ritter went on toexplain the background ofFlight 93.

“Flight 93 left Newarkand headed to San Francis-co when the plane washijacked and turned backen route to the WhiteHouse,” said Ritter.

The passengers onFlight 93 voted to crashtheir plane in Shanksville,PA so that no one elsewould be hurt by the ter-

rorist attack.“They followed their

hearts to protect Ameri-ca,” said Ritter. “Theyfought the first battle andthey won. That’s self-sac-rifice.”

The Sept. 11 UpperRoom candle vigil was thefirst of many events inthis week’s Who’s YourNeighbor Week.

During Upper Room, achallenge was made tohelp your neighbors andput their needs beforeyour own, just like thepassengers of Flight 93did. Tom Ribar, universitychaplain, said the themeof service really stood outin all three students’ testi-monies. He said the “will-ingness to put the needs ofothers first reflected Jesus’command to love othersand our enemies.”

Ribar also enjoyed theUpper Room teamísmusical selections.

“I appreciated the tradi-tional hymns that cele-brated the need for God’swisdom and guidance inthe frailty of our lives,” hesaid. “When we realizehow vulnerable we are, itis good to be reminded ofGod’s power and grace.”

The evening was atough reminder of howSept. 11 affected and stillaffects our country. How-ever, the speeches alsoreminded us of how thetragedy brought Ameri-cans closer together andunited our nation.

An optimistic view ofAmerica’s future wasreflected in the conclu-sion of Ritter’s speech.

“Sept. 11 taught ourentire nation many, manythings,” said Ritter. “Butno matter what has or willeven happen, we have thespirit of 40 regular citizenswho weren’t ready to giveup. We have their spirit;not one of timidity, but ofpower, of love, and of self-discipline.”

Photo by Tim Jackson

Lieutenant Corporal Shutle of Marine Unit MWSS 471 out of Johnstown, Pa., watches theceremonies taking place at the Flight 93 Memorial Park on Sunday.

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“I get a feeling when I go to someof those places, to Gettysburg, to theAlamo and here, a feeling of spirit, ofa presence, but the truth is thislocation is like no other.”

Tom CorbettGovernor of Pennsylvania

By Kyle EdwardsRegion Editor

After a fire all butdestroyed the building onApril 22, 2010, residentsof the Avalon Courtapartments can finallybegin returning to theirhomes. Billy Hinton,marketing director forNello Construction,explained the reasons thefire spread so easilythroughout the building.

“A lot of the sprinklersin the building were inad-equate,” he said. “On topof that, there were a lot offirewalls between apart-ments that were faulty.These two put togetherallowed the fire tospread.”

According to JasonBetters, project managerfor Nello, the projecttook less time than thecompany originally esti-mated.

“We were probably amonth ahead of schedulewith the renovation,” hesaid.

“The project itself con-sisted of two phases. The

first phase took fivemonths and the secondphase took about sixmonths.”

In a press releaseissued by Nello, the com-pany states that phaseone of the projectrequired a full demolitionof the interior of the

building. Once the building was

demolished, the roof wasreplaced and a new insu-lated rubber roof systemand new windows wereinstalled.

Phase two of the proj-ect consisted of theinstallation of a new

sprinkler system, firewalls, heating and airconditioning throughoutthe building, the recon-struction of the elevator,plumbing and electricalsystems, and updatingthe building to meet the

By Carrie MaierEditorial Assistant

Last Saturday,parked on the cornerof High Street andWashington Street,was a 1966 PontiacGTO belonging toDee and Mike Ryan,who sat nearby infolding chairs watch-ing their grandsonplay.

The Ryans drovetheir classic car fromWashington, Pa. toparticipate in the 10thAnnual 50’s Fest andAntique Car showthat took over down-town Waynesburg.

“We made it a fami-ly affair,” said DeeRyan. “We walkedaround and looked atall the different cars,and our grandson wonthe hula hoop con-test.”

Their Pontiac GTOwas one of over 200antique cars andmotorcycles on dis-play.

Dee Ryan was alsoone of hundreds in awide-ranging audi-ence made up of carlovers, families, andthose looking torelive the 50’s era.

Pat Larkin drove 60miles from Canons-burg, Pa. to show offhis 1930 Ford ModelA.

“Have you everseen the movie‘American Graffiti’?”

he said. “That is whattype of cars these are -everything from oldFords to Chevy BelAirs.”

Doug Wilson, chair-man of the 50’s Festcommittee and DJ forWANB Radio, hostedthe event from a DJbooth set up on theGreene CountyCourthouse steps. Hebroadcasted a live edi-tion of his oldiesshow, “Greene Coun-ty Gold,” playing rock‘n’ roll favorites fromthe 1950s.

“We were a littlebit worried about theweather but thankful-ly it cooperated,” Wil- Photo by Andrew Buda

The tenth annual 50’s Fest and car cruise took overHigh Street in downtown Waynesburg on Saturday.

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Jacket columnist Kyle Edwards talks about theimportance of remembering the day afterSept. 11 as well.Read more on B2

Former Hot Rod’sopens as hand-dippedice cream parlour

50’s Fest cruises intodowntown Waynesburg

New coffee shopbrings more flavorto High Street

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Avalon court residents return to homes

By Amanda WishnerOnline MediaCoordinator

Students returningto Waynesburg Univer-sity may have noticed afew changes on HighStreet. However, onedifference that mighthave gone overlookedis the addition of theWaynesburg Press.

Located at 33 WestHigh Street, next to theWaynesburg Theater,the family-owned cof-fee shop offers a varietyof gourmet coffee, aswell as sandwiches andwraps for lunch.

According to CraigPellegrini, owner of the

Waynesburg Press,there are numerousmeanings behind thecoffee shop’s name.

“It was mainly forthe coffee press, and Iwanted to eventuallyget into pressed sand-wiches,” he said.

“But I really likedthe newspaper conno-tation, too. It’s a placewhere you can gatherwith some friends,catch up and share thenews.”

Pellegrini operatesthe business alongsidehis mother, Waynette.

The two originallyconceived the idea for a

By Sarah BellArts & Life Editor

If you are looking fora restaurant with a coolvariety and a “mom andpop” feel, look no fur-ther.

The Cool Spot is openand here to stay.

Hot Rod’s owner Rod-ney Phillips opened thestore with the youngergeneration in mind.

“When we moved[Hot Rod’s] to our other

location we got a liquorlicense, which isn’t askid-friendly,” Phillipssaid.

“We had dozens ofmiddle school kids whoused to come to HotRod’s to eat, and wethought the Cool Spotwould be an alternativefor them.”

The Cool Spot offersthe only hand-dipped icecream available in Way-

Photo by Danielle Wise

The Avalon Court apartment building was all but burned to the ground in April of2010. Renovations and repairs to the building finished in late August of this year.

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See COFFEE on B4

See COOL on B4

Photo by Amanda Rice

Suspicious fire probedThe Kiger Residence, located on Elm Street, caught fireon Tuesday. Veronica Kiger was home alone whenboxes on her front porch began to burn. Kiger and herthree dogs were able to escape, but Kiger said her catwas caught in the blaze. Waynesburg Police have ruledthe cause of the fire as arson.

Start your engines!

Photo by Amanda Rice

By Kyle EdwardsRegion Editor

We will never forget.Ever since that fateful

day in September, thesewords have beenimprinted into ourmemories.

Over the past tenyears, we have heardthem every Septemberand any time that 9/11was brought up.

Every American,young or old, remem-bers that day.

The day that the tow-ers fell, millions ofAmericans watched in

horror as thousands oflives were lost in thespan of a heartbeat.

Thousands of inno-cent people, and hun-dreds of brave firemenand policemen, lost tothe insanity of one manand his extremist fol-lowers.

Not one cheek wasdry when the newscame across the wire ofthe heroic acts of the

passengers of UnitedFlight 93.

I get teary-eyed justthinking about it. When we say ‘we willnever forget,’ it is morethan just a statement.

It is a promise tothose who were lost.

No one will ever for-get the loss of so manylives, or the courageousacts of those people.

But as tragic as 9/11was, it isn’t the only dayin September thatshould be remembered.

But before you callme anti-American, letme explain.

Sept. 11 was a greattragedy, it’s true.

But it wasn’t asshocking, at least forme, as the next day.

On Sept. 12, 2001, Iexpected to wake up toa nation engulfed by tur-moil, searching for anexplanation to why andhow something like thiscould have happened.

Boy was I wrong.It is not for us, the liv-

ing, to remain helddown by this burden ofgrief placed upon us bySept. 11.

It was hot.It was almost noon

and I had woken upat 5 a.m. that morn-ing.

And worst of all, Ihad not eaten all day.

I was so tired ofwaiting.

And then hewalked through thegateway area.

President BarackObama.

The guy I had beenwaiting all day tosee.

All of the cameraoperators on themedia risers rushedover to their camerasand hit the record

button as fast as theycould.

As everyone triedto adjust their cam-eras to get the bestshot possible, a real-ization suddenlydawned over every-one.

There was no goodlocation for a camerashot.

The masses of peo-ple blocked the presi-dent completely.

A few glimpses of

the president werethe best that anyonecould get.

No one panickedtoo much yet though.He might still give aspeech.

As he dramaticallywalked out, he assist-ed with the wreathlaying, and everyoneheld their breath.

Fifteen secondspassed. Twenty sec-onds.

One minute. Tenminutes.

Twenty minuteslater, he had still notuttered anything thatresembled a publicaddress.

For the next hourand a half, he simplyshook hands andkissed babies andposed for photos andsigned autographswith those who hadwaited for at least anhour and were luckyenough to be at thefront of a massivecrowd.

Exactly like whatyou would see on acampaign trail.

Not a memorial forthose who had beenkilled during a terror-ist attack.

All this had taken

Sept. 12 should not be forgotten either

I think it should be easy tofind an apartment.

I know that it is not, but Istill think that it should be.

When I started looking for anapartment in October of lastyear, I definitely thought that Iwould have one by now.

But hey, back in October Ithought I would have an apart-ment by December.

Naïve me. I know that it is not impossi-

ble to find a place to rent, but itseems that way.

If the house or apartment isnot already rented out bydrillers who have moved intothe area, then it is excessivelyover-priced.

It’s funny how when some-thing is in demand the pricegoes up.

Unfortunately, I work atDairy Queen and not at Google,

so paying $700 a month plusutilities for a one-room apart-ment is not exactly in my budg-et for the time being.

And even though I want anapartment, there are peoplewho actually need them cannotget them because of the hous-ing problem.

Think about the single momwho has to put a roof over herchild’s head.

Should she be forced to movean hour away because the hous-ing situation is so bad here?

No, she shouldn’t be, but sheis.

One of my colleagues had to

Neighborly loveSpreading love in a world of conflict

Serious repercussions at a dry campusObama’s silence at memorial an outrage

Apartmenthunt shouldbe easier

Every university has established rules to help thestudent body maintain its reputation, and Waynes-burg University is no exception.

No alcohol on campus – ever. If you don’t follow this rule, there are serious

penalties. It is more than a simple slap on the wrist,and it doesn’t just sting. If you break this rule, youmight as well prepare for the scar.

The university is cracking down now more thanever. Break the rule once, and you face serious fines,required counseling or even expulsion.

The rules even extend to students residing offcampus. If there is underage drinking at an off-cam-pus house, if you provide alcohol to anyone underageor anyone who drinks and drives, you face the samerepercussions as someone on campus.

The penalties are up to Shane Peters, dean of stu-dents, and Richard “Skip” Noftzger, senior vice pres-ident for institutional planning, research and educa-tional services; and the residence life staff knows tonever turn a blind eye. .

Alcohol is unacceptable and gives the university ablack eye. But Waynesburg University is not justthinking about its own reputation, it is thinkingabout yours.

It does not want any of its students seen in a neg-ative light, rather a positive one that emphasizesChristian character.

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The theme for this semester’s Who’s Your Neigh-bor Week is “Love in a World of Conflict,” a themethat is important for students to remember not justthroughout the events of the week, but long after.

While the week’s theme focuses on a variety ofissues globally, it certainly pertains to the recently-celebrated tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terroristattacks. During the weeks following the attacks onthat unforgettable day, the country united in the spir-it of love despite race, religion or political view.

The problem, however, is that when thingsreturned to normal, people forgot about that neigh-borly love and gradually resorted back to their regu-lar lives of conflict.

It’s a reoccurring pattern every time a nationaltragedy happens: for several weeks, everyone getstogether to help out those in need, but the livesaffected by disaster feel the after-effects for muchlonger than a few weeks, and nobody really seems tocare anymore.

Although everyday life doesn’t always involve ter-rorist attacks, there is still constant pain, grief anddepression in so many people’s daily lives.

Traumatic events, discrimination and hatefulcrimes such as murder and abuse occur every day,and the normal reaction is to hear about it on thenews, think about how tragic it is for a minute or twoand then forget we ever heard about it.

Many people don’t want to hear about how weneed to spread love. Oftentimes, the exact oppositehappens, and efforts in spreading love end up withthe advocate for peace and unity getting murdered.

So, while hate and conflict are obviously preva-lent, it’s crucial to reach out and show love in thisworld of conflict every day. If everyone made an hon-est effort to show more love, the result would be lessconflict and a better world to live in.

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place during a memo-rial service that wasbeing held for thosepassengers and crewmembers of Flight 93who had stood up tothe terrorists aftertheir plane had beenhijacked.

After deciding thatthey would not bepart of the terroristsplot, their plane wentdown in a field nearShanksville, Pa.

Every person onthat plane had beenkilled - includingmothers, fathers, sis-ters, uncles, cousins,aunts and even awoman who was justrecently pregnant.

They gave upeverything, and thePresident of theUnited States wouldnot even give a shortspeech 10 years later.

Personally, Ithought that was anoutrage.

Granted, through-out the past twodays, several speech-es had been given atthe memorial site.

When the wallwith every passengerand flight crew’sname on it had beendedicated the daybefore on Saturday,some noteworthyspeakers includedFormer Presidents ofthe United StatesGeorge W. Bush andBill Clinton.

On the day dedicat-ed to rememberingthose who had lost

their lives on Sep-tember 11 ten yearsafter it initially hap-pened, some speakersincluded U.S. Rep.Mark Critz and Gov-ernor Tom Ridge andsome other peoplewho have been great-ly involved with thefamilies since theinitial incident.

But not our mainleader.

The fact that Presi-dent Obama did notspeak at the eventgoes way beyondwhat any media out-let might have want-ed or needed for thenewscast later thatday.

It goes beyondwhat any newspaperwriter might want toinclude in their nextarticle.

It goes directly to

the heart of the issueand those familieswho had lost a lovedone on that Septem-ber day.

While he couldhave been helpingfamilies and friendsstill seeking closureabout the loss of aloved one, he handedout autographs.

After flying in onhis private entourageof helicopters aftervisiting the TwinTowers Memorial foran hour and half longvisit to Shanksvillebefore heading tovisit the Pentagon, Ihoped to see some-thing that peoplewould remember inten years from now.

I was disappointed.I would have

expected more Presi-dent Obama.

Rather, it is for us toremember what hap-pened because of thatburden.

America may havebeen knocked down bythe tragedy of 9/11, butwe were far fromknocked out.

Instead of turning onourselves and pointingfingers at those we feltwere at fault for lettingthis happen, we bandedtogether.

We came together asAmericans in support ofeach other.

On Sept. 12, weweren’t black or white;we weren’t Democrat orRepublican.

We were brothers. We were sisters. We were one. And we didn’t just sit

back and say, “Oh wow,I can’t believe that justhappened.

What on Earth shouldwe do?”

No.We fought back. We rose up and struck

back with the force ofmillions of voices, withthe strength of millionsof arms.

We banded togetherand got through itbecause of that strength.That’s the most impor-tant part.

We got through it.Together.If you read my Face-

book status at around11:30 at night on Sept.11, most of this maysound familiar to you.But it begs repeating.

It isn’t our place tosolely remember thegrief that 9/11 caused.

It is also just asimportant for us toremember how itcaused America to cometogether.

So the next year,when the eleventhanniversary of Sept. 11rolls around, justremember what thenext day will bring.

It’s alright to grievefor those who were loston that horrible Septem-ber morning.

But remember Sept.12.

Remember the senseof purpose it gave thisgreat nation.

Remember how itgave us the strength tofight back.

Remember, and bethankful that thosebrave men and women’slives were not lost invain.

move her entire familyinto a one-room apart-ment because it wasthe only thing shecould afford in town.

It is not like housingis a new problem.

It is an ongoing crisisthat needs to beaddressed more firmly.

In June CNBCreported that priceshave fallen 33 percentsince the housing mar-ket began to crash in2006.

Thirty three percent.That is greater than the31 percent fall duringthe Great Depression.

In Greene Countyalone, the issue ofhousing has been dis-cussed numeroustimes, but the discus-sions seem to be goingnowhere.

The county govern-ment should beencouraging the con-struction of newhomes and apartmentcomplexes in the area.

As the MarcellusShale industry contin-ues to grow in GreeneCounty, hotels havebecome a solution tothe housing crisis.

Although some Mar-

cellus Shale drillershave taken the oppor-tunity to rent outhomes and apartmentsin the area, others areforced to reside else-where.

Many drillers liveout of local hotels formonths at a timebecause they areunable to find homesclose to their worksite.

I think the commu-nity should reallyencourage the impor-tance of improving thehousing situation.

Write a letter. Emailthe commissioner.

Ask them what, ifanything, they aredoing to improve thecurrent situation.

They may notrespond, but at leastthey know that you areaware of the problemand willing to help.

Students also havethe opportunity to vol-unteer for programslike the Greene Coun-ty Habitat for Humani-ty to help build homesfor families in need.

The more volunteersthey have, the morehomes they can build.

We need to work as acommunity to come upwith a solution to thecrisis.

Because after every-thing is said and done,it should be easy tofind an apartment.

Remember9/12 as well

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LA Times: Politics and religion can mixAn election year is

just around the corner,and right on schedulewe’re witnessing thereturn of the liberalobsession with conserva-tive politicians’ religiousbeliefs.

Every time a Republi-can candidate for highoffice surfaces who isalso a dedicated Chris-tian, the left warns inapocalyptic tones that ifyou vote for him, Amer-ica will sink into a“theocracy.”

Long ago these fear-mongers warned usabout Ronald Reagan.Then it was George W.Bush, and after that,Sarah Palin. Now it’sMichele Bachmann andRick Perry.

In a recent New York-er profile of Bachmann,Ryan Lizza characterizedthe Minnesota congress-woman as “a politicianwith a history of pushingsectarian religiousbeliefs in government.”Around the same time,Salon’s Alex Pareeneaccused Perry of “pur-posefully evoking someof the most radical far-right movements andideas of the last 200years.”

A few days later,Michelle Goldberg, whoin 2006 wrote atheocrats-under-the-bedbook titled “KingdomComing: The Rise ofChristian Nationalism,”warned in the DailyBeast that both Bach-mann, a Lutheran, andPerry, a lifelongMethodist who current-

ly worships at an evan-gelical megachurch, “aredeeply associated with atheocratic strain ofChristian fundamental-ism known as Domin-ionism.”

Sara Diamond, whowrote the 2002 book“Facing the Wrath: Con-fronting the Right inDangerous Times,” con-cluded that dominiontheology the notion that“Christians, and Chris-tians alone, are biblicallymandated to occupy allsecular positions” isubiquitous in evangeli-cal circles.

Her position wasenthusiastically adoptedby many of her fellowintellectuals, who werealready freaked out bythe Bible-reading GeorgeW. Bush. Books such asGoldberg’s “KingdomComing,” Chris Hedges’“American Fascists: TheChristian Right and theWar on America,” KevinPhillips’ “AmericanTheocracy: The Peril andPolitics of Radical Reli-gion, Oil, and BorrowedMoney in the 21st Cen-tury” and James Rudin’s“The Baptizing of Amer-ica: The ReligiousRight’s Plans for the Restof Us” flowed feverishlyfrom the presses. On theInternet, Andrew Sulli-van coined the word“Christianist,” and blog-gers across the countryechoed each others’ dailyalarms about the comingfundamentalist jihad.

Lately, the alarmistleft has focused onRousas John Rushdoony,

a Presbyterian ministerwho died in 2001. Rush-doony, part of a Calvinistoffshoot known asChristian Reconstruc-tionism, believed thatbiblical law, includingthe eye-for-an-eye man-dates of the Old Testa-ment, should form thebasis of government.

But linking Rush-doony to present-dayevangelicals involvesconnecting a dubiousseries of dots. In the caseof the New Yorker’sBachmann profile, thedots included the factthat she attended lawschool at Oral RobertsUniversity, where pro-fessors taught her toseek “legal means andpolitical means” tochange laws that con-flicted with biblical val-ues.

It also pointed to heradmiration for the evan-gelical theologian andbestselling author Fran-cis Schaeffer, who diedin 1984. No matter thatSchaeffer specificallycondemned Rush-doony’s proposal thatOld Testament lawshould govern America.

Sarah Palin got taggedas a “dominionist stalk-ing-horse” by left-wingbloggers in 2008 becauseshe had led a prayer serv-ice at her former church,Wasilla Assembly ofGod, in which shedeclared that U.S. troopsin Iraq were “on a taskthat is from God.”

Such groups as Cam-pus Crusade for Christ,the Fellowship of Chris-

tian Athletes and Femi-nists for Life have beencharacterized as domin-ionist fronts. It is hard tofigure out why no one inthe liberal media seemsto mind, say, that one ofPresident BarackObama’s spiritual advis-ers, the progressive evan-gelical Jim Wallis ofSojourners magazine,also has a political agen-da _ income redistribu-tion and greater socialspending _ that he says isinfluenced by his Chris-tian values.

Many Jews believethat the rabbinic conceptof tikkun olam, or“repairing the world,” isa mandate for betteringsociety at large. Yetwhen conservative-vot-ing Christians seek toimplement their valuesin the public square,using the language oftheir faith, they’re fearedlike carriers of bubonicplague.

The opponents of thereligious right wouldgain a bit more credibili-ty if they didn’t feel com-pelled to manufacture avast conspiracy calleddominionism and throwaround words like“theocracy” every timethe GOP threatens towin an election.

You know what theysound like? Their oppo-site number from the1950s: the John BirchSociety.

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This editorial original-ly appeared in the LosAngeles Times.

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Missedopportunity

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nesburg. Although theCool Spot is for thecommunity and stu-dents, it was youngercustomers who encour-aged the process. Aftertaking a poll fromyounger customers,Phillips decided toadjust the menu.

“We are changing themenu to make it morekid-friendly for the mid-dle school students,” hesaid. “I set this wholething up for them.”

The Cool Spot willcontinue to sell the hotdogs, hamburgers andchicken sandwiches ithas already had butthere are plans toincrease the menu, sothere are more optionsfor customers.

Students and facultyat the university areimportant to Phillips’success as well.

“When Hot Rod’swas here we had a goodconnection with thecollege kids, and wewant to continue that,”Phillips said. “The storeis in walking distance ofthe college, because weknow a lot of freshmenare not allowed to havecars on campus.”

Amanda Hathaway, aGreene County resi-dent, was excited whenshe first found out thatthe Cool Spot was open-ing.

“There are not thatmany restaurants on

this side of town, so it isgood for the communityfor new businesses to beopening up,” she said.“It allows for more jobopportunities and givespeople in town a differ-ent place to go.”

Phillips is excitedabout his new venture,and is willing to acceptsuggestions from hiscustomers.

“I have always want-ed my customersinvolved in my businessbecause they will tell ithow it is,” Phillips said.

Hathaway was notpleased with her firstvisit to the Cool Spot,but still plans to goagain.

“My initial experi-ence wasn’t that great;the staff was inexperi-enced and the prices for

the ice cream were a lit-tle high,” said Hath-away.

“It had just openedwhen I first wentthough, so they haveprobably learned a lotand will improve.”

Christy Szmyd, a jun-ior Human Servicesmajor, is pleased withthe restaurant’s changeof pace.

“I’m really excited totry the variety ofoptions available at theCool Spot,” Szmyd said.

“It will be a goodchange of atmospherefor people to work andeat, instead of just goingto the library or thecafeteria.”

Szmyd thinks thatthe Wi-Fi, location andhours will draw stu-dents in.

standards set by theAmericans with Disabili-ties Act.

“The entire buildingwas completelyremoved,” Betters said.

“All mechanicals,sprinklers, heating andair conditioning werereplaced and are nowstate of the art.”

According to Hinton,all of the systems in thebuilding can now be con-trolled in one place.

“One central comput-er system runs every-thing,” he said.

“Each apartment hasthe ability to control thetemperature, but from amain control standpoint,all the controls are cen-

tral to one computer.”Betters is pleased with

the project’s outcome.“It was a smooth proj-

ect,” he said. “We didn’t have a lot

of challenges, but it was aspecial project because itwas a 45-year-old build-ing.”

Hinton agreed.“It was a remediation

effort on all parts, witheverybody workingtogether as a team,” hesaid.

“As with any tragedy,you want to clean it upand work well to fix theproblem, so we went inthere with that missionin mind.”

According to therelease, of the 34 apart-ments housed in thebuilding, three remainvacant.

Original tenants werefirst to regain occupancyof the new apartments.

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By Amanda BellStaff Writer

This weekend marksthe 41st anniversary ofthe Greene CountyCovered Bridge festival.

On September 17 and18, the festival will beheld at ten differentlocations throughoutGreene County. Thefestival will run from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onSaturday and 12 p.m. to5 p.m. on Sunday.

According to Can-dace Tustin, secretaryfor the Greene CountyTourism Agency, thefestival celebrates thefew remaining coveredbridges that remainstanding in GreeneCounty today.

“The celebration isabout the history andthe uniqueness of thecovered bridges,”Tustin said.

“The Covered BridgeFestival is a big deal in

the area.”There will be many

different kinds ofevents at the festival inCarmichael’s includinga petting zoo, horse-drawn wagon rides, facepainting and food ven-dors will be showing offtheir wares. Localbands will perform livemusic on both days.

According to ThelmaCallaghan, secretaryand director of theGreene Academy of

Art, New items willalso be showing up atthe Covered Bridge Fes-tival.

“Gary Watson willhave key chains withthe Covered Bridge orof the Greene CountyAcademy on them,”she said. “Pocket sizedbooks on Greene Coun-ty Indians, ghost storiesand superstitions willalso be available.”

Reverend Vucic willbe giving an informal

worship at 9 a.m. in theAcademy courtyard.

“The festival hasbeen held the thirdweekend in Septemberevery year,” statesDana Bucci, Director ofFinance and Adminis-tration of the Washing-ton County TourismAgency. She also statesthat, “the whole festi-val draws in around100,00 people over thearea of Washington andGreene County.”

The festival will con-tinue rain or shine dur-ing the weekend.Directions to the differ-ent festival sights arelocated in the festivalbrochures.

For more informa-tion about the CoveredBridge Festival, contactWashington CountyTourism Agency at 1-866-927-4969 or festi-val directors Alan andDorothy Vozel at 724-966-8993.

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son said. “As long it’snot raining it’s alwaysa great turnoutbecause people justcome from all over.”

The farthest partici-pant drove a 1957Chevy Bel Air 175miles from Cleveland,Ohio. Lining the side-walks were crowds ofwandering spectatorsand rows of foldingchairs, but no conces-sion stands, so as toencourage the crowdtoward local business-es.

West Virginianative B.J. Willardshowed off his 1968Corvette Stingray forthe third year in a

row. “We’re a big fan of

the radio show,” saidWillard.

“We try to comedown every year. It’s agood time.”

The afternoon wasalso filled with raffles,contests and prizes,including the jumprope the Ryans’ grand-son won from hulahooping. Other com-petitions included atwist contest and abubble gum blowingcontest.

“It’s real family-ori-ented,” said Wilson.

“We try to make it aday the families canenjoy whether they’rehere for the hot rodsor just walkingaround.”

The festival wassponsored by Waynes-burg Prosperous andBeautiful, Inc.

local coffee shop in Jan-uary of 2011.

After graduatingfrom Waynesburg Uni-versity, then Waynes-burg College, with adegree in management,Pellegrini relocated toPittsburgh to pursue acareer.

But upon returningto his alma mater andhometown of Jefferson,Pa., he discovered thatWaynesburg was miss-ing an important partof city culture.

“I lived in the cityfor the past few years,and when I moved back[to Waynesburg], therewas nowhere to meetpeople and grab a cupof coffee,” said Pelle-grini.

“I wanted to fill thatvoid.”

The WaynesburgPress opened to thepublic with a soft open-ing on June 1, followedby its grand opening onJune 24, which includ-ed a ribbon-cutting cer-emony, cake, draft rootbeer and free coffee,Pellegrini said.

Since then, the cof-fee shop has receivedpositive reviews andfeedback in theObserver-Reporter andon the WaynesburgPress Facebook page.

“The reception fromthe public has beenreally great; better thanexpected,” said Pelle-grini.

“Everyone is supernice.”

He describes thePress as having a“warm and inviting”atmosphere.

“It definitely has acoffee shop vibe, withits exposed brick andhardwood floor,” hesaid.

“It’s very open inhere.”

Because of its sum-mer opening, Pellegrinisaid the coffee shop hasseen most of its busi-ness from the generalpublic and encouragesstudents to visit theWaynesburg Press.

“You can get a greatcup of coffee here,” hesaid. “We have gour-met coffees; stuff youcan’t get without going30 minutes away, andwe’re a local business.”

For frequent buyers,the coffee shop pro-vides a free Press Pass.With the purchase ofsix coffee drinks, any-one can receive a free

house coffee.The Waynesburg

Press is currently openduring the week from 7a.m. to 4 p.m. with abreak until 6:30, whenthe coffee shop reopensuntil 8:30 p.m.

Weekend hoursbegin on Friday from 7a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sat-urday from 8 a.m. to 1p.m.

Coffee enthusiastscan “like” and “fol-low” the WaynesburgPress on Facebook andTwitter, or visit itswebsite, www.waynes-burgpress.com, formore information onthe coffee shop, as wellas a full menu.

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Cool Spotopens

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Photo by Amanda Rice

The former Hod Rod’s restaraunt was reopened as the The Cool Spot, providingWaynesburg with its only hand-dipped ice cream parlour.

Photo by Amanda Rice

The Waynesburg Press, located at 41 West High Street, opened its doors on June 24.The coffee bar provides gourmet coffee and sandwiches to Waynesburg residents.

By Kyle OlandEditorial Assistant

On Saturday, the Yel-low Jacket men’s andwomen’s cross countryteams competed in theannual Waynesburg Invi-tational.

The women’s teamshowcased their depth byplacing second out of the11 teams competing inthe women’s race. On themen’s side, Waynesburgfinished fifth amongsteight teams.

The women’s second-place finish has headcoach Chris Hardie excit-ed for the rest of the Jack-ets’ season.

“The women truly hada great day, and one thatmay end up being prettyhistoric,” said Hardie.“This team showed char-

acter today and etchedtheir spot in Waynesburghistory by showing theyare the deepest team inour 12-year history.  We

are excited to see how thisteam evolves over thecourse of the next sixweeks.”

The women were led

by sophomore Bre Paul,who finished third out of107 competitors in a time

By James AllenbyStaff Writer

The Waynesburgwomen’s soccer team wasdeadlocked in a 1-1 tiewith visiting Pitt-BradfordTuesday evening whenthe left foot of senior cap-tain Courtney Ebersoledelivered victory to theYellow Jackets.

Less than one minuteinto the second overtime

period, Ebersole buried ashot past the Pitt-Bradfordgoalkeeper to give Way-nesburg their fourth victo-ry in a row and movethem to 4-1 on the season.

Pitt-Bradford scoredfirst in the match whenEmily Mitchell took anassist from Andrea Gund-lach and put the ball inthe back of the net. Way-nesburg went into the halftrailing 1-0.

Despite the deficit,Waynesburg assistantcoach Sarah Arsenaultnever doubted her team.

“I told the girls at halfthat we were outplaying

them, and we were thebetter team,” said Arse-nault. “We just have toput the ball in the net.”

The Jackets did manageto outshoot the Panthersin the first half by an 8-6margin.

Waynesburg evened thescore at one in the 67thminute when freshmanKirsten Miller buried across from sophomoreTaylor Augustine for herfirst collegiate goal.

The score remainedtied at one until early inthe second overtime peri-

With mid-Septemberupon us, the fall sportsseason at WaynesburgUniversity is in full swing.As we often do at The Yel-low Jacket, it’s time toexamine some of the moreintriguing storylines thatwill unfold as autumnrolls on.

Fortunately, this firstissue of the semestercomes one week later thanusual, allowing for anextra few days to checkout the seven teams cur-rently in action...

Competing with thechamps

For 22 years, GroveCity has brought homethe Presidents’ AthleticConference team crown inwomen’s cross country. Asof now, it appears unlikelythat this year will be anydifferent; however, in thispast Saturday’s Waynes-burg Invitational, the Jack-ets showed why theirteam may just be theWolverine’s toughest com-petition.

Waynesburg finishedsecond out of 10 teams atthe event behind only, youguessed it, Grove City.Plus, after finishing nearly100 points behind theWolverines at last year’sPAC Championships (andin third place), the Jacketsfinished Saturday’s racejust 22 points back of thedefending league champs(and in second place).

Granted, the Waynes-burg Invitational did notinclude all the PACschools and features teamsfrom other conferences,but it’s the third time inthree tries that the Jacketshave finished either firstor second amongst leaguecompetition.

And last year’s runner-up at PACs? Saint Vin-cent. They, too, ended upbehind Waynesburg in Sat-urday’s meet.

Key runner: BrePaul…She was second-team All-PAC a year agoand placed third in Satur-day’s 107-woman field.

To the postseasonIn head coach Sean

McCarthy’s first year atthe helm, the women’ssoccer team took majorstrides forward. Theynotched double digits inwins and cut their losstotal in half from the pre-vious season.

On the flip side, though,Waynesburg recorded only

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Teams,playersto watchthis fall

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Women’s soccer celebrates fourth straight win

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Waynesburg senior Michelle Naymick (483) paces a group of runners that includessophomore teammate Bre Paul (476). Naymick fell back to 11th, but Paul finished ateam-best third. Saint Vincent’s Ivette Mejia (far right) won the race.

Ebersole’s winnerin double overtimebeats Pitt-Bradford

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

Coming off a tough sea-son opening loss at defend-ing USA South AthleticConference championChristopher Newport, theWaynesburg football teamwas anxious to get back onthe field this past week-end. Unfortunately, Hurri-cane Lee had other ideas.

The Yellow Jackets’ (0-1) nonconference gameagainst Wilkes Universitywas postponed afterWilkes was forced to evac-uate campus because offlooding from the Susque-hanna River caused byHurricane Lee.

“It was out of ourhands,” head coach RickShepas said. “I got upThursday morning andwas watching a weatherreport that identifiedScranton/Wilkes-Barre asan area of flooding con-cern.”

Within the next fewhours, Shepas was in con-tact with Colonels headcoach Frank Sheptock andWilkes Athletics DirectorAdelene Malatesta. It wasthen that Malatestainformed Shepas thatWilkes was evacuatingcampus and postponing allweekend athletic events.

According to Shepas, hethen informed SkipNoftzger, senior vice pres-ident for InstitutionalPlanning, Research, andEducational Services, andassembled the appropriateadministration to get the

By Rob LongoStaff Writer

The Waynesburgwomen’s tennis teammay have not been in fullswing on Tuesday, but itwas pretty close to it.

The Yellow Jacketstook a commanding 5-1lead in their Presidents’Athletic Conferenceopener at Thiel whenweather forced the post-ponement of the threeremaining matches. Thefive wins, though, meantthe Jackets had alreadyclinched the team victorywhen play was suspended.

After dropping theirfirst two matches of 2011by scores of 9-0 and 8-1,

head coach Ron Christ-man was pleased with theway his team performed

against the Tomcats.“Overall, we had a pret-

ty good match.” SaidChristman. “All of ourplayers really worked hardtoday, and all of our fresh-men really stepped up.”

Due to class schedulingconflicts, all seniors wereunavailable for the match,putting many freshmen inan abnormal position. Italso forced sophomoreMarkie Gustafson to stepup and play first singles,as well as take over amore prominent leader-ship role.

The Jackets got out to aquick start, sweeping allthree doubles matches.Gustafson teamed withfreshman Alyssa Danielfor an 8-3 win over

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Freshman Kirsten Miller (far right) celebrates her firstcollegiate goal, the equalizer against Pitt-Bradford.

Depth surfaces for Jacket women

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Women’s teamplaces second,men finish fifth

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Weather suspendsmatch, not beforeWU clinches win

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Freshman Madison DuBrock won at both second dou-bles and four singles in Tuesday’s match at Thiel.

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of 24:39.3. “I was really happy

with the place, but I reallywant to drop my time tounder 24 minutes,” saidPaul.

The team proved itsdepth as all seven runnerswho scored points placedin the top 30.

Following Paul, seniorMichelle Naymick andfreshman Joy Talbott fin-ished 11th and 12th,respectively. SophomoreTiffany Onifer, whoHardie said had been deal-ing with a pretty badankle sprain, finished19th. Rounding out thetop seven, junior MeganDonovan, freshman JennLingg and senior LaurenMinor finished 22nd, 26thand 28th, respectively.

Hardie believes thewomen’s team can con-tinue their success as theseason progresses.

“The women havemuch more work to dobefore  they can  considerthemselves a champi-onship contender. But afew of the conferenceschools are probably feel-ing the pressure rightnow,” said Hardie. “I con-tinue to be amazed by thesophomore class on bothsides. Bre Paul is runningabout as good as anyone I

have coached.”Coming out on top in

the 11-team women’s racewas Grove City, the teamWaynesburg and othersare chasing in the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence.

The Wolverines havecaptured the conferencecrown in 22 straight sea-sons.

Individual first-placehonors went to Saint Vin-cent’s Ivette Mejia, whofinished the race in23:22.8. That was morethan 40 seconds betterthan second-place finisherKristen Galligan of Wash-ington and Jefferson. Gal-ligan crossed the finishline in 24:04.4.

On the men’s side,Hardie said he waspleased with the outcomeand felt the men ran as hethought they would.

Leading the charge forWaynesburg: freshmanBrandon Dugan, who fin-ished 16th out of 96entries in the men’s race,with a time of 29:10.

Dugan, a New Jerseynative, was not complete-ly satisfied with his per-formance, hinting that heis driven to be better.

“I could have done a lotbetter if I had run like Idid the race before,” saidDugan.

Other members of themen’s team who ran wellincluded sophomoreJustin Angotti in 24th andfellow sophomoreJonathan Blatt in 25th.

Hardie commented onboth Angotti’s and Blatt’sperformances.

“Justin Angotti and JonBlatt continue to get bet-ter each and every week.Both are on the verge ofsomething special.”

Muskingum won theteam title in the men’srace. They finished 16points ahead of second-place Grove City.

Individually, ScottRyan of W&J broughthome the gold. He fin-ished in 26:41.4. That wasmore than 40 seconds bet-ter than second-placeNick Edinger of Geneva.

Going forward, theJackets’ next race will beon Sept. 24 at the Dickin-son Invitational at BigSpring High School inOhio.

By Jon LedyardStaff Writer

It was a wild week ofsoccer for the Waynesburgmen’s team, as it lost onegame in heartbreakingfashion and had anothersuspended by a question-able call.

On Saturday, the Yel-low Jackets traveled toHood College in Mary-land where their quest toimprove on a 1-2 recordwas denied when officialssuspended the game earlyin the second half due tothe “contentious natureof the contest,” accordingto hoodathletics.com.

The game featured sixcards, including three redcards. The final red card ofthe match was issued toWaynesburg head coachSean McCarthy, who wasejected from the contest.

McCarthy had no com-ment on the game or theejection.

Just four days earlier,Waynesburg was involvedin another heated contestin a gut-wrenching 3-2double overtime loss to LaRoche College. The Jack-ets were down 2-0 in the67th minute beforestorming back to tie thegame with two goals inthe final 23 minutes ofregulation.

“I felt like we startedoff the game slow,” saidMcCarthy. “We knewthey were going to be areal physical and intenseteam and coaching staff,and early on we didn’tmatch that.

“But I loved what I sawfrom the guys when wewent down 2-0 and thenwent on to play probablythe best soccer we’veplayed to date.”

Senior Erick Burkescored Waynesburg’s firstgoal of the game when theversatile player buried hisfirst goal of the season ona breakaway.

Less than a minutelater, freshman NickBrommer put home hissecond collegiate goal toknot the score at two.

The teams tradedchances through both 10-minute overtimes beforeLa Roche’s Bryan Weimer-skirch scored the game-winning goal with twoseconds left on the clock.

“I think we were alldisappointed,” saidMcCarthy. “But we are ayoung team, and I’m ayoung coach and we areall growing, and hopefullywe will continue to learn

from our mistakes.” It was during the sec-

ond overtime period ofthe La Roche game thatan already physical con-test became especiallyheated, with both teamsgetting involved in analtercation at midfield.Three ejections were theresult, including Burke forWaynesburg and two LaRoche players. Momentslater, La Roche notchedthe game-winner to dropthe Jackets to 1-2 on theseason.

“As far as the … alter-cation during the LaRoche game [goes], it’ssomething you don’t seetoo often, so you want tokeep yourself under con-trol, but you want to stickup for your teammates,too,” said senior captainDave Floyd. “It’s likecoach told us in the lock-er room—he’s not going toget angry at us for defend-ing our teammates.”

Waynesburg’s sched-uled game Monday nightat Hiram College waspostponed due tounplayable field condi-tions.

The Jackets werescheduled to be back inaction Wednesday whenthey traveled back toMaryland to face Frost-burg State.

Waynesburg will nextbe at home Saturday at 7p.m. when they host Pitt-Greensburg.

The squad still hasthree weeks until theybegin conference playOct. 5 against Thiel Col-lege.

“We have to be moreconsistent,” saidMcCarthy. “We havespurts of greatness andspurts of disarray. Weneed to pull together andkeep moving forwardwith open eyes and try tolearn something newevery day.”

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Sophomore Stephen Zimmerman dribbles the ball in Waynesburg’s recent home lossto La Roche. The Jackets dropped a heartbreaker, 3-2 in double overtime.

Men’s soccer endures wild stretchHeated 2-OT loss,“no contest”highlight week

Photos by Andrew Buda

(Above) FreshmanBrandon Dugan (right)leads a pack of runners inSaturday’s WaynesburgInvitational. Dugan endedup in 16th place out of 96runners in the men’s race.That was good enough toearn him the top finishamong the Waynesburgmen’s team.(At right) SophomoreTiffany Onifer (477) fightsthrough the women’s racein Saturday’s home meet.Onifer overcame a seriousankle sprain to finish in19th place out of 107competitors. That was thefourth best finish by arunner on the women’steam.

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od when Ebersole’s lategame heroics lifted theJackets to victory.

“It was all a blur,” saidEbersole. “I remembercutting across to my leftfoot, saw an opening pastthe keeper and placed itthere.”

The goal was Ebersole’sfourth of the season, goodenough to tie her for sec-ond in the Presidents’Athletic Conference.

“She’s an awesomeplayer and a hard worker,”said Arsenault. “She wasfeeling sick today, butplayed anyway. Sheshowed a great deal ofcharacter on the fieldtonight.”

Waynesburg’s defensiveeffort was also key to itsvictory, especially in thesecond half and overtimeperiods during which theJackets were able to limitthe Panthers to only fourshots. Senior goalkeeperKatrina Kelly made three

important saves and onlygave up the one first halfgoal in more than 100minutes of play.

“Our defense was verysolid tonight,” said Arse-nault. “ [Junior] RebeccaSnyder did a great jobholding things down atdefensive midfield.”

Despite the close score,Waynesburg dominatedthe field for most of thecontest. The Jackets out-shot the Panthers 24 to 10and were awarded sevencorner kicks to the Pan-thers’ four.

“It was an awesometeam effort tonight,” saidEbersole. “We played welltogether, and we werereally connecting out onthe field.”

The Jackets have fivegames left to get ready forconference action, whichbegins Sept. 30 againstChatham.

“We need to continueto work hard and playwell together as we pre-pare for PAC play,” saidEbersole.

The Jackets will returnto action tonight whenthey take on MuskingumUniversity on the road.

Ebersolenets winner

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Senior Courtney Ebersole notched the game-winner inTuesday evening’s overtime victory at Wiley Stadium.

correct word out that thegame would be cancelled.

The postponement alsomeant that the 9/11 cere-mony scheduled for Satur-day was cancelled. Thoseservice men and womenwho were to be honored atthe event were insteadinvited to the University’s9/11 memorial serviceheld Monday in AlumniHall.

Initially it looked as ifthe game against Wilkeshad no chance of beingrescheduled, but now itappears there is a chancebecause both teams shareOct. 22 as a common offdate in their schedules.

“There is talk of mak-ing that game up,” Shepassaid. “I was told I wouldbe told relatively soon. Wehave permission fromWaynesburg University

President Timothy R.Thyreen.”

Since the Wilkes gamewas postponed, the Jack-ets immediately put theirfocus toward this week’sPresidents’ Athletic Con-ference opener againstThiel (0-2).

“We had no choice inthose matters, and it wasthe situation that waspassed down,” Shepassaid. “We immediatelyredirected our focus onThiel.”

Thiel comes into Satur-day’s matchup at John F.Wiley Stadium havinglost 14 consecutivegames, with their last vic-tory coming Oct. 31, 2009against Saint Vincent.

Shepas said don’t letthe Tomcats’ losing streakfool you.

“They are an athleticfootball team. If you givethem reason to be in thegame they will be in it,”he said. “The quarterback[Jared Soell] is improved

[from last year]. They def-initely aren’t as big upfront defensively, but[junior defensive tackle]Tim Taylor is a tall drinkof water.”

The game provides afresh start for both teamsas they each look for theirfirst win.

“Any time you’re start-ing conference play youcan throw out the firstfew weeks,” Shepas said.“We need to eliminatekey mistakes when we aremoving the ball offensive-ly. I’m enjoying this teamright now, and we’ll con-tinue to improve andadjust.”

Notes* Kickoff against the

Tomcats is scheduled for1:30 p.m.

* Waynesburg has wonthe last five matchups inthe series. Thiel’s last vic-tory against the Jacketscame on October 15, 2005at Wiley Stadium. Thatsame year Thiel capturedthe conference champi-onship.

* The Jackets forcedthe Tomcats into sixturnovers in last year’smeeting, a 34-6 Waynes-burg win.

* Waynesburg is look-ing to bounce back fromtheir season-opening roadloss at Christopher New-port (Newports News,Va.). That contest was adefensive struggle thatwas scoreless at the half.The Captains musteredjust enough offense in thesecond to pull out a 12-7victory.

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

As the first issue of The Yellow Jacket hits thestands this week, there will be something new thisyear in the Sports section. Last year, we honored botha Waynesburg male and female athlete of the week,but this year we will be honoring just a single stu-dent-athlete as the best athlete for the past week inJacket athletics.

Sophomore cross country standout Bre Paul fin-ished third overall in a strong field of 107 competitorsat the Waynesburg Invitational this past Saturday.The Irwin native crossed the finish line with a timeof 24:39.3 and helped lead Waynesburg to a second-place finish in the 11-team event.

For her efforts, Paul was named this week’s YellowJacket Athlete of the Week.

Paul finished behind only Ivette Mejia of Saint Vin-cent (23:22.6) and Washington & Jefferson’s KristenGalligan (24:04.4).

Paul helped lead the Jackets to a strong team per-formance in which they finished just 22 pointsbehind the 22-time defending conference championsfrom Grove City College.

Paul and her teammates are back in action Sept. 24when they travel to Carlisle to participate in theDickinson Invitational.

*Please note: Women’s soccer players CourtneyEbersole and Terrin Crist were also under considera-tion for the award.

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PaulBy Darryl MooreStaff Writer

After suffering straightset losses to Geneva andGrove City in their Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence-opening tri-match,the Waynesburg volley-ball team will look tobounce back quickly onSaturday. That is whenthey will return to PACplay on the road atChatham.

“This Saturday wasdefinitely an eye-openerfor us,” said head coachStephanie Benkowski.“Our PAC opponentshave improved from lastyear, and this is a differentconference. Nevertheless,I know that we have thedrive and ability to beatany team.

“It is still early in theyear, but this next confer-ence game is important.”

Waynesburg had theirwork cut out for themagainst Geneva, who wona record-setting 26 match-es in 2010. The Jacketsfell by set scores of 25-15,25-20, 25-13.

The contest withGrove City was muchmore competitive, butWaynesburg still fellshort, 25-20, 27-25, 25-22.

Not many can recall,but Benkowski’s first sea-son coaching started outin similar fashion. After arough start to the 2005

campaign, which saw theYellow Jackets fall fourgames below .500,Benkowski guided theJackets to 13 consecutivevictories.

“There definitely are[comparisons betweenthat year’s team and thisone],” she said. “Thatteam [in 2005] had a greatdrive and simply refusedto lose. Our girls this yearshow the same traits thatthey did, and I am veryhappy this year with theirteam chemistry andtrust.”

Some players com-mented on this year’steam, as well. “Even afterlosing our opening PACgames, we are still a driv-en team,” said sophomore

middle hitter Mable Culp.“We practice hard, and Ifeel we are gettingstronger every day.”

Team chemistry isbecoming evident, asplayers come together andsome take on leadershiprolls. Amanda Silay, asophomore who wasvoted captain by herteammates, is one ofthose girls who hasstepped into a leadershiprole and made it her own.

“Amanda has a goodhead on her shoulders”said Benkowski. “Shemay not be a starter yet,but her team rely relies onher. She is not afraid tosay what’s on her mind orvoice her opinions, whichsometimes can be harsh,

yet she is all about theteam.”

There are also othergirls on the team whohave made an impact,including two freshmen:middle hitter MelissaHess and right side hitterTori Martucci.

“Those girls have reallycome along,” Benkowskisaid. “Both are becomingvaluable players for us.

“Melissa was asked toswitch from outside tomiddle and has done atremendous job there.”

Culp mentioned anoth-er freshman who hasstepped up in the earlypart of the season: ToriKramer. “She is impor-

Volleyball falls short in tri-match

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Junior Presley Cupp (center, diving) tries for a dig as teammates and coaches lookon in Waynesburg’s recent home match against Franciscan. The Jackets won thatmatch, but dropped their next two in a tri-match Saturday at Geneva.

Jackets shut outin season’s firsttwo PAC matches

GENEVA - 3, JACKETS - 0; GROVE CITY - 3, JACKETS - 0

Rachael Labar and ShayKashey at first doubles.The rookie tandem ofEllen Limback and Madi-son DuBrock defeatedStephanie Dudics Giagno-cavo and Briana Tiedeman8-2 at number-two dou-bles. And another fresh-man duo, Lauren Cowdenand Selena Messina, beatAmy Nacey and KateyWilliams at number-three.

When play was sus-pended, the Jackets hadwon two of three matchesin singles play, too. Lim-back won 6-3, 6-4 againstDudics-Giagnocavo atnumber-three singles, andDuBrock also won instraight sets, 6-1, 6-4 overTiedeman at number-four.

Daniel suffered theJackets’ only defeat of thematch, a 6-1, 1-6, 4-6 lossto Kashey at second sin-gles.

Also, Waynesburg ledin all three singles match-es still in progress.Gustafson had the upperhand in a tight first singles

contest with Labar, 7-6 (3),4-6, 4-1. Cowden led Eliz-abeth Moir 6-3, 3-6, 4-3 atfifth singles. And Messinawas besting Nacey 6-3, 3-0 at number-six singles.

Play in the three post-poned contests will beconcluded at a later date.

“This was an impor-tant match for us,”Christman said. “Thiswas our first conferencematch of the year, andhopefully this will help usset the tone for the rest ofthe season.”

This afternoon, Way-nesburg will have theirwork cut out for them, asthey travel north to GroveCity to take on the 24-time defending confer-ence champion Wolver-ines.

That match will getunderway at 4 p.m.

The Jackets will thenstep out of conferenceplay for a matchup on Sat-urday at home againstPenn State Behrend.

That one starts at 1p.m.

Conference play willthen continue Mondaywhen the Jackets take onWashington & Jefferson athome.

Start time for thatmatch is set for 4 p.m.

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PAC playupon Jackets

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“[The cancellation] wasout of our hands. ... We hadno choice in those matters,and it was a situation thatwas passed down. We imme-diately redirected our focuson Thiel.”

Rick ShepasHead football coach

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This past week, senior women’s soc-cer player Terrin Crist proved that youdon’t have to score goals to have amajor impact on a team’s offense.

The veteran standout didn’t tallyany scores of her own, but assisted onboth game-winning goals for the Yel-low Jackets, who went 2-0 this pastweek. For that effort, Crist was named

the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Women’sSoccer Offensive Player of the Week.

Crist set up the first of two goals from senior for-ward Courtney Ebersole during the Jackets’ 2-1 victo-ry against La Roche. She followed that up by settingup the only goal scored during Waynesburg’s 1-0 tri-umph at Hood, which was the team’s third straightwin. Sophomore Susie Godwin tallied the game-win-ner.

PAC award

Crist

one more conference winand barely missed out onthe PAC playoffs.

This year, the goal hasto be to take that nextstep and qualify for thepostseason. As McCarthysaid in a prepared state-ment, “We took a babystep forward last year; weare going to take muchbigger steps this season.”

One thing working inthe Jackets’ favor—whileperennial contendersW&J, Thomas More andGrove City all return

loads of talent, the fourthand final playoff spotappears wide open.

Key players: KatrinaKelly, Terrin Crist, Court-

ney Ebersole…This teamwill go as far as their expe-rienced senior trio willtake them.

Catching No. 1 and No. 2Maybe no team on

campus experienced asdisappointing an end to aseason as the football

team did in 2010.In their penultimate

game against ThomasMore, Waynesburg gaveup the go-ahead touch-down in the waningmoments. That dashedthe Jackets’ PAC titlehopes and secured theSaints’ third straightcrown.

Then, in the seasonfinale, a failed two-pointconversion attemptagainst rival W&J sealedthe Jackets fate in a heart-breaking overtime loss.The defeat, for all intentsand purposes, kept Way-nesburg out of an ECACbowl game.

For the third season ina row, Thomas More fin-ished first, and W&J sec-

ond.The question for the

Jacket football team in2011: can they clear thathurdle and finally crackthe top two in the PAC?

Led by two preseasonAll-Americans, Waynes-burg’s defense returnsnearly all of its startersfrom an impressive cam-paign a year ago. Howev-er, the offense featuresplenty of new starters,making the developmentof that group the key tosuccess in 2011.

Key player: Nick Han-ley…A first-team All-PAC selection last season,the senior center mustlead an offensive line thatreplaces the other fourstarters.

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By Nick FarrellStaff Writer

For the past two years,Fellowship of ChristianAthletes lay dormant onthe campus of Waynes-burg University.

However, this year,under the direction of agroup of students and fac-ulty, FCA has becomeactive once again.

“This year is a concert-ed effort to rejuvenateFCA,” said Tom Ribar,University Chaplain andfaculty advisor of FCA. “Ithad lacked leadership andinvolvement for the lastcouple of years.”

After a bit of planningthis past spring, it becameevident that numerousstudent-athletes on cam-pus were interested inwhat the organizationstood for, and excited tobring it back to Waynes-burg. Representativesfrom each sport were cho-sen, officers were electedand FCA was officiallyreborn.

FCA is an international

organization focusedlargely on what its nameimplies. Said Ribar, “Themission of the Fellowshipof Christian Athletes is tohave the athletes magnifyJesus Christ in all thatthey do and to be able tobear witness to the realityof whom Jesus is, both intheir play and in theirlives in general.”

FCA at Waynesburghas multiple components.First of all, student-ath-letes can attend one oftwo weekly “HuddleMeetings” for a Biblestudy with their peers.

“The Huddle Meetingsare times of Bible studyopportunities for Chris-tian athletes to gather

together, to support eachother, to grow in theirfaith and to be in conver-sation with one anotherabout what’s distinctiveabout a Christianapproach to sport andplay,” said Ribar.

While these sessionsare certainly good forgrowing in faith, Ribaralso mentioned thatmembers of FCA growand develop friendships,as well.

“I think the FCA hasthe benefit of fellowshipwith other Christian ath-letes,” said Ribar. “Thatfellowship offers supportand encouragement, aswell as the benefit of wit-ness to the greater com-

munity. “FCA holds other events

throughout the year, too.One of those events is theFifth Quarter, which is atime of fellowship aftereach home football game.The dates and times forothers have yet to bedetermined.

So far this year, FCAhas about 50 to 60 regu-lars at each of the twoHuddle Meetings. Howev-er, Ribar is quick to pointout that there is no“membership” for thisorganization. Any athletecan come to any of FCA’smeetings or activitiesthroughout the year.

Huddle meetings takeplace in Stover 302 Mon-day and Tuesday nights at9:30 p.m. The two weeklymeetings repeat the samestudy, so if an athlete hasa conflict one night, theycan attend the other andhave the same experience.

For more informationon how to get involved inthe FCA, contact TomRibar at tribar@waynes-burg.edu.

FCA becomes active again on campus“The mission of [FCA] is to have the

athletes magnify Jesus Christ in all thatthey do.”

Tom RibarUniversity Chaplain, FCA faculty advisor

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES

tant to our team. Whenour setter is out, shecomes in and has verynice hands when settingthe ball.”

At the end of the sea-son, the top six teams willmake the conference play-offs. Despite their brieftwo-game losing skid, the

Jackets have not beendeterred from their goal ofreaching it this year.According to their coach,it is still early in the year,but this team looks like ithas potential.

Note* Waynesburg was orig-

inally scheduled to com-pete in an away noncon-ference match tonight atMount Aloysius in Cres-son, Pa. However, thatcontest was cancelled andwill not be rescheduled.

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By Hannah DunbarStaff Writer

Director of dramaEdward Powers began theprocess of casting roles forWaynesburg University’sfall play, “Julius Caesar”when 24 students beganauditions Wednesday,Sept. 7.

Powers feels the needto enrich students withShakesperean works.

“Shakespeare did notintend for his plays to bereserved for a literatureclass. He wanted them tobe seen,” he said. “

For this reason, I try todo a Shakespeare play atleast once every five or sixyears.”

Powers said that“Julius Caesar” is one ofShakespeare’s moststraightforward plays,with few subplots.

“So many think Shake-speare is tough,” Powerssaid. “I hope, with ourproduction of ‘Caesar’,that the audiences realizea Shakespeare play isn’t ashard to follow as theythought.”

Powers hopes to enter-tain, enlighten and edu-cate audiences rather than

overwhelm them with acomplicated story.

Sophomore AshleyGross, who auditioned forthe play, is looking for-ward to the experience.

“Julius Caesar will be agood play for us to per-form because it is wellknown,” said Gross.

Twenty-four studentsauditioned for the showand Powers now holds theresponsibility to cast theplay.

“It is difficult because Iinvariably will disappointsomeone. Not everyone isgoing to get the role theywant,” said Powers.

“My job is to take theirauditions and place theactor in the role he or shefits best.”

However, Powers saysthe cast for the show isyoung and looks promis-ing.

“We learned someswordplay that is going tobe amazing, and I amexcited about designingthe set,” Gross said.

“I am also happy to beapart of a new theaterfamily.”

Powers is feels that cast

By Wes BestStaff Writer

Beginning this semes-ter, Waynesburg Universi-ty students will have theopportunity to participatein a new recreationalexperience after homefootball games.

The Fellowship ofChristian Athletes, assist-ed by Waynesburg Univer-sity Chaplin Tom Ribar,organized a newly sched-uled program, Fifth Quar-ter.

This program allowsstudents to partake in avariety of activities,games and contests whileenjoying the company oftheir peers in a friendly,positive environment.

Refreshments andprayer will also be provid-ed in the program, whichwill take place followingJacket football games. Stu-dents will be given achance to grow togethersocially, spiritually andathletically.

“Fifth Quarter will pro-vide a time for students tobe together in fellowship,following, and athletics,”

Ribar said. “The central focus is to

acknowledge that all ofour activities here at Way-nesburg Universityrevolve around the grati-tude of God and his good-ness.”

Fifth Quarter wasdeveloped to emphasize astudent’s Christian com-mitment to both friend-ship and competition.

“The impression is toleave students with asense of community thatcuts across differentsports,” Ribar said.

“We compete in God’sname and should bethankful not only for theoutcome in athleticevents, but the opportuni-ty to socialize as well.”

While the FCA workedcollectively to establishFifth Quarter, sophomoreSusie Godwin was one ofseveral key initiators ofthe program on campus.

“Back when I was inhigh school, Fifth Quarterwas a nationwide trend,”said Godwin, who is alsothe FCA representative for

By Brett Colorito Staff Writer

Muse & Stone hostedits first Open MicNight of the semesterWednesday, Sept. 7, at 8p.m. in Alumni Hall.

The Open Mic Nightallowed students andfaculty to display a

variety of talents andskills.

“Students have beendoing this for a longtime informally,” saidMartin Cockroft, pro-fessor of English andfaculty advisor to Muse& Stone.

“People will readpoetry, play a song they

wrote or you might seesome oddball thing likesomeone singing all ofthe countries of theworld in under twominutes.”

Students and facultyalike showcased theirtalents in front of acrowd of about 50 peo-ple.

These talents rangedfrom the singing stylesof Jacob Ritchie and hisband, The Huckleber-ries, to readings ofPoetry and short storiesby Robbie Shultz andBritt Sanders.

“It’s cool to see the

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New fellowshipprogram kicks offafter football game

‘A chance to share’

‘Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar’

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Muse & Stone, Waynesburg University’s literary journal, held its open mic night launch party in Alumni Hall onWednesday. Artists, poets and musicians were encouraged to showcase their talents.

Photos by Gracious Shavers

(Above) Students wererequired to demonstratetheir acting and scriptreading abilities.(Right) Two studentsaudition for the fall playpart of which includedseveral mock swordfights.

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Muse & Stone hosts first Open Mic Night of Fall

Fall play ‘Julius Caesar’auditions held Wednesday;cast looks ‘promising’

variety of people andtheir talents,” saidNatalie George, execu-tive editor of Muse &Stone.

“It gives everyone achance to express theirhobbies and interestsand lets everyone be apart of the performingarts here at Waynes-burg.”

However, Georgehopes for even biggerturnouts for futureOpen Mic Nights.

“It would be reallyawesome if people fromother academic depart-ments would comecheck out Open MicNight, just so they cansee it is not only forEnglish and PerformingArts majors,” saidGeorge.

Muse & Stone hostsan Open Mic Nightevery month, butunlike the first MicNight, they prefer mostof them to be held out-doors.

“The rain chased ushere into Alumni Hall,but we usually like tohold Open Mics in thepark where there ismore of an aestheticvalue and good vibe,”he said.

The location did not

bother junior psycholo-gy major Anthony Jar-rell, who often per-forms at the Open MicNights.

“It’s fun to see peoplecome play music andread poetry,” said Jar-rell.

“You can see thatpeople really enjoythemselves, and it is anice way just to getaway for two hours andwatch everyone’s tal-ents.”

Waynesburg Univer-sity faculty membersalso appeared at OpenMic Night.

Cockroft played theguitar alongside Assis-tant English ProfessorDr. Amy Randolph whotook the reins as leadsinger in collaborationwith The Huckleber-ries.

Both professorsreceived a warm recep-tion from the studentbody.

“Open Mic Nightgives students and fac-ulty the chance to per-form and perfect whatthey love to do, as wellas relax and eat withtheir friends,” saidCockroft.

“It gives people achance to share what’smeaningful to them.”

To learn more aboutparticipating in theOpen Mic Night, stu-dents may contactCockroft, George or e-mail Muse & Stone.

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women’s soccer. “I wanted to help cre-

ate an opportunity for stu-dents to model with eachother in a healthy, faithfulway, where they can showtheir confidence in faith.”

Godwin hopes that thestudent initiated program,will attract both studentsand members of the com-munity.

“All are welcome toattend,” Godwin added.

“It would be nice to seethe community and fami-lies of current studentsget involved.”

An important objectivein the implementation ofFifth Quarter is for stu-

dents to familiarize them-selves with their class-mates and the surround-ing community.

“We want to do some-thing different for stu-dents, to have fun in anactivity where they canget to know each other onthe weekends,” said jun-ior Heidi Weaver, vicepresident of the Fellow-ship of Christian Ath-letes, who also aided in

the advancement of theprogram.

“It would be nice to seethe campus and commu-nities grow together col-lectively and send a posi-tive message about whowe are,” she said.

An advantage for a stu-dent-led program such asFifth Quarter is that itallows for students to takean initiative to organizeactivities themselves.

“There is always roomfor and a need regardingstudent activities on cam-pus,” Weaver said.

“When students worktogether, it sends a mes-sage to your peers inwhich they can relate toand find attractive.”

Events will be heldthroughout the fall sea-son, with the possibleintent of expanding laterin the school year.

“I can see it becoming aregular pattern of footballseason, and possiblyextend all the waythrough the winter andspring sport seasons aswell,” said Ribar.

Fifth Quarter will kickoff this Saturday after thecompletion of Waynes-burg’s scheduled footballgame with Thiel Collegeat John F. Wiley Stadium.

WU students given the opportunity to make ‘Furry Friends’By Melissa BosleyStaff Writer

On Wednesday, Sept. 7,the Student ActivitiesBoard held Furry FriendsForever in the StudentOrganization Room onthe second floor of StoverCampus Center.

The Student ActivitiesBoard anticipated having adecent amount of stu-dents show up for theevent.

“We heard it had goneover really well at otherschools,” said DianaBeam, a junior businessmanagement major andpresident of SAB.

“We kind of figured itwould be a good turnout.”

Beam said that SAB hadexpected the event to beenjoyable for the students,

who were given thechance to create theirown stuffed teddy bears.

“I love it. It was reallynice to create the bearwith love,” said AlyssaPerkins, sophomore earlychildhood/special educa-tion major.

“This would be a goodproject for our little kidsto do.”

Cami Abernathy, whois in charge of noveltiesfor SAB, came up with theidea of Furry Friends For-ever, Beam said.

“[Abernathy] pickshow many novelties todo,” said Pat Bristor,director of Student Activi-ties.

“Usually it’s two tothree times a semester.”

Bristor said that this isnot the first time that SABhas put on an event like

Furry Friends Forever.Due to cost, the Stu-

dent Activities Board andBristor decided to get thesupplies and have the stu-dents stuff the bear, ratherthen hire someone tocome in and stuff the bearfor the students.

“It’s cheaper if we getthe supplies ourselves,”said Bristor.

“Sometimes people getfrustrated since there islimited quantity becauseof cost.”

One student did notseem to mind that she hadto stuff the bear herself.

“It was exciting puttingit together. I feel like a kidagain,” said DenineLasch, a junior criminaljustice major.

“I’ve gone to Build-A-Bear, but they don’t letyou stuff the bear your-

self. It was fun to stuff itmyself.”

Katie Kennedy, a soph-omore forensic sciencemajor, said that she hadalways wanted to build

her own bear. The Furry Friends For-

ever event gave her theopportunity fulfill thatgoal.

“I was so happy. It was

exciting to actually makea stuffed animal,” saidKennedy.

“It was like I had towork for it which made itspecial.”

“It would be nice to see the campusand community grow together collec-tively and send a positive messageabout who we are.”

Heidi WeaverVice President of the FAC

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members have to be hard-working to succeed at aplay like “Julius Caesar.”

“This cast is looking atsome long hours ahead ofthem, but it will all pay offin the end,” said Powers.

“Telling a story onstage, creating the life of acharacter, saying dramaticlines, working as a teamwith others is as Shake-speare himself would putit, ‘the stuff that dreamsare made on.’ I look for-ward to an exciting semes-ter.”

Auditionsheld for play

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Photos by Gracious Shavers

(Above) Students read ingroups during auditionsfor the fall play Sept. 7.Students will be perform-ing “Julius Caesar” in earlyNovember.

(Right) During auditions,the students trying outwere required to performa variety of audition roles.Students demonstratedtheir ability to performthe play without any priorknowledge of the script.

Photo by Amanda Rice

Dave Call performed at the Open Mic Night event heldon September 7 in Alumni Hall.

Open MicNights start

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Photo by Jasmine Blackwell

The Student Activities Board held Furry Friends Forever in Stover Campus Center onWednesday, Sept. 7.

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By Roger Vincent Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES -Odds are slim that thecast of “Jersey Shore”will ever enroll at Uni-versity of Southern Cal-ifornia. But if theycould, TV’s legendarysybarites would findthat gym-tan-laundry isjust the beginning at anew luxury apartmentcomplex near campus.

Nearly every detailat West 27th Place isupmarket, from thefountains, landscapingand custom outdoorlight fixtures to thegranite countertops andbig-screen HD televi-sion sets in every unit.There are also televi-sions in the well-appointed gym, alongwith a professional-grade Sundazzler - awalk-in tanning booththat resembles a sci-ence-fiction movieprop.FiveGuysBurgersandFries, theEastCoast’sanswerto In-N-Out, isbuildingan outleton theground floor.

Other restaurants areset to follow.

Making margaritas?The kitchens includeice makers. Revelry canspill over to the billiardroom, swimming pooland a hot tub that issupposed to hold fivepeople. Those whoremember college hous-ing as spartan dormito-ries or crowded crackerbox apartments may beseized with envy, or theurge to give denizens ofWest 27th Place a ser-mon on how spoiledthey are.

Get over it.Students today

expect more from theircollege experience,including all the com-forts of Mom and Dad’ssumptuous home,according to developerswho are rushing to fillthe growing demand fordeluxe digs.

At the University ofCalifornia-Riverside,the year-old Caminodel Sol complex oncampus boasts a 24-hour fitness center, bil-liards, a hot tub, barbe-cues and a resort-stylepool with a sun deckand cabanas.

University Gateway,which opened last year

just outside the Univer-sity of Southern Cali-fornia, is “almost like ayouth-oriented luxuryhotel,” developer DanRosenfeld said. “It’s anational trend,” he said.“There is competitionamong schools, andUSC has to provide acompetitively attrac-tive student environ-ment.”

The $55 millionWest 27th Place com-plex is a model for cam-pus housing, said HenryCisneros, the formerHousing and UrbanDevelopment secretarywho is now executivechairman of CityView,the Los Angeles invest-ment firm that helpedfund the project.

USC and the Univer-sity of California-LosAngeles have madestrides in recent yearsto outgrow their formerimages as commutercampuses where most

studentsleft atthe endof theday. Bothnowdrawmorestudentsfromaroundtheworld,some of

whom pay tuition ofmore than $40,000 ayear and want housingthat meets their refinedtastes.

Old dormitories arebeing refurbished andnew units that housefewer students arebeing built to the latestenvironmental stan-dards.

“Students come oncampus tours and wantto know where they aregoing to live all fouryears; where they willwork out, where theywill sit with theirfriends,” said KristinaRaspe, who is in chargeof real estate develop-ment at USC. “The cin-der block dorms I livedin do not meet currentdemands.”

USC students whocould afford it havealways tended to live instyle away from cam-pus. Lodging withinwalking distance hastraditionally beencramped, dog-eared andpricey.

Figueroa Street, thecampus’ eastern bound-ary, has for decadesbeen populated by auto-motive repair shops andfast-food joints. West27th Place is a sharpupgrade.

Some students livingin the lap of luxury

Graphic by MCT Campus

“There is compe-tition amongschools... to providea competitivelyattractive studentenvironment.”

Dan RosenfeldDeveloper

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword

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Anchorage Daily NewsAnchorage, Alaska

The Sun HeraldBiloxi, Miss.

The Idaho StatesmanBoise, Idaho

The Miami HeraldMiami

The Kansas City StarKansas City, Mo.

The Wichita EagleWichita, Kan.

The Charlotte ObserverCharlotte, N.C.

A look at newspaper frontpages the day after 9/11

Graphic by MCT Campus