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LocaL bUILdIng condemnedThe Allison Building, known for its histroic value in the creation of Rain Day, will be torn down in the near future . The site will be converted into a parking lot .

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by moLLy WIntersStaff Writer

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, stu-dents and faculty gathered in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center for the sixth an-nual International Cultural and Diversity Day.

The purpose of this day is to celebrate culture and un-derstand diversity.

Presentations were intro-duced by Dr. Sut Sakchutcha-warn, associate professor of Business Administration and director of International Studies, and were delivered by Waynesburg students who traveled internationally in the recent past.

This event was announced to students and faculty in the humanities, education, social science, international studies and business departments, and they expressed their in-terest to participate.

The students that shared their experiences dove into a culture much different than their own and they learned not only about a new place,

but about themselves as in-dividuals.

“Because of globalization and the world getting small-er, it is important to have the

ability to adapt the difference between people, culture and the world,” said Sakchutcha-warn.

Ten students presented

about their trip abroad: Ryan Smith, junior international culture major; Colin Nelson, junior international culture major; Victoria Keslar, junior

human services major; Ame-lia Graves, freshman interna-tional business major; David Nicholl, an exchange student from Northern Ireland; Eliz-abeth Hollis, a senior middle level education major; Jack-lyn Collius, senior history major; Byul Han, freshman exploring major; Stella Park, freshman exploring major and Stacey Weaver, senior creative writing major.

According to Smith, a common thread that all 10 speakers shared was culture shock.

“We were out of place and a lot of people stared at us,” said Smith. “Most Americans don’t venture that far into Taiwan.”

Keslar traveled to Cambo-dia for four weeks to do chil-dren’s ministry and medical mission work.

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LaCount honored as professor emeritus

Diversity event showcases student views of different cultures

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Ryan Smith, junior international culture major, discusses Taiwan at the International Cultures and Diversity Day. Smith and other Waynesburg students visited Taiwan during a summer mission trip.

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esteemed scholars will present different views

by erIc bostManaging Editor

Waynesburg University recently granted a retired professor the honor of being named professor emeritus.

Dr. Robert LaCount re-tired this past year after teaching chemistry at the university since 1965. Al-though he retired as a full-time professor, he still chose to come back and teach in a part-time position and con-tinue his research.

“I made that decision

very close to the beginning of the semester,” said LaCount. “I just thought that that with the research I was trying to do, I couldn’t stay up into the middle of the night.”

After he retired, t he u n ive rs i t y called him to ask if he would like to be considered for the title of professor emeritus, which would allow him to conduct new research at

Waynesburg.“It was dur-

ing the last board meeting in Sep-tember that I was named professor emeritus,” said L a C ou nt . “My schedule for this semester wasn’t worked out until just a week before

school started.”LaCount said that being

given the prestigious title has its benefits.

“The primary [advantage

of this title] is to be able to continue to do some research work and to be active in chemistry,” said LaCount.

Dr. Elaine Bauldaff, chair of the chemistry department, said it comes as no surprise that LaCount received the prestigious title.

“He [LaCount] knows ev-erything about everything,” said Bauldaff. “Everything from current, up to date re-search and breakthroughs to small, insignificant things,

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by sheLby tabroskyFor the Yellow Jacket

With the crisis of the gov-ernment shutdown, the op-portunity for a liberal and a conservative to gnash their teeth about polarizing po-litical topics could challenge students’ political interpreta-tions.

On Oct. 24 and Nov. 7, scholars Dr. Charles Kesler and Dr. Theda Skocpol will battle their views about the Obama Administration, present their arguments in terms of their empirical analysis and theoretical ap-proaches and challenge the determination of Waynes-burg University students.

“Any student wondering to themselves, ‘what does the Obama Administration and his policies actually mean for the future of America,’ is going to find some answer through these speakers,” said Dan Czajkowski, Stover Scholar and senior criminal

justice administration and political science major.

The two scholars will pro-vide a background of their views in Alumni Hall.

Some situations will arise such as Obama’s liberal at-

titude, the Tea Party Repub-licans and most importantly, the government shutdown.

“The two scholars will look at the present through dif-ferent lenses,” said Dr. Larry Stratton, director of Stover

Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leader-ship and assistant professor of ethics and constitutional law. “Waynesburg University

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Local plant closure leaves families with lingering concerns

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by samantha PeerFor the Yellow Jacket

No one enjoys being left in the dark. That which we don’t know is potentially our biggest fear.

For the employees of the Hatfield’s Ferry Power Plant in Greene County, not know-ing the exact date of their furlough left many workers restless.

FirstEnergy Corp. con-demned both the Hatfield’s Ferry Power Plant and the Mitchell Power Plant in Washington County several months ago due to fiscal is-sues concerning prices for electricity and more rigorous regulations set in motion by the Environmental Protec-tion Agency. According to a group called PJM Intercon-nection, the closure of these two coal-fired power plants did not effect the amount of power produced. A hearing was held at Waynesburg Uni-versity earlier this year where legislators met with leaders of PJM and FirstEnergy to discuss the plant closings.

Up until Friday, Oct. 18, the employees at the Hat-field’s Ferry Power Plant were unaware of when their final day of work would take place.

Jim Premoshis, president of the Hatfield’s Ferry Local of the Utility Workers Union of America, expressed the exacerbation that he and his coworkers experienced prior to the official furlough that only recently occurred.

“We had been out of the

loop since July 9th,” said Premoshis. “It’s been very aggravating.”

This uncertainty prevent-ed employees from moving forward.

“A lot of people have job opportunities elsewhere and with an indefinite furlough date, it’s been hard for them to make a commitment,” said Premoshis.

These issues at the now-condemned power station have affected many local families, including the family of one Waynesburg Univer-sity student.

Sophomore public rela-tions major Megan Bayles and her family experienced this frustration firsthand.

“They are only telling workers what they absolute-ly need to know at that mo-ment,” said Megan Bayles.

Megan Bayles’ father, Rob-ert Bayles, has been employed at the Hatfield’s Ferry Power Plant for 35 years, and his family is all too familiar with the ambiguity Premoshis has voiced.

“My mom and I are always asking my dad what is going on,” said Megan Bayles. “His response is always, ‘I don’t know, they won’t tell me any-thing.’”

The Bayles family was equally frustrated with the obscurity that Premoshis described.

“How are they [the em-ployees] supposed to plan to move forward if they aren’t telling them anything?” said Megan Bayles.

Megan Bayles explained that she is shocked by the sudden closing.

“I don’t think anybody ever saw it coming,” said Megan Bayles.

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Employees left uninformed until last week

By Samantha Peer For the Yellow Jacket

In the midst of the con-struction of Stewart Hall, head men's basketball coach Mark Christner believes the concept of building may be an appropriate topic to ad-dress in his message at Cha-pel on Oct. 29.

However, Christner will not be touching upon the type of building that Bob the Builder specializes in, but the idea of building the kingdom of God.

Since accepting his posi-tion at Waynesburg, Christ-ner has done a bit of building himself.

“I try to help my players develop their faith while they are here,” said Christner. “We have guys coming from all different points in their spiri-tual journeys. For some guys, faith is important, for other guys it is not important at all. The goal is that our play-ers are a little further along than when they came to our program. That’s a big part of what we try to do.”

Christner believes a big part of furthering the king-dom is using your specific talents to glorify God.

“I think one of the impor-tant parts of being a student

here is leaning on your call-ing and vocation and figur-ing out that you are here for a reason,” said Christner. “So you should use your gifts in the right way while you are here.”

Christner realizes the dif-ficulty in determining one’s calling, so he would like to offer some advice to students in deciphering God’s inten-tions for their lives.

“Ideally, I’d like to give some pointers in terms of how we can be the people that God called us to be and how we can use our gifts in the way that carpenters and construction workers use their gifts as well,” said Christner.

Christner hopes students can draw encouragement from his message and they can use his words in a mean-ingful way.

“I hope that students can find one or two things to take

away and utilize in either their personal devotions or in group settings where the pressure of being a student is off to remind them that they are made in the image of the Lord,” said Christner. “I hope that it’s an encour-aging message that they can use as needed, perhaps to get through a test or to chip away at an important ques-tion they may have in their hearts.”

Though Christner never attended seminary, he is no stranger to Christianity.

He grew up in a Christian home which lead him to make the decision to attend Calvin College, a Christian school in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he majored in History and Secondary Edu-cation while playing basket-ball for the Knights.

In his time at Calvin Col-lege, Christner was able to foster his faith greatly.

“Being at Calvin was help-ful in my journey of faith in having the opportunity to ask a lot of questions and being fortunate to find good men-tors,” said Christner. “Faith has always been a big part of my life.”

He worked part time there from 2000-2010, eventually becoming a full time faculty member while serving as the assistant basketball coach before accepting the head basketball coach position at Waynesburg University.

Christner does not just incorporate his faith into his coaching position; he inte-grates his relationship with Christ into his relationship with his wife, Sarah, and their three children, Leo, 7, Elin, 4 and Nora, 2, as well.

“Our worldview in par-enting, coaching and every-thing else is through the lens of Christ, and we try to be faithful in that standpoint,” said Christner.

He and his wife attend the First Presbyterian Church in Waynesburg; however, Christner realizes being a Christian requires a commit-ment greater than attending church services on a regular basis.

“To me it’s more than do-ing devotions and going to church, it’s your lifestyle,” said Christner. “It’s your exis-tence. It’s the words that you use. It’s how you treat people. It needs to be consistent all the way through.”

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hardie: dedication makeS dreamS come trueChris Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services and head cross country coach, said determination is the key to reaching goals in life. While speaking at Chapel Oct. 22, Hardie explained how, as a coach, he has seen first hand how important dedication is in personal, athletic and career endeavors.

Coach will embolden student vocationsChristner's faith active at home, with team

By Sean SaPutoFor The Yellow Jacket

On Oct. 28, students in Assistant Professor of Ac-counting Joshua Chicarelli’s business audit class will be granted the opportunity to hear from three gentlemen who work for the firm Sch-neider Downs.

Schnneider Downs is lo-cated in both Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio and has op-erated since 1956. The firm works with large and small businesses, both private and public, and works with non-profit organizations and gov-ernment entities.

Chicarelli said that having the opportunity to be able to speak with two former Waynesburg students pro-vides a huge benefit for the students in attendance.

“This is huge for the stu-dents,” said Chicarelli. “It will help because they can look at the two gentlemen and say ‘they were in the same seat I am in. If I do what they did, make the right decisions, and work hard, I can be in the same position.’”

Chicarelli also said that having a recruiter, sharehold-er and manager all come with a benefit that students may get the chance to stand out.

“The primary goal is fo-cused on education. The stu-dents can walk away knowing more,” said Chicarelli. “The students appreciate that it is not the same person talking to them and there is more excitement when there is a

guest speaker. The students also could possibly develop a relationship with the men as well.”

Of the three gentlemen coming to speak, two, Eric Wright and Joseph Bruce, are Waynesburg alumni.

Wright has been involved with Schneider Downs since 1983. Graduating with a de-gree in math and computer science, he specializes in and oversees the design, setup, installation and implemen-tation of automated account-ing, distribution and manu-facturing systems.

Wright is also responsible for the information technolo-gies compliance services and has also had a wide range of Enterprise Resource Plan-ning software solutions for clients with solutions ranging from $25,000 to $5 million.

Joseph Bruce is the audit senior manager at Schneider Downs. As one of the pri-mary contacts for the Inter-national Financial Reporting Standard Resource Center, Bruce also brings his knowl-edge to the students about his life as an auditor.

The third gentleman to join Wright and Bruce is Michael Collins, the recruit-ing manager at Schneider Downs.

“I was looking for influen-tial positions to come speak to my class,” said Chicarelli. “Schneider Downs is highly respected and it will allow the students to be introduced to two Waynesburg University alumni.”

Business class will welcome three successful managers

Blackboard revamp focuses on program aesthetic changes

By eric BoStManaging Editor

The Information Technol-ogy Services Department at Waynesburg University has been making quite a few changes to the school’s web-site this year.

One of the latest changes was made last Wednesday when the university’s Black-board page was updated.

Melissa Folman, director of academic systems for ITS, said the primary goal of the changes was to update Black-board’s overall design, which had not been updated since it was first implemented at Waynesburg University.

“The changes to Black-board are primarily cosmet-ic,” said Folman. “We have never changed the Theme, or the basic look of Blackboard, since we first implemented Blackboard at Waynesburg in 2006. Blackboard has recom-mended that we change the Theme since we upgraded to Service Pack 10 during the summer.”

Although ITS encountered a few minor display issues af-ter the updates were made, Folman said they have been corrected.

“One display problem oc-curs in the discussion board forums,” said Folman. “Stu-dents no longer have the but-tons to change the view from 'List' to 'Tree.' The discussion board still works, but the op-tion to change views was not there.”

Folman said the functions and the navigation within Blackboard have not changed with the updates. She add-ed the existing course shell menu would not change this semester, but will beginning in the spring semester.

“The look of the Black-board My Institution page will have cleaner lines and an updated appearance.

Some of the buttons and icons may look different, but they should still func-tion the same,” said Folman. “When we implemented the change Wednesday morning, it didn’t change the course menu of the existing course shells. However, when the new shells are created for the spring semester, the course menu will appear different; it will have text links, instead of buttons or tabs that are in the current course menu.”

One of the biggest prob-lems with Blackboard in the past has been the inconsis-tent accessibility of the site.

Some days, students would have trouble opening Black-board from the university’s myConnect page, while on other occasions, the site would open in a matter of seconds.

Folman said this issue has nothing to do with the ac-tual Blackboard site itself, but with the Internet browsers students use.

“I find that most students having trouble accessing Blackboard are using the Safari browser,” said Fol-man. “Safari has limitations as a browser; it may work for you sometimes, but not con-sistently. I recommend that Mac users download and install the Mozilla Firefox browser to use when they are accessing Blackboard.”

According to Folman, no students have reported any sort of problem with Black-board before. She said if stu-dents on campus have prob-lems with Blackboard in the future, they should contact the Helpdesk.

“Since there are a variety of browsers and settings, there are numerous variables to be considered,” said Folman. “In general, if students are hav-ing an issue, they should try using another browser to see if that corrects the problem they are encountering. It is best for each student to re-port their individual issue, that way we can work with them to determine a solu-tion.”

Operation Christmas Child returns

By nick FarrellExecutive Editor

It’s no mistake that a Christmas tree is visible in the Stover Campus Center; Operation Christmas Child is underway for the fifth year.

Waynesburg University students again have the op-portunity to bring joy to an underprivileged child some-where in the world through the project, which began Oct. 21.

Student-led organiza-tions may participate in the event by visiting the Office of Student Services on the third floor of Stover, picking up boxes to stuff and asking students in the organization to donate toys and other chil-dren’s items.

According to Pat Bristor, associate dean of Students, the goal of the project is to send boxes filled to the brim with items to the Samaritan’s Purse headquarters in North Carolina.

According to the mission statement on its website, Sa-

maritan's Purse is a Christian organization that provides spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.

In years past, students have graciously attempted to fill many boxes with toys, but were only able to place a few toys and other items in each box.

Bristor stressed that the goal of the operation is to completely fill the boxes the children will receive, even if that means each organization won’t cram as many boxes.

Bristor said students should recognize the feel-ings these young children will have when they open these boxes, which may be the only presents they receive during the holiday.

“If you and your brother are sitting together and your box is nice and full and over-flowing, but your brother is sitting there and opens a box with only three things in it, what would be your immedi-

ate reaction?” said Bristor.This mentality is at the

heart of the project, and ac-cording to Bristor, has influ-enced the goal of the opera-tion.

While in years past, the university generated 400 boxes for Operation Christ-mas Child, Bristor hopes the student organizations will reach the goal of 200 boxes completely packed with items.

According to Bristor, stu-dent participation in this project has been outstanding in each of the last five years.

She hopes the students will reach the new goal set for this year.

“The operation started five years ago as a campus-wide service project,” said Bristor. “A student worker at the time came up with the idea, and the students really enjoyed it.”

Organization leaders must return the filled boxes to Stu-dent Services by Nov. 15 to

be shipped to the Samari-tan’s Purse headquarters. From there, the presents will be distributed to chil-dren around the globe before Christmas.

Bristor said any student or staff member may partici-pate in Operation Christmas Child, even if he or she is not active in an organization that is taking part in the project. These people may bring toys or monetary donations to Student Services before the Nov. 15 deadline.

Bristor encourages stu-dents to consider donating money because it costs ap-proximately $7 to ship each box to Samaritan’s Purse.

Bristor added that by participating in Operation Christmas Child, students will live out the service com-ponent of the Waynesburg University mission state-ment.

Any child that receives a box will also receive encour-aging messages about Chris-tianity.

“There are prayer cards in each box,” said Bristor. “We want the students to think about the children, pray about the children and we want the students to meet God and help the needy and do God’s work through this project.”

“We want students to think about the children, pray about the children and we want the students to meet God and help the needy and do God's work through this project.”

Pat BriStorAssociate Dean of Student Services

Organizations asked to fill boxes with gifts

Portal was unchanged since 2006

By Nick Farrell Executive Editor

Final donation tallies from Waynesburg University’s sec-ond annual Cram the Van fundraiser prove that the project once again received a great response from the cam-pus community and alumni during Homecoming week.

According to Pat Bristor, associate dean of Students, 538 pounds of food was do-nated to the project and 30 large trash bags were filled with clothing.

In addition to this, the project raised more than $520 for charity, $500 of which was generated from the sale of “Jacket Strong” t-shirts. These t-shirts were sold throughout Homecom-ing week in conjunction with the Cram the Van fundraiser and were purchased by stu-dents, faculty and alumni.

Anyone who donated at least 15 food or clothing

items to the van was given a free t-shirt. Bristor said this helped generate donations from students.

“We gave away 40 shirts because at least 40 people

gave 15 or more items,” said Bristor.

Bristor said all food, cloth-ing and monetary proceeds were donated to the Greene County Salvation Army.

Last year, 454 pounds of food, 38 bags of clothing and $45 was raised through the fundraiser. Students this year donated more food and money, but fewer clothes.

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By kyle DawsoN For the Yellow Jacket

This past week was Think Pink week at Waynesburg University.

On Tuesday, pink ribbons and balloons were present all over campus to raise aware-ness for Breast Cancer, as Oc-tober is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink colors were fly-ing again on Wednesday as students wore pink.

The Colleges Against Can-cer organization at Waynes-burg University also gave out beads and sold t-shirts at the football game on Saturday.

One of the larger events of the week took place on Friday.

At 3 p.m., more than 70 little, pink rubber ducks were set afloat in the water at Purman Run behind Thayer Hall. As the ducks crossed the finish line, a winner was crowned.

The winner was Kaitlyn Oliver, a senior nursing major. She and her fiancée, Black McCarty, will attend the Pittsburgh Steelers game on Nov. 17 as their prize.

Oliver’s life has been touched by breast cancer in the past, as her mother had it 12 years ago.

“With October being

Awareness Month, I like to do something to support my mom,” said Oliver.

Oliver also said when she heard the duck sales were for breast cancer she was imme-diately drawn in.

Quack for the Cure is the biggest event of Think Pink week.

Theresa Butler, student president of the Colleges Against Cancer chapter at Waynesburg and junior ac-counting major, backed up that statement.

“This year especially, it was our only fundraiser, because we focused more on aware-

ness this year,” said Butler. “I think it is number one too because it is an annual event.”

Ducks were sold for the event for $5. Out of 119 ducks, about 75 were pur-chased by students and fac-ulty.

Kelly Hardie, assistant dean of students at Waynes-burg and faculty advisor for the Colleges Against Cancer chapter, said the event raised a good amount of money for breast cancer and also boost-ed awareness.

“It raised a little over $300 for breast cancer,” said

Hardie. “Think Pink week is an educational program for breast cancer awareness. It tries to help raise aware-ness.”

Hardie said she started the chapter and continues in-volvement because of many personal experiences that her and her husband have been through with breast cancer. It is the same case for Butler.

“My ex-boyfriend’s mom had breast cancer,” said But-ler. “I got to experience that whole thing, and I had a re-ally big inspiration in my life pass away from breast cancer just two years ago.”

Overall, the annual Think Pink week event was a suc-cess at Waynesburg. Not only did the chapter raise more than $300 for the American Cancer Society, but aware-ness was raised substantially in students.

“We felt that this year, we should focus more on awareness,” said Butler. “We feel that awareness is the most important part of the event.”

Butler wants to thank all the students who helped to sell ducks, Kelly Hardie for being the driving force be-hind the event and helping to organize it and also all the students and employees who purchased the ducks.

Annual Quack for the Cure raises $300

Allyson Wernert, Yellow Jacket

A participant in Quack for the Cure reaches for a rubber duck in floating in Purman Run. The winners will attend a Pittsburgh Steelers game on Nov. 17.

Photo Courtesy Pat Bristor

Ashley Clark (left) and Theresa Butler sit outside a van filled with food and clothes donated by students and alumni during Homecoming.

Food, clothes donated to 'Cram the Van'More donations accepted in second year

Education students to attend national convocation in Texas

By kara Bemer For the Yellow Jacket

The Department of Edu-cation will send14 members of Waynesburg University’s Kappa Delta Pi chapter to the National Kappa Delta Pi Convocation in Austin, Texas from Oct. 23 to Oct 27.

Kappa Delta Pi is an in-ternational honor society for education students and professionals. The organiza-tion encourages leaders in the field while providing aid in improving education tac-tics on both a national and global scale.

The convocation has two nationally recognized speak-ers at general sessions and more than 150 sessions for attendees to choose to go to.

Two years ago, the Depart-ment of Education sent three education majors to the con-vocation where they received many benefits.

“The previous members who attended brought back wonderful stories and in-formation about workshops and their experiences,” said Debra Clarke, chair of the Department of Education. “The convocation not only expanded the student’s knowledge about the field of education, but provided a professional networking ven-ue for the students to inter-act within. These testimonies all resulted in the decision to send more students this year and begin fundraising so that as many members who want to go, can.”

The option to go to the convocation was open to all Kappa Delta Pi members. Once the chapter at Waynes-burg decided which students would attend the event, fund-raising efforts began.

All the attending mem-bers are senior early educa-tion majors or early special education majors and were committed to fundraising for the event.

Their fundraising efforts took more than a year, but the members reached their goal.

“Everyone has worked hard to fundraise to go,” said Jena Blissman, presi-dent of Waynesburg Uni-versity’s Kappa Delta Pi chapter. “Through all of our hard work, everyone will be able to take away something meaningful during the time we are there.”

The convocation pro-

vides unique advantages, as Waynesburg students will be able to convene and network with other students and pro-fessionals.

“I look forward to going and meeting educators from all over the world,” said Bliss-man. “Education students would not have gotten as rich of an experience as we are going to be able to have if they aren’t going. Not only are we able to learn, but there will also be networking. We will be building relationships not just for jobs, but also for an adviser that is already in the workforce. The convoca-tion provides a new perspec-tive for everyone.”

The members explained the many types of sessions available and what they are specifically looking forward to.

“There is an at risk pop-ulation within education systems that are extremely underserved,” said Morgan Brumbaugh, vice president of Kappa Delta Pi. “There is a session that provides in-sights about the counseling environment within these schools as well as school administration. These types of sessions are important to me because I want to work on the administration side within a school that has these needs.”

Clarke will also be attend-ing the convocation as well as hosting the session “Capes Aren’t Just for Super Heroes: Using the Teacher CAPE.”

Clarke’s session will fur-ther explain the “CAPE” strategy, which is used to in-struct and assist with plan-ning lessons.

The CAPE strategy focus-es on supporting all types of learners within a broad classroom.

Attendees will workshop in small groups to discuss, then solve a scenario using the CAPE strategy as in-structed by Clarke.

Up o n r e t u r n i n g t o Waynesburg University, thosewho attended will hold a session with other educa-tion majors in order to share what they gained from the convocation.

Blissman and Brumbaugh both stated there are count-less opportunities made available at the convocation and those in attendance will benefit immensely, while tak-ing away an individual expe-rience that is meaningful to their future career.

Lecture: Speakers will share opposing views

students will have the oppor-tunity to discuss the essential social and political issues of today with two of the nations prominent social theorists.”

Arriving first to campus will be Kesler, a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute and professor at Claremont McKenna College. He will deliver a speech titled “Presi-dent Barack Obama and the Future of Liberalism.”

In his book, “I Am the Change,” he wrote that Obama is digging himself deeper into realizing liber-alism is diminishing.

With the unaffordable promises involving wel-fare, uncontainable federal government and Obama’s progressive attitude, Kesler

thinks liberals are a reason for the recent crisis.

On the other side of the spectrum, Skocpol will be speaking to the students in November about “President Barack Obama , the Tea Party and the Future of American Politics.”

Her views will come from her book, “Obama and America’s Political Future.” She will speak positively about the Obama Adminis-tration and its new political future for America.

In addition, Skocpol will mention the Tea Party and its movement with the Re-publican Party.

Tea Party Republicans hold views that are differ-ent from Democrats and the Obama Administration, causing tensions between the Republicans and the Tea

Party Republicans.Stratton predicts students

will learn what is important in today’s government and receive perspective for the future from the speakers.

Students may question and challenge their own views af-ter hearing each side of U.S. politics as presented by the two scholars.

Czajkowski is excited to ask about their views on when the effects of Barack Obama’s presidency will show.

“Often times, we are told that in presidential admin-istrations it takes a number of years and some time of history in order for us to look back and see what im-pact particular policies and presidents actually had,” said Czajkowski. “But in the case of Obama, it seems

there is some overwhelm-ing evidence that there are particular policies with his agenda which will have an impact either positively or negatively.”

From observing Waynes-burg students, Stratton will not be surprised if the con-text of Christian faith will arise.

“I am not sure how they will present it, but the stu-dents creativity with their faith flows naturally,” said Stratton.

Stratton concluded that the most important lesson to take from the scholars for is to know what is going on in the government.

“In fact, theologian H. Richard Niebuhr said ‘to know what is going on is the first lesson of understanding ethics overall,” said Stratton.

Plant: Closure impacts employees, local familiesCultures: Students explain their worldview

While the closing of the plant is devastating to many, the Bayles family will only be affected to a slight degree, with Robert Bayles only one year from retirement.

“We’re just one of the lucky ones that this isn’t going to

affect too much, so I am thankful for that,” said Me-gan Bayles.

However, Megan Bayles realizes the devastation the closing will have on the com-munity.

“This is already not a very affluent area, so this is going to take away a lot of jobs,” said Megan Bayles.

Megan Bayles expressed the remorse that her father is feeling for the coworkers in which he has spent countless hours working alongside.

“My dad feels really bad for a lot of the younger guys that are working there, because some of them just bought houses, just got married or just had kids,” said Megan

Bayles.” He said that if he could stay just so that they could receive some benefits, he would.”

While Friday’s official closing of the power plant was far from cheerful, it at last answered the question that was on the minds of each and every employee: “When will our last day be?”

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Keslar visited The Kill-ing Fields, a number of sites in Cambodia where large groups of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime.

She saw and walked across the same ground upon which so many innocent people were brought to death.

“It’s there, it’s real and it sends chills,” said Keslar. “You cannot be human and not be impacted.”

Several faculty members made up the panel of judges that ultimately decided who delivered the best presenta-tions about their experiences in a different culture. Out of the 10 presenters, three win-ners were selected.

Dr. Gordon McClung, chair of the Department of Business, Dr. Evonne Baldauff, chair of the De-

partment of Biology, Dr. Bill Batchelder, assistant profes-sor of history, Dr. Ezekiel Olagoke, assistant professor of sociology and Dr. Richard Waddel, professor of politi-cal science, made up faculty judges panel.

The top three presenters were Nicholl, Hollis and Han and Park, who spoke togeth-er. The winners received a Waynesburg desk set on be-half of Dr. Jacquelyn Core, university provost.

Core concluded the event with a brief message to the audience and strongly en-couraged everyone to take the opportunity to travel abroad, even if it seems un-appealing, in order to gain a better understanding of the rest of the world.

Core stated that you can-not fully immerse yourself into a culture until you phys-ically go there and interact within that culture.

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Task force begins bullying prevention By Olivia latimerAssignments Editor

Bullying is something many people assume they left behind in high school. Bully-ing goes on constantly every day in grade school, college and even in the workplace. However, many bullies are completely oblivious to the fact that they are bullying others.

Only 15 percent of all col-lege students report bullying. The statistic jumps to 22 per-cent when concentrated spe-cifically on cyber bullying.

This subject was discussed at the first meeting of the new Bully Task Force at Waynes-burg University.

The task force held its first interest meeting in McCance Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m.

Adam Jack, department chair of criminal justice and social sciences and Greene County detective, described bullying as “a very cutting edge topic.”

In addition to Jack, the faculty members behind co-ordinating this task force in-clude Assistant Dean of Stu-dent Services Chris Hardie, Vice President for Student Services Mary Cummings, Assistant Director of the Counseling Center Mary Ha-milla, and Department Chair of Education Debra Clarke.

According to Hardie, the motivation for the task force started when he attended a conference where a docu-mentary on bullying entitled “Minnesota Nice?” really got him thinking about bullying. He said there has been an in-crease in bullying not only on

campus, but nationwide.The group discussed one

of the key problems with bul-lying is many people do not understand what bullying is and sometimes are unaware they are bullying others.

“I have coached nine sea-sons of baseball,” said Jack. “I don’t see bullying as much in the classroom. I do see it in athletics. Many of the ath-letes do not realize that they are bullying, they think they are joking.”

This is the case in many bullying scenarios. The truth is a bully may believe they are joking, but the victim does not find it funny.

“If you put yourself in the victim’s shoes and think that you would feel uncomfort-able, then you are being a bully,” said Jack. “The prob-lem is ignorance of people not knowing what bullying is.”

Jack describes bullying as

any unwanted negative atten-tion, which is a crime that people can be arrested for.

Hamilla mentioned if somene does not know they are bullying, they will never know they need to stop.

“I think that it is important to not only recognize what bullying is, but also to know how to speak out against it,” said Jamie Piotrowski, senior sociology major who attend-ed the meeting. According to Jack, someone who stands by and watches someone being bullied without attempting to intervene is just as bad as the bully.

Hamilla said that there are plenty of ways to be helpful in these situations without putting oneself at risk or act-ing out of character. People who intervene in these situ-ations are heroes, according to Hamilla.

The group also addressed the growing issue that is cy-

ber bullying. Bullies are hav-ing less physical and verbal contact than they used to, so they take their actions to the web. Much of the bullying that is going on is happening trough texting, social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, email and other technological media.

“Technology has made bullies more brave,” said Clarke. “They say things through technology that they wouldn’t say face to face and they don’t have to deal with the reactions.”

Cyber bullying is difficult to handle because there is no way to know if someone else’s texting conversation is a good or bad one, according to Cummings.

The group agreed if this task force is to be effective, then the group needs to not only define what bullying is, but also need to target and attack this issues that exist on campus as a group.

“We need to define what bullying is,” said Jack. “I think if we define it then people will know what it is and they may take a look at what they are doing and stop.”

The first step is to get more people involved. The group agreed that the 20 or so in at-tendance at the meeting was not enough.

The more people that in-volve themselves with the Bullying Task Force, the more of an effect it will be able to have.

“I think that we have a moral and ethical obligation to Waynesburg’s mission,” said Jack. “If we want to stay true to the mission, this is something we need to do.”

Dillon Tierney, Yellow Jacket

Adam Jack, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration, was a leader at the first Bully Task Force meeting. He stated that bullying is an issue in many settings, including college.

he’s read about. He just spends so much time reading the chemical literature trying to understand what’s going on and that’s the hallmark of a good chemist. I’ve always appreciated that.”

LaCount said his plan is to research the problem with carbon dioxide sequestra-tion.

When he was on leave from the university to work on a carbon dioxide sequestration paper with the Department of Energy for the National

Energy Technology Lab in Pittsburgh, PA, LaCount’s in-terest for the subject began, and he said it has stayed in his mind ever since.

LaCount also said he would like to begin research in solar energy as well.

“It’s one of the big things in the news now,” said LaCount. “Maybe we can develop sources of energy where we won’t burn the fuels and can use them for these natural re-sources where we’re making things without burning the resources.”

Although the semester is half over, LaCount said that

his research is just beginning after he moved into a differ-ent office four buildings away from Stewart Hall. He said he plans to begin his research sometime this semester.

No matter what obstacles come in the way of his re-search, LaCount is content with the time he now has to conduct research no matter when it begins.

“The more t ime you spend, the better the chances for success,” said LaCount. “However, you have to be realistic about the successes. Research is very interesting, but it takes time to do.”

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By Paula BittnerFor the Yellow Jacket

In the past, the Bonner Scholars were responsible for projects determined by each class level. This year, the projects are issue-based, which allows the students to choose what is important to them.

“Instead of feeling con-fined to one project, we un-leashed them to work with their passions,” said Evan Kephart, interim director of the Bonner Scholars.

One of the issue-based projects is called Empty Bowls, an international grassroots movement to fight hunger.

According to the leader of the project, Steven Snow, team members will bring this movement to Greene County in April. At the event, guests will be served a meal con-sisting of soup and bread. The soup will be served in handcrafted bowls made by artisans and Waynesburg University art students. In exchange for a donation, the guests can keep the bowls as a reminder of all of the hun-ger in the world.

“It will have the visual ap-pearance of a soup kitchen,” said Snow.

Snow’s goal for the Empty Bowls event is to educate the general public about hunger and to raise awareness.

The second issue-based project, the Cheesesteaks Fundraiser, will be held Feb. 21 in the Beehive. It will ben-efit two programs offered at Bowlby Library: the Family Literacy after school pro-gram and the Teen Advisory Group. Caley Blankenbuehler and Becca Shindelar, leaders of the fundraiser, said the goal is to raise $1,000. The proceeds will be split equally between the two programs at Bowlby Library.

At the fundraiser, Waynes-burg University students can use their meal plan and pay an additional price to get a cheesesteak sandwich. The fundraiser is also open to Waynesburg University fac-ulty and the Waynesburg community.

Shindelar looks forward to seeing the community on campus for the fundraiser.

“It’s about integrating the involvement of the univer-sity with the community,” said Shindelar. “We want to bring the two together into a joint effort to support these programs at Bowlby.”

During Teen Dating Vio-lence Awareness Month in February, the group mem-bers of the third project will present a program to high school students to make them aware of the real signs and effects of abuse in teen-age relationships.

“Abuse comes in many dif-ferent forms and we want to bring attention to them in hopes that teenagers can spot the signs of abuse and help someone in an abusive rela-tionship,” said Kimber Blair, the leader of the project. “Ul-timately, we want teens to not step aside if there are obvious signs of abuse.”

Blair said her group mem-bers are planning a program which includes writing a script, working through video and audience partici-pation elements of the pro-gram and delegating roles and tasks.

She is excited to use skills acquired from her classes and to work with a project that meets a need in the com-munity.

“It’s an amazing feeling to realize that I am making a difference, and that I feel equipped to lead a project that can have a big impact on the lives of teens in our local area,” said Blair.

The Bonner Scholars involved with the Suicide Prevention project are try-ing to learn everything they can about the subject from a Waynesburg University counselor before potentially presenting a program in the second semester.

“We met with Mary Ha-milla to become more edu-cated about suicide because it is such a tricky subject,” said Tori Whitty, leader of the project.

Kephart encourages any-one who is not a Bonner Scholar and has a connection or interest in helping with any of the projects to sign up in the Center for Service Leadership office on the first floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Issue-based Bonner projects recognize community issues

Recent GAPS alumna lauded by UMPC

By Creg milkOFor the Yellow Jacket

Isabel MacKinney-Smith, recent graduate of Waynes-burg University’s Graduate and Professional Studies pro-gram, is being awarded one of UPMC Hospital’s highest honors for her groundbreak-ing work in the field of nurs-ing: the Cameo of Caring Award.

Just one year ago, MacK-inney-Smith completed her Masters of Science in Nurs-ing degree, at Waynesburg’s Monroeville Satellite campus. While still at Waynesburg, her instructors, including Dr. Kimberly Whiteman, co-chairperson of the Waynes-burg Graduate and Profes-sional Studies program, had all the confidence in the world in MacKinney-Smith.

“It is rewarding to see that the rest of the nursing com-munity acknowledges Isabel’s work,” said Whiteman. “We saw her work when she was a student here, and this award affirms her excellence in the profession.”

UPMC began the Cameos of Caring Program & Awards Gala in 1999. According to the UPMC Nursing website, the award was created to honor exceptional bedside

nurses who work at acute care hospitals. Sixty medical facilities participated in the most recent Cameos of Car-ing Program & Awards Gala, which was attended by about 1200 guests.

This year, the guest list will include MacKinney-Smith, who was a nominee for the award in 2009. She believes that her education at Waynesburg has played a huge role in her career suc-cess, allowing her to acquire skills that have helped her in the field.

“At Waynesburg, there is a big emphasis on nursing quality and implementation of best practices, as well as evidence-based research that drives nursing practice,” said MacKinney-Smith. “In my job as a chronic disease care manager, I utilize those concepts daily in my work. I think that my education at Waynesburg reinforced how important it is to follow best practices and evidence based research in my nurs-ing care.”

Though MacKinney-Smith graduated just last year, she

has been working as a chron-ic disease care manager at UPMC Saint Margaret Hos-pital for over a year.

In her position, MacK-inney-Smith helps patients with chronic illnesses like Chronic Obstructive Pulmo-nary Disease and congestive heart failure along with their families manage these diseas-es. She does so by educating them about living with, and managing their condition. She visits them during their hospital stay and follows up with home visits.

MacKinney-Smith pro-vides families with educa-tion about treatment of the illness, medication, triggers that can cause a flare-up in their condition and diet and exercise for the patient. Her goal in doing this is to pre-vent unneeded hospitaliza-tion of patients with chronic illnesses.

But MacKinney-Smith’s position is not one that people would find in most hospitals. In fact, MacKin-ney-Smith helped found the program, with the help of a UPMC St. Margret’s Direc-

tor of Care Management and Quality.

“I’m the only one doing it within the UPMC health sys-tem,” said MacKinney-Smith. “There are a few other com-munity hospitals who have started similar programs. But I believe it’s just been within the last year or so that some other’s in surrounding coun-ties are beginning to start their own programs.”

MacKinney-Smith is very happy with the results she’s seen thus far, since she helped create the position in 2008.

“We’ve really had great success at improving our patients health and reduc-ing preventable readmission rates,” said MacKinney-Smith

The award has also reas-serted Mackinney-Smith’s love of her profession.

“I love my job. I love the patients that I see. It’s differ-ent – my job is challenging every day,” said MacKinney-Smith. “I think the program we’ve created has had a very positive impact on patients and families, impacting their quality of life. As well as their health an well being. That is really what I went into nurs-ing for.”

MacKinney-Smith will re-ceive her award at the 15th Annual Cameos of Caring Program & Awards Gala on Nov. 2 in the Spirit of Pitts-burgh Ballroom in the Da-vid L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Former student earns Cameo of Caring Award

“It is rewarding to see that the rest of the nursing community acknowledges Isabel's work. We saw her work when she was a student here, and this award affirms her excellence in the profession.”

kimBerly WhitemanCo-Chairperson of the Waynesburg University Graduate and

Professional Studies Program

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Photos courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce of Greene County

(Above) Members of Greene County participate in the ever growing Greene County Business Expo where an increasing amount of local businesses display products, services and possible job opportunities to people attending. (Below) Pam Snyder comes out to meet with the people of her Legislative District, and talk about her programs and plans. She also gave one-on-one time to many members of the county who stopped to talk with her.

Greene County hosts business expo

By nick Farrell Executive Editor

Locally owned banks, businesses and non-profit or-ganizations came together on Oct. 17 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Waynesburg for the seventh annual Greene County Busi-ness Expo.

Each year, more local businesses participate in the event.

The main reason for this is because it increases public-ity, according to Alan Laick, committee chairperson for the Greene County Business Expo.

“It’s more or less for busi-ness networking,” said La-ick.

“It’s open to the public, so the public can come out and see different vendors and businesses that are in Greene and other surrounding coun-ties.”

Each participating busi-ness sent representatives to staff a booth and talk to interested passers-by about their products or services.

Laick said the best part about this event is that each business has an opportunity to talk to members of its tar-

get audience face to face.“The public gets to talk to

the owners, they get to talk to the representatives from those companies, and it’s re-ally great to get those people in front of those decision makers to network and talk to and see what they have to offer,” said Laick.

“It’s been a great event; it grows every year.”

Returning businesses have stressed the value of the expo to Laick as well, who said dif-ferent success stories occur each year due in part to in-teracting with the public at the event.

“There are a ton of exam-ples of businesses that have been here for a few years’ time or were here last year and weren’t really on the ra-dar for a lot of people,” said Laick.

“All of a sudden, they come to the expo, they see in-creased growth or increased sales – that’s really what this is designed for – and those businesses have had success and great opportunities just by coming to this event and showcasing what they have to offer.”

In order to give these or-ganizations the publicity they

need, Laick said the commit-tee he heads spent six months planning this year’s expo.

“As we get closer to the event, the planning increas-es, but we’ve been doing it for seven years now so we know what we need to do for the event to be successful,” said Laick.

“We’ve had a great com-mittee working on the event this year and I’m fortunate to have them because they’re the ones that really put this on. It’s really a group effort.”

Laick said the planning process includes booking the venue, contacting vari-ous local businesses to ask for their participation, find-ing sponsors for the event and promoting it.

As the event’s popularity has increased over the years, so has the need for the expo to find a large enough loca-tion in Greene County.

Laick said the Army Na-tional Guard Readiness Center has made a perfect match.

“To be honest with you, it’s one of the only venues in Greene County that has the space to hold us,” said Laick.

“We have over 60 booths

today – that’s sold out. The army readiness center has always been there for us.”

Laick said people contin-ued to file through the doors and into the expo throughout

the entire four-hour event. While Laick didn’t have an

exact tally of total foot traf-fic at the expo, he said it was well-attended.

“It’s constantly busy,” said

Laick. “I’ve been through here

all day and there is a steady group of traffic coming through. Everyone I’ve talked to has been very pleased.”

The Challenge Program gives more than financial help to local students

Snyder warns county residents of tax rebate

By chelsea dicksManaging Editor

Brandon Staley, a junior at Jefferson Morgan High School, has joined other Greene County public school system students as a winner of The Challenge Program award.

The award was for aca-demic improvement while attending Waynesburg Cen-tral High School last year.

Staley drastically raised his GPA from the previous semester and was recognized for his achievement.

Staley received a $200 check for his success and also a certificate.

Dan Perkins created TCP in 2003 due to a blessed life-style he gained through hard work.

Perkins, a Johnstown, PA native, wanted to create a way to give back to the com-munity that helped get him to where he was.

Perkins is now the owner and Chief Executive Officer of MTS Technologies Inc.; he thanks his community for helping him make it to

this position.Without the people and

their support, he claims he would have never made it to where he is today.

Because of this gratitude, Perkins wanted to help mo-tivate high school students to be successful and achieve great things while still in high school and hopefully beyond.

Soon he and some team members realized the one thing that inspires teenag-ers the most, and that was money.

After some time he came up with the idea of an incen-tive program that would pay cash to students for their suc-cess in the five categories that TCP adresses.

Thus The Challenge Pro-gram was born.

TCP is currently celebrat-ing its 10-year anniversary.

The program began with working with one school.

After ten years, they now correlate with 90 schools in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

The winners of these awards fall under five cate-gories: attendance, academic improvement, academic ex-cellence, science technology engineering and math and community service.

When asked about why TCP feels it is their obliga-tion to make this effort with Greene County high school students, Mary Dreliszak, director of program devel-opment for the TCP said “To build the solid work habits students need to be successful in school and in their future careers and to introduce them to compa-nies and careers in their back yard. Their success makes the

Greene County community that much stronger and their future career contributions could have far reaching im-pact.”

TCP is for all students within any demographic, which means you can be from anywhere, practice any religion and be from any race and one owuld still be able to win an award.

The positive results of TCP can be seen in many of the schools that correlate with the program.

“GPA’s are rising from 2.0 to 4.0 and better, attendance has increased, sometimes doubling in schools and students are actively serv-ing their communities,” said Dreliszak.

“Greene County students possess a strong work ethic and the sky is the limit to what they can become.”

The sponsors for the Greene County public schools are Alpha Natural Resources, Chevron and CONSOL energy.

These sponsors make it

“Their success makes the Greene County com-munity that much stronger and their future career contributions could have far reaching impact.”

Mary dreliszackDirector of program development for The Challenge Program

By John lydic Editorial Assistant

House Representative Pam Snyder warns senior citizens about paying to get their tax rebates processed.

Snyder has been cautioning all seniors eligible for the tax rebate not to pay a $39 fee to get their rebate applications processed.

“A company from California is mailing letters to seniors telling them for $39, they will fill out their rebate forms,” said Snyder.

“They’re doing it to make money. It’s not illegal, but it is misleading and unnecessary. My office can process the paper-work for free and seniors can keep the $39 in their pocket.”

The Senior Advisory Center in California is sending mail-ings offering seniors help with their tax rebate applications for a small fee, hoping that they will not know about the free services that are offered to them..

“It may sound like a sweet deal, but residents should not shell out a $39 ‘processing fee’ for a rebate from the state,” said Snyder.

The deadline for people to file for the state’s property Tax/Rent program was extended from June 30 to Dec. 31 due to complications like this.

“Eligible participants can receive a rebate of up to $650 based on their rent or property taxes paid in 2008,” said Snyder.

“The program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians who are 65 years or older, widows and widowers 50 years or older, and those 18 years or older with permanent disabilities.”

According to Snyder’s website, the eligibility income limits for homeowners were expanded last year excluding 50 per-cent of Social Security, Supplemental- Security income and Railroad Retirement Tier 1 benefits.

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Businesses get the chance to meet members of their targeted audiences and make an impression

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Resolving issuesCommunication plays large role in life

No organization or in-stitution in the world runs perfectly.

Problems inevitably arise every day, and fixing or im-proving them is essential to smooth operations. The biggest downfall in an orga-nization is the assumption that when a problem arises, someone else will address the issue.

For instance, it is widely known that Blackboard, the online program used for class communication here at Waynesburg, frequently has glitches and runs far from smoothly. But when asked whether improvements would soon be made to the program, the Information Technology department re-plied that they weren’t aware of any problems with it.

Although many students have experienced malfunc-tions with Blackboard, each of us simply assumes that the complications are being tak-en care of and that we don’t need to concern ourselves

with the situation.This is akin to having a

broken window in a dorm room and assuming that maintenance will somehow know about the issue and appear without prompting to fix it.

The success of a school like Waynesburg University, or a business or other organiza-tion depends on the ability of the people involved with it to take responsibility when problems surface and com-municate with whomever is needed to find a solution.

Communication is a skill that younger generations in-creasingly lack, and it is im-portant that we, as college students, make an effort to correct this.

Being successful and re-sponsible students, and one day employees, means that we must work with one an-other to resolve issues, and doing so is only possible if we proactively look for solu-tions instead of waiting for others to do so.

Operation Christmas ChildStudents encouraged to participate, donate

You may have noticed the Christmas tree in the lobby of Stover Center. And yes, the university is aware Christmas is still two months away and Halloween is in the front of everyone’s mind. However, it is never too early to think about others in their times of need.

The tree in Stover Center is meant to encourage stu-dents to participate in Op-eration Christmas Child, a Samaritan’s Purse program that delivers shoebox gifts to underprivileged boys and girls around the world.

For most students, Christ-mas would not be the same without some form of mate-rial gifts, which is a privilege often taken for granted.

Millions of children world-wide would be delighted to wake up on Christmas morn-ing to find a simple stuffed animal or coloring book, let alone the multitude of gifts many of us receive.

Our task is simple: pick up a shoebox, which are avail-able in Student Services, and fill it with items like toys, hy-

giene items and school sup-plies.

It may not seem like much to us, but it could mean the world to a little boy or girl.

The shoeboxes Waynes-burg University collects will be delivered to needy chil-dren around Christmas, in overseas locations specified by Samaritan’s Purse.

So, Christmas in Octo-ber?

Not really. But let the tree in Stover

Center be a call to action: we are very blessed. For very little money out of our own pockets, we have the oppor-tunity to give an exceptional Christmas to disadvantaged children who may not re-ceive gifts any other time of the year.

For tips on what to include in a shoebox, visit http://bit.ly/179zx7X.

For more information about Operation Christmas Child and the shoebox col-lection, visit the Christmas tree in the lobby of Stover Center. You might just be inspired to get involved.

Resisting the temptation to own a smartphone is becom-ing more and more difficult.

I want Apple Inc.’s new iP-hone; either version would be fine. My perceived need for this device, or something similar, comes from adver-tisements that promise an enhanced life and daily en-counters with people who appear enhanced.

Others have fine prod-ucts, like Samsung’s Galaxy line, but I work with Apple computers and feel comfort-able with the brand. I am not alone, according to media sources reporting Sept. 30 that the branding firm In-terbrand placed Apple at the top of a list of “Best Global Brands,” unseating Coca-Cola. On CNN’s website they quoted Interbrand CEO Jez Frampton: “Every so often, a company changes our lives, not just with its products, but

with its ethos.”Apple advertisements are

well designed, attractive and interesting. My personal computer home page is Ap-ple.com, where I see these products on a regular basis, and I have a subscription to Entertainment Weekly, where Apple often advertises. For example, a two-page ad in the Aug. 16-23 magazine begins with “This is it. This is what matters. The experience of a product. How it makes someone feel. Will it make life better? Does it deserve to exist?” The copy contin-ues with an inspirational statement about “a few great things” and Apple’s signa-ture.

I watch colleagues and students find information in seconds with their iPhones and similar devices and I wonder what I am missing.

The tug of war is between what I think, I want and need and what I know I want and need. The advertising and anecdotal influence on one hand is compelling, while the practical reality is quietly

stubborn. What I have is a barebones

non-smartphone that I use for voice calls, texts, photos and short videos. It stays in my purse for much of the day with the volume up to the highest level in case someone has an emergency.

Family and friends know to call if they really have to reach me. Otherwise, they text. After school, the phone sits on my kitchen island or office desk. I pop it in my pocket when I walk the dogs.

My phone has Internet capability. I can use it but I do not. The service is slow. The monthly cost to main-tain this device is more than I

am happy about but less than half of the cost for smart-phone options through the same provider. This phone serves me for emergencies, as long as I keep it charged, and puts me in touch with others. When I see something that should be more than a fleet-ing memory, I save it, shoot-ing a gorgeous sunset, dog antic or architectural detail as they present themselves.

My phone does what it should and it gets plenty of attention.

The problem is I am being told that I need more. What I want is to have a phone that serves me.

Apple's advertising beckons phone upgradeKristiNe

schiffbauerGuest Columnist

Every single one of us has eavesdropped upon some-one’s conversation at one point in our lives.

However, my tendency to “overhear” conversations may be a bit stronger than others.

Recently, I listened in on the discussion of two Resident Directors chatting about the escalation of room-mate troubles in recent years in comparison to their time in college.

At first I felt as though this was a simple reminisc-ing about the good old days when everyone seemed to get along and all was right in the world.

However, these individu-als provided me with great insight into the source of the increase in problems among

roommates. The answer is in what

seems to be the root of all evil, social media.

In the midst of an era in which messages can be con-veyed through a text message, email, Facebook message or tweet, instead of a live con-versation, the temptation to utilize these communication devices to tell your roommate that you don’t appreciate him constantly playing the new Grand Theft Auto video game as you are attempting to write a paper can be quite strong. However, doing so may create more problems than a simple annoyance.

It is much easier to inform someone that you despise their video game addictions when you do not see their re-action to your rather blunt remark.

Sending a person a diffi-cult text in place of a conver-sation can provide the illu-sion that you are not doing any harm to the recipient of

your message. This can result in a lack of

empathy in your words that is far more injurious and breeds much more confu-sion than face-to-face inter-action.

When most of us visualize cyberbullying, we picture Re-gina George leading a three way call attack.

However, I feel that sub-stituting an impolite text for a careful conversation about your opposition to your roommate’s habits can also be categorized as cyberbul-lying.

I am not accusing those who attempt to resolve their issues via text or Facebook message of bullying.

Neither am I calling these individuals out as cowards.

I am well aware that con-frontation is difficult.

Those who know me would laugh loud and long if I were to portray myself as one comfortable with con-flict. Even those who don’t

know me but see me around campus probably get the vibe that I’m not one to “get up in anyone’s grill.”

As a result, there have been plenty of times that I have es-sentially used my phone to do my dirty work, sending heartless messages to avoid the tension and discomfort involved in resolving a dis-pute.

However, I am challenging myself to put my phone away in times when I would much rather effortlessly select send than muster the courage to sit down to discuss a serious topic with an individual.

I encourage you all to fol-low suit.

My mom used to always tell me that if I don’t have anything nice to say, that I should not say it at all.

I think a similar guideline applies to online etiquette: Don’t say anything via text that you’d feel uncomfort-able saying to someone in person.

Social media's communication paradox

I grew up in a family of five, with two younger broth-ers that almost always wanted to do the same things as me. I really love my brothers – I consider them two of my very best friends, despite our age differences – but that doesn’t mean they didn’t annoy me when we all lived under the same roof.

If you’re reading this col-umn and think you and your siblings have never disagreed, argued or fought, you should be canonized.

My little brothers always wanted to play video games

with me. I had a Nintendo 64, then grew out of it and purchased a Nintendo Game-cube with money I had saved myself. Scrounging together more than $200 for a new console and Super Smash Bros. Melee was not an easy thing for 10-year-old kid to do, but I did it.

Once it was purchased with my own money under my own name, I assumed that Gamecube would be only mine for use.

That was a silly thought for a big brother to have.

As soon as Mitch and Jack (yes, my siblings do have names) caught wind of the Gamecube’s spotty graphics and decent gameplay and saw how much I enjoyed playing, they naturally wanted to take

part in what they thought was cool.

Knowing how much I loved playing it myself, I decided to hog it. I wasn’t so great at sharing.

That’s when my father taught me how to compro-mise. That meant my broth-ers and I would come to an agreement about who could use the Gamecube, and how often each person would get to play.

Compromising is a great skill, because it takes strong willpower to make conces-sions to another person, even though it will lead to gaining something in return.

My dad used video games to teach me a pretty powerful lesson that I still fall back on in college. He used the threat

of taking my games away if I didn't compromise to help me learn.

Maybe my father should have been a politician, be-cause during the recent par-tial shutdown of the federal government that spanned 16 days and ended last week, nobody was playing that Gamecube.

That’s because neither po-litical party wanted to com-promise.

Yes, the shutdown has ended, thus avoiding any potential federal default that could have sent America into a downward spiral reminis-cent of The Great Depres-sion. All federal workers are back on the job, citizens

Shutdown prompts universal life lessonNicK

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Editor's Note: The follow-ing is a summary of 10 stories from last week that a college student needs to know.

1. Nevada school suffers armed attack

Just af ter 7 a .m. on Monday, Oct. 21, a shoot-ing killed two members of Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nev. and injured two more. Police reported just after the attack that the gunman had been “neutral-ized” by a self-inflicted gun wound. According to the New York Times, the town east of Reno, Nev. was quick-ly secured and the students were evacuated to a nearby elementary school.

– The New York Times, Oct. 21

2. Affordable Care Act off to a rocky start

P r e s i d e n t O b a m a’s 25-minute remarks in the Rose Garden on Monday, Oct. 21 acknowledged un-fortunate problems with the new Obamacare web-site. Many people have been unsuccessful in attempts to sign up for health insurance through the site. President Obama offered alternatives

such as signing up in person with workers at many hos-pitals around the country, filling out and mailing in a form and phoning expanded call centers. He assured the country that the website’s is-sues did not indicate a fail-ure for the Affordable Care Act and he would be giving the problem the necessary attention as soon as pos-sible.

– The New York Times, Oct. 21

3. Six killed in Russion bomb attack

On Monday, Oct. 21, a Dagestan woman named Naida Asiyalova acted as a suicide bomber for insur-gents trying to create an Is-lamic state in Russia. She en-tered a bus before activating the bomb, killing six people and wounding 28 more. Ac-cording to Reuters, officials believe the attack is a state-ment about more insurgency to come as the 2014 Winter Olympics approach in Sochi, Russia.

– Reuters, Oct. 21

4. Protest ends in ar-rests in Pittsburgh

On Monday, Oct. 21, a group of nearly 1,000 activ-

ists staged a sit-in at a PNC branch in the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh. The group, bearing shirts that read “Earth Quaker Action Team,” was protesting Al-legheny County’s plans for drilling natural gas in certain parks. The Pittsburgh Police ended up arresting seven of the sit-in members.

–The Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Oct. 21

5. Last minute weddings bring joy in New Jersey

Hundreds of gay and les-bian citizens of New Jersey celebrated when it was an-nounced that same-sex mar-riage would be legal starting Monday, Oct. 21. According to the New York Times, the announcement was made on Friday, Oct. 18, and dozens of couples hastily planned weddings over the following three days. Excited to finally be treated like everyone else, many sealed their nuptials at 12:01 on Monday.

–The New York Times, Oct. 21

6. CMU President makes history

Carnegie Mellon Uni-versity’s Subra Suresh was elected to the Institute of

Medicine on Monday, Oct. 21 for his research in cell mechanics with relation to certain diseases. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Suresh became a part of the National Acad-emy of Engineering in 2002 and the National Academy of Science in 2012. He is the only Pennsylvanian and only university president to be a member of all three of the top scientific academies in America; there are only 16 Americans total who can boast this feat.

–The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Oct. 21

7. France demands an-swers over U.S. spying

U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin was summoned to France on Monday, Oct. 21 to explain findings that America wire-tapped over 70 million French citizens last Decem-ber. Although international spying, even among allies, is common, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that the scope of U.S. spying in this instance was larger than normal, and as such, the country considers the incident to be an outrage.

– The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Oct. 21

8. A breast milk scandal hits the headlines

A researcher at Nation-wide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Sarah A. Keim, conducted a study that sampled breast milk sold over the Internet. Ac-cording to NBC News, her team discovered that unpasteurized breast milk can contain many types of harmful bacteria, diseases and chemicals, usually due to unsafe shipping or storage practices. Supporters of sites that connect women who need human milk to donors say that the research is un-true and destructive; breast milk is supposed to contain bacteria. In general, medi-cal officials urge women to be careful when acquiring donations of human milk for their babies.

– NBC News, Oct. 21

9. China faced with a challenging decision

The end of the govern-ment shutdown and exten-sion of the U.S. debt ceiling did not reassure Chinese of-ficials. They have immense concerns about the remain-

ing possibility of a default in America, and, according to McClatchy DC, they already own $1.28 trillion in U.S. Treasury Bonds. The prob-lem lies in the fact that no other country provides such an attractive investment as the U.S. does, so China has little choice but to continue to buy debt in America.

– McClatchy, Oct. 20

10. Movie industry ex-pectations

Critics and studios in the film industry expected “Carrie” and “Gravity” to run neck and neck in the box office, but so far, “Grav-ity” is coming out on top of every other currently run-ning movie. According to the Daily Beast, it made $13 million more than “Carrie” last week. In addition, three sequels to the box office hit “Avatar” were announced; due to begin filming in October 2014, it is already expected that the sequels won’t live up to the original sensation.

–The Daily Beast, Oct. 21

Information compiled by Kimmi Baston

For the Yellow Jacket

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

may now apply for passports and national parks have re-opened. Thankfully for col-lege students receiving fed-eral aid, we never reached a point where we might have to question if the government would continue to help cover our tuition.

Yet, had both the Repub-lican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate cooperated and nego-tiated with honest intentions of coming to a compromise, maybe the United States would not have endured an elongated shutdown, or could have negated the shut-down all together.

Republicans viewed the shutdown as a chance to forcefully amend President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill.

The Democrats clearly didn’t like this, so they didn’t budge at all, waiting until the very last minute when a deci-sion had to be made in order to avoid a fiscal default.

When I owned the Game-cube, I easily could have

forced my brothers into a situation they didn’t like, but because I wanted to make peace with them, I chose to negotiate and compromise.

Obama recognizes the problems the government is having, and admits that neither side really won the battle that occurred during the shutdown, maybe be-cause no compromise was made. In a recent statement, he called for both political parties to work together to make the government better instead of treating the other side like the enemy.

In a compromise, there are no enemies. It requires a pure desire to sacrifice something you have in order to gain something you desire.

If three brothers can com-promise, so can two political parties.

Compromises are neces-sary in so many situations, including working with classmates on a project, con-tinuing a relationship with a significant other or even in the daily happenings of your chosen profession.

Granted, compromising isn’t easy. It requires an equal

effort from both sides. The older, smarter brother can’t trick the younger brother with a Gamecube controller that isn’t connected to the system. That only works a few times, trust me.

By its very nature, no compromise is perfect, ei-ther. One side must concede before it can gain. In a com-promise, there is never a true winner. Instead, both sides win in some ways.

Compromising is a great skill that requires great will and maturity, but is most effective in maintaining fruitful relationships in any scenario.

That’s exactly what I gained from my compromise with my brothers – some much needed fellowship that strengthened our bond and gave us some memories we still laugh about today.

Perhaps politicians could heed my father’s advice and come to mutual agreements more willingly, without risk-ing a monumental implo-sion.

Coming to a compromise is never child’s play, even if it’s over a Gamecube.

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

The first shutdown of the federal government since 1996 has ended after be-ing closed for just over 16 days.

The shutdown ended af-ter both chambers rushed legislation to avoid a na-tional default.

In the end, according to the AP, the Republicans won nothing in regards to the dismantling of the Af-fordable Care Act.

“We fought the good fight. We just didn’t win,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

As a sign that everything was going back to normal following the shutdown, the stock market surged higher. The shutdown had threat-ened the confidence of the U.S. economy overseas, ac-cording to the AP.

The legislation began with a Senate vote on Oct. 16 and the House passed the bill, with President Obama signing the bill just after midnight on Oct. 17.

The legislation will fund the government through Jan. 15, 2014 and allow the Treasury to borrow normal-ly until Feb. 7, according to the AP.

According to the AP, both sides were forced to come to an agreement be-cause after Oct. 17, accord-ing to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, the government would reach the current $16.7 trillion debt limit and could no longer borrow to meet its obligations.

“The compromise we reached will provide our economy with the stability

it desperately needs,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

The AP reported that Obama had insisted re-peatedly he would not pay “ransom” by yielding to Republican demands for significant changes to the health care overhaul in ex-change for funding the gov-ernment.

According to the Wash-

ington Post, there is the possibility of a repeat shut-down in January.

Both sides are attempting to down play that possibil-ity for the moment and, ac-cording to the Washington Post, there is no deals on the table to avoid another shutdown.

“There’ll not be another government shutdown, you can count on that,” said

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

According to the AP, McConnell help negotiate the deal with Reid and em-phasized that it preserved a round of spending cuts ne-gotiated two years ago with Obama and Democrats.

As a result, he said, “gov-ernment spending has de-clined for two years in a row” for the first time since

the Korean War.“And we’re not going

back on this agreement,” McConnell added.

The shutdown has prov-en costly for Republicans in terms of plummeting ap-proval ratings, according to the AP.

“I think there was some ground lost from the politi-cal point of view,” said for-mer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 presiden-tial contender for the GOP, according to the Washing-ton Post.

It is also shown that there is internal divide amongst the Republicans, with rank and file members voting for the legislation and Tea Party-backed members vot-ing against it.

The only potential bright spot for the Republicans is the spotlight now being placed on Tea Party-backed Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

Many political strategists believe that the shutdown was a win for him in terms of gaining a backing for a potential presidential run in 2016.

“The deal this week was a lousy deal for the American people,” said Cruz.

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) greets supporters before a recent speech in Arlington, Texas. The government shutdown has put the Tea Party supported Cruz into the limelight for a potential 2016 Presidential.

I worry that if I get some-thing more, I will be unable to put it down. The iPhone 5c “For the Colorful” and the “Forward Thinking” iPhone 5s as seen at Apple.com are

especially attractive, and I envision being distracted by either one. I do not know that I could leave such a device in my purse.

I do not know that I could turn it off to pray, talk to my husband and walk my dogs with full attention.

Think about how much time you spend with your phone, how often you use it in a day, whether you know where it is at all times and when you turn away from someone because of it.

Think about what you are missing.

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Chelsea Dicks, Yellow Jacket

The demolition of the Allison Building has already begun. The windows and debris have already been taken out of the building, and it is now awaiting final demolition.

Allison Building to be demolished By James Witte

Op-Ed Editor

The Allison Building in downtown Waynesburg will soon be torn down after be-ing determined to be struc-turally deficient.

The building stands as one of the oldest in town.

The building was recently purchased by neighboring First Federal Savings & Loan Company towards the end of June.

After an engineering sur-vey was conducted, it was determined that some of the load bearing walls had col-lapsed and some walls were near collapsing.

The engineering firm ad-vised First Federal that the cost to repair the Allison Building was economically unfeasible for the company and the demolition was ad-vised.

“We are sad to see it go,” said Judi Goodwin Tanner, President/CEO of First Fed-eral.

“And we realize it’s histori-

cal importance, but we were concerned about safety.”

There was a fire in the building’s history that could have played a role in the structure’s poor condition, said Tanner.

The windows to the build-ing were removed last week.

There is no set date for de-molition, but it is expected to be done in the upcoming weeks.

According to Tanner, in the future, the hopes are to build a building similar to the Allison Building, but there are no immediate plans for this construction project at this time.

First Federal is attempt-ing to salvage bricks from the current structure to use, if that plan comes to fruition, so they can be used within the next construction.

In the meantime, the im-mediate future plans for the space after demolition is a parking lot once the slope of the lot is determined said Tanner.

The building is considered

by many to be the birthplace of Waynesburg’s annual Rain Day Festival.

“We would like to see a plaque put up out front [by the sidewalk] marking that this was the birthplace of our Rain Day tradition,” said Tanner.

According to the Rain Day Festival website, Rain Day got it’s beginning in the Al-lison Building, then known as the Daly & Spraggs Drug Store.

The story tells of a farmer, approximately in the year 1874, who was in the drug-store and mentioned to the owner, Byron Daly, that it would rain the next day, July 29.

When Daly asked the farmer how he knew, the farmer responded by stating that it was his birthday and that it always rained on his birthday.

The farmer had with him a journal and noted that it had rained every July 29 showing his proof to Daly.

Daly began to bet sales-

men that would come to the drugstore that it would rain July 29, with the winner win-ning a new hat.

Byron Daly’s son, John Daly, continued the tradi-tion that his father began and kept betting hats. Soon he changed the tradition to include bets with celebri-ties.

John Daly’s hat collec-tion includes hats from Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, Cassius Clay and Ar-nold Palmer, according to the Rain Day Festival website,.

Recent hat betters include UFC fighter Josh Koscheck in 2011, Pittsburgh Steelers de-fensive lineman Brett Keisel in 2012, and U.S. Olympian Coleman Scott in 2013.

Koscheck and Scott are both from Waynesburg.

The Allison Building and all of its historic value will soon be enjoyed only through pictures of Waynesburg.

The building is said to be demolished in the near fu-ture but there has not been a set date at this time.

Skin destroying drug comes to US

By Katherine BlumFor the Yellow Jacket

Krokodil, a synthetic heroin substitute originally popular-ized in Russia, has made its way into the United States.

The drug has a chemical buildup similar to morphine and similarities of methamphetamine, but is significantly cheaper and easier to produce than heroin.

Named after the Russian word for “crocodile" known as Krokodil, the drug, which is injected intravenously, causes the users skin to turn green and slowly rot away.

If the drug misses a vein and is in turn injected into the flesh, the contaminated flesh will develop abscesses and likely require amputation.

According to articles in the Huffingron Post and narconon.org, Krokodil became popular in Russia due to the cost being significantly less than heroin and much easier to produce.

A hit of Krokodil costs $8 in the street, whereas users pay $25 or $30 for heroin.

Krokodil has since made its way onto American soil after the first reported case in 2002, and could very well turn into

a serious epidemic.Westmoreland County

resident Carmen Capozzi founded Sages Army.

The organization is an anti-drug organization formed around addressing issues related to drug and

alcohol addiction by providing informational support to children and families.

"Our biggest fears have been confirmed, but this is so preventable," said Capozzi.

"Everyone needs to be aware of this issue."Capozzi founded Sages Army after losing his son to a

heroin addiction after months of rehab and relapse.The components of this lethal drug can include crushed

up codeine pills, gasoline, lighter fluid, alcohol and even paint thinner.

These ingredients are why it is so quick to destroy bodies from the inside out.

The life expectancy of a Krokodil addict is only a year or two after they begin using.

While many street drugs are highly addictive and danger-ous, Krokodil sets a new standard for danger.

There have been cases of Krokodil use reported in Utah, Arizona and Illinois, but the potential of this drug spread-ing is high.

“As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States that are reported,” Dr. Frank LoVechhio, co-medical director at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona, told CBS.

“So we’re extremely frightened.” In the case of one Chicago victim, a TIME article said it

would take years of surgeries for her to walk again.“It’s awful someone would use krokodil because it is cheap

and quick, but codeine pills are a narcotic pain reliever, mean-ing it is highly addictive,” said Jennifer Shiring, director of health services here at Waynesburg University.

“If you suspect a friend is using, be sure to look out for a change in behavior, appearance and the people associate with. Any drastic change in those could indicate a problem.”

possible for local public high schools to recieve support from TCP.

According to their website, TCP has awarded $2,028,640 to high school students.

For this current school year, they are scheduled to award a total of around $315,000.

“We are grateful to the sponsors who make it pos-sible for The Challenge Pro-

gram to be in the Greene County high schools,” said Dreliszak.

“Since the 2006-2007 school year, in Greene Coun-ty schools alone, more than $100,000 has been awarded to more than 450 deserving high school students.”

TCP continues to work with multiple public schools within the Greene County area to support and award students like Staley who are willing to work hard for their future.

TCP: Challenges localstudents through money

Taxes: New rebate program creates savings

People making $0 to $8000 can receive up to a $650 re-bate for homeowners and renters.

Those earning $8,001 to $15,000 can gain up to a $500 in rebates for homeowners and renters.

Others getting $15,001 to $18,000 receive a $300 rebate and those earning $18,001 to $35,000 get up to a $250 rebate.

“The Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is one of five programs supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery, which dedicates its proceeds to support programs for older Pennsylvanians,” said Sny-der.

“As of May 29, the Revenue Department had received more than 517,000 rebate applications. About 578,000 older Pennsylvanians and residents with disabilities are expected to benefit from the program this year, compared to 310,000 prior to 2006.”

The Department of Rev-enue will begin distributing rebate checks on July 1 of this upcoming year.

In addition, the law gives more tax relief to seniors in most need.

“People can do it them-selves, but it is easier to un-derstand all of the criteria and fill out the proper paper-work, and my staff is trained to do that,” said Snyder

“It’s also online, in my of-fices and at the local librar-ies.”

Snyder stresses the easy process of coming to her of-fice.

“No appointments are necessary for any of the out-reaches or the district offices, although it’s a good idea to call ahead,” said Snyder.

If people are looking for the applications, they can be found at anyone of Snyder’s offices.

To find out more informa-tion about the process or to get help with filling out the application, contact 724-966-8953.

“Our biggest fears have been confirmed, but this is so preventable.”

Carmen CapozziFounder of Sages Army

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LAST-SECOND LOSS

Michael Kabay, Waynesburg University

Sophomore running back Jerry Lawman makes a Bethany defender miss during Waynesburg's 27-20 loss Saturday at John F. Wiley Stadium. Lawman rushed for over 109 yards and one touchdown for the Yellow Jackets. It was the sophomore running back's first-career game rushing for more than 100 yards.

With seconds left, Bethany's Matt Grimard finds Eric Blinn for game-winning 68-yard touchdown by carson Fox

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Presidents’ Athletic Conference leading receiver Eric Blinn was able to turn a short pick up into a 68-yard touchdown with just 20 seconds left in the game, as Bethany (3-3, 3-1 PAC) defeated Waynesburg (5-2, 3-2 PAC) 27-20.

With the game tied 20-20 after Waynes-burg missed out an opportunity to take the lead because of a blocked field goal, Bethany’s offense took over on its own two-yard line. On third-and-10 after a couple of first down pick-ups, Bethany quarterback Matt Grimard connected with Blinn for the eventual game-winning touchdown after two Waynesburg defensive backs could not get Blinn to the ground.

“It was actually the first time we called that play all day,” said Grimard. “We had been practicing it all week and it was the exact look we ran through in practice. He made a couple people miss and we always give him trouble about him being slow but I guess he proved that he could move right there.”

Grimard was 33-of-46 passing for 369 yards with four touchdowns and two inter-ceptions, to go along with 43 yards rushing. He ranks third in Division III in total of-fense with 377.7 yards per game and against Waynesburg, he accrued his yardage mainly by picking up quick chunks of short yardage all game long.

“[The Waynesburg defense] gave us pretty much the same looks that we watched on film all week,” said Grimard. “Coach Garvey set us up with a good game plan and we came in looking to beat [Waynesburg] with some speed on the perimeter."

Waynesburg’s defense forced Grimard to turn the ball over on downs on Bethany’s first offensive possession, and Logan McAnany recovered a Jaylen Jennings fumble recov-ery on Bethany’s second offensive series. Unfortunately for Waynesburg, it was only able to capitalize with field goals instead of touchdowns and led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas believed his offense’s inability to score touch-downs and opting for field goals was part of the group of plays that led to Waynesburg’s defeat.

“I think the biggest thing was instead of get-ting seven points in our first offensive drives, we get three,” said Shepas. “That in itself

Tennis takes fifth at PAC's

by Matt JonesFor the Yellow Jacket

An historic season came to a close for the women’s ten-nis team this Saturday at the Pennbriar Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. at the 2013 Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference Championships. After two days of competition, the Yel-low Jackets finish fifth out of the ten-team field.

For head coach Ron Christman the team did all it could against very tough competition.

“The conference is getting very tough and competitive,” said Christman. ‘The team

stepped up and competed in every match.”

After day one of the tour-nament, Waynesburg ad-vanced three singles players and a pair of doubles teams into the second day of com-petition during the knockout tournament.

The doubles team of soph-omore Rachel Klemash and junior Alyssa Daniel upset Courtney Brennan and Grace McCarthy of Washington &

Jefferson in the number one doubles flight with a score of 8-4. Klemash and Dan-iel were seeded fifth, while Brennan and McCarthy was seeded fourth.

In the number three doubles flight, Waynesburg landed another five four up-set. Junior Madison DuBrock and sophomore Rachael Wilson defeated the team of Breana Liberoni and Maria Gismondi of Saint Vincent,

8-4. In singles play, three

players to advanced. Junior Lauren Cowden, Daniel and Reyes all moved into day two of the competition. Heading into Saturday, Waynesburg was tied with Saint Vincent with 19 points.

Christman had a short time to game plan for the next day of play following day one of competition.

“We had to look at the matchups for who were play-ing in day two,” said Christ-man. “We had to sit down and try to figure out how to get wins.”

Starting off day two, both of Waynesburg’s doubles teams lost in its semifinal matches, which put them in the third-place consolation matches.

In the opening doubles

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by cJ FilippiFor the Yellow Jacket

There are games when you give it your all, play your hardest and it just doesn’t work out in the end.

For the Waynesburg University football team, Saturday was one of those games.

The Jackets suffered their second loss of the season to the Bethany Bison at home 27-20.

Head coach Rick Shepas doesn’t keep things from his team, as promotes hav-ing an honest team.

“We’re really big on hon-esty,” said Shepas. “The defense played well. The offense didn’t play as well. There’s no reason to hide the good and bad qualities of a game.

It was a close game, as both teams played hard leaving nothing to chance. Bethany’s senior quarter-back Matt Grimard threw to sophomore wide receiv-er Eric Blinn for a 68-yard touchdown pass, which se-cured the Bison win.

“It was a tough loss and a hard pill to swallow,” said junior wide receiver An-drew English. “We didn’t play our best in all three phases of the game. We know we should’ve won, but now we will get ready for Geneva.”

After this week of match-ups, the Jackets currently sit in fifth place in the President’s Athletic Confer-ence with an overall record of 5-2 and a 3-2 record in conference play.

Currently, Thomas More, Bethany and Washington

& Jefferson are clustered together at the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Con-ference standings.

All three teams have a 3-1 conference record, but Washington & Jefferson has the tie-breaker vic-tory over Thomas More and Bethany has the tie-breaker victory over W&J. Geneva (4-2, 3-1) is still in the mix because it still has to play W&J, Bethany and Waynesburg, but the Golden Tornadoes were crushed by the Saints 61-0 on Oct. 5.

Waynesburg has an out-side shot to win the confer-ence title if the teams ahead of it are upset and the team beats its next three oppo-nents: Geneva, Westmin-ster, and W&J.

loss drops team in pac standings

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Editor

c o M M e n t a r y

There’s a lot of whining go-ing on in the National Foot-ball League these days. Week seven of the season proved nothing less.

Sunday, the New England Patriots were penalized 15 yards because a down line-man pushed a fellow defen-sive lineman in an effort to block a 56-yard field goal. Nick Folk of the Jets went from a potential career-long game-tying field goal late in regulation, to what became an easier 41-yard attempt, which Folk drilled. The Jets

eventually won the game in overtime.

But the whole controversy is clouted over a rule that has been instituted this season, where defensive players on field goals and extra points cannot assist a fellow team-mate by pushing them. That’s why the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called.

Then the argument ex-tends to not the interpre-tation of the rule, but how it went about being called. Many claim that the Jets tipped off the officials to specifically watch for the in-fraction. Heck, maybe even the umpire threw the flag on his own.

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Complaining in sports needs to end

Sarah Reyes takes down top-seeded Anna Hetzer

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By NadiNe LeishmaNFor the Yellow Jacket

The Yellow Jacket men’s cross country team competed Saturday at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.

The Jackets were led by sophomore Ben McAuley, who crossed the line in 71st place out of the 283-man field. McAuley crossed the line with a time of 26:48. McAuley shattered the school record by a minute.

“Breaking the record was all part of the fun we have been having this year on the team; everyone has pushed each other so hard and helped me get to this point,” said McAuley. “I have to thank God for all the good health we have experienced; it was so amazing though.”

“[McAuley] is a remarkable young man and is very hum-ble in his approach toward the sport,” said head coach Chris Hardie. “At my urging, he explained to me earlier in the year that he wanted to be

the first runner in our his-tory to do two things: run a time in the 26-minute range, and secondly, to stand on the podium at the conference championship. Ben achieved one of those goals this week-end, and we anticipate him attaining that second goal in few weeks.”

Freshman Brendan Keany was the next Jacket to the cross the line at 122nd place with a time of 27:32.

“The course did not feel that fast,” said Keany. “The conditions certainly con-tributed that, but I was com-pletely shocked that it was my fastest race this year.”

The next Jacket to cross the line was Cody Nail, an-other underclassmen, who came in 154th place with a time of 28:20.

“It felt great to go out and run a huge personal best be-fore the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships,” said Nail. “It was a big confi-dence booster knowing that I can go a lot faster than how I competed at the PAC pre-view.”

The Jackets came in 24th place out of 31 teams that had competed in this race.

New York University took home the team title. Geneseo State took home second place

and Allegheny College placed third.

The Jacket men did very well up against fellow PAC schools, as they beat out five members of the PAC. Saint Vincent and Grove City were the only other PAC schools that placed higher in the team rankings over the Jackets.

“The men know that they weren’t peaking this weekend and still did very well against rival schools,” said Hardie. “The preparation this season has only increased their con-fidence as they head into the big race; I am looking for-ward to the upperclassmen stepping up and running the race of their careers in a few weeks.”

The Jackets will return to action as they travel back to Chatham College to compete in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, after finishing the regular season.

The PAC Championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2. Start time is set for 11 a.m.

“I am just excited for the competition,” said Keany. “I am excited to see what this team can do at our peak shape, and I think we will run smarter having already previewed the course.”

McAuley shatters his own school recordMen's XC runs last race before Conference Championships

By Nick BrommerFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Univer-sity women’s cross country team ran in the 2013 Inter-Regional Rumble in Oberlin, Ohio Saturday, and finished 23rd out of 34 teams.

“It’s always good to race a fast course a few weeks out from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship,” said head coach Chris Har-die. “We see the confidence

in our runner’s increase when they run well on flat course, so I think mentally they feel good about their fitness level right now.”

Yellow Jacket senior Bre Paul was first to cross the finish line for Waynesburg, with a time of 24:11.5, good for 124th place put of 284 runners. Freshman twin sis-ters Emily and Katie Latimer finished five seconds apart from each other and finished in 134th and 136th places,

respectively. Finishing fourth for Waynesburg was sopho-more Megan Ferrick, who crossed the line in 142nd place. Rounding out the top five for Waynesburg was ju-nior Joy Talbott-Oster, who placed 159th place out of the 284-runner race.

“The women responded very well considering the rainy and cold conditions,” Hardie said. “We had some

Women's XC runs at Oberlin

Volleyball falls to SaintsBy aNthoNy LatessaFor the Yellow Jacket

The Yellow Jacket volley-ball team fell just short of an upset against Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe Thomas More Saturday, los-ing three sets to one. With the loss, Waynesburg (6-19, 1-12 PAC) has dropped 11-straight matches.

The first set for the Jackets was a hard fought battle, as they lost 25-20. In the second set the Jackets stormed back to even it up at 1-1, winning a close second set, 26-24.

“We played well, we played hard and we played aggres-sive,” said head coach Stepha-nie Benkowski.

Thomas More would end up taking sets three and four, 25-14 and 25-10.

“I think Thomas More in sets three and four woke up and started to play its game,” said Benkowski.

Saturday’s game saw se-nior Natalie Ranallo return from injury. Ranallo ended up having a team-high 25 assists.

“It was my first match in three weeks; even though we lost, we fought,” Ranallo said. Senior Mabel Culp led the team in kills with 11, while senior Amanda Silay had a match-high 20 digs.

“There was a lot of effort from the team,” Benkowski said. “It was great to see the team play together.”

The Jackets hope they can carry on this effort in the last five matches.

“I am not sure if this gives us momentum or not,” said Benkowski. “We struggle at playing a whole match against anyone, so hopefully it gives them hope for the rest

of the season.” The Jackets have five

matches remaining on their schedule; two of whom are against teams with winning records – Washington & Jef-ferson and a rematch with Thomas More. Waynesburg’s final two games are against Thiel, who is 2-23 overall and 2-11 in the PAC. The other is Chatham, who is winless this season.

“What I want to see out of the team in these last five games is to earn respect of the other teams,” said Ben-kowski.

The Jackets hope they can end their season on a high note.

“Playing an entire match,

playing as one on the court instead of six individuals on the court, we have to believe in each other and trust that everyone will do their part and put in 100 percent ef-fort at all times,” said Ben-kowski.

The Jackets travel to face Washing ton & Jefferson to-night.

The contest is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Waynesburg fell to the Presidents, 3-1, in the two teams previous match on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The last time the Yellow Jackets defeated the Presi-dents in volleyball came on Oct. 25, 2012, by a score of 3-1. See XC on C3

Zach DiBeradin, Yellow Jacket

Senior Natalie Ranallo returned to the court for the Yellow Jackets Saturday after dealing with a injury.

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Weekly AwardsThough their respec-

tive teams did not rel-ish in victories this past week, junior football player Josh Tolliver and sophomore tennis player Sarah Reyes were awarded the honors of Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week for their strong performances.

Tolliver, a defensive end, recorded statistics in mul-tiple categories for the Waynesburg defense, as his te-nacity showed on the field with his constant pressure on Bethany quarterback Matt Grimard.

The junior finished the day with nine total tackles (one for loss), a sack, a forced fumble, an interception and a pass break up.

With the number one total offense and number two scoring offense coming to Waynesburg this week in Geneva, Tolliver will be counted on once again to con-tribute to the defense’s success.

The highlight of his season before the Bethany perfor-mance was a 75-yard fumble return against Grove City, as the defense recorded its first shutout in nine years in that performance. On the season, Tolliver has recorded 27 overall tackles (five for loss), three sacks, a forced and recovered fumble and an interception.

Reyes led the Jackets at the Presidents’ Athletic Con-ference Championships at the Pennbriar Athletic Club over the weekend.

The sophomore recorded a 6-3, 6-4 upset win over top-seeded Anna Hetzer of Thomas More in the third-place match at fourth singles. She was seeded third in the bracket and went a team-best 2-1 over the two-day event.

She also teamed up with Madison DuBrock in the number three doubles flight.

On the season, Reyes finished second on the team with a 10-2 overall singles record. She also recorded an overall 6-4 record in doubles with teammate Markie Gustafson and won a match with teammate Alyssa Daniel.

Although the women’s tennis team suffered a fifth place finish at the PAC tournament, the team’s 11-4 regu-lar season overall record is the best in recent memory.

TolliverReyes

By Zach MoRganFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Univer-sity men’s and women’s bas-ketball programs would like to invite all of the students, faculty and local community to an open practice Friday, Oct. 25, from 4-6 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

“We encourage people to come out and meet the team,” said men’s basketball head coach Mark Christner. “Practice will be very relaxed and we will do various con-tests and drills for the fans.”

The event will serve as a chance to see the brand new gym floor, which was reno-vated over the summer.

Junior forward Thomas Ellis thinks the event will be similar to the midnight mad-ness events that Division I programs use to promote and

create awareness for the pro-gram’s upcoming season.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Ellis. “It will get the student body involved and excited for the upcoming season.”

Another way that the teams will promote visibility in both the community and on campus through the event is by selling team apparel to students.

The basketball teams will be selling shooting shirts, game shorts, jerseys, jump-suits and other throwback gear from previous seasons.

“I like the chance to get the apparel out and to be used and seen,” said women’s head coach Sam Jones. Both coaches affirmed that the apparel being sold would be in the price range of $5-$25 per item.

The apparel will range from older models of jerseys from last season, to jerseys and other team gear from quite some time ago.

“This will be a great way for students to get unique gear with a piece of history,” said Christner.

The open practice will be-

gin with both the women’s team and the men’s team sharing the court doing various shooting contests and drills for the crowd. The practice will then transition to the men’s practice where a relaxed practice of games and contest will take place.

Christner hopes to be able to introduce the official men’s squad to those in at-tendance.

This season, the men’s team started its practices a week late. Normally, prac-tices begin on Oct. 15, but this year the team is delaying its start to remain eligible for the ECAC tournament at the end of the regular season.

Between 21-22 players tried out for a spot on the men’s roster when Christner held the team’s first practice on Monday.

The men’s team will open its season in an away tip-off tournament at Penn State Al-toona Nov. 15.

The women’s team will open its season Nov. 15 as well, when it travels to York, Pa. for the Coaches vs. Can-cer Tournament held at York College.

Madness at Marisa Fieldhouse

match for the Jackets on day two, the team of Kle-mash and Daniel lost 8-5 to Amanda Gans and Jacquelyn Hauser of Saint Vincent at first doubles, good for fourth place.

DuBrock and Wilson lost an 8-6 match against Lauren Troxel and Julie Becker of Grove City, which resulted in a fourth place finish.

In singles play, Cowden, Daniel and Reyes had the same fate as the doubles teams.

All three players lost their semifinal matches, which forced third-place consola-tions matches.

Reyes scored Waynes-

burg‘s only win Saturday, and had the only winning record for the Yellow Jackets over

two days of competition. Reyes beat the number one seed Anna Hetzer of Thomas More College of the number three singles flight.

Christman didn’t even coach up Reyes during her third-place match.

“It was all her this match,” said Christman. “She had great control of her match tactics and match strategy.”

Both Cowden and Daniel lost hard fought matches to claim fourth place in their respective flights.

Waynesburg picked up a lone point Saturday, to finish with 20 points after two days

of play. Westminster College won the tournament, finish-ing with 54 points. Follow-ing one of the best seasons in team history, Cowden feels that the team will be even better next season.

“Our expectations are to hopefully move up in the rankings for next year,” said Cowden.

Added Christman: “We will recruit girls to help change our lineup. Girls will step up and we’ll have a good group of girls again for next year.”

The Jackets finished with a record of 11-4, 6-3 PAC.

Basketball teams holding open practice Friday afternoon

By John Lydic Editorial Assistant

Lack of offense and mul-tiple fouls led Waynesburg (6-7, 3-2 PAC) to a frustrat-ing 6-0 loss against Thomas More (11-1-2. 5-0 PAC) Saturday in Crestview Hills, KY.

Thomas More dominated from the opening kick by controlling the ball for a majority of the game..

“They were better,” said Waynesburg head coach Carl Griffiths. “It was just a mat-ter of really the whole game they were better. They were a better team; faster, stronger, more technical on the ball.”

Thomas More had five shots in the opening 15 minutes, which also includ-ed four corners and a goal by Olivia Huber.

“We were struggling to create any possession of our own and it just meant that they were on the ball all game,” said Griffiths.

“They were continually in our end with possession and pressing, and because of their overall speed and size, we struggled to win balls in the air and get some possession of our own which meant that they’re going to get a lot of shots and have the ball deep in our end and earn corner kicks too.”

Speed played a big part in the game, as Waynesburg was unable to keep up with Thomas Moore and commit-

ted four fouls in the opening 20 minutes.

“We lost our marks at some points just because they were fast,” said junior defender Taylor Bombalski.

“They knew how to get in behind a defender and get around us. Most teams don’t have that. They’re very knowledgeable on how to make their runs as for-wards.”

Thomas Moore’s offense continued, as Olivia Huber recorded a hat trick 24 min-utes into the game.

“Huber knew how to get in behind the defender and time her run to get onto the ball,” said Bombalski.

Thomas More head coach Jeff Cummings said that Hu-ber’s success was just a prod-uct of her team’s hard work.

“[Huber’s] success can be contributed to each player attacking on offense,” said Cummings. “She is just the one receiving great passes. The girls don’t care who’s producing as long as they score.”

Waynesburg was able to limit Thomas More for the rest of the half. The score as the team’s headed to the

locker room was 3-0. Despite the score, Griffiths

stressed for the team to reset itself.

“We talked about starting the game fresh,” said Grif-fiths. “We knew that they were better, but we knew we could still play better than we did in the first half. We talked about slowing the game down when we were on the ball, trying to find feet and work on the possession aspect.”

A keeper change was made coming out of half, with ju-nior goalkeeper Alyssa Ehlert taking over for Ciara Scott.

The decision to remove Scott was based on Ehlert seeing playing time and also not risking further injury to Scott, who was treated for a minor injury after the game.

“I think we wanted to get Ehlert some time and we thought Scott was not play-ing with enough confidence” said Griffiths. “Scott also had a minor hand injury and we were trying to protect her.”

The second half was much of the same, as Thomas More was able to score three more goals on Waynesburg. Senior defender Victoria Shepherd received a yellow card in the 54th.

Shepherd’s yellow card summarized the day for Waynesburg who was limited to two shots and had 12 fouls in the game.

“I think we were frustrat-

ed,” said Bombalski. "Shep-herd’s yellow card was off a slide tackle and that is her go to thing. Since they were a little faster than us she was catching more of the feet than the ball."

The loss dropped Waynes-burg to 6-7 overall, and 3-2 in the Presidents Athletic Conference.

Waynesburg left the game focusing on a few aspects they need to improve on.

“Possession and high intensity," said senior mid-fielder Missy Coleman “At this stage of the season we need to make sure we are set-tling the ball and keeping it. We also need to remember to play with high intensity and run at them. Fitness is key and we need to work on that so we can out run and outlast other teams.”

For Griffiths, it’s about limiting the mistakes.

“We going to have to re-ally limit our mistakes and were going to have to do a better job finishing in front of the goal,” said Griffiths. “We going to have to limit the number of mistakes and score when we get a chance.

After the team's Senior Night on Wednesday, the Jackets return to action Sat-urday afternoon when they travel to Washington to take on conference rival Washing-ton & Jefferson.

The game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. before the men's game.

Women's soccer blanked in Kentucky

By TiM neRaLFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg went on the road to Crestview Hills, Ky. to face Thomas More Col-lege Saturday and lost to the Saints 3-0.

With the loss, the Jackets' record dropped to 9-3-1, 2-2 PAC. The Saints improved to 11-2, 4-0 PAC.

The Saints came into the match leading the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in goals against and goals against av-erage. They had allowed nine goals in 12 games and were 42nd in the nation in goals against average.

Thomas More also came in riding an eight-game win-ning streak, a streak in which it had outscored opponents 22-5 and outshot them 106-62.

Waynesburg came in lead-ing the PAC in nearly every offensive category; including goals, goals per game and points, with Thomas More second. The match proved to be the battle of the im-movable object that was the Thomas More defense, against the unstoppable force

that was the Waynesburg of-fense.

Thomas More was held to five shots and no goals in the first half, while Waynesburg managed one shot.

“We were still in it,” said head coach Carl Griffiths. “We just needed to get our possession going. We talk-ed about the fact that we weren’t playing short out of the back.”

Thomas More’s Jonah Rit-ter tallied the first goal of the game 1:30 into the second half.

“We felt we could have had a couple goals in the first half,” said junior Nick Brom-mer. “We let in a goal at the beginning of the second half and it deflated us.”

Thomas More added two more goals and outshot the Jackets 11-3 in the second

half, as the Saints cruised to a 3-0 victory.

“They’re a very good team, but I didn’t feel we executed the principles of play that we use a lot of times,” said Griffiths. “We struggled with composure of the ball, we lost sight of our tempo of play, finding feet early. We lost sight of our principles, things we’ve focused on all year. We didn’t execute set pieces or restarts correctly or looking for feet.”

The loss dropped Waynes-burg to fifth in the PAC standings.

Thomas More currently stands at the top of the table, followed by Washington & Jefferson, Grove City and Westminster.

Waynesburg will be given a chance to get back into the top four when they face off against Washington & Jeffer-son Saturday at 8 p.m.

“We’ve focused on one goal all year, and that’s being in the top four and making the conference tournament,” said Griffiths. “We’ve had two losses to two good teams, but I still think that goal is attain-able.”

Saints silence men's soccer

Tennis: Women finish fifth at PAC TournamentContinued from C1

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XC: Women gear up for PAC Championships

“Our expectations are to hopefully move up in the rankings next year.”

LauRen cowdenJunior

matchups that we were looking forward to, and our women really stepped up and ran exceptionally well. We still have some work to do, but we are optimistic that this will be a very fruitful postseason.”

Waynesburg finished sec-ond among PAC teams, trail-

ing only 24-time defending PAC champion Grove City, who finished 19th overall. Geneva was the third PAC school to finish at 26th place. Thiel followed Geneva, fin-ishing 27th. Washington & Jefferson, Chatham, Bethany and Westminster finished consecutively in 30-34 plac-es, respectively.

The top three runners in the PAC to finish Saturday

were Alayna Merkle of Ge-neva, who finished in 17th place Emily Rabenold from Grove City who finished 18th overall and Rachel Leftwich of Chatham, who finished in 88th place.

New York University took home the team crown. Geneseo State claimed sec-ond overall, while Carleton finished in third.

The Jackets have this week-

end off to prepare themselves for the PAC Championships on Nov. 2.

“We’ll have only 10 train-ing days until the champi-onship,” said Hardie. “We change things up a little bit the next two weeks. Over the next 10 days, we really only go at an aggressive pace four times. This will allow our team to feel refreshed and recharged for the big meet.”

Page C4 Yellow Jacket October 24, 2013

By Kyle OlandSports Editor

For Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas, his rela-tionship with Geneva College head coach Geno DeMarco extends further back than their years coaching against each other in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

“He was working for Ujohn Pharmaceut ica l and I was interviewing for Ujohn Pharmaceutical to be a sales representative out of college,” said Shepas. “It ex-tended when he became the head coach at Geneva and I was a high school coach and started sending him some of my players.”

While the two coaches re-main friends and talk often, Shepas said the game comes down to how the Yellow Jack-ets (5-2, 3-2 PAC) play on the field against the Golden Tor-nadoes (4-2, 3-1 PAC).

“[DeMarco] wants to bring his team in here and win,” said Shepas. “He will com-pete against me, and we will do the same against him.”

Waynesburg enters Sat-urday’s game coming off a last-second loss to Bethany. The game was tied with a minute remaining before Bethany quarterback Matt Grimard found Eric Blinn for a game-winning 68-yard touchdown.

As four other PAC teams, including Geneva, enter

this week with one confer-ence loss, the Jackets second loss in conference play all but smashed Waynesburg’s hopes of repeating as the PAC champion.

Geneva, on the other hand, visits John F. Wiley Stadium coming off a 40-30 victory over Saint Vincent. With four games to play and only sporting one conference loss, the Golden Tornadoes are in the hunt for their first PAC Championship.

Looking ahead to Satur-day’s game, there are a num-ber of storylines to keep an eye on.

Healthy HillOn the last play of last

week’s game, junior quarter-back Carter Hill went down with an apparent knee injury.

The junior rolled to his right, trying to avoid Bethany’s pass rushers when he suf-fered a hit that sent his knee buckling.

Shepas said Monday that Hill’s injury was not as bad as originally feared.

“It’s really a similar injury to what he had earlier in the year,” said Shepas. “It looks like [Hill can play], amaz-ingly so.”

For Waynesburg, having a healthy Hill, who leads the PAC in passing touchdowns (19), pass attempts (276) and completions (182), behind center gives the Jackets their best chance to win.

“The thing with [Hill] is he makes us go,” said Shepas.

Waynesburg’s head coach is not the only one who be-lieves Hill is a difference

maker for the Jackets.DeMarco said he was

watching film of Waynes-burg’s previous games, and his stomach didn’t sit right after watching Hill on tape.

“I couldn’t sleep that night, so I came downstairs and slept on my recliner,” said DeMarco. “The kid is flawless in what he does. It would be unfortunate if [Hill] couldn’t play because he is a great competitor and he keeps get-ting better and better.”

While it appears as if Hill will play Saturday, the quar-terback’s health will be some-thing to monitor.

One-two punch While Waynesburg has

one of the top signal-callers in the PAC, Geneva counters with two of the conference’s most dangerous offensive weapons.

Zack Hayward and Rocco Colavecchia lead the Golden Tornado offense, which aver-ages the second most points per game (36.8) in the PAC

Hayward, a senior quar-terback, ranks second in the conference in passing yards per game (295.0), while throwing 10 touchdowns against three interceptions. The senior ranks only behind Hill in pass attempts.

“[Hayward] is going to go down as one of the best we have ever had,” said DeMar-co. “With it being his senior year, he really has started to

understand the game.” “Having Hayward back for

them is huge,” said Shepas. “They wouldn’t be in the position they are in without him.”

Hayward has a number of weapons to throw to, but his biggest and most versatile is Colavecchia.

T h e s i x - f o o t - t h r e e , 235-pound senior is a throw-back player according to DeMarco. Colavecchia plays both running back and re-ceiver for Geneva, and can throw the ball as well. Last season, he shared time with Hayward and threw for 368 yards.

This season, Colavecchia has rushed for 214 yards and 13 touchdowns, while catch-ing 30 balls for 318 yards and one touchdown.

Where the burly player is most affective is on short-yardage and goal line plays.

“[Colavecchia] is their between the tackles runner,” said Shepas. “In the short yardage situations he is a moose.”

While stopping both play-ers will be a tough assign-ment, Waynesburg’s defense will have to limit the damage Geneva’s one-two punch can deliver.

Bounce BackWith Waynesburg com-

ing off a demoralizing loss to Bethany a week ago, Shepas admitted that the loss was

hard for him and his team to accept.

“Losses hurt,” said Shepas. “They will stick with you the rest of your life. They will stick with you longer than a win will.”

With two losses in PAC play, Waynesburg must win out to remain in the confer-ence’s title race.

Since Shepas took over in 2005, his teams have gone 20-13 (.606) following a loss. Over the last two seasons, his team won every game follow-ing a loss.

“I think Waynesburg is very fortunate to have a guy like Shepas [coaching],” said DeMarco. “[Waynesburg] has a special guy leading the way down there.”

As the Yellow Jackets be-gin the final three games of their regular season, wins and losses magnify, forc-ing Shepas and his team to quickly forget the sting of last Saturday’s loss.

“Our guys will respond from this,” said Shepas. “We have to get the guys ready emotionally.”

Subsequently, DeMarco and his team look to remain in contention for a PAC title.

“This would be monumen-tal for us to come down there and get a win,” he said,

Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., with coverage provided by WCTV and WCYJ-FM.

Week eight football preview: Geneva

changes the whole complex-ion of the game, maybe in a lot of ways.”

After a Bethany touch-down and missed extra point, Waynesburg quarter-back Carter Hill connected with tight end Zach Capan for a nine-yard touchdown, putting Waynesburg ahead 13-6 at half time. The Bi-son had two opportunities to score inside the Jackets’ 15-yard line in the first half, but both times Grimard was intercepted.

Junior defensive end Josh Tolliver was the recipient of Grimard’s second inter-ception. In addition to his pick, he recorded nine total tackles (one was for a loss), a sack, forced fumble and pass break-up.

He credited his defensive coordinator and pass-rush-ing technique for his success of getting pressure on Gri-mard.

“Coach [Venick] was just calling some great plays and I was going inside on them when the offensive lineman was stepping out,” said Tol-liver.

The Bison scored on their first possession of the second half to tie the score at 13, but the Jackets countered with a touchdown of their own thanks to a touchdown run by running back Jerry

Lawman after an eight play, 62-yard drive. Filling in for injured backfield mates Jake Forsythe and Willie Leavell, Lawman shouldered the load for the Jackets, tallying 109 yards on 22 carries.

“I knew I was going to have to step up because [Forsythe] was down,” said Lawman. “I think I needed [the touch-down and one hundred yard performance]. I’m going to do my best to step up, all the running backs are going to have to step up.”

Blinn recorded his first touchdown reception from Grimard with 8:19 left in the fourth quarter to tie the game 20-20.

Waynesburg had the op-portunity to capitalize on two Bethany turnovers, but were nullified by officials‘ calls: one by the way of a Grimard fumble that wasn’t called a fumble and an interception that was negated by a penalty. Shepas declined comment on either calls.

Later in the fourth quarter, Waynesburg’s offense drove 72 yards on 12 plays, even completing a fourth down on its own 49 yard line, to set-up a go-ahead field goal for kicker Alex Henry from 25 yards out.

Bethany defensive back Dion Williams blocked a low kick by Henry, allowing the Bison to take over on of-fense with 2:22 seconds left in regulation. Bethany head

coach Bill Garvey called the special teams play tremen-dous and credited his defense for the victory.

“[The defense] played un-believable,” said Garvey. “In the first three games we had some growing pains for sure but in the last three weeks, they’ve been playing unbe-lievable.”

The Jackets had one last chance after Blinn’s touch-down after taking over on their own 40 yard-line. But on a day that was as dreary as the weather, it was not to be had, as Hill was sacked as time expired.

Trainers attended to Hill while both teams shook hands and Shepas said Hill suffered a similar knee injury as in the game against Musk-ingum.

Coming into the game, Hill ranked among the best Division III quarterbacks. He ranked second in total pass-ing and had the best touch-down to interception ratio.

The junior finished 18-of-30 passing for 225 yards and a touchdown, but missed open targets that he was complet-ing in past weeks.

“[Hill] wasn’t as on as we’ve seen him in the last few weeks,” said Shepas. “Unfor-tunately [his missed passes] came down to some little things. The thing with [Hill] is he makes us go.”

The Jackets return to ac-tion Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Football: Bison score last-second TDContinued from C1

The Jackets could finish the regular season with an 8-2 record, which could se-cure an ECAC bowl game like last season, if a PAC title is out of grasp.

“The season isn’t over,” said senior cornerback Stephen Holt. “We still have three games to play and we will finish out strong. We have to stay on track, think positive, turn things around and win these last three games.”

Shepas is not worried about what happens with regards to a possible post-season.

He said that he prepares his team on a week-to-week basis.

“It’s a week-to-week opera-tion,” said Shepas. “You have to deal with the cards you are dealt with. We look to see im-provements as we finish the season. We’re worried about the end result more than our wins and losses.”

The Jackets can return to the win-column this weekend when Geneva College visits John F. Wiley Stadium.

A win over the one-loss Golden Tornadoes could go a long way in determining

the postseason fate of Shepas' team. The game is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.

All theories aside, it doesn’t matter.

The fact that a controver-sial call is starting to become an excuse is absurd. Sure, no one is perfect and bad calls are made, but it shouldn’t be dwelled on.

It’s apparent by the replay that there was some pushing going on in the trenches, but it’s unclear whether or the penalty was worthy of what was possibly the biggest 15 yards of the game.

Additionally, Washington safety Brandon Meriweather is appealing his two-game suspension, which resulted from a pair of illegal hits against Chicago.

Meriweather was flagged for the hits during the game,

and if the suspension stands, will be fined a little over $141,000.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Meriweather’s play, consider him the James Harrison of the NFL second-ary.

He was fined $42,000 in week two for two illegal hits against the Green Bay Pack-ers.

When Meriweather played for New England and Chica-go in 2010 and 2011, he accu-mulated a combined $95,000 in fines for illegal hits.

And now that the NFL is finally suspending him, Meriweather doesn’t feel just and wants to appeal. Makes perfect sense, right?

Rules are rules for a rea-son. Not only in the NFL, but in life. We abide by them, enforce them and even fear

them at times. It’s obvious that the NFL

has gone through drastic changes over the past couple of decades.

From three yards and a cloud of dust to offenses run-ning a play every 20 seconds, the league is a constant evo-lution, a lot like civilization as a whole. But where does the evolution end?

Where does the line get drawn?

Maybe the line isn’t drawn quite yet. Maybe the evolu-tion never does stop, and football constantly changes over the next couple of de-cades and eventually be-comes a worldwide sport.

But one thing does remain constant throughout this ever-continuing evolution – players just need to shut up and play the game.

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PAC: Loss drops Jackets in standings

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Players: Excuses on field need to stop

Michael Kabay, Waynesburg University

Josh Tolliver (20) leaps for an interception during Waynesburg's loss to Bethany College Saturday.

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by Jenny schouppe Online Content Manager

The first “Wu’s Line Is It Anyway?” show of the school year took place Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

Waynesburg University students filled the GPAC to watch the improv skills of Adam Tapparo, Travis Anderson, Briana Hozak and Dawson Laabs as they headlined the show.

The show was hosted by Communication major Chad Green and was overseen by Edward Powers, director of the Theatre Program. Samantha Peer, Jeff Champ and Ethan Quinn also made appearances during the night.

The night of improv comedy included a $1 admission fee to benefit the Waynesburg Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a nationally ranked theatre fraternity.

Wu’s Line is based on the popular comedy television show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” which originally started in Eng-land in 1988 before making its debut in the United States a decade later.

Waynesburg University's production of the show consisted of many of the same improv games such as Party Quirks, Sound Effects and Superheroes.

The show started off with Party Quirks. This game consists of one actor hosting a party while the other actors are assigned different characters and situations for the host to guess.

Anderson acted as the host, while Tapparo acted as a frog, Hozak was a crazy ex-girlfriend and Laabs was Miley Cyrus.

“Party Quirks is one of my favorite improve games,” said Tapparo. “We each get a character and get to make it our own

and have fun with it.”The game leaning, sitting and standing followed. The game

consisted of Laabs, Hozak and Anderson acting out a cops and robber scene while each one had to remain either sitting, standing or leaning.

The next game was sound effects. Peer made a guest ap-pearance and picked an audience member to participate in making sound effects for Hozak and Tapparo as they acted out a shipwreck scene.

“Sound Effects is one of the harder games we do on Wu’s Line,” said Tapparo. “You never know what sound effects you’re going to get.”

Following sound effects, a game called director com-menced. Quinn made his first appearance of the night and performed a mob scene with Laabs and Tapparo. Labbs played the role of director and forced the two to change the setting and scenario of the scene every few minutes.

Superheroes was next in the lineup, which involved some audience participation as well. The cast took suggestions from the audience for a superhero with a problem. Anderson chose to be “Bathman” and his problem was that he lost his rubber ducky.

Hozak played “Get Drains Unstuck Girl,” Laabs played “Jello Man” and Tapparo played Elmo from Sesame Street. They all worked together to find Bathman’s rubber ducky.

Actors Peer and Champ made an appearance in themed restaurant. The game consisted of the actors enjoying a nice dinner in a WWE themed restaurant.

The show finished up with audience favorites, living scen-ery and scenes from a hat.

In living scenery, the actors use other actors as props and in scenes from a hat, a hat is filled with pieces of paper with different scenarios on them for the actors to act out.

'WU's Line Is It Anyway?' returnsStudents bring the popular sketch comedy show to life in the GPAC

by Jacob MeyerFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University students will have an oppor-tunity to take a break from the rigorous semester and relax on Oct. 28.

The Student Activities Board will hot Pumpkin-Fest for students from 4 to 6 p.m.

The event will be held on the third floor of Stover and is free of charge for students.

“PumpkinFest is an an-nual event on campus that

the student activities board hosts,” said Kenny Cline, ju-nior accounting major and president of the Student Ac-tivities Board.

“At PumpkinFest students can enjoy the taste of the fall season.”

PumpkinFest gives stu-dents a chance to experience exciting fall activities while on campus.

“Student Activities Board puts this on to give students a chance to participate in fall activities for free,” said Rachel Snavely, sophomore

biblical and ministries stud-ies major with a focus in chil-dren and youth ministry.

“This is good for students who do not have a car to get off campus and can partici-pate in all the fall fun.”

At PumpkinFest, students will be able partake in bisque and brew.

The majority of the ce-ramics will be pumpkins. Students looking to do ce-ramics cannot start a ceramic after 5 p.m.

Bisque is the piece of clay that the students will be us-

ing for the ceramics. The brew will be hot ap-

ple cider or milk, instead of coffee, to accompany the pumpkin related foods and fall theme.

“I think the students like the creative side of it [the bisque and brew],” said As-sociate Dean of students, Pat Bristor.

“Ceramics are very relax-ing and students like doing them.”

Students will also be able to paint and carve pump-kins.

Some of the pumpkins can be simply carved, whereas other pumpkins can be carved out so a light can be put inside.

Students can enjoy these activities while eating au-tumn food such as pumpkin pie, pumpkin gobs and nut horn cookies.

“Students enjoy it and that is shown by its large turnout every year,” said Bristor. “It is very successful.”

As a member of the SAB, Snavely is very excited for PumpkinFest, and knows

how much students enjoy it.“Fall is a great season,” said

Snavely. “It gives students a chance to spend time with friends and other students, and to take a break from studying and homework to relax.”

Bristor said she would like PumpkinFest to attract a larger turnout like in years past.

“It is a place for students to come and unwind and enjoy each other’s company,” said Bristor. “Everyone is wel-come to come.”

PumpkinFest offering students a taste of the fall season

by beau walMerFor the Yellow Jacket

The world’s largest fair, Oktoberfest, is coming to Waynesburg.

On Sunday, Oct. 27 at 5 Thayer and Denny Halls will join forces to give students the experience of the annual German festival.

“For being the first broth-er/sister event Thayer is do-ing with Denny, I’m very ex-cited,” said Russ Schneider, resident director of Thayer Hall.

The event will feature time to savor cultural foods, ex-perience festive activities, hang out with students and listen to music provided by The Hive.

“I’m eager to get to know people, while at the same time, enjoying some great food,” said sophomore

Resident Assistant, Derrion May.

The 16-day festival cele-brated in Munich, Germany has been going on now for almost 200 years.

The annual festival runs from late September to the first weekend in October, compiling more than 6 mil-lion participants from across the globe in attendance.

“It’s almost like a giant block party,” said Schneider. “There will be a lot of things to do.”

Students in attendance will be open to feast on a se-lective number of traditional foods.

“There will be bratwurst, pretzels, strudels, German chocolate cake and hopefully dumplings,” said Schneider.

An extensive number of festivities will be set up by the halls RA’s as well.

“There will be spike ball, can jam, corn hole and tra-ditional children games that are played in Germany,” said Schneider.

One of the games that will be played by the girls is called Beer Stein.

To symbolize Oktoberfest bier, a German beer, root beer will be available for students to drink.

“Set aside from having fun, we want to be able to teach how to maintain a safe drinking environment,” said

Schneider. In addition to teaching im-

portant values, the staffs of Thayer and Denny are seek-ing to further relationships with their halls residents.

“It’s like Martin’s ice cream social event,” said junior Res-ident Assistant, Jake Shultz.

“Aside from Student Ac-tivities Board programs, it’s more unique and enables us to bond with our halls stu-dents.”

Today, 12 countries have adapted the international celebration from Munich, including the United States.

“It’s like Christmas, the diversity of the celebration allows us to celebrate it with-out causing the celebration itself to lose its foundation,” said May.

Since the late 19th centu-

by KiMMi bastonFor the Yellow Jacket

On Friday, Oct. 25, the Student Activities Board is hosting its annual Halloween Dance, recently named the “Monster Mash” in the spirit of the Halloween season.

The evening, beginning at 8 on the second floor of Stover Campus Center, will include many Halloween games and prizes in addition to the dance.

Because the dance was so successful last year, the SAB is doing its best to make the dance big enough to include a larger amount of people.

“We’re actually trying to make it a little bigger dance,” said Pat Bristor, associate dean of students.

“We’re going to have the dance and the costume con-test in the Beehive, and then we also rented a large Opera-tion board for people to play the game.”

Other games will include delving into a slime-filled cauldron of “witch’s brew” to find numbered objects that will win students a prize, along with other Halloween-themed prize opportunities.

The costume contest will be evaluated in three catego-ries: scariest, most original and best couple’s costume; the winners will receive prizes.

Although dressing up is not mandatory, most stu-dents that have attended

'Monster Mash' to have costume contest

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Oktoberfest coming to Waynesburg

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(top) Four members of the cast act out a sketch. (above) Host Chad Green congratulates travis anderson for winning the Malenke award.

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“It's almost like a giant block party. There will be a lot of things to do.”

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Endless exploring throughout the city that never sleeps

Samantha Peer, Yellow Jacket

(Left) Students were able to walk around New York City and see the crowded Times Square Saturday, Oct. 12, before the dinner and show the university had planned for them.

(Above) Samantha Peer, sophomore undecided major, and Pedro Torres, sophomore finance major, take a break from walking to sit together on the fountain in Central Park.

(Right) A line builds outside of the famous Bubba Gump Shrimp Company made popular by the movie "Forrest Gump." Students were taken there to eat before they saw "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway.

The crowd was very en-tertained throughout the night.

“The show was hysterical,” said sophomore psychology major, Nermeen Bushra. “I was very impressed with the cast’s improv skills.”

Once the games were done,

Green announced Anderson as the winner of the Melanke Award, given to the best ac-tor of the night.

“I thought our first show of the year was very suc-cessful,” said Tapparo. “I’m pleased with the amount of people who came to watch. I’m happy we were able to provide some laughter for them.”

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ry, Oktoberfest celebrations have become popularized due to the production of German brew houses open-ing in Pittsburgh.

“I’m anxious to embrace and teach the traditional words of the German cul-ture,” said Schneider.

RA’s will look to make the 17th century setting come to

life by dressing to the time periods attire.

“I can’t wait to see my guys in their lederhosen’s,” said Schneider.

Schneider’s hope is for people to incorporate a taste of the country’s culture.

“We go on mission trips and service projects, but we never really get the chance to experience the culture,” said Schneider.

“I hope students can get a taste of the lifestyle.”

the event in the past enjoy coming up with creative cos-tumes.

“It’s usually one of the big-gest dances we have on cam-pus,” said Bristor.

The DJ featured at this year’s orientation events, Chuck Webb, will be return-ing to provide the music for

the Halloween Dance. “ The students real ly

seemed to like him and re-spond well to him,” said Bris-tor.

The SAB ultimately hopes to attract a high turnout at the Monster Mash, and the games and activities they have planned to supplement the dance will surely make the evening a fun one for Waynesburg students.

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Students take a weekend trip to visit New York City, see Phantom of the Opera, Times Square

ACROSS

1 Dress supporter in a flurry (6)

4 Heartless Rabbi contrib-utes to account of Semitic language (6)

9 Comely union sure to be broken informally (15)

10 Completely remake tiny reel (8)

11 Bring about what is said to be unlawful (6)

12 Avoids being photo-graphed despite easy charm perhaps (6,3)

13 Restore rates of lacrimal secretion (5)

16 In Malta, choose a coun-ter for revolution (5)

19 Lose one’s smile - act op-posite to 9 across (9)

23 Badly mauls you first in refuge (6)

24 Became complex when moved forward (8)

25 Poorness is a life re-stored when you make it pay (15)

26 In some offices exists a discriminatory individual (6)

27 My son has one remod-elled to produce muscle protein (6)

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1 Very good Aussie has an easy windfall (7)

2 Lacks microorganisms which can’t reproduce (7)

3 The French enigma con-fused faithful follower (8)

5 Ark is lost when attacked by one of these? (6)

6 Gold cross found in small portion of ore (7)

7 Miner needs a dog, right? (7)

8 Comply to a rich mixture of many colours (13)

12 Approximately in posi-tion by family pet (3)

14 She is to seek redress (3)

15 Ian who kept getting Nev up found it enchant-ing (8)

17 One reverts emphasis but states boldly (7)

18 Message follows bad hail in capital of Nova Scotia (7)

20 Utterly perplex with “no” to new addition (3-4)

21 Walks over spouse’s offspring (7)

22 Entertains us in same arrangement (6)

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OCtObeR 26, 1861

Private Jesse Taylor becomes the first casualty among Greene County soldiers during the American Civil War. He had served in Company F, Seventh Regiment of the Virginia Infantry Volunteers, and lost his life during the company’s first engagement at Romney, Va. (present-day West Virginia). He would be the first of 23 of the unit to perish while fighting in the war.

OCtObeR 22, 1898

Private Henry H. Weaver becomes the first Greene County soldier to die dur-ing the Spanish-American War. Assigned to Company K, the all-Greene County National Guard Unit, he would succumb to a fatal case of dysentery near the city of Maracabau in the Philippines. He was one of multiple cases of dysentery in the unit. Weaver had neglected to regularly administer his daily ration of quinine and became infected after eating tropical fruits growing in the area.

OCtObeR 18, 1909

Hungarian native Frank Herman murders H. Calvin House at Rices Landing in Greene County after House’s refusal to vacate his residence. In what was referred to by the press as a “Hungarian dive,” House was clobbered to death with a pick handle after his attempts to flirt with Herman’s wife. House had also stolen $83 from Herman’s residence several days prior. The immigrant’s home was alleg-edly functioning as a local gambling den and speakeasy. An interpreter from Uniontown was called in to assist Herman in his defense.

Source: History of Greene County Pennsylvania by G. Wayne Smith

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T h e b a c k p a g e

On Sept. 25, the Emmy award-winning “Modern Family” made its season five premiere on ABC. The show deserves great buzz, giving “Modern Family” five stars.

Season five of “The Vampire Diaries” ties with “Modern Family” for a perfect score. Episode one aired on Oct. 3 on the CW. TVD is five-star worthy. You will be entranced and have a thirst for this twisted web of drama.

ABC’s “Scandal” returned and kicked up some controversy. Episode one of season three aired on Oct. 3. Critics gave “Scandal” an approval rating of 95.5 percent Mike Hale from the New York Times wrote, “ Ms. Washington [as Olivia Pope] continues to give the same tightly wound performance she’s given from the start, one that’s weirdly limited yet undoubtedly largely responsible for the show’s fanatical following.” “Scandal” is awarded with a score of four and a half stars.

Though it is a dark comedy, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” shines with a bright ninth season, which aired on Sept. 4 on FXX. Critics gave the seasoned show a 92.5 percent approval rating. In our minds, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” earns a score of four stars.

The Pawnee Parks Department gets a 90.8 percent approval rating by critics in the sixth season of “Parks and Recreation” on NBC. Parks is another four-star show.

Season four of “The Walking Dead” premiered on Oct. 13 at on AMC. Critics gave “The Walking Dead” an 86.5 percent approval rating, which is worth three and a half stars.

Fall Preview

Not-quite-super heroes investigate and clean up the aftermath of super hero/super villain collisions in “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” This brand new ABC series based on a secret intelligence agency made famous in Marvel’s comics aired on Sept. 24. Critics gave “Agents” an 81 percent approval rating, and in our review, deserves three stars.

On Sept. 23, NBC’s “The Blacklist” brought its audience into the mind of a notorious fugitive.Critics gave “The Blacklist” a 79.5 percent approval rating, making it a three-star show.

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” aired its pilot episode on Sept. 17 on Fox. Critics gave the comedy an 80 percent approval rating and three stars.

Fox’s “MasterChef Junior” premiered on Oct. 27. Famous chef Gordon Ramsay will judge twenty-four cooks who range from ages 8 to 13. Critics gave “MasterChef Junior” an 85 percent approval rating. “MasterChef ” earns three and a half stars.

The new NBC series “The Michael J. Fox Show” aried on Sept. 26. Critics gave “The Michel J. Foxx Show” a 67 percent approval rating, worthy of two stars.

The new CBS series “Hostages” aired on Sept. 23., but viewers and critics alike aren’t raving about the new show quite yet. Critics gave “Hostages” a 60 percent approval rating, bringing it in at one and a half stars.

There’s plenty of TV shows, both new a returning, competing for your viewership this fall. Here’s a review of all the major TV programs this fall, from

season and series premiere reviews to warnings about what not to watch.

Fox’s “Dads”ABC’s “Betrayal”ABC’s “Super Fun Night”

Premiere FlopsThe CW’s “Beauty and the Beast”NBC’s “Parenthood”NBC’s “Revolution”

Beware of these Returning Flops

Top 6 Season Premieres

Top 6 Series Premieres

By Daniel le S chuyler and Ol iv ia Lat imer

Sources: TV Guide.com’s Fall TV Premiere CalendarRottentomatoes.com

Metacritic.comTv.com

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amctv.comabc.go.com

fox.comnbc.com

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Sources: Rottentomatoes.com, Metacritic.com, Tv.com. Images from: tvguide.com, fxnetworks.com, amctv.com, abc.go.com, fox.com, nbc.com

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