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By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

The 2014 homecoming king and queen expressed different re-actions when they were crowned Oct. 11. The reaction of homecom-ing queen Shelby Tabrosky, senior sports broadcasting/sports infor-mation major, was one of pure joy and surprise. The reaction of her counterpart, RJ Tonks, senior sports management major, was more sub-tle — though inside his mind, he came to a unique realization.

“It’s an honor to be the 2014 homecoming king,” said Tonks. “I didn’t think I was that popular around campus.”

When his name was announced, Tonks walked using a walker to es-cort Tabrosky and Rebecca Lane,

senior education major, onto the field during the halftime festivi-ties. He normally uses a motorized wheelchair to move about campus.

Tonks’ motor skills are limited due to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which he contracted when he was 8 years old. As Tonks explains, that long medical term boils down to a scar the size of a pinhead on his pons.

Students on campus are cog-nizant of Tonks’ situation and support him — a sign before this homecoming recognition that the student body genuinely cares for him. The Business Club held a t-shirt fundraiser, which concluded after the football game Oct. 11, in

order to help Tonks pay for medical assistance at a facility in Georgia, helping him move one step closer

to attaining what he says is his ultimate goal in life.

“I want to walk again. I want to live the life I knew 14

years ago before I got sick,” said Tonks. “I think I’m on my way to doing that, but it gets hard some-times, and that’s when you have to dig down deep, lean on Christ and push on.”

He added that he loves Waynes-burg because of the way his class-mates support him.

“My favorite thing [about Waynesburg] is that community

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Tabrosky, Tonks crowned during homecoming ceremony

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Shelby Tabrosky (left) and RJ Tonks were crowned homecoming king and queen Oct. 11.

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Tinnemeyer embraces new role as chaplainBy JOHN LYDIC

Multimedia Manager

Changes were abun-dant around the campus of Waynesburg University when students returned this fall for classes. One area that saw a new face was the Cen-ter for Leadership and Chris-tian Ministry.

Despite the changes that occurred, consistency and a continuation were among the words that were spoken to describe the first few months of the Rev. James Tinnemey-er’s time at Waynesburg.

“Right now, I just want to continue the great work that we have been doing, and we will see what is ahead,” said

Tinnemeyer. “I’m still so new. I think it’s a great school with a lot great things going on in the Christian life, and I want to continue that. I look forward to working with ev-eryone on that.”

As his first few months become complete,

By KIMMI BASTONManaging Editor

Waynesburg University seeks to instill a passion for faith, learning and serving in its stu-dents. Saturday, the university spread this mission beyond the student body to a group of Boy Scouts.

On Oct. 25, the second annual Merit Badge University was held at Waynesburg, attracting scouts from many different areas. For a fee of $10, Boy Scouts ages 11-17

were invited to spend the day on campus learning from a quali-fied instructor to earn a specific merit badge.

According to Abby Pittinaro, senior public relations major and member of the planning com-mittee for the event, preparing for a program of this magnitude was no small feat. With more than 300 scouts’ information to organize, it was necessary to begin planning the day as early as July.

“Trying to organize all the

scouts’ information into one spreadsheet and then individ-ual class spreadsheets became very time consuming, especially when parents called to change information,” said Pittinaro.

When the day of the event fi-nally arrived, scouts had been separated into classes based on the merit badge they hoped to earn.

Registration began at 8 a.m. Saturday and was followed by a flag ceremony and opening remarks at 9 a.m. Waynesburg

University Provost Jacquelyn Core, who has led the planning and execution of Merit Badge University for the past two years, and Douglas Lee, univer-sity president, both addressed the scouts before the program began.

Core emphasized that the Boy Scouts of America and Waynes-burg University are a perfect match, because Boy Scouts is a faith-based organization and

Middle States accreditationcould impact degree's value

Transfer students see opportunity, obstacles at WU

By JACOB MEYERManaging Editor

According to Waynesburg's dean of In-stitutional Effectiveness and Planning at, the university’s accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education has a much larger effect on students than many may realize.

“Your degree is actually worth something if you go to an accredited institution,” Dr. Jamie Jacobs said in a past interview. “It means there is an outside, independent, non-governmental entity that is verifying the degrees and that the institution is a real higher education institution. If an institu-tion loses its accreditation, it’s very hard for them to recruit students because the degree kind of isn’t worth the paper that it’s written on.”

It will be determined whether or not Waynesburg University will continue to be

By OLIVIA LATIMERNews Editor

“I’m not the type of person that’s just go-ing to go along with something that doesn’t make me happy.”

Marissa Krall, junior public relations major, is one example out of the many stu-dents that transfer to Waynesburg Univer-sity each year.

Krall spent the first two years of her college education at Westminster College. There, she started out majoring in biology with the aspiration to be a physician’s as-sistant. After her first semester, she changed her major to public relations before again changing it one semester later to commu-nication and broadcast journalism where she spent her whole sophomore year.

Krall, a native of Crucible, Pennsylvania, decided to transfer for many reasons.

“I thought that I could either stay at

Boy Scouts visit campus in pursuit of merit badges

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Boy scouts participating in Merit Badge University Saturday examine a recent issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. More than 300 Boy Scouts worked toward merit badges during the second annual event.

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“Right now, I just want to continue the great work that we have been doing, and we will see what is ahead.”

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also highly encourages ser-vice above self.

She also reminded the participants that working with professors possessing master’s or doctorate de-grees meant that they would each be learning their badge’s material to the fullest extent possible, something that's a rare opportunity.

Lee, an Eagle Scout him-self, welcomed the scouts to Waynesburg and expressed his hope that they consider the university in their future college searches.

Following these remarks, scouts departed to begin work on one of 26 merit badges offered at the pro-gram.

Each merit badge a Boy Scout can earn has a list of requirements that must be completed. Some of the requirements are prerequi-sites, meaning that the scout should have completed them before arriving at Merit Badge University.

The rest of the require-ments for each badge were completed via instruction and activity throughout the remainder of the day.

A university staff or fac-ulty volunteer taught each badge, with the assistance of a student volunteer. The student volunteers for each badge were also responsible for orienting the scouts on campus and taking care of logistics for the group.

By the end of the day, most of the scouts in attendance left with an affirmation that they had earned their specific badge; any who had remain-ing requirements to complete can contact the university for the instructor’s signature at a later date.

Pittanaro feels the second Merit Badge University was successful, allowing Waynes-burg University to have a beneficial relationship with the Boy Scouts of America.

“I think the scouts had a blast and the event went very well,” said Pittinaro. “According to some parents in attendance, it’s one of the most organized BSA events in the area.”

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opening hearts to godDr. Jacquelyn J. Core, university provost, explained to students in her chapel address Tuesday that what God calls them to do may not be what they think they want. Core encouraged students to open their hearts and eyes to see what God is calling them to do.

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By OLIVIA LATIMERNews Editor

Waynesburg University has been a long-time sup-porter of its mission state-ment of faith, learning and service.

The students of Waynes-burg University graduate with a deep understanding of the meaning of service. Students thrive off of ser-vice not only on faith, learn-ing and service trips to other states and even internation-ally, but through local service opportunities as well. The university makes sure these opportunities are available and bountiful for students.

Some of the organizations through which Waynesburg University has relationships with to serve locally and as near as Pittsburgh include World Vision, Produce to People and the Pittsburgh Project.

“Waynesburg University has had a long-standing part-nership with each of these organizations,” said Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of student services, who coor-dinates trips with the Pitts-burgh Project and other local serving sites.

According to Hardie, for students to become involved in these trips, it’s as easy as going to the new service tab on myConnect and selecting the site they wish to volun-

teer at. Hardie said multiple op-

portunities are out there for students to experience each of these service opportuni-ties.

Hardie said next semes-ter, the Pittsburgh project will be offered twice, once as a weekend trip, costing $40 per student, and one day trip, costing $10 per student. In addition, Adrienne Tharp, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program, leads a weeklong trip just for Bon-ner Scholar students over spring break.

“The Pittsburgh Project of-fers a variety of ways for stu-dents to become involved,” said Hardie. “You could be doing home repairs, tutor-ing or renovating buildings. It’s a great program that aims to assist needy individuals in the Pittsburgh area.”

Hardie said Produce to People is offered through the university twice each month, once in Pittsburgh and once at the local location at the Greene County fairgrounds.

“Produce to People is an organization that provides fresh foods, usually foods that are more expensive, for those that financially quali-fy,” said Hardie.

During Produce to People workdays, volunteers assist in unloading trucks of food from the food bank as well as distributing it out to families

who attend.World Vision workdays

are offered once a month and are located in Pittsburgh.

According to Tharp, World Vision workdays include volunteers sort-ing through goods such as clothing, shoes, healthcare items and more. Volunteers organize these and box them up to be shipped out to other countries.

Caley Blankenbuehler, ju-nior mathematics/secondary education major and Bonner scholar, added that World Vi-sion workdays are fun service opportunities for students to experience.

According to Hardie, World Vision and Produce to People workdays are free for students to attend.

The university offers trans-portation to each of these service sites excluding the local Produce to People lo-cation.

“We only have a certain amount of vehicle space so we try to limit to one or two vans,” said Hardie. “We usu-ally take about 12 students and we always fill up. Each of these service sites all have waiting lists on the myCon-nect tab.”

Hardie also mentioned that most times, the service sites themselves require only so many volunteers to come, due to the fact that they have many volunteers coming

from all over. For this reason and the ve-

hicle space, each service site has a limit on the number of attendees.

Hardie said students usu-ally show enthusiasm for the workdays.

“The students typically enjoy the service opportuni-ties we provide,” said Hardie. “We try to offer a variety so they can choose local or fa-ther locations. We get a lot of repeat volunteers. There are a number of freshmen who are really getting into volunteer-ing this year, it seems.”

Hardie also believes it is important for students to be-come involved in local op-portunities like these.

“It’s very important to participate in some form of local service. It lets you get to know the area and the individuals in it,” said Har-die. “For example, the Green County Immersion service project exposes students be-yond that white picket fence around Waynesburg Univer-sity. It gives you a chance to work with these organiza-tions. Our goal is to get stu-dents to fall in love with an organization’s mission and the service sites and then go back there over and over for however many years they have left at Waynesburg. You never know what you will be passionate about until you try it.”

By KIRSTEN AYERSFor the Yellow Jacket

For over a decade, the Ocean City Police Depart-ment and Waynesburg Uni-versity’s criminal justice pro-gram have worked together to provide students with the knowledge and experience they need to work in the field.

Every year, OCPD comes to visit Waynesburg Univer-sity’s Criminal Justice pro-gram. Many of the students who graduate from Waynes-burg University with a crimi-nal justice degree pursue a career with the OCPD.

“Waynesburg University’s Criminal Justice Administra-tion program has a long and proud relationship with the Ocean City Police Depart-ment,” said James Tanda, in-structor of criminal justice.

The OCPD also hosts a po-lice academy training event every summer starting in the month of May and ending in the month of August.

“Students go there almost every single summer,” said Adam Jack, chairperson of the criminal justice and so-cial sciences departments and assistant professor of criminal justice.

“OCPD recruits from [Waynesburg University] as well as other colleges in the western Pennsylvania and tri-state region in order to select its most qualified can-didates, as there is a strict integrity, background, an d hiring process with OCPD,” said Tanda.

Many criminal justice students apply to work with the OCPD, as do students from other colleges in this area. This opportunity helps students to gain a footing in their careers and begin to pursue their goals. The OCPD also helps students gain experience in their fields and prepare them for jobs in the future.

Despite the OCPD being

Police officers from Ocean City meet with criminal justice majors

By TYLER WOLFEFor the Yellow Jacket

Maria Shepas, a Masters of Arts in Counseling stu-dent, is using sports coun-seling to help enhance the performance of Waynes-burg’s student athletes on and off the field.

Shepas is leading this pro-gram, under the supervision of her professors, for her in-ternship requirement for her master’s degree.

“I have always been inter-ested in athletics and sports training,” said Shepas.

Shepas was an athlete at Waynesburg and is now the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team.

“The things that I’m working with [athletes] on aren’t necessarily going to directly make them win the game, but it’s going to help keep their stress controlled to be able to focus on the next play,” said Shepas.

Sports counseling uses techniques like guided im-

agery, stress management and relaxation techniques with athletes to enhance their attitudes.

Athletes who participate in sports counseling can discover a variety of lifestyle improvements.

“A well-adjusted and happy individual can ben-efit from participation in counseling,” said Dr. Scott Tracy, director of graduate programs in counseling. “The real perk of sports counseling is that athletes are beginning to recognize the awesome power of the human brain and are using that power to enhance their performance, both on the field and in the classroom.”

Shepas has also received positive feedback about the counseling when students take tests and are dealing with uncertainty.

“Its a new lifestyle for people,” said Shepas.

In sports counseling, the core topics of discussion are mainly anxiety manage-

ment and enhancing perfor-mance.

“Something can be said for the person that can slow down their thoughts and fo-cus on his or her job,” said Shepas.

Shepas works primar-ily with the football team, though the counseling is open to all athletes.

“The football team has had four extremely close games that came down to the last play of the game,” explained Shepas. “I work alongside the athletes to help change their attitude, change their outcomes.”

These close games have given Shepas great oppor-tunities to put her counsel-ing to work and see it used on the field.

“Winning is an attitude; you have to think positive to have positive outcomes,” said Shepas.

Some of the exercises that are done are as simple as deep breathing, to control stress and teach athletes how

to relax.When working with ath-

letes, Shepas asks what it takes to push through and perform and win.

“You practice these things on your own, and when you see these things translate onto the field, it gives you a sense of accomplishment,” said Shepas.

Counseling can be a di-verse field that allows for individuals to explore their own interests, which is what Shepas is doing with her counseling.

“Maria’s background in athletics and academics make her a good counselor for sports counseling,” said Tracy. “Our counseling stu-dents are encouraged to ex-plore specializations as well as develop core counseling skills.”

Sports counseling will be offered for athletes to utilize throughout the rest of the fall semester and into the winter and spring sports seasons.

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Service sites available, encouraged for students

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Women's lacrosse coach Shepas' internship geared toward sports counseling

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feeling, and the feeling that everyone is behind you,” said Tonks. “In my journey to walk again, everyone is sup-porting me and wants to help me, and that’s a great feeling. It feels tremendous.”

Tonks said the next big step for him is to walk un-assisted at commencement. This could be made possible through the reception of more treatment in Georgia in the coming months.

Tabrosky said she is thrilled to be homecoming queen and to handle the main responsibility she believes the title entails.

“The only responsibil-ity I have is continue being myself, and that’s the best because they voted me, for me,” said Tabrosky.

She also explained her sur-prised reaction during the halftime ceremony.

“I didn’t really tell anyone to vote for me and to see this outcome is such a blessing,” said Tabrosky. “I’m just so thankful for everyone, I’m thankful for this school and I’m thankful to be a part and it’s all for the Lord.”

Much like Tonks, Tabrosky said it’s the community as-pect that she loves about Waynesburg.

“It’s about who you meet. There are more important things in life than studying for a midterm and stressing out over that. It’s the people you meet,” said Tabrosky. “Those are the people you’re going to go a long way with and realize ‘they’re going to help me out every step of the way.’ It’s the people of Waynesburg that really make it.”

Other members of the 2014 homecoming court in-cluded Kenneth Cline, Jacob Schultz, Phil Szalla, Jessica Gavin, Lane, Cara Petrone and Kristen Stone.

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accredited by Middle States in March 2015.

Jacobs said Waynesburg turned in the self-study in May, which was a 100 page, single spaced document that lists the accomplishments of the university over the past 10 years.

The chair of the self-study committee came to visit for one day in June, and Jacobs said he met with professors, the president, the provost, a group of students and mem-bers of the Board of Trustees among others to get a sense of how Waynesburg Univer-sity works.

He then gave the univer-sity some suggestions on how to revise the document, which the university revised and submitted in September.

From Nov. 2 through Nov. 5, seven people from other Middle States institutions

are going to make a site visit on Waynesburg’s campus. Of the seven people making the site visit, one is the chair of the self-study committee and the other six are people who have been in similar roles at universities, such as deans, provosts and faculty mem-bers at Middle States insti-tutions.

“We’ve got a whole bunch of meetings set up for them,” Jacobs said. “They’ll be ask-ing questions on things based upon what they read in the [self-study] or maybe on things that they didn’t read and want to know about.”

The university has ap-proximately 60 meetings set up for the site visit for people in the library, Student Ser-vices, senior staff, groups of students, alumni, members of the Board of Trustees and faculty.

“I also think what they want to do is get a sense of who we are and what the

mission is,” Jacobs said. “The mission is an important part of the Middle States process, so they want to talk to people and see if everybody knows the mission.”

The people making the site visit will use the university’s self-study and their inter-views during the site visit to write their report comparing the two.

After they write the re-port, they will send it back to Jacobs and the self-study committee, and they will have time to comment on what their findings were.

“Then they’ll write a re-port, and let us know how we’re doing,” Jacobs said. “They will send that to the Middle States Commission, and they will make a deci-sion on our accreditation in the spring.”

Jacobs said something many people do not know about accreditation is that it is always in progress.

“This process takes a long time,” Jacobs said. “People think that accreditation hap-pens every 10 years, which is true. We do have our site visit every 10 years, but it’s an ongoing process on de-ciding what we do, working towards common goals and documenting what we do. Once everything is done, we will start all over again.”

Jacobs urged students to extend their greetings to any Middle States individu-als making the site visit from Nov. 2 to Nov. 5.

If Middle States decides to continue its accreditation with the university, they can make recommendations on aspects the university should change or work on, and they will reevaluate the institution in five years to see if the sug-gestions were applied.

Jacobs is confident the site visit will go well and the university will continue to be accredited by Middle States.

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Stratton: Stover Center speakers provide value for all students

WAYNESBURG, PA — Elbridge Colby, the Robert M. Gates Fellow at the Center for a New American Secu-rity, will present his foreign policy address, “Why We Should Worry about China, and What We Can Do about It,” Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7: 30 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the third floor of Miller Hall.

“This is a unique opportu-nity to hear, in person, from someone who works at the very influential Center for a New American Security, which is a major Washing-ton, D.C., foreign policy think tank,” said Dr. William Batchelder, assistant profes-sor of history at Waynesburg

University.In his position at CNAS,

Colby focuses on strategic deterrence, nuclear weap-ons, conventional force, in-telligence and related issues.

He has also served as the policy advisor to the Secre-tary of Defense’s Represen-tative for the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an expert advisor to the Con-gressional Strategic Posture Commission and a staff member on the President’s Commission on the Intelli-gence Capabilities of the U.S. Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

According to the WMD Commission Report, the

WMD Commission was charged with assessing whether the Intelligence Community was sufficiently authorized to identify, warn and support U.S. govern-ment efforts to respond to resources associated with the proliferation of weap-ons of mass destruction and other related threats of the 21st century and their em-ployment by foreign powers, including terrorists, terror-ist organizations and private networks.

Colby has also worked with the Coalition Provi-sional Authority in Iraq and the State Department.

For more information,

contact Dr. Batchelder at 724-852-3331 or wbatchel@waynesburg.edu.

Founded in 1849 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg Uni-versity is located on a tra-ditional campus in the hills of southwestern Pennsylva-nia, with three adult centers located in the Pittsburgh region. The University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Uni-versities and is one of only 21 Bonner Scholar schools in the country, offering local, regional and international opportunities to touch the lives of others through ser-vice.

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Judge Gary Glazer of the Philadelphia Traffic Court speaks to Waynesburg students and Stover Scholars. Glazer shared his thoughs on ethics and morals pertaining to his experiences as a judge.

in Maryland, the university still has a lasting partnership with them. With Waynesburg providing the OCPD with new recruits and the OCPD helping the students gain ex-perience, Tanda thinks this partnership is strong.

“In the day and age of online, internet recruitment tools through websites or mailers, our CJ students ben-efit greatly from the real-life, person to person interaction with sworn police officers and recruitment specialists who are able to answer spe-cific questions and meet the candidates,” said Tanda.

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By MATT MCDERMOTTFor the Yellow Jacket

On Thursday Oct. 23, Judge Gary Glazer of the Philadelphia Traffic Court came to campus to speak about his experience in bat-tling corruption among the Judiciary, a place where mor-als and ethics should be the most important thing.

The lectures hosted by the Stover Center were not just available to only Stover Scholars, but were also ac-cessible to the entire student body, and faculty members as well.

An estimated 70 students from numerous departments and majors attended the event located in the Center for Research and Economic Development.

Dr. Lawrence Stratton, di-rector of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, wants everyone to understand the relevance of exposing stu-dents to professionals on campus.

“These encounters with leaders in the political, busi-ness, and religious worlds compliment and amplify the insights in the classroom,”

said Stratton. “They wrestle with the ethical challenges that people who are public leaders encounter.”

When guests come to campus and visit the Stover Scholars, they provide ad-vantages that even the gener-al student body can receive. Judge Glazer’s lecture could

have been helpful knowledge to anyone looking for insight in the professional world. Stratton finds that Stover lec-tures can benefit all students, regardless of their majors or future long-term goals.

Glazer thought it was im-portant to come to Waynes-burg University because he

thinks it’s the best way to learn about different per-spectives and viewpoints.

“One of the most impor-tant things is exposure; it provides a path for under-standing,” said Glazer.

Glazer’s lecture regarding his time in the Philadelphia Traffic Court was an op-

portunity to see something negative turn positive and an example of a time when good people were given bad direction.

Glazer wanted students to understand that morals and ethics mean something in today’s culture. He does not want everyone to focus

on perfection, but agrees that it’s important to have profes-sionalism.

He recalled times in his life as a student, when he came in contact with adults in the legal profession who took the time to counsel and talk to him.

“It makes you feel worth while to have positive influ-ences,” said Glazer. “I always said I would do that if I had the chance.”

Stratton encourages stu-dents to attend the Stover lectures outside of the class-room, to meet with those in the professional world. These are people that many students feel are far from their reach.

“Hopefully students learn something from Judge Glazer that will stay with them, and they’ll remember it for the rest of their lives,” said Strat-ton. “Getting Waynesburg University students as many opportunities as possible to meet with leaders in society is part of the equation.”

Students had the opportu-nity to ask Judge Glazer any questions they had regarding his experience in the Phila-delphia Traffic Court, and his legal experience in general.

By LINDSAY ORZECHOWSKIFor the Yellow Jacket

Big changes have been go-ing on throughout Student Health Services, especially with the physician’s assistant no longer being there.

Students will now have a new way of getting pre-scriptions, x-rays and much more.

Student Health used to go through a company called Cornerstone Care; now the partnership is with South-west Regional Care and a local doctor.

The services provided from Cornerstone Care last year were hard to be held this year. Cornerstone Care has four different offices: Greensboro, Washington, Rogersville and Uniontown.

Proximity and availability were a challenge, but with the new changes come some pros and cons.

“We no longer have physi-cian’s assistants that come on campus. We send students over to Dr. Amy Diamond’s office, over in the Instacare center,” said Jennifer Shiring, director of Student Health Services. “We made the de-cision because Cornerstone Care decided not to recon-tract with us this year. It was decided for us. It wasn’t be-cause they didn’t like coming here; it wasn’t working out with their office [and] they couldn’t free someone up to come over here.”

Students coming to health services have some more re-sponsibilities now that the switch has happened.

“It’s more to try to help students deal with real life,” said Shiring. “Be-ing able to go to the doctor’s of-fice knowing how their health insur-ance works, what their copay is, and making an ap-pointment; to try to mirror real life.”

Only two years ago, In-stacare was not an option because Southwest Regional built the new facility.

The students going down to Student Health Services typically come with the com-mon cold or a sore throat, among other things.

Some antibiotics may be required, but they will now not be able to be written at

Student Health Services.

Everyone may not be happy with these changes, though.

“This year from last year, the only thing that really changed was the ability to call in a prescription,” said

Brandon VanTine, sopho-more political science and pre-law major. “Other than that, they stayed consistent and are really helpful.”

Students like VanTine are left with responsibilities they may not be used to, and may not agree with the new structure.

“I think it’s a disadvan-tage; it depends on your co-pay,” said VanTine. “Some

people are lucky and their copay is only $10 to $15. Others could have a $100 copay and really need an antibiotic, but if they can’t afford it then they’re kind of stuck.”

The Loop, the new student transportation system, will take students to and from campus – including the In-stacare stop in Greene Plaza – on Tuesdays and Thurs-days. Appointments for extra care can be made during the evening times from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Nurses are helping the students identify their sick-ness or problem they are having within the Student Health Services.

“Jennifer is really nice, caring, and takes the time to figure out what is actu-

ally wrong and doesn’t just brush you off,” said VanTine. “I think it’s a great system, I was just surprised they don’t have anyone down there anymore.”

As of this time, Southwest Regional has posted a notice on their website.

“The SRMC Healthcare Group is excited to share that InstaCare will be pur-chased by MedExpress,” stated Southwest Regional Website. “To make this con-version, InstaCare will close on October 24 at 5 p.m. and MedExpress will reopen on November 12 at 8 a.m. MedExpress will operate from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. seven days a week and will continue offering the same quality care you have come to expect and deserve.”

Changes to Student Health Services offer pros and cons

Shiring

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Tinnemeyer said he has be-come more comfortable as the time has passed. He is becoming more accustomed to the Waynesburg life, and really enjoyed realizing the opportunity that is provided here.

The Rev. Carolyn Poteet, director of International Pro-grams, has enjoyed working alongside Tinnemeyer and sees a lot of great characteris-tics about what Tinnemeyer brings to the university.

“I have really enjoyed hav-ing him on the team, he has really been a great help to me as a fellow pastor and under-stands ministry,” said Poteet. “I have been very impressed with his pastor’s heart. He has a real heart for students and for ministry.”

In his transition, Tinne-meyer has become the leader of weekly chapel services — he was named university chaplain shortly before fall break — and has been work-ing with campus ministry as-sistants in coordinating the faith programs in the dorms on campus, but what he has enjoyed most have been the

interactions with the faculty and students and the willing-ness of these people to help him.

“They have been hugely helpful because they have been so warm and inviting,” said Tinnemeyer. “I have en-joyed eating with them over at the dining hall and just trying to get to know them in every way I can. Everyone has been so hugely friendly and supporting, which is helpful because I’m still new.”

As Tinnemeyer has adapt-ed to life at Waynesburg, he – along with Poteet – believe that the combination of both their styles will benefit the university.

Poteet said the familiar-ity contributes to the great working relationship. The two went to undergradu-ate school together, yet they never knew each other.

“He understands church ministry. He also comes from a church background, recently being the pastor of a large church,” said Poteet. “He has a real love of music and is excited about work-ing with the music teams and praise band. Its really great he can carry that love of mu-sic on, and also his desire to

support students as they do creative arrangements and explore new music oppor-tunities.”

As Tinnemeyer looks to-ward the future at Waynes-burg, he sees many chal-lenges in adapting to this different lifestyle from his work at a larger church.

“At the end of the day, it is not the same as the church,” said Tinnemeyer. “I have 1,350 students here, and so I really want to be a part of as many lives as I can, but at the

end of the day there is a size issue. That is also the great strength, though, as it’s a nice sized community. It’s like a big church.”

Tinnemeyer is still assess-ing the Christian life on cam-pus and looking at ways to enhance what he believes is already a great program. One thing he does know is that the community on campus is what makes it such a great place to be.

“I think it’s a great com-munity of faith, of learn-

ing and everything we talk about here,” said Tinnemey-er. “There’s a real vibrancy to what I see happening. It comes back to the students

and those who are here to teach and to lead, and it’s a really nice community. I feel really blessed to step in and be a part of it.”

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Looking back at Homecoming 2014

Westminster and be stressed all the time, or I could start over somewhere new,” said Krall.

Krall’s stress at Westmin-ster stemmed from her deci-sion to drop out of her soror-ity, something she described as taboo there.

“I still have a lot of respect for sororities, but that spe-cific one really fell short of my expectations and turned out to not be what I thought it would at all,” said Krall. “I wasn’t getting what I want-ed out of it and it definitely wasn’t helping my faith.”

Krall was highly involved with her campus during her time at Westminster. On top of belonging to a sorority, be-ing a sweetheart for a frater-nity and a resident assistant, she belonged to multiple other clubs and organiza-tions.

“At first I was nervous about what people would think, because I was so in-volved, when I decided to transfer,” said Krall. “I was worried that people would think I was just checking out. I realized I just had to

get over what other people thought. It’s my happiness at stake. It was a really hard de-cision to make, but once I got here, it was totally worth it.”

***

Laura Smith, a graduate intern with the counseling center, has newly organized what is called the Anchor Support Group. The group meets weekly on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. in the B.F. Maiz Room located in Eberly Library and is open to all transfer students and fresh-men.

The goal of Anchor is to help students just starting out at Waynesburg to real-ize that they are never alone in their problems and to help get them acclimated, espe-cially if they are having a hard time adjusting.

“With transfer students, they may even have a higher anxiety than some freshmen in some cases, depending on their past experiences with college or whatever made them decide to transfer,” said Smith. “It takes a really strong person to start over and being friendly and wel-coming to those students is

something we can do to help them realize they made the right decision. We need to help to make it easier be-cause it is already going to be difficult.”

Of course, like many other aspects of student life, trans-fer students are likely to ex-perience many different ups and downs with their deci-sion to start fresh.

“The downside is that they are starting over again, an added element of difficulty. In some cases, they identify with freshmen except that they could feel isolated and alienated because they did not go through this experi-ence together, with a group of people like freshmen do,” said Smith. “The posi-tives are that since they are typically coming from some-where that they either had a bad experience at, or made the decision based on exter-nal factors — like financial or family situations — they are likely to experience a re-duction in stress. It’s also a chance for them to start over, make new friends and form a new identity.”

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For a long time, Krall felt confused about what she wanted to do with her life, what her major was going to be and whether or not to go to a new school to escape her stress.

“I thought I may have made a mistake, changing my major from biology,” said Krall. “I was really confused and just put a lot of time into praying and talking to my mom and my best friend. Through that, I realized that I did want to pursue public relations.”

A major factor in Krall’s decision to leave Westmin-ster was that she felt like she didn’t have anyone who would give her the guidance she was looking to have. She started looking around at other schools with a good public relations program and ultimately chose to apply to Waynesburg this past July.

“At first, I really didn’t want to come to Waynes-burg, because it’s right in my own back yard. I felt like I should be trying to keep a little more distance between school and home,” said Krall.

Krall said that her mother really wanted her to check out Waynesburg. She was

reluctant, but agreed to look into it.

“When I came to visit the school, I sat down with ad-missions. They were so help-ful and they were really my deciding factor,” said Krall. “For the first time since I had started college, I had some-one really guiding me. After the meeting, I felt confident that I was going to transfer here.”

Krall said that once she had decided to come here, she began to feel a lot hap-pier.

“Everyone showed that they really cared about me as an individual,” said Krall.

Krall said that when she let everyone at Westminster know she was going to be leaving, they didn’t seem to show as much interest as she had expected.

“They basically just told me, ‘okay, turn in all these forms and we’ll see you,’” said Krall. “It was just a really big shock. I spent so much time and was so involved there and they just kind of dropped me like a hot po-tato.”

Krall said that now she is adjusting to her new life in Waynesburg and is much

happier with where she is heading in the future.

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According to Smith, there are plenty of ways for trans-fer students to get through some of the struggles they may be facing at new schools.

“One way to adjust is by finding others who are in the same situation, to go through the experience together,” said Smith. “There are activities students can join, become a part of something to help acclimate to a new campus culture.”

Smith said that one of the most important things for a transfer student to realize is that they are not alone.

“There are plenty of other transfer students and even returning students who are very open to making new friends,” said Smith. “I think this campus especially is helpful. Everyone is very friendly and like-minded.”

As a transfer student, it is essential to remember to be open to new experiences and to not be anxious.

“Don’t be afraid to really put yourself out there,” said Smith.

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Transfers: University offers specialized program to help transfers succeed

Photos by Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

(Above) Waynesburg's Andrew English skies for a touchdown grab in the 35-15 win over Case Western Reserve University Oct. 11.

(Top Right) The bleachers and sidelines are filled with a mixture of Waynesburg black and orange.

(Near Right) Homecoming queen Shelby Tabrosky shares a moment with Douglas G. Lee, university president, after her crowning.

(Far Right) Tabrosky (left) and homecoming king RJ Tonks (center, with black crown) are joined on the field by the 2013 homecoming king and queen, Daniel Czajkowski and Anastasia Barr.

Despite fall break, Jacket pride remains high during annual celebration of past, present

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Drugs negatively affecting local area

Three men arrested and facing charges after police removed marijuana plants in Morgan Township earlier this month.

$200,00092 plants

In January, two suspects werecharged with the intent todeliver heroin, possession of heroin and paraphernalia.

$6,500111 bags

Heroin is more accessible andcheaper than both wine and asix-pack of beer.

2 bags $15

Personal story shares how drugs can destroy a life

‘Not even God would touch that place’

Drugs in Greene County: Small towns' big problemGreene Arc

works with university students

A peak into the big fish, small pond life

By LUKE CAMPBELLStaff Writer

The exasperating, blaring sound of the alarm that resonates through his room at 6:30 a.m. might be one of the most peaceful parts of his day. But as he gradually dresses with his suit pants and shirt he knows how important that day’s work just might be.

The serenity of an early morning cup of coffee as he wanders throughout the neighborhood with the two things he can always count on. Things in his life that have remained constant for several years: his two dogs.

John Fox, Greene County Drug and Alcohol Director, drives through the congested morning rush of Waynes-burg traffic, knowing that is the effort-less ride of the day, the real ride begins when he arrives at work.

Fox oversees the daily operation in the recovery of drug and alcohol abuse in Greene County; however, he knows his daily ride is more like an uphill battle. With a staff of only five people and limited funding, Fox’s tasks only become magnified with the rash of incidents that have arisen.

With high unemployment rates, low income residents and below than average living conditions being the unshakeable impression of Greene County for the past several years, the widespread amount of drugs that are being illegally produced and sold throughout the area is recently over-shadowing those issues.

Several larger cases have recently struck the rural landscape of the area,

By TIM NERALStaff Writer

Some people are good at video games. Some excel at sports. Sam was good at doing drugs.

Sam Shiner is a 20-year-old college dropout from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. There’s a difference between Sam and current and former college students. Sam is a recovering drug addict.

Between 13 and 19, Sam experi-mented with pills, amphetamines, stimulants, Vicodin, marijuana, ciga-rettes, alcohol, Oxycontin and heroin.

“This was a long time before I had the concept, before I knew drugs were a problem, that I couldn’t control it. It [drugs] was the only part of my life that made sense,” says Sam.

That statement doesn’t make sense and Sam acknowledges it. Health class-es and drug prevention programs are a staple of the American educational sys-tem, so how could he not know drugs were a problem? He tries to explain it another way.

“I had a counselor once who treated drug addiction for years and she said, ‘People go walking around every day with holes: self-doubt, depression, mom left, dad left, not good-looking enough. Some of us have more holes than others and at some point, they get introduced to something that fills their holes and it’s like, ‘It’s going to be okay, finally.’ Addiction is like that. It fills their holes.”

Suddenly, the nonsensical starts to

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By SAMANTHA PEER AND APRIL BELLIZIO

Staff Report

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be small-town famous?

Doug Wilson, radio per-sonality of WANB, and Eric Moore, owner of Moore’s Hot Dogs, have experienced their share of fame here in Greene County.

Biggest fan:When you’re famous in a

small town, an ordinary trip to the grocery store can turn into an autograph session.

If Wilson isn’t recognized immediately, when he begins to talk he is automatically identified as “crazy Dougy Wilson” from WANB.

Once while grocery shop-ping with his brother, Wilson noticed a young boy continu-ally glancing his way.

The young boy’s mother eventually approached Wil-son to ask if he was “crazy Dougy Wilson”.

“When I said yes, the boy was so excited,” said Wilson. “He came running back over to me with a paper and a pen, asking for my autograph.”

For Moore, his fame has extended beyond the borders of Greene County.

“I’ll be in Pittsburgh and I am recognized as the hot dog guy from Waynesburg. It surprises me,” said Moore.

Dream job:Though Moore is now pas-

sionate about his business, owning a hotdog stand was not exactly his childhood ambition.

Moore laughs each time he explains the idea that sparked the opening of his hotdog stand.

“I was joking around with my wife saying that if I couldn’t get a job, I would go and sell hotdogs on the street,” said Moore. “It has now been five years since the opening of Moore’s Hot

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S A M E T H R O U G H S E R V I C E — P A R T

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By MATT KOLLEditorial Assistant

An estimated three per-cent of the local Greene County population has some level of intellectual or developmental disabilities, according to Greene Arc. For the people of Greene County, that translates to over 1,200 individuals who are likely in need of services.

Starting out with just a few concerned parents in 1967, Greene Arc Inc. is an organi-zation located approximately 10 miles from Waynesburg University’s campus. It reaches out to the commu-nity by developing quality programming to individuals with developmental disabili-ties and their families.

“Greene Arc is the largest human service provider in the County of Greene,” said Executive Director Cynthia Dias. “Our mission is to promote independence and employment of disabled citi-zens.”

Through its 65 staff mem-bers, Greene Arc provides a plethora of support pro-grams to assist individuals in becoming a functioning member of the community. Residential programs are one of these, offering con-sumers group homes to live in at four different locations in Greene County, with 24-hour service. There is also what is deemed as family living, where a host family permits a consumer to re-side in their home with the consumer paying room and board and Greene Arc pro-viding a stipend to the fam-ily. Semi-independent liv-ing is also an option, where consumers live in their own home, yet require up to 30 hours per week of support to maintain community tenure.

The Bonner scholars at Waynesburg are already working with Greene Arc,

By CHELSEA DICKSManaging Editor

Imagine this land 5,000 years ago.Imagine the dense thick forests filled with

large oaks and cedars.Imagine the Monongahela River before it

was given that name, before Greene County was founded, before the large coal operations, before houses and highways were built, before Columbus set a foot on this nation.

Imagine that image of Greene County and what still remains is, the Warrior Trail.

At 67-miles long, stretching from the Pennsylvania and West Virginia border all the way to Greensboro with 45 miles run-ning through Greene County, this trail has been used for over 5,000 years by Native Americans, according to the Department of Recreation for Greene County.

5,000 years of flint and fur trading, hunting and also warfare.

The trail has seen some dark days, and oral tradition has past on these tales for genera-tions.

“When I was growing up, I had heard of the Warrior Trail but did not know much about it,” said Greene County native, Raleen Nichols, whose family has been in Greene County since the 1600’s.

“My grandfather knew a lot about the county and its legends as well as secrets.”

He passed down these legends and secrets to his granddaughter.

He told tales of the Greene County back then all the time. He knew about many things historical about Greene County.

He knew about the Warrior Trail.He knew all the stories of hauntings and

suspicious occurrences and the dark history that has always been attributed to the area since this area was colonized.

But whenever the trail was mentioned, her grandfather never found the courage to say anything about the Warrior Trail other than, “it is evil.”

Multiple times Nichols asked her grandfa-ther why he opposed her going to the Warrior Trail so much.

She knew the stories of the hauntings.Everyone knew about the reputation of the

area, but she and others always associated them to alcohol and drugs and took them as nothing but what they were: stories.

But to her grandfather, they were real. So real that he persisted his granddaughter

continuously not to go, saying that not even God would touch that place.

“I never believed any of them [stories] until my husband,” until the day that her husband, Ken Nichols, had an encounter that still gives her goose bumps.

It all began with a bachelor party slash camping trip.

Ken Nichols, the future groom and some of his buddies all took off from Morgantown for a random large open field to spend the night at.

None of the men were from the area, one coming all the way from Oregon.

None of them knew about the Warrior Trail and the reputation.

They ended up choosing an open field on top of a hill.

What they didn’t know was that the War-rior Trail was less than 100 yards away.

They quickly realized their mistake. As they settled into their sleeping bags, things started to get weird.

The wind went from blowing to silent within seconds,

The sky changed from a blackish grey to a blood red,

The whole field began to glow,Then a bush started glowing water blue.But that was just the beginning.In the large open field, glowing white

forms started appearing all over the place.“There were dozens of them, some were

Indians, some were Civil War military in full uniform,” said Ken Nichols.

It didn’t take long for the men to hightail it out of there.

With their hairs on their necks standing straight up they piled into the car and took off for the entrance into the field.

“When we got to the entrance of the field a soldier sat on one side and an Indian was on the other,” said Ken Nichols.

With the pedal to the floor, the men took off onto the main road making a sharp left turn and pushing Ken onto one of his buddies

giving him the perfect view to see a ghostly Indian running towards them and throwing a spear.

“We hightailed it back to Morgantown,” said Ken Nichols. “But that is not the end of the story.”

Five days later the men came back to the horrifying field to show their women where the event occurred.

“I was more than a little nervous but I agreed. I figured daylight, no problem,” said Ken Nichols.

They saw the tire tracks through the field, the only evidence of their camping trip a couple of nights before. There was no red sky, no glowing bushes and no ghostly figures appearing. But none of that compared to what happened next.

“As we drove towards Kirby on the Warrior Trail, we suddenly had a flat tire,” said Ken Nichols. “I looked down and there was an arrowhead stuck in the tire.”

Was this the end of the spear that the ghostly Indian figure threw at them as they left five nights ago?

Was it a warning from another haunting figure to never come back to the area again?

Ken Nichols and his wife have not been able to come up with a reasonable answer to what occurred that week.

They have accepted the superstition.They have accepted that maybe her grand-

father was right, the place is evil and should not be trespassed.

The Warrior Trail has been a part of tales dating back to the 1600's and hauntings still occur today

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Chelsea Dicks, Yellow Jacket

This chicken coop located in Morgan Township held $200,000 of marijuana plants less then two months ago.

Greene County drug facts:

“This was a long time before I had the concept, before I knew drugs were a problem, that I couldn't control it. It [drugs] was the only part of my life that made sense.”

SAM SHINERRecovering drug addict

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Time to refocusStudents should return from break motivated

Isn’t it great to be back at Waynesburg? I write that in all seriousness following the inaugural week-long fall break. After nearly seven days without classes, I was happy to return to school.

Why didn’t we do it be-fore? School is stressful at times — that’s common knowledge to any student reading this. It’s especially stressful around midterms and finals, when exams are normally required and large assignments are often due. So following that stressful mid-term week, where any given student could have taken four or more exams, a break is perfectly timed.

Last year at this time, stu-dents were churning their way through the ninth week of the semester without a

scheduled “day off ” on the academic calendar since La-bor Day, which fell on the second Monday of classes. In total, students worked for 12 straight weeks without a day off last year between La-bor Day and Thanksgiving break, creating quite a grind for students of all majors.

Students who remember that haul surely enjoyed fall break. They had a chance to recharge after a potentially draining midterm week — something they may not have been able to do last year.

For freshmen, fall break may have served as a time to catch their breath following six weeks of exposure to the college lifestyle. That was one of the main intentions of cre-ating fall break, according to multiple university officials: give students time off follow-ing half a semester to relax, spend time with family and friends, and take one of the newly named faith, learning and service trips.

Perhaps fall break created even more benefits than just that, subtle though they may be. Did you notice that last week was a breeze compared to midterm week? Maybe even to the point where it re-minded you of the so-called syllabus week?

The first weeks back from a break are normally lighter than the weeks in the middle of the semester. That’s not al-ways a bad thing. It doesn’t mean classes aren’t produc-tive — it just means we’re getting back into the swing of things. The fact that last week was such a breeze, at least for me, made it a better week than fall break.

For the first time in the last four years, I had enough time between classes to go for long walks, toss a foot-ball at Purman Run, go out to dinner three times (an activ-ity stressful on the wallet and stomach, but not the mind), play a little bit of FIFA ‘15 and communicate with the

folks back home — all while spending plenty of time with the close friends I have at school.

Last week was one of the few times as a student that I didn’t feel like I was sacrific-ing my academic reputation to do more of the fun things college students do. There was no stress of looming deadlines or tests. Waynes-burg felt like a fun place to be.

Now, just like every day can’t be Christmas to a child, not every week of classes can be that relaxing. If it was, we wouldn’t be getting our money’s worth as students. Personally, though, that week off for fall break followed by an easy week transitioning back into the swing of things will definitely keep me up-beat until our next break.

Last week was just what I needed. Now I’m ready to get back to the grind.

Why haven’t we been do-ing it this way all along?

Fall Break far overdue for WU studentsNick

FarrellColumnist

Lately I have been feeling so confident, strong and up-lifted.

It is not that this is an un-usual experience for me, but I have been trying to locate the source of my strength.

It could be that I am still experiencing a high from the much-needed Fall Break.

However, I think it is partly because a new social movement is spreading like wildfire through popular campaigns by Corporate America. Brands across the country are making strides to empower women, and the infectiousness of these campaigns is undeniably tangible.

Commercials that address cultural issues – such as the negative stigma associated with the phrase “like a girl” and women’s tendency to be apologetic towards interrupt-ing, offering their opinion, or exuding power – are starting conversations about the op-pression of women within our borders.

Yes, we have come a long way since Susan B. Anthony pioneered women’s suffrage efforts that eventually pro-vided women with a voice in the direction of their own country.

However, issues like the glass ceiling and continued physical and sexual vio-lence towards women lead me to believe that perhaps the oppression of women in our society was not entirely eradicated in the passing of the 19th amendment.

After all, the initial re-porting of NFL player Ray Rice physically injuring his then fiancée only resulted in a slap on the wrist before leaked footage of the beating enraged millions.

In addition, statistics indi-cate that every two minutes, an American woman is sexu-ally assaulted.

Again, the United States has advanced significantly in the fight for women’s rights. However, I think it is far too soon to throw down the gloves.

The fight is far from over. Before I continue on my soapbox, let me share with you a quote I recently stum-bled upon that helped to put this particular issue into per-spective for me.

The quote stated, “Girls compete with each other, women empower each oth-

er.” Could it be that girls are

helping to perpetuate the op-pression of women?

Many pop culture movies such as “Mean Girls” depict girls as catty, competitive and at times brutal to one another.

I think it would be deceit-ful for any of us to say we have never encountered a real-life Regina George, or at least a close adaptation of her.

It would also be dishon-est to say that we’ve never felt personally victimized by said Regina George.

The truth of the matter is that girls truly can be mean, and the primary targets of mean girls are typically fel-low females.

Girls compete; women empower each othersamaNtha

peerColumnist

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Editor's Note: The follow-ing is an interview with Julia Bausman, assistant professor of education, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out voca-tional faith.

By Nicole ZimmelFor the Yellow Jacket

Q. When did you first come to Waynesburg and what led you here?

A. I taught elementary education as well as special education for many years, but about 10 years ago, I de-cided I wanted to continue my career at a Christian uni-versity. I spent time praying about this and knew it would be a big change for myself as well as my husband.

I felt that it was my calling in life to teach higher educa-tion, so I then started work-ing on my doctoral degree. Once completed, I started searching for jobs only at

Christian universities. I moved here the summer of 2011 and started at the uni-versity in September of that year. This is my fourth year at Waynesburg, and I really enjoy watching my students grow and mature.

Q. In what ways do you

demonstrate your faith in your position at Waynes-burg?

A. Every week in class, I share scriptures that are meaningful to me or related to something we are going to discuss in class. I really en-joy that I can share my faith with my students here. I have also taken time out of class to pray for needs that come up in class or discussions.

Last year, I had the privi-lege of leading the first Edu-cation Department mission trip to the Bahamas. It was really a joy to see our stu-dents use skills that they learned here in class.

I also enjoyed seeing them interact with the children and share the joy in their

lives with others.

Q. Have any specific mo-ments, whether in inter-acting with a student or a fellow faculty member, touched you spiritually or affirmed your faith?

A. I had a conversation with a student a few years ago. She was graduating and had to make a decision about a job and changes in her life. She talked about her belief in seeking God’s will in her life to help her make impor-tant decisions. I could relate to this very well, and it was very uplifting to hear her talk about her life in those terms. I have attended a faculty bible

study, as well as Chapel ser-vices. Through these activi-ties, I have enjoyed getting to know other faculty, staff and students in that way and share the common bond we have in Christ.

Q. Do you feel that you are where God wants you to be?

A. Definitely. Everything that happened during our move down here and every-thing since we have been here has been an affirmation that this is where God was leading us. It was a giant step of faith to leave a secure position for both my husband and I and come to Waynesburg.

Walking by Faith: Julia Bausman

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In the past, the first break Waynesburg University stu-dents received during the fall semester was for Thanksgiv-ing, which brought mountains of work for finals preparation and little relaxation.

This year, students were offered a fall break in the middle of the semester that included less work and a stress-free environment. It is undoubtedly beneficial to have such a break to relax and recharge, but it can be hard to begin classes again and return to previous levels of focus and effort.

It can be tempting to con-tinue with the calm and ease of Fall Break upon returning to school, but it’s important to find a way to refocus on studies so that the hard work put in during the first half of the semester isn’t wasted. Rather than slacking off, ef-forts should be doubled and

knowledge gained previously in the semester should be so-lidified and built upon. One of the best approaches to do-ing this is to remember to take small breaks throughout the semester.

Compromise between working too hard and not enough by making time at least once a week to enjoy the same relaxation pro-vided over Fall Break. Small opportunities to recharge can strengthen the mental and physical abilities of students.

Upholding the busy life of a college student causes many people to burn out too quickly, and their schoolwork begins to reflect this exhaus-tion. Their relationships suffer when they forget to take care of themselves. But the solu-tion is easy: make the time to relax, and the remaining weeks of the semester will be a success.

Yik Yak, an overnight sensation, has taken college campuses and high schools by storm. Yik Yak is an app that was created by college students, and it allows its users to anonymously post things to a live “feed” or “bul-letin board.”

Although the app appears fun, it poses many serious questions about cyber bul-lying. Unexpectedly, peers use Yik Yak to call out other students by name. They are using Yik Yak as a mega-phone to harass or bully other students. According to New York Magazine, “At Staples High School in West-port, Connecticut, students started talking trash about each other. One person wrote, ‘How long do we think before A. B. kills herself?’”

These posts are com-pletely unacceptable. We are letting people use the veil of anonymity to tear oth-ers down. How far are must we go? Does someone actu-ally have to kill himself or

herself to get the message across? Don’t be naïve. Yik Yak isn’t as anonymous as it is portrayed to be. Recently, a Penn State student used Yik Yak to “anonymously” post a shooting threat to one of the student campus centers. University police were able to track the student despite the “anonymity” the app pro-motes. The student claimed it was a “prank,” but no one was laughing. This isn’t the only case of anonymous threats via Yik Yak.

There have been several instances in which people have posted bomb and death threats. Fortunately, Yik Yak has been cooperative in all investigations regarding threats via Yik Yak. Yik Yak may be all fun and games, but don’t post anything on there that you might regret later. Don’t use the anonym-ity of the app to tear others down. Let’s encourage our peers to use Yik Yak respon-sibly and who knows what might happen.

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

On Friday, Oct. 24, the homecoming prince at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Washington opened fire in the school’s cafeteria, killing one vic-tim – Zoe Galasso, 14 – and wounding four others.

Jaylen Ray Fryberg pro-ceeded to kill himself after wounding his four fellow classmates.

Three of the victims were in critical condition on Fri-day with head wounds after the shooting, according to NBC News. Two of them were later taken to a hospital in Seattle.

Late Sunday night, Gia Soriano, 14, died at the hos-pital.

Her family told CNN that they will donate her organs. The other three victims re-main in critical condition. Two of the victims, Andrew Fryberg, 15, and Nate Hatch, 14, were Jaylen’s cousins. All of the victims had head wounds from the shooter.

According to CNN, the victims were invited to the same lunch table by

the shooter himself. Other classmates said that Fryberg was a popular kid who was

crowned homecoming prince the week before the shoot-ing happened. According to

NBC, officials are unclear as to why he decided to open fire, he had tweeted a series

of messages that suggested a rocky romance.

NBC also said that stu-dents who witnessed the shooting said Jaylen had a blank stare on his face as he began shooting. Law enforce-ments stated that the shooter used a .40 Beretta.

Erick Cervantes, a junior, told NBC that a woman – possibly a teacher – came into the cafeter ia and grabbed Fryberg’s arm. Fry-berg attempted to shoot the woman, but ended up shoot-ing himself in the neck.

It isn’t clear if the shooter committed suicide or acci-dentally shot himself in the neck in the struggle.

Doug Dawson, a special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-arms, and Explosives, told NBC that Fryberg’s weapon was acquired legally.

Law enforcement told CNN that Fryberg had trou-ble reloading the gun and his hands were trembling.

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Students are escorted to buses for evacuation after a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School, in Marysville, Wash., Oct. 24.

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

1. School shooting victim dies

An injured victim of the high school shooting in Washington this past week has passed away following complications of gunshot wounds to the head. Gia Soriano, 14, was the second victim to die as a result of the shooting, along with the shooter who committed suicide. Soriano was the un-confirmed ex-girlfriend of the shooter, Jaylen Fryberg, who opened fire inside his high school’s cafeteria. The parents of Soriano released a statement regarding the situation: “We are dev-astated by this senseless tragedy. Gia is our beautiful daughter and words cannot express how much we will miss her.” Three others remain critically injured in the hospital.

-CNNOct. 28

2. ISIS tortures and beheads captives

American James Foley read a script, stared into the camera, and was ready to face whatever was about to come his way. At that moment, a masked man be-headed Foley with a knife, and ISIS had killed yet another victim as part of their massive terror scheme in the name of Islam. Not only are lives being claimed due to this group’s radical religious beliefs, but the New York Times recently released a report saying that ISIS is torturing their captives as well. Photojour-nalist Foley represented one of the captives who was apparently “singled out for harsh treatment,” accord-ing to the report. Amidst

his torture, he received beatings, waterboarding and mock executions. Foley was a 40-year-old free-lance journalist who was reporting for the Agence France Presse when he was abducted in 2012. He was the first Western hostage to be decapitated by ISIS on camera.

-CNN/New York TimesOct. 28

3. Prosecutors appeal Pistorius conviction

The Oscar Pistorius saga remains alive and kicking as prosecutors decided on Monday to appeal the recent verdict and sentence. The Olympic track runner was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to a five-year prison term for the murder of his girlfriend. If found guilty again on the appeal, Pistorius could face a minimum of 15 years in prison for the slaying of Reeva Steenkamp, accord-ing to ABC News. Pistorius was essentially acquitted for his actions by Judge Thokozile Masipa, as the judge found him guilty of a lesser charge comparable to manslaughter. The Olympic athlete testified that he had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder.

-ABC News Oct. 28

4. Nurse released from quarantine

An angry nurse was finally released by Gov. Chris Christie after her quarantine due to treat-ing patients with the Ebola virus. According to ABC News, Christie knew the nurse, Kaci Hickox, was upset with the situation, but his responsibility for the well-being of the state was the larger picture. “No one ever wants to be in the hospital, I suspect,” said Christie. “And, so, I under-

stand that. But, the fact is I have a much greater, bigger responsibility to the people of the public.” Hickox tested negative for the virus following her visit to Sierra Leone and remained outspoken regarding her displeasure for Christie’s decision. Furthermore, Hickox announced her hiring of a lawyer with the intention of filing a lawsuit against her 21-day quaran-tine.

-ABC NewsOct. 27

5. International rela-tions prove frosty

In recent years, many signs have pointed to a regression in the relation-ship between the United States and Russia. Ameri-can diplomats working at the United States Embassy in Moscow have reported slashed tires, personal email hacks and mysteri-ous break-ins. All of these resemble, with striking similarity, the aggres-sive nature of Soviet-era counterintelligence tactics, according to U.S. officials. According to ABC News, these instances “paint an escalating pattern of in-timidation and harassment that is believed to be led by Russia’s Federal Security Services.” Washington of-ficials have complained to high Russian officials about the tactics, and even to President Vladimir Putin. Officials say, “the level of harassment increased sharply this year as U.S.-Russia relations plunged to their lowest level in decades amid the Ukraine crisis.”

-ABC News Oct. 27

6. Lava forcing evacuation

Lava from Mount Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island is reaching a danger-

ously close proximity to town residents. Officials of the town have warned the residents that they may indeed need to move as the lava flow approaches. Ac-cording to National Public Radio, the lava is moving at a seemingly slow pace of 10 to 15 yards per hour. This slow pace may appear in-significant, but as the lava is now within 600 yards of the town, dozens of residents who live downslope of the stream have been told to be ready for evacuation on Tuesday. The Associated Press released a worrisome statement about the vol-cano: “Kilauea volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983,” said the state-ment. “Most lava from this eruption has flowed south. But the lava has flowed to the northeast over the past two years.”

-NPROct. 28

7. UNC takes crown for massive scandal

For 18 years, roughly 3,100 students attending the prestigious University of North Carolina took fake classes. Advisers for the school’s student-athletes funneled these young adults through these “paper classes” to keep them NCAA eligible for athlet-ics. Kenneth Wainstein was an investigator amid reports of academic fraud at the university, and he shared some of his findings with CNN: “These coun-selors saw the paper classes and the artificially high grades they yielded as key to helping some student-athletes remain eligible,” said Wainstein. But appar-ently, the sheer magnitude of the fraud created was like nothing seen before. Gerald Gurney, president of the Drake Group, an organization that deals

with maintaining academic integrity in schools, said, “I can safely say that the scope of the 20-year UNC fraud scandal easily takes the prize for the largest and most nefarious scandal in the history of NCAA enforcement.”

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8. Wolf reaches Waynes-burg

As the Pennsylvania State Senate election creeps closer – now just over one week away – the Democratic candidate, Tom Wolf, headed toward southwestern Pennsylvania on Saturday and Sunday. More specifically, Wolf made stops in Waynesburg and Washington with a message regarding the need for job creation. Pennsyl-vania has recently been ranked dead last among the 50 states in the area of job creation, even though the state ranked ninth only a few years ago. “We have so much to build on,” Wolf said. “I want us to be number one in everything and create a future we all deserve.” Regardless of how anyone perceives the candi-dates for this year’s election, Nov. 4 is a milestone day for the country, and Pennsyl-vania.

-Observer ReporterOct. 28

9. Top major league prospect dies

A tragic moment hit the sports community as the baseball world learned about the death of top prospect Oscar Taveras. Considered to be a top-five prospect by most organi-zations at the beginning of the 2014 season, the 22-year-old slugger died in the Dominican Republic on Sunday after being involved in a car accident with his

girlfriend. Taveras made his major league debut this year to the tune of a .239 batting average, with three home runs and 22 RBI’s in his first season. The team’s general manager, John Mo-zeliak, commented on the tragedy as he remembered Taveras as a young man. “I simply can’t believe it,” said Mozeliak. “I first met Oscar when he was 16 years old, and will forever remember him as wonderful young man who was a gifted ath-lete with an infectious love for life who lived every day to the fullest.

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10. From jobless to dream job

Jennifer Adamson was a flight attendant in 2001. After the 9/11 attacks, airlines began to cut back on their workers, and Adamson was one of the victims of this shortage of work. This was a blessing in disguise, as it turned out. A new start was needed for Adamson, as she enrolled in several pottery classes at California University of Pennsylvania with the in-tention of turning a hobby into a career. Now in 2014, the Waynesburg resident owns Adamson Pottery and an offshoot business called PA Mug Co., and the orders continue to come in surges. With only one contracted employee and student interns, Adamson has her hands full in keep-ing up with the roughly 250 orders received per week. The pottery business owner wants to share the benefit of pursuing a career in what one loves to do.

-Observer ReporterOct. 28

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BRENDAN KEANY For the Yellow Jacket

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

I must reiterate that this competitive nature existing among females is not assist-ing us in propelling our so-ciety to where it needs to be: a place of true equality that views persons not by their gender, but by the content of their character.

As women, we must pres-ent a united front.

These new campaigns and associated commercials are doing precisely that.

They are empowering women, which is vital to providing women with the respect and dignity they de-

serve.These companies are tak-

ing a stand against gender in-equality and the oppression of women.

It is time for the rest of us to join the cause.

Women, we need to con-tinue to encourage one an-other to be all that we can be.

When we stand up for one another, we instill a confi-dence that we are not alone.

Let’s make an effort to complete one another in-stead of compete against each other.

Let’s continue to raise awareness and empower each other, TOGETHER.

By Kara evansFor the Yellow Jacket

There is time in life when people take on responsibil-ity; they organize their own schedules and use discretion in which classes to take. Dur-ing freshman year, these first steps are made – some do so with great enthusiasm, oth-ers with hesitant placement – but all are thrown into the melee of college life with little or no knowledge of what is in store. Other students make transitioning easier by help-ing out, but unfortunately, one important detail was left out this year: the meal times. I propose the hours for

Benedum Dining Hall and the Beehive be posted in the bathrooms on campus.

Student Services would handle the printing of the hours on paper and distrib-ute them to students to put up in the bathrooms. This process is easy; the papers can be left up.

Some students reject this idea, presuming the freshmen know the hours already, but I disagree. I missed two meals in the first week, and a fellow freshman, Shy Arkenburgh, said, “I still don’t know the cafeteria’s hours,” after two weeks of college. Therefore, the immediate reaction that this is not a problem is dis-

regarded. The school website pro-

vides the hours for both eat-ing places, so posting them in every bathroom might be considered time-consuming. Unfortunately, the hours are hard to find, making it time-consuming for weekly checks. In the bathroom, everyone sees; nullifying the need to spend time finding the hours online. Consequently, the website is not sufficient for finding hours for the Beehive and cafeteria.

In a different solution, Student Services emails all incoming students the schedule. Unfortunately, not everyone checks their email.

Putting the schedule in the bathroom is convenient, so Student Services does not compile a list of new stu-dents. Instead, the schedule is put up once per semester. Clearly, putting the schedule for meals in the bathrooms is a beneficial idea.

The dining hall and Bee-hive are great places to eat, but if students miss impor-tant meals, then hard labor goes to waste. An effective solution is to place a sched-ule in the restroom. I pray Student Services considers and acts. This plan eases minds, giving no reason to worry about missing the next meal.

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make a little more sense. He wasn’t pressured by anyone. He admits he did it on his own.

“I didn’t really understand why I was getting high. I didn’t understand myself.”

Quitting was never on his mind. His will for self-destruction was prioritized over his health and well-be-ing. It was only after drop-ping out of Pitt-Johnstown and falling in love that Sam found the will to quit, but sometimes the will to quit isn’t enough. There is a pop-ular misconception that the only thing you need to quit is the will. There’s more to it than that.

His love for his girlfriend, Leah, gave him the motiva-tion, yet no matter how hard they tried, drugs seemed to be an irremovable part of their lives. They watched a lot of Netflix, specifically, the TV show, “Lost”.

“I’d seen the show twice before but I wanted to share it with another person,” he says.

There is some dark irony to be found in a drug-addict-ed couple binge-watching a show about self-identity and being lost. The former they were both looking for, the latter they were both expe-riencing.

They started reading books together. Sam’s favorite book is “A Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde. He describes it as the corruption of an ideal, pure soul, about how an innocent, naïve being is exposed to this older man and to all these concepts and ideas and becomes evil over time.

The parallels between these two stories and the lives of Sam and Leah seem too convenient.

Statistics can tell you the size of the heroin market ex-ceeds $55 billion, more than the gross domestic product of eleven European nations. What they can’t explain is the effect that drug use has on your life when you try to quit. Drug use is not just a choice. It is a way of life. Quitting drugs means quit-ting the life you’ve grown ac-customed to living and leav-ing the people with whom you’ve grown accustomed.

Drugs are at the very cen-

ter. That kind of lifestyle breeds chaos, and alcoholics and addicts love chaos, he says. “It’s like finding per-fection. You’re so flawed in all these ways and suddenly you’re perfect. It’s like you fi-nally found the right lens to look at life through.”

The landscapes of drug ad-diction and rehabilitation are on entirely different planes. If drug addiction were base jumping into the Grand Can-yon, rehabilitation would be climbing out of the 6,000 foot-deep chasm.

Quitting itself was much more difficult.

“We were still around the same people. Nothing really changed. It was the same group of friends we got high with during high school. I didn’t have any friends with-out drug use. I didn’t have anything in common with people who didn’t use drugs.”

There were days of trying, weeks of trying, months of trying to quit. It was a severe-ly co-dependent relationship. If Leah gave in, so did Sam. If Sam gave in, so did Leah.

“There were hundreds of tries. Leah and I went through months and months. One day, ‘I’m never going to do this again’ and a week later we were back at it. We were in this severely co-dependent relationship.”

Since then, Sam has en-tered a rehab house in Lan-caster and has been clean for three months.

“It was a huge adjustment. You know, my whole life was based on other people’s ac-ceptance. I was in a room where no one knew me and I didn’t know myself and it was just really ambiguous. I got a job as a telemarketer, offering free estimates for home im-provement, getting rejected 400-500 times a day and I was stressed about it, like can I do this? I was stressed about meeting my quota, about providing food for myself, about being alone.”

Sam is finally getting clean, free of drugs, but he’s also rebuilding his entire life. He has no friends. He has no future plans. Getting from day to day is hard enough.

“Where I’m at, this is a new place and this new job with these new people I don’t know. I’ve been suicidal and since I’ve been out here, it’s just been trying to find a way to be okay with me.”

Sam had never gotten over the guilt thing, of what it would do to his family if he were to take his own life. That narrow strand of resistance, that guilt factor, Sam doesn’t have that out here.

In a casual demonstra-tion of what he means, he talks about a drive home from work with some of the guys from the rehab house. He looked out the window and saw a tractor trailer ap-proaching and thought to himself, “I could probably pull down this window and jump in front of that trailer in ten seconds.” He says him-self there’s no logic behind it, just a temporary possession of these scary urges that still frighten him.

Looking back on the past is all Sam seems able to do these days because his future is so uncertain, so blank.

He finds himself wander-ing a lot, never finding the doorway he feels is calling to him. He walks with head-phones, his mind floats. He goes to parking garages and always knows where the clos-est one is because he finds solace there. White lines mark the spots of the top floor but no one parks that far away.

They’re not looking for anything. They know where they want to go. There’s no roof and Sam sits on the edge and looks down for twenty minutes.

“It’s an escape from other people, somewhere I can go where there’s no one. I look down at everyone, every-thing. No one sees me.”

He walks along train tracks to clear his head and think through things. He says “You don’t know if you wanna live till it’s a choice.”

One time, Sam was having a hard day. “I felt I was go-ing to stare down a train.” He walked for miles and turned around to come on the oth-er side of the tracks and the tracks aren’t familiar at all. He was on the other side of the river earlier and now he couldn’t see it. He tried to look up Google maps before his phone died. He walked for 45 minutes and stopped for a second to pray. Two minutes later, he was at a dock, a landmark, the home stretch.

“The moment where I felt most lost was right before I was totally fine.”

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an opportune space to grow and move an abundance of various drugs.

“Folks feel that we are so secluded and feel like they can find a little patch out in the middle of nowhere and grow something,” said Fox.

Earlier this month, three men were arrested and are facing charges after state po-lice found a marijuana grow-ing operation in Morgan Township. Police removed the 92 marijuana plants from a chicken coop on a farm stretching 132 acres. The estimated amount of money for the plants recovered was around $200,000.

Earlier this year in Janu-ary, two suspects were charged with the intent to deliver heroin, conspiracy to deliver heroin, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers recovered about $6,500, 111 stamp bags of heroin, along with syringes and other ne-cessities.

There are many opinions to what is leading to the in-tense growth and movement of drugs within the area.

One favorable belief is the individual’s vulnerability of prescription drugs with a constant itching to attain a better high. Popular narcotic painkillers such as oxycodo-ne, normally sold as Perco-cet, and hydrocodone, sold as Vicodin are the likely start of these addictions.

“For a lot of folks, that slippery slope starts with pre-scription pain medication,” said Fox. “Some people take more than they should or more often than they should. Maybe they cannot get them filled and that is when they start to go through with-drawal. Prescription pills on the street are expensive and for some drug abuse, it fol-lows the path of economics.”

In an investigative report recently published, heroin is more easily accessible and cheaper than both wine and a six-pack of beer in Penn-sylvania.

“Some people think they cannot afford to buy Oxy-Contin but they can buy two stamped bags of heroin for $15,” said Fox. “And sadly that is how it begins.”

But the real nerve-racking discovery is the extension of these drugs in the local high schools in Greene County.

“We discuss a lot of how these drugs are being dis-persed,” said Fox, who refers to this time period as the De-pression Era Mentality. “We keep a lot of medications in the drug cabinet just in case and unfortunately that is how it starts in youths. When that is exhausted they look for other ways to get their hands on things.”

Every two years, the Pennsylvania Youth Sur-vey is given to the five high schools located in Greene County to learn about their behavior, attitudes and knowledge concerning the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol. Where the concerns are primarily found in those students are with under-age drinking, smoke and smoke-less tobacco and marijuana.

“We get many referrals of young kids smoking mari-juana,” said Fox. “I credit a lot to the prevention pro-gram that we have in all five school districts. They provide a host of different preven-tion programs starting in kindergarten. Along with a series of programs called ‘Interrupted,’ which target smoking, marijuana and under-age drinking, and it is successful.”

Holding onto the success stories is what allows Fox to continue to take a positive attitude into a negative situ-ation.

The Greene County Drug

and Alcohol Program, which was started in November 2000, is an affordable and easily accessible way for members of the community to get the assistance they need.

“If a person has been ar-rested, when they leave jail they might have a valid need for treatment,” said Fox. “We can work with them coming out of jail so they can receive appropriate treatment. That way they are not re-offended and are able to try and get their lives turned around.”

Fox feels that the way for a decrease in the drug problem to occur is the correct moti-vation to do so.

“When a person comes in themselves on their own mo-tivation then half the battle is already won,” said Fox. “Sadly people don’t make life changing differences af-ter one episode of treatment. We often talk about plant-ing seeds and hoping one of those seeds takes hold. If I can change one persons’ life each day then I am doing something right.”

But the difficult balancing act comes after Fox leaves the office for the night to come home to his empty house, with the exception of his two devoted companions.

He pauses and woefully admits that there is no end to some work days.

Dinner and relaxation normally being replaced with emails, text messages and phone calls regarding the thing he wants to escape from.

But Fox knows there is no escape. He knows that not every drug problem can be solved. He knows that he is only one man.

As he lies his head down gently on his pillow he awaits the one thing that can im-prove drug issues around Greene County.

The sound of his alarm clock.

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Local: Heroin, drugs affect area

Dogs, so I must be doing something right.”

Moore’s inspirations for his unique hotdog flavors were a result of slow days at the cart.

“I started off with a very small menu, and when there’s no customers, I start think-ing about what I would want on a hot dog, or I consider customers’ suggestions,” said Moore.

“If the flavors that I make up sell well, then I keep them.”

Moore’s latest plans are to potentially add homemade donuts and freshly roasted coffee from Commonplace Coffee.

For Wilson, radio was not in the cards for him as a child. In fact, he and his best friend had plans to go to Nashville and be session players.

However, some wise ad-vise from his parents steered him in a better direction.

“My parents, as wise as they were, wanted me to get an education in case the music thing didn’t work out,” said Wilson.

While still in high school, Wilson took a vocational test that suggested he pursue a career as a radio DJ.

After receiving his results, Wilson talked to a DJ at his church.

Wilson now laughs when he recalls the man from his church advising him to not go into the business, as there

was no money involved.“I will never make a lot of

money in radio, and radio will continue to change, as it isn’t what I once grew up with,” said Wilson.

A day in the life:For Wilson, a typical day

starts at three in the morn-ing.

Despite how difficult it is to get out of bed at such an early hour, Wilson is always at the radio station by 5 a.m. to prepare for his shift that runs from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.

“The shift goes until elev-en,” said Wilson.

“After that, depending on the day of the week, I may work at the studio, working on logs or ads for the radio station.”

After his day at the radio station ends, Wilson puts on his teaching hat, as he is an adjunct professor of the De-partment of Communication at Waynesburg University.

Favorite part of the job:

Moore’s favorite part of the job is that he doesn’t have to wear a suit to go to work.

He also loves that his cus-tomers are always in good spirits.

“Everybody that comes up to my cart is smiling. There’s never a bad experience when I’m here at the cart,” said Moore.

Moore greatly enjoys in-teracting with customers, and loves that his job affords him the opportunity to meet new people each day.

For Wilson, it is too difficult to pick just one when it comes to his favorite part of working in radio.

Instead, he narrows it down to two: the opportu-nity to meet famous people, and the opportunity to meet listeners during remote broadcasts.

Wilson has met The Beach Boys and Charlie Daniels in his time as a radio DJ.

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helping with its Drop-In Center located on 30 N. Washington Street in Waynesburg.

“The individuals at the Drop-in Center are patients in mental health recovery,” said Dias. “They complete ac-tivities with them that inspire socialization and life skills as well as recreational activities. This program is driven by the consumers, which is unique because all the other pro-grams have pre-determined plans.”

Some of its other pro-grams allow for simulation of real world jobs and com-munity employment to its consumers, like the kitchen program that enhances their knowledge of the food indus-try trade and the recycling program.

“Greene Arc is the recy-cling agent for the county of Greene,” said Dias. “Con-sumers with intellectual de-velopmental disabilities are learning the trade of pro-cessing recyclable materials, preparing those materials for shipment, while also learning to work well with others and stay on task. It is the closest simulated program to com-munity employment.”

Consumers of Greene Arc can be involved in supportive employment as well, where they actively seek a job with the help of a job coach and job developer.

Greene Arc would love to see more students other than the Bonner scholars from the university get involved in what they are doing and helping in providing oppor-tunities to the community.

Getting involved with Greene Arc is a rather simple process.

It starts with contacting the Human Resources de-partment to express interest and then taking part in an interview to determine what program one would like to

be involved in, along with a criminal and child abuse background check.

Human Resources Direc-tor Lisa Pollock would love to see more students involved, and that barely requires step-ping off the campus.

“There is an Open Arms Day Center right below the college that feature an artist that creates artwork out of our recycling materials,” said Pollock. “I think that would be a great opportunity to work one on one with the in-dividuals and I think would be the best thing for them to experience. They can see the different behaviors and programs we have set up to help each individual meet their own needs.”

Dias and Greene Arc would fully appreciate the chance to work with Waynes-burg students.

“We welcome the oppor-tunity to work with the stu-dent at the university,” said

Dias. “We think they are in-novative and creative and can bring insight into what we’re doing and we believe we can provide them with knowl-edge of what a working en-vironment is like. Especially working with a population that truly needs our support.”

With the support of many, Greene Arc has reached out to many members of the area and has given them ample chances to gain em-ployment and become more functioning members of the community.

Dias believes that anyone, including the students here at Waynesburg, can come together to make that kind of positive difference.

“I think that everyone that resides in a commu-nity should be involved in the betterment of the com-munity,” said Dias. “With everyone working together, the only result will be a better community for all involved.”

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Impact: Helping through recycling

Coutesy of Eric Moore

Moore stands with his iconic hot dog cart.

Courtesy of Doug Wilson

Wilson sports his trademark fedora.

By BRENDAN KEANYStaff Writer

“The [Presidents’ Athletic Conference] Championship is something that I want to conquer because I know that last year, it conquered me.”

To fully understand and appreciate the turnaround displayed by women’s cross-country captain Annette Aho this season, one must travel back through time to spring break of 2013.

Many members of the track and field roster were enjoying the experience of a week-long mission trip in Wilmington, North Carolina. The team worked with an organization called W.A.R.M, which helps re-store houses and properties for some of the less fortunate members of the community. On only the first night of the

trip, Aho experienced some-thing that would cause her much upheaval throughout the next year.

“On the first night down there, I was just hanging out and laid down and [team-mate] Olivia Latimer was in the room,” said Aho. “I don’t remember anything. I just remember laying down and waking up in the emergency room. I remember Coach

Falvo’s face and the doctor. They told me I had a seizure.”

Jason Falvo, the head track and field coach, recalls vivid-ly the emotion brought about from the medical emergency.

“When I first heard some-thing was wrong, I tried to stay calm until I saw her,” said Falvo. “Then, I was ab-solutely scared to death when I did see her.”

In a moment dealing with

so much tension and worry, the team decided to rally together behind Aho, and in turn, according to Falvo, the team came closer together.

The tribulations had just begun for Aho as the doctors explained a small mass that was found in her brain. The doctors performed numer-ous tests and determined the

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Fourth straight win keeps title hunt alive

With 75 seconds, Forsythe's third score gives Jackets win in back-and-forth game

Saturday's game means everything for Waynesburg

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's Jake Forsythe (right) rushed for three scores in Saturday's 35-32 win at Thiel, which included a 10-yard dash with 1:15 left in regulation to put the Jackets in the lead. Forsythe finished with 200 yards.

By ANDY STANKOFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Univer-sity football team was on track for another scoreless first quarter in Greeneville, Pennsylvania against fellow Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence member Thiel College Saturday night. Six plays, 25 yards, 15 of those yards from a penalty and two punts were all that the Jackets had mus-tered before taking the field for a third time with four seconds left in the opening quarter. Waynesburg quar-terback Carter Hill called senior running back Jake Forsythe’s number to close the quarter. Forsythe took a handoff to the left side and trucked 56 yards for a touch-down.

“I didn’t want to have hap-pen what happened at Beth-any,” said Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas. “Give up a couple touchdowns and be a couple touchdowns behind. Jake’s run was huge getting us to 7-7.”

Forsythe took on multiple unblocked Thiel defenders and stayed on his feet before getting to the second level of the defense and outrunning everyone to the end zone.

The play turned a fruitless first quarter for Waynesburg into a tied game.

“We were in a pass play and Carter checked it to an outside run,” said Forsythe. “Carter knows what he’s talk-ing about. When he makes checks we’ve just got to be-lieve in him.”

Forsythe finished the night with 200 yards rushing and three touchdowns. His per-formance brought his rush-ing total for the season up to 1,050 yards.

“Jake’s worked hard and he has earned everything he has gotten this year,” said Shepas. “He has made significant gains in the way he runs the ball and the way he utilizes his balance, and understand-ing of play design.”

Forsythe’s performance helped Waynesburg stave off one of the best outings put together all season by Thiel.

“It’s the most complete game that we played,” said Thiel head coach Kurt Rei-ser. “Jake Forsythe is an out-standing running back who can break tackles. He was able to do that tonight and he capitalized on it.”

Hill finished the game with 266 yards passing with two touchdowns through

the air and collected a third game-winning drive on the season.

Thiel quarterback Ryan Radke had his most efficient game passing the ball all sea-son, throwing for 317 yards and two touchdowns to go with 81 yards on the ground. Radke ranks first among all quarterbacks in the PAC in rushing and is the fifth lead-ing rusher in the conference.

“Tonight [Radke] played one of his better games,” said Reiser. “He’s a playmaker, he is dynamic and we know what we get with him when we’re passing and when we use him in the run game.”

Radke and the Tomcats found unprecedented success against Waynesburg’s top-ranked third down defense. Thiel became the first team to convert over 50 percent of third downs against the Jackets.

“He’s a good quarterback,” said Shepas. “He’s already elusive, he threw the ball extremely well which made him even better.”

Radke’s team almost stole a win from Waynesburg by taking the lead twice in the final quarter on touchdown passes of 66 and 46 yards to wide receiver Marcus John-

son. Waynesburg’s offense

wasted no time responding with scoring drives immedi-ately following the Tomcat’s scores.

After falling behind 26-21, Waynesburg marched 92 yards in 10 plays, collecting four first downs through the air. Forsythe plowed 17 yards for his second touchdown of the night to give Waynesburg a 27-26 advantage after the Jackets failed the ensuing two-point conversion at-tempt.

“They respond when they need to respond,” said Shepas. “They’ve always done so. Since 2012 with Hill at quarterback we’re 9-3 when behind seven points or less.”

After Radke’s second touchdown pass of the quarter, Waynesburg’s of-fense took the field with just under four minutes to play trailing 32-27.

“We have veterans on the offensive side of the ball,” said Hill. “Everyone is calm. We take pride in scoring fast when we need to and coming through in the clutch.”

Hill found Thompson for a 36-yard gain to get the

Saturday’s matchup against Thomas More at John F. Wi-ley Stadium is do or die for Waynesburg.

Maybe not quite, but it has the possibility to.

Heading into Saturday, Waynesburg and Thomas More have identical Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference records at 5-1. While the Saints were thrashed by con-ference favorite Washington & Jefferson 51-28 at the be-ginning of October, the Jack-ets lost by a touchdown Sept. 27 at Bethany for the second-straight year.

The dominance of Wash-ington & Jefferson in con-ference play has been un-matched by other meager opponents, which includes Thomas More. The high and mighty Saints have barely even sniffed the Presidents the past couple of years, after Thomas More’s run of four-straight automatic NCAA playoff berths wrapped up in 2011.

Despite the upper echelon of the PAC including W&J and Thomas More, the Jack-ets have the most success by a team not named the Presi-dents since the Saints became members of the conference in 2005. Even though a 4-7 record against Thomas More doesn’t seem fantastic, it’s a lot better than the 3-38 record Waynesburg holds against W&J all-time.

After several seasons nip-ping on the heels of those top dogs in the confer-ence, Waynesburg has to finally break the monotony of Thomas More and W&J, right? But at the same time, it’s kind of hard to believe that this year’s team is 7-1, based on how many close calls the Jackets have ran into over the first two months of the season. In three separate in-stances this season, Waynes-burg has won by six points

Less traveled road brings Forsythe to Waynesburg

By JACOB MEYERManaging Editor

Jake Forsythe’s 200-yard rushing performance not only propelled the Jackets to a 35-32 win at Thiel, but also allowed the senior running back to eclipse the 1,000-yard rushing mark, the first Yellow Jacket to achieve the feat since 2007.

The road to this impres-sive season, though, was not an easy one. Forsythe was recruited and given a schol-arship out of high school to play fullback at Division II California University of Pennsylvania.

“During my freshman year I had a chance to start,” Forsythe said. “But I couldn’t learn the plays or get the of-fense down, and it really held me back.”

This caused Forsythe to redshirt his freshman year at Cal. The coaches then de-cided to move him to run-ning back.

“Going into my sopho-more year, either the second or third game of the year, our top two running backs went down, and I was next up in line,” Forsythe said. “The head coach would al-ways say, ‘if the starter goes down, then the next guy needs to step up.’ Well it was my turn, and I thought it was my chance to step up, but I never got that chance. They put a defensive back at run-ning back instead of me. That really got to me.”

Forsythe and his cousin, then-junior linebacker at Waynesburg Ronnie Skinner, were joking with each other that Forsythe should transfer to Waynesburg.

“That night it hit me that transferring would probably be the best move for me,” Forsythe said. “They prom-ised me more playing time, which they didn’t give me. They promised me more money, which they didn’t give me. So I got ahold of [Skinner], and he got me to hook up with [defensive co-ordinator Scott] Venick.”

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Despite changes at top, soccer team's core sticks together

By RYAN LEGARSKYFor the Yellow Jacket

Three years ago, 18 in-coming freshmen enrolled at Waynesburg recruited by then head coach Sean Mc-Carthy. But when the Class of 2015 takes the pitch for what could be the final time at John F. Wiley Stadium Friday, Oct. 31 against Saint Vincent, only half of those players will still be on the team.

The Jackets have under-gone three coaching changes in four seasons. That’s three different systems, and three completely different person-alities at the helm.

As freshmen, this group combined for over 30 starts and combined for 36 points. Both of these numbers have only grown since the years have gone on. Seven seniors now make up the starting lineup each game.

The thing that makes them

special is their chemistry. Despite many players leaving after each coaching change, nine chose to stay.

“I could name five guys that left just because of the first coaching change,” said senior midfielder Nick Brom-mer. “McCarthy brought them in from around the country, and even though he did a great job recruiting, he could not hold up to some of his promises.”

For the players who stayed, they agreed that it was a sense of pride. None of them wanted to start some-thing and not finish it.

The differences between their first coach and the coach of the past two sea-sons, Carl Griffiths, were immense.

“We used to come to games and not really know who was going to start for us,” said senior forward Cody Lemke. “Then when Griffiths

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Running With a PurposeAfter seizure, senior XC captain Aho leading team

Photo courtesy of Laura Rayle

After suffering a seizure in the spring of 2013, Annette Aho has bounced back better than ever this season, leading one of the top women's teams in the PAC.

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STANDINGS Conf. OverallWash & Jeff 5-0 7-0Waynesburg 5-1 7-1Thomas More 5-1 6-2Bethany 4-2 5-3Saint Vincent 3-2 3-4Carnegie Mellon 3-4 3-4Case Western Reserve 3-4 3-4Geneva 1-4 2-5Thiel 1-4 2-5Westminster 1-4 1-6Grove City 0-5 0-7

Saturday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 35, THIEL 32Waynesburg 7 14 0 14 35Thiel 7 7 0 18 32

SCORE RECAPFirst Quarter: THI - Brown 2 yd run (Peal kick), 9:26; WAY - Forsythe 56 yd run (Lewis kick), :00Second Quarter: WAY - Thompson 24 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 2:25; THI - Radke 7 yd run (Peal kick), :33; WAY - Capan 12 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), :04Fourth Quarter: THI - Brown 4 yd run (Peal kick failed), 14:07; THI - Johnson 66 yd pass from Radke (failed 2-point), 10:28; WAY - Forsythe 17 yd run (Lewis kick), 6:47; THI - Johnson 46 yd pass from Radke (failed 2-point), 3:59; WAY - Forsythe 10 yd run (Capan pass), 1:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSWaynesburg passing

COM ATT YDS TDC. Hill......................... 18 27 266 2

Waynesburg rushingATT YDS TD

Forsythe................................ 24 200 3Leavell.................................. 3 25 0

Waynesburg receivingREC YDS TD

Thompson............................. 6 90 1English.................................. 5 89 0

Thiel passingCOM ATT YDS TD

Radke........................ 18 29 317 2

Thiel rushingATT YDS TD

Fink........................................ 22 60 0Radke..................................... 13 81 1

Thiel receivingREC YDS TD

Johnson.................................. 10 210 2 Howard................................... 2 51 0

RECENT RESULTSSaturday, October 25: Geneva 20, Bethany 14; Saint Vincent 38, Carnegie Mellon 31; Wash & Jeff 34, Case Western Reserve 24; Thomas More 64, Grove City 7; Waynesburg 35, Thiel 32

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, November 1: Thiel at Carnegie Mellon - 1 p.m.; Case Western Reserve at Washington - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Grove City - 1:30 p.m.; Geneva at Wash & Jeff - 1:30 p.m.; Thomas More at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Andy Borgen, Senior QB, Saint Vincent Defensive: Malcom Hill, Freshman DB, GenevaSpecial teams: Dustin Mitchell, Sophomore DL, Thomas More

STANDINGS Conf. OverallThomas More 8-0 17-1 Grove City 8-0 9-8-1 Westminster 6-2 13-4-1 Wash & Jeff 3-3-1 7-7-2 Thiel 3-4 5-13 Waynesburg 2-4-1 6-8-3 Bethany 2-4-1 5-10-1 Saint Vincent 2-5-1 2-14-1 Geneva 1-6 2-14 Chatham 0-7 3-13

Friday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 3, WASH & JEFF 3 (2OT)Wash & Jeff 3 0 0 0 3Waynesburg 1 2 0 0 3

SCORE RECAPFirst Half: W&J - H. Skovira (J. Skovira assist), 13:12; W&J - Ruzzini (J. Skovira assist), 28:52; WAY - Burch-field, 33:43; W&J - Ruzzini, 41:44Second Half: WAY - Hotek, 64:20; WAY - Hotek (Murphey assist), 76:47

RECENT RESULTSSaturday, October 25: Saint Vincent 0, Bethany 0 (2OT); Geneva 4, Chatham 3; Grove City 1, Westminster 0; Wash & Jeff 3, Waynesburg 3 (2OT)Sunday, October 26: Thomas More 9, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMESFriday, October 31: Saint Vincent at Waynesburg - 6 p.m.Saturday, November 1: Grove City at Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Bethany at Geneva - 1 p.m.; Chatham at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Wash & Jeff - 3 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Olivia Huber, Junior Forward, Thomas MoreDeffensive: Emily Flenniken, Freshman Defender, Grove City

STANDINGS Conf. OverallThomas More 6-0-1 14-2-1Grove City 5-1 10-5-1Westminster 5-3 9-9-1Geneva 4-1-1 9-4-3Waynesburg 3-2-1 7-6-4Saint Vincent 2-4 6-12Wash & Jeff 1-4-1 5-10-1Bethany 1-5 2-13Thiel 0-7 2-14

Friday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 1, WASH & JEFF 1 (2OT)Wash & Jeff 1 0 0 0 1Waynesburg 0 1 0 0 1

SCORE RECAPFirst Half: W&J - Hanna, 38:33Second Half: WAY - Daughtry, 87:31

RECENT RESULTSFriday, October 24: Wash & Jeff 1, Waynesburg 1 (2OT)Saturday, October 18: Saint Vincent 3, Bethany 1; Grove City 3, Westminster 0; Thomas More 8, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMESFriday, October 31: Saint Vincent at Waynesburg - 8 p.m.Saturday, November 1: Thiel at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Thomas More - 2:30 p.m.; Geneva at Bethany - 3:30 p.m

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Matthew Spaner, Sophomore Midfielder, Thomas MoreDeffensive: Matt Kees, Senior Goalkeeper, Thomas More

STANDINGS Conf. OverallWestminster 8-0 11-1Grove City 7-1 8-3Wash & Jeff 6-2 12-3Saint Vincent 5-3 7-5Waynesburg 4-4 10-5Thomas More 3-5 5-7Geneva 2-6 6-7Thiel 1-7 3-9Bethany 0-8 0-12

Friday’s Box ScoreTeamPAC CHAMPIONSHIPS1. Grove City, 52 pts.; 2. Westminster, 51 pts.; 3. Saint Vincent, 33 pts.; 4. Wash & Jeff, 25 pts.; 5. Geneva, 16 pts.; 6. Waynesburg, 12 pts.; 7. Thomas More, 8 pts.; 8. Thiel, 7 pts.; 9. Bethany, 3 pts.;

UPCOMING EVENTSThere Are No More PAC Events Scheduled For Women’s Tennis

STANDINGS Conf. OverallThomas More 14-2 25-4Geneva 13-2 20-8Bethany 13-2 21-12Westminster 9-7 16-12Thiel 8-7 11-15Saint Vincent 8-8 18-11Wash & Jeff. 7-9 13-10Grove City 5-11 12-15Waynesburg 2-14 6-26Chatham 0-17 0-26

Wednesday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 3, CHATHAM 0Waynesburg 25 25 25 Chatham 5 9 20

RECENT RESULTSFriday, October 24: Thiel 3, Chatham 0Saturday, October 25: Westminster 3, Grove City 0; Thomas More 3, Saint Vincent 0; Thomas More 3, Penn State Lafayette 1; Saint Vincent 3, Penn State Lafayette 0; Bethany 3, Marymount 0; Christopher Newport 3, Bethany 0

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, November 1: Waynesburg at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Thiel at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Kenyon at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Thomas More - 2 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Saint Vincent - 3 p.m.; Kenyon at Bethany - 3 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKLauren Downs, Senior Libero, Thiel

MENRECENT RESULTSTeamSaturday, October 25GO-FAST RIVER RUN16. Bethany, 430 pts.IndividualGO-FAST RIVER RUN: 1. Aaron Dinzeo, 23:43.98, California University; 2. Dylan Mountain, 24:33.93, Lock Haven; 3. Zach Mains, 24:37.97, Lock Haven; 4. Vince Fadale, 25:13.12, Lock Haven; 5. Matt Guido, 25:19.40, Lock Haven119. Dylan Martinez, 29:59.28, BethanyUPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, November 1: Saint Vincent at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Thiel at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Washington & Jefferson at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Grove City at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at PAC Cross Country Cham-pionships - 11 a.m.; Bethany at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Geneva at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Thomas More at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.; Westminster at PAC Cross Country Championships - 11 a.m.

WOMENRECENT RESULTSTeamSaturday October 25GO-FAST RIVER RUN13. Bethany, 359 pts.IndividualGO-FAST RIVER RUN: 1. Julie Friend, 21:47.74, California University; 2. Rachel Magliane, 22:00.87, Indiana PA; 3. Corinne Manela, 22:07.59, Kutztown; 4. Ariane Abadi, 22:19.49, Penn State CLub Cross Country; 5. Corina Robbins, 22:24.33, Lock Haven; 56. Jessica Olson, 24:30.00, BethanyUPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, November 1: Chatham at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Saint Vincent at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Washington & Jefferson at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Grove City at PAC Cross Country Champion-ships - 12 p.m.; Westminster at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Geneva at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Thiel at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Bethany at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Waynesburg at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.; Thomas More at PAC Cross Country Championships - 12 p.m.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP

Jake Forsythe, FootballEmily Hotek, Women’s Soccer

CROSS COUNTRY

WOMEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S SOCCER VOLLEYBALLFOOTBALL

WAYNESBURGATHLETES OF THE WEEK

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PAC FOOTBALL LEADERSPASSING YARDS: Coughlin, 2015, W&J; Hill, 1950, WAY; Gebhardt, 1778, TMC

RUSHING YARDS: Hayden, 1109, TMC; Forsythe, 1050, WAY; Ruffing, 1045, W&J

TACKLES: Pratt, 80, W&J; Kpadehyea, 71, BET; Raddar, 69, BET

SACKS: Raddar, 12.5, BET; Butler, 6.5, TMC; Turner, 6.5, W&J

INTERCEPTIONS: Cannon, 6, GEN; Heck, 5, WES; Lopuchovsky, 5, WAY

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERSPOINTS: Lowe, 28, GRO; Lemke, 21, WAY; Elsea, 18, THI

GOALS: Lowe, 10, GRO; Elsea, 9, THI; Lemke, 8, WAY

ASSISTS: Proctor, 10, SVC; Loew, 8, GRO; Nienaber, 6, TMC

SHOTS: Lemke, 50, WAY; Loew, 49, GRO; Proctor, 49, SVC

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERSGOALS: Huber, 31, TMC; Flagge-Echols, 21, TMC; Ruzzini, 13, W&J

ASSISTIS: Flagge-Echols, 14, TMC; Huber, 13, TMC; Work, 10, TMC

SHOTS: Huber, 80, TMC; Flagge-Echols, 79, TMC; Berg, 77, THI

SAVES: Sawyer, 145, CHA; Sasak, 107, BET; Lyden, 104, SVC

SAVE PERCENTAGE: Barton, .882, TMC; Lathrop, .844, GRO, Page, .809, WES

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERSKILLS: Da. McKenzie, 379, BET; Dy. McKenzie, 340, BET; Hughes, 320, GEN

ASSISTS: Lauber, 1088, BET Fessler, 818, TMC; Trageser, 812, GRO

BLOCKS: Freyermuth, 107.0, WES; Algriere, 93.0, GRO; Yoho, 87.0, WES

DIGS: Mouch, 568, BET; Castigliano, 520, TMC; Downs, 438, THI;

came in, we finally had a set starting lineup.”

The team went from very laid back practices, to long, serious practices focusing on conditioning. Griffiths put in a lot of work to get the team to its full potential.

Discipline was also some-thing that changed under Griffiths. Under McCarthy, Waynesburg was among the leaders in the NCAA in red cards received. The Yellow Jackets received four red cards in McCarthy’s final season and had a total of one during the two-year tenure of Griffiths.

Griffiths also got the pro-gram it’s first two winning seasons in over 10 years.

After two seasons in the orange and black, Griffiths found a job with Belhaven University in Mississippi and chose to leave Waynesburg. The new head coach com-ing in was Brad Heethuis,

who came from coaching in Michigan.

It came as somewhat of a surprise to the senior class,

but they again chose to stay and stick it out.

“It was strange,” said Lemke. “We had to go

through another coaching change. That was my worry over the summer. We had a great season last year and I was curious to see what changes [head coach] Brad [Heethuis] wanted to make.”

The coaching change was taken as a positive in the eyes of some other seniors.

“I felt like I was at the bottom of the totem pole,” said senior midfielder Trent Spear. “Each coaching change I had a new, clean slate. After [Heethuis] came in, I finally got into the starting lineup on an everyday basis.”

With the entrance of Heethuis, a first-year head coach, it became the se-niors’ team. Upon his hir-ing, he told the seniors that it was their team and let the leadership of that group take over, which is something that sticks with all of the seniors.

“We have really taken it upon ourselves to lead,” said senior midfielder Colin Nel-son.

With all of the talent on

the team, Heethuis knows how vital the senior class is.

“We will be losing seven starters at the end of this season,” said Heethuis. “I think it’s obvious that this year’s group of seniors is a very special group of guys, and we are definitely going to miss them.”

Heethuis believes that let-ting the seniors take control of the team is the best way to go about a coaching change.

“See, these guys have been here for three years, I was here for three days,” said Heethuis. “That’s all the time it took me to realize what we had for leadership.”

When lo ok ing b ack across their time as Yellow Jackets, the seniors agree that Heethuis falls right in the middle of their previous two coaches when it comes to coaching styles. Heethuis is able to be laid-back like McCarthy, but still strict and professional, similar to Griffiths’ style. The se-niors have been very hum-

bled through their years at Waynesburg University.

In the end, Brandon Daughtry, Seth Polk, Ray Melone, James Sneed, Jus-tin Barylski, Nelson, Brom-mer, Lemke and Spear have all played a huge part in the turnaround of the pro-gram. In that group, six have received awards from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference or Waynesburg University with athletic ac-colades. A group that stayed together through adversity and has gone from being in the basement of the PAC to contending each season for a playoff spot. The class of 2015 still has one thing left to ac-complish before they leave – a conference title.

“Of course we play one game at a time and try to not look ahead,” said Nel-son. “But at the end of this season, hopefully we can say McCarthy brought us togeth-er, Griffiths taught us how to play and Heethuis won us a championship.”

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Several seniors, including Brandon Daughtry (middle) celebrate Saturday's 1-1 draw against W&J.

Seniors: With only half of original class intact, Jackets battle on Continued from C1

Lone senior honored in volleyball's final home match

By JUSTIN LAYTONFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg women’s volleyball team played their final home match of the season on Tuesday night in a Presidents’ Athletic Con-ference match against Thiel College. The Yellow Jackets fell to the Tomcats 3-0 in straight sets. The loss drops the Jackets’ overall record to 6-27 and it now owns a 2-15 mark in PAC play.

“Our focus of the game was to play for Tori Kramer,” said junior Kourtney Skin-ner.

The Jackets celebrated se-nior night and recognized Kramer, the only senior on the team. A communication major with a special focus on digital design and advertis-ing, Kramer was a member of the volleyball team since her freshman year. However, Kramer was unable to play

this season because of an ACL injury she sustained in training camp.

Despite the circumstances, Kramer remained an active member of the team by as-sisting head coach Stephanie Benkowski.

Prior to her injury, Kramer was perhaps the most bal-anced player on the team, as she was in the midst of seem-ingly every statistical leader-board on the team last year.

“Having to watch [Kram-er] on the bench during se-nior night was our biggest challenge,” said Skinner. “Giving it all on the court for her is what we did.”

In the first set, Waynes-burg scored first and took an early lead of 4-2. The teams traded points and the match was tied at 10.

Things began to unravel for the Jackets as the Tomcats scored the next 11 points. The Jackets were unable to

recover and lost the set 25-12.

Thiel took charge early in the second set and Waynes-burg never gained control. Thiel continued to increase their lead and dominated the set with a final score of 25-15.

The third set was the most exciting of the night.

Waynesburg came out strong and took the lead for the first time since the beginning of the match. Waynesburg continued to lead but Thiel pushed forward to get back in the match and tied the set at 15.

Thiel took control and lead for the first time in the set.

Waynesburg battled back to within two points. The Jack-ets gave it their all to claim this set, but they were left disappointed as the Tomcats won the set 25- 23.

“I think as the match pro-gressed, we played better each set,” said Skinner. “We were slowly beginning to put

all the pieces together, but we need to be able to do that for the whole match.”

Skinner led the team with 10 kills. Junior Jessica Dora-zio led the Jackets with 19 digs, while junior Savannah Paladin recorded 10 digs in her own right. Freshman Delaney Denniston contrib-uted 16 assists in the match.

In preparation for the last two games, Skinner realizes the season is not over.

“We need to realize it’s not over until the last whistle blows,” said Skinner. “We are still in season and we are in this together.”

Waynesburg will look to wrap up the 2014 campaign Saturday, as the Jackets fin-ish the year on the road in a tri-match in Bethany, West Virginia.

The PAC match against Bethany is set for 11:00 a.m. The Yellow Jackets will play their final match of the sea-son later on that day, when they have a 1:00 p.m. date scheduled against Kenyon College.

Despite not playing a set this season, Kramer stays active with teammates

Sean Saputo, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's Rachel Lang chipped in with a pair of kills, three digs and two blocks in the Jackets' 3-0 loss to Thiel at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse Tuesday.

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Weekly AwardsWith the fall sport

season reaching its apex, a pair of seniors swept the Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week awards, while leading their respective teams to strong weeks in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play.

After trailing arch-rival Washington & Jefferson 3-1 at halftime during Saturday’s Kick Pancreatic Cancer game, senior soccer player Becky Hotek led the Waynes-burg University women’s soccer team with two second half goals, as the Jackets drew with W&J 3-3 after two overtime periods.

Hotek’s two goals were her second and third of the season, and she also recorded three shots on goal versus the Presidents. The Virginia-native also played strong in the Jackets’ 3-2 loss to Westminster last week, but did not record any statistics.

After facing conference foe Geneva yesterday, Hotek, as well as the Yellow Jacket seniors will be honored on senior night Friday, as the women’s soccer team hosts Saint Vincent in the regular season finale. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Running back Jake Forsythe continued his strong senior campaign Saturday, as he eclipsed the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the season in Waynesburg’s 35-32 victory over Thiel on the road. Forsythe recorded 200 yards rushing for the second-consecutive week, while also scoring three touchdowns on 24 carries.

The Uniontown High School graduate and former California University of Pennsylvania Vulcan became the first Jacket running back since 2007 to amass 1,000 yards rushing on the season. He currently sits as Division III’s fifth-leading rusher with 1,050 yards and 10 touchdowns on 195 carries.

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Head coach Rick Shepas was intrigued. Not by For-sythe’s skills as a running back, but by the intangibles he saw in Forsythe.

“I was impressed with him by the way he transferred here,” Shepas said. “He han-dled all of his business him-self. He went and met with our academic advisors here when he transferred majors and got into the exercise sci-ence program. He handled all of his own paperwork, and that showed commit-ment on his part that he was making this move.”

Shepas said Forsythe was the type of back Waynesburg needed.

“This is a big guy who looks like he can run, and that was the type of back we were looking for,” Shepas said. “We were looking for a bigger, more physical back to get us those big plays on short yardage.”

Forsythe ran for only 232 yards on 66 carries and five touchdowns in 2013 with the Yellow Jackets. Forsythe weighed around 235 pounds last season, and he attri-butes his success this season to losing 20 pounds in the offseason knowing it would improve his speed.

“I wanted to do it because

last year weighing around 230-235 [pounds], it was harder for me to run,” For-sythe said. “I wasn’t as fast or as quick, so in the offsea-son what I did was get rid of the junk food and sticking to a diet of venison, steak, chicken, rice and [foods] like that. It dropped me down to about 210, and I became a lot faster.”

Shepas said Forsythe was more of a fullback-type that played running back last year.

“He was more of a power back and more of a straight-line runner than he was a zone runner,” Shepas said. “Dropping the weight and his commitment in the weight room obviously is paying off for him. We’re trying to mod-el both he and [senior wide receiver] Bernie Thompson for the other players in the way those guys practice and prepare for games.”

Forsythe said coming into the season he was hoping to be the starting running back. He and junior running back Jerry Lawman, who led the Yellow Jackets in rushing last season with 431 yards, battled for the starting job in camp and Forsythe came out on top.

Shepas said using both Forsythe and Lawman was still the plan for the season, and that is what happened

in the first game of the 2014 campaign. Lawman rushed for 23 more yards than For-sythe on two fewer carries in the win over Muskingum.

In the next game against Saint Vincent, Lawman sus-tained a high-ankle sprain and was sidelined for several weeks. Forsythe stepped up and rushed for 134 yards on 34 carries and two touch-downs in the win.

That was his first 100-yard game in his collegiate career. He then ran for over 100 yards the next two weeks, and in the last two weeks he has run for over 200 yards in both games.

Forsythe became the first Waynesburg running back to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark since Robert Heller ran for 2,176 yards in 2007.

Forsythe went into the game against Thiel with 850 rushing yards and gained yard number 1,000 in the fourth quarter. He finished with 200 yards on 24 car-ries and three touchdowns, as well as a reception for 34 yards in the 35-32 Yellow Jacket victory.

“I didn’t think of it much during the game,” Forsythe said. “It’s a sigh of relief be-cause I’ve been working my tail off, and I’m thankful I’ve been able to be successful. It means a lot that the coaches trust in me this year and can

trust me in big spots.”Shepas said Forsythe rush-

ing for 1,000 yards this sea-son was not something that was predestined for him. Forsythe agrees that he was not expecting to rush for 1,000 yards.

“Coming in I didn’t think I was going to get 1,000 yards at all,” Forsythe said. “I wasn’t worried about 1,000 yards, I was worried about coming in and being better for my team compared to last year. Last year I only got 200-some yards, and this year I was hoping to get 600-800 yards to help the team and help [senior quarterback] Carter

[Hill]. He does a fantastic job back there, and I knew that without the run game the defenses would know to stop the pass. I know the run game has helped open up the pass game for [Hill].”

Shepas believes the im-provement of the running game and the development of Forsythe as a running back has made the offense more balanced compared to last year’s aerial attack.

“Last year our completion percentage was high and we ran the ball well enough but still had to depend on the passing game,” Shepas said. “This year we’re feeding off

more balance. It’s made us harder to defend.”

Shepas also mentioned a big part of Forsythe’s suc-cess is the improved play of the offensive line. Junior Nik Sappie was moved from tackle to center, which is his natural position, and junior Tyler Powell was moved from center to guard, which Shepas said is a better spot for him.

As Waynesburg’s biggest game of the season up to this point against Thomas More approaches, Shepas is expecting his 1,000-yard running back to continue his recent success.

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's Jake Forsythe is the first Yellow Jacket player to amass 1,000 yards rushing on the season. Forsythe is second in the PAC in rushing with 1,050 yards.

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Forsythe: After change of scenery, senior running back gets his chance

Jackets inside the Tomcat’s red zone and all it took was one play for Waynesburg to punch it in. Forsythe burst 10 yards for his third touch-down of the evening and Waynesburg took the lead for good.

“It means a lot to me that they can trust in me to make big plays like this,” said For-sythe. “It’s big to come out with a win.”

Waynesburg and Thiel ex-changed scores in the second quarter with Thiel tying the game at 14 with 33 seconds remaining in the half.

“Carter and I looked at each other on the sidelines after they scored,” said Shepas. “He looked at me and said, ‘We’re going after a touchdown aren’t we?’ We were getting the ball in the second half. Touchdown plus possession was everything I was thinking about at that moment.”

A Willie Leavell kickoff return set Waynesburg up at the 50-yard line and a carry by Leavell brought Waynes-

burg to Thiel’s 33 yard-line. “We want [Leavell] to

touch it somewhere between 10-15 times a game,” said Shepas. “He’s always making huge plays.”

Hill found tight end Zac Capan and wide receiver Andrew English to bring the Jacket offense to the Thiel 12-yard line. Hill connected again to Capan for a touch-down that sent the Jackets into the locker rooms with a 21-14 advantage.

“We snapped the ball with eight seconds left and scored on a touchdown pass to Ca-pan,” said Shepas. “We had it dialed up and we had 100 percent of what we wanted.”

After scoring on its first possession of the night, Thiel’s offense struggled with penalties on each the next three drives to keep Waynesburg down just 7-0 before Forsythe’s 56-yard touchdown run.

“We made mistakes in the first half with penalties,” said Reiser. “Bad penalties and the special teams game allowed Waynesburg to get the momentum and keep the momentum.”

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Football: Waynesburg completes comeback

Promising tennis season ends with a dudBy AARON PALMER

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Universi-ty women’s tennis team trav-eled to Erie, Pennsylvania last weekend to take part in the eagerly anticipated Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference Championships to wrap up the 2014 season.

However, the Jackets didn’t expect that their second-consecutive 10-win season would end with such gloom, as the team finished in sixth place out of the nine teams competing at the PAC Championships. The team had a rough showing with only one duo, the dynamic tandem of senior Madison DuBrock and junior Rachel Wilson, advancing past the first round.

“It was kind of double-sided,” said DuBrock. “It was a surprise, because we came out on fire, and also a relief, because we played both Thiel [in the first round], who we beat earlier in the season and Saint Vincent [in the conso-lation round], who we also beat during the season.”

With the lone wins com-ing against Thiel and Saint Vincent, the duo put an ex-clamation point on their 8-4 season. Unfortunately, the pairing lost to second placed Westminster.

“To send Madison [Du-Brock] out with a bang was awesome,” said Wilson. “Playing with her for the last year and a half has been a great experience. She’s a great doubles partner and better friend. We came out on fire in the tournament, and it came to us playing two for-mer foes, which gave us more confidence to bring home the win for us, but more impor-tantly for [DuBrock].”

Wilson faces a tough situ-ation next year, as she loses her great doubles partner and, she is looking to head coach Ron Christman to find that chemistry again.

“I will either be thrown into the mix with another person from the team this year, or coach will bring in a great recruiting class, like he does the majority of the time,” said Wilson.

With the doubles team be-

ing the only win, Christman took a lot of time reflecting on the whole season and the below average performance in the PAC Championship between Friday and Sunday.

“I really feel like I let the team down,” said Christman. “Because, the only way for a team to be swept across the board, except for one team, only falls on one person -- me as the coach, not the players."

"The fact that we only had one hour and fifteen min-utes of practice prior to the Championships is my entire fault. I allowed too big of a gap between our last match and the PAC’s. I flat out just didn’t manage the time well this year. I failed to give the girls all the practice and time they needed in their specific doubles groups.”

This rings true in the fact that the four, five and six spot players didn’t play half of their matches in those spots:

“Most of the girls played out of their spots -- up a spot -- because of scheduling and class conflicts,” said Christ-man.

Christman thought the tournament went well, but he failed to equip the girls correctly for the season. He now will begin planning for the upcoming season, and is going out of his way to do, in his words, a “better” job of finding his players stum-bling blocks and managing their time. Allowing for more court time and teaching are Christman’s goals for a better turn out next year.

“I personally feel like I didn’t manage these players correctly,” said Christman. “Next year will be complete-ly different. I have already made the schedule for next year and have planned a dif-ferent exam week, fall break and season schedule, to al-low for more teaching and opportunities to educate my players on what makes them fall behind in sets af-ter leading, which was the trend here in the end of the season. Overall this team was as good as it gets, but this was my worst organizational year of coaching here in my 17 years here, and I will never let it happen again.”

Women's soccer rallies to earn drawBy MATT KOLL

Editorial Assistant

With playoff implications hanging in the balance, the stands at John F. Wiley Sta-dium were emblazoned with purple giveaway shirts, the Waynesburg players were wearing eye black and the fans were boisterous, as both Waynesburg soccer teams squared off against Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference rival Washington & Jefferson for the annual Kick Pancre-atic Cancer fundraiser game.

In a game, which featured the Presidents taking a 3-1 lead into halftime and the Yellow Jackets bouncing back in the second half to tie the game, the two combatants drew at 3-3 when the final whistle blew.

The tie did not eliminate the team from the postsea-son, but leaves it unable to control its own destiny to get into the PAC playoffs, leaving the Waynesburg squad with mixed emotions postgame.

“It’s a pretty even mix be-tween being proud of the way we came back from a two-goal deficit and disappoint-ment,” said senior defender Natalie Abraham. “We knew we needed to win and we hate even tying with [W&J].”

The visiting Presidents were certainly not caught up in the lights, as they notched

the first goal of the evening just over 13 minutes into the contest on a free kick, and scored a second goal just under 16 minutes later.

“Part of the problem came with the wind,” said head coach Laura Heethuis. “It was a huge factor, and was blowing in one direction and they were with the wind in the first half. To be honest, the problems came off of our own mistakes and lack of communication. It wasn’t something that W&J was specifically doing to us, it was our own battles that were the problem.”

The Yellow Jackets got on the board in the 33rd min-ute when freshman Mela-nie Burchfield scored off a block from two yards out. But, W&J was able to push the lead back to two, scor-ing right before halftime. Heethuis knew her troops had underachieved in the first half, and demanded more from them in the sec-ond.

“[Heethuis] basically asked ‘does anyone here want to play? Because that team [W&J] looks like they want to play a lot more than you,’” said Abraham. “We lost the first half, and were down by two goals so we needed to win the second half.”

Perhaps the Waynesburg player who took these words

to heart most was senior forward Becky Hotek, who struck twice in a 12:27 span for her second and third goals of the season, to tie the game at three. The latter score was a header that came on a superb feed from fellow teammate junior Karleigh Murphey.

“Karleigh came up on the right side, while I was on the left, and she crossed it, and I don’t know where my defender was, but I was glad she wasn’t around me,” said Hotek. “Right as I saw the ball coming, I knew the goalkeeper was farther away, so I just remember thinking to keep it down because a lot of headers will pop up.”

Heethuis was very pleased

that Hotek was rewarded with scoring those two goals in the second half, given the effort she has given all season long.

“Becky is the hardest worker we have on this team, no doubt about it,” said Heethuis. “So, for her, it was just a matter of time. Thank-fully, she got two in this game and she worked for it and she deserved it.”

The scoring came to a halt for both teams in the two overtime periods, as Waynesburg outshot W&J 3-1, but could not put a tally on the board.

Waynesburg concludes its season Friday when it takes on Saint Vincent at Wiley Stadium for senior night.

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Despite being swarmed by defenders all day, Becky Hotek (middle) tallied two goals for the the Jackets.

By CARSON FOXAssistant Sports Editor

With sole possession of second place in the Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference on the line as the regular season hits its home stretch, the Waynesburg University football team will welcome the Thomas More Saints to John F. Wiley Stadium for its ninth game of the regular season.

The last time the Jackets welcomed the Saints to their home field, then-sophomore special teamer Willie Leavell propelled the Orange and Black to a 14-10 upset over the 23rd-ranked Saints, thanks to a punt block return for a touchdown. With PAC Championship aspirations on the line for Waynesburg, here are a few story lines go-ing into Saturday’s contest.

Respect the Rivalry

While Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas said that every PAC match-up is a ri-valry week-in and week-out, Saturday’s game adds a new chapter to the 10-year histo-ry of back-and-forth battles with the Saints since Thom-as More joined the confer-ence in 2005. Last season, Waynesburg carried a 3-0 record into Crestview Hills, Kentucky, before surren-dering the most amount of points that they would give up in one game all season in a 49-28 loss. A year before the Willie Leavell punt block, the Jackets upset Thomas More, the then-number-six

team in the country, 26-23. Since the PAC series began, Waynesburg has won four of the nine match-ups, but the point differential in those nine games haven’t been very far apart (214-175). The series also in-cludes six games that were within eight points.

“Every single year, [head] coach [Rick] Shepas does a great job with his program,” said Thomas More head coach Jim Hilvert. “You know you’re in a dog fight every time you play those guys. Our guys know what to expect when they play Waynesburg -- and that is a hard-fought battle.”

Ground Game Giants

Saturday’s contest will boast two of Division III’s best in the run game. Thom-as More senior Domonique Hayden (1,109) and Waynes-burg senior Jake Forsythe (1,050) are third and fifth in the nation in rushing yards this season, respectively. Af-ter missing Thomas More’s week seven game, Hayden responded last week by tear-ing up Grove City’s defense for 174 yards and five touch-downs on 21 carries. Jacket fans remember in last year’s contest how Hayden was able to carve Waynesburg’s de-fense for 212 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

“It was great to get [Hayden] back last week against Grove City,” said Hilvert. “We’re a physical team that likes to get the ball to best football player,

and obviously, we like to run. When we establish the run, it opens up avenues to be able to throw the football to our receivers.”

Last week, for the second week in a row, Forsythe ran for 200 yards, and was a criti-cal playmaker in Waynes-burg’s 35-32 win versus Thiel on the road. He also amassed 1,000 yards rushing on the season, and he is the first Yellow Jacket to do so since Robert Heller rushed for 2,176 yards and 26 touch-downs in 2007.

“Jake’s worked hard; he’s a humble guy; he’s earned ev-erything he’s got this year,” said Shepas. “It was not something predestined for him to be a 1,000 yard rusher. He earns it. He’s made sig-nificant gains in the way he runs the ball and the way he utilizes his balance.”

Thomas More also adds

freshman CT Tarant, who in the last three weeks while substituting for Hayden, has rushed for 319 yards on 50 carries and scored five touch-downs.

“Both of those guys wear on defenses,” said Hilvert. “It’s tough tackling those guys for a full 60 minutes of football. I know [Tarant will] do a great job for us.”

Limit Gebhardt’s Gains

In last season’s match-up, then-sophomore start-ing quarterback Jensen Gebhardt made a living off completing passes downfield off play-action for Thomas More’s offense. He was able to pass for 236 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 completions.

“I think taking care of the football is the big thing, and being able to take our

chances downfield when defenses load the box to stop [Hayden],” said Hil-vert. “It all starts with the run.”

Despite allowing a big game to Thiel starting quarterback Ryan Radke last week, the Waynesburg defense has traditionally played well against pocket passers. Gebhardt has had his troubles against talented defenses like Waynesburg’s, who comes into Saturday’s game with the third-best scoring defense and sixth-best total defense in the conference. Case in point: the Washington & Jefferson game, in which Gebhardt threw two interceptions and

was pulled late in the game, while Hayden still recorded 183 yards rushing. If Hayden is going to continue his se-nior campaign with another solid performance, Waynes-burg’s defense will have to play well in coverage.

“I’m not foolish to believe that we are going to shut them out,” said Shepas. “We have to contain the quar-terback. We’re improving in the secondary. When we entered the season, we knew that’s where we were going to need to really play well. They have to go out and compete.”

Saints Go Marching Home

Coming into Saturday’s game, Thomas More boasts the best scoring defense (19 points/game) and the best total defense (282.2 yards/game) of any team in the PAC. In the last three weeks,

the Saints have allowed just 17 points total. While the success of the defense has been a collective effort, one name worth noting on the Thomas More defense is ju-nior defensive lineman Erick Butler, who has recorded 54 tackles on the season and is tied for second-most in the PAC with 6.5 sacks.

“He’s a guy that has the whole package,” said Hilvert. “He’s a guy that can get to the quarterback, while stopping the run. He flies all over the field. Our guy’s feed off of him on the defensive side of the ball.”

Despite throwing his eighth interception of the season last week against Thiel, Waynesburg start-ing quarterback Carter Hill comes into Saturday’s game leading the PAC in touch-down passes (23) and is second in the conference in passing yards per game (243.8).

Last season, Hill car-ried the offense against the Saints, passing for 334 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing his first interception. With all of Waynesburg’s wins versus the Saints being historically close on the score board, Hill will have to be mistake free against one of the PAC’s elite defenses.

“[He has to] make good decisions with the football like he always has, and make sure that we protect the ball,” said Shepas. “I think this [past] week, [Hill] did an exceptional job playing quar-terback for us."

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Week nine football preview: Thomas More

or fewer. Those three teams (Geneva, Westminster and Thiel) are a combined 3-12 in conference play this season.

If Waynesburg wants to even have a shot at a confer-ence title and the automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs, it obviously needs a win against the Saints Saturday.

Is it possible? Yes. Is it like-ly? Probably not. However, crazier things have happened. Remember Willie Leavell’s punt block and return for a touchdown two years ago against Thomas More to put the Jackets up 14-10 with 6:44 to play? I’m sure Thomas More head coach Jim Hilvert does, as the Saints spiraled to a 7-3 record, the second-worst under the direction of Hilvert. The Jackets also spoiled Thomas More’s fan-tastic run in 2011 when the No. 6 Saints were upset 26-23 in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. Now that 4-7 mark against Thomas More looks a whole lot more impressive.

With a win against Thomas More, the Jackets would have

two weeks to prepare for that school up north for what would be for the conference title, barring a pair of losses from Geneva and Thiel, which is next to impossible.

But let’s face it; how likely would a Waynesburg win against W&J be? To be hon-est, there’s probably a better chance that I earn a 4.0 GPA this semester (trust me; those odds are slim to none). The Jackets haven’t defeated the Presidents since 2003.

When it’s all said and done, Saturday’s contest could mean everything for Waynes-burg – a fifth-straight win, a shot at the PAC Champion-ship and another quality win for head coach Rick Shepas and his program.

wOr, it could mean abso-lutely nothing. Waynesburg drops to a second conference

loss, the Jackets get slaugh-tered once again by a superior opponent in Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg ends what was a decent sea-son on a two-game losing skid. Regardless of Satur-day’s outcome, Waynesburg looks poised for yet another postseason berth. Thomas More is not a member of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference; so therefore, it cannot earn a bowl game. Bethany and Saint Vincent are the only other two teams that can beat out Waynes-burg in the standings. With what would be a 7-3 record, it would be a safe bet that the Jackets have a good shot heading to postseason play once again.

However, a pair of wins would leave nothing to chance.

Jackets: All or nothing vs. TMC

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mass was not cancerous, and Aho could leave the hospi-tal. When asked if Aho could run, the doctors simply said that she could try.

Easier said than done, as it turns out.

“I was still going to prac-tice and not really running,” said Aho. “I was just showing up and being there, maybe doing a warm-up or doing a workout once a week or so. The side-effects of the medi-cine were making me really dizzy, and I kept having sei-zures.”

At the end of October of 2013 with the PAC Champi-onship race right around the corner, Aho started feeling a little bit better from a physi-cal standpoint.

“I kind of convinced coach [Chris] Hardie to let me run at PAC’s, and he was okay with it, and my doctors were okay with it, so they let me do it,” said Aho. “I got to run at PAC’s, and it was basically my first race of the cross

country season. I remember being so happy that I got to run. I remember seeing the finish line and all the people that were there. And then I remember waking up in [a teammates grandparents’] car. Well I didn’t finish the race. I passed out and had a seizure 200 meters from the finish line. It was the worst feeling ever.”

That one race, which could not even be completed, marked the end to a bitterly sad cross country season for Aho.

With running out of the picture for the time being, it was time for Aho to focus on achieving good health, a more permanent health.

The next area of concern dealt with scheduling a sur-gery time that would not dip too far into the spring semester.

Aho was determined to have it done as close to the beginning of the semester as possible so she could get back to school, and perhaps, another chance at running. The doctors removed the

lump in Aho’s brain on Jan. 13, 2014, the first day of the spring semester.

“Ten months ago, I looked up at a pair of operating lights, and I chose to believe that everything was going to be okay,” said Aho. “I spent two days in the hospital, spent two weeks at Jonathan Blatt’s [teammate] house re-covering, and then I came back and said, ‘It’s track sea-son.”

The ability to place such a tumultuous experience be-hind her demonstrates the necessary character required to be successful in long dis-tance running. Through the course of her senior season of cross-country, Aho has taken the perseverant attitude she

learned from her medical emergencies and applied them to her racing perfor-mances. As a result, she has pieced together a masterfully consistent season in which she has been a top-five fin-isher for the team in all but one race.

One of the coaches for the women’s team, Michelle Cross, explains the variety of factors that have played into the successful season Aho has put together.

“A senior year has the po-tential to put an extra edge on races because the athlete knows these are their last races,” said Cross. “Also, this is the longest stretch of time [Aho] has trained since her sophomore year because of

her health complications. I also think that [Aho] has been very willing to share about the Lord through her running.”

Hardie notes Aho’s lead-ership ability as the main legacy she will leave with the program once it comes time to hang up the spikes.

“Annette is a true leader on and off the course,” said Hardie. “The women look up to her and respect her on campus and prior to practice. When she flips the switch and starts competing, she never has a break in her focus.”

A main theme for the success of the program this season lies in the quantity and quality of youth infused into the team from the most recent recruiting class. With such a young team perform-ing with lofty expectations placed upon them, Aho’s leadership has been essen-tial to the development of the younger runners.

Freshman standout, Julie Gerber, realizes the tremen-dous impact Aho’s steady-

ing presence relays to the mostly inexperienced team. Aho represents a model the freshmen strive to become.

“Annette is very positive and encouraging at practices, and she always shows how much she loves running, which has a great part in how we perform as a team,” said Gerber.

With the PAC Champion-ship race scheduled for Sat-urday at Bethany, Aho and the rest of the team hold an amazing opportunity to take home the team title. for the first time in school history.

This year, however, Aho is ready and determined to ‘conquer’ the race that brought her so much pain last year.

“This year, I’m excited to step up to the starting line, I’m not afraid to,” said Aho. “If something stops you, it doesn’t mean that God doesn’t want you to do it anymore, He’s just trying to show you something. That is why I say, ‘When you ask about my running, hear me talk about my faith.”

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Aho: Leadership of senior encourages team heading into PACs Saturday

“If something stops you, it doesn't mean that God doesn't want you to do it anymore. He's just trying to show you something.”

ANNETTE AHOSenior cross country runner

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By ABBY WERNERTChief Photographer

From Nov. 5 to Nov. 8, students, faculty and visi-tors alike will be able to treat themselves to this year’s fall play, "Room Service."

Edward L. Powers, pro-fessor of theater and direc-tor of the play, said he hopes the audience will enjoy the show but also appreciate all of the hard work put into it.

“I want the audience to find these two hours to be very funny and very enter-taining. I would also like the audience to take away an appreciation of what their fellow students did for so

many nights, being here in rehearsal,” said Powers. “I would like the audience to understand just how much time and effort it takes to make something look easy.”

Described as a “screwball comedy,” Room Service is a situational, period piece from the 1930's that tells the story of Leo Davis, a Broadway producer trying to put on a show. While he is waiting for a backer to help financially support the show, Davis and his actors are liv-ing in the hotel and running up a large sum of bills.

Consequently, manage-ment is trying to kick him out because he is not paying

the bills. Davis knows that if he and his staff leave the hotel room they are staying in, they will be kicked out and have the locks changed on them, which would leave them unable to put on the show. If the show is to be put on, Davis has to figure out how to keep his actors rehearsing, make sure the show is put on, and wait for his backer while staying in the room.

While it looks like the fall show might have been easy to put together, there was a lot of hard work put in be-hind the scenes to ensure the show comes together seam-lessly, according to Powers.

The process starts even before the show is finalized for the year. The university allows an operating budget each year for the show, and it is up to Powers to make sure the show is an economical one. It is also important to keep in mind how well the show will fit the stage and the talent pool at Waynesburg University.

Once the show is selected, auditions are held to select who will play certain roles. Auditions are cold auditions, which means those who want to try out are not required to prepare anything before-hand. However, scenes from the show are posted in the

theater if the actors wish to look over what it is they will be reading.

When selecting the actors, Powers looks mostly at tal-ent but also has to take into consideration scheduling and class rank.

“Well the bottom line is the talent,” said Powers. “Did they give me a characteriza-tion I thought was good for the show? Did they interpret the lines well? Did I feel like they would have chemistry?”

The next step is sorting out things such as set and cos-tumes. Costumes come from three different resources: the theater’s own inventory, from the actors’ personal

wardrobes and rented from a business in Wheeling.

As for the set, a game plan is created from reading the script. Once an idea is formed, a layout and mock up is designed.

Senior criminal justice major Mariah West has been part of the theater de-partment since her freshman year, acting as a stage man-ager for the 2012 musical Into the Woods and acting as Harriet Binion in this year’s fall production. Besides be-ing a member of the cast, West also spends a lot of her time working behind the

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By DANIELLE SCHUYLEREditorial Assistant

On Tuesday night, deep in the heart of Pittsburgh, public relations profession-als and students gathered to glean knowledge from one another in effort to better im-prove the future of the field.

On Oct. 28, the Public Re-lations Society of America commenced with the 2014 PRSA Professional Develop-ment Day, entitled “Strategy is Not for the Faint of Heart.”

Located in the Student Center at Point Park Uni-versity and sponsored by First Commonwealth Bank, Point Park University and Waynesburg University, this conference provided attend-ees with quality presenta-tions by notable speakers in the field of communications. After a keynote speech and buffet dinner, guests were invited to disperse between two conference rooms where the speakers would be giving their presentations.

The two keynote speak-

By NIKA ANSCHUETZNews Multimedia Editor

A crowded Goodwin Perform-ing Arts Center fell silent, anxiously awaiting the reveal of Season 10’s Waynesburg Idol.

“And the winner is Sheryl Sesay!” said host Chris Kellner.

Sesay, a sophomore psychology major, is no stranger to the Waynes-burg Idol stage.

As a freshman, Sesay auditioned for Waynesburg Idol and placed sec-ond overall.

“I was a bit hesitant at first. This has been my second year trying out and I was afraid that my voice wasn’t

up to par because it’s been so long since I have performed solo,” said Se-say. “But knowing that I already had the experience from last year, I took that as strength to tackle this year.”

In the finale, Sesay showcased her wide vocal range by signing “Hero,” by Mariah Carey.

“Sheryl brought down the house, in her usual fashion, and took home the well deserved first place prize,” said judge Bailey Thorn. “Sheryl is a power-house singer who showcases her incredible range in each of her performances in purposeful ways. She isn’t just talented, she’s smart in how she showcases her talent and range.”

Sheryl attended CAPA, a perform-ing arts high school in Pittsburgh, where she learned how to cultivate her singing abilities. She also had the opportunity to sing for President Barack Obama while she was par-ticipating in a pre–college program at Carnegie Mellon University.

With such amazing experiences, Sesay has remained thankful and humble through it all.

“I keep myself humble through ev-ery opportunity given to me because I know that I was not granted them without God,” said Sesay. “Without Him, I have nothing. I know what it feels like to live a life full of adversity. When you don’t have much of any-

thing to call your own, you start to appreciate everything and anything.”

The title comes with a $200 re-ward, but for Sesay, it isn’t about the money.

“Money is a materialistic item, and I really mean it when I say that it’s not about the money,” said Sesay. “Money cannot buy the moment or the feeling inside to be crowned Waynesburg’s Idol. It feels so good because all my hard work paid off.”

Sesay will be giving a portion of her winnings to her church.

The finale consisted of the top four singers and each of the contestants

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Harvest Festival aims to promote clubs, fundraising

By MATTHEW SHINKLEFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University will host its fourth annual Harvest Festival in Johnson Commons on Thursday, Oct. 30. The activities are sched-uled to take place between 4 and 7 p.m., featuring food, games, music and more.

The event, planned by Waynesburg’s Student Sen-ate, gives students an oppor-tunity to have fun on campus while also helping the com-munity and other activities within the university.

Nearly 20 clubs from across campus are scheduled to have a table. The events for the Harvest Festival will in-corporate all the participat-ing clubs, according to Cara Petrone, vice president of Student Senate.

“Each club is selling their own food or drinks,” said Petrone. “All the fundraising is done the day of the event.”

The on-campus radio sta-tion, 99.5 The Hive, will be on location to provide music for the event. Games such as a beanbag toss and possibly

even a photo booth will also be at the event.

Also, there will be a raffle taking place through Student Senate.

“We’ve asked local busi-nesses to make donations for the raffle,” said Petrone.

5 Kidz Kandy, Wal-Mart and Big Lots are big names that have donated to the cause.

Half of the proceeds each club makes throughout the day will be donated to Proj-ect Bundle Up, which is a part of the Salvation Army that focuses primarily on getting winter clothing and other gear to children and the elderly for the winter season.

With the Harvest Festival in its fourth year, the money raised for the cause has been steadily increasing each year, with over $400 donated to the cause last year.

In all, the Harvest Festival offers students a chance to help out a cause, while par-ticipating around campus.

In case of inclement weather, the rain site is the Stover Campus Center.

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Country band Scarletta performed at the first Wing Night of the school year on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Students enjoyed the genuine country atmosphere they created.

By NORTHE CAMPBELL-ESCALANTE

For the Yellow Jacket

There’s no better way to bring Waynesburg Univer-sity students together than through chicken wings and country music.

The first wing night of the year kicked off on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Benedum Dining Hall, welcoming all univer-sity students.

Students swarmed in at the start of the event, wait-ing in line for their desired choice of wings and a seat close to the music.

“The students on campus really enjoy wing night and it has become a pretty popular event,” said Gracious Shav-ers, senior human services major and chairman of the Music Committee for the Student Activities Board.

“I wanted to change it up a bit and invite a three piece country band, Scarletta, to perform for the students,” said Shavers. “Out of all the bands that we looked at, Scarletta really stood out to us and agreed to come.”

Scarletta traveled all the way from Nashville, Ten-nessee, to perform for the university students.

Emilee Allan, lead singer of the band, expressed how

much she enjoys traveling to different universities all over the United States and performing.

“As a band, we enjoy per-forming at colleges because the food is always great and we always have fun interact-ing with the crowd of stu-dents,” said Allan. “I love the feeling that I get when I see students singing along with me and having a good time.”

The wing night event had

a country theme to it, with SAB providing a root beer keg, black plastic solo cups and peanuts for the students.

Shavers said the event was initially going to be held out-side, but because of weather conditions, the event was moved inside Benedum.

“We wanted the event to be like a concert in a way, so we incorporated peanuts and other things to make it more authentic,” said Shavers.

Students like Danielle Schuyler, a senior public rela-tions major, thought the solo cups and peanuts brought an excellent touch to the event.

“I thought that the solo cups was a wonderful idea; it went along with the coun-try atmosphere that was portrayed tonight,” said Schuyler.

For many students, wing

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Waynesburg Idol winner Sheryl Sesay rejoices at her victory while runner-up Kiana Levi, (left) and third-place winner Shonah Russell congratulate her. Freshman Adam Kirasic came in fourth place at the Waynesburg Idol finale Friday, Oct. 10.

Winner expresses thankfulness, plans to donate a portion of winnings to church

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Students carve out time for fall activitiesBy ZAC YONKO

For the Yellow Jacket

Fall is here; the leaves are changing color and the weather is getting colder out-side, and with that, Waynes-burg’s Student Activities Board welcomed fall by host-ing “Pumpkinfest” on Mon-day, Oct. 23, on the top floor of Stover. Students flocked to the doors as the event started at 4 p.m.

“The point of this event is to really get students into the spirit of fall,” said Student Activities Board member Brad Gillespie. “We are get-ting a little too old for trick or treating, so having this event gives students a chance to embrace fall in a fun way.”

The event itself had activi-ties from carving pumpkins to painting ceramics.

“Pumpkinfest lets students create fall themed ceramics for decoration,” said Gil-lespie. “These ceramics could be used to decorate dorms or be given as a gift.”

The event was free and attracted many students. It gave them a chance to sit at various newspaper-covered tables and put studies aside for a moment to relax and catch up with friends.

“It was a very welcoming

event,” said freshman ac-counting major Haley Nick. “I would love to come to an-other Pumpkinfest.”

This fall event had food, such as pumpkin gobs and coffee, which was provided to allow students to socialize while having a bite to eat.

“Pumpkinfest was relax-ing,” said freshman nursing major Amanda Groft. “It was a nice break from studies and the food was delicious.”

The atmosphere of the event was a renewing break

from school for students; many students partook in painting pumpkins, skulls and other fall objects while just as many students carved pumpkins. The one common denominator at this event was the joy in just sitting and socializing. The uniqueness of the event is what drew a great sum of students.

“Just an overall unique and fun event,” said junior chemistry major Macken-zie Hammer. “I go to these things every year and it’s

great Waynesburg offers such social, enjoyable and relaxing events like Pumpkinfest.”

The Student Activities Board also received positive feedback from students.

“It’s nice that Waynesburg has events to bring students together, if this happens again I encourage people to go,” said freshman business major Autumn Foust. “I like interacting with fellow stu-dents, and painting is always a joy no matter how old you are.”

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Waynesburg University's annual Pumpkinfest celebration offered students pumpkins to carve and fall ceramics to paint on Monday, Oct. 23.

Annual Halloween dance encourages costume creativity

By DANIELLE SCHUYLER Editorial Assistant

After the completion of a long and busy week, Waynes-burg University’s Student Ac-tivities Board will host their annual Halloween dance and costume contest on Friday, Oct. 31.

Halloween’s origins have been traced back to Sam-hain, an ancient Celtic fes-tival where the Celts would dress in costumes and dance around bonfires to ward off bad spirits.

This year, students at Waynesburg are invited to celebrate the holiday at 8 p.m. in the BeeHive on the second floor of Stover.

A disc jockey will be play-ing the latest tunes while stu-dents dance, enjoy refresh-ments and embrace a night of not having to worry about their studies.

Judges will be walking around the room deciding which costumes are the best, and prizes will be given to those with the most eye-catching displays.

Josh Parnell, a junior psy-chology major, won best cos-tume at last year’s party.

“I went as a voodoo witch doctor,” said Parnell. “I had a staff with a skull on the top, a tooth necklace, animal print clothing, and full face paint. My goal was to make the costume look as culturally accurate as possible.”

Students such as Parnell go all-out on selecting a theme and designing a cus-tom costume.

Their passion has been linked to increasing the odds of them winning the costume contest.

“What matters is that stu-dents have fun in crafting their costumes,” said Student Services employee Michelle Dunseath. “If students are just focused on winning, they are missing an important piece in their costumes. Even if you do not think you are very creative, just try. Give your all and have fun. Josh Parnell won last year because he put his heart into his cos-tume. Do your best, and you will not regret it.”

Play: Actors and crew look forward to premiere

scenes and on the set.“For this set, I had a pre-

liminary drawing from the director and then I added to it and made it a scale model,” said West.

Once the design is done, the diagram is given to the maintenance department so they can work on building the main parts of the set. Then, work-study students and some of the cast mem-bers work to fine-tune and put on the finishing touches.

Besides the technical as-pect of putting together the show, the actors must work hours on end – spending six weeks learning lines. By the time the show ends, the ac-tors will have had nearly 30 rehearsals.

For some students who wish to be a part of the pro-duction but are unable to accommodate the demand-

ing hours of being one of the actors due to scheduling con-flicts, they spend their time working behind the scenes.

Lori Williams, a junior human services major, was used to being on stage per-forming. This fall, however, she was not able to audition but was still looking to par-ticipate in any way she could.

Williams is one of the stage managers for the show,

and she has the responsibil-ity of making sure all of the props are where they need to be, cleaning off the stage and prompting lines when the actors call for them.

While this is her first time participating behind the scenes rather than on the stage, Williams said she was happy with her experience.

“When you’re on stage, you can’t see the little details

and everything,” said Wil-liams.

The actors and all of the workers involved are happy to see all of their hard work and effort paying off. With-out the dedication of every-one involved, the play would not have been possible.

“We may make the show come alive, but we ourselves come alive in the show,” said West.

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The cast and crew of this year's fall play, "Room Service," begin dress rehearsals for the Nov. 5 premiere in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

PRSSA: Professional Development Day a hit

ers were Burt Lauten, com-munications coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Brian Bronaugh, president of marketing company, Mullen-Pgh. Waynesburg University junior public relations major Paula Bittner found Shawn Graham’s message to be par-ticularly interesting.

“He talked about public relations in theory and in practice,” said Bittner. “He gave us ways we could cre-ate compelling stories. I par-ticularly liked how he said to focus on the relationship and not the ask.”

Along wit h Bit tner, Waynesburg University was able to send a number of stu-dents from all four under-

graduate levels.“I thought it was awesome

that Waynesburg could send so many of us,” said junior public relations major Sa-mantha Peer. “The fact that freshman, sophmores, ju-niors, and seniors could go and all take something away from it is great. It did not matter how much previous experience we had.”

Waynesburg University’s Department of Communi-cation and Public Relations Student Society of America stress importance on stu-dents gaining exposure to real-life situations and prac-tical experience within the field. PRSA Professional Development Day is one of a number of opportunities made available to all PRSSA dues-paying members.

Finale: Runners-up show gratitude for experience

sang a song from the 90’s or 2K.

Kiana Levi, a sophomore entrepreneurship major, re-ceived second place and sang “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” by Rod Stewart. Levi dedicated this song to her father and walked through the audience to give him a flower. Levi is thankful for the opportunity to show-case her talent.

“Words cannot express

my gratitude,” said Levi. “Dedicating the song to my dad and giving him the rose in the instrumental portion of the song really brought it home for me. I am so thank-ful to the voters for voting for me.”

Shonah Russel, a senior human services major, re-ceived third place and per-formed Sara Bareilles’ break-out hit, “Love Song.”

Russel enjoyed her expe-rience on Waynesburg Idol.

“It was a time of growth in regards to new friendships

being formed and stretching ourselves out of our comfort zones,” said Russel. “I wish my last performance would have been better.”

Adam Kirasic, a freshman sports broadcasting major, sang “Your Man” by Josh Turner. Kirasic is thankful for the chance to perform and applauded the girls who placed.

“All three of those girls who placed have such amaz-ing voices,” said Kirasic. “My experience with this show had me looking forward to

Fridays every week. It’s all about the music.”

Waynesburg Idol has be-come somewhat of a fall tra-dition at Waynesburg Uni-versity. Each year brings out different contestants with a variety of talents.

“I think it’s safe to assume that this competition brings out more and more talent each year,” said Thorn. “I’m sure the talent will only con-tinue to grow on campus and the competition for each of the performers [will] become more and more difficult.”

Music: Band creates country atmospherenight was an opportunity to get away from their stud-ies and enjoy their favorite music.

“I love country music, and the band that played tonight really helped take my mind off of my homework assign-ments,” said Megan Spangler, sophomore nursing major.

As the evening continued, the crowd of students started to die down.

Allan said she was used to seeing students only staying

for half the event, and she wasn’t bothered by it.

“You guys still had a de-cent amount of people by the end of the night, that’s all that matters,” said Allan.

Allan hopes that the stu-dents enjoyed the music, be-cause the band would love to be invited a second time.

“My band and I like the community of Waynes-burg,” said Allan. “We wish we could spend more time here, but unfortunately we are headed back on the road tomorrow morning.”

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LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

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T H E B A C K P A G E

Costumes, spooky tales, carving pumpkins and venturing into haunted houses are all a part of our society’s traditions of Halloween. On Oct. 31 we all

prepare for Halloween—but do you know the origin of Halloween? We are usually too busy planning our costumes or getting ready to form a cavity from all of the trick-or-treating. The traditions we have formed now have actually shied away from the original essence of the holiday.

from the headless horseman chasing after travelers

passing through the forest. Just kidding. Halloween actually evolved from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain. The Celtics used the day to mark the end of the harvest season as it transitions into winter. This tradition also sparked a belief among the Celtics that when the seasons changed, it also formed a bridge to the world of the dead. Masks and costumes would be used during these times to try and mimic the evil spirits. The deceased would come back to life, create sickness and damage crops as the colder season approached.

Carving pumpkins and passing out candy may have completely transformed the concept of the original holiday, but that does not mean we have forgotten Halloween. The tradition of unleashing the dead is not commonly believed now, but it is still a holiday

that is celebrated widely due to the fun and unique characteristics Halloween holds. Besides, collecting candy and gaining a few pounds or cavities sounds more appealing than a bridge forming for the dead to come and scare us.

Source: http://www.halloweenhistory.orgDesign by Megan Potosky

Fast-forward to modern times and science. We tend to focus less on ghosts and ghouls and more on a day of fun and merriment, costumes and plenty of sweet treats. Trick-or-treating is generally an activity for young children on Halloween night. Children parade around neighborhoods and knock on doors with a simple question: “trick or treat?” The trick part is hardly ever given, unless you had one of those neighbors that gave you an apple or an orange instead of the king size Snickers bar. But, technically when you ask trick or treat, the trick is a threat towards the homeowner if no treat is

with these tricks because our society has accepted the tradition of purchasing sweets to hand out to kids once a year.

One of the traditions most commonly associated with Halloween is sporting a costume. Many believe that they have one night to be whomever they want. The practice of dressing up in a costume and going door to door for a

trick or treat dates back to the Middle Ages. Poor people would go out in their costumes and beg for a trick or treat. This was called “souling,” and the poor would receive food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day (Nov. 2). This originated in Ireland and Britain, but this tradition was seen as far south as Italy. Souling was even mentioned in Shakespeare’s comedy, The Two Gentleman of Verona, when a character is accused of “puling (whining), like a beggar at Hallowmas.”

Souling was not practiced in America, however. Trick-or-treating may not have been founded in America, but rather carried over from an Irish or British tradition. The earliest known reference to ritual begging on Halloween in America occurs in 1911, when a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario - near the border of upstate New York - reported that it was normal for the smaller children to go street “guising” on Halloween between 6 and 7 p.m., visiting shops and neighbors

to be rewarded with nuts and candies for rhymes and songs they would sing.

In the 20th century, there were thousands of postcards produced that showed children dressed up, but not trick-or-treating. Ruth Edna Kelley, in her 1919 history of the holiday, The Book of Hallowe’en, makes no mention of trick or treating in the chapter “Hallowe’en in America.” It does not seem to have become a widespread practice until the 1930s, with the earliest known uses in print of the term “trick or treat” appearing

publication occurring in 1939. Ritualized begging on Halloween was virtually unknown in America until generations later. Trick-or-treating spread from the western United States eastward, and was on hold for some time as there was a sugar ration that began in April 1942 during World War II and didn’t end until June 1947.

THE HISTORY OFHalloween

Halloween began on a dreary night �lled with loud shrieks

By KARA BEMER