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Douglas G. Lee, university president, addresses changes to both Stewart Hall and the campus' information technology infrastructure during his spring news conference Tuesday.

Bonner program fits mold for new push in high ed access

President announces future improvements

By JOHN LYDIC Editorial Assistant

Waynesburg University is ahead of the game when it comes to providing finan-cial aid to eligible students across the country, while also letting them prepare for the future by helping others.

In Pres ident Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Obama said he

wanted places of higher edu-cation to offer better value so the cost of tuition does not deter a student’s ability to earn a higher education.

Waynesburg University is already acting on this mis-sion through its partnership with the Bonner Scholars program. The program pro-vides additional financial aid to students while they serve the community in which

they attend college. Waynesburg’s Coordina-

tor of the Bonner Program Adrienne Tharp believes it is a great way to provide fi-nancial assistance while al-lowing students to continue a passion.

“I think it is a great way for college to be affordable to students,” said Tharp. “I think the program, especially for students who are coming

from a high school of service, is a great way to continue to be involved in college with a kind of added incentive of re-ceiving scholarship money.”

The financial aid Bonner program allows students to attend college without the stress of worrying about their debt, according to Matt Stokan, director of Financial Aid; but the program is about something more to students.

“It’s a win for the students because it gives them addi-tional funding to make sure financially that’s one concern they don’t have as far as pay-ing to go to school,” said Sto-kan. “I think it’s a win for the community because of the outreach services [provided] to the less fortunate in our community and with the ac-tivities that they do I think it broadens their horizon.”

Tharp believes the assis-tance from the Bonner pro-gram provides students an opportunity to develop into leaders through the funding they are provided.

“I think one of the things Bonner provides for stu-dents is a lot of opportunity for leadership, both in the community with the orga-

Waynesburg concerned that proposed federal college rankings would 'lump all schools together'

Phase three of construction in Stewart Hall slated for summer

Lee, Dumire illustrate plans for new campus-wide wireless network

By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

University President Douglas G. Lee admitted be-fore his spring news confer-ence April 7 that he has not had much time to relax since his inauguration March 25, and he is still holding onto the excitement of the histor-ic event. Before getting into the details of some new and ongoing projects on cam-pus, Lee addressed students and faculty in attendance to thank them for their support during his inauguration and their participation in the Day of Service that preceded it.

“My wife and I deeply appreciate that,” said Lee. “Thank you for the message we sent during the Day of Service to the community and even beyond that about who we are at Waynesburg.”

Though much of the cam-pus community focused on the school’s heritage during the inauguration, Lee looked to the future during the news conference as he gave an update on the status of the

renovation of Stewart Hall and provided insight into several developing projects on campus.

The largest monetary endeavor in school history is still continuing, as two phases in the six-phase re-construction of Stewart Hall are complete, according to Lee.

He said the university is working hard to raise funds for the ongoing project, which is valued at $23 mil-lion, by talking to alumni and other sources of funding.

“It’s a five-year renovation, so we have a long time for the fundraising side of it,” said Lee. “As we moved toward this project, we had several alumni that made substantial gifts to help underwrite the beginning of it, and we also had set aside funds for the project. We’re in pretty good shape in terms of covering it. Now we just want to raise money to support the con-tinuing progress of it.”

Lee noted the first two

By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

As the construction of Stewart Hall continues, a new set of proposed changes will reshape the information technology infrastructure at Waynesburg University.

At his spring news confer-ence, University President Douglas G. Lee announced a two-year plan that will im-prove the campus’ informa-tion technology. With the assistance of Bill Dumire, executive director of Infor-mation Technology Services, Lee described a plan that will provide “more state of the art services to students” upon its completion.

“It’s something we really need to do and are going to make a very substantial com-mitment to,” said Lee.

According to Lee, the re-structuring of information technology on campus will provide students and faculty with a more reliable wire-less connection in academic halls and dorms, more stable wired internet and network

access in all academic build-ings, increased uptime and availablity of ITS systems like MyConnect, Self-Service and Microsoft Outlook and bet-ter computing technology in all classrooms and computer labs.

Dumire, who spoke in more technical terms, said the project will involve the rewiring of every building on campus.

Lee said the university ini-tiated the process earlier this year by increasing the size of its bandwidth, meaning in-ternet users should experi-ence faster downloading and navigating online. Dumire said the change from a wired to wireless signal in the dorm rooms will not negatively im-pact a student’s ability to surf the web.

“The speed in internet that will be provided in the dorms over Wi-Fi will be compara-ble to the speeds that are pro-vided to users commercially,” said Dumire. “If you’re an in-dividual at home and you use

By ERIC BOSTManaging Editor

For the last two years, President Barack Obama has spoken publicly about creat-ing an official rating system among all colleges and uni-versities around the country.

While magazines current-ly rank colleges by a multi-tude of factors, mainly by popularity and prestige, this would be the first federal col-lege rating system in United States history.

This new system would be set in place for the 2014-15 academic school year and would be based on a number of factors, including gradua-tion and transfer rates, debt rates and access for poorer students. The system would provide more details than the college score cards current-ly published by the White House and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which both aim to aid stu-dents in comparing the costs of higher education degrees.

Obama said the need for this system is primarily due to the trillions of dollars students have in student loan debt. The plan is to tie financial aid to college value, with graduation and transfer rates, degrees earned and av-erage student loan debt all playing a role.

“We can’t put the middle class and everyone working to get into the middle class out of a college education. We can’t go about business as usual because if we do, we’re going to put our younger generation and our country at a competitive disadvan-tage for years,” said Obama while speaking to students at the University of Buffalo in August 2013. “We’re go-ing to start rating colleges, not by which college is more selective, not just by which college is the most expensive, not by which college has the nicest facilities, but by who’s offering [the students] the best value so students and taxpayers get a better bang for their buck.”

Student loan debt has grown substantially in the last few years. As of 2011, the national average student loan debt was $27,000. In Pennsylvania, the average

was even higher, reaching $30,000, the second highest in the nation. Also, according to the Institute for College Access and Success, 70 per-cent of students in Pennsyl-vania graduate with debt, the seventh highest percentage in the country.

Waynesburg University can boast that its average stu-dent loan debt is below both the state and national aver-age, with graduates owing around $20,000 in debt once they leave school. However, while Obama wants to start this system in an effort to cut down student loan debt, it is comparing all schools and students as equals, which they simply aren’t.

“Statistics back up the fact that kids that go to com-munity college come from low-income families, so their default rate is going to be significantly higher, and their graduation rate will be significantly lower because they face more obstacles than a student who comes from a well-to-do family, where fi-nances aren’t an issue,” said Matthew Stokan, director of Financial Aid at Waynesburg University. “So to judge all schools the same—and this is the problem with the presi-dent’s proposal—is that you can’t lump all schools togeth-er and treat all schools and the students that they deal with on a daily basis as the same, because they’re not.”

According to Stokan, over the last 20 to 30 years colleges have gotten away from dis-tributing scholarships on a need basis by instead giving money to students based on merit.

“Part of the problem is that colleges get too caught up in statistical data,” said Stokan. “They want to say they recruit students with the highest GPAs and high-est SAT and ACT scores, so we compare and contrast ourselves to other schools.”

According to Cecilia Mu-noz, White House Domestic Policy Council director, the rating system would give colleges more points for en-rolling students who receive need-based awards like Pell Grants, per CNN.

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UNDERSTANDING WILL COME WITH TIMEThe Rev. Carolyn Poteet spoke at chapel Tuesday about how God's plan and effect on her life didn't always make sense, but looking back, she sees His hands over her. She told the audience to look deeper as well.

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By KIMMI BASTONStaff Writer

As Waynesburg Universi-ty continues its commitment to its mission of faith, learn-ing and service, new pro-grams continue to become available for students to ex-perience the combination of the school's three pillars.

T he R e s i d e nc e L i fe Growth series, which be-gan at the start of the 2012-13 school year, is one such program. Each month, one residence hall is responsible for carrying out one program that focuses on an idea such as service, vocation or com-munity development.

Kelley Hardie, director of Residence Life, says the pro-grams included in the series are sponsored by Residence Life to “educate not just stu-

dents in the dorm buildings, but all students on campus.”

Hardie is responsible for casting the vision of the se-ries and for ensuring that the programs are properly implemented.

So far, she believes the se-ries has been a success, and she sited Willison Hall’s re-cent Vocation program as an illustration of the potential impact.

The program had a turn-out of about 100 students, which Hardie considers a great response.

“It was great because we had faculty and staff speak, but we also had Willison stu-dents’ parents speak about their vocations and their calling to their career, and the students were able to ask them questions,” said Hardie.

Ashley Kelver, resident di-

rector of South, West, East and Pollock Halls hopes for a similar response to next week’s program on Spiritu-ality.

On April 15-16, the wom-en's upperclassmen residence halls will sponsor Stations of the Cross in conjunction with the Campus Ministry Assistants.

The program will be held in the lobby of Robert’s Cha-pel from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 12-6 p.m. on Wednesday.

The lobby will be filled with different stations con-necting Jesus’ journey to the cross with our own struggles in everyday life.

“People can come for an experiential journey of Je-sus’ path to the cross,” said Kelver.

Students, faculty and staff

are all invited to explore the 14 different stations featuring scriptures, meditations and hands-on activities.

Kelver said the stations are meant to be interactive. For instance, at one station, people can hold a stack of silver coins while reading and reflecting about Judas’ betrayal of Jesus in exchange for payment.

The Spirituality program overlaps with Thayer Hall’s Wellness program, which will be held on April 15 as well. This program was moved to accommodate the approach of the Easter holi-day, as it is an appropriate time to focus on spirituality.

“I hope that students and staff alike will be given an op-portunity to reflect on Jesus’ sacrifice as Holy Week ap-proaches,” said Kelver.

Public relations students explore growing field

Professor seeks addition to GAPS

By MATT KOLLFor the Yellow Jacket

Students and staff who at-tend the Tuesday morning Chapel service on April 15 will experience a message from Andrew Ginsberg as part of the Christ and Cul-ture Lecture Series. Gins-berg, a graduate of Duke University, spent 20 years as the vice president of Lab-Corp, working with genetic engineering.

Approximately four years ago, Ginsberg then moved from North Carolina to Wis-consin to dive into Christian ministry and is now the vice president for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a na-tional college ministry.

The Rev. Carolyn Poteet has known Ginsberg since they were undergraduate students at Duke, both hav-ing friends involved in the InterVarsity program.

“He was not a Christian when we were in school to-gether,” said Poteet. “We were all praying for him to become a Christian and trying to share our faith with him and in one particular instance, he basically laughed me out of

his dorm room. But, we con-tinued to pray for him and then about seven years after graduation, God showed up in his life.”

InterVarsity has played a role in both Ginsberg and Poteet’s life, and Poteet even has family ties with the min-istry.

“My parents were involved in it and I was as well in col-lege,” Poteet said. “That was very formative in my back-ground with college min-istry and I learned how to lead bible studies and other things through that kind of

ministry.”Ginsberg will speak three

separate times in Roberts Chapel Monday and Tuesday.

Monday night at 7 p.m., he will address the ethics of sci-ence, healthcare and answer questions about evolution.

At the Tuesday morning chapel service, Ginsberg will give a shorter version of his testimony to Christ and will expand upon that testimony later that night, while also sharing a message centered on the biblical story of feed-ing the 5,000.

“He has a very power-

ful testimony that I believe should be heard,” said Poteet. “Working with LabCorp all those years, he has had his faith tested in many ways and was forced to overcome a lot of different things.”

Poteet considers Gins-berg’s testimony very power-ful also because of his Jewish background.

“I specifically wanted him to come because of his background and to look at the question of ‘What does it mean for a Jew to say that Jesus is the Messiah?’” said Poteet. “The Jewish people have spent thousands of years looking for the Mes-siah, and for a Jewish person to say he is the Messiah is a remarkable thing to say. I really wanted the students to hear about that from a Jewish perspective which is a very different angle than what most of us have heard before.”

Poteet admires and re-spects Ginsberg and be-lieves he will be a great guest speaker.

“He loves to use the gifts that God has given him to be able to bless other people and encourage them,” said Poteet.

Guest to share testimony of conversion

Residence Life aims to educate, inspire

By CASSIDY GRAHAMFor the Yellow Jacket

This week, future profes-sionals who are interested in the field of public relations are able to learn more about job opportunities in the quickly growing field.

The fourth annual Public Relations Week began on Monday and was organized by Waynesburg University’s Public Relations Student So-ciety of America Chapter.

This year, the celebration is even more special since Waynesburg University’s PRSSA chapter received na-tional Star Chapter status. Star Chapter status is a rec-ognition that only 27 other chapters throughout the na-tion share.

“The first half of this week has gone extremely well. The programs have been well at-tended, the presenters have been outstanding, and I am very pleased. I think the stu-dents have gained a lot from these presentations,” said Richard Krause, chair of the Department of Communi-cation. “So far, we are very pleased.”

The alumni panel kicked off PR Week Monday after-noon. There, a panel of young professionals who graduated from the public relations program at Waynesburg Uni-versity shared experiences they have encountered in the field. Panel members Vikki Beppler, Rachel Storm-Baker and Leslie Tennant.

Following this, public re-lations students were happy to bring another guest to campus.

“The greatest accomplish-ment this week has been hav-ing Geri Evans attend,” said

Molly Winters, PRSSA presi-dent. “She is a member of the [Public Relations Society of America] national board.”

Evans is the president of Evans PR Group in Long-wood, Fla., near Orlando. Evans also a solo practitio-ner that enjoys traveling the nation, going to conferences and speaking to future pro-fessionals about the industry.

Ben Butler, 2013-14 PRS-SA national vice president and founder of Top Hat IMC, also spoke Monday evening about his endeavors as a stu-dent at Geneva College and what really went into creat-ing his own company.

Tuesday afternoon, stu-dents met Cooper Munroe, co-founder of themother-hood.com, a blog for moth-ers where brands can con-nect with women who really care about brand intentions. She explained how working with blogs could help indi-viduals find future jobs.

The last event of Tuesday was a presentation to a large group of students in Buhl Hall.

Jamie Dray, a public rela-tions graduate of Westmin-ster College, explained to students the importance of not nailing down a specialty in public relations too soon, since public relations is a field that can take individu-als anywhere.

Thus far, the week has been an accomplishment, according to Krause.

“We always look to sus-tain what we have done in the past and then grow and expand in the future,” said Krause.

PR Week concludes Friday with the closing ceremony in Buhl Hall.

By C.J. BIEDKAFor the Yellow Jacket

Due to the harsh winter weather, an event usually scheduled for March will now be held in April.

The survivorship luncheon had to be pushed back to a time when it was most acces-sible for all of the attendees.

The event will now be held April 14 in the third floor conference room of the Sto-ver Campus Center.

Another difference with the event is that it will be a dinner instead of a luncheon. 

The 5 p.m. meal will con-sist of spaghetti, meatballs, salad and bread. The chair-persons of Colleges Against Cancer will provide the food.

“We want to make feel-

good food,” said Katie Schul-tz, senior human services major and co-chair of the survivorship dinner.

The food will be an easy way to get together and talk, according to Shultz. All of the attendees will tell their stories or stories on behalf of someone related to cancer and Relay for Life.

As first year co-captain, Schultz will look to take a bigger role in the survivor-ship dinner and Relay this year. The American Cancer Society provides an easy way for higher education to get involved with cancer awareness. Colleges Against Cancer, a national group in-volving students, faculty and advisors, brings awareness to campuses around the United

States. “Colleges Against Cancer

is a way we love, appreciate and honor survivors, and others related to cancer and Relay for Life,” said Kelley Hardie, CAC advisor and assistant dean of students at Waynesburg University.

The dinner will last ap-proximately an hour and a half. During the dinner, there will be a list of events that in-cludes all of the survivors in-troducing themselves. There will also be pictures from past Waynesburg Relay for Life events, as well as lumi-naries.

“We will have a chance for people to buy and decorate luminaries,” said Schultz.

Luminaries are used to honor and respect the people

who have been touched by cancer.

There are 20 people signed up for the dinner, which is open to the public.

The Waynesburg chapter of CAC is expecting around 30 people to attend.

“This is one simple thing we can do for them,” said Schultz.

There will be testimoni-als throughout the dinner. For the community mem-bers and others affected by cancer, Schultz feels this is a good way for everyone to hear stories.

“It’s good to take time get-ting to know their stories,” Schultz said. “It’s good to know where we’ve come and why we’re fighting to get rid of cancer.”

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By KYLE DAWSONStaff Writer

According to one Waynes-burg graduate professor, a concentration in athletic ad-ministration does not exist in the state of Pennsylvania, and he is looking to change that.

Dr. Larry Kushner, the chair of the graduate educa-tion program at Waynesburg, said he is in the process of creating exactly that: a certi-fication and training for ath-letic administration. It would be the first in the state.

“What I’m trying to do is offer something that nobody else offers,” said Kushner. “After talking with numerous athletic directors, principals and others, this is something that they not only are inter-ested in, but that could be a major break in this area of work, especially for current

and even future students al-ready in sports management or other majors.”

With this program, those students and even students in the general population will have the opportunity to get the training and endorse-ment in the athletic adminis-tration area.

Right now, students have the opportunity to major in sports management to be an athletic director or coach. However, according to Waynesburg’s website, sports management programs fo-cus primarily on the mar-keting aspects of managing a sport, such as advertising, and also managing events; putting them into schedules and getting the event started through its finish.

Kushner said that is where the difference lies between

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Group lobbies in Harrisburg for higher education funding By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

On April 1, a group of Waynesburg University stu-dents and executives visited Harrisburg seeking to per-suade legislators to vote for state funding of higher edu-cation during Student Lobby Day.

At the event sponsored by the Association of Indepen-dent Colleges and Universi-ties in Pennsylvania, the only statewide group that serves the interests of Pennsylva-nia’s private higher education institutions, the group from Waynesburg led by Univer-sity President Douglas G. Lee, had the opportunity to tell select legislators exactly why state funding of higher education is so important.

Lee said it was necessary that a group from Waynes-burg ventured to Harrisburg for Student Lobby Day where Gov. Tom Corbett’s Ready to Succeed scholarship was pro-posed in February. Knowing the Office of Financial Aid’s records state 40 percent of Waynesburg’s undergradu-ate population receives state grant funding, Lee said the group did its part to lobby for consistent or increased funding.

“For the legislators, it put a face to the issue,” said Lee. “That’s always a good thing to do, to have a human con-text in which to consider the problems they have to deal with.”

The representatives from

Waynesburg included com-munication majors Molly Winters and Nika Anschuetz and criminal justice major Parker Kantos. Lee and his wife Kathy accompanied the students along with Heidi Szuminsky, director of Do-nor and Alumni Relations.

This group met with sev-eral representatives from around the state to discuss higher education funding, including Sen. Tim Solobay, Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley and Neeka Jones, an assistant to Sen. Vince Hughes.

“I was really impressed by the openness of all of the leg-islators who meet with our students,” said Lee. “They really were interested in lis-

tening to what the students had to say, and many of them gave up a lot of time to talk to the students and share with them their insights and views. I think it was a great experience.”

According to Anschuetz, Lee encouraged the stu-dents to share reasons why “we chose private higher education and how that is making a difference in our educational journey.” Based on the group’s conversa-tions with each legislator, Anschuetz believes students from Waynesburg did their part.

“I thought this was a great experience,” said Anschuetz. “It’s unlike experiences I’ve had with the Stover Schol-

ars. I’ve met with all the people we talked to, but in a meet and greet setting. This time, we had a cause and got Waynesburg’s name out there as a private university that cares about funding for middle-income students.”

Winters took Lee’s advice a step further and drew from her own experience of receiv-ing state aid. She was the only member of the group who receives some state funding for education.

“I told them flat out that I wouldn’t be able to go here if I didn’t have financial aid,” said Winters. “I didn’t want to go to a big public school because there, you’re just a number.”

Winters believes by shar-

ing her first-hand account, she may have impacted some of the legislators she spoke to.

“I think it was an honor to be at the Student Lobby Day because I think my voice was heard,” said Winters. “I feel like they looked at me and they actually cared about what I was saying, which was very powerful.”

Anschuetz said a main topic of discussion at Student Lobby Day was the gover-nor’s recent budget proposal and the Ready to Succeed scholarship.

According to Corbett’s proposal in February, the Ready to Succeed scholar-ship would disperse approx-imately $25 million to stu-dents whose families make

anywhere from $80,000 to $110,000 annually. Waynes-burg’s Director of Financial Aid Matthew Stokan believes this new program will be ap-proved, though the specifics of the program are still being discussed.

Anschuetz agrees, and believes the scholarship is a positive for middle-income students.

“From legislators we talk-ed to today, I believe it will pass,” said Anschuetz. “Be-cause it’s an election year, it’s important that it does pass.”

Corbett’s budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year also in-cluded a 3.3 percent increase in state funding of higher education. This is the first increase in funding of higher education since the federal government awarded stimu-lus money to Pennsylvania when Corbett assumed office in 2011.

Both Anschuetz and Win-ters agreed that a highlight of the day was when Rep. Pam Snyder gave them passes to sit on the floor of the state House of Representatives.

At the time, the repre-sentatives were recognizing Greek Independence Day and John Mitchell, a former president of the United Mine Workers of America union who played a large role in the creation of the eight hour work day.

Anschuetz said Waynes-burg students were seated “closer to the action” than representatives from all other participating colleges.

Photo courtesy Nika Anschuetz

Students and staff members from Waynesburg pose with Sen. Stewart Greenleaf (center) on the Senate floor during Student Lobby Day April 1. (Left to right) University President Douglas G. Lee and his wife, Kathy, lobbied for higher education funding with Nika Anschuetz, Molly Winters, Heidi Szuminsky and Parker Kantos.

By DANIELLE SCHUYLERFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University's business and criminal jus-tice students alike will have a chance to begin the job and internship search during the job fair Wednesday, April 16. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Pre-registration is not re-quired as attendees will sign in when they arrive at the event.

There will be a giveaway sponsored by the Career Ser-vices Office.

Two students will win portfolios suited for future interviews.

According to Department of Business Administration Chair Dr. Gordon McClung, Waynesburg University has been offering this experi-ence-enhancing opportunity to students for at least seven years.

McClung said his faculty makes the fair known to stu-dents by talking about it in classes.

There is also an adver-tisement on the calendar of events located on myCon-nect.

“The career fair is a great opportunity for students to start networking,” said Mc-Clung. “They are permitted the chance to talk to repre-sentatives from companies and human resources de-partments.

Maintaining contacts cre-ated here will benefit stu-dents immensely as they prepare for future careers.

The fair allows students to be identified by indus-try executives and possibly network with other profes-sionals.

This free resource saves students time, according to McClung.

“Instead of traveling from company to company to dis-cuss career opportunities, the companies will be coming to them,” said McClung.

Marie Coffman, direc-tor of Career Services and Placement, provided a list of employers that will be at the career fair saying more are signing up, so the follow-ing will not be the only ones: Allegheny County, Apex Ee-rgy Solutions of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pa. Civil Service Commission, Enter-prise Rent A Car, Ford Busi-ness Machines, G4S Secure Solutions, Glade Run Luther-an Services, Greene County Sheriff ’s Office, Northwest-ern Mutual Pittsburgh, Pa. Game Commission, Pa. State Police, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, PLS Logis-tics Services, Renewal, Inc., Three Rivers Youth, Wash-ington County Correctional Facility and West Point Ac-quisition LLC.

“I would just like to say to students that this is a unique opportunity for students to meet one-on-one with employers,” said Coffman. “Whether you are looking for employment, an intern-ship or just curious to see what employers look for in an applicant, I would en-courage students to attend.  These employers are taking time out of their busy sched-ules to come to Waynesburg University to meet with our students. I would just like to see a good turnout on the student side.”

Students have also con-tributed their opinions on these departments that make events like the career fair ac-cessible to them.

“I love the Criminal Justice program here,” said fresh-man criminal justice major Alex Sielski. “All the profes-sors work with you one-on-one to make sure you under-stand the material. There are many hands on activities and numerous opportunities to get involved with. It doesn’t get better than this.”

Students network, job search during joint career fair

By JENNY SCHOUPPEOnline Content Editor

On April 2, Waynesburg University Student Heath Services partnered with the Central Blood Bank to hold a blood drive in honor of Lt. Colonel Cephus Lee Roupe from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center.

Roupe, 50, passed away from a massive heart attack on March 2, 2012 just two days after retiring from the Army.

Carol Young, who re-tired from Student Health Services last May after 16 years, thought a blood drive in memory of Roupe was an appropriate way to honor his service.

“This is a great way to re-member him,” said Young. “He was so giving and now it’s great to see people giving back in his honor.”

Young knew very well of Roupe’s giving nature due to the friendship Roupe had with her daughter.

Young’s daughter, Megan, suffers from a mental dis-ability and was able to create a strong bond with Roupe.

“If I didn’t have my dis-abilities, I would want to be a soldier,” said Megan Young.

The bond between Me-

gan Young and Roupe grew strong even when he was overseas fighting.

“He sent her a flag that was flown over a base in Iraq,” said Carol Young. “He sent so many gifts to Megan, including Army awards. She cherishes all of them dearly.”

Roupe enlisted in the Army in 1976.

He attended and gradu-ated Warrant Officer Flight School in 1980 and received his direct commission in 1988 as a Medical Service Corp Officer.

Throughout Roupe’s 36-year career, he served in a wide variety of staff posi-

tions in field and fixed facili-ties, deployed and garrison settings in the U.S. and in overseas locations, includ-ing his most recent position as deputy chief of staff at Southern Regional Medical Command.

He was highly decorated; his awards included a Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star Med-al with OLC and an Armed Forces Service Medal.

Roupe is survived by his wife, Naomi; daughters, Tawnya and Tiffany; par-ents, Carolyn and Donald; brothers, Randy, Eric and Todd; son-in-law, Tim; and grandchildren, Christian,

Cierra, Trinity, Sammara, Kiler, Brysin and Cooper.

Roupe’s parents attended the event and were extreme-ly pleased with the turnout.

“There has been a steady flow of people all day,” said Roupe.

Those who attended were welcomed by Carolyn and Donald who sat a table filled with their son’s awards and reminisced over the display about all the good memories they have of him.

“We still miss him to this day,” said Roupe. “Events like this help us cope and remind of us of the impact he has had on people.”

University retiree commemorates veteran

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

(Left to right) Carol Young, Megan Young, Donald Roupe and Caroline Roupe greet those who volunteered to give blood in memory of Lt. Colonel Cephus Lee Roupe.

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sports management and this new program, athletic ad-ministration.

“The two are actually very different,” said Kushner. “But the big difference is, while in sports management, you learn the marketing side and scheduling part, you don’t learn how to handle a budget or do other administrative things of actually managing the team or as an athletic di-rector.”

Kushner also said in talk-ing to multiple athletic direc-tors, he learned they never received training before get-ting their jobs with the ad-ministrative side.

“I knew that they did not have the training and edu-cation prior for this side of the work,” said Kushner. “My belief was, and they agreed 100 percent, that they got the training on the administra-

tive stuff when they trained with the previous person in the position they were put in to.”

He also said people can hold athletic directing posi-tions without an education degree in Pennsylvania.

“This could affect more people than some may think,” said Kushner. “There are multiple benefits to this program, because you don’t need a teaching degree to work in these fields.”

Once this program is in-stalled into the education program at the graduate level, there will be three op-tions for students to obtain this certification.

The first involves a bach-elor’s degree for concentra-tion.

“In the first option, stu-dents can take the five classes for the concentration,” said Kushner. “However, the downside to the option is that the student would not

get the master’s degree in education."

Kushner said the second option includes an extra five courses taken to get a master’s in education with a concentration in athletic administration.

“In total, the second op-tion involves 30 credit hours,” said Kushner. “You do not have to have a bach-elor’s in education coming in, but you can get the master’s and the concentration by taking these classes.”

Kushner said the third op-tion is a bit more complex. If a person has a teaching cer-tificate, completes three suc-cessful years of teaching and takes three classes, totaling nine credits, they can receive a principal’s certification.

Kushner said teachers must take these extra cred-its and complete the three years of teaching to become eligible to be principals.

In order to fulfill the re-

quirements for all three op-tions, a student must com-plete 39 credit hours, have a master’s degree in education, and certifications in athletic administration and being a principal.

According to the National Interscholastic Athletic Ad-ministrators Association, no affiliated schools currently offer that third option for a principal’s certification.

“At the current moment, nowhere in the state is that third option available,” said Kushner. “We will be the only one affiliated with the NIAAA to offer it, and that could draw a lot of teachers to our program.”

Even though there is still a lot of work to do, Kushner said this concentration could be a huge impact on future students and the Waynes-burg program in general. He said the goal is for it to be in place for the upcoming fall semester.

By BRENDAN KEANYFor the Yellow Jacket

From a young age, Mary Ann Meloy had no problem going against the status quo and defying the standards of social acceptability. Her persistence and resilience led to a successful political career with several admin-istrations, including a stint as the associate director of public liaison in the Reagan White House.

It is her drive and expe-rience that intrigued Dr. Lawrence Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Con-stitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, to invite Meloy to Waynesburg to speak with the Stover Scholars April 2.

“Mrs. Meloy has decades of political experience go-ing back to the Eisenhower campaign in the 50s, through Nixon and Goldwater, Nix-on again and Reagan,” said Stratton. “Ultimately she was in the White House with Reagan, and the state govern-ment with the Thornburgh administration as a political consultant to many cam-paigns.”

Perhaps even more notable

than her actual political ca-reer was the way in which it began. Growing up through the 1940s and 1950s, it sim-ply was not common for women to become involved in the political sphere. One of the largest opponents to Meloy’s desire for a political career was her own father.

“Ladies don’t get involved in politics,” said Meloy of her father’s attitude.

Meloy even made a point to tell the Stover Scholars of her lies and fibs to her par-ents throughout her teenage years. Every weekend, she would tell her parents that she was going to volunteer at the American Red Cross. However, in actuality, she was helping out the Eisen-hower campaign by stamping envelopes, running errands and doing whatever else nec-

essary to become involved in the political world.

A couple of the female Stover Scholars in attendance appreciated the inspiration provided by Meloy through her experience in the politi-cal realm. Freshman philoso-phy major Addie Pazzynski noted that Meloy is someone she looks up to and would strive to become.

“Mrs. Meloy exemplifies

what it means to be a woman in leadership,” said Pazzyns-ki. “She is classy, experienced and she strives to educate fu-ture generations.”

Another Stover Scholar, Paige Carter, freshman po-litical science major, admired her drive to overcome the blatant stereotypes of women through her courageous ac-tion in the field.

Meloy never took an op-

portunity for granted as she continued her career in poli-tics through small steps. That patience is something many younger people need to no-tice and practice, according to Carter.

“Every opportunity that she took led her into the next stage in her life,” said Carter. “And that is how she gained such a position of power, just by starting small, believing in what she was doing, and that carried her through.”

Carter went on to state how Meloy’s career, and the steps that she took will in-spire her own journey as she tries to make it into a very cutthroat sphere in politics.

“Going into law is kind of condoned against because there are so many people going into law these days,” said Carter. “It’s definitely a risk to be pursuing any po-sition of power right now. She inspired me in the sense that she started just like I am, and she got somewhere that I desperately would love to be.”

Meloy closed her speech with some powerful words for the Stover Scholars.

“You never take no for an answer," said Meloy.

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Mary Ann Meloy displays her pocket-sized Declaration of Independence during her visit with the Stover Scholars April 2. Meloy envisioned a career in politics at a time when women were not welcomed in that field.

Stover guest shares stories from decades of political experience

nizations they’re serving and then also within campus, through mission trips, with-in the Bonner program and outlets throughout campus,” said Tharp.

As Obama said in his State of the Union address, he wants to make sure stu-dents from all backgrounds are given the chance to have a college education.

According to Tharp, the

Bonner program provides an opportunity to select an equal number of males and females to receive the schol-arships, so those of all back-grounds are met.

According to junior psy-chology major Kyle Digi-andomenico, students who receive the scholarship that impacted their lives make it a point to change lives in the community.

“Bonner provides a sub-stantial amount of my tu-ition; you get paid to do

something you love to do and it’s a great scholarship and I’m blessed to have it,” said Digiandomenico. “Programs like the Bonner program are special because they allow students to explore things they typically wouldn’t ex-plore. It opens student’s eyes up to different possibilities and allows them to connect with and understand people better.”

As universities provide more ways to help students attend college, it is not just

about finances, but making a difference in the world, ac-cording to Stokan.

“Its nice to work for a uni-versity where students get it as far as their life should be,” said Stokan. “I’d like to think once [the Bonners] leave the university, those types of ex-periences make the world a better place because they are not just graduating, getting a job and making money, but they get they have to use the talents and gifts they’ve been given for the good of others.”

Ranking: Government may impose system to rate all institutions

ITS: Plans for new campus network unveiled

Aid: Bonner program meets Obama's description

Stewart: Renovations ongoing in science hall; fundraising also continues

Comcast Wi-Fi, you would get the same speed, so speed should not be an issue in the dorms.”

In addition to the wire-less connection in residence halls, Dumire said ITS is looking into the possibility of continuing to provide a wired connection to students in their individual rooms.

He added that ITS may limit the number of devices a student is permitted to connect to campus Wi-Fi to three, and the department reserves the right to block a student’s device if it frequent-ly uses too much bandwidth for what Dumire called a “non-academic” activity. For example, a student-operat-ed device in residence halls that eats up large amounts of bandwidth for online gaming or video streaming may be removed from the network

if ITS finds it is preventing other students from complet-ing simple computing tasks online.

“The plan is to have plenty of bandwidth to as-sist students at all levels of educational activities,” said Dumire. “We will make ev-ery effort to support activi-ties beyond academics if we have the ability, but our focus is primarily on academics.”

Currently, the residence halls and academic build-ings do not operate under the same network name. Dumire said the restructuring of in-formation technology will overhaul the campus’ inter-net by creating one network name that students can ac-cess anywhere on campus.

Essentially, Dumire said this means the internet will follow students wherever they go.

“Once they authenticate a device to their network, it will always stay with the

network,” said Dumire. Having more consistency

across the campus will lead to improvements in several other areas, according to Dumire.

“[Students] will see a whole lot of very positive changes on campus,” said Dumire. “With the new tech-nology, we’re going to have virtual classrooms and labs, which means the software used in [computer] labs will be updated automatically and pushed out to all the labs.”

Cisco Systems Inc. or Pomeroy IT Solutions will serve as the vendor for the project. One of those two companies will partner with the university to lead the re-wiring process and provide other information technolo-gy solutions. Dumire said he and Lee met with represen-tatives from both Cisco and Pomeroy this week and will likely select a vendor soon.

Dumire added that Com-cast will continue to provide internet to the university, but he said ITS could select a different service provider at anytime if the department deems it beneficial.

“This project does not de-pend on a certain internet provider,” said Dumire. “If we want to move away from Comcast in the future, we can do so without any extra cost to us. At the end of the day, our goal is always to pro-vide the community with the best possible service.”

In addition to these chang-es, Dumire said a full-time help desk employee has al-ready been named. Kylee Horvath, senior information technology major, will take over this position after she graduates in May.

According to Dumire, the process of restructuring information technology on campus will begin this sum-mer.

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phases of the renovation of Stewart Hall are complete, and the third phase is set to begin this summer. During this phase, the entire fifth floor of the science hall will be demolished and rebuilt.

This phase of the project was saved for the summer to avoid disruption of regular class schedules, according to Lee.

“We’ve been very careful to try to do most of the work when classes are out, with the exception of the summer course offerings we have,” said Lee. “The provost and the dean have been working very closely with the con-struction companies to make sure the classrooms we need will be available throughout this time and that nothing gets canceled or delayed be-cause of the renovation.”

If renovations in this phase continue into the 2014-15 school year, Lee said no classes will be affected.

Phase three will also in-volve the relocation of the large gray vents at the top of the building and the con-struction of a new mansard roof.

According to Lee, these two updates to the build-ing will align Stewart Hall’s architecture more closely to other new buildings, such as the Center for Research and Economic Development.

He added crews from Vol-patt Construction Corp., the company leading the reno-vation of the building, will replace visible portions of the old building’s exterior with window walls that looks very similar to the elevator shaft at the rear of the building.

Lee highlighted the final three phases of the renova-tion, which will include the

renovation of the fourth floor in 2015, the third floor in 2016 and the first and second floors in 2017.

Lee said the harsh winter weather in the area had no ef-fect on the first two phases of the Stewart Hall revamp be-cause only a few renovations were occurring. He did thank the entire maintenance staff for its hard work in keeping the campus safe during the winter.

Lee also elaborated on sev-eral other topics during his spring press conference:

• In conjunction with Wil-liam Dumire, executive director of Information Technology Services, Lee announced a two-year plan to revise the campus’ entire information technology infrastructure. This will in-volve the rewiring of every building on campus and the creation of a new wire-

less network accessible in all academic buildings and to students in residence halls. • One press conference brought news of another when Lee announced U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy wil l speak on campus April 23 at 11 a.m. in Alumni Hall. Murphy will make remarks about his Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Lee said this bill, which is pending in Congress now, could drastically change the complexion of mental health care in the United States. • Lee addressed proposed changes to the academic calendar, which include the addition of a weeklong fall break for the first time and a spring semester shortened by one week. That fall break, however, begins the day be-fore homecoming during the 2014-15 academic year. Lee said future fall breaks under the revised academic calen-

dar will not coincide with homecoming.

“Homecoming is estab-lished years out, and in order to make this thing work, we had to move on it this fall,” said Lee. “Break will begin the Friday before homecom-ing [this year]. After that, we’re going to try to rearrange the homecoming schedule.” • The mentoring program at Waynesburg has evidently made big progress this year, as Lee stated a 97 percent fall-to-spring retention of freshmen was achieved. Lee, who serves as a mentor for at-risk students, said this sta-tistic is proof Waynesburg’s faculty and staff plays a large role in helping students suc-ceed in higher education. • Students in the university community have taken part in a campus-wide Bible study this Lent, using a universi-ty-produced booklet with weekly verses, reflections

and suggested topics for discussion. This booklet is the first-ever publication of the Waynesburg University Press, and according to Lee, there are not many copies left because of its popularity. Lee said the university will continue to publish docu-ments under the Waynes-burg University Press name. • In March, the university purchased the old county of-fice building on East High St. for the purpose of keeping the community safe, accord-ing to Lee. He added the lot size is not “really much of anything” and did not com-ment on plans for that land. • During a press conference last year, former president Timothy R. Thyreen an-nounced plans for the con-struction of a dorm room be-hind Benedum Dining Hall. Lee said the university is still considering this plan, but did not comment on its status.

While the idea is good on paper, Stokan said the com-petitive nature of schools would prevent this from actually happening, saying “schools would be more like-ly to put their money behind a person who they thought would graduate and increase their numbers and make them look better.”

The main cause to the problem is the government’s dilemma of wanting to save money because of the defi-cit, but also having limited resources to fund things like higher education. Stokan said it would be beneficial to put more funding toward higher education instead of just creating this system. He mentioned the focus on giving money to need-based students has decreased the last few years, with the with-drawal of numerous Pell Grants in 2009-10, includ-ing Academic Competive-ness Grants.

There’s another major hurdle Obama has to hypo-thetically jump over to get his system in place. In 2008, Congress banned the federal government from creating a new database to track stu-dents’ information.

“I think he wants to hold schools accountable to make sure that the funding they’re receiving on behalf of their students is being used wisely,” said Stokan. “To make sure of that, he’s set-

ting up these parameters to determine graduation rates, placement rates, things of that sort.”

If the system does in fact begin in the 2014-15 school year, Waynesburg University would likely appear among the top schools in the coun-try, taking in all of the fac-tors the system will take into account. This year, the uni-versity was selected by U.S. News and World Report as a Best Value School – Regional Universities (North) in the 2014 “U.S. News Best Colleg-es” ranking, which identifies the top 15 best value schools in the northern region of the country.

While those rankings put schools into sections, this new federal system doesn’t do the same. Stokan said it is impossible to compare Waynesburg University to Harvard University, which is what the system would do, because of other factors that aren’t in their control.

In Stokan’s opinion, the plan is dangerous, seeing that the standards are set up to compare all schools.

“How do you get a system that can compare all those schools the same? I don’t think you can,” said Stokan. “And to punish the school whose success rate isn’t as great as others and to take money—federal dollars—away from those schools and give it to those other schools who have a higher success rate is going to make the situ-ation even worse.”

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Car crash in Greene County sends four people to hospital

By JACOB MEYER CHELSEA DICKSStaff Writer and Managing Editor

At 5:40 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 a car accident took place in the Greene County area. Four people were in-jured, one critically, in a three vehicle car crash.

The crash occurred within the intersection at Route 188

and Pine Street in Jefferson Borough, Greene County.

According to a spokesper-son from the Jefferson Vol-unteer Fire Company, the person who was critically injured was flown to an un-named hospital to recieve the needed treatment. His/her current state is unknown at the time.

Two black pickup trucks and a black car were involved

in the crash. The car ended up on its left

side against a telephone pole located in the garden of Jef-ferson Bapist Church which is located between the in-tersection, due to the traffic accident.

The one pickup truck's whole front was smashed in with the air bags released

DeWeese released, but cannot hold office

Inmates at SCI-Greene begin training new service dogsCanine Partners for Life team up with SCI-Greene to train Labrador retriever puppies for service

By JAMES WITTEOp/Ed Editor

There are a few new guests at SCI-Greene, but these guests are of the four-legged, furry kind.

SCI-Greene has partnered with Canine Partners for Life to have select inmates train and raise five yellow Labra-dor retriever puppies during their first year of life.

CPL is a non-profit orga-nization based out of Chester County, Pa, that use inmates to help train puppies that will eventually become ser-vice dogs.

According to their website, CPL “has been dedicated to training service dogs, home companion dogs, and resi-dential companion dogs to assist individuals who have a wide range of physical and cognitive disabilities.”

In addition to SCI-Greene, there are four other state cor-rectional facilities that cur-rently work with CPL.

Inmates who were con-sidered lower level custody

inmates and met criteria were chosen as handlers for the dogs.

“The inmate is responsi-ble for the dog at all times,” said Tracy Shawley, super-intendent’s assistant at SCI-

Greene. “The dog has to be with

someone 24 hours a day. If they are going to school, then the dog goes to school with them. If they are going to eat, the dog goes to eat with

them.”No matter where the in-

mate goes, the dog follows, whether it be to the yard or to the dining hall or to work.

“We have the program set up through our K-unit,

and that’s one of our lower-custody level blocks,” said Shawley. “

And because of their be-havior, they get some ex-tended privileges on that block. And so the program

was instituted and operates from out of there.”

The dogs are constantly on leashes and cannot leave their handler’s side.

According to Shaw-ley, once the inmates were picked, they received two months of extensive training along with prison staff from a CPL member before the dogs even arrived.

During the year that the inmates will have the dogs, they will teach the dogs ba-sic commands such as sit and stay, but Shawley said this training will come in handy later.

“If you have someone with disabilities, as far as going in and out of doors, you want the dog to wait before they go through the door,” said Shawley.

Following their year with the inmates, the dogs will go back to the CPL compound to go through an additional year’s worth of training to become a service dog.

Courtesy of Tracy Shawley

The Canine Partners for Life pose with the five Labrador retriever puppies inmates will train to be service dogs.

By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

After serving nearly two years in state prison on charges of political corrup-tion, former state Rep. Bill DeWeese was released from prison March 30. While the former legislator of 35 years is now a free man again, he no longer has the right to run for public office, according Jay Paginy, the Pennsylvania governor’s press secretary.

Paginy cited an article in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania to prove why DeWeese can no longer hold office in Pennsylvania.

According to Article II, Section 7 of the constitu-tion, “no person hereafter convicted of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, shall be eligible to the General Assembly, or capable of holding any office of trust or profit in this Common-wealth.” According to court documents from April 2012, DeWeese received a 2 1/2- to five-year sentence after he was convicted of three counts of theft and one count each of conspiracy and conflict of interest for using public em-ployees and taxpayer dollars for political reasons.

A Dauphin County jury also ordered DeWeese to pay $25,000 in fines and nearly $117,000 in restitution. Ac-cording to the state Attorney

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By OLIVIA LATIMERAssignments Editor

With the spring and sum-mer seasons fast approach-ing, many places in Greene County are doing their best to plan ahead for upcoming events, with the Artbeat Gal-lery, located on High Street in Waynesburg, is no excep-tion.

The owners of Artbeat Gallery, husband and wife Jim and Linda Winegar, are currently in the process of preparing numerous shows and events to host in the coming seasons.

The first show, one that both Jim and Linda Winegar are very enthusiastic about bringing to the community, will be a sketchbook exhibit, the name of which is yet to be finalized. The opening reception for this show will take place on the evening of May 9 at the gallery.

According to Linda

Winegar, the idea for this event started with the help of fellow artist Leslie Fehling.

“Leslie does a lot of sketchbook work with watercolors and scenery,” said Linda Winegar. “She’s gone to places like Italy and brought back sketchbooks that she kept almost like journals. She had the issue of not knowing which of her sketches she should take further and make into larger works, so we came up with the idea of this show.”

According to both Jim and Linda Winegar, the purpose of this show will be to show people how much work re-ally goes into the pieces that artists create, which is some-times overlooked. Sketch-books of various artists will be displayed, some of which will have the larger framed works that were inspired off the pages of the sketch-books, displayed alongside them.

“This way, you will be able to see where the idea started

out and part of the pro-cess that it took to get

it to the final piece,” said Linda Winegar.

Ac c o r d i n g t o L inda Winegar, they will ask some of the artists to speak about their sketchbooks and

talk about what kind

of materials they work with, such as pencil, watercolors and pastels.

“All artists work differ-ently and have different styles,” said Linda Winegar. “It will be very interesting to listen to them speak about their process and maybe in-spire some people to take up sketchbooking.”

According to L inda Winegar, this event will be unique since most artists’ sketchbooks are never dis-played to be seen by others. She said this will be a very vulnerable experience for the artists to have their raw work on display.

“Only a few sketches ever end up being turned into fin-ished pieces, yet the sketches themselves are beautiful,”

The Winegars will sell var-ious types of sketchbooks at the event as well.

“This way, if someone be-comes inspired to start keep-ing a sketch book while at the show, they will be right here, available for purchase,” said Linda Winegar.

Both Jim and Linda Wine-gar feel strongly about bring-ing art education to the com-munity through their gallery and shows.

“For the public, we are always fond of expanding knowledge of something, especially art. You can never have too much knowledge,”

said Linda Winegar. “This event will be another way for people to become familiar with the artists and under-stand the amount of work that goes into a finished piece.”

She also said along with being educated, she hopes the public will be inspired by these artists.

Jim Winegar wants the event to educate and give people a greater understand-ing of art.

“This show, in my vision, is something that will be able to clarify and give people an understanding of artist’s ideas and how they begin to take shape in sketchbook format,” said Winegar. “It is important to have people understand the amount of exploration that an artist goes through in terms of getting a finished product.”

Jim and Linda Winegar are also in the process of planning to bring to life a few more events other than the sketchbook show. One possibility is a show involv-

i n g a n i m a l re-lated art in conjunction

with the Waynesburg Hu-mane Society in order to help raise money and draw a different crowd of art-lov-ers. Another possibility is a garden art show that would showcase not only works that have been inspired by gardens, but sculptures and other pieces that one may put inside a garden as well.

According to the gallery’s website, Artbeat-gallery.com, events that they have been involved in the past include a “sidewalk chalk event,” Waynesburg’s Holi-day Downtown Open House event, book signings and po-etry tours.

More events are coming at Artbeat Gallery, a gal-lery that is, according to Artbeat-gallery.com, “dedi-cated to showcasing the fin-est examples of artists’ and craftsmen’s work within the region.”

Going outside the lines

Illustrations by Lexi Boudreau

20 stabbed at Franklin Regional High School

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By CHELSEA DICKSManaging Editor

Twenty people were stabbed Wednesday morning at Franklin Regional High School. Nineteen students and one adult were injured. A 16-year-old was taken into police custody as a possible suspect for the stabbing. At press time Wednesday af-

ternoon, the motive for the attack was unknown.

Eight victims were taken to Forbes Regional Medical Center and 12 victims were sent to four UPMC’s system of hospitals.

According to a press con-ference with doctors from FRMC, three out of the eight victims are in critical condi-tion with severe stab wounds

to the back and stomach. The ages of the victims in

critical condition are 15, 16 and 16.

Their names have yet to be released.

Although doctors could not guarantee the future state of the victims at the time, it is speculated they will all sur-

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Walking by Faith: Geri EvansEditor's Note: The following is an interview with APR, PRSA National Committee board member, Geri Evans, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith

By samaNtha peerStaff Writer

Q. Tell me a little bit about your current posi-tion and how you got to that position.

A. I formed my own firm in 2003. I got to that by vir-tue of moving to Florida in 1996. I first worked in the hotel industry there with a boutique hotel builder and designer, and I was his first corporate Public Relations person. Then I moved into health care and became the vice president of communi-cations for the Florida Hos-pital Association.

From there, I intentionally went to an agency of a good

friend of mine and started doing P.R. for him, because I wanted to see what the agency world was like.

Quite frankly, I was ready to be on my own. I had worked hard all my life. Prior to moving to Florida, I had taught communications all my life. We lived in six states in 14 years because my hus-band was in the Air Force, so I was ready to be my own boss and take my own clients and figure out what it was like to be own my own and have flexibility. That is really how I got to where I am.

Q. How do you demon-strate your faith in your position?

A. You just have to act as you hope God wants you to day in and day out, situation in and situation out with cli-ents or without. A long time ago, I read a quote that said that “character is what you do when no one is looking.” I think there is something that is parallel to that when it comes to demonstrating your

belief and your faith. Whether people are

watching you or not, it does not matter. You just have to try to live out the values that you were taught and that you believe in and act in the way that Jesus wants you to. We are going to fail, yet we have such amazing grace through Him that we just continue to try and try to do better.

Q. Have any situations within your profession strengthened or affirmed your faith?

A. It would be easier if you had asked if there were times that situations have shaken it, because there have been

times in my life where I have felt as though I was without resources or where I felt as though I was being aban-doned by colleagues or my boss, but I knew God would never abandon me. I had to talk a little harder and stron-ger and pray harder several times in my life. There were some personal things that shook us as a family and as a couple. I lost our first baby. He died at 6 months. A lot of times you really are faced with some amazing chal-lenges, and then you realize that there are some amazing answers. I had no idea which direction my life would go.

Plan B Entertainment, Brad Pitt’s production com-pany and producer of “12 Years a Slave,” are set to pro-duce a movie detailing the work of hacker Deric Los-tutter who successfully ex-posed the cover-up behind the infamous “Steubenville rape case.”

In 2012, two 16-year-old high school football players from Steubenville, Ohio were accused and eventually found guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl while she was passed out. They filmed and photographed her and shared the images on social media in what has since become known as the “Steubenville rape case.” After the incident took place and photos of the event were posted, local and school officials in Steuben-ville worked to cover up all aspects of the incident.

Aware of the incident, Los-tutter and an affiliate hacked school websites, posting a video in which Lostutter wore a mask and threatened to expose the identities of the two students and those who helped to cover up the incident.

Had Lostutter not inter-vened, their actions may have never been exposed and they may never have been pros-ecuted. Additionally, had he not acted to expose the cover-up, the recent indict-

ments of school officials on charges of evidence tamper-ing and obstruction of justice would have arguably never occurred.

Pitt’s movie will help to reveal the Steubenville rape cover-up and today’s cul-ture in which people typi-cally protect the character of rapists by excusing their actions and at times, blam-ing the victim of the assault for her alcohol consumption or choice of clothing. The culture is known as “Rape Culture.”

According to the Women’s Center at Marshall Univer-sity, Rape Culture is an en-vironment in which rape is prevalent and where sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular cul-ture. The Peer Educator’s event Take Back the Night will discuss Rape Culture on Thursday, April 17 at 8 p.m.

Rape is never acceptable.Students should not con-

done this type of behavior and allow it to be the norm. We should strive to set stan-dards in life in which this type of culture is not ac-cepted.

To find out more informa-tion about Rape Culture and how to avoid contributing to its principles, we encourage all students to attend Take Back the Night.

An important film'Night' event brings to light a societal wrong

A welcomed changeCollege Board will overhaul the SAT in 2016

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Stay-at-home or career-oriented mothers?

Rumors regarding school spread like wildfire

Starting in 2016, the Col-lege Board will make signifi-cant changes to the SAT. The biggest change to the stan-dardized test is the exclusion of the writing portion of the exam, as the College Board has decided to return to its original 1600-point scale with only two sections, ver-bal and mathematics.

When the exam was first restructured to include a writing component in 2006, many colleges and universi-ties, Waynesburg included, did not revise their accep-tance policies to include the writing score in their evalu-ation of students.

This stymied any opportu-nity for the SAT to develop into a true three-part exam.

The attempt by the College Board to incorporate writing into the SAT was a smart idea, as writing is a very important tool for college students to have, but since the majority of colleges and universities didn’t use it, the writing sec-tion was just a waste of time.An essay will still be an op-tion for students to complete, but it is not mandatory.

Another major change to the SAT is the vocabulary words that will be used in the standardized test start-ing in 2016.

With these changes, the SAT has made the standard-ized testing process more ap-plicable to what students will need in their futures.

By aNNe michaudCourtesty of MCT Campus

A survey released this week by the Working Mother Research Institute, which has been advocating for better job conditions for parents for 35 years, asked three gen-erations how they felt about their mothers working out-side the home.

More millennials than other groups said they were proud of Mom’s career. Born between 1981 and 2000, 45 percent of the 2,163 re-spondents expressed pride, compared with 37 percent of Generation X (born 1965 to 1980) and 34 percent of baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964). Hooray for working moms, right?

Not so fast. At the same time, more millennials — 31 percent — wished that their moms could have stayed home with them, compared with 22 percent of Gen Xers and 17 percent of baby boomers.

If millennials are divided about their mothers’ choices, they’re also conflicted about their own lives. More than

the other two generations, moms who are millenni-als describe themselves as career-oriented, while also being the group most likely to believe — at 60 percent — that one parent should be home to care for children.

Astutely enough, Repub-licans and Democrats have sensed that they could grab opposite hands of this con-flicted female electorate and began pulling in either direc-tion.

A panel of prominent fe-male conservatives, speak-ing Monday at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, said what women need more of are husbands.

Over the last 40 years — coincidentally the time frame of the current wave of feminism — women have lost their peace of mind, the panelists said.

“Feminism has done so much damage to happiness,” said columnist Mona Charen as quoted in The Washington Post.

Citing data from the Gen-eral Social Survey, a poll of Americans conducted every two years, the panelists said

that a quarter of women are taking anti-depressants, and most women with a high school degree or less will have a first child before mar-riage.

Married women are also richer.

For their part, Democrats are tugging in the direction of easing the working part of women’s lives.

They’re speaking up about income inequality between the genders, as well as flexible jobs and the minimum wage. Two-thirds of the minimum-wage workforce is female.

It’s unfortunate that such a painful personal question — whether a woman’s life is for achievement or caregiving or both — is being probed by partisans as a way to gain an advantage with women voters.

But where there are votes, there’s fire. President Barack Obama had a 36-point lead among unmarried women in the last election, which put him 11 percentage points ahead of Mitt Romney among women in general.

Will the GOP’s call to marry inspire women? May-

be Republicans can start an online matchmaking service. On the third date, you cast your ballot.

A few years ago, writer David Paul Deavel remarked that ethics students had begun answering a funda-mental question differently. Asked what they would like to be able to say about them-selves at age 80, many in the past gave sensitive responses about virtue and character.

But by 2005, many more began answering that they’d want to have no regrets.

This is the emotion that underlies families’ conflict about whether mom — or any parent — will work out-side the home or stay home and raise children.

Which path will reap the least regret?

I dearly wish this wasn’t the zeitgeist, because it is so distressing, causes us to re-treat from each other, and has had us defensively guarding “mommy wars” territory.

In truth, there’s value in different approaches to life. But don’t tell that to the po-litical parties. They’re busy trying to win.

Walking around campus at Waynesburg, I hear a lot of talk.

I hear a lot of rumors, per-haps none bigger than the visitation hours rumors that have been circling around university grounds for the last few weeks.

Some of the most insane things I heard were, “If they take visitation away, I’m leaving,” or, “They just don’t want anyone to have friends around here.”

To those people, I ask if that is reason to leave, why come here in the first place?

Students at Waynesburg, and at any other institution of higher learning, are at school to get an education, and a very good one is given here.

A few things are not to the liking of students around campus so they are first to jump down the backs of ad-ministration members to say they are “ruining the college experience.”

Last week, the Yellow Jacket ran a front-page ar-ticle debunking the visitation rumors because we felt the need to give the students the truth.

In my opinion, the Yellow Jacket should have never had to run that piece.

In the article, even Presi-dent Lee found these rumors

to be ridiculous saying, “Why would we want to do that?”

Sure, it could then be said that maybe the discussions on this have been more in-ternal, but when every per-son talked to knows nothing about the rumors and shoots them down immediately, it’s rather likely they are not true.

But, it isn’t just this visita-tion rumor that gets to me regarding students here.

There just seems to be a growing bad mood when it comes to any rules on cam-pus. All the while, the school is actually making changes to make students happy and for their benefit.

Last week, the Yellow Jack-et also ran a story on the new fall break.

A new fall break is being put into place to give stu-dents a break from the pre-vious 11-14 weeks students at Waynesburg had before the first break, Thanksgiving break, of the fall semester.

This change also will take a week off winter break, but with that, will take a week away from the spring se-mester, allowing students to get out one week earlier than what is already in place.

It will also include a study day on the Monday of finals week.

Personally, I don’t agree with this change because I do not need a fall break.

I do not truthfully see any need for one at all, but the

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Cheat Sheet: Shooting at Fort Hood kills three soldiers

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

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

On Wednesday, April 2, U.S. Army Specialist Ivan Lopez opened fire on his fel-low soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, killing three unarmed soldiers and wounding 16 others before taking his own life.

On Monday, April 7, U.S. Army officials announced a timeline of events of the in-cident.

According to Fox News, Army officials stated that Lo-pez’s shooting rampage fol-lowed an argument he had over denial of his request for leave and that it does not appear to be because of an ongoing mental problem.

“We only have one sus-pect,” said Chris Grey, spokesman for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Com-mand. “We are fully commit-ted to this investigation and we will continue to pursue investigatively all leads.”

According to the New York Times, the incident oc-curred in eight minutes over two blocks on foot and from inside Lopez’s vehicle.

According to an Army of-ficial, Lopez stayed on the move during the incident, driving his own vehicle to three buildings including Lopez’s transportation head-quarters and another office where he worked, where he shot and killed a solider in each. As Lopez drove from building to building, he also fired at soldiers on the street and in a passing car, wound-ing several.

Lopez was then confront-ed by a police officer before

he proceeded to take his own life, according to the New York Times.

Lopez was within one mile of the medical deployment center that was the scene of Fort Hood’s first mass shoot-ing in 2009, as stated by the New York Times.

On April 3, according to the Washington Post, be-fore a ceremony honoring members of the U.S. Olym-pic and Paralympic teams at the White House, President Obama reflected on the

incident.“To see unspeakable,

senseless violence happen in a place where you’re sup-posed to feel safe, home base, is tragic,” said Obama.

According to the Wash-ington Post, a spokesman for Lopez’s family said last week that Lopez was upset that he was only granted a 24-hour leave to attend his mother’s funeral in Novem-ber and then that leave was extended to two days.

In the first building, as

stated by the Washington Post, Lopez killed one solider and wounded 10 others - the dead being one of the men that Lopez had argued with moments earlier.

The last place that Lopez entered, a medical building, he killed a solider behind the desk.

“At this point we do not know why he entered that building, and we may never know why,” Grey said.

According to the Wash-ington Post, authorities

stated 11 of the 16 wounded have returned to duty, while three soldiers remain at near-by Scott & White Hospital, where the most critically in-jured were taken, and were listed in fair condition.

According to base officials, Lopez did a short stint in Iraq in 2011 and told medi-cal personnel he suffered a traumatic brain injury.

The 34-year-old Lopez was undergoing treatment for de-pression and anxiety while being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Officials stated Lopez did not see any combat in Iraq and had not previously demonstrated any risk of vio-lence. Grey stated that Lopez showed no ties to potential terrorists.

According to the Wash-ington Post, in another at-tack at the base in 2009, 13 people were killed by Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who said he was angry about being deployed to Afghani-stan and wanted to protect Islamic and Taliban leaders from U.S. troops.

Information curated by

JamEs WITTE Op/Ed Editor

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

1. Lee reveals changes for the university

During his biannual press conference for the students of the Department of Com-munication, President Doug-las Lee expounded upon sev-eral upcoming changes to the Waynesburg campus. The renovations to Stewart Sci-ence Hall are continuing on schedule, with phase three of six set to begin around the same time classes end in May. The completion of the renovation is projected to be in 2017. The information technology infrastructure of the campus is also being altered; immediate changes will be increased bandwidth that will allow for faster In-ternet in class buildings and an added Comcast helpdesk for technological issues. In the near future, the campus will also see wireless Inter-net in all campus buildings, including dormitories.

– News Conference, April 7

2. Fort Hood shooting result of altercation?

An Army official said Monday that Ivan Lopez, who killed four people and injured 16 in the Fort Hood shooting last week, engaged in an argument with other soldiers when his request for leave was denied. Immedi-ately after, he pulled out his handgun and began a shoot-ing that spanned an area of the base comparable to two city blocks. According to Fox News, officials said there is no evidence Lopez belonged to a terrorist organization or that he suffered from ongo-ing mental health issues.

– Fox News, April 7

3. Nation stands up against attrocities

On Monday, thousands of Rwandan citizens filled Amahoro stadium in Kigali, Rwanda to commemorate those killed in the 100-day genocide that began on April 7, 1994. According to CBS News, Rwandan Presi-dent Paul Kagame and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lit a flame together to acknowledge the 20th anniversary of the extreme violence that took more than one million lives. Despite the devastation Hutus inflicted

on the Tutsi population, President Kagame asserted that the country now stands together as one elevated na-tion.

– CBS News, April 7

4. Eastern Ukrainians call for secession:

On Monday, pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels seized gov-ernment buildings in Do-netsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv and declared a “people’s re-public.” According to BBC News, they have called for a referendum for secession from Ukraine by May 11. The interim Ukrainian president blames Russia for the unrest and said it is the second wave of the operation to upset Ukraine’s government and take control of the nation.

– BBC News, April 7

5. signals from Flight 370’s detected

An Australian ship, us-ing equipment loaned from the United States Navy, de-tected electronic pings that may be remains of Malay-sian Airlines Flight 370; the signals were consistent with those that might come from a plane’s black box. Crews have so far been unsuccessful in locating the source of the signals. If they can define a

smaller area where the pings might be originating from, they plan to send a subma-rine nearly three miles be-low the surface to search for wreckage.

– The New York Times, April 7

6. spring Break turns violent

The annual all-day spring break beach party at Isla Vista, near the University of California – Santa Barbara, resulted in more than 100 arrests and several serious injuries. The crowd of about 15,000 people turned violent around 9:30 p.m. on Satur-day, resulting in the police’s use of tear gas and foam projectiles. The party-goers threw bottles, rocks and bricks at the officers. Alto-gether, more than 44 people were hospitalized, including six injured police officers.

– USA Today, April 6

7. army drains water to allow for safe searches

On Monday, the United States Army Corps of Engi-neers began a weeklong pro-cess to build a berm in Sno-homish County so water can be drained out of the site of the March 22 mudslide. With water reaching depths of ten

feet covering the hillside, search teams haven’t been able to discern what may be underneath. Draining the water will allow workers a safer environment to search for the 13 people still miss-ing in Washington. So far, 30 bodies have been discovered, 29 of which have been iden-tified.

– The Seattle Times, April 6

8. Barbara Walters leaves legacy, creations

Nearly a year ago, televi-sion icon Barbara Walters announced her plan to leave spotlight. Now, she has an-nounced that her last day on television will be May 16. Walters joined ABC Network in 1976 and soon became the first female host on an eve-ning news show. In 1997, she launched her own project, “The View.” Although she is retiring from co-hosting “The View,” she will remain a part of ABC Network as an ex-ecutive producer and general contributor. ABC will hold a weeklong celebration of her career and accomplishments in May.

– ABC News, April 7

9. america sees new low in rates of uninsured:

In the middle of 2013, the rate of Americans without health insurance reached an all-time high at 18 percent. Since the rollout of the White House’s new healthcare plan, the rate has dropped to 15.6 percent of Americans, which Gallup says is the low-est number since 2008. The most dramatic drops in rates of those uninsured were seen among blacks and Americans living in poverty.

– Gallup, April 7

10. Film guru dies at 93 Legendary actor Mickey

Rooney died on Sunday at age 93. He was one of the most celebrated actors of the early 20th century, building one of the biggest box offices of the time at a young age. He married eight times and had 11 children. Although his business and financial sense were not always prime, he is remembered for putting on a fantastic show every time and his legacy will be remembered.

– The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 7

Information curated by KImmI BasTON

staff Writer

Courtesy of MCT Campus

Flowers have been placed at the East Gate of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Friday, april 4, in honor of the victims of the shooting.

Every time we moved into a new community, it was like a leap of faith, and we had to start again. We had to start with new neighbors and a new church and becoming established in a community.

I so fully believe that we are put here to give back and that when you go somewhere new, you should leave it bet-ter than when you found it. It was always a challenge. There are few constants when you are constantly moving, but your faith and set of val-ues has to be that constant. You can change churches or communities or friends or careers, but God is always there. I didn’t know my hus-band very long before we got married, so that was by faith. Then, after getting married in August, I got pregnant in De-cember, and that was some-thing that we hadn’t planned. Then, I was sick for the entire duration of the pregnancy, even to the point that they thought that the baby was dead. Then a nurse said that God told her that the baby was not dead.

The nurse stayed with me in the hospital all night, and we heard the baby’s heart beat

the next morning. I have no idea why that happened.

Then, at six months, I delivered the baby. He was two and a half pounds. With today’s technology, he may have survived. But we did have an autopsy, and he had nothing but blood clots on his umbilical cord that he would have been a vegetable for the rest of his life.

That wasn’t God’s plan for us or for him. Two days later, while I am still recovering in the hospital, my husband re-ceives orders to go on a re-mote assignment to Korea. We hadn’t even been married for a year. That is when I told God that is enough, I can’t do it. But He helped it happen.

My parents moved to Mil-waukee that very year, and couldn’t find anyone to rent their home. Then, a speech teacher doesn’t show up at the very university that my father had taught at. The head of the speech depart-ment was one of our best friends and a neighbor, and he called me and asked if I would come to teach the speech class. So I was able to heal among friends and in our neighborhood at the university in which my father was very well respected and that I had attended football

games and served as head of the pom pom squad. That was an amazing year, be-cause God said, you have had enough and now it is time to heal. Because I could stay within my parents’ home, I didn’t have to pay so much rent, so my husband and I could save in order to start our lives when he returned from Korea. When people ask if there is a God, I say I don’t know who else could’ve known and been there with the pain and helped with the joy in my life. I think it is be-yond me and beyond human understanding.

Q. Has your faith con-tinued to grow as you have developed relationships within your profession?

A. Yes, it has, but I wouldn’t attribute it to either of my professions. Certainly, staying in a community and being a part of a church has been such a blessing.

We have an amazing Sun-day School class, and I have been involved very much with the church, so I have a wonderful relationship with our pastor and other people of great faith. That has helped me to grow. I certainly have met some wonderful Chris-

tians in various jobs, but I wouldn’t say that the Pub-lic Relations profession has particularly strengthened my faith. I think part of it is a maturation process. Another part of it is that my career has been a journey, and I believe that it always will be. Learn-ing and faith and growth are also a journey. For me, there hasn’t been a direct correla-tion between my profession and growth in my faith.

I think it has to do with now being able to stay put in a community of people and that I am growing older. As you mature, you have dif-ferent perspectives on faith and how God has worked in people’s lives. Whatever profession a person chooses, I would hope that they really look at their core values. It really does set the course for life, relationships and your ability to respond to tough situations. You really need to be focused and centered on something. You have to have core values. I think God is speaking to you and is speak-ing through others to you, and I think you need to be open and centered on that.

Then, in your life, your ca-reer and everything else will become secondary to that because it will all work out.

Faith: We should act in the way Jesus wants us to

difference between myself and other students on this campus is I do not start ru-mors making this campus sound horrible because a change was made that I do not agree with.

There was no fall break in high school, and when the hours of class time are ac-tually calculated, there are more in high school.

Out of that I ask, if it is so stressful that students need a break in the middle of semes-ter, what did they do during high school?

From what I can see, and I stay every weekend even though I only live about an hour and 15 minutes away, not many students stay on campus outside of student-athletes.

So if students are already going home every weekend, why does there need to be a fall break when there will not be anyone home from other schools anyway?

I would rather have the extra week in the winter to relax after a whole semester of hard work.

I will go for that over tak-ing a one-week break in the middle of the fall semester when I’ll have to stay anyway into the weekend to work the football game any day.

But, it doesn’t really mat-ter what I and other students who agree with me think.

It doesn’t matter what the others think. The fall break is going to happen and while students should be happy be-cause after all, it is for their benefit, they are still picking apart the other things they do not like about the rules and starting ridiculous rumors to get more students upset.

In the grand scheme of things, this campus and the rules are not nearly as bad as students make them out to be.

Sure there are some rules that may be a little too much to some people, but honest-ly, the benefits received as a student here outweigh those “ticky-tack” rules by a lot.

I go back to a saying we have all heard for years, and it fits because in this situa-tion, it is the truth. Just re-member this:

You could always have it worse.

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DON'T MISS THE PINK MOONOn April 15, the sky will exhibit an abnormal sight; a pink moon. The full pink moon will appear on the 2014 Lunar Eclipse. The name for the moon comes from the springtime flower the moss pink, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. The color of the moon will match the appearance of the moss pink flower. The eclipse will begin at 2 a.m., will be completely red at 3 a.m., and then will fade in color until the eclipse is over around 4:25 a.m.

Variety of community events in April Easter egg hunts, Ramp Festival and bull riding competitions to come

By JENNY SCHOUPPE Online Content Editor

As the weather warms up, community members are looking for ways to spend time outside. Go Greene, the Greene County Tourist Pro-motion Agency, is promoting a plethora of events for com-munity members to attend.

On April 11 at 6 p.m., the Musical Mysteries & More and Thistlethwaite Vineyards presents Happily Never Af-ter, an Unusual Suspects Mystery Caper.

The Happily Never After Murder Mystery Dinner Theater costs $45 to attend. Those who attend will receive an all-inclusive dinner and cash wine bar.

Dinner will be provided by Trisha’s Treats and will in-clude chicken marsala, rose-mary pork tenderloin, green beans almandine, roasted red skinned potatoes, salad, rolls and dessert.

Complimentary wine tast-ing will be provided before the doors open.

Another event sure to please those who are looking for good food is the Pancake Breakfast & Opening Day.

On April 19, the Greene County Historical Society begins their Opening Day festivities including a Pan-cake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon.

The event will feature buckwheat, buttermilk and corn pancakes with sausages and a variety of beverages. The breakfast is $6 for adults and $3 for children.

After the breakfast, the museum will hold its an-nual member meeting. The meeting and talk is open to current members and pro-

spective members. A unique event to be held

at Rices Landing is the ‘Ham-mer-In’ event on April 19 at 9 a.m.

Local blacksmiths are expected to come together for a day of demonstrations. Tours of the foundry and an auction, which will start at 1 p.m., are also expected to take place during the event.

The admission-free event is open to the public and a free lunch will be pro-vided. All proceeds benefit the W.A. Young Foundry, the Pittsburgh Area Artist-Blacksmiths Association and the Appalachian Blacksmith Association.

Also, the 13th Annual Championship Bull Riding Competition sponsored by Buckin’ B Cattle Co. will run from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 25- 26.

“The bull riding event draws a huge crowd every year,” said Elizabeth Men-hart, communication and tourism director at the Greene County Tourist Pro-motion Agency.

“It has a huge impact on the local economy due to those who attend and the riders staying overnight. Local hotels and shops are greatly impacted, in a good way, by the crowd that the event draws.”

Top professional bull rid-ers will compete to qualify

for the Southeastern Bull Riding Association National Finals.

The gates open at 6:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets bought in advance will cost $12 for adult and $6 for child.

The advance tickets can be purchased at local shops and restaurants throughout the County.

Tickets will also be sold at the gate, but will be at a higher cost of $15 for adult and $8 for child.

The 24th Annual Ramp Festival is also steadily ap-proaching.

The festival begins April 26 at 10 a.m. at the Mason-Dixon Park in Mt. Morris.

The festivities will con-tinue April 27 until 6 p.m. Admission is free.

This year’s menus will in-clude: beer-battered, deep fried ramps; ramp burgers; ramp sampler plate; ramp kielbasa and ramp salad.

Diane’s Breakfast will begin 9 a.m. on April 27, which will include biscuits and gravy as well as breakfast sandwiches.

Some of the attractions will include: a ramp cheese ball and ramp wine tasting; cooking demonstrations by Ramp Chef Walter Danna; crafters; a Scotty Camper display; and Lippencott Al-pacas.

Fresh ramps will be avail-able for sale, and there will also be door prizes and raffles.

Raffle tickets will be sold for a powder horn made by Earl Wayne Lemley.

The winner will be drawn at the Mason-Dixon Fron-tier Festival. A church service will be held Sunday at 9 a.m.

One of the final events in the month of April is the En-low Fork Wildflower Walk, April 27 at 8 a.m.

This free event, sponsored by the Wheeling Creek Wa-tershed Conservancy, offers the unique opportunity to view an impressive array of plants and wildlife.

With more than 60 species of birds, Enlow Fork is listed as Pennsylvania Important Bird Area-14.

Birding and botanical en-thusiasts gather alongside professional environmen-talists in the early morning hours to begin a day-long se-ries of walks, discussions and identification of local plants, birds and insects.

These events are all a great part of kicking off the spring season,” said Menhart.

“They provide great op-portunities for community members to be outside and explore the history and dif-ferent places within the county.”

For more information on all these events, visit the events calendar at http://greenecountytourism.org.

“These events are all a great part of kicking off the spring season. They provide great opportuni-ties for community members to be outside and explore the history and different places within the county.”

ELIZABETH MENHARTCommunication and Tourism Director

General’s Office, 22 state rep-resentatives either pleaded guilty or were convicted of political corruption charges after a 2007 investigation.

Current Rep. Pam Snyder ultimately replaced DeWeese as the democratic candidate, according to the Department of State. Snyder was elected to her first term in his office starting November 2012, after serving nine years as a Greene County commission-er, according to the Pennsyl-vania House of Representa-tives website.

According to the Depart-ment of State’s 2014 Candi-

date Database, Snyder will run unopposed in the Penn-sylvania House of Represen-tatives 50th District primary election May 20. The general election for the 50th District, which includes all of Greene County and parts of Fayette County and Washington County, is slated for Nov. 4.

According to the state de-partment’s database, no re-publican candidate will op-pose Snyder in the general election.

Elizabeth Menhart, com-munications director for the Greene County Board of Commissioners, said the commissioners would not comment on DeWeese’s pa-role.

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and front tires buckled under the vehicle.The other pickup truck's side was scratched and dented severly, but seemed to have had the less amount of damage compared to the other two vehicles.

Medic 943 and EMS Southwest Regional Medical Center, as well as the Jeffer-son Volunteer Fire Company responded to the scene of the crash.

The Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company worked slowly to clean up the accident.

At 9 p.m. the accident was still visible, and traffic had been rerouted to a detour.

The car was still on its left side, and the debri was still scattered around the scene.

Multiple locals were seen standing around the taped off area, watching the men in uniform handle the situ-ation.

The names of the four in-jured have yet to released.

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Crash: Four people hurt

“It’s more geared toward the person that they’re going to be partnered with, what-ever their disability is,” said Shawley.

As for the reaction to the addition of the puppies to the cell block, the mood has

become friendlier according to Shawley.

“I think it’s a wonderful program,” said Shawley. “I think it’s great that the in-mates are able to give back to the community in such a positive way. I just can’t say enough about it. It’s definitely [an] uplifting feeling around here for morale.”

vive and recover. Dr. Chris Kaufman, the

trauma director at FRMC, said that the weather and time of the occurrence saved the lives of the three victims in critical condition.

He believes that it was down to the minute, saying that if the victims had ar-rived even 30 minutes later, he would not have three sur-viving stab wound patients.

According to Kaufman, the victims all exhibit large holes where the weapon pen-etrated them.

Multiple vital organs were injured in the three victims.

Due to the more than one-inch wounds, he believes that the weapon must have been a blade more than one-inch wide.

The three critical victims are now in the intensive care unit under sedation until their vital signs are normal.

FRMC reported that mul-tiple students are waiting with family members at the learning center, making post-ers and get-well signs for the victims.

The hospital is offering counseling and psychologi-cal support to any student they come in contact with. Kaufman said he believes it is important to direct the stu-dent’s state-of-mind as soon as possible to deal with the possibility of post-traumatic stress disorder.

FRMC is proud of the pre-hospital notification re-sponse to the attack.

More information will be available about the vic-tims in a week, according to Kaufman.

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Junior Kyle Weyand slides in safely to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 victory over Geneva College in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.

Three women earn gold medals at Bethany Invitational

Jackets crank out 21 hits, crush Geneva

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Winners of six of its last eight games, baseball tied for third in PAC

Tennis falls to W&J

Kimber Blair, Yellow Jacket

Senior Jamie Piotrowski competes in the steeple chase. Piotrowski earned gold at the Bethany Invite.

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With sub-freezing temper-atures continuing to plague the region, the women’s track and field team fought through less than ideal run-ning conditions Saturday at the 2014 Bethany Invita-tional.

“I told the team to stay inside the gym,” said head coach Jason Falvo. “I wanted them to stay inside the gym as long as they could and come out just before they

had to compete. We almost treated the meet like an in-door meet.”

While the temperatures were less than ideal for the Waynesburg women’s track and field team, the team still put forth a fine showing in West Virginia.

“We felt like going into the meet that it would be a good week as a whole for our women,” said Falvo. “They showed up and competed. We were not disappointed with how they did. It was cold; freaking cold, but all in all, it was a good day and a step in the right direction.”

Although no team scores were kept, the Jackets had three first-place finishers and a number of other top finishes.

This season’s squad has

a different feel from last year’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship team. Whereas last year, point scorers could easily be found among the sprinters and sprint relay teams, the bulk of the points this year come from the distance and mid-distance runners.

Leading the charge for the Jackets Saturday was a trio of 800-meter runners. Senior Melissa Poach won the 800 in a time of 2:32.13, more than one second ahead of Alder-son Broaddus’ Erin Brown, who placed second.

“[Poach] is a veteran and one of the better 800 runners in the conference,” said Fal-vo. “We were trying to get her to run a smart race with good technique. The pace got out slow, but the last 300 meters,

she really kicked it in.”Fellow 800-meter runners

Katie Latimer and Bre Paul finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively.

“For them it was a condi-tioning day,” Falvo said. “We expect [Paul] to score points at the conference meet in the 800.”

Both Paul and Latimer ran the 800 just 45 minutes after competing in the 1500-me-ter.

In the 1500, Paul and Lat-imer also finished among the top. Paul took second (5:13.91), two seconds be-hind Hannah Surface of Alderson Broaddus, while Latimer crossed the finish line in fifth (5:20.14).

“It was a really good race

Performance earns Jackets spot in national rankings

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Un i o n i z a t i o n m a d e America a destination for immigrants in the early 20th century. What the Knights of Labor began in the early 1880’s created the Ameri-

can Dream. People came to America for the chance to work for a decent wage. A wage they deserved. Much like workers in the Industrial Revolution, college football players begin their fight for a fair and decent wage.

By far the most exploited athlete in all of sports, the college football player at the Division I level, helps his

university profit millions of dollars in revenue from ticket sales, merchandising, and television rights. But what does he receive in return?

Perhaps a full scholarship worth about $125,000 on average if he remains at the school for all four years of his education. He may receive a half scholarship worth on av-erage about $50,000-$75,000

for all four years. Perhaps he is simply play-

ing for the love of the game and has no scholarship at all, like all Division III student-athletes, such as those that make up our beloved Jacket football team. Any of these paths lead to an injustice. Not because the player isn’t be-ing compensated for playing, but because a player cannot

profit off his own image. The days of the true ama-

teur athlete are gone. Olym-pic athletes make millions of dollars every year from en-dorsements. College athletes have no such opportunity, as per NCAA rules. Gone are the days that an amateur ath-lete is truly an amateur.

The NCAA has yet to catch up with the new definition

of the amateur athlete, and so Northwestern University’s football team has sought to change that. Not by trying to change the NCAA’s defi-nition of an amateur ath-lete, but by instead making college players unionized employees of the school. In other words, “professional”

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The Waynesburg baseball team continued its recent winning ways Tuesday with a convincing 18-2 win over the Geneva Golden Torna-does.

With the offense connect-ing on all cylinders, notching 21 hits, the Jackets won their sixth game out of their last eight. Waynesburg boosted its overall record to 10-13, and owned the Presidents’ Athletic Conference’s third-best record at 6-2.

Head coach Mike Humis-ton said his team has enjoyed the recent success, but main-tained the sentiment that the players need to stay focused.

“We still have to take it one game at a time,” said Humis-ton. “This was a great game, and we told our guys to en-joy it, but to not enjoy it too much because we have more work to do.”

Sophomore pitcher Con-

nor Furwa got the nod on the hill for the Yellow Jack-ets and tossed seven score-less innings, surrendering three hits, while walking one and striking out a pair. The Greater Latrobe High School graduate said that he had his pitches going for him and was spotting pitches well.

“I had some good move-ment on my fastball, and the curveball came in later in the game,” said Furwa. “I was relying a bit on my fastball early, but I just tried to pitch to contact and let my defense make plays behind me, and they did.”

Humiston also acknowl-edged Furwa’s effort during the big win.

“We have been looking for a guy that we can count on in a starting situation,” said Hu-miston. “Tuesday, [Furwa] was that. He was on cruise control from the get-go. We, as a coaching staff, knew he had this in him, and he showed it to everyone.”

The offense’s 18-run out-put in support helped Furwa be more aggressive with his pitches, and he said that it was great to be able to relax on the mound.

“Anytime you go out there the first time with a four-run lead, it’s easier to pitch,” said Furwa. “I just tried to be a bit more aggressive and the runs just kept coming. We really hit well.”

The Yellow Jackets built a 17-0 lead in the first seven innings before allowing Ge-neva to plate a run in the eighth. Both teams scored runs in the ninth, as Waynes-burg picked up a decisive vic-tory.

The of fensive ef for t

was aided by three Jacket homeruns. The first two, were back-to-back shots by freshman Luke Carter and junior Jordan Truscott, while the third was hit by freshman Jonathan Kletzli, his second of the year.

Kletzli had yet another big day at the plate, going two-for-three with three runs scored, two doubles and three RBI in addition to the homerun. He also was walked once. Kletzli’s batting average, which was .435 en-tering the day, and slugging percentage (.609 entering the day), were both good for sec-ond in the PAC.

B esides his two-run homerun, Carter had a sac-rifice fly and another run batted in on a groundout, giving him four RBI on the day. After the game, Carter said that it was good to see the offense clicking.

He was also happy to hit

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The woes continued for the Waynesburg men’s tennis team Tuesday, as it fell to its bitter Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Washington & Jefferson by a final score of 7-2.

The loss was the team’s fifth in a row; four of them against PAC opponents.

“We did not keep our focus throughout the entire match,” said junior Phillip Littlejohn. “This caused us to lose key points throughout the match.”

The number-one doubles pair of junior Isaiah Cochran and Tim Harris was the lone bright spot in doubles play. The duo won 8-5 against the Presi-dents’ top doubles pair, and continue to be a competitive combination for the Jackets.

“[Cochran] and I have got-ten closer as the year has gone on, and we are finally getting used to each other and establishing our own doubles plan,” said Harris. “We usually talk the day before and plan things out for doubles, so when the day comes, we know exactly what to do.

Harris also added creating a pre-match gameplan has greatly helped the two win more doubles matches, and their different strategies have given them an edge to win. 

“Our support for each other also gives us even more mo-tivation to win,” said Harris.

Unfortunately, no other doubles match went the Jackets’ way, as the number-two pair of Littlejohn and junior Colin Phillips lost their set 8-5. The third doubles pair of freshmen James Manges and Caleb Gaumer lost by an 8-1 score.

The Jackets did not have good fortune in singles play

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Junior Isaiah Cochran teamed up with freshman Tim Harris for one of the Jackets two wins on Tuesday.

Men's tennis drops fifth-straight match, manages only two wins

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After a promising run of close games over the first month of the season, the women’s lacrosse team was halted by Division III jugger-naut Mount Union Saturday by a score of 28-1.

This may have been in part due to the Jackets’ 13-12 loss the day before to Hilbert

College, which was a back-and-forth game that un-doubtedly took some of the wind out of the sails of the team. While the team stayed close throughout against Hilbert, head coach Maria Shepas was unimpressed.

“I’m not pleased with the first half against Hilbert,” said Shepas. “Our game is really good compared to how we played last year, but it wasn’t a great performance based upon how we played against Capital. But in the second half, they definitely stepped it up. I think the difference in us winning or losing is that we were sloppy. They wanted it, but we didn’t. In the final hour, we didn’t finish the game. We have to learn how to attack and make them uncomfortable.”

After a hard-fought con-test Friday, Shepas and the team went into the game hoping to survive a battle against one of the best teams in Division III women’s la-

crosse.“We had a rough day Fri-

day,” said Shepas. “Obvious-ly, we weren’t going to beat Mount Union. We wanted to focus on if we had the ball making better passes. They beat up on us a little bit. Mount Union was showing us that even if we get beat, we are still going to show we can play hard”

Though the Jackets only scored one goal, one bright spot was the play of freshman goalkeeper Kaitlyn Wetzel, who made a game-high eight saves. After the game, Shepas was impressed with the co-hesiveness of Mount Union.

“Mount Union has a com-plete team,” said Shepas. “They are the perfect ex-ample of a complete team. A complete offense, complete defense, complete transi-tion, everything. It’s some-thing to look forward to and it is something that everyone should set their sights on.”

Freshman midfielder Susie Marcoux saw some positive come out of the loss.

“A lot of the girls who haven’t really got to play this season got in,” said Marcoux. “We got to see how well Mount Union plays and see what they do. It was a great learning experience.”

When looking at a team like Mount Union, Shepas echoed Marcoux’s thoughts on emulating its style, but her keys to becoming a success-ful program such as Mount Union’s takes a much more internal approach.

“It starts with the team’s own identity,” said Shepas “If we aren’t going to be like Waynesburg teams past, we aren’t going to have purpose for the season. Then we are going to get what we have had: losing seasons, and peo-ple not really caring about the program or the sport. But when you get a group of girls that want to work

together, play together and win together, and who want to have a winning program, that’s where it starts. After that, it’s getting the right athletes in here and making it productive.”

Looking ahead at Waynes-burg’s upcoming games to close out the season, Shepas has great faith in her team.

“I think what is awesome about these last five games is that we legitimately have a chance to win each of them,” said Shepas “It’s going to be up to us. We are going to have to play a full game and finish without quitting. We have to clean up the sloppiness on the field and I think we can give these teams a run.”

After falling to Saint Vin-cent earlier in the year 26-6, the Jackets will rematch their Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence opponent Saturday in Latrobe, Pa.

The game is set to begin at 11 a.m.

Despite loss, Jacket lax growing together

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Freshman reserve goalkeeper Kaitlyn Wetzel received 53:05 of playing time Saturday versus Mount Union. Wetzel had a game-high eight saves in the loss.

Mount Union fires 43 shots on goal, downs Waynesburg

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With delayed springtime weather finally approaching southwestern Pennsylvania, sports like tennis, softball and baseball aren’t the only ones feeling the effect of poor conditions.

The men’s and women’s golf teams found themselves in the same boat Friday and Saturday, with miserable playing conditions at their respective tournaments.

The men’s team partici-pated in Friday’s McBride-Behringer-Allen “MBA” Invitational, which was hosted by Grove City Col-lege, Waynesburg finished sixth out of seven teams. The Wolverines took home the team title with a four-man score of 320, while Waynes-burg finished a stroke out of reach of Westminster, who finished fifth.

Saturday, Waynesburg traveled north once again to take part in the Thiel In-vitational at the Greens of Greenville. Instead of steady rain like Friday, Saturday’s participants had to face cooler temperatures.

“It wasn’t the greatest conditions to play in, but we played well Friday,” said head coach Scott Venick. “We played better on Friday than we did on Saturday. We must like to play better in the rain than in the cold.”

Because of the harsh con-ditions, some players were inexperienced, causing ex-tra strokes to pile up on the scorecard.

“The cold on Saturday was a little ridiculous,” said junior Tyler Tracy, who led the Jackets with an 81 Friday and score of 91 Saturday. “It was hard to feel your hands. It was at least kind of warmer on Friday. That was the first time I’ve ever played in any kind of weather like that. It was pretty bad.”

Despite the change in scores from the two days, Venick sees a lot of potential in the first-year junior, who transferred from the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh this year. Venick looks at Tracy and sees the replacement of Co-lin Wilson, who graduated last year and garnered All-Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence laurels during his time at Waynesburg.

“He’s a good player,” Venick said. “He’ll be our number-one. He’s exactly like Wilson. He didn’t play quite as well Saturday, but he’s definitely going to be our number-one player. If he plays like he should, he should be all-conference.”

For the first time in her collegiate career, freshman Paige Layne stepped onto the Greens of Greenville Satur-day to represent the Orange and Black. As she stepped out of the van, she was welcomed by chilly temperatures, which didn’t help her jitters.

Also for the first time Sat-urday, Layne played her first round of golf since summer. It showed on the front nine, as she carded a 56. However, the Ohio native was able to come back on the back nine, firing a 44 to lead the Jack-ets with an even 100 on the day. As a team, Waynesburg finished last out of the seven-team field with a combined four-person score of 523.

Despite the high score by her standards, Layne finished ninth out the 33-person field.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever played in that muddy of con-ditions,” said Layne. “I only went to the range once, so I knew it wasn’t going to be the greatest. I shot mid-80s in my high school days. I was pleased with the 44, but the 56 was a warm-up round. I’m still making the adjustment.”

Both squads return to ac-tion this week. The men trav-el to Saint Vincent, while the women go to Westminster.

Golf teams compete in harsh conditions

By JacoB MeyerStaff Writer

A lack of experience is a cause for numerous mistakes and poor performances for underclassmen on many teams, but that was not the case for the Waynesburg University men’s track and field team Saturday.

“Freshmen are as impor-tant as the sophomores, ju-niors and seniors,” said head coach Jason Falvo. “Every-body has a role to play and a contributing factor to the team, and we all need to do our part. If each member can do that, we’ll be in good shape.”

Nine different underclass-men finished in the top-five of their respective events at the Bethany Invitational. Be-cause of the complete team’s performance against Beth-any, Jackets were recently ranked 19th in the nation among all Division III pro-grams by d3rankings.com.

Freshman Brendan Keany was one of the nine under-classmen to finish in the top-five of an event. He finished fourth in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:03.19 and second in the 1500-meter event with a time of 4:20.02.

“Everyone is important to the team in some way or another; whether it’s push-ing the stars of the team to be better in practice or just depth in general,” Keany said. “We had a good group of dis-tance freshmen come in and I think they will be vital this year.”

Keany has high expecta-tions for himself moving for-ward this season. His goals are to run under a 4:12 and 2:00 in the 1500-meter and 800-meter events.

“Keany came to us as an 800 runner and never re-

ally ran the 1500 at all,” said Falvo. “We’re kind of force feeding him on the 1500 [meters] and we think that’s going to be his primary race,” Falvo said. “He’s starting to respond to that well.”

Keany also ran cross-country in the fall for Waynesburg, which has helped him make the transi-tion from being mainly an 800-meter runner to being more versatile.

“The 1500 hasn’t been too difficult,” said Keany. “I’m a cross country runner, so I have a good background in endurance. The 1500 is the first race that you have to have endurance for. To mix speed and endurance is a good race for me.”

Junior Byrum Louco also had an impressive day on the track. He qualified for this year’s Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference cham-pionships in the 400-meters with a time of 50.81. He was also part of the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay teams that finished second and fourth, respectively.

“[Louco is] not 100 per-cent satisfied with his time, but he’s still coming back from basketball and he’s a week behind,” Falvo said. “Our goal for him this week

was just for him to run fast; quit messing around with the 400-meter hurdles and just allow him to run and be the athlete he is. He has some high expectations on himself and he wants to run better than he is right now, but we have seven weeks un-til nationals, so we’ll be okay.”

Overall, Falvo was neutral about the performance from the sprinters Saturday.

“We went into the meet to train,” said Falvo. “We had them run long and a lot. With it being a training day for us, I think we did okay. There are a few things we need to improve on. We have more talent in us than what we’ve shown.”

Keany was not the only Yellow Jacket to run the 800-meter event well, as junior Lorenzo Mikulin fin-ished first and sophomore Ben McAuley came in fifth with times of 2:00.21 and 2:03.51, respectively. Junior Brandon Dugan also ran well in the 1500-meter event and finished fourth crossing the finish line at 4:23.07.

The distance runners faired very well Saturday, and were led by junior John Allison and senior Jonathan Blatt. Allison finished second in the 3000-meter steeple-

chase coming in at 10:26.23, while Blatt took the bronze in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:40.05.

Falvo was very impressed by the field events, especially with the javelin throwers.

Junior Travis Schubert, sophomores Mike Martin and Austin Oberg finished first, third and fourth, respec-tively, in the javelin throws. Schubert’s gold earned him Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors.

Freshman Brandon Van-Tine took silver in the shot put, while graduate student Kurt Bonnet finished fifth in the discus.

As a whole, Falvo was pleased with the meet and hopes the team uses it as motivation for the future.

“The men’s team is pretty talented from top to bottom,” said Falvo. “What we did Sat-urday is kind of expected. I don’t think any one of those kids is overly or underly ex-cited about it. It was good to see us win some events and get some of that feel good we haven’t had in a while.”

The men’s track and field team looks to continue the success at the Westminster Invitational Saturday, which does not yet have a start time.

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Because of their re-spective outstanding performances on both the track and the base-ball diamond last week, two student-athletes were awarded with Waynes-burg University Athletes of the Week laurels.

Senior Jamie Piotrowski dominated the field in the 3000-meter steeplechase after posting a time of 12:18:10, which was almost 30 seconds ahead of the next woman to finish the race. She was one of three Yellow Jacket women’s competitors to earn in-dividual honors at the Bethany Invitational Saturday. The Keystone Oaks High School graduate pulled double duty the week before at the Carnegie Mellon University Mini-Invitational, finishing second in the 3000-meter steeplechase and finishing fourth in the 4x400-meter relay.

According to the NCAA Division III outdoor dual meet rankings, the women’s track and field squad came in at 20th among Division III teams nationw-wide with 79.70 points. The women’s team also earned the second most points among Division III schools in the Mideast Region. The Jackets are back in action Saturday for an away conference meet against Westminster. The scheduled start time has yet to be announced.

Sophomore ace pitcher Brian Resnik picked up two valuable conference wins over Thiel and Geneva last week for the Waynesburg baseball team.

Tuesday, Resnik tossed a complete game in a game one win over the Tomcats. Over seven innings, he allowed two runs on nine hits, while striking out two.

The right-hander added a seven-inning complete game shutout Saturday against Geneva. He allowed four hits, while walking one and striking out five.

As of Monday, Resnik was among the Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference leaders in appearances (7), ERA (2.72), wins (4), innings pitched (43.0) and strikeouts (25).

Also as of Monday, the Waynesburg baseball team sat in fourth place in the PAC standings (9-13, 5-2) and won five out of its last seven games.

After competing in nine-inning games against Geneva and Thiel earlier this week, the Jackets travel to Crestview Hills, Ky. to face the Saints of Thomas More for a three-game weekend series. First pitch of Friday’s game one is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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Junior thrower Travis Schubert’s prolific perfor-mance at Saturday’s Betha-ny Invitational earned him Presidents’ Athletic Con-ference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week laurels.

He claimed the javelin title in the 18-member field with a winning throw of 175-0.

“It’s pretty high on my list of accomplishments,” said Schubert of the award.

“Ultimately, I want to help the team win the PAC championship and hope-

fully the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Championships. But for the time being, it’s pretty high up there.”

The junior thrower also posted a seventh-place finish in the shot put (39-04.50) and a ninth-place finish in the discus (111-01) to add to his award-worthy day.

Schubert and his team-mates will look to continue their success when the team travels to the Westminster Invitational Saturday in New Wilmington, Pa.

Youth not a problem for men's track

Senior Schubert honored by PACLocuo qualifies for ECACs in 400 meters

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for [Paul],” Falvo said. “I am excited for her after that race in the 1500. Historically, she has always done well in that race, and we expect big things from her moving for-ward.”

Continuing their domi-nance in the distance events, the Jackets earned a first-place finish from sopho-more Megan Ferrick in the 5000-meter run. Ferrick dominated the event, best-ing the second-place runner by more than 30 seconds.

“[Ferrick] is having a re-ally good year,” Falvo said. “She is probably more of a 10K girl than a 5K girl. The expectations are really high for her. It has been a really long time since we scored in the 10K and we expect her to score this year.”

Waynesburg saw its final gold medalist come in the 3000-meter steeplechase, when senior Jamie Piotrows-ki finished in 12:18.10, easily defeating Brittany Atkinson of Notre Dame College.

Junior Joy Talbott-Oster joined Piotrowski on the podium, finishing third (12:48.06).

“The steeple chase is easily

our strongest event this year,” Falvo said. “We have high expectations for all those la-dies; they are all really really

good.”A typically strong Jacket

jumping contingent did not place any athletes in the top

10, as both Breanna An-derson and Amanda Hobe missed the meet due to in-juries.

“Anderson will be back this week, after coming off a hamstring strain,” said Falvo. “Hobe had a mid-foot sprain and has been nursing it. She just got out of the boot on Monday. She is still about a week or two away from re-turning.”

In the indoor season, Hobe took first place in the long jump, while taking second in the triple jump. Meanwhile, Anderson won the triple jump, while taking second in the long jump to her teammate.

Senior throwing standouts Megan Sowers and Rebecca Rapp continued their strong final seasons in a Waynes-burg uniform.

Sowers and Rapp finished in eighth and ninth in the shot put, respectively. In her strongest event, Rapp took fourth in the discus with a heave of 35.25 meters (115-08). Sowers also scored a top finish in her best event, despite the cold conditions, placing third in the javelin with a toss of 35.88 meters (117-08).

As the weather continues to warm up in Waynesburg, so does its track and field team.

On Monday, d3rankings.com released its weekly NCAA Division III outdoor dual meet rankings, com-piled by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Yellow Jackets claimed the 20th-most points among all Division III teams. In the Mideast Region, the Jackets were the second-highest team ranked.

Waynesburg returns to ac-tion Saturday, when it travels to New Wilmington, Pa. to participate in the Westmin-ster College Invitational. The start time for the meet has yet to be posted.

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Senior Melissa Poach won the 800 on Saturday at the Bethany Invitational in a time of 2:32.13.

Baseball: Jacket bats smack Geneva

his first collegiate home run, after coming close multiple times before.

“I’m more satisfied with the team as a whole in getting a big win,” said Carter. “But, it’s a great feeling knowing I finally got one over the fence and that it helped the team win.”

Of the 21 hits, Waynesburg was able to get 12 extra-base hits, which is always a good thing for a baseball team, and Humiston was satisfied with the offense in that area as well.

“Before, we were rely-ing on maybe three or four guys,” said Humiston. “In this game, everyone hit. It allows pressure to be taken off the guys in the middle of the lineup, and doesn’t allow them to throw around guys that have been successful.”

Humiston said the extra-base hit total was a result of guys being more aggressive at the dish, and simply bar-reling up baseballs.

Waynesburg received dou-bles from juniors Eric Crum and Kyle Weyand, senior Clay Roman, the two from Kletzli and one from two freshmen, Jason Poland and Justin Davey. Sophomore Matt Bensinger had the lone triple for the Jackets.

Senior catcher Marc Tim-

mons also had a big day at the plate, going three-for-four with a RBI and a run scored.

But perhaps the biggest note to take away from this game, was that Waynesburg played yet another error-free contest. Humiston said it was no secret that they didn’t play well defensively earlier on in the season, but acknowledged that his team has improved in that area.

After all, they have not made an error in five games, and have only made one in their last seven.

”I think they have really gotten comfortable playing around each other,” said Hu-miston. “It is the old theme of ‘practice makes perfect,’ and guys are just really starting to gel.”

Furwa, as mentioned be-fore, was the recipient of the stellar defensive effort and it helped him move to 2-1 with the win and lowered his earned run average to 2.70. He said he was really happy with the defensive effort as well.

“We just played really well as a team throughout the whole game," said Furwa.

Waynesburg will make the long trip to Crestview Hills, Ky. to compete in a weekend three-game series against the Thomas More Saints.

Game one Friday is sched-uled to begin at 3 p.m.

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Softball splits with La Roche in final non-conference tilt

By Luke CampBeLLFor the Yellow Jacket

After dropping its last five games, the Waynesburg soft-ball team was in search for a much-needed victory heading into doubleheader action Tuesday afternoon against non-conference opponent La Roche College.

The Jackets, who squan-dered their first opportunity by dropping game one by a score of 8-0 in a shortened five-inning affair, split the two-game set after an impres-sive come from behind vic-tory over the Redhawks 9-8.

La Roche came out firing on all cylinders in game one, jumping all over freshman pitcher Lyndi Gareis. After giving up eight hits in the second inning, the Jackets found them-selves in a quick 7-0 hole.

Waynesburg was the victim of untimely hitting, after going only 2-for-12 at the plate and stranding seven base runners on base in the process.

The Redhawks continued to feast off Waynesburg pitching early in the second game, but was matched equally with a newly formed Waynesburg lineup by head coach Lou Gia-chetti.

“Everyone has worked extremely hard to this point of the season,” said Giachetti. “Getting more people playing time was the plan heading into these two games. We were also able to use all of our available pitchers, allowing them to get valuable work.”

Senior pitcher Carrie Maier played an unfamiliar role, coming out of the bullpen for both games in relief. Maier, who pitched a solid three-and-one-third innings in the first game, shut down the Redhawks the last three innings of game two, ultimately picking up the win.

Maier also saw plenty of time on the bump in Saturday’s doubleheader at Geneva, in which the Jackets lost both games. Maier started game one and then came into relieve starting pitcher Stephanie Kotomski in game two. Maier faced only three batters before be-ing pulled.

“It was absolutely crucial to take a win away,” said Maier. “When it comes down to it, we just got tired of losing and having the same things to say.”

The win bolstered Waynesburg’s record to 4-14 overall, but the team still remained winless in conference play, as of Tuesday.

However, the Jackets snapped their five-game los-ing streak with the victory. Over that same five-game period, Waynesburg pitchers nearly surrendered eight runs per game, while the offense only managed to produce 17 total.

Giachetti mentioned how a lot of work needs to be done if the team wants to continue to compete in Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference play heading down the final few weeks of the regular season.

“We need improvement everywhere,” said Giachetti. “One big things we need to continue to work on is eliminating the big scoring innings. Someone has to make a play or a pitcher has to make a pitch to avoid that big deficit.”

However, this win might not have came at a better time for the Jackets, as they are rapidly approaching the bulk of their conference schedule.

“I know it was only a non-conference game,” said Maier. “But it was really important for us to win at least one and carry some morale into conference games. We can’t play scared. We can’t be afraid to miss spots or to strike out. We have to be confident that we can turn out season around by trying to win instead of trying not to lose.”

Waynesburg returns to action Saturday to battle the West-minster Titans in New Wilmington, Pa. First pitch of the PAC doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.

The Jackets must then quickly turn around and face Thom-as More at home Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. The twin bill against the Saints was originally scheduled for April 2, but was postponed due to inclement weather.

By Carson FoxSports Editorial Assistant

Exciting was the word continuously used by freshman midfielder Susie Marcoux, as it relates to her perfor-mance this season and the future of the Waynesburg women’s lacrosse pro-gram. In Marcoux’s case, there’s a lot to be excited for.

At the beginning of this week, she was tied for the team lead with 12 goals, and the team itself was on the verge of breaking the school record for most wins in a single season.

“We’re all really excited because this is the best team [Waynesburg] has had and everyone’s getting excited about moving on in the future,” said Mar-coux. “All the underclassmen are really talented and a lot of girls, who have just joined this year, are picking up the game very fast. It’s going to be exciting to be a part of it.”

In the past six seasons, there hasn’t been a lot to be excited about in regards to the women’s lacrosse team. Prior to the beginning of the season, the Jack-ets held an 8-53 program record, with many of those losses by double-figures. With that said, one could only wonder why a player from Southington, Conn., would play for Waynesburg.

“It’s nice to be a part of a program that’s progressing,” said Marcoux. “I was actually recruited as a goalie, but decided to play on the field because [Jo-Hanna Phillips] was already the goalie. I’ve been playing lacrosse since I was six, so I knew how to play most of the positions.”

Marcoux’s versatility, as well as her offensive ability has enabled her to lead the pack of freshmen contending for positions currently held by returning upperclassmen. Because of this, she’s garnered the attention of head coach Maria Shepas.

“[Marcoux] is one of the girls that has really surprised me from the beginning

because she’s really fast,” said Shepas. “I wouldn’t have guessed that by my first impression. I think she has a huge role. She’s been pretty consistent in scoring and just getting the ball back and forth. She’s going to be one of those girls that are going to be our rock that can hold our offense together.”

Marcoux credits her father, who was her first lacrosse coach, as one of her mentors. She shined on the road against Lancaster Bible College earlier this sea-son, scoring five goals on five shots, as the Jackets downed the Chargers 13-6.

It was Waynesburg’s first win in al-most an entire calendar year, and great-er yet, she played the game in front of her dad.

“It was exciting because it was my best game and I got to see my parents after not seeing them for awhile,” said Marcoux. “It was cool to hear his voice again cheering for me.”

Given her success, Marcoux said she didn’t have any expectations this season. Now that she’s earned a starting posi-tion, she said that she is working toward better shot placement and setting up her teammates.

This kind of mindset coming from a freshman can only be a plus in regards

to the future of the Waynesburg lacrosse program.

“I think that [the younger players] are making everyone better,” said Shepas. “They’re all working hard. They’re all vying for positions, and that’s making our older girls play harder because they don’t want theirs taken away.”

According to Marcoux, the Jackets are working toward playing better to-gether, and they had the chance to get a first-hand glimpse of what it is like to play as a complete team Saturday against Mount Union.

“They were really good at transitions and being able to see a girl open at the net and driving in,” said Marcoux. “It’s something we’re working on; something we’ve talked about.”

Shepas echoed Marcoux’s point that the team must finish strong with winna-ble games remaining on the schedule. If not, the excitement surrounding build-ing a winning program that has more than just three wins during a season is a mere dream.

“We’re young and there is a lot that needs to be learned,” said Shepas. “We have to understand to not let off the gas until the clocks are at zero.”

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After game one shutout, Jackets score nine runs in game two

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Through first six games, freshman among all-time best

football players. Led by former starting

quarterback Kain Colter, the players are unionizing in hopes of doing something similar to the labor force of the late 19th century. The players in favor of unioniz-ing want to take on an op-ponent of monumental size in order to gain benefits such as health care, more favor-able practice schedules, and perhaps a little more money to increase their standard of living. Much like the laborers in the genesis of unioniza-tion, college football players are the backbone of a huge industry, and they should be treated as such.

Northwestern’s players will have quite a decision to make come April 25th. Do they want to be the team that changes the economic organization of college foot-ball? Do they want to face the intense opposition they will undoubtedly see in the com-ing months if they choose to unionize? These are ques-tions they will each have to answer when the time comes for them to vote whether to act on a National Labor Rela-tions Board decision, which allows them to unionize.

If they do, they will then be allowed to collectively bargain with Northwestern and the NCAA. And a whole new struggle begins. It be-comes a question of what their demands will be, and what the market of college football will allow them to receive.

We could see the entire in-frastructure of college foot-ball crumble. We could see both college football and its stars flourish if the athletes are properly compensated. We could see the way a high school prospect moves into

the NFL change completely. Billions of dollars are

made annually off college football players and it was just a matter of time before they would gain the ability to fight for their piece of the pie in the system. The stress put on the current age of Di-vision I football players will be the greatest the sporting world has ever seen. The changes made will be drastic, but the group that decides to make that first step will be legendary.

We couldn’t have found a better time for this change to happen. The concept of be-ing a student athlete has died. The “student” in “student-athlete” has slowly eroded away at the Division I level. In fact it couldn’t have any-thing less to do with it.

Shabazz Nabier proved this whole-heartedly Mon-day night, when he yelled “this is what happens when you banned us,” in response to the NCAA Academic Progress Rate suspension that kept his team out of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

The fact that, on a na-tional stage, a player of Na-pier’s caliber would taunt the NCAA shows how little of an emphasis athletes across the board are putting on aca-demics. This is the same in football, baseball, hockey, and most other Division I sports.

If the student-athlete has died, then why keep kidding ourselves into believing play-ers are anything less than employees of the school?

Northwestern’s players hold a key to the Emerald City in their hands. The only question is if they will follow the yellow brick road to get there. The journey they will take from here will change the face of college football forever. And it is long over-due.

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against the Presidents either. At sixth singles, Manges lost in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 and freshman Mitchell Ross lost in straight sets as well 6-1, 6-1.

Phillips lost at number-four singles by scores of 6-1 and 6-1, but the Jackets were able to pick up their only win in singles play when third singles player Littlejohn won handily in straight sets 6-1,

6-1. Despite the strong win, Littlejohn feels he can still play much better.

“I honestly don’t think I am on top of my game,” said Littlejohn. “My opponent made a lot of mistakes and did not really challenge me.”

The top two Waynesburg singles players in Harris and Cochran each took tough losses, needing 10-point tiebreakers to decide each match. Harris lost by a 5-7, 6-4, 8-10 line and Cochran fell at the number-one sin-

gles spot by a 6-7, 6-3, 7-10 tally.

All is not lost for the Jacket tennis team though, as it still believes things can improve moving forward.

“We need to practice more so we can perfect our tech-niques because ultimately little mistakes are costing us wins,” Harris said. The Jackets fell to 1-7 overall on the season, but return to ac-tion today at home against another PAC opponent, the Thomas More Saints.

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Successful lip sync competition returnsBy JON ST. LAURENTFor the Yellow Jacket

On Saturday, April 12, the Student Activities Board is bringing back the Lip Sync competition in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m., free of charge. This will feature groups and solo acts, as well as a prize given to the winner. There is a $200 grand prize for the first place win-ner as well as prizes for those who rank second and third place.

Mary Hoffman, a mem-

ber of the novelty and show time committee on the Stu-dent Activities Board, said the competition turned out really well last year and, be-cause of that, they decided to do it again this year.

One of last year’s contes-tants and the second runner up, senior communication major Kyle Oland, really en-joyed his chance to be in the limelight.

“I was just having a good time, having some fun on the stage,” said Oland.

“Winning money was

nice, too.”Those who attend also

are part of the selection of the winner. The winners are decided, according to Hoff-man, through texting, just like WU’s Got Talent and WU Idol.

“It will be set up very much like last year with judges and each act will come out to perform,” said Hoffman. “[Lip Sync] had a lot of popularity and a large turnout of students to watch and participate.”

Just like last year, the SAB

is expecting a large turnout.“It was a packed house,”

said Oland. “Every seat was full and people were in the isle.”

Due to the large turnout and success of the event last year, SAB wanted to keep this act inside the GPAC because they feel that it is the best spot on campus for this sort of event.

“[The GPAC] holds the most students and is the biggest stage on campus,”

'Take Back the Night' to discuss rape culture

By SAMANTHA PEERStaff Writer

Take Back the Night, an annual event hosted by Peer Educators, will bring aware-ness to a culture that exists within our society.

This culture is one that publicly scrutinizes victims of rape for the way they were dressed, their mental state or their history; a culture that teaches women to avoid get-ting raped instead of teach-ing men not to rape.

This culture is prevalent across the United States and has been labeled as Rape Culture.

Take Back the Night will feature speakers to inform those in attendance of what Rape Culture is.

Among the speakers are sophomore sociology major, Madison Perretta and sopho-more psychology major, Ra-chel Hamilla.

While normally Take Back the Night is an event that in-forms persons about sexual assault, this year the event is taking a new angle.

“We are trying to tackle the idea of Rape Culture,” said Mary Hamilla, assistant director of the counseling center and faculty leader of the Peer Educators. “Sexual assault isn’t something that is unfamiliar to people on cam-pus, because we tend to talk about it. But we are trying to get rid of the idea of things like victim blaming and we

are trying to raise awareness to the issue of Rape Culture in general.”

Rape Culture involves blaming victims of sexual assault, but there is more to Rape Culture than that single principle.

“Rape Culture is the idea that there are factors that make it okay for people or give them an excuse to com-mit sexual assault,” said Per-retta. “In reality, there are no excuses for rape, but Rape Culture creates an environ-ment that justifies sexual as-sault.”

Rape Culture involves sex-ually explicit jokes, among other contributing factors.

“I think Rape Culture is present on the campus of Waynesburg just because people are not aware of it,” said Hamilla. “Sometimes people will make off color jokes about rape, but they don’t realize that through their jokes they are helping to create the stigma behind Rape Culture.”

Hamilla will also assist in the planning and implemen-tation of the event.

Hamilla feels that the event will be beneficial to those in attendance because it will help them to see flaws in their cultural norms.

“When you are in the mid-dle of your culture, you don’t tend to critique it unless someone brings it to your at-

'DECIDING TO FIGHT': GRANT STROUSE

By C.J. BIEDKAFor the Yellow Jacket

While his friends and classmates were relaxing on spring break of 2013, Grant Strouse was in the hospi-tal being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a blood cancer that attacks the lymph nodes.

He knew he would have to get through the next eight months including going through six chemotherapy treatments in the span of 23 weeks.

“I thought my whole world was crashing down,” said Strouse.

Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals to fight a dis-ease and is mostly thought of during cancer.

The worst thing for Strou-se during this whole ordeal was the side effects of the chemotherapy. Strouse lost all of his hair only a week into treatment.

“It finally hit me that first week in,” said Strouse “This is real. Everything was a blur, but now everything is real.”

After the first treatment was complete, Strouse hit the realization that his situation was real and he might die. He would sleep 18-19 hours a day due to the therapy it-self and the medications to counteract the side effects of the chemotherapy.

Every week he would have to get blood drawn to check

his platelets and white blood cells. Strouse's platelet level was extremely low, forcing him to take even more pre-cautions.

“It was kind of like living in a bubble for a while,” said Strouse.

After his treatments went on for six weeks and noth-ing had changed, he still had cancer, but he knew he could make it through. Three more weeks had gone by, and that is when it all changed.

After his third treat-ment, and eight weeks of good blood tests, his last test before the next round of chemotherapy reminded Strouse that cancer is a con-tinually changing disease.

“Cancer is day to day, whether you will survive or not. You can get better and then it comes back again,” said Strouse. “You also can be moved to where you feel

like you will die, and then you get better.”

Strouse's test results for the third week came back

lower than normal. He went to his doctor who decided

Students receiving an NBA experience

By DANIELLE SCHUYLERFor the Yellow jacket

About six years ago, Waynesburg University stu-dents took their first trip to a Cavaliers basketball game.

On Saturday, April 12, a charter bus full of Waynes-burg students will be depart-ing from Miller Hall at 12 p.m. to renew this tradition.

Many students were cu-rious as to why the univer-sity would schedule a trip to watch a basketball game consisting of two different teams, neither of which are Pennsylvania native.

Another question that many had was, why make a three-hour trip to watch these teams play.

According to Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, the reason is that the Cleve-land Cavaliers, although three hours away, they are the closest National Bas-ketball Association team to Waynesburg University.

“We thought students would enjoy going to watch professional basketball play-ers,” said Bristor.

“The Student Activities Board always tries to cater to various interests. We also like to discover unique op-portunities, like being able to

watch an NBA team and tour their stadium. How many people get to say they’ve done that?”

Bristor also explained the plans for that evening.

Resident Directors Anne Schrock and Russ Schneider along with Pat Bristor are scheduled to be leading the group outing.

Upon arrival to Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cavaliers, students will be taken on an exclusive tour.

After the tour, everyone will take a stroll through a walkway that gives direct access to Tower City Center.

Tower City Center is home to two hotels, a movie the-ater, 100 stores, six full-scale restaurants and a food court. Students will be given the op-portunity to purchase their dinner there.

After dinner the group will head back to Quicken Loans Arena for the game.

This trip was originally opened strictly to Waynes-burg University students. When it became evident that there were extra tickets available, Student Services opened up the event to non-students.

This helped in with bring-

Shortage of food fails to interrupt performerBy JOHN LYDIC

Editorial Assistant

Waynesburg students dined on wings while listen-ing to the newest artist on campus.

Rachel Brown performed at Waynesburg University’s Wing Night held Monday in the Bee Hive.

She played many of her popular songs including “Building Castles,” “Rock-

star” and “Falling in Love Backwards.”

Brown said the Waynes-burg crowd provided a great atmosphere to play for.

“They were awesome,” said Brown. “There was another Rachel Brown in the audi-ence; that’s the coolest thing I’ve ever heard. They were very great and very sweet.”

The event was hosted by the Student Activities Board, offering wings music and a

chance to share with friends, according to Paige Carter, freshman pre-law major.

“I think these wing nights really bring a sense of com-munity to Waynesburg, and the combination of the food and the music, there’s just something for everyone,” said Carter. “It’s a great time to be social and do homework, and Waynesburg always brings in these great artists that are super talented, underground

artists that make for a great show.

For Brown, her music is not classified under one spe-cific genre; rather she said she likes to blend a variety of music to create a relaxed feeling.

“Usually I have a lot of instruments behind me that help blend things to-gether, where tonight I did

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A cappella group Blue Jupiter gives students dinner and a showBy ABBY WERNERTChief Photographer

Both students and caf-eteria workers alike found themselves dancing along to the music of Blue Jupiter as the a capella group per-formed in the cafeteria on Tuesday during dinner.

The group, comprised of members Marty Gasper, Diana Preisler, Jonathan Minkoff and Jeff Washburn, started at Berklee College of Music in the summer of 2001.

“Berklee was an interest-ing experience,” said Gasper, the only original member of the group.

“I found that frustrating that there was no perfor-mance outlet.”

Gasper approached his friends and proposed the idea of forming a group as a way of making some money while also performing.

Although the group did not have much luck finding gigs, they enjoyed making music, which was the pri-mary focus.

The group moved to New York after working together

for three or four years. In 2004, after moving, the old

members left and the current members have been there ever since.

Blue Jupiter started off with mostly performing jazz style music but moved to other genres after honing their skill.

“We like to bring the party to the performance, and so you’ll find a lot of our music is upbeat, it’s pop, a little rock influence, a little jazz influ-ence, but for the most part, it’s dancing and it’s pop,” said Gasper.

The group is also known

for taking Broadway songs and rearranging them into more contemporary and pop sounding mixes.

“We take Broadway songs and we twist them up,” said Preisler.

Originally the dinner and the performance was sched-uled to be outside but it was moved indoors due to the threat of weather.

Jordan Totty, junior fo-rensic science major, said the performance would

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A cappella group Blue Jupiter performs for students at dinner on Tuesday as part of Spring Week.

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Junior chemistry major Grant Strouse endured six rounds of chemotherapy over the span of 23 weeks after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during the spring of 2013. As of August 2013, Strouse was declared cancer-free, and has since returned to Waynesburg.

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After months of hospital visits and treatments, Waynesburg student won his fight with cancer

to push the chemotherapy back a week to make sure he would be able to withstand a change in his lifestyle if he had to.

The doctor did this for two weeks, and continued to test the numbers for his white blood cells, including testing his bone marrow, to make sure that it was produc-ing white blood cells. Less than a week had passed by and Strouse was at his doc-tor’s office to check up on his previous tests.

He discovered his num-bers were still low from the blood work, but the bone marrow biopsy was negative, meaning that his body was producing white blood cells.

“One of the chemo drugs I was on actually was tricking my antibodies into attacking my fresh white blood cells.” Strouse said. “My body was destroying itself.”

After finding this out, his

doctor said they will not be able to postpone the chemo-therapy any longer.

Strouse recalled some-thing his doctor said to him around that time: “Ultimate-ly we have to fight the cancer first, and then we can rebuild your immune system.”

His doctor then apolo-gized.

“He looked me straight in the eye and apologized,” said Strouse.

“He said because the next 18 or so weeks are probably going to be hell.”

The next 18 weeks did prove to be as bad as the doc-tor expected. He started get-ting shots that went straight into the bone marrow in his arm. The shots acted as a booster to help produce more white blood cells, thus allowing his body to have more of a chance at fighting off infection.

A side effect from this booster shot, as well as the continued chemotherapy treatments and medications,

was excessive sleeping.“I slept through the entire

month of May, and most of

June,” said Strouse. “I lost touch with reality, I didn't get up or walk around the house.

I just laid there.” After the third treatment

when his numbers were so low, it put him in a really dark place emotionally and spiritually.

“I got to a very dark place in my mind where I was thinking that I wasn’t going to make it,” said Strouse.

A high school friend text-ed Strouse during his bout with cancer and told him that he had been thinking about him a lot.

“I have been trying to fig-ure out why horrible things happen to good people,” said the friend, who is an atheist. “For the first time in my life I knelt down and I prayed real hard.”

His friend’s life was turned around and he began going to church and praying.

“That's when it hit me,” said Strouse. “The whole reason I got sick was be-cause, for me being affected by something so devastating, everyone around me could be brought to a closer life of

prayer and a closer life with God.”

After this epiphany, Strou-se started to feel better.

“Soon after I realized that I started to get better," said Strouse. "My blood cell num-bers came back up and my hair kind of started growing back again."

Strouse's return to college life was postponed a semester as the tumor had crushed his left vocal nerve paralyzing it.

With a whisper of a voice, he went to a voice special-ist who helped bring it back. He returned in the spring to complete his final three semesters and will graduate with a focus in chemistry. He was declared in remis-sion on Aug. 15, meaning that he is cancer free. Due to the fact that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a blood can-cer, the cancer will remain in Strouse's blood.

“Cancer will always be a part of who I am now” said Strouse. “But it won't define me.”

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After months of treatment, Strouse is cancer-free.

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said Hoffman. “It’s a good performance stage for the participants.”

Despite the limelight, crowd and chance to win a prize, Oland will not be able to make a re-appearance be-cause this event can demand

a lot of time for the partici-pants.

“Ryan Legarsky and I pre-pared for four months and practiced everyday, a good 200 hours,” said Oland. “I’m sad I can’t participate in it this year, I think my career [in lip sync] is over.”

Despite Oland not being able to come back for anoth-

er chance at the grand prize, this year’s competition will still host a plethora of talent from around the campus.

“It gives you a chance to showcase your performing talents, even if you can’t sing,” said Hoffman. “The acts are always really good; everyone should come, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

tention, so I think this event will help to bring awareness to areas in our culture that need to be critiqued,” said Mary Hamilla.

Take Back the Night is an event that hits close to home for Mary Hamilla.

“Before I owned my pri-vate practice, I used to be the coordinator of services at the Crisis Center in Uniontown, so the whole issue is near and dear to my heart and it was nice to be able to bring that with me and do something with that here,” said Mary Hamilla.

Kable Dale, counselor and advocate for the Southwest-ern Pennsylvania Human Services and Sexual Trauma Treatment and Recovery Ser-vices program, will also be speaking at the event.

This event will not only inform those in attendance of Rape Culture, it will also honor victims of sexual as-sault.

“People will be able to write their story or the story of someone close to them on poster board and put a ribbon on a tree to repre-sent surviving and to honor them or the survivor they are thinking about,” said Mary Hamilla.

Victims of sexual assault is that attend the event will also be given the opportunity to speak if they wish to.

The Peer Educators hope that through this event, they will be able to help people on the Waynesburg campus to stop contributing to Rape Culture.

“We hope this event brings awareness because people may not realize that their ac-tions are helping to perpetu-ate rape culture,” said Rachel Hamilla.

Take Back the Night will take place this evening at 8 p.m. in the Stover Confer-ence room.

Baked goods and refresh-ments will be provided at the event.

ing in more interest.“I wanted to go because I

am a NBA fan,” said fresh-man communication major Austin Anderson. “Even though I am a Bulls fan, it is fun to watch some of the best players in the world.”

Sharing the excitement of Waynesburg students and faculty is Tad Carper, senior vice president of communi-cations and broadcasting for

the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Quicken Loans Arena.

“As happy as I’m sure the group of students is to head out on a trip to Cleveland for a Cavs game, we’re just as happy to host and glad [Waynesburg] decided to visit us,” said Carper. “We hope they’ll also be able to enjoy the entire Gateway district around The Q and take in some of the other cool places and attractions in downtown Cleveland while they’re here.

a lot more solo songs,” said Brown. “I blend genres like world, Caribbean, hip-hop an others to create a good feel.”

Brown said her inspira-tions for music could not be attributed to one event, but rather daily occurrences.

“I always dreamt of play-ing music and just began to learn it,” said Brown. “I use inspirations from things that happen in my life and put them into song in a clever way.”

Carter thought Brown had the talents of an every-day artist.

“Brown did a great job,” said Carter. “Her voice was beautiful and she sounded like someone that could be on the radio.”

Wings were offered to stu-dents and they could choose between garlic, barbeque and buffalo.

The wings ran out rather quickly due to high demand, according to Gracious Shav-ers, junior human services major.

Despite the lack of wings, Carter thought it was a good

night. As the night drew to an

end, Brown reflected to just share and enjoy the impor-tance of music.

“I love to create music

that is interesting and ap-preciated,” said Brown. “It’s interesting to create music that allows people to con-nect and express themselves in whatever way they feel.”

have been better outside as it would have allowed more than the students who at-tended dinner to listen to the music and some of the students eating dinner might have felt as if the perfor-mance had been forced on them.

However, the relocation of the event did not prevent Totty and others from enjoy-ing the performance from Blue Jupiter.

“I think they’re really good. It’s super fun to see music like this genre,” said sophomore pre-med major Damara Deal.

Before coming to the uni-versity, Blue Jupiter had just come from a music festival in Chicago and Washington, D.C. where they headlined

with former American Idol contestant Blake Lewis. Before that, the group had headlined on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

The group also travels around the country to about 40 to 50 colleges and univer-sities per year.

They have an educational component working with students in kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as university students, where the group will come in for a day or even a week to help and coach student singing groups.

Additionally, the group also sings the jingles in the Nabisco Oreo and Nokia Corp. commercials.

The group also has plans to work on a couple of music videos and go back into the studio to work on two up-coming albums.

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Rachel Brown sang and played guitar while those in attendence enjoyed wings in the Beehive during Wing Night April 7.

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Movie to show love of JesusWAYNESBURG, PA –

Wanderlust Productions film “Father of Lights” will make its Waynesburg University premiere on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the McCance Auditorium located in Buhl Hall.

Darren Wilson, director of “Father of Lights,” trav-eled all over the world with a film crew and some anointed brothers-in-Christ, to show

the love of God and inter-view individuals with similar missions.

On this journey the team also faced challenges, includ-ing a witch doctor in India, machete-yielding Hindus and notorious members of the Chicago Latin Kings gang.

Prayers are prayed and healings of hearts and bodies occur while viewers join in

on this adventure that shows the true character of God.

There will be a brief in-formal discussion after the movie.

Guests at this showing are invited to stay after the film to express their thoughts about its content.

Any questions regarding this event may be directed to coordinators Danielle Schuy-ler or R.J. Tonks.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

BASEBALL TEAMSTHIS WEEK IN GREENE COUNTY HISTORY

APRIL 18, 1827

The Methodist Episcopal Church was the first to take the college under its care in April of 1827. This occurred because the Methodist Episcopal ascendancy over Madison College had ended in 1832. Methodists did not need both colleges in western Pennsylvania. Their abandonment of Madison coincided with the rise of the CP (Cumberland Presbyterian Church) movement in Western Pennsylvania.

APRIL 14, 1849

The Pennsylvania Presbytery called attention to the need of an institution of higher learning within its bounds, appointing a committee of five to receive proposals for the location and establishment of an institution. This committee shortly received overtures from Carmichaels and Waynesburg. This eventually led to the creation of Waynesburg College later that year in 1849.

APRIL 16, 1897

By April of 1897, the Athletic Association of Waynesburg College had been organized. It was in good running order and promised “to be a great factor in the future of the college.” Its purpose was “to develop the manhood and the womanhood of the college.”

Source: The Waynesburg College Story by William H. Dusenberry

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T H E B A C K P A G E

How much do you know about

This Saturday, April 12, marks the tenth annual National Licorice Day celebration. Although it won’t be found on you’re calendar, for lovers of the chewable delectable candy in the United States, Licorice International once again will be opening it’s doors so that others can taste samples of over 160 types of licorice from 14 countries.

A member of the pea family, the licorice plant is a perennial herb native to southern Europe, Asia and the Mediterranean. The plant is known for its roots, specifically for the glycyrrhizic acid, which is 50 times sweeter than sugar. Besides licorice candy, the plant’s extract is used in food flavoring, tobacco, alcohol and cosmetics.

The ancient Egyptians originally used licorice as a pharmaceutical. Hieroglyphics also showed that it was a popular beverage among men at the time. Today’s licorice candy dates back to 17th century Holland. Being one of the most powerful nations then, sailors spread the candy throughout other European nations. Today, licorice candy is produced all around Europe, America and Australia.

Along with the Egyptians, Alexander the Great and Caesar are also on record endorsing the health benefits from licorice. Since the 14th century, the candy has been used to soothe coughs, colds and bronchitis. It also helps reduce stomach acid and helps soothing irritation and inflammation of the gastric tract.However, while small amounts don’t pose a risk, eating medicinal levels of licorice for a prolonged period of time can cause serious health problems, such as high blood pressure, glaucoma, diabetes and kidney or liver failure. Made in either red or

black, licorice can be made in various ways. Licorice International sells a variety of licorice categories, including sweet, salty, sugar free, gluten free and kosher.Licorice can also be made in many different forms, including caramels, toffees or coins, or the more popular twists, bites, wheels, shooters or a mix of an assortment of licorice.

LICORICE

What Is Licorice?

History of Licorice Health Benefits

Types of Licorice

POPULAR BRANDSTwizzlersSwedish FishRed VinesSour PunchCrowsGood & Plenty

Sources: Licorice Internatonal, ilovelicorice.comDesign by Megan Potosky

By ERIC BOSTManaging Editor