By Alex HintonOp/Ed Editor

The lunch line in Bene-dum Hall started at thefood and wrapped all theway around the tables inthe dining area.

Merit Day broughthundreds of new faces tocampus from 8 a.m. until6 p.m., as prospective stu-dents interviewed for var-ious scholarships.

“Any students whohave been accepted andhave above a 3.0 gradepoint average are eligibleas long as they were

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“The Stover program isa program of 20 studentswho focus on both Chris-tian ethics and Constitu-tional law with the pur-pose of positively chang-ing the ethical state ofAmerican society in thelong run,” said Dr.Lawrence M. Stratton, thedirector of the Center forConstitutional Studiesand Moral Leadership.

Stratton recentlybecame the head of theStover Scholars program atWaynesburg University.

“Dr. Stratton is beyondqualified for his position,”said sophomore ChaseAyers, a pre-law major.“He knows his informa-tion inside and out, andpersonally, I’m not surethat there’s a question thathe can’t answer.”

According to Ayers,Stratton recently assumedthe role of leading theStover Scholars because ofhis hard work and seem-ingly endless pool ofknowledge.

Stratton is a graduate ofPrinceton seminary andGeorgetown Law School.Stratton has also madestrides to allow the pro-gram to provide an extraboost to a student’s career.

“The purpose of myposition is to strengthenthe program and to havemore activities,” said

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Waynesburg students exceed national volunteer service trend forcollege students; continue to work extensively within community

Apply within:Upper Room tohold auditions

Merit Day brings new students to campus

Professorsuse socialmedia inclasses

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Despite a national trend that indicates college students no longer volunteer as much as they used to,Waynesburg University students continue to volunteer many hours to community organizations.

By Steve HullingsStaff Writer

The Upper Room wor-ship team will be hostingauditions on Sunday, Feb.26, to replace a number ofcurrent band membersleaving at the end of theschool year.

Primarily, two or threeguitarists, a couple ofsingers and a drummer arepositions the worship

team is looking to fill.However, the team doesnot want to be limited toreplacing just these slots.

“We’re looking foreveryone pretty much,”said junior Upper Roomleader Matt McNeil.

The team is very wel-coming to people who tryout, and encourages every-one to spend time togeth-

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By Sara FaiadStaff Writer

As technologybecomes more essentialto our daily lives, someprofessors have decidedto embrace students’web obsessions.

Recently, several Way-nesburg professors start-ed using social network-ing sites as educationaltools within their class-rooms like popular net-working sites such asFacebook.

Both faculty membersand students notice theconvenience associatedwith the availability andsimplicity of these net-working websites.

After noticing a gener-al lack of students’responsibility to com-plete assignments, Way-nesburg English profes-sor Fiore Mastracci con-ducted an “experiment”of sorts.

Mastracci developedan idea to test whichtechnological methodmost effectivelyintrigued students:Blackboard or Facebook.

Mastracci simultane-ously maintained aBlackboard account anda Facebook page.

Throughout the

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Hundreds of prospectivestudents interviewed forvarious scholarships dur-ing Merit Day lastSaturday. Every student thatapplied for these scholar-ships had to meet certaingrade point averages aswell as other qualifica-tions.

By Rob LongoEditorial Assistant

In recent years, the per-centage of students thatvolunteer has decreased.

Last week, USA Todaypublished an article abouthow few college studentsare volunteering.

Andrew Zahn, a sopho-more double majoring inmathematics and com-puter science wonders ifthe study took Waynes-burg University into

account. “Personally, Ilike to work with Cross-roads, Habitat for Human-ity and the soup kitchenat St. Ann’s CatholicChurch,” said Zahn. “Ihave worked with con-struction and youth groupstuff in the past, and Ihave really enjoyed it.”

According to the Vol-unteering in Americawebsite which is run bythe Corporation for theNational and CommunityService, 26.1 percent of

college students volun-teer, which is down from31.2 percent in 2004. Inmore recent studies,Pennsylvania ranks 28thin states that volunteer,which rounds to about 2.7million people per year.Utah has the highest ratioof volunteers. Eventhough Utah only has 884thousand volunteers, 44.5percent of the populationdonates their time, aver-aging 89.2 hours per per-son.

“This fall, 65 to 75 per-cent of our students vol-unteered their time any-where from Produce toPeople, service trips andFiat Lux,” said Dave Cal-vario, dean of studentsand the director of theCenter for Service Leader-ship. “It seems to be inour student’s DNA.”

Looking at the statis-tics further, about 400freshmen donated at least

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At your service

By Samantha Fitzharris Staff Writer

Chapel services havebeen a big part of the Way-nesburg College experi-ence. The contemporaryChristian music, worshipand of course the newchapel have inspiredmany in prayer.

“I am encouraged byour worship together andalways find myselfrenewed in commitmentto our common Christianmission at Waynesburg,”Chaplain Tom Ribar said.

Ribar has been Chap-lain for Waynesburg Uni-versity for ten years andhas worked as a pastor forten more.

Ribar said, “Planningand facilitating worshiphas been a central part ofministry in both set-tings.”

The organizationalaspect and the time frameis what it takes to makethe service run smooth-ly.”

Putting worshiptogether involves a teamof people including themusicians, the personspeaking and others whoread, pray and assist inleading worship. 

Ribar said, “We worktogether to plan worshiparound the particulartheme of that day.”

The service theme thisweek was “Commitmentto Jesus and the creativework of the artist.”

Guest lecturer MakotoFujimura explained his

view of offering our cre-ative work to God in hissegment Epiphany yourlight has come.

“The arts are so impor-tant to our becoming fullyhuman,” Fujimura said,“In God’s light if you donot learn to see his cre-ation with your own eyesyou will miss Him.”

The feeling in chapelwas full of calm and prais-es to the Lord.

“I usually leave chapelworship hopeful that stu-dents’ lives have beenchanged because of ourworship together,”Ribarsaid.

Students like Saman-

tha Civitate and BethanyTaylor play the drums andthe keyboard in anotherprogram of worship called“Upper Room”.

While playing contem-porary music togetherthey have become “like afamily, we are extremelyclose” Taylor said.

“She has been in theband for around two yearsand “ loves the atmos-phere of the worshipteam.”

She believes that thecombination of music andworship has caused her to“grow close to the Lord.”Chapel and Upper roomhave been a part of a

weekly routine for stu-dents to both participatein the readings and in theband.

I wanted to getinvolved with worshipbecause I wanted moreopportunities to worshipGod,” Civitate said.

“My favorite days ofthe week are Sundays andTuesdays because of serv-ice, the music has helpedme find God.”

During service it iseasy to see that the stu-dents as well as the facul-ty love to sing praises toGod and as Fujimura said“let his light shinethrough.”

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Chapel: ‘Let His light shine through’semester, Mastracci dis-covered that studentswho used the Facebookpage completed moreassignments and read-ings than those studentswho onlysignedontoBlack-board.

“Stu-dents useFacebookdaily,”says Pro-fessorMastracci.“It’s easyto justclick onthe page and check onassignments.”

By posting assign-ments, extra creditopportunities, classsummaries and subject-relative humor, Mastrac-ci keeps his studentsinformed and in touch.

“I personally love thefact that Mr. Mastracciuses Facebook,” saidfreshman nursing majorEmily Creek.

“I check my Facebookway more than I evercheck my email orBlackboard. I receive theinformation faster. Hisposts pop up on mynewsfeed, with the restof my friend’s posts. Ican check for anythingthat I may have missedin class.”

Mastracci uses a Face-book page as an essentialcommunication tool

within all of his classes.“I log onto Facebook

daily, but I’m not badwith checking emails,”said Mastracci.

“However, I onlycheck my email whenI’m at school, soresponding to commentsis faster than respondingto emails.”

Not only does theFacebookpage allowstudents tobeinformedabout classupdates,but thepage alsoallows oldstudents tokeep intouch withtheir priorinstructor.

“Professors are here tohelp, and Facebook cre-ates a quick and com-fortable environment toask questions and gethelp fast,” said Creek. “Ithink it’s a lot easier tojust comment on a postto ask a question ratherthan having to email theprofessor.”

Although using Face-book has a highly posi-tive effect in the class-room, Mastracci wouldmake just one change;he would like to be ableto attach a document fileto a post.

Documents can beposted on Blackboard,but in Mastracci’s class-es, students prefer to logon to Facebook.

“Using Facebook isthe most effective andkinda slick,” said Mas-tracci.

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accepted before Christ-mas, because that was thedeadline,” said SarahZwinger, director ofadmissions.

The award amount forthe scholarships varies,ranging from $1,000 tofull tuition, room andboard.

“First students willreceive a merit applica-tion a couple days afterthey get their acceptancepacket,” Zwinger said.

Zwinger thenexplained that Bonner,Leadership and Stoverscholars needed to submitessays, but those applyingfor departmental scholar-ships did not.

“Committees wentthrough the applicationsafter Christmas. Therewere 307 applications thisyear,” she said. “We readevery single one. We triedto do it as quickly as wecan, because we movedMerit Day up a week totry to avoid snowstorms.”

After the committeewent through the applica-tions, they decided whomto interview on MeritDay.

Zwinger had to write220 itineraries for the day.Each student had to havean individual itinerary,because they applied fordifferent scholarships.One student had fourinterviews; most only hadone or two, she said.

Although manyprospective students

apply for Merit scholar-ships, they cannot all beawarded.

“[Out of those whoapplied for interviews,] 89were told no. That’s prettytypical,” Zwinger said. “Alot had to do with stu-dents not turning inessays or not qualifying.They can only accept somany.”

There are certaindepartmental require-ments; nursing studentshad to have 1200 on theirSAT’s. The departmenthad about 10 students tointerview on Saturday.

The interview processcan vary. Some depart-ments begin with anintroduction then con-duct individual inter-views for 15 to 20 min-utes.

“The communicationdepartment goes all out.They have a morning andafternoon session,”Zwinger said. “They havea teleprompter exercise, awriting exercise andsomething in front of thecamera. The student getsan idea of what’s avail-able.”

Zwinger also said that

Merit Day is not only forinterviews; it is also arecruitment day.

“We’ve tried to haveeach department utilize itas a recruitment day,”Zwinger said.

While the Bonner,Leadership and Stoverscholarship programsdepend upon FAFSAresults and take longer todecide who will be award-ed, departmental scholar-ships are decided uponright away.

Each department hasits own process.

“Music auditions are

instrumental or vocal,”Zwinger said. “They haveto prepare two pieces: oneclassical and one of theirchoosing.”

Zwinger said theaterstudents also have to pre-pare two pieces: acomedic and a dramaticmonologue.

“The best thing fromour perspective is gettingto meet students face toface. It’s about 220 stu-dents this year,” Zwingersaid. “For some of them, itmay be there first timehere. Others have visitedbefore.”

From the students’ per-spective, the best thingabout Merit Day is seeingthe campus, Zwinger said.Some activities theprospective students par-ticipated in were touringthe museum or going tothe men’s or women’s bas-ketball games.

Some departments alsooffered tours, and prospec-tive students had a chanceto meet anyone theywanted to meet on cam-pus.

Current WaynesburgUniversity Students alsoplayed a role in makingMerit Day a success.

Kayla Longstreth, soph-omore creative writingmajor, entered scores ofstudents that had beeninterviewed.

The scores from eachjudge are added and aver-aged. Those with thehighest scores get thescholarships, she said.Longstreth said sheentered the scores of 97 or98 students, includingphone interviews.

Krystal Page, a sopho-more who is exploring,got to interact with inter-viewees and their familieson Saturday.

During the morning,Page talked to Bonner andLeadership candidatesabout potential majorsand dorm life. She alsogave campus tours laterthat day.

“It was fun, becausethey had a lot of ques-tions. They were all inter-ested in Waynesburgitself,” she said. “It wasfun to get to sit downwith them and tell themabout how awesome Way-nesburg is.”

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Makuto Fujimura spoke to students during the Chapel service on Tuesday. He spokeabout how the arts are essential to understanding relationships.

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Various scholarship opportunities were available to students to interview for throughout Merit Day. Everydepartment used different qualifications to judge the applicants.

Mukoto Fujimira addresses audience about the importance of the arts

“Professors arehere to help, andFacebook creates aquick and comfort-able environment toask questions andget help fast.”

Emily CreekFreshman nursing major

By Jonathan Zimmerman Los Angeles Times

In his State of theUnion address, PresidentObama proposed severalmeasures to lower col-lege tuition. Universityleaders responded cau-tiously, warning thatcost-cutting reformsmight also cut intoinstructional quality.

He suggested that thefederal government tiestudent aid to colleges’success in reducingtuition and in helpingstudents move forward.In a follow-up speech atthe University of Michi-gan on Friday, he calledfor a “college scorecard”that would rank institu-tions according to cost,graduation rates andfuture earnings.

“If you can’t stoptuition from going up,your funding from tax-payers will go down,”Obama warned. “Weshould push colleges todo better; we should holdthem accountable if theydon’t.”

Sure, professors assigngrades in their courses,

and students are asked toevaluate the classes theytake and the professorswho teach them.

But neither measuregives us any real answerto the $200,000 question:What knowledge or skillsare students acquiring inexchange for the sky-rocketing tuition theypay?

And we now havesome alarming nationaldata to suggest theanswer: not nearlyenough. My New YorkUniversity colleagueRichard Arum and theUniversity of Virginia’sJosipa Roksa recentlytracked several thousandundergraduates as theymoved through twodozen U.S. universities.

They found thatalmost half of them did-n’t significantly improvetheir reasoning or writ-ing skills during the firsttwo years of college. Andafter four years, subse-quent research showed,more than one-third ofstudents still showed nosignificant gains in theseareas.

Arum and Roksa

based their conclusionson results from the Col-lege Learning Assess-ment, or CLA, an essaytest that tries to measurethe things universitiessay they want studentsto learn: critical think-ing, complex reasoningand written expression.

One sample questionprovides several docu-ments about an airplanethat crashed, then asksstudents to advise anexecutive about whetherhis company should pur-chase that type of plane.

Another test itempresents crime data froma city and asks studentsto counsel its mayorabout how to respond tocriticisms of his policingpolicies.

The CLA was admin-istered to more than2,300 students at 24institutions, rangingfrom big state universi-ties and selective liberalarts schools to historical-ly black and Latino insti-tutions.

Forty-five percent ofthe students showed nosignificant gains on theCLA between their fresh-

man and sophomoreyears, and 36 percent did-n’t improve significantlybetween their freshmanand senior years.

We speak of inputsand outputs: what col-lege costs, how manypeople make it throughand what happens tothem afterward. Shouldwe be surprised, then,when many studentsdon’t take learning seri-ously either? As the par-ent of a daughter at anexpensive liberal arts col-lege, I’m obviously con-cerned about the escalat-ing cost of higher educa-tion. College tuition andfees rose more than 400percent between 1982and 2007.

That was due to a hostof factors, includingdeclining support fromstate legislatures,increased professorsalaries, eye-poppingnew facilities and heavyadministrative bloat. Weneed to do everything wecan to make collegemore affordable, so longas students’ educationdoesn’t suffer.

And there’s the rub.

Which reforms will actu-ally hurt student learn-ing, and which won’t?Nobody really knows.The biggest scandal inhigher education is notthe rising sticker price;it’s the failure of ourinstitutions to figure outwhat sticks, educational-ly speaking.

Millions of Americanstudents and their fami-lies are mortgaging theirfutures to pay for a col-lege education. We owethem an honest accountof what they’re getting inreturn: not just what itcosts, or where it willtake them, but what itmeans.

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By Abby PittinaroStaff Writer

Three new studentswere added to the BonnerScholar program begin-ning in the spring semes-ter.

Freshman David Gar-cia, sophomore AriannaGrondin and sophomoreErin Pierson were recentlyadded to the scholars.

Waynesburg Universityis one of 27 schools in thecountry to offer a BonnerScholar Program.

With close to 60 stu-dents in the program andabout 15 added each year,the Bonner students con-tinue to serve every year.

Each student needs tocomplete 140 hours ofvolunteer work persemester for a total of 280hours for one school year.

In addition to volunteerand non-profit work dur-

ing the school year, stu-dents in the programmust complete 280 hoursfor two summers.

To accomplish their

requirements, studentsshould complete eight toten hours of service eachweek.

Daniel Garcia is a

freshman and is new tothe Bonner Scholar Pro-gram as of the springsemester.

“I honestly never had

any knowledge or consentof ever becoming a Bon-ner,” Garcia said.

“I was recommendedby a fellow faculty mem-ber. God has opened manydoors for me to stay herein Waynesburg.”

A Bonner student ischosen through a selec-tive and interviewprocess. There are oppor-tunities in Greene Coun-ty and surrounding coun-ties for the students tocomplete service hours.

“I am a diverse personwith many passions and Iwill get hours by tutoringkids, hanging out with thecommunity, exercisinganimals, ecetera.”

Garcia is thrilled to be anew Bonner Scholar stu-dent and is very blessedfor the opportunity.

“My favorite part maysound over used, but it ishelping and serving peo-

ple. That is just some-thing I always abide by,”Garcia said.

“The heart to serve isgenuinely important inachieving anything whenyou are working with peo-ple.”

Garcia is looking for-ward to his time in theBonner Program for notonly this semester, butalso his entire career atWaynesburg.

“I am looking forwardto meeting new people,and doing what Dan theMan does best.”

Krissie Trabert, a fresh-man nursing major, is inher second semester as aBonner Scholar student.

Trabert said that herlife would be completelydifferent without the Bon-ner Program.

“I made a lot of friends

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er. The group hangs outand goes out to eat often,but there is more close-ness between group mem-bers than just getting din-ner together before prac-tice and Sunday nightworship.

“Upper Room has beena really big encourage-ment to my faith. It’s alsoa real challenge, but most-ly a great support group,“said junior Upper Roomdrummer Evan Kephart.“We share things with theUpper Room family thatwe don’t share with any-body else. It’s just a placethat we can grow togeth-er.”

According to UpperRoom team members,everyone encourages oneanother in many differentways and strives to trulylove one another. Buildingone another up in faith isalso another one of theirgoals.

“I would say that I’vegrown so much in myfaith due to UpperRoom,” McNeil said.“Just being in a positionwhere you’re leading oth-

ers in worship, you’refaith will really grow, or itwill really be challenged.Through being in UpperRoom, my faith hasgrown to a point I neverthought it would be.”

Being part of the UpperRoom team involves acommitment beyondplaying music on Sundayevenings.

“It’s a pretty big com-mitment, but it’s one thatends up being worth it inthe end…it hits yourheart when you’re withpeople that you knowlove Jesus and want toworship Him. It’s just agreat experience,”Kephart said.

McNeil said that Upper

Room isn’t about playinginstruments and showingoff; but it’s about leadingpeople to worship, andabout being humble andselfless.

“Everything that we dois for God’s glory, and it’sjust a reminder to con-stantly be humble, andnot only to be humble inUpper Room but to behumble in my classes,”McNeil said. “I think it’sa pretty privileged thing tobe leading a communityof believers into wor-ship.” Although McNeilis the leader of the group,he said that everyone onthe team has a huge say inthe decisions becauseeach person has their own

leadership skills and eachperson is able to con-tribute in a different way.

“Overall, we make agood worship team,” saidMcNeil.

The Upper Room wor-ship team is enthusiasticto meet everyone audi-tioning; especially tomeet people through theinterview stage.

“You’ll see people tryout who you never knewplayed any instrumentsand they’re awesome atit,” McNeil said.

Although there will bea large portion of the teamleaving at the end of theschool year, they will stillbe wanted as part of theUpper Room family.

Stratton. “The highlightlast year was our trip toWashington, D.C.”

The trip to our nation’scapital included meetingswith Supreme Court Jus-tices, Senators and a for-mer Attorney General.The evening concludedwith the 60th anniversarycelebration of the Sput-nik’s launch into space atthe Russian Embassy.

Stratton claims thatthe Stover Scholars havebeen incredibly busy sofar this school year. Oneof the highlights of theyear was the reenactmentof the ConstitutionalConvention last fall.

“On Constitution Day,every Scholar wasinvolved in shaping theprogram. Rather than hav-ing just a speaker come,this production had afocus, and we hope wewill continue to head in aconceptual direction inthe future,” Stratton said.

The group has also wel-comed guest speakers tocampus, including a for-mer member of the LosAngeles Police Depart-ment, Robert Vernon. Ver-non, a prominent reli-gious and legal leader inAmerica, spent a weekwith the Stover programand gave two lectures on

leadership.“I think thenumber activities are real-ly remarkable,” said Strat-ton.

Along with changingsociety in a positive way,a goal of the Stover pro-gram is to provide experi-ences and an educationthat will enhance careeropportunities for studentsso that they may make apositive difference aftergraduating from Waynes-burg University.

“Another theme is thatthe discussions and inter-disciplinary focus of theprogram is designed tocreate a cross-pollinationof creativity,” said Strat-ton.

Junior criminal justiceand political science dual-

major Daniel Czajkowski,said admires Strattonmore than any other pro-fessor on campus andknows that the Stoverprogram will be headed inthe right direction withStratton at the helm.

“I think that the Stoverprogram is very honoredto have him as the direc-tor of the program,” saidCzajkowski. “He bringsgreat perspective to theprogram and he has agreat vision and greatfuture in store for the pro-gram. I really appreciatethe work he has done.”

As for Czajkowski’sfuture, he is very pleasedwith the path he has cho-sen and credits it to hisinvolvement at Waynes-

burg University.“I think the combina-

tion of the Leadership pro-gram, the Stover programand my two majors willgive me a very good back-ground for the career pathI will take,” said Cza-jkowski. “In law enforce-ment, you are required tobe a leader and have ethi-cal conduct, and I think intoday’s age it is veryimportant to be politicallyminded in a sense thatwill be dedicated to Chris-tian ethics and principles.I think Waynesburg ispreparing me to be thattype of person in whatev-er career I choose.”

Ayers agrees with Cza-jkowski that the Stoverprogram coupled with aWaynesburg educationseems like the perfectfoundation to make aninfluential effect on socie-ty through his career.

“These [programs] aregiving me the foundationwhich I will showthroughout my collegecareer, through law schooland through my life,”Ayers said. “The princi-ples that I learn throughthe Stover Scholar pro-gram and at Waynesburgwill be shown through mycharacter in my career andwith those that I meet.”

On Feb. 19, Strattonwill be ordained andinstalled as Director of theStover Center for Consti-tutional Studies andMoral Leadership.

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Coffman: Internshipsincrease the chancesof getting job offers

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By Molly WintersStaff Writer

Waynesburg Universityoffers many potentialinternships to its stu-dents. Depending on thestudents’ schedule,internships can happeneither during the schoolyear or the summer.

Students can essential-ly go anywhere in theworld to intern, as long asthey are willing to work.

There are many intern-ships available nation-wide, and many studentsget lost in trying to pickone.

Marie Coffman, Direc-tor of the Career Center,meets with students indi-vidually and helps themchoose what internshipwould be the best fit forthem.

“Students and alumnihave unlimited access tothe website Collegecen-tral.com/Waynesburg,which is a great source tosearch internships nation-wide,” said Coffman.

Another source thatCoffman speaks highly ofis the Regional InternshipCenter.

The RIC is an onlineclearinghouse that con-nects college studentswith local businesses, giv-ing both employers andstudents a solid advantagein today’s competitive jobmarket.

Students have access tohundreds of regionalinternships and can gethands-on support fromthe RIC staff throughoutthe process.

Internships vary uponwhat major a student ispursuing and not all fieldshave a vast amount ofopportunities.

“Nursing majors, forexample, have clinicals,so they really don’t needan internship based onthat,” said Coffman.

However, some stu-dents at Waynesburg seekout every opportunitythat comes their way.

Allison Koleny, fresh-man nursing major, fitsthis description.

“I think that intern-ships open people’s eyesand shine light onto theperspective career field,”said Koleny.

“Since I am a Nursingmajor, I already have to doclinicals that start mysophomore year, so I don’tneed an internship. But inorder to stay on top of myskills, I would considerapplying and possiblyaccepting a summerinternship.”

“An internship alsoincreases the chances of acompany offering you afull-time position whenthe internship is over.”Koleny said.

Internships are offeredat many big name corpo-rations, such as Disney.

On March 14 at 2 p.m.,Community College ofAllegheny County is host-ing the Disney CollegeProgram, so they canrecruit interns.

Interested candidatesshould visit disneycollege-program.com to applybefore they go to CCAC.

Those who are consid-ering the Disney intern-ship must know that itwill not take place duringthe summer.

“Students must take agood look at what they aregoing to do because theywill have to take a semes-ter off to do this work,”said Coffman. “Scholar-ships and financial aidcould be lost for that peri-od of time and studentswill have to reapply forthem.

“Employers look atinternships in a good lightbecause they like to seestudents taking initia-tive,” said Coffman.

three hours of their timedue to their Fiat Luxrequirement for the fallsemester.

However, there are stillover 300 to 400 studentswho volunteer on a regu-

lar basis. Some of the vol-unteer work is required,but some students do itjust to give back to thecommunity.

“As a Bonner Scholar, Iam required to have 140hours of community serv-ice per semester,” saidFrankie Shumaker, a jun-ior history major.

“However, I also volun-teer because I believe it’s

the right thing to do.”Shumaker does not just

volunteer; he also likes toget other people involved.

“I helped start upchurch volunteering inWheeling, WV., and wehave nearly doubled theamount of volunteers inas many years. I workwith kindergarten andfirst graders at an after-school program, and I love

it.”Shumaker also volun-

teers for Habitat forHumanity as well as vir-tual tutoring sites online.

“It’s unfortunate thatthe volunteer rate is goingdown across the country,”said Calvario.

“It really does give abad perception on ouryouth, especially here atWaynesburg.”

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and it is almost like a fam-ily,” Trabert said.

“I learned how to beselfless because it’s abouthelping others. Instead ofasking myself what I needto do, I ask myself whatdoes Greene Countyneed.” To complete herhours, Trabert likes togive back to the commu-nity through the children.

She volunteers at the

Laughlin Chapel in WestVirginia as well as at Mor-risville’s Head start pre-school.

While being in the Bon-ner Scholar Program isabout giving away hoursof selfless time, accordingto Trabert, the feelings arerewarding.

“I can say its hard andthere are times I don’twant to go, but it’srewarding,” she said.

“My favorite part islooking forward toimprovements andchanges, even if they aresmall, I’m making a differ-ence.”

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By Stephanie LaingAssignments Editor

As the need for tem-porary housingincreases, theFranklin Townshipboard of supervisorsrecently approved 19amendments for recre-ational vehiclegrounds, creating abetter environmentfor those living tem-porarily in GreeneCounty.

“We are getting aninflux. There is a lotof gas and coal indus-try around. We don’t

want them sitting inanyone’s backyardswithout meeting prop-er regulations,” saidReed Kiger, FranklinTownship’s supervi-sor.

Township supervi-sors, feeling over-

whelmed with theamount of peoplewanting to stay at thecampgrounds, pro-posed the amend-ments to create safetyand uniformity foreveryone, said Kiger.

This included the

campers and residentsliving nearby.

“Basically the rea-son why we are get-ting the changes arebecause we really did-n’t have anything setup in our zoning ordi-nance to regulate thecampgrounds,” saidSteve Coss, zoningcodes enforcementofficer for the town-ship.

“The items that wehave [listed], those arejust items we come upwith that are basically

By Angela WaddingStaff Writer

Pam Snyder, Greene CountyCommissioner, had thechance of a lifetime last Tues-day evening, when she attend-ed President Barack Obama’sState of the Union address.

Snyder said that UnitedStates Rep. Mark Critz invitedher to the address.

“Mark Critz mentioned lastyear that if I was interestedthis year that he would behappy to let me have the oneticket he gets,” said Snyder.

According to The Wall

Street Jour-nal, around37.8 millionpeople tunedin to theP r e s i d e n t ’sspeech.

Those 37.8million peo-ple did nothave quitethe same experience as Sny-der, however.

Forgetting she was actuallythere, Snyder said she had tokeep pinching herself and say-ing I’m really here watchingthis live.

For Snyder the wholeevening was special, but shesaid one of the most emotion-al and exceptional momentswas seeing congresswomanGabby Giffords enter the

room. “It was so

nice to seethem intro-duce thecabinet andsee all ofthem comein and taket h e i rseats,” she

said. “The Vice President andthe Speaker of the House; thatwas a defining moment also,but when Gabby Giffordsentered the chamber thatnight it was really special.The thunderous applause, thecheers and the support.”

Giffords resigned the fol-lowing day, after a year-longrecovery from an assassina-

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Jacket columnist Kyle Edwards talks about thecontinuing battle for Internet freedom.Read more on B2

New RV parks provide temporary housing

Gas company donates$10k to CommunityAction Southwest

Opportunity

By Sarah BellArts & Life Editor

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. recentlyawarded a $10,000 grant to Community ActionSouthwest in the hopes that the funds will benefitsenior services in Greene County.

The funding supports the Area Agency on Aging intheir efforts to enhance experiences for GreeneCounty’s senior population.

Stacy Stroman, Director of Senior Services, saidthat the funds awarded and donated are essential tothe success of Community Action Southwest.

“There is such a need for it in Greene County andwe live in a community that is extremely rural; thereare barriers, so it is very important that we meet theneed,” Stroman said.

The funds will be utilized to support efforts for thenewly relocated Waynesburg Senior Center, and thehome delivered meals program.

“Through Columbia Gas we received $10,000.$1,000 of the money will be donated for gas cards forour home delivered meals drivers,” Stroman said.“$4,000 will be for the Senior Center and the remain-ing $5,000 will go toward crisis funds of low-income[seniors].”

Those who receive the crisis funds vary.

By Amanda WishnerOnline ContentCoordinator

The Crisis PregnancyCenter of GreeneCounty will continueto collect donationsthroughout the monthof February as part oftheir Baby Bottle Cam-paign.

The campaignkicked off on Jan. 22 inhonor of Sanctity ofHuman Life Sunday,which celebrates theimportance of humanlife and discouragesabortions.

According to MarieCoffman, director ofthe Crisis PregnancyCenter of GreeneCounty and Director ofCareer Services at Way-nesburg University, theday was a fitting start

to the campaign.The center is a non-

profit organization andrelies entirely on dona-tions from the commu-nity and local churchesto continue its services.

“We [the Crisis Preg-nancy Center] helpyoung women andgirls, some as young as13, who find them-selves pregnant,” Coff-man said.

“Oftentimes it’s anunwanted or stressfulpregnancy. We’re thereto help them look at allof their choices. We arepro-life, and abortion isa choice, but some-times they don’t knowall of the options avail-able to them.”

The Crisis PregnancyCenter previously par-

Local libraries adopt new e-book, audiobook rental program

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Commissioner Pam Snyder received aninvitation to Pres. Obama’s State ofthe Union address last Tuesday.

Snyder attendsObama’s State ofthe Union address

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Eva K. Bowlby and Flenniken Public Libraries now offera wide variety of e-books and audiobooks online.

By Kyle EdwardsRegion Editor

Imagine being able torent your favorite bookor audiobook from any-where in the country,anytime you like. Imag-ine being able to loseyourself in the pages of abook on a whim. Wellnow you can. All youneed is an internet con-nection and a librarycard.

Both Bowlby andFlenniken publiclibraries now offer their

patrons the ability torent e-books and audio-books online through aprogram called Over-drive.

“It [Overdrive] is aservice where peoplecan check out down-loadable e-books andaudio books for one ortwo weeks,” said LindaOrsted, director of Flen-niken Library. “They getto use it for a period oftime, and then it disap-pears from the device.”

The program has beenup and running since

Jan. 18, and the feedbackhas been very positive,according to Orsted.

“I guess the one thingis that the demand hasbeen pretty good, sowe’re adding more itemsfor people to check out,”she said.

Orsted explainedthat the check-outprocess is much likethat of renting aphysical copy ofthe book – withsome minor

“There is a lot of gas and coalindustry around. We don’t want themsitting in anyones backyards...”

Reed KigerSupervisor, Franklin Township

Pregnancy Centercollects donationsinside baby bottles

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“...when Gabby Giffordsentered the chamber thatnight, it was really special.”

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I will admit it – I amevery retail store’s worstenemy.

You know the type;the shopper who won-ders around stores, ask-ing questions and look-ing at everything, yeteventually ends up notbuy anything.

Going shopping withme can be a difficultexperience for most peo-ple, but is always aunique and memorableexperience.

Store owners mightdisagree though – in oursluggish economy, storeowners need all the help

they can get. I honestly love to go

shopping, but officiallybecoming a poor collegestudent almost fouryears ago has definitelyimpacted what I buy.

We always hear aboutthe state of the economy,how people are spendingless and jobs are hard tofind, but rarely do wehear about what busi-

nesses are doing to coun-teract these problems.

Yes, everyone knowsthat throughout the pastfew years large business-es have folded or gonebankrupt, but somebusinesses are evolvingand surviving.

Recently on televi-sion, a commercial hasappeared featuring JCPenney.

Throughout the com-mercial, shoppers arebeing bombarded withads and sales, the shop-pers are looking stressedout by the prices and thehassle of dealing with

ads. As the shoppersbecome more and morefrustrated, JC Penneycomes out with the sub-tle message that shop-pers will no longer haveto have to deal with allthat hassle at theirstores.

On Feb. 1, JC Penneywill no longer be thestore it once was.

Whereas the storeused to exist as a higher-end clothing and retailstore that could be a lit-tle pricey for most shop-pers, they are planning

We did it.We, the warriors of

Internet freedom helpeddefeat the Stop OnlinePiracy Act and the Pro-tect IP Act.

We called, lobbied,kicked, screamed andfought for every inch ofwhat we won.

But we won.And now we are final-

ly free of the threat ofhaving our constitution-al rights stripped away.

Right?Wrong. They’re at it

again.After spending mil-

lions of dollars lobbyingfor PIPA and SOPA, youwould think that our

enemies would say tothemselves, “maybe thiswas a bad idea.”

Nope.Instead of sitting back

and admitting their com-plete and utter defeat,the motion pictureindustry and its allieshave bounced back withyet another devious plot.And this time, it’s muchworse than it was before.

Cue the dramaticmusic.

It’s called ACTA: the

Anti-CounterfeitingTrade Agreement.

ACTA’s goal is toestablish an internation-al legal framework fortargeting counterfeitgoods, generic medicinesand copyright infringe-ment on the Internet.

And it gets worse.ACTA has been

around since Oct. 1,when it was signed byAustralia, Canada,Japan, Morocco, NewZealand, Singapore,South Korea and, yep,you guessed it: the Unit-ed States.

So why are we justnow hearing about it?

Good question.

According toForbes.com, ACTA haslargely been negotiatedin secret and, as such,has been free from thescrutinizing eyes of thepublic forum.

So while PresidentObama and his adminis-tration were supposedlysupporting the fightagainst Internet tyrannyin the form of PIPA andSOPA, they were alsosupporting the fightagainst it by aggressivelypursuing ACTA.

Say what?This time, the attack

on our rights isn’t limit-

The good, the bad and the ugly of retail

With elections coming up thisyear, the State of the UnionAddress delivered and fundraisingwell under way, each potentialcandidate needs to prove them-selves to American voters.

They need to show us that theyare problem solvers. They need tomake us think that they care aboutwhat we have to say.

And they need to be extremely

cautious about every political andpersonal move that they make.

President Obama is on the righttrack. He made history again thisweek. Did you know about it?

On Jan. 30 President Obamaanswered selected questions onYouTube that were voted on.Questions that American citizensasked. The post, “Your Interviewwith the President,” aired at 5:30p.m. straight from the West Wingof the White House.

Are you wondering what is so

special about the President beingable to post a YouTube video?Well, the entire interview was con-ducted virtually through a Google+Hangout. Meaning: the entireinterview was live.

President Obama even interact-ed with a selection of people whosubmitted questions that werechosen to join the Google+ Hang-out during the interview.

A mom, a wife, a group of stu-dents, a pre-med major and a smallbusiness owner were among thosethat were selected for the Hangout.Everyday people were selected.People like you and me.

Smart move, Mr. President.

Super PAC revelationsColbert attempts to shed light on Super PACs

WU fails to step up to the donation plateThe battle for Internet freedom continues

Fireside 2.0:Web chatsprove popular

Lying around campus are baby bottles with a mes-sage, “As you fill this bottle with change, please prayfor the Center and its clients.”

If the change in the bottles reflects the amount ofprayers for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of GreeneCounty, then there is something seriously wrong.

Considering the many baby bottles placed aroundthe Waynesburg University campus, there are typi-cally only a few pennies in each bottle. The prayersand the money are to help young women and girls,some as young as 13 years old, who are experiencingan unwanted or stressful pregnancy.

As a pro-life organization that believes abortion isa choice, the center is dedicated to helping thesewomen.

The money will provide pregnant mothers with aneducated understanding of their future and even pro-vide them with various services like pregnancy test-ing, counseling, baby clothes, maternity clothes andbaby furniture.

But despite how great the cause – helping womenremain strong when they feel beaten down – the stu-dents at the University have put very little money inthe bottles.

What does this say of priorities?The pregnancy center hoped that the students

would help. They wouldn’t have placed the bottleson campus, otherwise. But don’t worry; there is stilltime to take action. The Baby Bottle Campaign willcontinue throughout the month of February, and thebottles will be collected on Friday, Mar. 4. It is nottoo late to make a change and donate some money.

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It’s not just a coincidence that comedian StephenColbert’s super political action committee raisedmore than $1 million.

While he jokes about running for president, Col-bert allows people to understand significant andlegitimate concerns by presenting them in a humor-ous fashion.

Colbert has recently been using his Comedy Cen-tral show, “The Colbert Report”, to shed light onfinancial issues with the campaign, such as theunlimited amount of money corporations andunions can raise for PACs.

He started his own super PAC, supposedly as ajoke, then showed viewers how easy it was to sign itover to fellow comedian Jon Stewart, whom he was“definitely not coordinating with.” The point was todemonstrate how ex-staff members and colleagues ofcandidates can run super PACs.

Colbert said in a press release that the moneyraised for his super PAC was used “to materiallyinfluence the elections — in full accordance with thelaw.”

The super PACs use money to support or opposecandidates, and the unlimited funds they’re allowedto raise mean they can have a major influence on thecandidates’ standings.

It is not difficult at all to understand that Colbert’spoint is to show us how flawed our political systemis in regards to campaign finances. Many people stilldon’t get it.

If someone can raise $1 million as a so-called“joke,” think of the money serious campaigners areraising…and worse yet, what they are doing with it.

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ed to just information onthe World Wide Web.

According to Forbes,the agreement wouldalso crack down onthings like generic drugsand would make foodpatents more difficult toobtain by enforcing aglobal standard on seedpatents that threatenslocal farmers and foodindependence across thedeveloped world. Thank-fully, not all countrieshave accepted this mon-strosity. Emergingnations like India andBrazil strongly opposethe Act, fearing its provi-sions would damagetheir economies. ACTAisn’t the only affront toour Internet freedomeither. The Trans-PacificPartnership Agreement,a completely differentform of attack, wouldrewrite the rules on IPenforcement, accordingto the Electronic Free-dom Foundation.

“All signatory coun-tries will be required toconform their domesticlaws and policies to theprovisions of the Agree-ment,” the EFF said intheir assessment. “In theU.S. this is likely to fur-ther entrench controver-

sial aspects of U.S. copy-right law... this raises sig-nificant concerns for cit-izens' due process, priva-cy and freedom ofexpression rights."

I don’t know aboutyou, but I’m getting real-ly sick of this garbage.

Once again, our con-stitutional rights arebeing hit with the one-two punch of over-extreme anti-piracymeasures. The fact of thematter is there’s reallynothing that can be doneto completely eradicatepiracy.

It’s been happening.It’s still happening.It will continue to

happen. Nothing willever change that. Inter-net pirates will continueto find loopholes in thesystem that will allowthem to continue whatthey do. Websites likethepiratebay.org anddemonoid.me are likethe heads of the mythi-cal Hyrda: cut one offand two more willappear in its place. TheInternet is vast andnever-ending. There’s nopossible way that theycan find every websitethat provides illegalways of obtaining media.

Proponents of ACTAand TPPA need to stopfighting so hard to endpiracy and follow theadvice of the age-oldadage: if you can’t beat‘em, join ‘em.

During the interviewObama addressed issuesranging from the econo-my and education to theDrone strikes in Pak-istan. Are you wonderingwhat the number onevoted question by Ameri-cans was? It’s long-wind-ed, so prepare yourself.

Michael Mozart fromConnecticut asked,“Why are you personallysupporting the extradi-tion of United Kingdomcitizen Richard O’Dwyerfor solely linking to copy-right infringing worksusing an ExtraditionTreaty designed to com-bat terrorism and to bringterrorists to judgment inthe United States ofAmerica?”

That was the top votedquestion. Out of all thetexts sent in. Out of all ofthe online votes. Out ofall of the videos posted.

For those of you thatdo not know about thesituation in which thequestion is referring, theJustice Department isseeking to extradite aBritish student for copy-right infringement.

President Obama’s

answer? “I’m not person-ally doing anything,” hesaid. “One of the waysthat our system works isthat the President doesn’tget involved in persecu-tion decisions [that the]Justice Department[makes].”

So pretty much,Michael from Connecti-cut and every person whomade that the numberone voted question waswasting PresidentObama’s time. Youwould think that whengiven the opportunity toask the President of theUnited States a question,you would at least takethe time to find out if thetopic was relevant to hisposition.

228,099 people sub-mitted 133,163 questionsfor the President. Out of1,630,163 votes that werecast that question had themost votes. Please doyour research before cast-ing your votes in the Pres-idential election. Please.

Obama finished theinterview joking abouthis limited dancing abili-ty and discussing what itis like to have to alertSecret Service to walk tothe corner store for a bagof Doritos or a SnickersBar. Sounded like a has-sle. Seems worth it.

Well done, Mr. Presi-dent.

an almost completeoverhaul and will appar-ently be reducing pricesby up to almost 40 per-cent on most items.

Sounds pretty good,right?

Apparently they arealso planning on doing avariety of other promo-tional or sale events, butthe details seem toremain a little sketchyin that area.

To me it suddenlyseems that JC Penney isattempting to becomethe new WalMart of

clothing/retail stores. And personally, I do

not think this is a badthing, but I do not thinkit is a good thing either.Sometimes looking forsome of those exception-al sales is half the fun ofshopping, but who canreally say “no” to half-decent deals all thetime?

Anyway, JC Penney isnot the only businessthat has recently decidedto make some radicalchanges.

The Olive Gardenrestaurant is attemptingto rock the restaurantworld. Recently, therestaurants announcedthat they would beworking to lower menuprices and alter their

menu into more healthyoptions.

Apparently, not every-one is okay with a singlemeal providing almostthree-fourths the averagecalories consumed by aperson on a daily basissuch as the “Tour ofItaly Pasta” which hasapproximately 1,450calories and 74 grams offat.

For one meal. And this doesn’t even

include the breadsticksand salad Olive Gardenis famous for.

Anyone else thinkthis is a little outra-geous?

But the funny thing,that is not even theworst option on themenu; the “Pork

Milanese” meal hasapproximately 1,510calories and 87 grams offat. And by the way,every breadstick has 140calories.

Don’t think for a sec-ond that I am anti-OliveGarden or anything,because I really do lovetheir fake-Italian dishesand carb and calorieloaded meals.

But I can see how theslightly-pricey restau-rant could benefit from afew changes.

We will honestly alljust have to wait and seehow all of these businessventures turn out in thefuture. Who knows,maybe this is only thebeginning of a wholenew way of life.

ACTA is amonstrosity

The problem with ‘No problem’"No problem!"Have you noticed that

the traditional words"You're welcome" haslargely been replaced bythat trite phrase?

It bothers me. It espe-cially bothers me whenI'm purchasing a good orservice from someone,and the following all-too-familiar conversa-tion takes place:

Vendor: "Here's yourreceipt, ma'am."

Me: "Thank you."Vendor: "No prob-

lem."Actually, it is a prob-

lem. What I expect is tobe thanked for mypatronage _ not to be dis-missed with this casual,automatic response _ aresponse that indicatesto me that the persondoes not get what "youare welcome" means.The phrase implies, "Youare welcome to shophere and thanks forallowing us the privilegeof serving/helping you."

When I hear "no prob-lem," what I think in myhead is: "You're right _it's no problem at all forme to patronize anothervendor/business nexttime."

You might be wonder-ing: Why does thisphrase bother me somuch? Aren't thereother, more egregious,offenses of which to takenote? Yes, there are _ butthis one makes me pausebecause it seems to per-petuate the disdainfulway in which people areso often ignored and dis-missed; it seems toencourage the subtlemessage that says, "I'vetaken care of you, sonow hit the road andleave me alone"; it seemsto indicate truly that youreally are not "welcome,"as the saying used to go.

Maybe you're think-ing, "Come on now;don't be an AndyRooney; it's just a popu-lar expression _ and no

harm is meant by it."Yes, I'll give you that

much. But then thataggravates me evenmore, because it rein-forces the notion thatpeople just aren't listen-ing to or paying atten-tion to one another.

People are sitting nextto or across from otherswith whom they'reclearly associated butwho are choosing tohave contact only withthe 2-by-4-inch monitorin front of their faces andflying fingers. Try thank-ing one of these automa-tons for moving his chairone foot so you too mayhave a small space at thecoffee shop table, andyou're likely to be recip-rocated with, "No Prob-lem." Trust me, he's notthinking, "You're wel-come to join the table."He's thinking, "No prob-lem that you only both-ered me a bit."

I've anecdotally stud-ied whether "no prob-

lem" is a generationalphrase that belongs onlyto the under-20 set,much like "whatever"(stated most effectivelywhile rolling eyes). Andyes, I've found that thisphrase is more likely tobe spoken offhandedlyby younger people. Butthe scarier thing to me isthat "no problem" seemsto be pervasive; it'staken hold in a way thatfits no single demo-graphic. There is an out-break of "no problem"everywhere you go.

So, the next timeyou're about to utterthat dismissive phrase,pause a minute andthink about how muchmore sincere (and polite)it is to say (with someeye contact and a smile):"You're welcome."

Got it?No problem.___This editorial original-

ly appeared in The Balti-more Sun.

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This week in history...By Nick FarrellStaff Writer

Jan. 30, 1933President Paul von Hindenburg

named Adolf Hitler as chancellorof Germany. Before this appoint-ment, Hitler was the leader or“Fuhrer” of the National SocialistGerman Workers Party.

Hitler’s earning of the Chancel-lor position in 1933 marked thebeginning of turning points forGermany and the world as awhole. Hitler planned to makeGermany a unified one-partynation, a plan that was widelyaccepted by his people. This day

in history marks the beginning ofthe Nazi Regime in Germany thatcame to a halt with Hitler’s deathon April 30, 1945 and Germany’ssurrender from World War II onMay 8, 1945.

Jan. 31, 1865The United States House of

Representatives passes the 13thAmendment of the Constitution.This decree abolished slavery inAmerica after it was passed by amargin of 119-56, seven votesabove the required two-thirdsmajority.

Jan. 31, 1950President Harry S. Truman

brought his decision to developthe hydrogen bomb into the pub-lic eye.

This weapon would be evenmore destructive than the atomicbombs dropped on Japan duringWorld War II.

President Truman made thedecision to drop the atomicbombs “Little Boy” and “FatMan” on the Japanese cities ofHiroshima and Nagasaki.

On Nov. 1, 1952 the UnitedStates successfully detonated ahydrogen bomb called “Mike,”the world’s first H-bomb.

“Mike” produced a mushroomcloud that eclipsed 120,000 feet inheight.

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differences.“Only one person can

have a particular e-bookat one time, so in thatsense, it’s just like thephysical copy,” Orstedsaid.

“But there’s no way torenew the e-books. Youhave to wait until itexpires and then checkit out again. You are alsoonly allowed to checkout five items at onetime.”

Orsted said thatpatrons are even able toburn some of the audio-books to a CD, and thatthe e-books can also beread through the use ofthe Kindle and AdobeReader apps, both ofwhich are free to down-load and use. LisaWilliams, librarian atEberly Library, said thatshe believes Overdrive

will improve thelibraries’ circulationstats and how they areviewed in general.

“The fact of the mat-ter is that there are a lotof people who don’t havethe time to walk intothe library and check abook or just prefer touse an audio book,” shesaid.

According to Orsted,the Washington LibraryDistrict – the districtthat all of the libraries inGreene, Washington andFayette Counties areincluded in – made thechoice to adopt the pro-gram and provided thefunding for the project.

“So anyone who logsinto the Overdrive cata-logue for the Washing-ton District can thenchoose which librarythey would like to rentfrom.”

Orsted said that shefeels the demand for thee-books was anothermajor factor in the deci-sion.

“It’s a new format,

and we try to offer read-ing materials in any for-mat that’s available,”she said.

“A lot of people aregetting e-readers, sothere’s been a demandfor them. We want toprovide people with theform of books that theywant.”

Orsted said that shedoes not think theamount of people whoactually come to visitthe library will be affect-ed by the implementa-tion of this program.

“Maybe people whodon’t come into thelibrary now will come innow that they have theability to access ourmaterials remotely,” shesaid.

Programs like thismay continue to beadded to the libraries’repertoire in the future,said Orsted.

“We’re always look-ing to see what peopleare interested in as far aselectronic materials go,”Orsted said.

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“They may have noheat or need a new waterheater – whatever thereis a need for,” she said.“We have never had thatopportunity before, sowe were very excited tohave that.”

Even though themoney was donated inlate December, SeniorServices has yet to spendthe majority of the grant.They have only used themoney for crisis fundsregarding different typesof care management.

“We just research andapply [for these grants]because we don’t get alot of state funding,”Stroman said.

“Programs like Com-munity Action South-west need to look forother resources.”

In addition to theGrant, Columbia Gas ofPennsylvania donated anadditional $5,000 to sup-port the home deliveredmeals program in thecounty. MichelleGottschalk has volun-teered with the homedelivered meals programand the WaynesburgSenior Center for threeyears.

“Donations greatlyhelp; if they didn’t havedonations they wouldn’tbe able to serve the num-ber of people that theydo,” Gottschalk said.

According toGottschalk, the homedelivered meals driversusually get at least one$20 Sheetz card everymonth to cover the gas

mileage that they usewhen delivering themeals.

“It is a voluntary posi-tion, but you’re usingyour own vehicle andfuel. To get a little incen-tive back makes youwant to continue doingit,” she said. “The bene-fits out way the risks. Ithelps volunteers be ableto deliver meals moreoften and more freely.”

Darlene Bigler, CEOof Community ActionSouthwest, commentedon the grant to theGreene County Messen-ger.

“Columbia Gas sup-port is critical [for] ourdelivery of senior servic-es in Greene County,”Bigler said.

“This grant willenable our volunteers tocontinue providinghome delivered meals.”

By Eric BostEditorial Assistant

West Greene SchoolDistrict plans to beginrenovating themiddle/senior highschool this year. Thenecessary paperworkwas submitted to thestate Department ofEducation, and the boardwas informed Thursdaythat the  initial docu-ments for the state’splanning and construc-tion process wereapproved by the state,subject to further sub-mittals, according to theObserver-Reporter.

The state’s planningand construction processis more commonlyknown as Planning andConstruction Work-

book, or PlanCon and isused when a school dis-trict undertakes a majorconstruction project andseeks reimbursement

from the Common-wealth, according to thestate department of edu-cation website. Accord-ing to the report in the

Observer-Reporter, theboard is planning to ren-ovate the middle/seniorhigh school and as add athree-story addition onto the high school.

The preliminary forthe three-story additionwas reported to bearound $12.5 million,while the renovationswere estimated at about$2-4 million, accordingto Superintendent Thel-ma Szarell. According tothe Observer Reporter,Szarell said the boardwants to complete theproject without raisingtaxes. A new elementarycenter will be construct-

ed with the funds, whichwould allow students ofall grades to be in onearea; therefore, the boardhas proposed the clos-ings of the districts twoelementary schools,Graysville andSpringhill-Freeport Ele-mentary. The board willhold the hearing for theclosing of Graysville Ele-mentary at theGraysville school at 6:30p.m. on Feb. 9. The hear-ing for the closing ofSpringhill-Freeport Ele-mentary will be at theSpringhill-Freeport ele-mentary school at 6:30p.m. on Feb. 16.

District makes renovation plans for Mapletown high school

Photo by Amanda Rice

West Greene School District plans to make changes to the Mapletown Jr./Sr. highschool during the next year in the form of a new three-story addition.

ticipated in the BabyBottle Campaign on abi-monthly basis.

They last held thefundraiser in 2010 anddecided to try the cam-paign again in 2012after past success, Coff-man said.

By using moneyfrom fundraisers such

as the Baby BottleCampaign, they areable to provide localmothers with the sta-ples that are necessaryto raise a child.

As stated in the cen-ter’s Baby Bottle Cam-paign Church Letter, sofar “in 2012, the CrisisPregnancy Center ofGreene County assist-ed over 35 women.

These women cameinto our center for avariety of services suchas: pregnancy tests,counseling, baby

clothes, maternityclothes, baby furniture,as well as other items.”

Last week, the cen-ter delivered baby bot-tles to various congre-gations in the area attheir request.

Coffman said sheeven helped spread theword at her ownchurch, the FirstAssembly of God inWaynesburg.

“We have our bestsuccesses with church-es,” she said. “Some ofthe women’s groups in

the area will do thingslike diaper drives.”

Although the CrisisPregnancy Centerrelies primarily onlocal churches, Coff-man said they are opento participation fromother members andgroups in the commu-nity. Waynesburg Uni-versity students mayhave noticed baby bot-tles and flyers in thehallways of their resi-dence halls.

Greene CommunityChurch distributed the

baby bottles, and theywill remain on campusthroughout the monthof February. These bot-tles and all others willbe collected on Friday,March 4 at the end ofthe campaign. Withmore than a monthleft, it is not too late forthose interested in con-tributing to thefundraiser to getinvolved, Coffmansaid. Anyone willingto take part in the BabyBottle Campaignshould contact the Cri-

sis Pregnancy Center ofGreene County at 724-627-6819.

“It’s an opportunityto reach out to thecommunity,” saidCoffman. “I’m sureeveryone has knownsomeone in this situa-tion, whether it’s afriend or a family mem-ber or themselves.Members of the com-munity come in all thetime, and it’s a way togive back and helpthese girls make goodchoices.”

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needed to have a suffi-cient campground,”said Coss.

Some of the amend-ments include the sizeof a camping lot, thenumber of camperspermitted on a lot,garbage pickup andother amenities.

“It is not going torestrict them so muchthat they can’t pro-ceed to set up at thecamp ground,” saidCoss.

With up to 50campers at one point,the campground typi-cally sees an influx ofcampers in the spring.

The campers stay

and work for anextended period oftime, according toCoss, then return towhere they are origi-nally from.

“We have an influxof gas lines comingthrough and gas wellsbeing put here,” saidCoss. “There are allthese people, and notenough places forthem to stay.”

After the amend-ments were proposed,a 30-day commentperiod began. Afterthe comment period,the board will hold ameeting and reviewany comments.

“If they are still sat-isfied, they willapprove the amend-ments,” said Coss. “Ifthe supervisors feelthe comments are notlegitimate, they will

go back and re-drawthem.”

Anyone can submittheir comments onthe amendments untilthe public meeting onFeb. 27, said Coss.

“This is a commu-nity,” said Kiger.“That is our point. Wewant to make surepeople comply withour rules.”

This communityincludes the camp-grounds and surround-ing neighborhoods,said Kiger. Accordingto Kiger, not everyonewants these camp-grounds near theirplace of residence, butthe proposed regula-tions keep everyone inmind. “We hope [theregulations] are goingto benefit everyone inthe community,” saidKiger.

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tion attempt. In the state of the

union address Obamaspoke about the mid-dle class, which Sny-der was very interest-ed in and agreed with.

“We can do this. Iknow we can, becausewe’ve done it before.At the end of WorldWar II, when anothergeneration of heroesreturned home fromcombat, they built thestrongest economyand middle class theworld has everknown,” said Presi-dent Obama.

“I agree whole-heartedly,” said Sny-der. “The middle classhas been the back-bone of this countryfor a long time and ithas kind of fallen bythe wayside. We need

to create Americanmanufacturing jobsagain, we need to givecompanies incentiveto keep their jobs athome instead of out-sourcing these jobs toother countries.”

Snyder said she feltvery strongly aboutthat and also aboutbringing our troopshome.

“We have an obliga-tion to take care ofour veterans. One ofthe best moments forme was at the endwhen he [Obama]compared Congress toa military mission –that in order to have asuccessful missioneveryone has a job todo,” Snyder said.

“You have to bewilling to step up anddo that job, and youbetter be able to trustthe person standingnext to you; knowthat person has yourback. ”

Another thingObama spoke about

was energy – some-thing that is veryimportant to Snyder.

“He talked aboutgas, wind and solarenergy,” she said.

“Something he didnot speak about that Ireally wish he wouldhave is coal. Coal isstill a part of our ener-gy policy and cleancoal technologyshould be at the fore-front, also. It is a bigpart of Greene Coun-ty’s budget andresources.”

Overall, Snyder saidshe thought it was anexcellent speech.

“He delivers aspeech extremely welland I was just honoredto be there in an elec-tion year makes itspecial,” she said.

“Particularly beingthere to see GabbyGiffords was amazing.I am just very gratefulin this moment andtime that I was able tohave the opportuni-ty.”

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By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant

Honor. Courage. Commitment. These three words are the Marine

Corps Values, and they also define thecharacter of Waynesburg senior wrestlerJon Sanko.

This past summer, Sanko attended a10-week Officer Candidate School forthe U.S. Marine Corps.

“I have always wanted to go into themilitary,” said Sanko. “I kind of wantedto enlist out of high school, but mycoaches and parents pushed me to go toschool.”

Even though Sanko attended collegefollowing high school, the dream of oneday serving his country never died.

“Around my sophomore year, I think Ikind of felt like I was being called to jointhe military,” said Sanko. “I rememberwhen I told my parents about joining the

military, I pulled out mysixth grade year book, andunder my picture it saidI wanted to be in theMarine Corps when Igrew up.”

After Sanko decided hewould join the military, hisuncle, a lifetime Marine, sug-gested he look into the MarineCorps Officer CandidateSchool.

Sanko said he had to fill outa 50-page application and thewhole process of applying wasvery extensive. Nine months later,Sanko received word that he hadbeen accepted into Officer CandidateSchool.

During the summer following hisjunior year, Sanko left the security of

By Jon LedyardStaff Writer

A multitude of missedopportunities frombeyond the arc and plentyof foul trouble spelledWaynesburg’s demise Sat-urday as they fell to Gene-va, 70-58, at the RudyMarisa Fieldhouse.

The Yellow Jacketsattempted 30 three-pointshots, connecting on justeight, while Genevaearned their advantagelargely from the free

throw line, draining 28-of-37 tries.

“I don’t think you gointo a game wanting totake that many threes, sonormally you’d look at 30after the game and saythat’s a little too many,”said head coach MarkChristner. “But we hadsome good looks, andwhen you are down at theend of the game, you aregoing to shoot morethrees than normal, aswell. I think those shotsjust need to come withinthe framework of what wewant to do offensively.”

Waynesburg grabbed a27-26 halftime lead over

By Nick FarrellEditorial Assistant

Former head men’s bas-ketball coach RudyMarisa was recentlyenshrined in the Pitts-burgh Basketball ClubHall of Fame.

Marisa led the YellowJackets to 565 wins in 34years as head coach atWaynesburg. Those 565wins from 1969-2003 rank

10th among all DivisionIII basketball coaches,making Marisa extremelyqualified for the honor.

“Those 34 years ashead coach [at Waynes-burg] are fading some-what, but when some-

thing like this comes up,it is a reminder that some-thing must have gonewell during my career,”said Marisa, who servedas athletic director duringhis tenure, as well. “It’spleasing to know that

something is still recog-nized today.”

Marisa is pleased withthe recognition he hasrecently received, but hebelieves that the successof his career should not bejudged on winning per-

centage alone. The formerbasketball coach and ath-letic director claimed thatthe relationships heforged with student ath-letes during his career aremost memorable.

“For me, the biggestmemory of my career isprobably contact withyoung men,” said Marisa.“I think about my recruit-ing experiences and con-tact with young peoplethe most. Within the lastfew days I’ve gotten sever-al calls from athletes,even those who didn’t fin-

For approximately twoyears now, I have beencalling Yellow Jacketmen’s basketball games onthe Waynesburg Universi-ty Sports Network.

So when the team helda slight halftime advan-tage at home againstGeneva this past Saturday,I had a right to be guardedwith my optimism. I hadwitnessed numerous leadsslip away in one form oranother, and one contestin particular came tomind.

Just about one year ear-lier, on Jan. 19, 2011 to beexact, Waynesburg held aone-point halftime lead athome against the GoldenTornadoes. And that wasin spite of a barrage offirst-half three-pointers byGeneva guard Bryan Hill.However, the air wasslowly sucked out of theRudy Marisa Fieldhouseas the Golden Tornadoesoutscored the Jackets by16 in the second half enroute to an 81-66 victory.

In similar fashion thispast Saturday, Genevaslowly but surely pulledaway from Waynesburg,turning a 27-26 halftimedeficit into a 70-58 victory.It was another anti-climat-ic ending and anotherhome Presidents’ AthleticConference loss for theJackets, their 21st in arow.

Unfortunately for theJacket faithful, whetherit’s a game like Saturday’s,a big loss to a better teamor a heartbreaker against abeatable opponent, thePAC defeats continue tomount, especially athome.

Here’s a few points totake away from Waynes-burg’s most recent set-back…

- While size may not bea strength for the Jacketsin many of their matchupsdown the stretch this sea-son, they need to do a bet-ter job being aggressiveand getting the ball intothe paint.

On Saturday, Genevaimplemented a 2-3 zonefor part of the contest.Waynesburg needed toattack the teeth of thatzone, throwing it into oneof its forwards at the foulline, even if it was just toset up shooters on the out-side. Instead, the Jacketsspent too much time drib-bling or swinging itaround the perimeter.

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Jackets let halftime lead evaporate

“Those 34 years as head coach are fading somewhat, butwhen something like this comes up, it is a reminder that somethingmust have gone well during my career.”

Rudy MarisaFormer head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Waynesburg

Geneva hits 28free throws in winover Waynesburg

GENEVA - 70, JACKETS - 58

Photo by Kimber Blair

Freshman Jason Propst (34) tries to defend Genevaguard Drew Santarsiero (black) in Saturday’s game.

JacketwomenhandleGeneva

JACKETS - 78,GENEVA - 42

Semper FiSenior wrestler Jon Sanko attendsMarines Officer Candidate School

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

Coming off of consecu-tive two-point road lossesto Thiel and Westminster,the Waynesburg women’sbasketball team needed toget off to a fast startagainst Geneva this pastSaturday at the RudyMarisa Fieldhouse.

With a key stretch ofgames looming over thenext couple of weeks, theYellow Jackets (9-3, 14-5)used an early full-courtpress to race out to leads of8-0 and 21-8 in the firsthalf en route to a dominat-ing 78-42 victory againstthe Golden Tornadoes (2-10, 3-16). The win movedthe Jackets to a perfect 8-0record at home.

Waynesburg head coachSam Jones said they put anemphasis on starting fastand thought the early full-court press could help getthe team going.

“We were focused oncoming out strong earlyon,” said Jones. “Theyhappened to be the oppo-nent in front of us. Wepick our spots with thepress. We wanted to comeout aggressively. Wehaven’t used that as muchas we want to at times.”

The Jackets were look-ing not only to get back inthe win column, but alsogain some momentum asthey prepare for a confer-ence showdown againstSaint Vincent this Satur-day at the Marisa Field-house.

Waynesburg built up a39-16 halftime lead byshooting a solid 43 percentfrom the field and forcingGeneva into 17 first-half

Marisa enshrined in Pittsburgh hoops hall of fameFormer men’shead coach won565 games at WU

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Senior wrestler Jon Sanko(right) attended a 10-weekOfficer Candidate Schoolfor the U.S Marine Corpsthis past summer. Sanko,who is 8-10 for the YellowJackets at 165 pounds thisseason, will be commis-sioned as a 2nd Lt. onMay 18.

Photos by Greg Reinhart

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By Kyle OlandEditorial Assistant

On Jan. 26, the Way-nesburg wrestling team

went 3-0 in their homequad match that featuredPenn State Beaver, PennState Fayette and PennState Greater Allegheny.The Yellow Jackets wonby counts of 51-3 overGreater Allegheny, 54-0over Beaver and 46-9 overFayette.

After defeating all threefoes, the Jackets improved

their record to 9-8 overall.Sophomore Dan Bruni

led the Jackets by going 3-0 with two wins by majordecision and another vic-tory by pin. Junior 125-pounder Alex Crown alsowent 3-0 (two forfeits, onepin), as did freshman JakeVitolo (two forfeits, onepin) and sophomore 184-pounder Anthony

Bonaventura (two forfeits,one pin).

The night featured anexcellent opportunity forWaynesburg’s youngerwrestlers to gain valuableexperience, as 20 differentJackets saw mat time.Greater Allegheny fin-ished 2-1, Beaver went 1-2and Fayette went 0-3 onthe evening.

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Wrestling goes 3-0 in home quadJackets dominatethree Penn Statebranch campuses Pennsylvania for the

unknown in Quantico,Va., showing to his friendsand family the charactertrait of courage.

Sanko said the 10weeks in Quantico werethe most demanding andphysically grueling weeksof his life.

“School was very com-petitive,” said Sanko.“Guys were coming fromIvy League schools, NASAand Division I sports pro-grams. As tough aswrestling is, I have neverbeen mentally pushed likeI was at OCS.”

During his time atOCS, Sanko said his supe-riors were trying to see ifhe and his fellow recruitshad the potential to leadMarines.

Following the 10weeks, Sanko graduated,showing the charactertrait of honor.

“I had that never-going-to-quit, never-going-to-stop mentality,” he said.

After graduation thisspring, Sanko will be com-missioned as a 2nd Lt. onMay 18.

“Jon Sanko is whatDivision III wrestling is allabout,” said head coachRon Headlee. “He has anexcellent work ethic, andhe exemplifies what aWaynesburg Universitystudent should be allabout.”

This season, Sanko hasa record of 8-10 at 165 lbs.Despite not being in thestarting lineup everymatch, Sanko has stayedpositive and shown histireless work ethic to histeammates and coaches,revealing the charactertrait of commitment.

“There are not a lot ofpeople like him,” saidHeadlee. “If they don’t

start, then they will leave,but Jon doesn’t give up—he keeps working.”

Sanko realizes that hiswrestling days are quicklycoming to an end, but he’susing his experiencesfrom wrestling to helphim with his futurecareer.

“It’s hard to realize thatsomething I have beendoing since the secondgrade, I will not be doingfor a living,” said Sanko.“I have used wrestling tohelp push me, and I willuse that same mentalityto help push me up theranks in the military.”

Sanko and the Waynes-burg mat men are back inaction again next Friday,Feb. 10, when they makethe short trip up I-79 toWashington and Jeffersonfor the Presidents’ Athlet-ic Conference Tourna-ment.

The Yellow Jacketshave won the previoustwo conference crownsand will look to make itthree this time around.

Waynesburg alreadydefeated the Presidents ina dual match earlier thisseason.

The Jackets took onThiel, the only other PACschool with wrestling,yesterday. Unfortunately,that match ended too latefor this edition.

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ish their careers, whospoke about their timewith me.”

Marisa recalled trips toWashington, D.C.,Philadelphia, New Yorkand even Puerto Rico as arecruiter, searching foryoung men to build theprogram around.Throughout his entirecareer, those connectionsand relationships are whathe is still most fond of.

Marisa has always beenrecognized as a greatleader and a role model.Head football coach andcurrent Director of Ath-letics Rick Shepas, whoworked closely withMarisa for a number ofyears, knows that the per-ception that people haveof Marisa was alwaysimportant to him.

“As a person, he was afather figure, a mentorand an advisor to all of hisyoung coaches,” Shepassaid. “He was a disci-plined guy that brings atoughness and a workethic to the job every day.He wanted everyone toknow that he would give amaximum effort, whetherit be in the classroom as ateacher or on the court as

a coach.”Shepas worked with

Marisa for six years asAssistant Athletic Direc-tor and learned a lot aboutthe position that he cur-rently holds from his asso-ciation with Marisa.

“I learned a lot aboutthe culture of WaynesburgUniversity and how towork within this athleticdepartment,” said Shepas.“I learned what to focuson, what not to focus onand how to be a profes-sional in this area.”

Among other things,Marisa’s most notableachievement as a coachcame during the 1987-1988 basketball seasonwhen his Jacket squadwon 32 consecutivegames en route to anNAIA Final Four bid.

That team went 32-3

overall on the year, andthe banner hangs in theRudy Marisa Fieldhouseto commemorate thatachievement. Again,Marisa attributes thatsuccessful season to therecruiting process.

“We worked hardenough at [recruiting] tofind excellent athletes,”said Marisa. “I had thecooperation of the admin-istration and hard-work-ing coaches to build a suc-cessful team.

“It’s a little bit ironicthat we would lose thefirst game, and it held for32 more victories,” addedMarisa, who claims thatthe first loss is what drovehis players to workexceedingly hard on andoff the court that year.

The winning streakended with Waynesburg

losing at the buzzer on atip-in. Had things gonetheir way, Marisa is con-vinced that the Jacketscould have won the NAIAtournament that season.

Marisa also left hismark on Waynesburg byhelping it join the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence. All Jacket sportsteams currently competein the PAC.

“I think the PAC hasbeen a great fit for our ath-letes in general,” saidShepas. “We recruit truestudent athletes to Way-nesburg University now.We provide balancebetween an academic andathletic life, which is veryinstrumental in what wewant to do as a Universi-ty.

“And, to be honest, itgives us an opportunity tocompete not only on theplaying field but also inthe classroom,” Shepasadded. “During the major-ity of the time I’ve beenhere, we’ve been first inthe Conference in aca-demic honor roll everyyear but one.”

The Jacket men, led bysecond-year head coachMark Christner, will hostSaint Vincent Saturday in“The House that RudyBuilt.” Tip-off is set for3:30 p.m., following theWaynesburg women’sPAC clash with the first-place Bearcats at 1:30 p.m.

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Rudy Marisa won 565 games in his 34 years as headmen’s basketball coach at Waynesburg.

“Jon Sanko iswhat Division IIIwrestling is allabout... what aWaynesburgUniversity studentathlete should beall about. Thereare not a lot ofpeople like him.”

Ron HeadleeWaynesburg

head wrestling coach

By Cam PosneyStaff Writer

As the Yellow Jacketwomen’s basketball teammade the trip up to NewWilmington to square offwith Westminster, a mile-stone was within reach.

Senior point guardHannah Hunter was only15 points away from the1,000 point landmark—abig accomplishment atany level of the game.

Being this close to sucha large milestone wouldcause some players tohave to deal with addi-tional pressure. However,for Hunter, she was obliv-ious to how close she wasto the milestone untilnearly tip-off.

“Honestly, I didn’tknow I was that closeuntil the day of the West-minster game,” Huntersaid. “I’m not a huge statwatcher, and my coachesand teammates try not to

add extra pressure thatstats bring.”

Hunter reached themark with an 18-pointperformance in a heart-breaking 68-66 loss to theTitans. Even with thisheartbreaking Presidents’Athletic Conference loss,Hunter still had the rightto celebrate this mile-stone that only few play-ers reach, especially at thecollegiate level.

“I wasn’t even close to

1,000 points in highschool,” said Hunter. “Toreach [this milestone] onthe collegiate level wasvery special.”

After some of her team-mates told Hunter shewas close to 1,000, shestarted feeling a little bitof the nerves, as manyathletes would. However,once the game started, shesettled down and got intothe rhythm that manyJacket fans are used to see-

ing.“Before the game, a few

people mentioned howclose I was to 1,000, sonaturally I felt a little anx-ious to get on the court,”said Hunter. “Once wegot into the flow of thegame, I forgot about it andsettled down and playedbasketball.”

Hunter is the first Jack-et to reach the mark sinceformer teammate ElishaJones reached the sameplateau last season.

The Hopewell HighSchool graduate wasincredibly grateful for thechance to reach this mon-umental moment.

“It was a really coolmoment for me becauseof all the support my fam-ily, team and friends havegiven me,” said Hunter. “Ican’t thank them enoughfor all the love they giveme every day.”

Hunter also reachedanother milestone in thegame by dishing out her400th career assist—another impressive featthat showed the type ofcomplete player Hunterhas been for Waynesburg.

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

Junior guard Jessi Drayer has played a key role forthe Yellow Jacket women’s basketball team through-out the season, and that continued this past week.

The Waterford, Ohio native averaged a team-high21 points as the Jackets went 1-1. For her efforts,Drayer has been selected as The Yellow Jacket Ath-lete of the Week.

She was the leading scorer in both games, scoringa game-high 23 points at Westminster last Wednes-day, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a 78-42 blowout victory against Geneva this past Satur-day. Drayer littered the stat sheet the past week,averaging 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5steals.

Drayer was also named to the d3hoops.com teamof the week for her efforts.

Heading into Wednesday’s games, Drayer rankedsecond in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference inscoring with 15.5 points per game. Saint Vincent for-ward Brittany Sedlock leads the conference in scoringat 15.7 points per game.

The Jackets have a key conference battle this Sat-urday at home against the Bearcats. Waynesburg willbe trying to sweep Saint Vincent for the first timesince the teams started playing annually again whenSaint Vincent joined the PAC.

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Drayer

Hunter reaches 1,000-point milestoneSenior point guardalso records her400th career assist

Athlete of the WeekJunior Jessi Drayeraverages 21 pointsover two-game stretch

Photo by Kimber Blair

Senior Hannah Hunter dribbles by a defender inSaturday’s 78-42 win over Geneva.

turnovers. It was more of the same

in the second half as thehome team kicked it up anotch, converting 17-of-29 shots, good enough for58 percent from the field.

The Jacket women hadfour players in double fig-ures.

Junior guard Jessi Dray-er, the PAC’s second lead-ing scorer, tallied a game-high 19 points. Fellowjuniors Paige Pearce andBrittany Spencer chippedin with 14 and 10 points,respectively.

Jones discussed the roleof a very young bench for

the Jackets. Point produc-tion at times has beenlacking from the bench,but Saturday the reservesput up 25 points.

“They have done a nicejob of working hard

throughout the year,”Jones said. “Four of the sixon the bench are fresh-man. Obviously they haveimproved as they’velearned the game and putthe work in.”

The bench was led by acareer-high 10 point effortfrom freshman forwardRachel Lovely. Mean-while, freshman guardBrittany Rumple tookadvantage of some playingtime with two threepointers and a career-highseven points.

“[Rachel] just has tolearn the college game.She has been playing wellrecently,” Jones said.“Rumple has been gettingher feet underneath her.”

After facing Chathamon Wednesday, a gamethat ended too late for thisedition, the Jackets arenow set to host threestraight games against thebest in the Presidents’Athletic Conference.Saint Vincent andThomas More, who are ina tie for first place, both

travel to Waynesburg toface the Jackets the nexttwo Saturdays. A gameagainst Bethany is sand-wiched between thegames against theBearcats and the Saints.

Earlier this season, theJackets got perhaps theirbiggest victory when theydowned the Bearcats 59-53 at the Carey Center inLatrobe, Pa., in the teams’first matchup. To thisjuncture, that is theBearcats lone conferenceloss.

Defense was a key inthat game for Waynes-burg, as they held SaintVincent to 26.5 shootingfrom the field. Seniorpoint guard HannahHunter led the offense inthat game with a game-high 18 points.

Hunter recently sur-

passed the 1,000-pointmark and 400-assist markfor her career.

“Hannah is a greatkid,” Jones said. “It showswhat hard work and dedi-cation can do for you. Shehas great abilities and hasimproved because of theteammate and athlete sheis.”

If that wasn’t enough,the game features the toptwo scorers in the PAC.Bearcats senior BrittanySedlock, reigning PACPlayer of the Year, is lead-ing the conference with15.7 points per game.Drayer is right on herheels at 15.5 per gameheading into Wednesday’saction.

Tip-off is set for 1:30p.m. as the Jackets puttheir unbeaten homemark on the line.

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Geneva before the GoldenTornadoes relentlessattack on the basket com-menced in the secondhalf. They earned 27 tripsto the line after the break,converting 19 of them.

“Coach always says wewant more attempts fromthe free throw line thanthe other team,” saidfreshman forward JasonPropst. “It was just frus-trating because we justkept getting fouls called

against us, and there wasnothing we could reallydo.”

Geneva’s aggression gotWaynesburg into foultrouble early in the sec-ond half, as the Jacketsfinished the game withfive players carrying fourfouls each.

“It really is about beingtough,” said Christner. “Idon’t know how manytimes our guys around thebasket fall away ratherthan initiate contactdown low. They weretougher than we were,and that showed on thescoreboard and at the freethrow line.”

With the Jackets’ top

two offensive threats inthe game, junior Ben Alt-meyer and freshman JacobFleegle, both playing moresparingly due to foul trou-ble, Geneva took advan-tage by outscoring theJackets 44-31 in the sec-ond half.

“They have really goodexperience in the postwith their three seniors,”said Christner. “Anytimeyou have that and can getit down in the post wherethey shoot a high percent-age, it’s tough to defend.”

Geneva’s Matt Lorelloled the way for the Gold-en Tornadoes, pouring ina game-high 19 points togo with nine rebounds.

Altmeyer led the way forWaynesburg with 15points, followed closelyby Fleegle’s 13. Propstcleaned the glass effec-tively for the Jackets,pulling down a team-higheight rebounds, includingfour on the offensive endof the floor.

“Jason has really comea ways since the begin-ning of the year and stillneeds to continue to comea ways,” said Christner.“He’s been in that 17-20minutes per game rangethis season and has givenus some good thingsinside”

Waynesburg’s leadingscorer this season, senior

guard Larry Alexander,managed only eightpoints, including justthree in the second half,while going just 2-of-11from beyond the arc. Fel-low senior Lou Galantealso struggled from thefloor, including a 1-for-4line from three-pointrange.

“We have some verygood shooters on ourteam, especially Lou andL.A. (Alexander), andwhile thirty threes is a lotof threes, a lot of themwere wide-open shots,and we just had a roughshooting night,” said sen-ior forward James Allen-by. “But I’m happy people

are shooting with confi-dence, and I have no prob-lem with our best three-point shooters shootingwide open threes.”

The loss was the Jack-ets’ 21st consecutivehome conference defeat,dating all the way back toJanuary 2009. It alsodropped the team to 4-16overall and 1-10 in thePresidents’ Athletic Con-ference.

Waynesburg will con-tinue to search for thatelusive first home PACwin under Christner onSaturday when they takeon the Saint VincentBearcats. Tip-off is sched-uled for 3:30 p.m.

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Freshman forward Rachel Lovely (white) takes a shotover a Geneva defender in Saturday’s 78-42 victory.

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Infographic by Matt Giardina

Same goes for man-to-man. They need to eitherpenetrate with theirguards or throw it intotheir big men.

And if players are in thelane with an opportunityto score, they have to fin-ish. On occasion in theGeneva game, Waynes-burg grabbed multipleoffensive rebounds on thesame possession butcould not come awaywith any points.

That type of increasedaggression could get theJackets to the free throwline more, as well. Theycould have certainly usedthat Saturday. The differ-ence in the contest in myeyes: Waynesburg took 30threes, while Geneva took37 foul shots. Even

though the Jackets madeeight of those tries, the 28points Geneva scoredfrom the line outdid that.

- Head coach MarkChristner’s latest recruits,the freshman, played witha lot of energy Saturday. Itwas also evident, though,that some maturationmust still take place.

Two freshmen specifi-cally, Jacob Fleegle andJason Propst, had a majorimpact on the outcome.

Fleegle did not shootthe ball particularly wellfrom the field (4-of-13),but he did knock downtwo treys and made allthree of his free throws togive him 13 points—asolid total. However, thefreshman also overthrewLarry Alexander on a keyplay late in the secondhalf, lessening the Jackets’already slim odds of acomeback.

Propst had a very effec-tive day attacking the

glass, as he grabbed eightrebounds against somequality interior playersfrom Geneva. Four ofthose boards were offen-sive, yet Propst only fin-ished with six points. Healso missed on a dunkattempt in transition. Ifthe Colorado native canbegin to take advantage ofall those opportunities,those points will go a longway for the Jackets.

How quickly Fleegle,Propst and the rest of theyoung Waynesburg play-ers continue to developwill be critical as the sea-son winds down, as wellas crucial to the future ofthe program.

- Finally, the older play-ers, especially the seniors,must make sure they havethe same mindset as someof those hungry freshmen.

The senior class hasalready endured 77 lossesin its time at Waynesburg,and that can often be hard

to forget. When the oppo-nent starts pulling away,players in that situationhave a tendency to think,“Here we go again.”

Obviously, mindset ishard to gauge for an out-sider, and I don’t pretendto know what the mind-set of the more experi-enced Jacket players is atthis juncture of the sea-son. But I do have experi-ence with that type of sit-uation myself.

As a member of themen’s soccer team for thepast four years, I suffered atotal of 50 losses in mycareer. Once you fallbehind by three or fourgoals (20 or 25 points inthis case), it can be verydifficult to forget all thosepast defeats.

If those six seniorswant to finish theircareers strong, they haveto do just that and beginfinding ways to wingames, not see them slow-ly slip away.

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In BriefWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Waynesburg junior guard Jessi Drayer was listedon D3hoops.com as a member of its team of theweek, which features five of the top players in all ofthe NCAA Division III ranks.

Drayer was one of just five players named to theD3Hoops.com Women’s Team of the Week. It is thethird time this season that a Yellow Jacket has beenhonored as such.

The junior averaged 21 points per game for the Yel-low Jackets this past week.

TRACK AND FIELDThe Waynesburg track & field teams found them-

selves in both the regional and national indoor track& field dual meet rankings that were recentlyreleased by d3rankings.us.

The Yellow Jacket women, who have put togethertwo strong performances at meets hosted by WestVirginia University, were ranked 22nd in all of Divi-sion III by the national website. The Jackets were alsoslotted as sixth in the Mideast region.

The Waynesburg men, who have seen severalteam records fall during the early part of their indoorschedule, were listed as 29th in the country and 10thin the Mideast Region.

The Jackets return to Morgantown, W.Va., on Feb.10, when they take part in the Blue-Gold Meet.

SOFTBALLThe Waynesburg softball team will be holding an

instructional clinic on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the RudyMarisa Fieldhouse.

Registration for the day begins at 12:30 p.m. for thepitching portion of the clinic and 2 p.m. for hitting &fielding. Instruction will be broken up into two dif-ferent categories: pitching (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.) and hit-ting & fielding (2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.). A $25 fee isrequired to attend the pitching seminar, while thehitting & fielding seminar is $35. If a player wouldlike to attend both seminars, the cost is just $45.

All players, high school age or younger, are wel-come and will receive a free gift upon registration.

By Rob LongoStaff Writer

Even though it is coldoutside, Waynesburg Uni-versity’s annual MissionTrip Blitz can help assurethat warm weather is onthe horizon.

On Jan. 19 and Jan. 25,Waynesburg held itsannual Mission Trip Blitzto inform students of thevarious mission trips thatwill be offered throughoutthe spring semester.

Mission trip destina-tions span from Argentinaand Belize to as close tohome as New Jersey orPittsburgh.

“Every year, we averageabout 100 students thatgo on mission trips eachsemester,” said TomRibar, University Chap-lain.

Ribar will lead the JohnPerkins Foundation mis-sion trip to Jackson, Miss.this year.

“It’s exciting to see thata lot of the service tripsare already full,” Ribarsaid.

As far as travellingabroad, all internationalmission trips are fullunless students are will-ing to be put on the waitlist. The mission trip toCameroon has been can-celled, however, there arestill many options thatwill allow the volunteer-ing students to travel towarm destinations.

The EnvironmentalStewardship service-learning trip will be head-ing to Inverness, Fla. towork alongside the Flori-da Springs Institute andthe Fish and Wildlife Serv-

ice on many different proj-ects, including therestoration of manateehabitats.

Anyone interested onthis trip should contactDr. Chad Sethman, assis-tant professor of Biology.

For the second consec-utive year, Habitat forHumanity will be headingsouth to Concord, N.C. tohelp build homes in thearea.

Kelsey May, vice presi-

dent of Habitat forHumanity, Greene Coun-ty Chapter, is looking for-ward to this year’s trip toNorth Carolina.

“Last year, we workedon one house the entireweek,” said May said.

“This year, we are hop-ing to work on more thanone, even if that onlyincludes just doing theframework for the houses,which should take aboutall five days.”

The Habitat forHumanity work campwill be led by Pat Bristor,associate dean of studentsand Chad Sherman, lec-turer of communication.

Students with ques-tions regarding the trip areencouraged to contactBristor before the tripsdeadlines arrive.

For students who wantto stay closer to home, theUrban Promise missiontrip serves as an option.

Taking place in Cam-den, N.J., this servicelearning trip will consistof working with childrenin Urban Promise’s K-12school as well as theirafter school program.

For more information,contact Dave Calvario,dean of students anddirector of the Center forService Leadership.

All of these missiontrips will take place eitherduring the week of springbreak or the week afterthe spring semester hascommenced.

The exception is themission trip that beginson Feb. 25.

Dave Calvario will beleading a group of stu-dents to the North Side ofPittsburgh to help workon the Pittsburgh Project,which helps assist withgeneral home repairs andother activities thatencourage the rebuildingof a strong community inthe Pittsburgh area.

All mission servicetrips can be used for serv-ice-learning credit ineither section of the serv-ice learning courses thatare offered as GeneralEducation classes.

By Ben CarpenterStaff Writer

This past weekend,Waynesburg Universitymusic students and con-ductors from around thearea had the opportunityto learn under the tute-lage of renowned musi-cians Paula Crider andSamuel Hazo, jr. at theUniversity’s sixth annu-al Conducting Sympo-sium.

The Symposium washeld in the GoodwinPerforming Arts Centerall day Friday and Satur-day.

Conductors from thesurrounding area led theWaynesburg Universityband in a number of dif-ferent pieces, and hadtheir work critiqued byboth Crider and Hazo,one by one to teach theconductors how toimprove their work.

In addition to highschool and college con-ductors from the area,five Waynesburg Univer-sity music students hadthe opportunity to leadthe band and to be eval-uated by the two guestclinicians.

One of those students,senior Jonah Gollihugh,

said the experience wasone that he will neverforget.

“It was pretty nerve-racking,” said Golli-hugh, a music ministryand youth ministrymajor.

“We were very fortu-nate to learn from peo-ple of their stature. Itwas a great couple ofdays.”

Gollihugh thoughtthat the experience wasone of tremendousvalue, and he counts heand his fellow students

By Elias LyonsStaff Writer

On Wednesday, Way-nesburg University heldits second annual CanWU Duet? event.

The Goodwin Perform-ing Arts Center was thestage for couples to sing asa duet to compete for acash prize of $100.

Last year, Can WUDuet? began when a stu-dent deposited the idea of

a duet competition intothe suggestion box on thesecond floor of the StoverCampus Center.

Can WU Duet? raisedthe awareness of the Stu-dent Senate as a presenceon campus, while exem-plifying its purpose.

“Student Senate hasthe ability to make deci-sions on campus,” saidBrittany Nimal, a sopho-more forensic accountingmajor and co-chair of Stu-

dent Senate. “Students bring their

ideas to us, and it’s our jobto make them happen.”

Can WU Duet? wasorganized by the EventPlanning and PromotionTask Force under the Stu-dent Senate.

This year the list of par-ticipants was not as long,yet the student body wasstill excited for the event,said Chelsea Cummins, ajunior communication

major and social vice pres-ident and co-chair of Stu-dent Senate.

“Although I believe wehave less pairs than lastyear, we are still excitedby the talent that will beperforming.”

This year’s participantsincluded Zac Gobbel andBreanne Tyler, EmilyDubberke and LinzySmith, Vinny Mediateand Shayla Mitrik, ErikaStafford and Lauren

Meyer, Megan Peeblesand Danielle Wise andClay Reiber and MelissaShoaf.

Some of the songs per-formed included piecesfrom Adele, ChristinaPerri, Glee and Aladdinalong with others that thestudents selected them-selves.

Dave Calvario, dean ofstudents and director of

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Renownedmusicians teachat ConductingSymposium

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World renowned clinicians, Paula Crider and Samuel Hazo, critiqued and instructed attendees at the University’ssixth annual Conducting Symposium. The Symposium was held on Friday and Saturday in the GPAC.

Six groups perform in second annual ‘Can WU Duet?’

“Every year, we average about 100students that go on mission trips eachsemester. It’s exciting to see that a lotof the service trips are already full.”

Tom RibarUniversity Chaplain

Lecturer stressesculturalunity

DEVITO LECTURE SERIESSymposium inspires students to keep playing

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By Amanda WishnerOnline ContentCoordinator

A man dressed in aplain baseball cap stoodin the corner of a busyWashington, D.C. sub-way station.

With an empty instru-ment case at his feet, heplayed his violin, puttingon an impromptu 45-minute show for whoev-er passed by.

But how many peopleactually stopped to lis-ten?

In an experiment bythe Washington Post,only seven people out ofthe thousands whopassed stopped to listento his music.

But little did theyknow, the violinist wasactually Joshua Bell, aGrammy-winning musi-cian.

He collected onlyslightly over $30 for aperformance that wouldtypically cost his audi-ence members around$500.

Guest speaker MakotoFujimura used thisexample, among manyothers, to reinforce hismessage: we live in aworld that does not rec-ognize beauty.

“God has given usthese amazing ways totake in the world,” hesaid.

“But we have learnedto suppress the experi-ences that come throughour senses and limitthem. We are trainednot to see.”

Fujimura spoke to alarge group of students,faculty and members ofthe community as part ofthe Rosetta KormuthDeVito Lecture Series on

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Tuesday night. The lecture began at

7:30 p.m. in AlumniHall and focused on gen-erative thinking, whichis a concept that encour-ages cultural unity andcreativity.

Fujimu-ra is a con-temporaryartist fromTokyo,Japan andthefounder ofthe Inter-nationalArts Move-ment, anon-profitarts pro-gram.

Hebegan hislecturewith a video that intro-duced what he does as anartist and invited theaudience into his cre-ative process: a stylethat he called an “archa-ic, medieval way ofpainting.”

The paintings thatwere showcased in thelecture were a part of theFour Holy Gospels Proj-ect.

Fujimura was com-missioned to illustratethe 140-page rendition ofthe King James Bible.

The book includedfive major paintings,such as “Tears ofChrist,” “The ProdigalGod” and “WaterFlames.”

Fujimura alsodesigned numerouschapter heading lettersand hand-embellishedpages.

Being offered theopportunity to illustratethis book was a greathonor for the artist.

He is the first artist inmore than 400 years tobe commissioned todepict the four Gospels.

After discussing his

work, Fujimuraaddressed the dividebetween art and Christi-anity.

“The typical responsefrom a church [towardan artist]… is that theyaren’t comfortable withit,” Fujimara said.

According to Fujimu-ra, it is difficult for oneto be both an artist and aChristian without facingskepticism from the

church.Using his

concept ofgenerativethinking, hebelievesthat cultureshould bethought ofas one enti-ty andshould notbe divided.

Heencouragedthe audi-ence toremove cul-

tural walls, such as lan-guage, religion and racethat they experienceeach day.

Fujimura concludedhis lecture with a poemthat was written byEmily Dickenson.

The poem served asboth the first and lastpoem that Dickensonhad ever published.

The editor removedall of her half rhymes,and most importantly,her dashes, which Dick-enson often viewed as apart of her identity.

In her poetry and inthose dashes, Fujimurasaid, the poet lived inthe realm of invisiblereality.

In a world where weare trained not to see,artists like Dickensonand Fujimura exist to setan example of generativethinking for those whowill listen.

“Each moment is agenesis moment; eachmoment can be a newbeginning for you,” hesaid.

“And what we need torealize is that art canplay a big role in this.”

lucky to have been a partof this year’s Conduct-ing Symposium.

“As great as ourteachers and professorsare here, it was nice tohear from someone out-side of the school, some-one who does this sort ofthing for a living,” saidGollihugh, who will begraduating this year inMay.

“Mr. Hazo actuallygave me a better appreci-ation for music. He gaveme a reason to keepplaying after I graduate.”

Dr. Ronda DePriest,

director of the MusicProgram and associateprofessor of instrumen-tal music, was alsopleased with how theConducting Symposiumturned out.

“I’ve received a verylarge amount of positivefeedback already today[Monday],” DePriestsaid.

“Sam Hazo really con-nected with the stu-

dents. I would say thatthe weekend as a wholewas a total success.”

DePriest, who alsocommented on the qual-ity of Hazo’s instruction,said that it is likely thatthe University will havea working relationshipwith the Pittsburghnative as this event andothers like it arebrought to campusthroughout the year.

“I would definitelylove to, and actuallyplan on, working withSam in the future,”DePriest said.

“He just hit home sowell with so many stu-dents. His talk was real-ly a call for us all to putthe important things inlife first.”

Hazo, who is both aconductor and a com-poser, is the first com-poser to win both com-position contests thatare sponsored by theNational Band Associa-tion.

The Duquesne Uni-versity graduate’s scoreshave been featured ontelevision, radio andstage production.

The student orchestraplayed one of Hazo’spieces at the Sympo-sium, while Hazo him-self conducted the

piece.Both Hazo and Crider

gave two lectures on Fri-day and Saturday.

The lectures lastedclose to an hour apiece,and covered a broadrange of topics.

Hazo spoke on theprocess of composing,and “The 20 TechniquesThat Will InstantlyImprove Rehearsal.”

Crider’s first addresswas titled “Touch theSound,” and her secondinstructed students onwhy they should enterscore study.

Hazo has composedfor numerous musicians,ranging from earlyschooling to universitiesto the professionalranks.

He has also taught atevery educational gradelevel and receivednumerous awards.

He has twice beennamed the “Teacher ofDistinction,” which isan award presented bythe Southwestern Penn-sylvania Teachers’Excellence Foundation.

Crider was a teacherfor 33 years, and shecontinues to makemusic as an adjudicator,guest conductor, lectur-er and clinician.

She has spoken in 48states and has traveledto eight foreign coun-tries to give lectures.

Crider is also anaccomplished writer,having been featured inpublications, such asThe Instrumentalist, theNational Band Associa-tion Journal andThe Band Director’sGuide.

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“Mr. Hazo actually gave me a better appreciation for music. He gave me a reason to keep playing after I graduate.”

Jonah GollihughSenior music ministry and youth ministry major

By Elizabeth SlaterStaff Writer

Waynesburg Universi-ty hosted a blood driveon Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. on the third floorof Stover Campus Cen-ter.

The blood drive hasproved to be a successfulevent for the Universityin the past, and many

have found it to be avery rewarding experi-ence.

Sophomore NatalieRanallo donated bloodonce before through theUniversity. “It was thefirst time I had givenblood, and it wasn’tnearly as bad as I imag-ined it would be,” shesaid.

According to Ranallo,

the process is not nearlyas “scary or painful aspeople often make it outto be.”

To prepare for dona-tion, one should eatmore protein a few daysbefore the date of dona-tion.

Donors should alsotry to double theamount of water thatthey drink in order to

stay hydrated. For any information

regarding how to preparefor future blood drives,contact Nurse CarolYoung.

The blood drive washosted by the AmericanRed Cross, and duringeach past blood drivedonors have filled thethird floor of Stover togive their time and

blood for a good cause. Students had to take

an initial blood sampletest to make sure thatthey are eligible todonate and to find outwhat their blood type is.

There is a large list ofeligibility requirementsthat need to be reachedin order to be able togive blood through theRed Cross.

The blood donor mustweigh at least 110pounds and be in goodoverall health. Afterthis, and the process ofdonating begins.

According to the RedCross, the amount oftime that it takes to fillup the bag with a pint ofblood can last anywherebetween 8 and 15 min-utes.

Blood drive proves successful, rewarding for participants

the Center for ServiceLeadership, DylanAugust, the reigning Mr.Waynesburg and assistantfootball coach and KristenRepco, last year’s winnerof the Waynesburg Idolcompetition judged theevent.

The audience deter-mined the winners of theevent through a ballot sys-tem.

Each student was givena sheet of paper with thestudents names and thesong that they were per-forming listed on it.

To select a winner stu-dents simply circled theirfavorite competitor andturned the ballot in forvoting.

While the votes werebeing counted by StudentSenate members, judgesAugust and Repco per-formed together on stage.

Students participatedfor different reasons.

Some were after thecash prize while others,such as Reiber and Shoaf,were after more intrinsicrewards.

“Me and my girlfriendlike to sing a couple ofDisney songs,” Reibersaid.

“We thought everyonewould recognize andenjoy the song wepicked.”

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Photo by Michelle Daino

Karaoke nightJunior pre-med major Shawn Wharrey and Freshman pre-med major Emily Ann Stephens were two of the stu-dents who performed during the Karaoke Night. The event took place at 8 p.m. on Jan. 28 in the Beehive.

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