By Sarah BellArts & Life Editor

About 2,000 people inthe greater Pittsburgh areaare homeless. They do nothave clean clothes orshoes, let alone the latesttechnology. On Monday,Oct. 31, temperaturesreached a low of 28degrees and 2,000 peopledid not have a home to goto, or a coat to keep themwarm.

ALIVE is a programdesigned to change thesestatistics, and this yearWaynesburg Universityplans to get involved inthe cause. From Nov. 1 to25, the University willhost a clothing drive,where all of the proceedswill be donated to ALIVE.

The program allowsthe homeless to receivewinter clothes and a hotmeal.

Jenna Burdette, Love

Initiated Ventures Invest-ing in Neglected GroupsMinistry volunteer coor-dinator, said the event isabout more than what thehomeless physicallyreceive.

“ALIVE is great to par-ticipate in because it is anevent that directly touch-es the lives of the home-less, as well as volun-teers,” Burdette said. “Wecelebrate the life we havein Christ, so by coming

out to build new relation-ships, we see the home-less and volunteers as peo-ple, not so much as‘homeless’ or ‘volunteer.’”

This month, Waynes-burg University studentshave the opportunity todonate their clothing tothis cause.

Sarah Rizzi, senior arteducation major, is thestudent in charge of theclothing drive on campus.

“I think it is important

for college students torealize that not everyonehas the opportunities thatwe have and that becausewe do have these opportu-nities it puts us in a reallygood position to be able tohelp other people,” Rizzisaid. “There are a lot ofpeople who do not havewhat they need.”

L.I.V.I.N.G Ministry ishosting the program thattheir website calls, “thelargest celebration for the

homeless” on Saturday,Nov. 19 in AlleghenyCommons Park. Theninth annual ALIVE eventbegins at 10 a.m. and isthe biggest clothing giveaway in Pittsburgh.

Last year, around 300homeless people attendedthe event.

Rizzi encourages stu-dents to donate clothes,shoes, socks and blankets

By Alex HintonOp/Ed Editor

Superheroes, monstersand mummies alike gath-ered in Johnson Com-mons on Monday nightfor the Harvest Festival.The event took placefrom 3:30 to 6 p.m.

Each of the Universi-ty’s student organizationshad their own table set upat the Harvest Festivalwhere other students andcommunity memberscould purchase fall-themed treats or partici-pate in activities.

The different organiza-tions also had the chanceto talk with those inattendance and tell themwhat their organizationswere about.

“I enjoyed all the diver-sity of the different clubsand how they offeredmany different festivitiesand options for joiningclubs,” said ChelseaTroutman, senior nursingmajor.

Some of the treats andactivities at the tables

included s’more makingfrom Student ActivitiesBoard, pumpkin paintingwith the Young Republi-cans, cupcake decoratingwith Kappa Pi Delta andcaramel apples from theWaynesburg OutdoorExperience group, as wellas many others organiza-

By Wes BestStaff Writer

Waynesburg Universi-ty offers study abroad pro-gram in Japan

Next semester, Way-nesburg University stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to study outsidethe traditional class-rooms of the main cam-pus in a program designedto globally enhance anddevelop education.

Recently, a three yearpartnership was finalizedbetween WaynesburgUniversity and TokyoChristian University toprovide students with anopportunity to studyabroad in Japan beginningin the spring of 2012.

“There is a need forstudents who want tostudy abroad in Japan andthis program provides anadditional choice forthose interested studyingin East Asia,” said Dr. SutSakchutchawan, associ-ate professor of interna-tional business and direc-tor of international stud-ies. “Since the Councilfor Christian Collegesand Universities doesn’tprovide a program for stu-dents to study in Japan, itwas a necessity to imple-ment and support theWaynesburg Universityinternational mission.”

The partnershipbetween Tokyo ChristianUniversity and Waynes-burg University identifiesthe institutional goals ofthe universities, strivingto meet students’ needsby providing the opportu-nity to globally continue

education.“It is an important

strategic goal to provideacademic opportunitiesthat enable students tostudy abroad in variousprograms,” said Dr.Robert Graham, Provost.“Tokyo Christian Uni-versity has a high reputa-tion of working withother institutions andshares the vision andunderstanding to assiststudents in a rich, learn-ing environment.”

Students who partici-pate in the study abroadprogram at Tokyo Chris-tian University canreceive home tuition, asfinancial aid packages instudy abroad programsare compatible with fund-ing at Waynesburg Uni-versity.

“All tuition feesincluding room and boardare covered in the pro-gram,” said Dr. StephenT. Franklin, presidentemeritus and professor ofsociology and theology atTokyo Christian Univer-sity. “Personal, leisure,and airfare expenses arecosts at the students owndiscretion.”

While studying abroadat Tokyo Christian Uni-versity, students typicallyenroll in four classes,where course curriculumrevolves around experi-encing East Asian culturein an academic, spiritualand social component.

“The focus of the pro-gram not only revolvesaround academics, but itengages the students to

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Operation Christmas Child programculminates with collection of boxes

New study abroadprogram in Japanavailable to studentsBy Kyle Oland

Editorial Assistant

On Friday, WaynesburgUniversity students andfaculty turned in old shoeboxes to help underprivi-leged children all over theworld.

The shoe boxes werefilled with clothes, stuffedanimals, school suppliesand other miscellaneousgifts bought by studentsand faculty. Every year,the organization Samari-tans Purse holds theirannual campaign Opera-

tion Christmas Child.According to the

Samaritan’s Purse web-site, the boxes are sent allover the world to childrenwho live in poverty.

The boxes give kids aChristmas they otherwisenever would have had.

In addition, the shoeboxes help spread themessage of Jesus Christ.

According to the web-site, many of the childrenaccept Jesus as their saviorafter receiving the shoe

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(Above) Various organizations participated in the Harvest Festival held onHalloween. (Below) The Mad Anthony yearbook booth offered free face painting.

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University to participate in ALIVE program, donate clothes

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Harvest Festivalraises funds forProject Bundle Up

Witches, zombies and pumpkins—oh my!

Photo by Mike Kabay

By Stephanie LaingAssignments Editor

Many testimoniesgiven at Upper Roomexemplify one of God’sspecific characteristics,and sophomore secondaryeducation major AngeleHagy’s own story depictedGod’s grace last Sunday,Oct. 31.

Successful in highschool, Hagy grew up in aChristian family, but shealways went through themotions.Trying to over-come her fears as she lefther comfort zone and pre-pared for college, sheturned to alcohol thesummer before she cameto Waynesburg Universi-ty. The alcohol broughtanxiety, which controlledher entire life consumingher thoughts and actions.Hagy was soon diagnosedwith anxiety causeddepression and placed onmedication, which helpedfor a while.

“The dark cloud ofdepression sustained overmy life, and the only wayto forget how bad thingsbecame was to drink,”Hagy said. “Every week Iwould struggle with feel-ing absolutely alone, and

on the weekends I wouldtry to forget about it all.”

The things she felt pas-sionate about didn’t meananything to her anymore,and she even struggled toget out of bed in the morn-ing and go to class.

“In all my turmoil, Iquestioned God and eventhough my relationshipwith Him was very dis-tant, I was still angry atHim,” Hagy said.

Brushing her teeth onenight before dinner, a signquickly caught her atten-tion. “B.Y.O.B.”

Instead of asking her to“bring your own beer,”the sign called her to bringher own Bible.

“It was as if God wastalking directly throughthis group of Waynesburgstudents directly to me,”Hagy said. “I even had thecourage to share some ofmy troubles.”

One of the Bible studyleaders got Hagy’s num-ber, encouraged her andprayed with her. With thehealthy support of herfriends, Hagy started aprayer journal and beganrebuilding her life – onefocused on God.

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Department chair discusses importance of keeping God first at work

Speaker discussesthe influence ofgrace and changes

New medical mission trip to travel to Nassau in BahamasBy Matt GiardinaStaff Writer

Her house consisted of two small rooms that couldeasily fit inside the living room of the older apartmentson campus. The main room contained only a fridge andfreezer, a small table with two chairs, an oven, a sink,and a couple of cabinets. The only window in the housewas just a hole in the wall. A single light bulb tried tolight the small room. Paint was peeling off of thecracked walls. This house may not even have a bath-room. The Bahamas are known for the tropical weath-er, resorts and vacation spots, but is also householdslike this.

In response to the poverty stricken communities,nursing professor Dr. Terry Small will be leading a med-ical mission trip to Nassau, the island’s capital, fromJan. 2-7.

According to her, conditions in the Bahamas outsidetourist cities are horrendous.

“The Bahamas are nothing like you see in the

brochures, those show the resorts that the wealthyvisit,” said Small. “What we saw was outside of theresorts-the real Bahamas and the heart of it. The peopleare very poor and live in poor conditions. The churchwe went to last year was not well kept with gobs ofsand, dust and dirt. The families with 6 or 7 people livein 1 to 2 room houses and people in their early twentiesalready have four children.”

The crowded living environment causes Bahamiansto suffer illnesses initiated by poor sanitation issues,according to the World Health Organization, the groupthat shapes the United Nations health agenda.

In an effort of relief, the nursing students will providemedical care to the local residents.

“We will set up a clinic in a Haitian church andassess patients from the local community. We checkthem for the common illnesses like the cold, flu andinfections. Then we give them mostly antibiotics andcreams,” said, Small. “All the medication comes froma company called Medical Maximum, which is the waywe use and distribute the medicines. We give every

patient we see vitamins, soap, toothbrushes and otherhygiene products.”

Not the only the patients benefit from the free clinicsaid Marissa Minto, a junior nursing major.

“We have a huge impact on the people of the com-munity to which we travel by providing free nursingcare and assistance through a clinic,” said Minto. “Inreturn, we gain new insight into what it means to reachout to those in need of medical assistance who mostlikely do not get the opportunity to be cared for often.”

Minto believes the mission trip may motivate thestudents as well.

“It might encourage those on the trip to completethe education and begin a life of service to those inmedical need inside the states and outs,” she said.

Small agrees with Minto in that nursing studentsoften benefit from the experience.

“A lot of students who have gone in the past say theyfeel a sense of doing and accomplishing something,”said Small. “It also gives students the chance to see adifferent culture.”

tions. Music provided by99.5 the Hive kept thefestivities going through-out the event.

Stacey Mills, a juniorsecondary educationmajor, was impressed bythe assortment of foods.

“I liked the fun differ-ent foods that [the organi-zations] had,” she said.

The Public RelationsStudent Society of Ameri-ca and the Pre-Law Soci-ety’s Harry Potter themedtable was a highly visitedarea among many stu-dents, where the organi-zations provided drinksand snacks inspired bythe books and movies,such as butterbeer, pump-kin juice and chocolatefrogs.

“I especially liked thebutterbeer,” Troutmansaid. “It was good. I wassurprised.”

Several students evendressed up as Harry Pottercharacters.

Dena McCloskey, jun-ior forensic chemistrymajor, said, “My favoritething was seeing every-one in their costumes.And s’mores.”

Students seemed tohave only one complaintabout the festival.

“Some of the thingswere overpriced,” Millssaid.

Some students, howev-er, were unaware that

their money was helpingcharity.

Half of the proceedsfrom the Harvest Festivalwill be donated to the Sal-vation Army’s ProjectBundle Up, which pro-vides winter clothing forchildren and senior citi-zens in need.

“That’s awesome, butit needed to be advertised

more,” Troutman said.“More people probablywould have gone if theyknew that [the proceedswent to Project BundleUp].”

Dena McCloskey, jun-ior forensic chemistrymajor, agreed.

“I thought the moneywas just for the clubs,”she said.

McCloskey and Millsboth said they would beinterested in attendingthe Harvest Festival nextyear.

Students also had thechance to enter a freedrawing for a raffle bas-ket. Pumpkin Bowlingfollowed the Harvest Fes-tival to continue the Hal-loween celebrations.

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The Waynesburg Outdoor Experience group decided to sell “poison apples,” whichwere caramel apples that could be decorated with a variety of toppings.

By Chad GreenStaff Writer

Dr. Evonne Baldauffintroduced a Jeopardy-style question to beginher lecture. She provid-ed the answer, “to get agood job”. It was up tothe congregation tofind the question.

Baldauff, chair of thedepartment of chem-istry and the depart-ment of forensic sci-ence, spoke at Tues-day’s chapel service.She presented on topicsthat connected Godwith the work ofhumankind.

Baldauff eventually

revealed that “Why areyou going to college?”led to the answer shegave. The lecture con-tinued to explain howcollege could lead to agood job that involvesGod.

“Our society seeswork as a means tomoney,” Baldauff said.“Whether in your studyor future career, youneed to use your workto glorify God.”

From the early sto-ries of humankind, Godcalls us to work for aparticular reason.

“God does not ask usto be idle,” Baldauffsaid. “Work is challeng-

ing, it sharpens yourmind, that stimulus ishealthy.”

Baldauff referredback to the story ofAdam and Eve in thebook of Genesis. Shetalked about Adam’soccupation.

“He [Adam] was a bitof a horticulturist, hewas a bit of a botanist,”she said. “We could sayAdam might just be thevery first example of aprimitive biologist.”

Baldauff talked aboutwhy people should ask

God for help no matterwhat their occupationis.

“He is the ultimatemathematician, theultimate psychologist,the ultimate musician,scientist, historian,He’s also the ultimatehomebuilder, the ulti-mate plumber. Heknows everythingabout everything,” Bal-dauff said. “We shouldnot hesitate to ask Godfor help in our work.”

Baldauff related herexperiences in the fieldof science to believingin God’s plan for theworld.

“I had a professor

who loved to try to talkpeople out of their faithby using science as atool to do that,” Bal-dauff said. “Understandthat science does notdetract from the won-ders of nature.”

Baldauff referred tothe complexity ofatoms that create alllife and how it appliesto “God’s creativity”that she gets to teachher students about.

At the end of Bal-dauff’s lecture, she gavea call to act for all inthe congregation.

“Choose to pursueGod through yourwork,” Baldauff said.

“Our society sees works as a meansto money. Whether in your study orfuture career, you need to use yourwork to glorify God.”

Dr. Evonne BaldauffChair of the Department of Chemistry and

Forensic Science

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All for one: Blackout game held in memory of Josh Malenke

By Brett ColoritoStaff Writer

As the last few flakesof snow trickled ontothe field, a moment ofsilence fell over thecrowd and players atJohn F. Wiley Stadiumbefore Waynesburg Uni-versity’s matchupagainst St. Vincent.

This emotionalpause, during the SeniorDay festivities, washeld to remember thelife of Josh Malenke, aformer WaynesburgUniversity student andfootball player whotragically lost his lifelast February while par-ticipating in the BestSemester Program inLos Angeles, Calif.

“As a good friend of[Malenke’s], it was niceto see the school dedi-cate a moment ofsilence in honor ofhim,” said Nick Wozni-ak, senior sports broad-casting major and direc-

tor of the WCTV Foot-ball Project. “It was alsoan honor to dedicatepart of our TV footballbroadcast to him.”

Coaches and playersdonned stickers withthe number 53 printedon them to commemo-rate the Uniontownnative Malenke, whowas a defensive end for

the Jackets and worethe number 53.

Faith Malenke-Kay-lor, Malenke’s mother,was present at the gameand accepted a framedpicture of her son, as didthe rest of senior foot-ball player’s families.

This would have beenMalenke’s senior yearhere at Waynesburg

University. The snow and cold

weather wasn’t enoughto keep students andfaculty from showingup in full force to showtheir support forMalenke, who was anactive member in theDepartment of Commu-nication. Malenke wasalso very involved in

theatre, as he was partof productions such as“Lil’ Abner,” “Thor-oughly Modern Millie”and “WU’s Line is itAnyway?”

Members of the Ath-letic Training StudentAssociation organized a“blackout” for the gameand sold shirts for $10each throughout the

month of October tohonor Malenke.

The front of eachshirt read “All for one”and “WaynesburgBlackout.” The back ofeach shirt hadMalenke’s number 53inscribed on them.

“All together we’veraised over $1,700,”said Alan Jaeger, seniorathletic training majorand president of theAthletic Training Stu-dent Association.

“We achieved thisthrough the sales ofblackout t-shirts anddonations as of rightnow.”

“All proceeds madefrom the t-shirts will bedonated to HekimaPlace in Kenya, Africa,in memory of Josh,”said senior athletictraining major CarenChamberlain.

Malenke became veryinvolved with theorganization, and heproduced a documen-tary about the HekimaPlace, which is a girls’orphanage near Nairobi,Kenya committed toassisting adolescentswho have lost theirfamilies due to HIV andAIDS.

experience the cultural,religious and socialaspects of East Asia, par-ticularly with the Japan-ese culture,” saidFranklin. “The goal is togive students a set oftools they can use whichwill help them under-stand and relate to EastAsia culture.”

Another emphasis ofthe program is that stu-dents will have theopportunity to absorb theeconomic structure andstatus of East Asia, allow-ing students to develop abetter understandingabout one of the fastestgrowing economies.

“East Asia is world

center for economic andcultural activity and stu-dents need to have anunderstanding of EastAsia in order to be pre-pared for the nextdecade,” saidSakchutchawan who wasa key initiator in obtain-ing the partnershipbetween the two univer-sities. “There is an eco-nomic power shift fromEurope to Asia and study-ing abroad in Japan canhelp a student under-

stand this shift, whichwill prepare them for lifeafter graduation as theymove into the businessworld.”

The program is open toall undergraduate stu-dents and offers support,in addition to an orienta-tion program, where stu-dents can feel comfort-able speaking English in anew setting.

“There is an Englishlanguage infrastructurein place and courses are

taught by Japanese facul-ty, all of whom speak flu-ent English that are asso-ciated with the program,”Franklin said. “No previ-ous language experienceis required to studyabroad at Tokyo Chris-tian University.”

Study abroad programsprovide students with amemorable opportunityto learn new concepts inanother country whichwill assist them in build-ing on the learning valuesembedded at WaynesburgUniversity.

“Study abroad pro-grams provide a wonder-ful experience for stu-dents where they canlearn and benefit fromanother culture,” Gra-ham said. “It is a goodsupplement that helpsenrich what students arelearning at WaynesburgUniversity.”

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During Saturday’s Senior Day football game, the football team and cheerleading squad both wore all black inmemory of Josh Malenke. Coaches and players also wore stickers with the number 53 printed on them.

By Kelly WitasStaff Writer

The Department ofCriminal Justice wel-comed two visitors tocampus to talk about agreat summer opportuni-ty.

On Oct. 27, two mem-bers from the Ocean CityPolice Department inOcean City, Maryland,talked to Criminal Justicestudents about a summerinternship program theyhold each year.

The OCPD has season-al positions open forpolice officers and publicsafety aids. During thesummer, Ocean City is apopular vacation spot, soin order to keep the cityunder control the depart-ment hires additionalmembers.

Officer J.P. Zurla andretired police officer andrecruiter Barry Neeb,spoke to 60 WaynesburgUniversity Criminal Jus-tice students about therequirements for the sum-mer job openings.

Zurla and Neeb travelfrom school to school

informing students aboutthe 100-120 police officerand the 32 public safetyaid openings.

“Recruiting startedbecause the job is soimportant,” said Neeb.“[Recruiting] needs to begoing to places.”

In order to be a policeofficer for OCPD youmust be a U.S. citizen,have a valid driverslicense, high school diplo-ma, 21 years of age and agood personal history. Tobe a Public Safety Aid youmust be a U.S. citizen,have a valid driverslicense, 17 and half yearsold and a good personalhistory.

Junior ForensicAccounting majorChristopher Jarboe plansto apply for the police offi-cer position.

“I want to see what theofficers have to go throughon a daily basis,” said Jar-boe. “I want to see if Iwould enjoy the forcemore than going into aspecialized position of lawenforcement.”

Ocean City PoliceDepartment to holdinternship interviews

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“East Asia is world center for eco-nomic and cultural activity and stu-dents need to have an understanding ofEast Asia in order to prepare for thenext decade.”

Dr. Sut SakchutchawanAssociate professor of international business

Spectatorswear all blackto rememberstudent

for the event. “These people are

homeless; they probablyspend the majority of theirtime outside so it is reallyimportant for them to becovered,” she said. “Ithink it is kind of ourresponsibility to helpthem out in that regard.”

Boxes will be located inStover and in the resi-dence halls throughoutthe month of November.

This is the first yearthat Waynesburg Univer-sity is participating in theALIVE clothing donation.

Burdette is excited for theUniversity to participate.

“Volunteers and dona-tions are absolutely essen-tial to ALIVE,” Burdettesaid. “The program wouldnot exist without them.”

In addition to theclothes provided at theprogram, stations are alsodedicated to food, prayer,social services, trivia,games and arts and crafts.Volunteers run each sta-tion.

“This is a celebration oflife in Christ, not just forthe homeless; not just forthe volunteers; not just forthe staff, but ultimatelyfor all of us,” Burdettesaid. “The day absolutelyhas the power to changelives.”

“As my relationshipwith God strengthened, sodid I,” she said.

Hagy said she learnedso much about herself andGod through her past andcurrent struggles. She con-tinues to discover truthsabout God, specificallythat He made her beauti-ful. “I can’t wait to seewhat God has in store formy future and how Hewill use me to glorifyhim,” said Hagy. “I amnow mentoring two highschool girls who strugglewith the same issues that

I have, and that is a truetestament to God’s neverending love.”

Tom Ribar, Waynes-burg University Chaplain,said that even if studentsdo not struggle with thesesame issues, they can stillrelate to this notion ofgrace.

“The sin doesn’t haveto be the same for us torecognize that God’s gracecovers our sin. That’s thepoint,” said Ribar. “Every-body may not have anexperience [like Hagy’s]experience in terms ofdepression or abuse ofalcohol or things that shetalked about. But sin issin. Separation from Godis separation from God.We all need grace.”

There is a testingprocess that takes twodays for people interestedin being a Police Officer.On Saturday, there is awritten test that includesreading, math, and follow-ing directions.

The physical abilitytest is also on Saturdayand it includes a shuttlerun, body drag and obsta-cle course. On Sunday,there is an oral interviewboard that has membersfrom the OCPD.

Unlike police officers,public safety aids onlyattend on Saturday and

take the written test andthe oral interview board.

Testing dates are Nov.12 and 13, Jan. 7 and 8,Jan. 28 and 29, Feb. 18 and19, and March 3 and 4.The chance of getting aposition increases byshowing up on earlier testdates instead of waitingtill the last minute.

A local hotel provides acode to people trying outfor positions. They offer adeal by lowering the nor-mal room rates down to$50 a night for the testingdates.

The application dead-line is March 2, 2012.After going through theinterview process and get-ting the job, police officersand public safety aidsmust go through a train-ing session.

Training for police offi-cers is April 9 to May 5 orMay 7 to June 2. It is 190hours of paid training at arate of $12.99 per hour.Public Safety Aids trainfrom May 21 to May 25for 40 hours at a rate of$11.06 per hour.

Certification lasts fivemonths from the date ofcompletion.

Many of the collegestudents are only there forthree to three and a halfmonths, depending onwhen they have to beback at school.

Housing is provided bythe OCPD for up to 30people. The departmentrents out five houses, butmembers of the PoliceDepartment also rent outextra rooms in their ownhomes. The extra rooms

accommodate between 80and 95 workers. Workerswho do not take theopportunities provided bythe department must findhousing for themselves.

The highest percentageof people who apply forthe position are fromWaynesburg. Usually 12students will show up forthe interview process andtwo or three get the job.

“There is a very highinterest with WaynesburgUniversity studentsbecause of the [CriminalJustice] Department,”said Zurla.

To find out more infor-mation about the intern-ship visitoceancitymd.gov/police,call 410-723-6612 oremail pdtrain@oceanci-tymd.gov.

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By Amanda BellStaff Writer

October is known forHalloween, trick or treat-ing, costumes, pranks andghost stories. Thoughmany people may notknow that it is also BreastCancer AwarenessMonth. Waynesburg Uni-versity’s campus recog-nized the disease lastweek through numerousactivities.

Starting off the week ofawareness activities wasWear Pink Day on Mon-day.

Tuesday was the Shaveto Save in Johnson Com-mons, where men had theopportunity to promoteawareness by shavingtheir heads.

Wednesday was theRelay for Life kick-offmeeting for the captainsof the relay teams. Thurs-day night had its Pink Rib-bon Themed Monte CarloNight.

Friday, Quack for aCure took place, wherestudents and faculty couldbuy a rubber duck for achance to win two Pen-guin tickets.

The Cheer for a Cureended the week at Satur-day’s football game.

University sports gotinvolved as well.

The volleyball teamheld Dig for a Cure andsold t-shirts for the cause.

Then the football team,participated in Cheer for aCure by wearing pink ontheir cleats during thegame.

“It seemed like thewhole campus was gettinginto the spirit,” said CarolYoung, nursing director ofStudent Health Services.

She set up a table onthe second floor of Stoverwith information onbreast cancer and hadtrays with mints and rib-bons in them for studentsto take and become moreinformed about the signsand examinations of thecancer.

She also set out a neck-lace that represented thedifferent sizes and stagesof breast cancer.

“I wish students wouldgo to the next level,” saidYoung.

Students took themints, ribbons and infor-mation packets on thetable, but no one camedown to ask her for moreinformation on how tobetter protect, treat or dealwith breast cancer.

“We try to change their[students] behaviortowards cancer,” saidYoung. “The sooner it isfound the better chance aperson has of recovery.”

She will be sending outshower cards on how tocheck for Breast Cancerfor the female residencehalls and will be sendingout cards for the maledorms on how to checkfor testicular cancer.

“We are trying to raiseawareness for both malesand females,” said Young.

For more informationcontact Carol Young atthe Student Health Cen-ter.

Photo by Lisa Jaeger

This past Saturday, members of the cheerleadingsquad hosted the Cheer for the Cure event.

boxes and experiencingthe kindness of others.

Pat Bristor, associatedean of students, organiz-es the Operation Christ-mas Child campaign atWaynesburg every year.

She said this is thefourth year WaynesburgUniversity has participat-ed, and the number ofboxes donated hasincreased each year.

“Each year we set agoal of boxes we hope todonate,” said Bristor.“The first year our goalwas 100, the second it was200, the third it was 300and this year we have agoal of 400 boxes.”

What many do notknow is the boxes also goto people in America, saidBristor. According toSamaritans Purse thou-sands of boxes each yearstay within the countryand are given to childrenwhose families do nothave the financial meansto buy their childrenChristmas gifts.

“Some of these kidshave never had a Christ-mas,” said Bristor. “Formany, these boxes will betheir only gift.”

Many different organi-zations and clubs aroundthe University took part.

Kevin Conley, a seniorpublic relations student,said his organization, thePublic Relations StudentSociety of America filled10 boxes.

“I was not really aware

of Operation ChristmasChild, actually I had nevereven heard about it untilthis year,” he said.

“Then PRSSA gotinvolved in it, so I thoughtI would fill a box and helpout a kid.”

For Conley and manyothers who filled theboxes, going out and buy-ing the gifts was a lot offun.

This was his first yearfiling a shoe box.

“I tried to find thingsthat a kid would have funwith,” he said.

“Like a tube of tooth-paste is kind of boring butsome temporary Spider-man tattoos - you knowthe kid is having a goodChristmas for that. So, itsnecessity or fun. I tried tomake my box fun.”

Conley said in thefuture he would definitelydo it again.

The student involve-ment from studentsalways pleases Bristor.

“Waynesburg Universi-ty is a service institu-tion,” she said. “So, Ithink it’s a great way forus to contribute and fol-low the calling God hasfor us to help others.”

Fundraiserhelps kids

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‘Think Pink Week’reaches conclusion

Photo by Kaitlin Edwards

The Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were returned this past Friday. Theseboxes were filled with a variety of items, including toys and school supplies.

OCPD to hostinterviews

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Hagy talksabout grace

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Clothingdrive begins

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Jacket Columnist Stephanie Laing talks aboutrespecting others’ beliefs and our nation’smotto.Read more on B2

Lionsparade‘fun forall ages’

ResidentsassembleagainstpipelineBy Molly Winters andAbby PittinaroYellow Jacket Staff

As stated in theconstitution, Life, Lib-erty and the Pursuit ofHappiness imply thatman has secured pri-vate, personal andindividual rights.

These rights are notto be taken away orcompensated for.

On Wednesday, Oct.26, 26 citizens gath-ered in Alumni Hall todiscuss the pipelineissue in Greene andFayette County.

Pipelines are to beinstalled on the prop-erty of private owners,and this is where theissue of eminentdomain is brought up.

Eminent domain isthe power to take pri-vate property for pub-lic use by a state,municipality or pri-vate person or corpo-ration.

After property istaken away, the ownercan receive a paymentof compensation.

Charles Hunnell, aresident of Waynes-burg, owns 136 acresof property.

He is not so sure theproperty will be hisanymore after the gov-ernment steps in.

“The few propertyrights owners havewill be taken away ifthis happens,” saysHunnell.

Ken W. Dufalla,president of the HarryEnstrom chapter ofthe Izaak Walton

By Stephanie LaingAssignments Editor

Laughing childrenfollowed musicthrough the streets ofWaynesburg lastThursday, Oct. 23.

But instead of a vin-dictive pied piper lead-ing these children totheir demise, the art-fully costumed Way-nesburg Central HighSchool marching bandled more than 100 chil-dren down High Streetfor the Lion’s Clubannual Halloweenparade.

“They look forwardto [the parade] everyyear,” said Lion’s Clubmember Beth Whip-key.

“The Lion’s Club –they enjoy this. Welook forward to doingthis every year, and thecommunity looks for-ward to it every year.It’s fun for all ages.”

The children gath-ered in Lot 2 at 6:30p.m. next to Waynes-burg University’sWillison Hall, march-ing down High Streetand ending at theNational City Bankparking lot. Signs heldup for allotted agegroups – ages preschoolthrough sixth-grade –kept the children inorder. Pounding drumsresonated across thelot as everyone waitedto begin trick-or-treat-ing. While the olderchildren waited for theyounger groups tobegin marching theircostumes were judged.Each grade had three

‘Howl-o-ween’ pet parade sees low participation, high donations

A very ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween

By Kyle EdwardsRegion Editor

A very ‘Spooktacu-lar’ Halloween

Waynesburg busi-ness owners andemployees dressed upin their Halloween bestfor the Chamber ofCommerce’s 4th annu-al Halloween Spook-tacular on Monday.

According to AthenaBowman, administra-tive assistant for theWaynesburg Borough,the event was open toall local businesses andChamber of Commercemembers and requiredparticipants to dontheir best Halloweengarb to compete againsteach other.

“We just thoughtthat it would be goodfor the downtown busi-ness employees andmerchants to have achance to see eachother somewhere otherthan in the office,” shesaid.

“We hope that it

helps to increase busi-ness relations.”

Participants werejudged based on fourcategories: scariest,prettiest, funniest, bestgroup and a best overallcategory.

According to Bow-man, the event wassponsored by the Way-nesburg Chamber ofCommerce and Bor-ough, and several localbusinesses donated the

prizes for each catego-ry.

“Our best overallwinner received a $100cash prize donated byEye Candy Salon, andthey also received acustom carved pump-kin by ShaneGottschalk,” said Bow-man.

“The best group alsoreceived a $100 cashprize which was donat-ed by Rhodes and Ham-

mers printing.”Bowman said that

the winners of theother categories allreceived a $50 dollarcash prize donated byCommunity Bank,Direct Results/GreeneSaver, Mark IV OfficeSupply and LaickDesign. First FederalSavings and Loan ofGreene County also

Photo by Kyle Edwards

The annual Halloween Spooktacular was held on Monday for local businesses.Participants were required to dress up and were judged on several different categories.

Fourth annualSpooktaculardraws recordparticipation

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By Carrie MaierEditorial Assistant

Most Halloweencontests that feature a“spookiest costume”category are not wonby a Great Danenamed Sophie dressedas a fairy.

Sophie was a part ofthe fourth annualHowl-O-Ween PetParade held at theGreene County Fair-grounds on Oct. 30hosted by theHumane Society ofGreene County.

Seventeen dogs andone rabbit paradedaround for a crowd of50 spectators, settinga record low for par-ticipants but a recordhigh for donations.

Vice President of

the Humane SocietyKelly Vukmanicorganized the eventand was surprised bythe small turnoutcompared to previousyears.

“We hosted a DoggySwim a few years agoand it went so well Ithought we’d try a petparade,” she said.

“A lot less animalswere registered thisyear but it’s still agreat event.”

Winners receivedtreat bags filled withgift cards, dog treatsand toys.

A $250 donationfrom Humane Societyboard members cov-ered the cost of thetreat bags as well asthe entire event.

“Everything we

made tonight wasprofit, because every-thing was covered,”

said Vukmanic. “We raised a few

hundred here for the

shelter, but it wasn’tabout that. It’s morefor fun than formoney.”

Dave and GeriShannon dressed theirGolden Retriever as aScottish bagpipercomplete with hang-ing bagpipes, plaidskirt, and wool cap.They received a treatbag for most original.

“We‘re pretty proudof him for takinghome a prize today,”said Geri Shannon.“It’s a family affair;he’s our only child.”

Other categoriesincluded cutest cos-tume, most creativeand judges favorite.

A treat basket givenout annually for bestbunny was awarded tothe lone rabbit in the

parade dressed as apumpkin.

Categories werejudged by Vukmanicand two otherHumane Society vol-unteers.

Holly Miller alsowon a treat bag for herdog Sophie’s “darkfairy” costume thatincluded wings, a tutuand skull patterns.

“Sophie was verywell behaved,” saidMiller.

“So were all of thedogs. None of thedogs really barkedthat much; it waswonderful.”

Miller came withher family, includingtwo sons whoreceived gift bags

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Photo by Carrie Maier

Dave and Geri Shannon pose with their dog, whomthey dressed up as a Scottish bagpiper for the parade.

Debt.I’m sure this one lit-

tle word means some-thing to almost every-one reading this news-paper, and out of all ofthe infamous four-letterwords, it’s possibly oneof the most offensive.

National debt, creditcard debt, student loandebt.

It seems like we can’tgo more than a few dayswithout hearing aboutit in the news, or atleast without it crossingour minds.

With this year almosthalfway over, gradua-

tion is quicklyapproaching for our sen-iors at an alarming rate.In case you missed thememo, it’s alreadyNovember.

That means thatcountless graduates willbe venturing out intothe real world in sevenmonths’ time, and withour economy in its cur-rent state, they’ll haveenough to worry about

without the pressure ofpaying their way out ofdebt. Student loanshave become one of theleading causes of house-hold debt, surpassingeven credit card debt, sochances are it’s affect-ing you in some way,shape or form.

Maybe you’re gradu-ating in a few monthsand have no idea howyou’re going to makeends meet. Maybe yourson or daughter is incollege, and you’re up toyour nose in studentloans. Or maybe you’vealready graduated from

college and are stillstruggling to make adent in your never-end-ing quest to get out ofdebt.

Here’s the bad news:college isn’t getting anycheaper. And withtoday’s job market, it’salmost a necessity toget your degree to evenbe considered for hire.

While private institu-tions have kept theirtuitions relativelysteady at a 4.5 percentincrease, public collegeshave seen tuition spike

I don’t enjoy long-lasting arguments,specifically this one. Ifind them petty andasinine. But after twoyears of discussionand debate, the Houseof Representativesvoted on a resolutionfor the phrase “In GodWe Trust.”

Finally, it comes torest.

“In God We Trust”is indeed the UnitedStates’ motto.

The resolution isnot a law, but accord-ing to a New YorkTimes article, itclears up any confu-sion over the motto’s

official status andencourages schoolsand other public insti-tutions to display it.

Very rarely do bothparties in the Houseof Representativesalmost unanimouslyagree.

In fact, the federalgovernment was cre-ated so that no onecould agree. It is diffi-cult for even threepeople to agree on a

single issue.But last Tuesday,

the House of Repre-sentatives passed theresolution 396 tonine.

Granted, the UnitedStates is a democracy,not a theology. Thenation’s founders didcreate the nation withJudeo-Christian – orat least, deistic – the-ology in mind.

The United Statescould still lose whatit was founded on ifthe nation’s currentleaders do not try tomaintain them.

According to theNew York Times arti-

cle “In God We Trust,With the House’sHelp,” one of the dis-senting votesbelonged to DemocratRepresentative JerroldNadler of New York,who called the resolu-tion an irrelevantagenda.

“The nationalmotto is not in dan-ger,” he said in thearticle. “No one hereis suggesting we getrid of it. It appears onour money, it appearsin this chamber aboveyour head, it appearsin the Capitol Visi-

Students’ loan repayment worries may lessen

Newsflash: the McRib isback.

It’s been in news headlineseverywhere across the nationfor the past week, popping up onTV screens, online news sourcesand in newspapers.

Personally, I don’t care abouta “limited time only” sandwich.

I am not one of the McRibfanatics who travels cross-coun-

try to eat the barbecue sauce-drenched pork patty sandwichand owns a McRib locator map.

Actually, I don’t eat theMcRib at all.

I think it looks and soundsunappetizing.

It is unhealthy with its 980mg of sodium, 29 grams of fatand 10 grams of saturated fat.

But that’s somewhat expectedwith food from McDonald’s.

That isn’t the only bad thing

about the McRib, though. It contains over 70 ingredi-

ents, including one that is usedin yoga mats and shoe soles.

No thank you, McDonald’s.It isn’t the grossness factor or

unhealthiness of the sandwichthat bothers me, however.

It is the fact that the return ofa sandwich is making nationalheadlines.

I know everybody reads orwatches the news for differentreasons.

Some people like the sports,some want to know if it’s goingto snow this weekend, somesearch for jobs in the classifieds

Leaving an impactStudents awarded grants to help kids, schools

University provides students with plenty of fun

Respect others’ beliefs and our nation’s motto

Focus on realworld issues,not the McRib

Another Halloween has come and gone. All thetrick-or-treaters have made their rounds and all theghosts, ghouls and goblins have gone back into hid-ing.

Pumpkins and corn stalks are beginning to witherand die and be cleared away, soon to be replaced withChristmas decorations.

Halloween has always been the time of year to cel-ebrate. A time to dress up in crazy costumes and goout with friends to parties, haunted houses, cornmazes.

But unless you were on campus this Halloween,you didn’t see much in the ways of Halloween spir-it.

The truth is, besides the trick-or-treating, very fewHalloween-based events were taking place in theWaynesburg area.

In fact, the university was one of the only placesthat actually had anything going on the night of Oct.31.

With events like Pumpkin Bowling, the Hal-loween dance and costume contest, the costume raceand the Harvest Festival, there were ample opportu-nities to dress up and have fun.

The university should be applauded for helping itsstudents to celebrate this spooky holiday by givingthem many opportunities to do so. And, sinceThanksgiving is right around the corner, be thankfulfor the Student Activities Board, who provide thestudents with plenty of events for every occasion.

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Community Impact Grants have been awarded totwo groups of students whose project ideas will ben-efit the community and have a large impact.

University faculty, staff and administration wereon the judge’s panel and decided who would be thebest group to receive the money awarded through thegrants.

Each group received $1,000 to assist in their proj-ect.

Mini-Relay for Life co-captains, Shawn Wharryand Jessica Malingowski plan to use the money theyreceived to fund their project, “Waynesburg Univer-sity’s Mini-Relay for Life: Kid’s Zone.”

They plan to give children in the community asafe place to play during Relay for Life.

The second grant was awarded to Julia Paganelli, asophomore English secondary education major andChelsea Ritter, a forensic science major. They plan toimplement “Drug Awareness: Greene CountySchools” to local schools.

This project will help fund the sophomore Bonnerclass project at Waynesburg University.

These students plan to make a difference in thecommunity.

They had an idea and they were driven to make ithappen.

More students should have the same initiative tohelp not only the University, but the surroundingarea as well.

These projects will not only raise awareness, butthey will encourage more involvement from stu-dents and community members.

We applaud those who applied for the grants andthose who received them on a job well done.

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and still others (howev-er strange it may seemto some people) wantto know what’s goingon in the nation andaround the world.

I happen to be one ofthose people.

And that’s exactlywhy I find it alarmingthat a fast food sand-wich is making nation-al headlines.

It needs to stop.Deaths from

painkiller overdoses

have tripled in the pastdecade.

Obama has a newplan for student loanrepayment.

The Occupy move-ment spreads drastical-ly and protestors arearrested.

Herman Cain hasstrange campaignmethods.

These are the thingsI want to read about—things we should careabout, like the strug-gles and efforts of ourcountry and our world.

But somehow theMcRib stories are wor-thy competition for thestories we should care

about and are presenton some of the “MostRead” lists of largenews sources.

Sadly, news of KimKardashian’s divorceafter a 72-day marriagealso graces many ofthose lists, which fur-ther shows how mixedup our priorities are.

We, as a nation, seeentertainment and foodas news and sometimeseven view major con-cerns as topics that canbe skipped over.

When there are tonsof real issues currentlyaffecting our nation, Idon’t feel like a sand-wich is worthy of

appearing on my TVscreen, unless it’s sim-ply a commercial.

But no, I do not wantto hear an anchor-woman or manannouncing where andwhen I can purchase a“rib sandwich” thatironically doesn’t evencontain any ribs.

Hey, Americans,rather than giving ourtime, money and atten-tion to spreading“news” about the infa-mous McDonald’sMcRib sandwich, whydon’t we focus on giv-ing our attention tothose who don’t haveenough food?

tor’s Center, all overthe place.”

Perhaps this is true,but I know people allaround the UnitedStates have called forit to be completelyabolished from theUnited State’s officialvocabulary.

President TheodoreRoosevelt believedputting the motto oncoins came danger-ously close to sacri-lege.

Some religiousgroups have arguedthe motto establishesa permanent religionin the United States.

The motto doesn’testablish a set reli-gion, but it holds ontosome of this nation’shistory.

From everything Ilearned in elementaryand middle schoolclasses, “In God WeTrust” has been spo-ken and repeatedsince the nationbegan. It firstappeared on the Jeffer-

son Nickel in 1938,and it officiallybecame a motto in1956.

The resolutionpassed last Tuesdayonly encourages pub-lic institutions to dis-play the motto.

It doesn’t enforce; itencourages.

This means that ifan institution doesn’twant to proclaim, “InGod We Trust,” theyby no means, arerequired to.

The United Statesgovernment hasshowed us a way tohold onto historywithout necessarilybelieving every doc-trine.

You might notbelieve that we alltrust in God, but thisnation was estab-lished on deistic,specifically Judeo-Christian, theology.We can respect wherewe came from with-out agreeing with it.This might even givethe rest of the nationincentive to do thesame.

We don’t have toadopt people’s beliefs,but we should respectthem.

by 8.3 percent over thepast year. From 1985 to2005, the average costsand fees have increasedby 400 percent, and theU.S. has almost hit the$1 trillion mark in debtfrom student loansalone.

But here’s some goodnews: President BarackObama is trying to help,and fast.

Obama recentlyannounced his plan torelieve graduates oftheir student loan pay-ments, and he’s bypass-ing Congress to do it.

This controversialnew program will makeit possible to put a capon payments based onannual income.

The maximumrequired payment canbe reduced to 10 percentof your yearly income, ifyou qualify.

And here’s the kicker.If you haven’t paid offyour loans after 20years, all of your debtwill be completely for-given.

While the new pro-gram was supposed togo into effect in 2014,Obama has tentativelypenciled it into his plan-ner for next year.

Many speculators arealready finding holes in

the president’s plan:GOP candidates

Michelle Bachmannand Newt Gingrichhave called the programan “abuse of power”and a “ponzi scheme,”respectively.

Obama did bypassCongress, which is, in away, bypassing theintentions of the people,since we elect our Con-gressmen and women torepresent us.

And what about pri-vate debt? What hap-pens to that money?

Sadly, I can’t answerany of these questions,and it will be interest-ing to see how Obamawill handle them as hisnew program plays outover the next fewmonths, or years.

Like any other col-lege student, I wouldlove an easy fix for mystudent loans.

Honestly, thethought of being thou-sands of dollars in debtscares a few other four-letter words out of me.But something aboutthis new program justdoesn’t add up.

With all of the loftypromises Obama hasbeen making lately, likebringing home thetroops for Christmas,I’m hoping this isn’tjust a hearty plea forreelection.

So, Mr. President?Don’t let us down,

because we’re broke andwe’re angry.

Encourage,don’t enforce

Where there’s ad smoke, there’s ... what?

Repaymentmade easier

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This week in history...

What was that?That's the question of

the week as pundits,prognosticators, and thepublic try to interpret aHerman Cain Web com-mercial that went viral.

The low-budget-look-ing spot predominantlyfeatures Cain senioradviser Mark Block, whois telling supporters:"Tomorrow is one daycloser to the WhiteHouse. I really believethat Herman Cain willput united back in theUnited States of Ameri-ca, and if I didn't believethat, I wouldn’t be here."

But it is what comesnext that has peoplescratching their heads. Ina moment straight out of"Mad Men," Blockinhales from his ciga-rette and blows thesmoke toward the cam-era. The screen thenshifts to a close shot ofHerman Cain, who fash-ions a slowly emergingsmile.

The nation is $14 tril-lion in debt, unemploy-ment is at about 9 per-cent, and there are ques-tions being raised aboutthe pace of the U.S.withdrawal from Iraq,but the most buzz on thepresidential bandwagonin the last week wasabout the drag Blocktook on a butt.

While I think this wasstrictly a publicity move,part of me believes itcould also be a directappeal to the 20 percentof the nation who stillsmoke. Or a subliminalreference to PresidentObama's own smokinghabit. When I ran thesethoughts past MSNBC'sChris Matthews, headded another:

"The American peopleare so angry right now,so frustrated with con-trol over their lives, thatthey want to be able tohave that impulsive abil-ity to be who they are.And that may include

smoking. We’re so tiredof being controlled thatwhen you show you’renot under control, thatyou're just an individualAmerican with yourown habits, you can bethat person. And I thinkthat's what the countrywants."

Guess who agrees?Mark Block, the smokerhimself. When I spoke tohim this week, Blocktold me that he never"anticipated the atten-tion it would receive."

"When we filmed it,the main purpose was toget the message out toactivists that the Caincampaign was on a rolland up in the polls,"Block said. But when Iexplained Matthews'assessment, Blockacknowledged that heintended to cause "a lit-tle controversy" because"that’s the way Block is,"referring to himself inthe third person.

"There is a standing

joke to let Block beBlock because he letsHerman be Herman," hecontinued.

By that logic, the com-mercial is a 2012 versionof the "Don’t tread onme" edict found onGadsden flags from theRevolutionary War era.Or it’s a retrospectiveexplanation of some-thing that started moreinnocuously as a bit of agoof. Neil Oxman, leg-endary political adman,had a different assess-ment altogether.

"It’s not a commercialfor TV," he said. "It’s 56seconds long. As youknow, they don’t sell 56-second spots on TV. It'smeant for the Internet _to get people talking andto help raise money. Itcertainly has gotten peo-ple talking."

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This editorial original-ly appeared in thePhiladelphia Enquirer.

By Eric FaitStaff Writer

Nov. 1, 1512

The ceiling of the SistineChapel in Rome was exhibited tothe public for the first time.

Michaelangelo Buonarrati wascalled to paint the chapel ceilingin 1508 and took several years topaint his famous work.

He featured nine panels of Bib-lical history, and the mostfamous of these was entitled“The Creation of Adam.”

Nov. 2, 1902

Andrew Riker introduced thefirst four-cylinder, gas powered

Locomobile. It was $4,000 dollars and had 12

horse power. It was considered by ads to be

the “best built car in America”until it went out of business in1929.

They were known for buildingheavy and powerful steam carsbefore internal-combustionengines became prominent a theturn of the century.

Oct. 31, 1961

Hurricane Hattie hit Belize.More than 400 people were killedand thousands were left homeless.

Half of the city of Belize wasdestroyed by the storm.

A 12-foot surge was the maincause for the destruction wroughtby the hurricane.

Nov. 1, 1993

A treaty came into effect thatestablished the European Union.

It was called the Maastrichit,and it was originally drafted in1991 from delegates of the Euro-pean community.

This agreement called for astronger European parliament andthe creation of a central Europeanbank.

It also called for common for-eign and security policies and setup works for the establishment ofa single currency, which is knownas the “euro.”

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Photo by Amanda Rice

‘Thriller’A large crowd of ghosts, ghouls, zombies and more gathered on Washington Street at 10 p.m. on Saturday to cel-ebrate World Thriller Day. Participants joined the rest of the world in simultaneously performing the dance toMichael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Rehearsals were held beforehand to ensure that all the dancers knew the moves.

winners: scariest, mostoriginal and prettiest.However, the paradewas open to anyone.Seventh-grader DakotaHayes, who broughthis little brother TylerHayes, took advantage,dressed up and joinedthe parade.

“I want candy, but Ihad to trick-or-treatwith my brother,’ saidDakota Hayes. JacobStaggers, another sev-enth-grader, joined theHayes brothers for thefun.

“Walking aroundWaynesburg is prettycool,” said Stagger.

For some, like 21-month-old Zander Eddy,it was the very first Hal-loween that he couldactually enjoy.

“It is his first Hal-loween that he can actu-ally get any enjoymentout of,” said Cassi Eddy,Zander Eddy’s older sis-ter.

“I’m just taking himout and getting him usedto everything.”

Dressed like a cow-boy, Zander Eddy madesure he stayed close tohis older sister.

“We figured that themore people that get tosee him, the better,”said Cassi Eddy.

With so many par-ticipants, Waynesburgpolice monitored theparade for security rea-sons, and each grouphad two membersfrom the Lion’s Clubwalking with them.

“Mostly in Waynes-burg, everybody knowseverybody, and youkind of know where togo and where not togo,” said Whipkey.

The parade has beengoing on for as long asWhipkey can remem-ber.

The WaynesburgCentral High School

marching band led theentire parade, theirmusic ensuring every-one followed withoutgetting lost.

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donated by the South-

west Regional Med-ical Center in Way-nesburg.

“It was all veryshort and very quickbut it was a greattime,” she said.

“I can’t wait for

next year.” Miller has already

begun planning. “I wish I would

have known youcould bring other petsbesides dogs,” shesaid.

“Next year I’mbringing my birds anddecorating their cagelike a haunted house.I just hope no catscome or that would bebad for everyoneinvolved.”

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League and GreeneCounty resident, wasworried about theissue as well.

A company came tohis house to look athis property; he filedcriminal trespassingbecause they do nothave the right toinquire about hisproperty without hispermission.

“No private compa-ny should come ontomy property,” saidDufalla.

“People that ownthe land must have aright in the say ofwhat goes on in theproperty.”

After he spoke,three people respect-fully declined tospeak after himbecause they felt headdressed their issuein his speech.

The group of citi-zens all agreed thatthey are not opposedto the pipeline instal-lation, but how thecompany is goingabout doing it.

They are willing to

make an agreementwith the public offi-cials, but they are notwilling to have theirland completelystripped from them.

For many people,the land has been intheir families foryears, and they do notwant to be compen-sated with money.

The OCA, a stateagency that representsthe interests of Penn-sylvania utility con-sumers, said that thecompany shares thesame concern of emi-nent domain just likethe rest of the citi-zens.

People are encour-aged to contact themwith questions or con-cerns regarding elec-tric, natural gas,telecommunications,water or wastewaterservice.

They respond byproviding informationto help resolve theproblems.

American citizensare given freedomfrom the coercivepower of the state –and nothing else.

The issue is stillunder debate and citi-zens hope for the bestsolution.

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donated $100 to helppay for the small treatbags that each partici-pant received, and thetrophies that wereawarded to the win-ners.

Waynesburg Presscoffee bar also donateda free 10 oz. coffee foreach participant andMoore’s hotdogs wasset up in front of thecourthouse.

“Mr. Moore donated10 percent of his salesto the Chamber ofCommerce educationscholarship fund,”Bowman said.

“We’re very gratefulto the all of the localbusinesses who donat-ed.”

Judging took place onthe courthouse stepsbetween 8 a.m. and 9a.m., but Bowman saidthat if there were anyparticipants who could-n’t make it at thattime, the judges wentaround to the business-es and judged themthere.

The winners wereannounced at noon onthe Courthouse steps.Joey Rose and CandyHoskins, both employ-ees of First Federal Sav-

ings and Loan compet-ed

in the contest.Hoskins was awardedfirst place in the funni-est category for her“Flo from Progressive”costume.

“It’s a lot of fundressing up,” Hoskinssaid.

“I think it creates agreat sense of commu-nity for the local busi-nesses.”

Rose was awardedfirst place in the pretti-est category for her“Miss Congeniality”costume.

“It’s a lot of fun eachyear,” she said.

“It’s a day that I canwear my tennis shoesto work.”

Both women havecompeted in the con-test for all four years.

Bowman believesthat participation inthis year’s competitionwas greater than in pastyears because of thenew Best Group catego-ry.

“We had a lot ofgroup entries, so I’mthinking we’ll keepthat category for nextyear’s Spooktacular,”she said.

“It just seems likeevery year that a lot ofthe business peopleseem to enjoy the con-test; it kind of takes alittle break out of ourworking day.”

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Photo by Stephanie Laing

Children of all ages dressed up for the annual Lion’s Club Halloween parade onThursday night.

By Kyle OlandEditorial Assistant

On Saturday, the Yellow Jacket men’s and women’scross country teams competed in the Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference Championships, which were hosted byWestminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.

On a cold and muddy day, the Jacket women contin-ued their quest to be known as one of the strongestteams in the conference by placing second behind onlyGrove City, who won their 25th straight team title.

“The women’s team has worked hard since the firstday of camp,” said head coach Chris Hardie. “They hadone goal in mind, and that was to cut the gap on the

By Aaron Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

Freshman kicker Mor-gan Porter connected on a24-yard field goal as timeexpired to give Saint Vin-cent a 17-14 victory overWaynesburg at a snowyJohn F. Wiley Stadiumthis past Saturday after-noon.

The setback was theYellow Jackets (4-2, 4-3)second straight in Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence play and crushed anychance of a conferencechampionship as Thomas

More clinched its fourthstraight title later in theday by downing Westmin-ster.

The game was a sloppy,turnover filled affair as theteams threw three inter-ceptions and lost twofumbles apiece, while theBearcats (3-3, 4-4) also

By James AllenbyStaff Writer

When the Waynesburgwomen’s soccer teamstepped off the bus andinto Alexandre Stadium,the home field of theWashington and JeffersonPresidents, they knewthey were faced with adaunting task. The three-time defending confer-ence champion Presidentswere boasting an unblem-ished regular season con-ference record, the No. 1overall seed in the confer-ence tournament, and hadbested the Jackets in theprevious 17 meetings,including a 2-1 overtimewin just 10 days prior.

However, from the firsttouch of the match, theJackets play reflected thatof a team who trulybelieved that they couldovercome the task infront of them.

“We were remember-ing the feel of the over-time loss,” said senior for-

ward Courtney Ebersole.“We carried that with usinto the game, and weknew that this gamemeant a trip to the confer-ence finals.”

On a night when theunpredictable took centerstage, the Jackets unfail-ing will to win, theirdefense that bent but didnot break, and a clutchgoal by sophomore Susie

Godwin carried them to a1-0 upset victory over thePresidents.

“It’s insane, really sur-real,” said assistant coachSarah Arsenault. “Every-one but us thought wewere underdogs.”

The win marks Way-nesburg’s first PAC Tour-nament win since 2001and advances Waynesburgto this weekend’s confer-

ence title game againstThomas More.

The match got off to afast start, with each sidecreating multiple scoringchances, yet the matchremained scorelessthrough the first 20 min-utes of action.

Then in the 22ndminute, the Jacket offenseproduced what proved tobe the most crucial goal of

their season thus far. Eber-sole played a pass throughto Godwin. Godwin ranonto the ball, took onetouch and then blasted ashot that evaded the armsof the diving Presidentsgoalkeeper and deflectedoff the far post into theback of the net. The goalgave Waynesburg a 1-0

By Jon LedyardStaff Writer

A hard fought seasonended in bitter disappoint-ment as the Yellow Jack-ets’ bid to upset the first-place Thomas MoreSaints fell short in a 5-0loss this past Saturday. Avictory would have putthe Jackets into the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence tournament for the

first time since 2004. “It really left a bitter

taste knowing that wewould have gotten in hadwe done what we neededto do,” said assistantcoach Nathan Lyle. “Butit was a big step for thisprogram to be playing ameaningful game in thelast game of the year afterfinishing last season withzero conference wins.”

Waynesburg closed outthe year just one gamebelow the .500 mark at 8-9 overall, and it finished 3-5 in PAC play.

The Saints outmatchedthe Jackets from the

beginning. Thomas Moreopened the scoring justless than 15 minutes intothe game, before addingtwo more tallies to gointo halftime with 3-0lead.

“At halftime we knewit was going to be tough tocome back, but at thesame time I don’t thinkanyone gave up,” saidsenior captain DaveFloyd. “But we had putourselves in a hole, andafter we gave up that firstgoal, we really stoppedplaying our game.”

Let’s face it, when Way-nesburg athletes completetheir senior seasons, italmost always marks theend of the line for theirathletic careers (save forall those prestigious adultleagues, of course).

To paraphrase a popularNCAA tagline, “There arehundreds of student-ath-letes here at Waynesburg,and almost all of us will begoing pro in somethingother than sports.”

As much as I’d love tosay I’m one of those rareexceptions, poised to takemy talents as a soccerplayer to the next level,I’m not. So when themen’s soccer team lostthis past Saturday, notonly was the squad elimi-nated from playoff con-tention, but my career alsocame to an abrupt close.

For nearly two and ahalf years now, I’ve avoid-ed commenting on themen’s soccer team and myown athletic endeavors inthis weekly column, but Ifeel that time has come.This is not just a personalreflection, but a subtlewarning for underclass-men unaware of how nearthe end really is…

First, I have a confes-sion to make.

Prior to my arrival oncampus, I was, in fact, alittle disappointed to beplaying soccer at Waynes-burg. I had offers to playfor better programs athigher levels, and the Jack-ets were just 3-16 the yearbefore I got here.

However, as I said, I wascoming to college to bettermy future as a sports jour-nalist, not a soccer player,so Waynesburg was (andstill is) the right choice forme.

I can recall conversa-tions I had with fellowsenior Erick Burke, who Iplayed with throughoutmiddle school and highschool. He too cringed atthat 3-16 mark, but wevowed to help turn theprogram around and fig-ured we had four years—which seemed like an eter-nity—to do it.

Turns out four yearsreally isn’t that long afterall.

The 2008 season flewby with only a slightimprovement; we went 5-13-2 and 0-5-1 in Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence play.

2009, though it maylook like a regression at

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Dave FloydSeniorSports Editor

A diaryof fourfleetingyears

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For more football coverage,check out page C3.

Worth the wait

Men’s basketballpreps for their2011-12 campaign.Read more on C2

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(Above) Freshman defender EricaNordlund (6) clears the ball in Tuesday’s1-0 PAC semifinal win.(At right) Members of the team celebrateafter advancing to the PAC finals for thefirst time since 2001.

Men’s soccer falls one game shy of postseasonJackets blown outin finale, finish onegame below .500

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Jackets stun rival, advance to first PAC title game since 2001

Blocked punts cost JacketsWaynesburg alsoturns ball over fivetimes in PAC loss

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Sophomore Bertrand Ngampa (2) is tackled by a SaintVincent defender in the Jackets’ 17-14 loss Saturday.

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By Nick FarrellStaff Writer

This winter, Waynes-burg will be sporting abasketball team thatwants to run like a sportscar: fast, automatic andalways moving forward.

Head men’s basketballcoach Mark Christnerexpects a lot out of hisathletes this season, buthe believes his players areready to take a big stepforward in his second yearas head coach.

“We expect our ath-letes to be accountable forone another on the court,in the classroom and inthe community,” saidChristner. “We expect ourathletes to also work hardon the court, in the class-room and in the commu-nity.

“Our theme this year is‘Moving Forward,’ andthis year we’re taking thatnext step,” he added.“There’s no question thateffort and work ethic areright at the top of thelist.”

Christner is hopingthat his squad will “moveforward” in the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence standings, as well,after last season’s 2-12league mark. But a higherranking doesn’t necessari-ly equate success for aChristner basketballteam.

“We don’t define our

season by number of winsor place in our conference,but by an understandingof our system on thedefensive and offensiveends and coming togetheras a group,” he said. “Howwe measure success willbe by how that experiencegoes, and to me, how thatexperience goes on and offthe court should beexpressed in the stand-ings.”

This year’s basketballteam is top heavy and bot-tom heavy with a rosterthat includes a lot of sen-iors and a lot of freshmen.Christner is turning to hissenior captains, Ben Alt-meyer and James Allenby,to ease the freshmen intohis system and to lead theteam to a successful year.

“We’re light yearsahead of where we were

last year. We have 10 guysthat have played for methat will be back this year,and so the expectation ontheir end is that they’reteaching the new guys,”said Christner. “The earlyseason is a lot of systemteaching, which is veryhard to do in the shorttime we practice. So wereally rely on those upper-classmen to take guysaside during drills andwater breaks so that theycan teach the youngerguys. There are a lot ofexpectations for thoseolder guys.”

Altmeyer, a senior,wants his teammates tomake noise in the confer-ence as well as grow clos-er together as a group.

“Obviously, I want tobe a good leader andsomebody the players can

talk to and help playwell,” said Altmeyer.“We’ve been doing a lot ofteam bonding where wemeet in groups and go ona night trip to just hangout.”

Allenby believes in histeammates and hopes thatthey will indeed “moveforward” this season andthinks that this year’s Yel-low Jacket squad won’t bea pushover.

“I expect that we aregoing to play extremelyhard and be a very diffi-cult team to beat. Ourgoal is to win a PAC title,and I believe that we canmake it happen,” saidAllenby.

Being around the pro-gram for a few years, Alt-meyer has the perspectiveto compare Christner toformer head coach FrankFerraro. Altmeyer is cer-tainly glad to have Christ-ner around for a secondseason.

“[Coach Christner] ismore accountable, andour guys are moreaccountable for theiractions now,” he said.“He follows through onwhatever he says, andpeople have bought intohis system. That wasn’tthe case before he washere.”

Allenby said thatChristner and the rest ofthe team have been goingabout the usual routine inpreparation for this sea-son. He noted that themen have been workingon the offensive system,but really focusing on

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Senior captain Ben Altmeyer (right) goes after arebound in practice Tuesday afternoon.

first glance, was a step inthe right direction.Despite a 3-15-1 recordoverall, we finished 2-3-1in conference play, justone game shy of qualify-ing for the postseason.

That one game weneeded was a 1-0 loss atGrove City in frigid, rainyconditions. I was stillrecovering from a severeankle sprain, and one ofour best three playersreceived a red card for ahard tackle. Tough luck.

But at least we still hadplenty of time to get towhere we wanted to be,right?

Well, last season, after asolid 5-5-1 record in non-conference action, westruggled to an 0-7 leaguemark, and all of a sudden Ihad just one year left.

Now I really began toappreciate all those peoplewho said, “don’t take anygame for granted” and“these four years will goby quicker than you canimagine.”

I realized how true thatall was.

For this season, myfinal one at Waynesburg, Iset a personal goal to fin-ish above .500 overall,qualify for the PAC play-offs and then go fromthere.

Our team had multipleopportunities to reachthose goals, and we sim-ply didn’t step up and takeadvantage.

Final overall record: 8-9.

Final PAC standing:fifth place—just one place

and one win shy of thePAC playoffs.

And just like that, I hadrun out of time. My fouryears were up.

I have participated inhundreds of practices andgames up to this point inmy life, all preparing mefor that next step, thatnext level of competition.

But not anymore.Now they’re just

games, games I’ll be play-ing simply because I loveto do so.

There’s a reason assis-tant soccer coach MikeAbbondondolo, who grad-uated from college lessthan two years ago, playsduring practice as muchas his colleagues will lethim. It’s because he wish-es he still had time left.

Senior goalkeeper RyanHunsberger may have saidit best with his Facebookpost Monday morning:“It’s going to be so weirdnot to be playing socceragain…”

It is weird. It’s a differ-ent kind of feeling that’stough to grasp and toughto accept.

To all the underclass-men athletes on campus:If there’s something youwant to accomplish hereat Waynesburg, don’twait. Do it your freshmanyear. Do it now.

Because before youknow it, your four yearswill be up, as well. Andchances are, you too willbe going pro in somethingother than sports.

Don’t forget to followDave Floyd on Twitter@yjfloyd for all the latestinformationon The Yel-low JacketSports sec-tion.

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blocked two Waynesburgpunts by junior punterZack Rogers, the secondof which was returned fora touchdown.

The win over Waynes-burg was the first for SaintVincent since it broughtback the football programin 2007.

“This was another sig-nature win for us,”Bearcats head coach BobColbert said. “It shows wehave arrived as a program.We took our lumps thosefirst couple years whenwe were young and inex-perienced.”

On the other end ofthings, the loss was cer-tainly a crushing blow forthe Jackets. They werecoming off a bye week fol-lowing their first PACloss, 22-20, at Westmin-ster Oct. 15 and needed tobeat Saint Vincent to setup a key matchup withsixth-ranked ThomasMore this coming Satur-day in Kentucky.

“We knew we would beable to force them intoturnovers,” Jackets headcoach Rick Shepas said.“There was no excuse forsome of our turnovers.Our defense played greatthe entire day, but penal-ties and turnovers hurtus.”

After a scoreless,turnover filled first quar-ter, the Jackets struck firstwhen Waynesburg quar-terback Josh Graham hitjunior tight end AdamMoses for an 11-yard scor-ing strike. Senior kickerChris Marini added thepoint after to make it 7-0Jackets with 11:30 to go

before halftime. Two pos-sessions later, the Jacketswere forced to punt. Anerrant Jacket puntattempt was a hugemomentum shifter in thatloss to Westminster, andspecial teams proved toplay a pivotal role in theirundoing against theBearcats. Zara Wallaceblocked Rogers’ punt afterthe junior punter initiallybobbled the snap.

That set up Saint Vin-cent in good field position,and the team cashed intwo plays later as quarter-back Aaron Smetanka hittight end Jake Smith overthe middle for a 17-yardtouchdown to tie it up.

Sophomore runningback Bertrand Ngampaput the Jackets back infront when he pounded itin from one yard out togive the Jackets a 14-7

halftime lead.The Bearcats responded

once again in the thirdquarter, though, by block-ing another Rogers’ punt.This time, the Jacketscoaching staff decided togo with a rugby style puntto make Rogers morecomfortable despite sel-dom using it all season.Bearcats cornerbackDevin Anderson slippedthrough the lineuntouched en route toblocking the punt andreturning it 25 yards for atouchdown to tie the con-test at 14.

“[Special Teams] coach[Jason] Falvo thought if wemoved him around itwould make him morecomfortable,” Shepassaid.

It was only fitting thatSaint Vincent ended theday by kicking a field goal

to win it after specialteams had come throughfor them all afternoon.

“We felt like we couldgo after their punter,”Colbert said. “It was hugebecause of the strugglesour offense was having.”

Waynesburg travels toface now four-time con-ference championThomas More Saturday inCrestview Hills, Ky.

Notesw Both teams finished

with less than 300 yardsof total offense for thegame. w The loss was the

Jackets’ seventh in thepast two seasons. Thoseseven losses have come bya combined 25 points. w The victory gave

Saint Vincent four wins ina season for the first timesince 1960.

By Darryl MooreStaff Writer

The Waynesburgwomen’s volleyball teamended their season on ahigh note this past Satur-day, defeating Chatham,3-0.

The Yellow Jacketsended a streak of ninestraight games in whichthey were swept bysweeping a team them-selves in their final matchof the season. The Jacketsposted scores of 25-17, 25-8 and 25-13 on their wayto victory on Senior Day.

“The girls played reallywell throughout thematch,” said head coachStephanie Benkowski.“They really wanted toget a win for the seniors

and send them off right.”The win brings the

Jackets final record to 9-17overall and 3-15 in thePresidents’ Athletic Con-ference.

The team was ledoffensively on the day bysophomore middle hitter

Mabel Culp, who pickedup nine kills, while fellowsophomore setter NatalieRanallo recorded a team-high 25 assists.

The matched alsomarked the end of a careerfor four seniors—JordanBarton, Carly Schubert,

Krysta Stanko and LaurenWagner—who each con-tributed in the match.

Wagner finished secondon the team with sevenkills and added eight digs.Barton chipped in six killsto go along with her eightdigs, while Schubertpitched in four kills andsix digs. Stanko con-tributed on defense withthree digs and also record-ed one service ace.

“It’s been an honor tobe involved with thisgroup of girls,” said Wagn-er. “We have become somuch more than team-mates.”

Throughout the upsand downs of this season,the Jackets have stucktogether, and the seniorswill truly be missed.

“I will miss them alot,” said Ranallo. “We’vereally gotten close thesepast two years playingwith each other.”

By Lucas DiethornStaff Writer

Football is a gamedesigned to be played out-doors. There have beenmany sloppy grind it outgames late in the season ofcollege football because ofpoor weather conditions.

Saturday’s Waynes-burg-Saint Vincent gamewas further proof that theweather could end upbeing a factor in games forthe remainder of the sea-son.

Sometimes sloppy con-ditions can lead to sloppyplay, and that was certain-ly the case Saturday after-noon at Wiley Stadium.The two teams combinedfor 10 turnovers, includ-ing three interceptionsapiece.

As sloppy as Waynes-burg’s passing game was,though, the area that mayhave been the worst forthe Jackets was their spe-cial teams.

With Waynesburglocked in a defensive bat-tle, the punting game waseven more important.Waynesburg struggled allgame getting punts off. Asa result, when Waynes-

burg was able to punt theball, those punts wereshort and ineffective, giv-ing the Bearcats offensemanageable field position.

The biggest play of thegame was a blocked puntthat was returned for atouchdown by Saint Vin-cent’s Devin Anderson totie the game in the thirdquarter. It was the thirdsnap that was muffed anddropped by junior punterZack Rogers. The cold andwet conditions were cer-tainly wreaking havoc onthe punter and pose aproblem for future gamesthis season when weathercould be an issue.

Head coach Rick Shep-as spoke of how his teamwill deal with poor weath-er conditions if they areforced to perform in theirremaining games.

“Being properlyequipped with the rightcold gear,” he said.“Gloves, hand warmers,heaters on sidelines.”

It is not to say that thecold weather was the rea-son for all of the turnoversand sloppy play, but it cer-tainly played a role.Rogers was unable to con-trol three snaps whilepunting, and that allowedSaint Vincent to block acouple and set themselvesup with great field posi-tion to score on the stingyWaynesburg defense.

By Aaron ThompsonAssistant Sports Editor

Senior goalkeeper Katrina Kelly put together a fan-tastic effort this past week to earn The Yellow Jack-et Athlete of the Week award.

Despite being outshot 17-5 in the Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference women’s soccer semifinals Tuesdaynight, Waynesburg (15-4-1) stunned top seed Wash-ington and Jefferson (14-4-1), 1-0.

The victory was the Jackets first in PAC Tourna-ment action since a 3-1 victory over Thiel in thesemifinals in 2001. The Jackets’ last PAC title was in1998.

Kelly made key contributions to lead the Jacketsinto the PAC Tournament for the first time since2004. She made three saves in the semifinal matchwith the rival Presidents. She also made five saves ina crucial 1-1 double-overtime tie with Bethany just tohelp Waynesburg barely sneak in the tournamentover Westminster.

Kelly and the Jackets will look to capture theirfirst PAC championship in over a decade on Saturday.This is Waynesburg’s first title appearance since los-ing 4-1 in the finals to Grove City back in 2001.

*Note: Football player Sean Hunt, men’s soccerplayer Joakim Coleman and women’s cross countryrunner Bre Paul were all nominated for this award.

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Special teams besetby sloppy weatherJackets get twopunts blocked inloss to Bearcats

Athlete of the WeekKatrina Kelly blanksrival W&J in PACsemis, earns weeklyhonor for third time

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Junior setter Carly Smithyman (21) bumps a ball inSaturday’s 3-0 home win over Chatham.

Volleyball ends season with victoryJackets notch thirdconference triumphin season finale

coordinating a shutdowndefense.

“I think we’re develop-ing and getting stronger[on both ends of the

court], but ultimately wewant to hang our hat onour defensive system andreally shut teams down,”he said.

Christner knows lastyear’s team had a fewweaknesses, and he’sworking with them toimprove in those areas.

“If you look statistical-ly at some of the things

we struggled with lastyear, the primary thingwas turning the ballover,” he said. “We haveto be strong with the bas-ketball and make betterdecisions. We continue towork on that, and I thinkwe’ve made some stepsthere, and we will contin-ue to do so.”

Christner’s favorite

part about this group istheir teamwork, one ofthe team’s biggeststrengths. He knows thatthis Jacket squad willmaintain that chemistrythroughout the year and isexcited to see what suc-cess it might bring.

Waynesburg beginstheir season on the road atFranciscan on Nov. 16.

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(Above) Senior defensivesafety Ryan Williams (17)celebrates his fourth-quarter fumble recoverySaturday with fellowsafety junior Bryan Gary(33).(At right) Senior corner-back Sean Hunt (14) inter-cepts a pass in the endzone in the Jackets’ 17-14PAC defeat.

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By Rob LongoStaff Writer

This past Saturday, thewrestling team began itsjourney toward a three-peat as Presidents’ Athlet-ic Conference championswith its annual wrestle-offs. The team split intotwo teams of wrestlers,with the orange teamsecuring the victory, 36-27.

“Wrestle-offs wentpretty [well],” said fresh-men Stuart Spencer, whowill be wrestling in the149 or 141-pound weightclass. “However, there arestill some things we haveto improve on.”

Added classmate AaronMills, who has a solidchance of starting at 141pounds: “As a team, wehave to be more condi-tioned and gain somemore experience. Individ-ually, I have to work onmy take-downs and get-ting out of the bottom[position].”

There were many inter-

esting matchups on themats Saturday. The mostentertaining of them allmay have been sopho-more Cameron Fine, afirst-year transfer fromSeton Hill, beating 25-match winner and part-time 165-poundstarter  sophomore SamLombardo in a 2-0 battle.

Nationally ranked jun-ior Alex Crown (No. 1)continued to impresswith a 16-0 technical fallover freshman Jake Vitolo.

With impressive winsby sophomore Luke Lohr,Spencer and Mills, headcoach Ron Headlee mayhave a difficult time put-ting together a lineup.Plus, sophomore BrandonFedorka did not wrestlebecause he also playsdefensive end for the foot-ball team, so Headlee hasanother person to add tothe list of potentialstarters.

And with a recruitingclass that includes 14

first-year members, theYellow Jacket wrestlingteam has the potential tocompete for the PACchampionship for years tocome.

The Jackets will takeon their first live competi-tion on Saturday whenthey travel to the alwayschallenging Messiah Invi-tational at Messiah Col-lege.

Saturday’s action getsunderway at 10 a.m. inGrantham, Pa.

The Waynesburgwrestling team receivedplenty of individual atten-tion when the NationalWrestling Coaches Asso-ciation and d3wrestle.comreleased their respectiverankings.

A total of five YellowJackets were featured inthe d3wrestle.com indi-vidual rankings, includingjunior 125-pounder AlexCrown, who comes intothe 2011-12 season as thenumber-one rankedwrestler in the weightclass. Crown was alsogiven the top spot in theNWCA’s top-10 rankingsfollowing his second-straight PAC title, anNCAA Division III Mid-west Regional title and afourth-place showing atthe NCAA Division IIINational Championships.

Sophomore heavy-weight Brandon Fedorka,

who traveled with Crownto the national champi-onships last winter, justmissed out on a top-10spot and was listed as acontender for the top 10.After missing the PACChampionships with anillness, Fedorka won aMidwest Regional cham-pionship after joining theteam following the con-clusion of football season.

Sophomore Luke Lohr,who won 34 matches lastyear at 149 pounds andwas one of the team’sbiggest stories as a fresh-man, received honorablemention recognition at141 pounds. It is still yetto be determined at whatweight the Somersetnative will open the 2011-12 campaign. Senior 157-pounder Garrett Johnstonand senior 165-pounderAlex Evanoff were alsolauded as honorable men-tion selections.

Waynesburg’s five indi-vidual listings on thed3wrestle.com rankingsare the most in programhistory.

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Sophomore Luke Lohr (right) takes on freshman Eric Tuck in Saturday’s Orange &Black Wrestle-Offs in the old gymnasium. Lohr won the bout, 8-1.

Jackets featured innational rankingsFive grapplers inrankings is mostin program history

However, in the secondhalf, Waynesburg wasonly able to manage fourshots, while ThomasMore added two unassist-ed goals to end the Jack-ets’ season.

Both head coach SeanMcCarthy and freshmanJude Anuwe received redcards and were ejectedfrom the match.

“It was tough ‘cause inthe second half we hadJude get a red card, and wehad to play a man downthe rest of the way,” saidLyle. “It seemed no matterwhat we did theyanswered, but guys keptbattling until the end.”

Waynesburg was out-shot 17 to eight in thecontest and failed to earna corner kick while theSaints had five.

Freshman AustinGanzke got the nod ingoal for the second con-secutive game in place ofsenior Ryan Hunsberger,who had started all of theteam’s previous confer-ence games. Ganzkestruggled mightily, allow-ing all five goals while reg-istering only four saves.

“Defensively I thoughtwe played pretty well forbeing a man down in the

second half,” said Lyle.“Austin is a very athleticgoalkeeper who madesome really nice stops forus.”

Everything had seemedto be going the Jackets’way earlier in the week.Their comeback victoryover Bethany and much-needed losses by SaintVincent and Washingtonand Jefferson put them inposition to make the tour-nament with a win overthe Saints and a Presi-dents loss.

However, it was notuntil after the Jackets’ lossthat they learned Bethanyhad defeated the Presi-dents 4-1, making the losseven more difficult forWaynesburg to swallow.

“It definitely makes itmore frustrating knowingthat everything happenedfor us to get in except usbeating Thomas More,”said Floyd. “One of my biggoals was to make thetournament this year, butwhen I sit back and thinkabout it, the Washingtonand Jefferson game andthe Saint Vincent gameare the ones we shouldhave won that killed us inthe end.”

The PAC tournamentbegan Wednesday, withthe top-seeded Saintshosting Bethany and No. 3seed Grove City travelingto No. 2 Geneva. The titlegame will be held thisweekend.

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leader, Grove City. We cutconsiderably into theirlead from last season, andit is all because of the ded-ication and hard work thisteam has put in all season.

“They really showedthe conference that theyare the team that every-one should keep an eye onin the next 12 months.”

The women were ledby the trio of sophomoreBre Paul, junior MeganDonovan and freshmanJoy Talbott.

Paul took 9th place in atime of 24:46.4, Donovanfinished in 11th with atime of 25:06.5 and Tal-bott took 15th place witha time of 25:27.3.

Because of their efforts,Paul and Donovan earnedsecond team All-PACaccolades. It was the sec-ond time both runnershave received secondteam honors.

Talbott and seniorMichelle Naymick (19thplace, 25:39.6) wererewarded with honorablemention all-conferencerecognition.

Senior Ivette Mejia

from Saint Vincent tookhome first-place honorswith a time of 22:33.20,more than one minuteahead of second-place fin-isher freshman KristenGalligan of Washingtonand Jefferson.

Talbot, who participat-ed in her first collegiatechampionship race, ranher best race of the year.

“With the conditions Iwas given, I was happywith my finish,” said Tal-bott. “I went out the fast-ed I have all year and triedto hang on, only losing afew spots by the end of therace.”

Paul, who hoped tocome out with a top-seven finish, had a roughday on the course.Halfway through the raceshe had a nasty fall, put-

ting her 30 secondsbehind the pack. Howev-er, Paul was still able torebound, bettering her14th-place finish from ayear ago by five places.

Unable to achieve hergoal, Paul said she is usingthe race as motivation forthe future, hoping to feedoff the setback.

On the men’s side, theJackets finished seventhout of the nine teamscompeting. Saint Vincentwon its second straightteam title with 35 points.

Hardie said the menwere in line for a fifth-place finish, but thecourse conditions took atoll on his runners.

“This group is young,and many of them arelearning the distance,even this late in the year,”

he said.  “The future isreally bright, and weexpect to jump at leasttwo spots in the rankingseach year.”

Freshman BrandonDugan and sophomoreJonathan Blatt led theJackets in 33rd and 37th,respectively. Senior KevinWanichko from Saint Vin-cent won first place in atime of 26:37.30.

Dugan credited themuddy race conditions tothe outcome of the race.

“I felt good about therace, but I felt I could havedone much better if thecourse wasn’t so muddyand slippery in spots,” hesaid.

Both teams will next becompeting Nov. 11-12 inthe NCAA MideastRegionals.

lead and sent the visitingWaynesburg faithful intoan all out frenzy.

“I’ve never been thatexcited before,” said God-win. “Just because theyhave always been ourrivals and the way lastgame ended.”

The Jackets continuedto protect their slim leadas the half moved towarda conclusion, and they

went into the break stillup 1-0.

“Our defense was phe-nomenal,” said Arsenault.“Our entire team defend-ed tonight, and that waskey.”

The Presidents offensebegan the second halfwith a vengeance as theydesperately tried to eventhe score. With each scor-ing opportunity, though,the Jacket defense provedthat they could not beshaken on this night.

With less than 10 min-utes to play, W&J wasawarded a free kick justoutside the penalty box.

Yet once again the Jacketsproved they were up tothe challenge as the Presi-dents shot on goal deflect-ed off of the Waynesburgwall and was cleared tosafety.

Ten very long minuteslater the Jackets celebrat-ed their 1-0 victory in anexuberant huddle in thecenter of the field.

“So many things weregoing through my head,”said Ebersole. “I justthrew my hands up in theair. It was an indescribablefeeling. Tonight was atotal team effort. It was sogreat to beat W&J.”

The Jackets and seniorgoalkeeper Katrina Kellyovercame a 17-5 shot dis-parity to shut out thePresidents and punchtheir ticket to the confer-ence final.

Waynesburg will lookto win their first leaguechampionship since 1998when they square off withThomas More this week-end in Crestview Hills,Ky.

“Our last game withThomas More wastough,” said Godwin,“But we’re excited to playthem again, and we feelit’s a better matchup.”

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Junior Megan Donovan (middle) and sophomore Bre Paul (second from right)earned second-team All-PAC honors in Saturday’s PAC Championships.

By Amanda WishnerOnline ContentCoordinator

A lumberjack, a puri-tan, Wolverine and the pigfrom angry birds all gath-ered in the gym lobby onMonday at 3:45 p.m.

They were joined byThe Situation from JerseyShore, a zombie, a bananaand many other colorfulcharacters, all with thesame goal in mind:

The Halloween Cos-tume Fun Run/Walk.

After the success of thecross country team’s cos-tumed practice last year,Kelley Hardie, assistantdirector of Student Activi-ties at Waynesburg Uni-versity, saw potential inthe idea.

“Students had a lot offun with [the run last

year],” said Hardie. “My husband [Chris

Hardie] is the head coachof the cross country team,and everyone seemed toreally like it. We thoughtthat the entire studentbody would enjoy anevent like this.”

Following their regis-tration, participants weregiven a free “ghostly” t-shirt.

There was no cost tosign up for the event,which Hardie hopedwould attract a largercrowd.

“We figured that morepeople would participateif there was no cost todeter anyone from com-ing,” she said.

The runners made afull lap around all fourparks on campus, com-pleting a roughly mile-

long circuit. Members of the Stu-

dent Activities Boardmonitored each intersec-tion and stopped traffic toensure the race was both

“fun and safe.”When they finished

their lap, the participantsreturned to the gym andgathered to explain theircostumes to the judges.

While the judges delib-erated the results, stu-dents enjoyed hot choco-late, provided by Waynes-burg’s own local coffeeshop, Waynesburg Press,in the lobby.

Hardie, along with PatBristor, director of Stu-dent Services and associ-ate dean of students, andJane Owen, director of theCounseling Center,judged the contestants’costumes.

Jessica Leiby, a fresh-man forensic sciencemajor, took first place forher Superwoman cos-tume.

Luke Feldner, a fresh-man forensic accountingmajor, took second placeand was voted “most cre-ative” for his costume.

He was an escaped tigerfrom the Zanesville, Ohio

Zoo.Freshman nursing

major Joy Talbott roundedout the top three with herbumblebee outfit.

The winners were eachgiven a trophy or medal tocommend them for theircreative costumes andparticipation.

Although Hardie wassatisfied with the turnout,she had higher hopes for awider variety of participa-tion from WaynesburgUniversity students.

“I wish there weremore non-athletes thatparticipated,” she said.

“Most of the studentswere from the cross coun-try. It wasn’t supposed tobe anything serious orcompetitive; it was moreof a fun run/walk and achance to feel like a kidagain.”

By Molly WintersStaff Writer

Every year the Way-nesburg UniversityDepartment of Fine Artsputs on a fall play.

This year the play isWilliam Shakespeare’s“Julius Caesar.”

Beginning Wednesday,Nov. 2, the show willrun until Saturday, Nov.5.

Edward Powers, asso-ciate professor of theatre,is the director of theshow. This marks Pow-ers’ 34th major produc-tion during his lifetime.

“I wish 34 reflected

my age,” said Powers. “Iam getting quite old.”

The play’s actorsrange from freshmen tosenior students.

The auditions wereduring the first week ofSeptember, and about 24students tried out.

In the past there haveeven been graduate stu-dents and faculty mem-bers in the productions.

Powers said “JuliusCaesar” has many tal-ented actors this yearwho are trying to keepShakespeare alive.

“It’s been very chal-lenging,” said Powers.“The challenge was big-

ger than what a lot ofpeople expected, someactors are playing two orthree characters so theyhave many obstacles toovercome and embrace.”

The Waynesburg Uni-versity Department ofFine Arts attempts toperform shows ofnumerous genres.

The department lastsaw Shakespeare in2005.

“It is very importantto revisit Shakespeareand explore the clas-sics,” said Powers.“When picking a show Iask myself what theatri-cal message do I want to

deliver and how can Ichallenge my actors.”

Shakespeare seemedto answer both of thesequestions, and soon theshow was under way.

Powers has high hopesfor all of his shows.

“I hope the audienceleaves their outsideworld behind and givesthemselves to the castand the show,” he said.

Brittany Semco, afreshman public rela-tions major, attended theauditions so she couldsee what college theaterwas all about.

By Mariah BeauregardStaff Writer

Waynesburg’s Got Tal-ent took place at 7:30 p.m.on Oct. 29. Studentsexpressed a love for musicat the event and numer-ous talents were show-cased.

Students, parents andfaculty members gatheredin the Goodwin Perform-ing Arts Center to experi-ence the student’s per-formances.

The show was present-ed by Student Servicesand hosted by NathanRegotti, a sophomoresports broadcasting major.

Songs were performedby the Yellow Jacket PepBand, Carmen Adamson,the Barber Shop Quartet,Lauren Meyer, the BeautyShop Quartet, DanielleWise and the Lamp-lighters Touring Choir.

A last-minute additionto the program was agroup of students who per-formed “On the Banks ofthe Ohio.”

Brad Wilson, a juniorart administration andcreative writing major,was one of many studentswho performed in theshow.

He participated in theevent by playing thetrumpet in the pep bandand singing as part of thechoir.

Wilson enjoyed thechance to perform multi-ple times throughout thenight.

“It was a lot of funbeing with people both inband and choir,” said Wil-son.

“I always enjoy per-forming for an audienceand getting their reac-tions.”

Erika Stafford, a sopho-more psychology major,

also enjoyed the talentshow.

“It really showcasedindividual’s talents here atWaynesburg,” saidStafford.

Stafford particularlyenjoyed watching the Bar-ber Shop Quartet.

She admired the workand time that the mem-bers of the Quartet putinto the show.

“They take time out oftheir busy schedule to par-ticipate in another ensem-ble and they each have adifferent part, so it show-cases their individual tal-ent as well as theirstrength in singing,” saidStafford.

Stafford herself per-formed “Baba Yetu” withthe Lamplighters TouringChoir.

The song is a Swahiliadaptation of “The Lord’sPrayer.”

According to Stafford,the choir had been practic-ing this song since thebeginning of the year anddecided to add new chore-ography the week beforeWaynesburg’s Got Talenttook place.

However, this showwas not the first time thatthe choir performed “BabaYetu” in front of an audi-ence.

“We’ve performed it atvarious churches aroundthe area,” said Stafford.

Dr. Ronda DePriest,director of the music pro-gram at Waynesburg Uni-versity and associate pro-fessor of instrumentalmusic, was pleased withthe show and the efforts ofall the students.

Many of the studentswho performed wereinvolved with the musicprogram on campus.

By Daniel HrusaStaff Writer

In the chilled air of thelast evening in October,the music of WaynesburgUniversity’s campusradio station rangthrough Johnson Com-mons as one of theDepartment of Commu-nication’s favorite stu-dent activities and tradi-tions took place.

“Pumpkin Bowling isthe radio station’s bigevent,” said Dave Keel-ing, senior communica-tions major and generalmanager of the radio sta-tion.

As the communicationstudents involved withthe radio station rushedand scrambled to seteverything up, the cloudsover Waynesburg became

more and more threaten-ing.

An event at Waynes-burg University whichhas become a tradition,Pumpkin Bowling is heldevery year to help pro-mote the campus radio

station 99.5 The Hive,WCYJ FM.

The event takes formas an eight-person bowl-ing tournament wherefive bowlers are random-ly selected.

The station’s choices

ranged from PresidentTimothy Thyreen to thereigning champion ofpumpkin bowling, DanBuzzard to guest bowlerslike WCTV GeneralManager, Kat Ghion.

The other threebowlers are chosen atrandom through a raffle,as wildcard players.

Two of the chosenbowlers chosen by WCYJwere the station’s previ-ous General ManagerEmily Ellis and AssistantGeneral ManagerMichael Winland.

“I’ve been wanting to[bowl] in this event sincefreshman year,” Winlandsaid. “It’s a dream cometrue.”

The start of the tour-nament was delayed,because PresidentThyreen was late.

He did, however, makeup for his tardiness bybringing his four-year-oldgranddaughter, Autumn,to bowl in his place.

“I’m trying to intro-duce the next, next gener-ation to pumpkin bowl-

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Students bowled pumpkins at the annual event thatwas held to promote the University’s radio station.

Strike out Waynesburg’s GotTalent showcasespassion for music

‘O mighty Caesar’: fall play begins

Photo by Colt Beatty

Students dressed in costumes ran a full lap around allfour parks on campus at the first annual costume race.

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First costume race gives ‘chance to feel like a kid again’

PumpkinBowlingheld to raiseawareness

“There wasn’t anybodyon the program who was-n’t in the music program,”said DePriest.

DePriest not only con-ducted the pep band, shealso arranged one of thesongs that they per-formed.

“I arranged the Boleroby [Maurice] Ravel specif-ically for the pep band forthis event,” said DePriest.

“They only had threerehearsals on it.”

The pep band is a vol-unteer group that rehears-es Fridays before homefootball games.

The group also per-forms at the footballgames each week.

This year, the pep banddecided to add severalextra performances totheir schedule, includingWaynesburg’s Got Talent.

The pep band’s nextperformance will takeplace on Nov. 11 for a Vet-eran’s Day event in down-town Waynesburg.

By Angela WaddingStaff Writer

Last Thursday theAmerican ChemistrySociety student chapterled the Haunted Lab. Itwas the fourth year for theevent and featured manypast favorites. The eventsincluded boogie monstertoothpaste, flaminggummy bears, explodingghosts, the magic candleand many others.

Ethan Wilczynski, sonof Kelly Wilczynski,chemical safety officer,said he loved the HauntedLab, and the screaminggummy bears were hisfavorite of the night.Ethan has attended theevent all four times.

“I think it is a goodevent; it gets the studentsand the communityinvolved,” said JohnWilliams, assistant profes-sor of chemistry.

“I know people from

campus come down, and Isee faculty around comingthrough here.”

Children from thecommunity were wel-comed during trick-or-treating to experiencechemistry in a fun envi-ronment. Students oncampus as well as anyonein the community are alsoinvited to attend theevent.

According to Williams

the number of childrenwho attend varies fromyear to year, but normallythe event is highly attend-ed.

“It’s fun,” said LizHorner, a senior forensicchemistry major.

“It’s good to see the lit-tle kids. They get to comein and play with somethings they do not usuallyget to see.”

According to Horner,

the ACS sticks to thesame events with a flareand adds a few newevents.

The Haunted Lab isone of the activities thathelped Waynesburg Uni-versity win the ACS“Outstanding ChapterAward” for the 2010-11academic year.

“I feel it’s a good experi-ence,” said Horner.

“It definitely opens thecommunity up to somethings they normally donot get to see here, and it’sdefinitely nice we get tosee the kids from thearea.”

“The people that camethe first year have beencoming ever since so thekids really look forward toit,” said Dr. Evonne Bal-dauff, assistant professorof chemistry and chair ofthe Department of Chem-istry. “It is really great tobecome part of a kid’s tra-dition. It’s exciting.”

ing,” Thyreen said.The spectators cheered

as Autumn pushed herpumpkin to the pins.

“Autumn, you alreadyhave your own fan club,”said Dave Franczak, hostand senior communica-tion major.

The crowd even booedher opponent, ThayerResidence Hall ResidentAdvisor Andrew Zahn, ashe bowled a strike to winthe round.

As Thyreen preparedto leave, Autumn wasgiven the chance to makean announcement.

“Thanks for letting mebowl,” Autumn said.

In the end, the tourna-ment was down to two ofthe wildcard bowlers:freshman mathematicalengineering majorWilliam Sungala, and

freshman communica-tion major DavidStephens.

Both bowled nearlyperfectly the entire night,hitting almost all of thepins during each round.

As the strikes contin-ued, the competition nar-rowed. Stephens wentfirst and bowled a ninewith his first attempt.

“That might decidethe game right here,”sophomore communica-tions major Eric Bost saidas Sungala bowled yetanother strike.

On Stephens’ secondattempt, he was unable tobowl a strike.Sungala hitanother strike to main-tain his lead. Keeling pre-sented Sungala with thepumpkin bowling trophy.

The trophy has a list ofthe names of previouschampions on it.

“I felt intimidatedcoming in as a freshman,but somehow I won.”Sungala said as he heldhis trophy.

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“The auditions wereextensive and resembledprofessional theaterauditions,” said Semco.

“Based on therehearsals I’ve seen, theacting is realistic andconvincing, which prom-ises a powerful specta-cle.”

Semco is really excit-

ed to see the productionbecause she enjoysGreek mythology andancient history.

Julius Caesar is show-ing at 7:30 p.m. in theGoodwin PerformingArts Center fromWednesday to Saturday.Tickets must be orderedin advance. Students cancontact Edward Powersto see if tickets are stillavailable for the show.

“Shakespeare wantedhis plays to be seen, notread,” said Powers.

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By Nick FarrellStaff Writer

The annual film festi-val was held from Oct. 16to Oct. 30 in Buhl Hall’sMcCance auditorium.The featured moviesincluded the Oscar-nomi-nated “Hotel Rwanda” aswell as “Water,” “Perse-polis” and “AmazingGrace.”

Professor BridgetteNofsinger, a part-timelecturer of English,required each of herfreshman Composition Istudents to view at leastone showing of a film oftheir choice. Each fresh-man student wasrequired to view onemovie regardless of his orher professor.

Nofsinger, who is inher first year as a profes-sor at Waynesburg,claims that the film festi-val is an invaluable expe-rience, much like theannual freshman trip toWashington, D.C.

“The film festivalstarted about five yearsago, and the idea was to

have a similar experiencefor all freshmen,” saidNofsinger. “[The film fes-tival] is part of the socialjustice component of thefirst year writing pro-gram. While each studentmay have a differentexperience in his or herclassroom according tothat particular professor’sstyle for teaching writing,everyone will have thecommon experience ofseeing these films andbeing exposed to the vari-ous injustices that wedon’t see in our ownbackyard.”

Each film was an inter-nationally based telling,giving the present stu-dents a much broaderworldview.

Freshman NicolasFrazee chose to watchHotel Rwanda, the truestory based on the life ofPaul Rusesabagina, ahotel manager who pro-tected over 1,000 Tutsirefugees in his hotel dur-ing the Tutsi struggleagainst the Hutu militia.

Frazee says that henever would have imag-

ined that such injusticecould occur betweensuch similar people asdepicted in Hotel Rwan-da.

“I thought it was veryodd that even though thetwo groups weren’t sepa-rated by any beliefs, theywere still separated by anongoing civil war with-out any purpose,” saidFrazee. “What stood outto me the most duringthe film is when a certainHutu character told Paulthat he believed he wouldbe able to kill all the Tut-sis. I never thought it wasactually possible for anentire side of a conflict tonot exist after the fact.”

Nofsinger said that themovies may leave a last-ing impression, but thetrip to Washington D.C.is incomparable.

“I’m not sure you cancompare the trip to theHolocaust Museum toanything, really,” saidNofsinger.

“It’s such a differentkind of museum, almostlike a living museumbecause of the artifacts

that they have. But, Isuppose in a way that lit-erature istimeless…regardless ofyour experience with theHolocaust Museum orthe subject matter in thefilms, I would hope that[the students] would findsomething from both ofthe experiences to takewith them and to incor-porate newly into yourmind and experience as astudent here at Waynes-burg.”

Nofsinger believes thatcollege requires morethan just book learning.

“[College] is aboutlearning to see the worldaround you differently, tohave a lively discourse ofsubjects that you mightnot have been exposed tobefore,” said Nofsinger.“I would hope that sim-ply by being exposed tothe stories told in themovies, students wouldbe made aware of thegenocides that occurred.Being made aware of thatcan only benefit you as astudent and as a humanbeing.”

Film festival teaches a new worldview

Photo by Amanda Rice

The student chapter of the American Chemistry Societyled the Haunted Lab on Oct. 26 in Stewart Science Hall.

Across

1 Famous Argentinedance

6 Move a little10 Peak measurement:

Abbr.14 Abraham nearly sac-

rificed him15 Right-hand person16 Curtain material17 Cocktail party

mouthful19 Unsullied20 Woo with a tune21 Fill, as a moving van23 Swallowed24 New Mexico art

community25 1950s children’s

show hosted by “MissFrances”

32 Bewildered33 Dundee demurrals34 Horror film fran-

chise36 “So Sick” R&B

artist37 Collect compulsive-

ly39 Something that may

have the beginning:“Knock knock”

40 Bird that can hold itscoffee?

41 Many Christmastrees

42 Steakhouse order43 They frequently

shoot par or better47 Word often sighed

48 Big Band __49 Whacks on the bot-

tom52 On cloud nine57 Yale Bowl rooters58 Very last moment60 List heading; task

manager for iPhone andiPod touch

61 Buck suffix62 The tallest active

volcano in Europe63 Did laps, perhaps;

propel body throughwater

64 Common hair careproducts

65 Put into effect;make into a law

Down

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2 1968 U.S. Openchamp Arthur

3 Solution for a hairysituation?

4 Show astonishment5 National anthem in

Nunavut6 Depress7 It waits for no man,

purportedly8 Dictator Amin9 Stepped in for10 Sun Bowl site11 Praise12 Beigelike shade13 President’s next-in-

line18 Brussels-based

defense gp.22 Fireworks reactions

24 Title of the firstFabergé egg owner

25 Copenhagen native26 Anatomical canals27 “Bye Bye Bye” boy

band28 Prefix with thermal29 Grind together, as

one’s teeth30 “__ Mio”31 California hoopster35 Dampens

37 Run into trouble38 Warriors in Warcraft

games39 The PB in a PB&J,

maybe41 Columbo portrayer42 Fixed price44 Kidnapper’s

demands45 Long-tailed tropical

wall climbers46 Approximately

49 Tennis match parts50 Oxen’s burden51 Enslaved princess of

opera52 Earth sci.53 Business envelope

abbr.54 Turner on stage55 Apple product56 “__ Magnifique”:

Porter tune59 Anger

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The BanglesSome musicians we loved in the

’80s, like Michael Jackson, are sadlygone for good. Others are kept aliveby new artists, such as Adele’s touch-ing cover of The Cure’s “Lovesong.”But it’s great when we hear of afavorite band that’s still creating and

giving us greattunes, such asThe Bangles, whoare coming to aconcert hall nearyou. That’s right,you can still

“Walk like an Egyptian.” SusannaHoffs and Co. released a new albumSept. 27 called “Sweetheart of theSun” and are touring the country topromote it.

Cassette tapesUSA Today reported recently that

as of mid-August, music-related cas-sette album sales are up 46 percentfrom last year at 22,000 units sold,according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lastyear, cassette album sales were atabout 15,000.

According to the Washington Post,well-known independent bands suchas Animal Collective, Deerhoof andthe Mountain Goats have all put outcassettes this year. Besides the retro-cool feel, fans may be buying the cas-settes as a way to prove their loyaltyto the band.

“Just having that physical copy ...shows more support as opposed to

buying an MP3 and putting it on youriPod,” the Total Babes singer/guitaristChris Brown told USA Today.

BoomboxesOnce you have your cassette tape

of a hip indie band (or you’ve dug outyour old “Like a Virgin” cassingle),what do you do with it? Boomboxesstill can be found – old versions oneBay, and new versions,such as the Sony XplodCD Radio CassetteRecorder, on Amazon for$93.35.

If you’re just in themarket for something withthe style of boombox, checkout the Altec Lansing inMotionMIX iMT800 Portable DigitalBoom Box for iPhone and iPod. At$350, it will cost you a bit more than

the one you had next to your bunkbed, but you can use it with your cur-rent music collection rather thanscrounging through the boxes for oldmix tapes.

If you want a real retro machine,but can’t find what you’re looking foron eBay, try www.stereo80s.com.

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emember the ’80s? It was some-times totally grody to the max,but we also were doing the truf-

fle shuffle, getting physical and justwanted to have fun. Luckily, we havean entertainment industry that is lousywith nostalgia, bringing back things wedidn’t ask for, such as ripped-up nylonsand the cartoon “ThunderCats,” alongwith fan favorites, such as “TheMuppets,” which will be back on thebig screen Nov. 23.

There are many other chances foryou to experience that warm comfort-

ing feeling of watching “Pee-wee’sPlayhouse” and “The Smurfs” on

Saturday mornings. Here, weround up all those old thingsthat are new again.

The looks made popularin the ’80s can now befound on hipsters every-where. Kristin Wiig wore a

Member’s Only jacketunironically in this sum-mer’s “Bridesmaids.” AndUrban Outfitters must use aDeLorean to go back to1983 for the day-glo sneak-ers and leg warmers thatare sold to teenagers by thecase.

Many of those looks weare happy to leave behind,but there are a couple ofpopular accessories thatmake reliving the ’80s agood thing.

Check out Hot Topic forthis Turquoise BlackBuffalo Check Belt at the

straight-from-the-’80s priceof $15.50. See it atwww.hottopic.com.

Ray Ban Wayfarer sun-glasses are perenniallycool. You can find cheap

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“Footloose”Release date: Oct. 14The film remake of the

1984 Kevin Bacon flickstars Kenny Wormald asRen McCormack, the big-city kid fighting againstthe backwoods thinkingthat made it illegal to busta move. Julianne Hough(“Dancing with the Stars”)is the hot preacher’sdaughter, Ariel Moore, andDennis Quaid takes on therole of the preacher dadoriginated by JohnLithgow.

“I want ‘Footloose’ todo to this generation whatit did to my generation,”Craig Brewer, the director,told the New York Timesrecently. “I want it to real-ly shake them up, and Iknow people will roll theireyes, but this ain’t ‘Glee.’We’ve got a little moredanger in this movie.We’ve got more sex andtense moments.”

“Red Dawn”Release date: March

22, 2012The original came out

in 1984, and played on ourCold War fears of a WorldWar III. In the updatedversion, the kids look tosave their town from aninvasion of North Koreansoldiers.

It stars ChrisHemsworth in the PatrickSwayze role of Jed; JoshHutcherson taking over forC. Thomas Howell as

Robert; Isabel Lucas isErica, who LeaThompson playedoriginally; andAdrianne Palicki in

the Jennifer Grey roleof Toni.

“Dirty Dancing”Release date:

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Swayze and Jennifer Grey,in August, Lionsgateannounced it would beremaking the beloved“Dirty Dancing.” This isone remake that reallycouldn’t improve on theoriginal. Who doesn’talready know all the wordsto “I’ve Had the Time ofMy Life?” And how manytimes a week do you hearthe phrase “Nobody putsBaby in a corner?”

No casting has beenannounced, so other thanthe fact that original cho-reographer Kenny Ortega(director of the sugary“High School Musical”films) is signed on as thedirector, there’s not muchevidence this atrocity isreally going to happen.

Other remakes andsequels: Keanu Reeveshas reportedly said there iswork on a third excellentmovie in the tale of Billand Ted; and GoreVerbinski is signed up toremake the 1985 murdermystery “Clue.” Also, areboot of “ThunderCats”began in July on TheCartoon Network, andNickelodeon is working ona new animated “TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles”series, using the voices ofSean Astin and JasonBiggs.

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