With Thanksgiving falling late this year, Waynesburg University students have less than one week of classes before finals week. This means final assignments, projects, papers, etc. will take up most of the week, and students will turn around and take on finals next week. To provide a break from the work and studying, University President … Continue reading
Editor’s note: Since this article’s publication, the NCAA announced James Wiseman will be eligible to play starting Jan. 12. In addition, Wiseman must pay $11,500 to a charity of his choice. Let’s face it; the NCAA stinks, man. I say this in a casual way, but at this point, what’s really left to say? It … Continue reading
The air is getting cooler, and the season of giving is here. This was especially apparent last week, as Waynesburg University held its annual Day of Giving. This year, the Day of Giving yielded more than $230,000 from 2,366 individual donors across 43 states. All of those numbers are up from last year’s Day of … Continue reading
One goal of the game of basketball is to limit the opponent’s ability to score in transition. For head women’s basketball coach Sam Jones, this was the main flaw in Waynesburg University’s effort 96-79 loss to Case Western Reserve last night. Although Jones said the Jackets eventually made necessary adjustments in their transition defense, overall, … Continue reading
Jac Cokley has been the anchor of a Waynesburg University men’s cross country team that took another step forward as a program this year. Cokley, a freshman from Cochranton, Pennsylvania, posted team leading numbers at multiple meets this season, earning him multiple PAC Rookie of the Week honors. At PAC Championships, Cokley finished 11th overall … Continue reading
1. The Kincade fire in Sonoma County, California, has currently engulfed over 75,000 acres of land within six days. A combination of low humidity and high temperatures with a strong wind has allowed the wildfire to burn up over double the size of San Francisco in land and continue to pose a threat to the … Continue reading
The Beehive closed Oct. 23-24 due to pipeline blocks from years of grease and other substances. While originally the solution was to unclog the pipes of Stover that were causing the issue, it soon turned into replacing them, said Dr. Shari Payne, vice president for enrollment and the point person for fixing the blockages. “The … Continue reading
Waynesburg’s football team led the Thiel Tomcats 14-0 by halftime of the 2019 Homecoming game Oct. 5. However, attention did not deviate from the field when both teams went to their respective locker rooms. Instead, the homecoming court of 2019 took the field for the king and queen to be announced. Senior accounting major Heidi … Continue reading
Sept. 16-20 and Sept. 23-27 was officially Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week in Pennsylvania. The initiative aimed to provide Pennsylvanians with the overdose-reversing naloxone drug, commonly referred to as its brand name Narcan. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s website, the goal of the week is to, “get help for residents … Continue reading
A large field can make for a crowding out effect, but that was far from the case for the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s cross country teams this weekend. Both teams traveled to Lehigh University to take part in the Paul Short Run Invitational. The men’s team finished 11 out of the 35 teams in … Continue reading
