Edward Boice is a journalism major and a public relations minor. An inspiring music journalist, Boice is an intern with Rapzilla.com and a news release writer for indie artists. When he is not slaving over content, board and card games will hit the table while Christian Hip-Hop and Metalcore bump from speakers.
Waynesburg University’s Criminal Justice and Social Sciences Department hosted their first Criminal Justice Job/Internship Fair Nov. 7 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse and the Waynesburg University Gymnasium. Over 50 agencies attended with over 90 presenters said Adam Jack, chairperson of the criminal justice and social sciences department. Most of the attending agencies are local, such … Continue reading
The month of September wasan emotional one for Thomas Northrop, former executive editor for the Observer-Reporter, when he and his sister, Lucy Northrop Corwin, announced the sale of the family paper to the company, Ogden Newspapers. Northrop’s last day of work was Sept. 28. But the family is still somewhat of an institution in southwestern … Continue reading
Quick comedic monologues. Heartbreaking situations. Characters developing together. At first glance, Tom Griffin’s “The Boys Next Door,” seems to be a simple play, containing these three common character building methods. However, these methods developed characters rarely found on the stage: four mentally disabled men. The Waynesburg University Players are bringing this performance alive in the … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. Six Forever stamps. Sulfur substance. Manila envelope. Bubble wrap. These are four similar traits of bomb-like devices mailed to multiple public figures throughout the course of last week. The bombs targeted Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Maxine … Continue reading
“Over the last several decades, we’ve seen a remarkable decline in the number of volunteer firefighters serving our communities,” said Bruce Trego, acting Pennsylvania state fire commissioner, in a prepared statement. The epidemic stretches all across the United States and has affected the Keystone State greatly. Jeff Marshall, chief of the Waynesburg-Franklin Township Fire Company, … Continue reading
As Waynesburg University students, alumni, faculty and staff cheered on the Waynesburg football team’s comeback win against Carnegie Mellon, Brian Drake and Jordyn Wyllie basked in the glory of becoming the 2018 homecoming king and queen, respectively. While Drake and Wyllie applied for homecoming king and queen for different reasons, they can agree on one … Continue reading
Last week, students might have noticed a red maintenance truck at the intersection of West College Street and North Washington Street on campus. Waynesburg Borough sent the truck to clear a clog in the sewer line that runs down West College Street. While the clog is an uncommon occurrence, Terry Sattler, director of Facilities Planning … Continue reading
A buzz was in the air as Waynesburg University students entered the Goodwin Performing Arts Center (GPAC) this past Friday as students attended WU Voice, recently re-vamped from what was previously WU Idol. Instead, attendees came in with there being great mystery to the structure, participants and judges of this new singing competition. As people … Continue reading
As Kristen Rohanna tends to doughnuts in a fryer, a man walks into the building. Instead of walking to the counter, he goes to drop off a UPS package at Mailboxes Plus More. Next to them is the Travel Savers, where another customer is talking to Rohanna’s mother-in-law. As the man turns away from his … Continue reading
Waynesburg University’s Lamplighters Touring Choir took their service trip to Nashville, Tennessee last spring. Though the choir’s service trips usually stay in the U.S., their next service trip is planned for Romania. The Lamplighters will serve at an orphanage Caminul Felix. For ten days in May, though the exact dates have not been decided, students … Continue reading
