After returning from break we have decided to move at full speed attempting to take control of our project once again. After our meeting with Dr. Shepherd today, he will begin helping us more with figuring out why Hibernate is still not working as our database management solution for this project.
Stepping away from Hibernate, we will be looking at Model View Controller and how it can help separate the user when they are clicking around on the site to what is being returned to them. -Ty
Eric will begin working on JSP pages for when hibernate is working so the proper connection can be made.
All 3 of us will begin created ‘dummy’ data while hibernate is not working. This will allow us to test other functionality as we make progress.
HERE WE GO!
NP-Complete: Z+ Project 
I have Tomcat, Hibernate, and MySQL installed on knuth and have started looking at it. I’ll try to piece together a working environment over the course of the next few days as time allows. In the mean time, just stick with building the “front-end” of your application and use dummy data.