THEPhiladelphia, PA • February 2015 GRIFFINthe Free student Newspaper of chestnut Hill college Active Shooter Training: Preparing for the Worst Nick kowalski ’16 that average rose in the second tions of suspicious behavioral person's normal behavior. of exit. News editor half of the study to 16.4, an changes can be indicators of also he provided advice ending the training, he average of more than one inci- someone who may become that could help the public be showed a video created by the Members of the chestnut dent per month.” an active shooter. some of prepared for threats of vio- department of Homeland Hill college community at- lynsky said that it is es- these behaviors can be dras- lence or emergency situations. seurity. it presented an active tended active shooter training sential that the public possess tic changes in hygiene, acute For example, he said that it is sponsored by alliedBarton a "basic understanding" of emotional outbursts and other essential to be aware of one's “Active Shooter Training” security services in early Janu- its role in its protection from extreme actions outside the environment, especially points Continued on Page 2 ary to receive potentially life- potentially violent situations. saving instruction regarding "if something like a shoot- the most effective ways to re- ing should occur in a facility," act in the event of discovering lynsky said, "having some an armed intruder on or off training may be the difference campus. between life and death." Michael lynsky, the re- lynsky discussed three op- gional trainer for alliedBarton tions for the average citizen to security services, provided the utilize in response to an active training. He told the audience shooter situation--run, hide, that the heightened frequency and fght. According to Lyn- of active shooter situations sky, an individual should try across the globe has increased to escape frst, but if that is awareness that average citizens not possible, he or she should need to be prepared for such fnd a safe location in which to an event. hide. However, if neither run- an FBi study quoted in a ning nor hiding is an option, 2014 CNN article confrms lynsky told the audience that this heightened frequency. “in one should fght. the frst half of the years stud- He then looked at the aver- courtesy of: CHC TV ied, the average annual num- age profle of active shooters. Students at the active shooter training last month. The training focuses on three ways to re- ber of incidents was 6.4, but He said that certain combina- spond to an active shooter situation: run, hide, and fght. Tanzania Trip Planned Smoking Policy Needs aNdrea weNtzell ’15 cHc and Marywood will be seNior staFF writer helping the sisters and stu- Opinion: Enforcement dents, who in return will help cHc’s newest service- to educate the communities kyle Mick ’15 cHc community is already we have seen, this type of immersion project heads to in which these sisters serve as arts & culture editor aware that the cause of the fre method does not work with tanzania in east africa this teachers, medical assistants, was a lit cigarette butt tossed enforcing the smoking pol- summer with three members and members of religious or- The recent fre that oc- down, what appeared to be, icy. should students be ex- of our school community ders. curred at cHc turned a a well that was flled with dry pected to approach peers, let joining a group of students the trip is not only about relatively peaceful wednes- leaves and brush. But the alone staff members, who from Marywood university in immersing into the culture and day night into a panicked blame should not solely be are smoking in inappropri- scranton, Pa. Megan welch community but also about re- ordeal, as smoke flled the placed on those that smoke ate areas or tell on them to ’16, Nicole carney ’16 and inforcing the college’s “dear three foors of Fournier, on the terrace, which is clearly security? this is not a realis- Marie leahy, ssJ, ed.d., along Neighbor” mision. and students residing in the marked as a non-smoking area. tic solution to this systemic with their Marywood counter- “i do believe this trip will dorm quickly evacuated the and this remains the problem. problem. parts, will be traveling to the bring me closer to that idea,” building from the sounds Members of the college com- the smoking policy of Bigwa secondary school in said junior Nicole carney. “a of the fre alarm. The RAs munity and not just students the college needs to be en- Morogoro, tanzania as part neighbor is not just someone and security personnel did are blatantly smoking in non- forced. the security per- of the african sister educa- within close proximity to you a remarkable job reacting to designated areas. sonnel of the college need tion collaborative (asec) to because we live in an interna- the situation and performed in the past, we as a college to do more to protect the tutor high school students in tional community that shares admirably in the chaos and community have been told that college from the threat of english. the responsibility of aiding confusion within the frst it is not possible that security another possible fre, while these sisters at the Bigwa others. chestnut Hill college minutes that the fre alarm can enforce the policy. that also protecting the health secondary school, as sr. leahy strives to make every student went off. while no one was we as community should take of non-smokers on campus. explains, typically do not have globally aware and i could not seriously injured from this it upon ourselves to engage in if more security personnel a high school diploma or a think of a better classroom.” unfortunate event, this po- “community policing.” need to be hired in order to college degree because of the in total, the trip will be tentially dangerous fre could community policing can enforce the smoking policy, extreme poverty they and their about three weeks and is ten have been easily avoided if work in the event of a sus- families undergo before their the smoking policy on cam- picious person on campus, then it needs to happen. it entrance into the convent. “Students Travel pus had been more effec- and hopefully the community is important. the health and as part of the asec’s mis- to Tanzania” tively enforced. would respond proactively. safety of the entire college sion, the group from both Continued on Page 3 Most if not all of the However, based on what community depends upon it. NEWS 2 Arts & Culture 4 Features 6 Sports 7 2 The Griffn THE onl GRIFFIN Composting at CHC ine taylor kNowles ’16 round green barrel.” Vol. V, Issue IV The Griffin staFF writer The barrel will be flled with compost (the banana peels, apple Visit us for up-to-date news and events around campus! The Free Student in its mission to help the col- cores, and other compostable thechcgriffin.com Newspaper of lege and the surrounding areas materials) and spun. the spin- become greener, earth club is ning helps aerate the compost Chestnut Hill College helping turn food waste in the and helps break down the mate- cafeteria into a nutrient rich soil rials inside. eventually, the scraps Active Shooter Training Megan Welch ’16 amendment by installing com- posting bins in the Fournier din- will break down and decompose. Continued from Page 1 during an active shooter inci- Editor-in-Chief ing hall. it will end up as a nutrient rich dent." sitting on top of the trash fertilizer and soil amendment. it shooter scenario in which dif- kaitlyn ryan ’15, a resident Andrea Wentzell ’15 cans in the dining hall are new is extremely good for plants and ferent groups of people are assistant for Fournier, also at- helps make sure that those com- shown using one of the three tended the training. she said Business Manager silver bins about two feet tall. these bins are used to hold com- postable materials will not end options for facing an active that she thought that it was Layout Editor postable materials that are left up in a landfll. shooter. important to attend because over from meals. while the composting is a "the video brings a vi- as a ra, she needs to be able Nicholas Kowalski ’16 what kind of things can be potentially helpful new program sual element to the training to "expect the unexpected, course," lynsky said. and an active shooter is def- composted? well, the rule of that is being integrated into the News Editor He also said that it gives nitely unexpected." she feels thumb for composting is that cafeteria, it seems that many stu- you can properly compost al- those in attendance the oppor- that the training taught her a dents are not embracing it. after Kyle Mick ’15 most anything that is not pro- tunity to see how the events lot of valuable advice that she watching the bins for a collective of an active shooter situation had not thought of before. Arts & Culture Editor cessed. this includes things like fruit and vegetable scraps, cof- hour and a half, there were only can happen. "it is a little dif- "the most important thing i fee grounds, tea bags, salad and two students who used the bins. fcult to watch because of the learned," ryan said, "was that Frances Ellison ’15 other things of the same nature. Many students threw into the realistic imagery, but it's also a shooter does not want to go Arts & Culture Editor However, according to the garbage things like extra lettuce very powerful,” he said.