Disaster Drill

OPINIONS The Real Payoff for Writing, pg. 5 GIFT• FEATURES, 6 BASEBALL•SPORTS, 10 Piedmont students donate blood The baseball team volunteered at the American Red Cross with the Habersham County blood drive Little League Challenger Team Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Piedmontʼs Student Voice THE PIEDMONT COLLEGE AVIGATOR Demorest, Ga. N www.piedmontroar.com Piedmontʼs Student Voice PC lacks emergency plan By JESSIE OWENSBY currently being worked on.” Co-Opinions Editor However, Martin isn’t wor- ried about it. He is comfort- Piedmont does not cur- able with the training of his rently have an emergency pre- offi cers to make sure they can paredness plan to deal with protect the students and fac- hostile situations that may ulty of Piedmont. arise on campus. There are 20 offi cers on “It’s something that senior campus, and 16 of them are administrators and myself are currently certifi ed police of- working on and something fi cers. we’re looking at along with “There is only one that GEMA (Georgia Emergency has never been on the force,” Management Association),” Martin said. “The other three, said Chief of Police Dick because of age or whatever, Martin. “It’s complicated just haven’t kept up their cer- here because we don’t have tifi cation.” the type of campus that we He is confi dent that all the can actually shut down. We offi cers would know what to are not a gated kind of col- do if Piedmont were faced lege, we don’t have a security with a hostile situation. person that you have to drive However, Brock Bennett, through. We have several city streets and a major federal See Safety, highway going through our page 2 campus. It’s something that’s Photos by SUMMER LEWIS Senior nursing students from both the Athens and Demorest campuses worked together to assess the injuries involved in this yearʼs disaster drill. The Photo by SUMMER LEWIS disaster was a tornado, and junior nursing majors portrayed injured victims, suffering from broken bones to severe burns. Freshman Kayla Jones, LEFT, passes the ball to sophomore Maggie McDaniel as the Lady Lions face the Berry College Vikings. NURSES RESPOND TO Womenʼs lacrosse fi nishes fi rst By JESSE SUTTON fi rst game of the season and News Editor TORNADIC DISASTER Centre College on March 23. By MEGAN STUDDARD Wednesday, March 19, down- gency personnel. After defeating Hunting- Editor- in- Chief ing power lines and injuring Thirty-eight senior nurs- The Lady Lions women’s don, the Lady Lions snagged over 60 students. ing students responded to lacrosse team fi nished its a fi rst round bye. Bodies were strewn across This is no April Fool’s joke, 62 patients, played by junior season with a 19-6 win over The team will face the win- the parking lot at the Ar- but was a part of Piedmont’s Huntingdon College on Sat., ner of the Greensboro and rendale Amphitheater af- annual disaster drill aimed at See Disaster, March 29. Huntingdon match-up on ter a tornado struck campus training senior nursing stu- page 2 The win fi nished the sea- April 11 in Burlington, N.C. dents and local county emer- son 8-0 in conference play, The Lady Lions’ last home placing Piedmont fi rst in the game was against Berry Col- USA South Conference. lege. Overall, the Lady Lions For a breakdown of the Piedmont prepares online registration won 13 games and only lost 18-11 thriller, check out the two, one to Suwanee: The Sports section on page 11. By MANYI ENO Piedmont, online registration we feel that this is something University of the South the Co-Opinions Editor is fi nally coming. that will benefi t our students, According to an email in- faculty and staff.” Students may be more than tions and to assist students as Time to toss out the pa- terview with the Head of Edenfi eld explained that familiar with the process of needed.” per and roll in the computers Registrar and VA Certify- the administration is very ex- registering for classes, so they Junior music major Storm ing Offi cial Carla Edenfi eld, cited about fi nally getting on- now may wonder how online Tipton attended Columbus CONTACT: Piedmont’s registrar’s offi ce line registration at Piedmont. registration will be easier. State University from 2011 OFFICE .........706-778-8500 ext. 1563 has been working since Au- “A lot of hard work (from “As of now, we register to 2012, an institution that [email protected] gust of 2013 with a consultant each offi ce on campus) has people in person. The ad- implemented online registra- ADVISER.......706-778-8500 ext. 1227 to install the system in its of- gone into making this work,” vising process will stay the tion, and said that it was a lot [email protected] fi ce. she said. “Each offi ce has same; however, eventually easier registering online than INDEX: “Each department has had worked individually on their students will be able to reg- having to wait outside. different timeliness of when piece, but we’ve also worked ister for their classes online,” “I think it will benefi t the News...............2 A&E.............8,9 Athens.............3 Sports.....10, 11 their training began,” said together to make sure each said Edenfi eld. “Of course Opinions.......4,5 Living............12 Edenfi eld. “We want to bet- component functions prop- the registrar’s offi ce will be See Registration, Features.......6,7 ter serve our students, and erly.” here to help with any ques- page 2 Page 2 ews April 1, 2014 N The Piedmont College Navigator Safety Continued from page 1 SGA UPDATE junior mass communications would be in very serious trou- to alert the population. Pied- major disagrees. ble, not only with Piedmont, mont would also utilize the “I don’t feel like we would but also with us as law en- school handbook and the SGA delays vote be safe if faced with a hos- forcement offi cers.” Piedmont College website. tile situation, because I don’t Mallory Leary, sopho- “There would have to be on election changes feel like our police offi cers more criminal justice major, some training exercises, such are trained enough on those doesn’t think that is enough. as table-top exercises, with By MANYI ENO elected body,” she said. things to be able to take care “Campus security is far the faculty and the students Co-Opinions Editor The edits and suggestions of something like that,” he away from all the buildings to go over new safety mea- will be made and voted on via said. and there aren’t enough peo- sures,” Martin said. On Tuesday, March 18, the email between the members. Martin said that campus ple on call,” she said. “There He also said that it would Student Government Associa- Other topics discussed in police has offi cers working aren’t cameras or police pa- take quite a signifi cant tion (SGA) held a meeting to the meeting were: 24 hours a day, seven days a trolling the campus to take amount of time to implement discuss a number of topics • Touch-ups to be made in week monitoring the campus. care of anything suspicious.” all the new strategies. including student elections Jenkins Lobby and one more “We are doing everything There is no clear time- The fi rst of many additions for next year’s members. work call that should fi nish we can to make sure this is a line established for when the is the new siren alert system. The meeting was held on the job. safe campus, and I believe in emergency preparedness plan It was tested on Tuesday, the fourth fl oor of the library • The budget: any Pied- the end that will prevail,” he will be ready. March 25. in Camp Younts. mont club or organization said. However, Martin assures The purpose of the siren The biggest topic dis- that have not received its The current punishment students and faculty that system is to alert the Pied- cussed in the meeting was money and SGA voted for it to for people caught with any when changes are made, they mont campus of imminent about executive offi ces and receive money should contact type of weapon on campus is will have several ways to com- danger, which Martin has not requirements to hold offi ce Sam Thomas so that SGA can very serious. municate those changes to seen at Piedmont. on SGA. get the money to it. Martin said, although it the Piedmont population. “Piedmont has a really To be elected into an ex- • SGA also discussed the has never come up in his 20 The school has an estab- good track record,” Martin ecutive offi ce, a student must volleyball court, as SGA has years of service at Piedmont, lished text messaging alert said. “Nothing like that has have at least a 3.5 GPA. To be not talked to Natalie Craw- “I would think that person system that would be used ever happened here.” appointed into the executive ford about it since she de- offi ce, a student must have a cided to wait until they fi nd Registration 3.0 GPA. someone to maintain it. They Continued from page 1 SGA President Sam Thom- are also waiting on the prod- as explained that in the Feb- uct order. students well,” he said. “It what would be the procedure Edenfi eld said that before ruary meeting, the members • Brandon Callahan is kind of puts some of the pow- if the Internet were to crash the system will be handed discussed possibilities of gathering information and re- er in their hands and it makes during registration week.

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