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Piedmont initiates fresh administrative focus
By JESSE SUTTON
News Editor
The new year brings big
changes to Piedmont Student
Affairs and Academic Affairs.
According to Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Perry Rettig, administration
recognized that Piedmont’s
current model and philoso-
phy of separating Student
Affairs and Academic Affairs
was dated. Rettig said the
current goal is to integrate
these two departments and
upgrade to a more contemporary model, which requires
changes in both academics
and student life.
“It’s not these isolated
groups. It’s all of us together,” Rettig said. “This is a
part of the student’s experience, and they’re not isolated
experiences.”
Academically, Rettig said
administration is looking to
further examine student’s essential learning outcomes.
Faculty and staff are cur-
rently developing those outcomes.
“We’ve been looking at national models and what other
campuses have done and see
how they have integrated
their student outcomes with
Student Affairs,” Rettig said.
“[Students will] have the content knowledge in every area
[Piedmont has]. And, right
now, the faculty are fleshing out what those [essential
learning outcomes] will be…
They are the kind of skills
that any student who graduates from a liberal arts institu-
See Restructure,
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PIEDMONT
STUDENT
ARRESTED
By MANYI ENO
Staff Writer
On Dec. 6, 2013, then senior
mass communications major
Zachary Woody was arrested
on charges of felony theft by
taking more than $500.
According to the incident
report from Clarkesville Police, Woody admitted to stealing nearly $30,000 from The
Copper Pot restaurant in
Clarkesville where he was an
employee.
Woody said this happened
over a three year period while
he was a student at Piedmont,
and he was taking the money
to pay off debt from school
tuition, as well as car payments.
Woody was subsequently
arrested after his interview
with police on Dec. 6.
He graduated from Piedmont on Dec. 14, after posting
bond on Dec. 7.
Jeffrey Lee Morris, owner
of The Copper Pot, contacted
police on Dec. 5 to discuss
theft of money from the busi-
LEFT, FROM LEFT: Emily Pettit, Dean of Student Engagement, meets with Olivia Duncan, Kristina Coggins and Tori Mitchell after the flooding in Swanson Hall.
RIGHT: Items placed outside to dry after the flooding quickly froze due to freezing temperatures.
Photos by SUMMER LEWIS
Dorm life disrupted during freeze
By ALEX SMITH
Sports Editor
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Tori
Mitchell, a sophomore chemistry major, returned to her
dorm room in Swanson Hall
to discover a big surprise:
three inches of water flooding her room. She rushed to
salvage her belongings, but
most of her possessions were
ruined.
According to Parks Miller, assistant vice president
for administrative services,
a sprinkler head bursting
caused the flooding.
Unfortunately, the outdoor
temperatures did not reach
higher than 25 degrees; consequently, anything that was
hung out to dry, froze.
“Maintenance came, they
removed all the water out and
then helped me and Kristina
[Coggins] move all of our belongings out of the room,”
Mitchell said.
Mitchell and her roommate, Coggins, were relocated to Wallace Hall.
“Walking into your room
to find three inches of water on the floor is naturally
a stressful matter,” Coggins
said. “However, with the help
of the school and some great
friends, our move was as easy
and peaceful as it could possibly be.”
Additionally, they bought
new items to replace their ruined possessions.
“The college has replaced
damaged items,” Miller said.
Mitchell’s computer was
damaged in the flooding, and
she is still waiting for that to
be replaced.
“We are now in the process
of getting those things paid
for by the school,” Mitchell
said. “They are handling it as
best as they can. It’s [going]
take time no matter what happens.”
On the same day, only
about 100 feet away, Purcell lost heat throughout the
building. The heat loss lasted
about four days.
“Purcell Hall is heated by
a large electric boiler, which
heats water that circulates
through heaters in each room.
Our maintenance workers
have replaced some parts in
the boiler to make it operational,” Miller said.
With no heat in the building and outside temperatures
reaching lows of seven degrees, students complained
of having to wear almost everything they owned just to
stay warm.
“It was freezing and I had
to wear every jacket I owned.
I went out and bought a space
heater for the room,” said
freshman business management major Jake Forbes.
According to Forbes, the
college is not going to reim-
See Freeze,
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Student Commons construction delayed
By MEGAN STUDDARD
Editor-in-Chief
Editors Note: Printed with
permission of The Northeast
Georgian.
Photo courtesy of HABERSHAM COUNTY SHERRIFFʼS OFFICE
Woody was arrested on a felony charge of theft
by taking of more than $500 on Dec. 6, 2013.
See Arrest,
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Students will have to wait a
few extra months to enjoy the
new Student Commons.
Excessive rainfall and extreme temperatures have
delayed construction of the
building.
Originally, the $14 million
project was slated to complete in Dec. of 2014.
However, President James
Mellichamp said that the
building won’t be finished
until early spring of 2015.
“The biggest problem is
rain,” Mellichamp said. “Just
horrific amounts of rain.”
In addition to the precipitation, frigid temperatures
have also halted progress on
the new building.
“They can’t pour concrete
when it’s... below freezing,”
said Mellichamp.
Despite the delays, progress has been made on the
building since the project began last summer.
The foundation has been
poured and steel is being
erected for the gymnasium
that will be housed inside the
58,000 square foot facility.
However, pouring the floor
slabs for the building has
been put on hold.
“They have...cranes in
there so they couldn’t pour a
cement floor for the building
until the cranes are finished
putting the steel up,” Mellichamp said.
Photo by MEGAN STUDDARD
Rain and cold temperatures delayed the progress of the new Student Commons until 2015.
Improvements and adjustments have also been made to
the area surrounding the construction site.
According to Mellichamp,
the college spent over
$100,000 to lower the road at
the intersection of Laurel Avenue and Georgia Street.
“It makes that intersection
a whole lot safer,” he said.
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January 21, 2014
Student healthcare
struggles part 2
By EMILY CLANCE
A&E Editor
Article continued from last issue.
At first glance, it may seem
unfair that athletes have more
medical resources on campus
than non-athletes, but according to President James
Mellichamp, Piedmont is
only meeting NCAA requirements.
“The only reason there
is a doctor working for the
athletes is because it is a requirement with the NCAA,”
he said. “If it weren’t for the
NCAA regulation that requires every college to have a
team physician, he wouldn’t
be here,” Mellichamp said.
Mellichamp also said that
Piedmont used to have an oncampus nurses’ office for students to use in the event of
sickness or injury.
“[Then]
the
hospital
opened up PrimeCare, which
in our opinion was a better
opportunity for students,”
said Mellichamp.
On-campus medical care
is not a concern anymore, according to Mellichamp, be-
cause of the school’s arrangement with PrimeCare.
“The agreement provides
a full-time residential student
an office visit [at PrimeCare]
free of charge,” said Stephanie Bogart, administrative assistant in the office of student
services.
“However, all labs and
medications are not covered
under the agreement and
would be the responsibility of
the student. Emergency room
visits at the medical center
are not covered under this
agreement.”
Student athletes do have
additional resources in the
form of their trainers, but
the student body as a whole
still has a major problem with
medical care: there is no clear
path to take when a student is
sick or injured after the three
local clinics are closed.
Piedmont’s website offers
a page with information on
the local health services, but
it fails to provide a procedure
for what to do if a student
needs to see a doctor after the
clinics are closed.
Mellichamp and Bogart
both agreed that Piedmont’s
health services page needs to
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burse him for his space heater.
“It was about 4 to 5 days,
but it felt like forever,” said
Todd Marquis, a freshman
business major. “It was pretty
bad. I mean, it was hard to
be updated with after-hours
procedures and said that the
change to the website would
be coming soon.
PrimeCare and the other
clinics are so close to campus,
Mellichamp said, that having
a nurses’ office for non-athletes would be redundant.
“We think it’s more convenient,” Mellichamp said. “We
think [students] are receiving better care because they
are seen by physician’s assistants, sometimes by physicians themselves, or referred
to take care of a situation if
it’s more than a nurse or physician’s assistant can take
care of.”
The addition of a clinic at
Piedmont would likely raise
tuition, which is something
many students can’t afford,
especially after the tuition
raises of the past two years.
Though students would
love to have a free, on-campus
clinic, the situation is unlikely
to change in the near future.
“It comes up from time to
time,” said Mellichamp. “The
institution prefers not to provide that service.”
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SGA UPDATE
SGA progresses with
commuter lounge
By JESSIE OWENSBY
Staff Writer
On Jan. 15, the student government association (SGA)
held their first meeting of the
new year as students got used
to their new routines for the
semester.
The biggest topic on the
agenda was the remodeling
and opening of a commuter
lounge.
The commuter lounge will
be located on the first floor
of Daniel Hall in the Jenkins
lobby.
It will include a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker
and seating for commuter
students.
SGA had a difficult time deciding on small details, such
as paint colors and decorating
schemes.
They also had trouble deciding on a definite date to
remodel and open the lounge.
However, after lengthy discussion, they voted on two
different work days to get it
finished.
“We are very proud that
we were able to make it happen, and we are working with
other clubs and organizations
that are using that space already to come up with an end
solution,” said SGA President
Sam Thomas.
Since the number of commuters currently outweigh the
number of resident students,
Student Affairs will conduct
a focus group for commuters
to see how Piedmont can be
more accommodating, which
SGA Vice President Katherine
Knarr will champion.
“This was a valuable effort
on part of the SGA, and we
hope that commuters will be
encouraged to engage more
on campus and become more
involved in campus events,”
said Natalie Crawford, director of student activities and
campus events.
The lounge should be open
by the first week in February.
Other topics discussed in
the meeting included:
• Providing Campus Activities Board (CAB) with funding to purchase doughnuts.
• Reviewing the current
budget, which is $4,310.00.
• The possible change of
SGA’s bylaws, which will be
discussed during the next
meeting
• Deciding on when to hold
SGA’s future meetings
Restructure
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tion should have.”
Additionally, the faculty
will examine how Student Affairs affects development of
these essential learning outcomes, Rettig explained.
Students, faculty and staff
will make these changes together with the focus on student engagement.
“As students are involved
in being engaged both with
the Academic Affairs and the
Student Affairs, I think [students will] see the programs
we have on campus being
very purposeful with the purpose of being integrated and
providing the support that
students are looking for,”
Rettig said. “We are going to
be very purposeful in involving [students], not only just
asking them to be involved
but to bring them into some
of the decision making and
envisioning.”
In order to usher in this focus, administration began the
integration process by replacing and restructuring certain
2
positions.
For example, Drew Davis
resigned as Dean of Students
last semester after working
for Piedmont for 16 years.
He did no respond to multiple attempts for comment.
With Davis vacating the
Dean of Students position,
Emily Pettit filled the newly
created Dean of Student Engagement position in addition to holding the Director
of Career and Personal Counseling at Piedmont.
Pettit explained the Dean
of Student Engagement position is the Senior Student
Affairs Administrator at Piedmont College. She oversees
all aspects Student Affairs, including Residence Life, Student Activities and Campus
Events and Intramurals.
“The restructure and title
change align with Student
Affairs models across the nation,” Pettit wrote via email
on Jan. 17. “Not only are the
responsibilities of the Dean
[of Students] different, the
Freeze
get sleep and was pretty uncomfortable.”
Marquis said he hasn’t
heard anything about compensation for the students.
Additionally, Swanson and
Johnson had their laundry
title change represents a shift
in philosophy as well. The
Dean of Student Engagement is meant to do just that:
engage students. It represents a partnership [or shared
responsibility] between all
students [both residential
and commuter] and Student
Affairs.”
Rettig said Pettit was chosen for the position because
her training and experiences
aligned with Piedmont’s new,
contemporary vision.
“The restructure streamlines philosophy, vision and
decision making, with regard
to the student experience
outside the classroom,” Pettit wrote. “This allows [for]
a more unified, seamless approach in providing purposeful educational experiences
for our residential and commuter students.”
However, in order to further the restructure, Student
Affairs will hire another person to help in counseling and
career services.
Additionally, Student Affairs is seeking a professional
residence life director.
“We’ll continue with the
residence life [program that
involves] the RDs,” Rettig
said. “We will augment that
structure with someone who
is professionally trained.”
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ness.
Morris provided Clarkesville
Police
Investigator
Danny Clouatre with financial reports that revealed the
possibility of the source of
the missing money after he
suspected an employee was
taking money from cash payments.
Morris noticed that, after
comparing all the sales of all
the servers in the restaurant,
Woody appeared to have been
adjusting the payments that
were made.
Morris said that he believed Woody was taking cash
from the customer’s payments
and changing the sale in the
computer register to reflect a
much lower price.
According to the incident
report, Woody admitted to
taking money from customers’ cash payments.
Woody said in attempt
to hide the theft, he would
change the sale in the register
to reflect a much lower total.
Woody claimed that he
kept up with the amount for
a while because he wanted to
eventually pay Morris back.
Morris said that, after reviewing financial reports, he
determined that Woody had
taken approximately $25,
735.36 between Oct. 2011 and
Dec. 2013.
The case is still under investigation.
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rooms shut down as well because of frozen pipes.
“There was nothing students could have done to
prevent this from happening.
It was a record cold wave,”
Miller said.
“We also paid a considerable
amount of money to Georgia
Power to relocate a number
of poles for power and utilities.”
Mellichamp said that these
updates were calculated into
the original cost and should
improve visibility on the road.
“[The construction is going] a little slower than I’d
like,” Mellichamp said. “But
you can’t change Mother Nature.”
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Columnists:
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ATHENS EDITORIAL
Dream A Little Bigger
By GAVIN WESTFALL
Contributing Writer
I hope you guys had a
wonderful Christmas and New
Year’s break and also a chance
to recharge your batteries
before another grueling but
rewarding semester starts at
our beloved Piedmont College.
I know it is expected to talk
about the New Year’s goals ,
but I think for most of us it’s
more of a New Year’s cliché
than an actual time to form
purposeful goals. My main
objectives in this column are
to help you remember that you
have a fresh slate on which to
write your continued life story
and to provide an inspirational
story proving what hard work
and focus can bring.
Over the break I had time to
mentally dig deep into what I
want out of life and research
new ways to motivate myself.
First, seeing is believing,
and what do you want from
life? When you wake up in
the morning, what is on your
mind? Do you want to run a
marathon or earn a masters
degree in your major? Or both?
Know exactly what you want,
then take action and research
what steps are needed to
achieve that goal.
Second, keep your eyes on
the prize; with almost anything
good and rewarding in life, it
takes hard work and passion.
Reaching your goals takes time
and it rarely comes easy. There
may be temporary failures. If
you’re not failing, you aren’t
taking chances or learning any
new lessons. Taking chances
stimulates your brain and may
lead to new discoveries.
Third, permanent failure
is not an option. Inventor
Thomas Edison made over
1,000 unsuccessful attempts
at creating the light bulb until
finally succeeding. See how
persistence pays off ?
Many people think their
dreams are impossible because
of finances or time. While
nothing is guaranteed in life,
if you don’t try, how will you
ever know? Millions of people
end up finding what they want
while pursuing a completely
different path. As the Rolling
Stones lead singer said, “ You
can’t always get what you
want, but if you try sometimes,
well you might find what you
need.” Regretting not taking
a chance will haunt you much
more than not reaching your
goal.
A positive attitude is
everything. If you go through
life with a chip on your
shoulder or a pessimistic
Get involved
A look at upcoming events in Athens
By MAHEEN RAE
Staff Writer
Piedmont College Athens
would like to welcome new
and old students to the spring
2014 semester.
Piedmont has a lot of
activities available to help
students feel laid back and
have a good time. Student
activities give the opportunity
for individuals to meet new
people wind down, and have
fun.
Student Activites Director
Zach Churchill has many
things planned for the
semester and is nudging any
students with activity ideas to
speak to him.
Every
Tuesday
and
Thursday there is a Lion Fit
Fitness Bootcamp Class.
This provides a good weekly
workout for any fitness level.
This is for any student and
those whose New Year’s
resolution was to get healthier
this year. The class is from 4 to
5 p.m.
Every Wednesday there is
pickup basketball available for
any skill level. Students can
make their own teams and play
an organized game, or play
other basketball games such as
“21.” Basketball is held from 4
to 6 p.m.
Piedmont Athens also offers
clubs for students to join and
get involved in.
The Outdoor Club adopted
a road in Downtown Athens
through Athens Adopt-AHighway and have cleanups
scheduled for Jan. 25, Mar. 15
and Apr. 12. They meet in the
gym at 11 a.m. on those days
and ride together to the site.
The cleanup takes less than
two hours. Students do not
have to be a member of the
Outdoor Club to participate.
Also,
Athens
Campus
Activity Board (ACAB) is
hosting “ACAB Thursdays”
the first Thursday of each
month, all semester.
ACAB members will be
handing out free coffee and
waters to students in the lobby.
ACAB is currently making
plans to volunteer at the Food
Bank of Northeast Georgia,
as well as go on trips to the
Georgia Aquarium and the
Bodies Exhibit in Atlanta.
ACAB’s Springfest/Open
House is scheduled for Mar. 22
and plans are well under way
for that event as well.
The
Future
Health
Professionals Club will meet
regularly
throughout
the
semester but a date has not
been set for their next meeting.
Churchill said, “Students
can join clubs at any time,
simply attend a meeting and
talk with me. Also, students
are always welcome to start a
club and can see me to discuss
the details and process of
doing so”.
Student
activities
are
available and if anyone has any
activities that they would want
on campus, please email or see
Churchill.
attitude, you are hindering
yourself and those around you
from optimistic thinking.
Huntley Nash is a long
time friend of mine and
accomplished
professional
motorcycle road racer who
has experienced winning in a
very competitive sport. Nash
knows all too well about hard
work, success, failure and a
positive attitude.
Since stepping up to the
pros in 2009, he had many
races with top-ten finishes. In
2010 he finished on the winning
podium in nine of ten races. In
the following two years he had
many stabs at top-five and ten
finishes but was plagued with a
massive ankle injury requiring
surgery and rehabilitation.
When returning to racing in
2013, Nash switched to a new
team and stepped up a class to
Daytona Sport Bike in search
of a fresh start. Unfortunately,
he missed many races due to
team finances and motorcycle
problems in the Daytona
Superbike season.
Nash responded in the
off-season by winning two
of three races at Daytona
International Speedway and
finishing second in the other.
I caught up with Nash to ask
him what steps he took to get
back on the racetrack.
Nash said: “When I started
racing I had two goals in
mind, to win and have fun. If
you aren’t enjoying what you
are doing, why are you doing
it? To stay motivated I dream
big and slowly set increasingly
bigger attainable goals as I
check them off.
“There is no such thing
as perfecting your skill or
trade, there is always more
to be learned that is why I
am constantly searching for
ways to gain more knowledge
and technique and this can
be applied to any profession
or hobby. Just remember the
clock is ticking so don’t do
tomorrow what can be done
today.”
ATHENS
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, 1/25
Outdoor Club’s Adopt-A-Road cleanup
Meet in the gym at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, 1/28
Athens Campus Activities Board (ACAB) Meeting
12 p.m. in Room 107W
Wednesday, 1/29
Outdoor Club Meeting
10 a.m. in Room 107W
Friday, 1/31
Sigma Alpha Pi Leadership
training Day
2-5 p.m. in Room 210W
Not So Incliment Weather
Why Piedmont stays open during the Polar Vortex
By SAM ELDRIDGE
Staff Writer
According to NBC News, a
polar vortex is a “great swirling
pool of extremely cold air
located tens of thousands of
feet in the atmosphere.”
These
very
extreme
weather conditions sound like
something that would keep
you out of school and off the
roads, right?
Wrong! Put on your mittens
and scarfs, children! You’re
braving the cold and going to
class.
Many students attending
Piedmont had to experience
this tragic lack of a snow day
the first week of school when
the temperature dropped to
bone-chilling, single digit
degrees and class was still in
session.
Although it didn’t actually
snow, there was ice on the roads
and biting wind that could be
classified as dangerous driving
conditions.
While the idea of having
to learn in this winter horror
land does not bode well in the
minds of students, what was
really interesting is that most
Oconee and Clarke County
schools were closed and even
other college campuses either
had early classes cancelled or
delayed.
Now why would other
institutions of learning that are
mere miles away be excused
from frostbite, but the Athens
and Demorest campuses had
to power through?
President
James
Mellichamp, Vice President
of Academic Affairs Perry
Rettig, and Vice President for
Institutional Resources John
Misner are the three men that
determine if the appropriate
conditions have been met to
delay or cancel class.
They also consult with A.
Melton Palmer, vice president
for Athens, to insure that the
Athens campus is fully aware
as well.
I spoke with both Rettig
and Misner over the phone and
they said: “Our main concern
is the safety of the students and
faculty. We want to make sure
that the driving and weather
conditions are appropriate for
travel to the campus.”
These two gentlemen are
authorities on determining if
weather is harmful or not to
the learning environment or to
student’s safety.
Both Rettig and Misner
spent several years in the
harsh winter conditions of the
Midwest.
Rettig,
who
was
an
administrator and professor
at the University of Wisconsin
has had a lot of experience
with “identifying whether or
not the weather conditions
will obstruct the normal
schedule or if it is safe enough
for students and faculty to
commute,” he said.
Misner was once a student
attending
the
University
of Wisconsin and a former
resident of Pittsburg. He
explained that “because of
[their] location, [they] could
easily see and determine
the outcome of the weather.
Giving [them] the advantage
to take action before any
extreme weather conditions
reached [them]”.
If the roads are too
dangerous, if the weather
reaches the point where
students cannot function, if it
is crucial to their safety to not
go to class, the administration
will let the school’s population
know through many mediums.
Rettig said that, in the
event that classes are delayed
or cancelled, they will contact
students and faculty through
means such as “student email,
the Piedmont website, the
media, and especially through
the E2 Campus Alert system
notification.”
Rettig made it clear that it
is important that all Piedmont
students sign up for these E2
Alert notifications that can be
found on the website.
The
program
will
automatically send students
emails or text messages when
there is inclement weather that
causes cancelation of classes.
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mont should do with 2014:
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By MELISSA RICE
Columnist
Welcome to the first newspaper of the New Year!
Seeing that it’s the end of
January, I would think it was a
little late for things like New
Year resolutions.
However, time doesn’t work
the same at Piedmont apparently, seeing as how we didn’t
have our New Year bash until
last week.
So I guess that means it’s
not too late to make Piedmont
a nice little list of resolutions
for the upcoming year.
Here is what I think Pied-
Room service
Concierge service
Valet parking
Serve Chick-fil-A in the caf
.Not just sandwiches either.
Iʼm talking full menu, espeBy SABRINA PAGE
cially chicken minis.
Give graduates Vespas in
Sadness is when you feel
addition
to diplomas at comShuttles to and from Athlike
everything is against you.
mencement
ens
The world seems to turn slowFinish the new student er.
Have baked potatoes and
center
The day becomes longer,
pretzels all the time at the
and the skies are constantly
caf (This one is mostly just
Ok, maybe that last one is a grey.
for me. I really love baked
little too much.
potato and pretzel day.)
There is a point in everyI mean, it makes sense that
one’s
lives when they feel sad.
Turn the swamp into an it’s taking over two years to
Their
bones ache, heads
build it. Right?
aquarium
hurt, and they have no motivation. Sadness can occur in
Turn the library into a waanyone’s life.
ter park
These symptoms may occur during certain times of
the year
depending
on
the persions.
son.
You don’t want to be at
Some are small, like what
Some
to wear or what to have for the end of your college ca- of
the
lunch, but others are require reer wishing that you’d done e v e n t s
things differently.
more thought.
that can
If you know in your gut c a u s e
Decisions like if and where
to go for graduate school or that you should be at a certain you to be
what to major in should not place or in a certain major, sad are
then do it.
be made haphazardly.
d ivo r c e ,
Don’t let anything or any- y o u n g
It can be all too easy to get
lost in conflicting thoughts or one make you doubt your in- p r e g opinions when trying to make tuition.
nancies, money problems,
Just like when taking a test, a friendship and even a car
a big decision.
Ultimately, yours is the your first instincts are usually wreck.
right.
only opinion that matters.
Although we can blame
Don’t second-guess your- many things for depression, it
Try your best to channel
out everyone else and focus self.
is also hereditary.
Your undergraduate years
only on yourself.
This may seem like an
Some decisions are are an experience that you article that is going to talk
easily corrected if you make only get to have once in your you though the conversathe wrong one, but there will lifetime.
tion of depression and how
Make sure you spend it you should seek professional
be times when you know there
is no turning back from a de- wisely.
medical help, but this story is
cision once it has been made.
going to take you in another
Take care to make all of
direction.
your decisions as wisely as
Say if all these years, durpossible.
ing certain times, you feel sad.
Regret is a terrible
There’s not a reason for it;
feeling. Try and make the
your body is just not motivatright decisions the first time
ed.
around.
What if the root of this
Navigator Staff Editorial
No Regrets
By ASHLEY BANKS
Copyeditor
One of the most
important things that
I’ve learned in the past
four years of college is
to always listen to your
intuition.
I know the whole
“follow your heart”
cliché is really cheesy
and overused, but it’s
so true.
Life is full of deci-
Contributing Writer
reoccurring problem is the
weather changes that winter
brings upon us?
According to Time Magazine, scientists from the
American Psychiatric Association have found a new disorder that occurs only during
winter.
It’s called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD.
SAD is another term for depression that comes with the
bad weather changes that winter brings.
Doctors have stated that it
is considered a mental disorder and it is still under scientific examination.
The American Psychiatric
Association was the foundation of SAD.
According to the Mayo
Clinic, “ In order to meet the
qualification of SAD, and individual must be showing depression and other symptoms
for two years, depression free
episodes, and unexplained behavior.”
Some
of the
w a y s
you can
h e l p
prevent
SAD is
to
exercise
more,
g e t
plenty
of rest
a n d
have a
positive attitude, even if you
are freezing.
As far as depression, there
is light therapy available that
helps mellow out your serotonin levels.
Winter can be harmful
to your entire body, not just
the mind, so if you believe
you could have SAD, go get
checked out.
Seeing your primary caretaker can only help, and keep
your eye on the next season.
Will you take a stand to help
prevent SAD in your life? How
will you beat this disorder?
“SAD is another term
for depression that
comes with the bad
weather changes that
winter brings.”
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January 21, 2014
Purcell Vortex
By SHELBY WHITEHOUSE
Contributing Writer
Most people by now know
that Purcell’s heat went out on
Monday Jan. 6 during the polar vortex.
If you don’t know what the
polar vortex is, Frank Giannasca, senior meteorologist with
The Weather Channel defines
it as this: “A polar vortex is basically a great swirling pool of
extremely cold air located tens
of thousands of feet in the atmosphere.”
Are students expected to
stay in their rooms while it’s
six degrees outside if they
have no heat?
I understand that things
like this happen sometimes,
but why wasn’t it fixed sooner?
The students that were living in Purcell had to suffer
with sleeping in the freezing
temperatures just because the
school didn’t fix the problem
in a timely fashion.
The school says that the
heat went out because the cold
weather caused the boiler to
slow down.
I feel like that is a little ridiculous. If it was so cold to
make the heater go out, why
didn’t mine go out, or any
other dorm on campus for that
matter?
The heater was out for five
days according to Brittany
Sharer and Savannah Medina,
two girls who live on the top
floor of Purcell. Five days is a
long time to go without a heater in my opinion.
Men on the first floor said
their’s came back on in two to
three days.
If this was a boiler problem,
why didn’t they all come back
on at the same time?
Stanton Collins a sophomore who also lives in Purcell
said, “I had to sleep with four
blankets on and when I woke
up I felt like I had really bad
wind burn on my face.”
Let’s be honest, that’s
not fair to anyone. People
shouldn’t be expected to sleep
in the freezing cold.
Piedmont always complains
about students breaking visitations hours, but with something like this, what do you
expect?
In all honesty, I would go
sleep in someone else’s room
if I didn’t have a heater.
That’s exactly what I would
expect other people to do.
This isn’t the welcome back
that the students who live in
Purcell wanted. What would
you have done if your heater
went out?
A Word From Our Staff:
What is your 2014 New Year’s
resolution?
Jesse Sutton
News Editor
“I don’t have a resolution because I
don’t believe in resolutions. They only
stick for about a month, and I’d rather
make a permanent personal change..”
Alexandra Smith
Sports Editor
“My New Year’s resolution is to wear
pink every day this year.”
Hillary Kelley
Features Editor
“I am giving up soda this year. That’s
my thing.”
Bring home the bacon
has a massive obsession with
bacon. And I can’t say I blame
them. It’s delicious. Many people argue that this obsession
exploded on the Internet. This
can be observed by taking a
look at the popular YouTube
channel “Epic Meal Time.”
This channel has accumulated
over six million subscribers by
recording themselves while
they prepare and consume
massive, complex recipes. AlBy TYLER DALE
most all of these involve baOpinions Editor
con, and after watching for a
few minutes it’s easy to underWe live in an age sur- stand just how seriously they
rounded by the Internet. It af- take their bacon. Which they
fects nearly everything we do. should, because it’s phenomNeedless to say,
it has become a
huge influence
on contemporary American
society.
Internet culture has become
mainstream
culture,
and
whoever doesn’t
keep up with it
will be left behind. Piedmont
is doing a nice
job so far. Our
Wi-Fi operates
at a functional
speed, Netflix
is no longer blocked, and resi- enal.
dents can finally access Xbox
But they’re not the only
Live from their dorm rooms. ones. Websites all across the
But as always, we have to web have been making memes,
keep moving forward to keep products, videos, and even enup with our generation’s fast- tire websites all dedicated to
paced trends. And our next delicious bacon. The delicious
logical step takes place some- pork strips have transcended
where you may not expect: the typical food and become a
caf. How, you ask? One word: widespread cultural phenomenon.
bacon.
Piedmont’s cafeteria needs
First of all, bacon is delicious. But that’s not the only to capitalize on this phenomthing. Contemporary society enon, quickly. When I walk
into the caf it’s difficult not to
notice the distinct lack of bacon. And that’s a travesty because it’s delicious. Piedmont
needs more bacon in the caf.
Now I’m not saying they need
to emulate “Epic Meal Time”
and make a bacon-cheesechicken wing-cholesterol-bypass-orgy, but as popular and
delicious as bacon is, it needs
a presence. The weekend
brunches have sausage, gravy,
biscuits, and every breakfast
food you could want except
for bacon. The sandwich line:
no bacon. Imagine how happy students would be if they
could get a BLT or a bacon
grilled
cheese,
both
of
w h i c h
w o u l d
be
delicious. The
sandwich
station
should
have bacon readily available at all
times. I’m
not sure
how costef fective
it would
be for them to supply a constant stream of delicious bacon to the sandwich station,
but it’s definitely something
that should be considered. Because bacon is delicious. Keep
it in mind, Piedmont. And remember: it’s not just delicious
and amazing and perfect and
full of protein; but it’s a vital part of our rich modern
American culture. Also, did
I mention that it’s delicious?
Because it is.
“First of all, bacon is
delicious. But that’s not the
only thing. Contemporary
society has a massive
obsession with bacon.”
Austin rides again
By BOB CAREY
Contributing Writer
Professor Rick Austin has
been teaching biology at Piedmont College, and he is good
at it.
He is also good at keeping
his eye on local politics. His
goal is to ensure that common
sense is not replaced by socalled “political correctness.”
His strong interest in civic
affairs began when he was
elected to the Habersham
County Planning Commission. From there he graduated to the Habersham County
Council.
His constituents recognized him as a man who had
their best interests at heart; so,
they sent him on to the Georgia State House, where he was
elected to two terms. He did
something that no first-term
representative had done as
far back as anybody could remember: he introduced a bill.
Not only that, but he co-sponsored other bills that would
allow Georgia government to
better do its job, particularly
in the field of education.
When an opening appeared
in the Georgia Senate, Austin
went for it. That’s when the
“good ol’ boys” went into action. They sure didn’t want
any “hot shot activist messin’ with the deal they got.”
Rick was soundly defeated.
He went home to “lick his
wounds.”
He might have stayed there
too, except that he was born,
raised and still lived in the city
of Demorest. The difference
was that now he had a family
of his own to care for.
So, when major irregularities came to light in the financial affairs of the city of Demorest, Austin’s juices started
flowing again. He ran for
mayor and won.
He was sworn in on Jan. 7,
and held his first city council
meeting shortly thereafter—
and what a meeting it was.
True to form Mayor Austin introduced the Council to
modern, paperless, “access
control” which would also simultaneously keep payroll records.
Although it was not discussed, such an electronic
system is bound to save the
city considerable expense.
The idea will be “fleshed out”
at the next regular meeting on
Feb. 4.
Megan Studdard
Editor-in-Chief
“My resolution is to wake up early
every day.”
For more resolutions, turn to the Features page!
WRITE FOR OPINIONS!
Contact Opinions Editor Tyler Dale for
tdale1215@lions.piedmont.edu
Parting Wisdom
Spend time off campus
(with your friends) – Take a
weekend trip or spend spring
break with a friend or friends.
Make memories that you’ll
want to share.
By FLETCHER DEAL
Contributing Writer
It’s spring semester, and incidentally my last semester at
Piedmont College.
As I look on my past years at
Piedmont I ask myself, “What
would I have wanted to know
about Piedmont spring 2011?”
And my one thought is
make the most of your time at
Piedmont, because before you
know, it will be but memories.
Now some may wonder,
“How would someone make
the most of their time?” Well
lucky for you, I have a few
ideas.
Use your electives wisely – Your electives are a gift.
They give you the opportunity to take classes in subjects
that you want to learn just for
fun. Granted, you need to pass
them to graduate, but they are
yours to learn something you
were always curious about.
They could even help you pick
out a minor. Mine did.
Spend time on campus
-- My freshman year I did
what many students do at
Piedmont. I went home every
single weekend. I won’t say I
regret that decision, but you
should spend at least a few
weekends on campus for the
experience.
Hang out with your friends,
or discover parts of the county you’ve never seen before
by going on a mini road trip.
There are a lot of unique opportunities in the area if you
just keep your eyes open.
Get to know your professors – The beauty of Piedmont is that our professors are
easy to get in contact with, and
they like talking to their students.
Your professors have great
life experiences and the professors in your major have already
worked in the field that you’re
going into. Talk to them, they
give the best advice, and of
course the occasional story.
Take advantage of campus events – This is one that
you’ve probably heard already,
but I want to reemphasize it
here.
Piedmont is great about
providing events to its students
such as trips to Atlanta, local
premiers of movies like the recent opening night of “Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” as
well as dances and other activities that give you the opportunity to socialize and meet new
people on campus.
Meet new people – While,
especially at Piedmont, it is
easy to fall into our relative
cliques and groups, take time
to get out there and meet
someone new, someone who
wouldn’t necessarily fit into
your group, because you never
know just how awesome that
person is.
I hope that these give you
some ideas on how to make
the most of you college experience.
I know they’ve helped make
Piedmont a place and time
I’ll remember with the utmost
fondness and I hope they help
you too.
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The Piedmont College Navigator
Taylorʼs influence soars
Piedmont professor named a second time on ʻNotable Georgians of 2014ʼ list
it is always full of surprise
and pleasure.”
Taylor’s
professional
achievements go beyond
teaching, which she has done
for 15 years.
She was also a parish minister for 15 years prior and is a
successful author.
According to Taylor, her
personal achievements include her marriage of 30 years
and the occasions when she
hears from a former student
who remembered something
that he or she learned in one
of her classes.
“That’s the kind of
achievement that really matters,” said Taylor.
When not teaching, preaching or receiving awards, Taylor enjoys imitating “Iron
Chef ” in her kitchen, taking
care of her pets and making
glass jewelry for local galler-
By VANESSA SMITH
Contributing Writer
Calling all writers!
Many Piedmont students
know Barbara Brown Taylor
as the Butman Professor of
Religion, but her titles do not
end there as she has recently
been named one of the “Notable Georgians of 2014” in
Georgia Trend Magazine for
the second year running.
Previously, Taylor has also
been included in Georgia
Trend’s list of “100 Most Influential Georgians” in 2012.
According to Taylor, the
best part of receiving the
award was when she attended
the award banquet in Atlanta
and was able to meet other
notable and influential Georgians who are included in the
list, which consists of leaders
in government, education,
business and the arts.
“I felt like I had been invited backstage to meet the
Rolling Stones,” said Taylor.
Winning an award can
cause people to treat the recipients differently.
“More people say hello to
me in the grocery store now,”
said Taylor.
Taylor, an Episcopal priest
since 1984, said her favorite
class to teach is Religions of
the World, which she teaches
every semester at Piedmont.
“My favorite part of teaching is meeting a new classroom full of new students
and then figuring out how to
ies.
Taylor has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from
Emory University, and a Master of Divinity from Yale University.
She teaches Religions of
the World, Introduction to the
New Testament and most of
the other religion courses on a
rotating schedule with college
chaplain and professor of religion Ashley Cleere.
Taylor has also written 12
books, including the New
York Times Best Seller, “An
Altar in the World,” and
many of her books appear on
various college curriculums
around the country.
Her latest book, “Learning
to Walk in the Dark,” is available for pre order online now
and will be released April 8,
2014.
Titles by Taylor:
Photo by NJOKI COLEMAN
Taylor, no stranger to speaking engagements, was one of the guest speakers at Piedmontʼs religion
conference last year.
make the most of their differ- said.
ent skills, backgrounds, inter“It never happens the same
ests and personalities,” she way twice, which means that
Do you have a story that you think
Piedmont students would be interested in?
Why not pitch your idea to the editor?
Email questions, concerns or ideas to
hkelley0415@lions.piedmont.edu.
Don’t forget to check out your PC student media hub The Roar
at piedmontroar.com.
“The Preaching Life”
“Gospel Medicine”
“Bread of Angels”
“The Luminous Web: Essays on Science
and Religion”
“The Seeds of Heaven”
“Speaking of Sin”
“When God is Silent”
“Home By Another Way”
“Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith”
“Circling Faith: Southern Women on
Spirituality”
“An Altar in the World”
“Learning to Walk in the Dark”
Visit www.barbarabrowntaylor.com/works.htm for
more on these titles.
New Years Bash Celebration
Students bring in the new year and new semester with CAB dance event
By ALEXANDRA SMITH
Sports Editor
side finger foods.
The mocktails were named
after real cocktails and looked
like them, too. Sparkling cider
took the place of champagne,
and the red wine was sparkling grape juice.
“I actually think that it was
going pretty well,” said Kendall Newell, a sophomore edu-
cation major. “I know campus police aggravated a lot of
people by showing up and just
watching us though.”
DJ Spoons got the crowd on
the dance floor by playing favorites like “The Wobble” and
new hits like “Timber” as well
as asking for requests via the
event’s Facebook page.
On Jan. 16, Piedmont rang
in the New Year with a New
Year’s Bash hosted by the
Campus Activity Board (CAB)
in the student center.
Sidney Smith, a recent
Piedmont graduate known as
DJ Spoons, was brought in
as the entertainment for the
event, and students were required to pay two dollars for
admission.
CAB
placed
balloons
around the cafeteria earlier
in the day to remind students
about the event, later revealing that the admission price
would be waved if a student
brought one of the balloons
with them.
The dance, which started at
9 p.m., was off to a slow start
as students began to arrive at
about 10:30 p.m.
The music got louder, and
the dance floor started to fill
up.
CAB updated their Facebook page throughout the
night to attract more students
and even offered free admission for the first five people
who showed up after the offer
was posted.
Mocktails, non-alcoholic The student center was filled with music and dancing as students celebrated the new year together.
cocktails, were served along-
“I really liked that they
brought Spoons in to DJ,”
said Newell.
Although the dance was
never full, the turn out was a
reflection of what’s expected
for a weeknight.
“I had a good time,” said
sophomore chemistry major
Tori Mitchell. “It took a while
to get it started, but it turned
out to be fun. I just wish more
people would show up.”
CAB will continue to update students with news of
upcoming events via their
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PiedmontCAB.
Photos by SUMMER LEWIS
CAB member and sophomore business major Emily de Lorenzo promoted the event by placing balloons
around the cafeteria.
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Unlikely partners for a musical cause temps to rise
By TYLER DALE
Opinions Editor
Spring semester is
here and hat means:
baseball.
It’s time
for peanuts, cracker
jacks, sunburn, yelling
at umpires and very
questionable ballpark
hot dogs.
This baseball season will be unlike any
other in Piedmont history, though, because
it marks the beginning
of a collaboration between the athletic and
theatre departments
to produce shows that
appeal to fans of both
sports and the arts.
Together, the baseball team and the department of theatre
will be producing a
stage musical version
of the film “Fever Pitch” starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew
Barrymore.
The film is being adapted
to the stage by John Spiegel,
professor of theatre, and the
music is being composed by
music department chair Wallace Hinson.
For those who haven’t seen
the film, “Fever Pitch” is the
story of Ben, played by Fallon, a goofy, yet good-hearted schoolteacher who has an
unhealthy obsession with the
Boston Red Sox.
He meets a strong-headed,
career-minded woman named
Lindsay, played by Barrymore, and is forced to choose
between her and the team.
In Piedmont’s production,
Ben and Lindsay are being
played by freshmen theatre
majors Brandon Deen and
Kristen Reeves and the Boston Red Sox are being played
by the Piedmont Lions baseball team.
When asked about the unlikely collaboration between
his team and the theatre department, Head Coach Jim
Peeples simply said, “We
thought this might be a good
opportunity to build a bridge
between our athletes and the
weird kids. I figured they can
help our guys pass their Theatre 100 class, and maybe our
guys can teach them to act
normal and stop dressing in
drag.”
Peeples is also very optimistic about the new fans that
the collaboration will bring
into the stadium once they see
how exciting baseball can be
when music and choreography are added to it.
The theatre faculty are
equally excited to bring a fresh
set of audience members into
the Swanson Center Main-
stage. They’ve even hired an
umpire to stand in the lobby
so that fans can hurl insults at
him as they walk into the theater.
When asked why he chose
the baseball team, and subsequently, “Fever Pitch,” Spiegel stated “Well, we tried to
do this last year. We wanted to
do ‘Space Jam’ with the basketball team, but that didn’t
quite work out.
So we settled on baseball,
and ‘Fever Pitch’ was the natural choice. We’re still working on adapting it to the stage,
but the script was so solid it
made the entire process seamless,” said Spiegel.
Sports fanatics and theatre enthusiasts alike, rejoice.
Now you can enjoy the best
of both worlds right here at
Piedmont.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry,
you’ll sing along with instant
classics such as “Take Me
Out to the Ball Game,” “I forgot the White Sox Existed,”
and “I Don’t Actually Know
Anything About Baseball, So
Here’s a Tap Number.”
But most importantly,
you’ll witness the blending of
two vastly different cultures
into one really awkward production.
The show will run Feb. 1316 on the Swanson Mainstage
and will last approximately 90
minutes. See you there!
Rallying up some resolve
The struggle to make New Year’s resolutions stick
By HILLARY KELLEY
Features Editor
A fresh, blank sheet of paper slowly fills with a list of
resolutions for New Year’s
and strikethroughs narrow
down the choices.
By the end of the year,
most lists of resolutions have
become entirely erased as the
struggle to keep the resolutions proves harder than previously thought.
The number one resolution
made in America revolves
around weight loss, according to a statistical study by
the Journal of Clinical Psychology from the University
of Scranton.
“I’ve tried losing weight
before, [but] it lasts all of
about a week,” said sophomore English major Catherine Moore.
Still, she persists and has
resolved to commit to her
goals this year by being more
proactive than in years past.
On the other hand, many
people have given up on making resolutions at all.
“I am horrible at commitments, so I didn’t make a
concrete resolution because
I don’t believe I can keep
it,” said junior English major
Haley Talley.
Whether students keep
their resolutions for a week, a
month or the entire year, the
benefits can be extremely rewarding, but the struggle is
also real.
As for deciding what goals
to try and accomplish as part
of New Years resolutions,
Moore said, “The only one
you should be doing it for is
you.”
Senior criminal justice major Virginia Walton is another
student who doesn’t make
resolutions as she has seen
that they rarely last.
“I just try to get through
what life brings, enjoy the little things and be as happy as I
can be,” said Walton.
Whether or not a person
will keep their resolutions
may involve the practicality of
the goal, or even just the de-
mands of everyday life.
With 11 months to go in this
new year of 2014, only time
will tell what resolutions are
kept, which ones are already
lost and which ones will stick
until they are left in the dust
and chosen again to try to accomplish the very next year.
Donut Palace, Bagel
and Cafe
879 Historic Hwy. 441 Cornelia, Ga (706) 754-3333
By EMILY CLANCE
A&E Editor
On the outside, the new
Donut Palace, Bagel and
Cafe on Highway 441 looks
like somewhere you definitely wouldn’t want to go.
But if you decide to go in
and see what it’s all about,
you’ll find a small café with
a friendly staff and arguably the best doughnuts in
Habersham County.
Donut
Palace
opened on Jan. 3, in the old
Sonic building on the way to
Clarkesville.
The interior matches its
exterior, and you can tell it’s
under construction.
The aesthetics, however,
have no bearing on the food.
When I went, I bought
a cream-filled doughnut, a
coffee and a bag of dough-
The interior may be under construction, but the Donut Palace, Bagel and Cafe is an affordable hub for students who are looking for a delicious treat.
nut holes for breakfast the
next morning.
My friends each got pastries of their own, including
an éclair with delicious custard filling.
My doughnut was light and
fluffy, bursting with cream,
and still tasted fresh even
though it was the end of the
day.
The doughnut holes I purchased kept extremely well
overnight and still tasted
mostly fresh the next morning.
The shop brews coffee, and
you serve yourself out of a
large pot by the seating area.
It’s brewed to perfection
and doesn’t taste burnt like
other coffees I’ve had.
Cream and sugar are close
at hand.
If you so desire, or you can
drink it black.
By far, one of the best
things about Donut Palace is
the price.
My three items – a doughnut, a cup of coffee and a bag
of doughnut holes - cost a total of $3.89. The rest of the
menu, ranging from various
types of doughnuts to bear
claws to breakfast sandwiches, is similarly priced.
Don’t be scared off by Donut Palace’s sparse décor and
unfinished look.
Their food is excellent and
affordable, and the café would
make a great spot for students
looking for a place to study
without distractions.
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Dodd exhibit attracts major attention
First art reception of the year draws a crowd
By HILLARY KELLEY
Features Editor
A small woman with a
handful of colors streaking
her short hair commanded a
captive audience in the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum
with her soft-spoken, warmhearted reception speech on
Thursday, Jan. 16.
Rosemary Dodd, an alumna of Piedmont College from
1969, will showcase her artwork in the museum through
Jan. 30. The collection of
works includes a variety of
drawings on various kinds of
paper, like sheet music, and a
few colorful, large-scale paintings that complement the
black lines that make up her
drawings.
The speech she gave included some laugh-inducing
anecdotes about how she began drawing on mediums other than the traditional drawing paper.
According to Dodd, she
would drive to classes and
rehearsals for her daughters’
dance recitals all the time and
had nothing to do but sit and
wait.
“I saw ‘The Nutcracker’ till
I was nutty,” said Dodd.
So one day, she opened up
a recital program and began
sketching, becoming interested in the way the drawings
looked on top of the words.
“I started doing that at every performance,” said Dodd.
“And as long as they were
small programs it [didn’t]
seem to disturb anybody.”
She then moved on to drawing atop sheet music and
friends began to give her music for that exact purpose, including an entire piece from
the Atlanta Symphony.
She concluded her speech
with a heart-felt thank you to
all who attended the reception, and there was no shortage of attendees. The foyer
of the museum was so packed
that the group of students,
faculty and members of communities beyond Piedmont itself stood nearly shoulder to
A painting titled “Fiddle and Boots” hangs in the art
museum.
Photo by HILLARY KELLEY
shoulder.
“I enjoyed the gestural
style of the work and just the
free-flowing and very natural feel of the overall show,”
said junior art major Nikki
Blanchard.
“Rosemary is probably the
friendliest person I know of,”
said sophomore art major
Chance Hunter.
Dodd has spent quite a bit
of time interacting with students as she has been auditing drawing classes this year,
and the students have a high
level of respect for her and her
work.
“She has a wonderful view
on life that is translated into
her paintings and other works
of art, [and] I personally felt
that this was the kind of show
that we needed here at piedmont,” said Hunter.
Anyone interested in seeing Dodd’s work can visit the
museum during the hours of
10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday
through Saturday until the exhibit ends on Jan. 30.
Attendees signed Doddʼs guestbook at the reception.
Sheet music serves as an alternative sketchbook for Dodd.
Photo by HILLARY KELLEY
Photo by HILLARY KELLEY
Avenue Q hits Clarkesville Main Street
Habersham Community Theatre performs Broadway hit “Avenue Q”
By CATHERINE MOORE
Contributing Writer
The second song of the
quirky, adult-themed puppet musical “Avenue Q” immediately hooked the crowd
that gathered at the Habersham Community Theatre on
Thursday, Jan. 16.
The play captivated a full
house on their opening night
and charmed the audience
with their wonderfully designed hand-made puppets.
This witty, R-rated puppet
show, a parody of “Sesame
Street,” had the audience rolling with laughter as the puppets on stage sang about what
life after college is really like.
The main puppet, Princeton, played by Lawson Lewallen, has just graduated from
college only to be thrust into
the real world during a musical number titled “It Sucks to
be Me.”
After moving in, Princeton
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meets some new friends, including his landlord Gary
Coleman, a monster named
Kate and failed comedian
Brian and his wife, Christmas
Eve.
Throughout the show, he
faces the subjects of racism,
dating and finding his purpose in life.
The show also touches
on money issues, coming to
terms with one’s sexuality,
and fighting off the ever present “Bad Idea Bears.”
Although the cast and crew
had some technical issues and
a few acting fouls, the show
went exceptionally well.
This show, written originally by Jeff Whitty, contains
adult language and content,
including puppets having sex
on stage, but this only makes
the characters and songs more
relatable.
The theatre also accepted
donations from the audience
during an audience participa-
tion song called “The Money
Song.”
All proceeds benefitted the
theater and went towards paying off its mortgage, allowing
it to grow and expand.
Habersham
Community
Theatre did a wonderful version of the Broadway show,
given their limited space and
resources.
The show will run again on
Jan. 23, 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m.
and on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20; to purchase them,
call the Habersham Community Theatre at 706-839-1315.
The theater’s next show after “Avenue Q” will be “The
Dixie Swim Club,” a comedy that will run from Feb. 21
through March 2.
For
more
information about the theater or
any of their shows, please
visit
their
website
at
www.habershamtheater.org.
“Avenue Q” is an adult version of childrenʼs shows like
“Sesame Street.”
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Academy Awards anticipation
Awards season is in full swing
By JACOB MCKEE
Columnist
2014 has arrived, and this
year’s film awards season is
off to the races.
Last weekend, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held their annual Golden
Globe Awards, the first awards
ceremony of the year, to honor excellence in film and TV.
The top prizes in each of
the races went as followed:
“12 Years A Slave” took home
Best Drama Picture, “American Hustle” won Best Comedy Picture, “Breaking Bad”
was named Best Drama Series, and “Brooklyn NineNine” got Best Comedy Series.
The Golden Globes act as a
nice warm-up for the Oscars,
which announced their nominations last Thursday. The
Oscars are the cream of the
crop as far as film awards go,
so just getting nominated is a
real honor.
In Best Picture, the Academy named nine nominees:
“12 Years A Slave,” “Gravity,”
“American Hustle,” “Nebraska,” “Captain Phillips,”
“Her,” “Philomena,” “Dallas
Buyers Club,” and “The Wolf
of Wall Street.”
Five of those films also received recognition for their
directors: Steve McQueen for
“12 Years A Slave,” Alfonso
Cuarón for “Gravity,” David
O. Russell David O. Russell
for “American Hustle,” Alexander Payne for “Nebraska”
and Martin Scorsese for “The
Wolf of Wall Street.”
As far as acting nominees
go, all six of the Globe winners also found themselves
with
Oscar
nominations
Thursday morning.
Leonardo DiCaprio and
Matthew McConaughey led
the Best Actor lineup, joined
by Christian Bale, Bruce
Dern, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Cate Blanchett and Amy
Adams both made the Best
Actress category along with
fellow Globe nominees Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench and
Meryl Streep.
Supporting Actor finds
Globe winner Jared Leto
joined by fellow Globe nominees Michael Fassbender,
Barkhad Abdi, and Bradley
Cooper, as well as Jonah Hill,
who missed out on a Globe
nod.
The Supporting Actress
lineup mirrors the Globe
lineup with Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong’o, June
Squibb, Julia Roberts, and
Sally Hawkins getting Oscar
nominations.
Personally, I have my own
bias over who should win
these awards. Gravity was my
personal favorite movie of the
year, and anyone who has seen
the performances of Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of
Wall Street,” Cate Blanchett
in “Blue Jasmine” and Jared
Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
can’t deny that their performances are awards-worthy.
As far as Supporting Actress, I’d really like to see
Sally Hawkins win, though
if Jennifer Lawrence were to
walk away with it because I
certainly wouldn’t be mad.
The Oscars will be aired
live on March 2 at 7 p.m. and
will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
This is my favorite time
of the year. It’s better than
Christmas.
Piedmontʼs Playlist
What songs do you listen to while
youʼre studying?
“Howl” by Florence +
The Machine
- Catherine Moore,
English major
“Castles” by B.O.B.
- KJ McCoy, mass
communications major
“All Day” by Girl Talk
- Ben Fox, technical
theatre major
“Frozen” score
- Sarah Brown,
psychology major
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Leonardo DiCaprioʼs performance as Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
earned him a nomination for Best Actor.
Interested in writing for the Arts and
Entertainment section of
The Navigator?
Submit your articles and share your
love for the arts!
Send your ideas and submissions to
A&E editor Emily Clance at
eclance0906@lions.piedmont.edu
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January 22 in Jenkins Auditorium.
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Piedmont College chosen as a host site for the 2014
Baseball Regionals
By ALEXANDRA SMITH
Sports Editor
Piedmont College’s Loudermilk Field will serve as host
for the 2014 South Regional in
baseball this coming May.
“We are very happy to
showcase Piedmont College
and Loudermilk Stadium as
the site of the 2014 D3 baseball South Regional,” said
Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics John Dzik after the
historic announcement from
the NCAA. “We look forward
to exciting baseball in May
on our campus and hope our
Piedmont Lions will be part
of the action.”
Bidding for 82 of 89 NCAA
championships began in July
and 1,984 bid applications
were ultimately submitted.
Each sport committee, per division, selected the host sites
it believed would provide the
ultimate experience for the
respective student-athletes,
resulting in 523 total championship event sites awarded.
Loudermilk Field will host
the teams selected for the
2014 South Regional in baseball during the month of May
though the official dates have
not yet been released. This is
the first time that any Piedmont facility has been named
as the host site of a NCAA
Championship event as the
college only became a fullfledged Division III member
during the 2003-04 school
year, ending its long-time affiliation with the NAIA.
“It is a momentous day for
Piedmont College Athletics
to host our first ever NCAA
regional championship in any
sport since moving the athletic program into NCAA Division III,” said Head Baseball
Coach Jim Peeples. “We are
very grateful to the institution
and also to Mr. Charlie Loudermilk and his family who
gave so generously ten years
ago to provide us with one of
the finest facilities in all of
Division III Baseball. It will
be a privilege to host the best
the south region has to offer
in baseball come May.”
Named in honor of Charles
Loudermilk, a former Piedmont board member who was
instrumental in the stadium’s
construction,
Loudermilk
Field serves as the home of
the Piedmont College baseball program. Consistent with
the storied history of the PC
baseball program, Loudermilk Field itself was opened
in 2005 and dedicated in historic fashion as former Atlanta Braves greats Phil Neikro
and Steve Bedrosian were on
hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitches.
The stadium, which led
all of NCAA Division III in
total attendance during the
stadium’s first full year of
existence in 2006, includes
covered chair-back seating
in addition to old-fashioned
bleachers for 600 plus spectators. Designed to remind fans
Leading Lion
Photo courtesy of JASPER LEE
Loudermilk Field received new fencing this past winter. The construction was halfway done when this photo was taken.
of the classic ballparks from
baseball’s golden age during
the 1930s and ‘40s, the facility
upgrade also includes a concession stand area, press box
facility and locker rooms.
Down the left field line
lies an indoor facility, a fullyfunctional indoor practice facility that includes an astro
turf area, batting cages, and
an annex of the Johnny Mize
Le’Shaunda Jones
Sophomore, biology major
High School: Houston County
High School
Hometown: Warner Robins,
Ga.
Experience: I started playing rec ball at 7 and then
got serious in middle
school, played for my middle school and AAU(travel league) every summer until my senior year in high school.
What is your greatest personal achievement?
My greatest personal achievement is receiving one
of the five awards given out last year at our banquet, which was defensive player of the year, as a
freshman in college.
pleting the installation of a
new outfield wall at the complex. Dubbed Monster Wall,
the material is constructed
with over 90 percent of recycled products and features
interlocking vinyl panels that
creates a sturdy athletic wall
which gives during impact,
designed by CMI.
Baseball team up to bat for the
upcoming season
By ELISE GEIGER
Contributing Writer
Women’s Basketball
Baseball Museum. The indoor complex also houses the
Lions’ locker room with player lockers, a laundry facility,
team restrooms and showers.
Loudermilk Field has continued to improve with the
latest renovation coming just
this fall as Crane Materials International, a member of the
Crane group and based out
of Atlanta, is currently com-
Head Baseball Coach Jim
Peeples is very optimistic
and excited about this year’s
season. He is excited for
the quality and depth that
comes along with the many
returning players who have a
lot of game experience.
Piedmont College’s very
own Loudermilk Field will be
hosting 2014 South Regional
this coming May. This is the
first time a Piedmont College
facility has been named
as the host for an NCAA
Championship.
Former Piedmont President
Ray Cleere’s vision and
dream of holding a national
championship is coming
true, and Peeples said the
community around Demorest
and Piedmont College could
not be more enthusiastic and
willing to help during this
years season.
Senior left fielder Joshua
Bailey had the most hits last
season with 53, as well as a
team-leading five home-runs.
Bailey commented on his
thoughts about hosting the
regional tournament saying,
“I’d rather get the field ready
to beat someone than get it
ready to watch someone else
play.”
While at practice, Bailey
said, “I enjoy scrimmaging
because if we play hard
against each other, we can
play harder against other
opponents. It also builds trust
in teammates and challenges
us to be better for our games.”
What are your pregame rituals?
I listen to Beyonce and have a pep talk with my assistant coach from last year Daniel Lampl.
Why did you choose PC?
I chose Piedmont because my AAU coach introduced
me to Coach Purdy, and I came and visited as a recruit and decided to come.
What are your plans after graduating Piedmont?
After Piedmont I want to be a pediatrician, so if I
succeed in passing the MCAT, I want to go to medical school. If not, I will go into the military as an
officer with a degree and try and do lab work with
the military.
Photo by ALEXANDRA SMITH
Coach Peeples said the
teams has a tough schedule
against many conference
opponents
including
Methodist
University,
Huntington College and
Averett University.
Junior
Pitcher
Chris
Goershel is also excited about
this year’s season.
“So far the first week
of
practice
has
been
encouraging. Our team is
very young but we have great
team chemistry. We have been
scrimmaging all week, and it
looks like we have picked up
right where we left off in the
fall. I can’t wait for our first
game.”
Freshman pitcher Preston
Graham said, “Being new
to the team is really exciting
because there is so much
talent on the team. I’m excited
to play with these guys and
hopefully bring home some
wins.”
Last season, the baseball
team was 13-11 in conference
and 22-22 overall. Keith
Grabowski had the highest
batting average and is
returning to the field as a
junior. Other stat leaders
include
sophomore
Will
Skidmore, senior Josh Bailey,
junior Jacob Brewster and
sophomore Josh Thomas.
The first two games of the
season are against Guilford
College Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. and
Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. Both games
will be at Loudermilk Field.
The baseball team prepared for the season by also having a fall season where they played scrimmages
against each other.
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January 24
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Ferrum
College
Time: 5:30 p.m.
January 24
vs.
Ferrum
College
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Lions Sports Schedule
WBasketball
MBasketball
WBasketball
January 26
vs.
Averett
University
Time: 1 p.m.
January 26
vs.
Averett
University
Time: 3 p.m.
January 29
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Lions basketball battles against the Bishops
“Our bench has played a
tremendous role for us this
season. It has allowed us not
to pace ourselves and give
maximum effort all the time.
Even more, our guys who
don’t get much playing time
have provided great energy
and been an integral part of
our team.”
The Lions chipped away
at the lead until England’s
jumper with 1:52 remaining
forced the tenth tie of the
game at 81-81.
With both teams seeing
possessions over the next
minute not provide any results,
it was NC Wesleyan’s player
that showed up big, stepping
back with a hand in his face to
drain a three-pointer with 40
seconds remaining.
However, an acrobatic lay
By ALEXANDRA SMITH
Sports Editor
up by PC’s sophomore Jessie
Jenkins with 21 seconds to go
made the visitors’ lead by just
one.
In a one-possession game
with less than ten seconds on
the clock, Head Coach Greg
Neeley called on England
on the ensuing in-bound as
the youngster got a look at a
three. His effort rattled off
the rim however and fell to the
floor as the Battling Bishops
celebrated their victory in the
Cave, 86-83.
“I was encouraged by
how our guys competed
on Sunday. Our effort and
enthusiasm were really good.
Our guys have been working
extremely hard to get to the
point where we are in games
like the one on Sunday. If we
continue to give that effort,
The Piedmont College
men’s basketball team took
a shot at the buzzer to send
North Carolina Wesleyan
College into overtime, but
freshman Chase England’s
three-pointer rattled off the
rim in a 86-83 loss to the
visiting Battling Bishops
Sunday, Jan. 12.
N.C.
Wesleyan held a one-point
edge at halftime and managed
to hold on late after taking the
lead with time winding down
on a step-back three that
handed the Lions their first
loss at home in the Cave.
The first score of the night
did not come until the 18:45
mark when North Carolina
Wesleyan put up a two pointer
that connected, giving the
Battling Bishops the early
lead.
However,
Piedmont
continued to battle at home
until a jumper from England
brought PC level with less
than five minutes left in the
half at 30 all. But the tie did
not last long, as the Battling
Bishops connected once
again from beyond the arc to
surge in front 33-30 on their
next possession.
Free throws from Piedmont
kept the men in the game
until just over three minutes
left when the Lions finally
took the lead for the first
time with a two pointer from
sophomore Chris Meeks.
A three-pointer with under
12 minutes remaining in the
second half from newcomer
Jordyn Propst off the bench
put Piedmont in the lead at
Photo by ALEXANDRA SMITH
64-62.
Junior Symone Ball dribbles in for the shot against the battling Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan.
Coach
Neeley
said,
we’ll find the success we are
looking for,” said Neeley.
The Piedmont College
women’s basketball team saw
their freshman post presence
Carly Sales step up once again
to provide a double-double
effort in Piedmont’s 80-70
victory over visiting North
Carolina Wesleyan College.
Despite
trailing
early,
a three point bucket by
freshman Brianna Barrett
had the Lady Lions chasing
the lead by only a point with
13:25 to go in the first half.
With the assist on that Barrett
three, senior Lauren Hamel
stayed involved as the Lady
Lion hit a jumper just outside
the paint to gain the lead for
the first time in the game with
just over 12 minutes left in the
half.
Trying to catch back up
before the break, the Battling
Bishops went on a 7-0 run,
but it was not enough at the
time. The two teams headed
into halftime with Piedmont
Sports Terms
(For Dummies)
Slam Dunk- in basketball, a shot made by
jumping high into the air and throwing the
ball down through the basket
Interested in writing for the Sports Section?
Contact Alexandra Smith, Sports Editor at:
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PAT’S PERSPECTIVE: The Truth about A-Rod
By PATRICK LYONS
Columnist
At the beginning of last
year, professional baseball
player and golden boy of
New York Alex Rodriguiez
allegedly purchased banned
substances from an antiaging clinic called Biogenesis
America. Biogenisis America
was founded by Anthony
Bosch, and before they were
forced to shut down, was
located in Miami, Fla. Most
baseball fans had heard
about this whole Biogenesis
endeavor well before A-Rod’s
name was thrown into the
mix.
According to The New
York Times, Rodriguez’s
troubles don’t stop there.
He was allegedly caught
trying to purchase all of the
records from Biogenesis in an
attempt to cover his tracks.
This information was relayed
from former employees of
the clinic after it was shut
down. Rodriguez didn’t want
his paper trail to get into the
hands of baseball officials.
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Rodriguez is being charged
with the use of performance
enhancing drugs (PEDs).
More specifically, he is being
charged with the use of
Primobolan, a steroid used
to
increase
testosterone
and muscle growth. It
goes without being said,
Rodriguez’s
testosterone
levels were elevated as well.
Primobolan increases protein
synthesis throughout the
body and allows for quicker
recoveries after a workout,
and increased strength. One
might ask why after all of
these allegations and charges
against Rodriguez, why is he
denying it? Did Primobolan
just happen to end up in his
body? How? Why would he try
to purchase his own records
if he wasn’t intending to be
shady? That’s exactly what
this whole thing is – shady.
Is anyone else fed up
with hearing about steroids?
Is anyone else fed up with
hearing about individuals that
are being paid millions and
millions of dollars cheating
and lying about it? Many of
us at Piedmont College are
Division III athletes that are
working as hard as we can
without getting any athletic
financial aid whatsoever.
Why on earth aren’t we the
ones that are so desperately
trying to cheat? Athletes all
over are working hard and
putting forth time and effort
to make it to the top, without
Primobolan. To compound all
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of it, you slap all of us in the
face even further by failing
to be a grown man about it
and admit to what you did.
Instead of being a role-model
and inspiration to others,
you cheat. Instead of loving
the game more than you love
yourself, you cheat.
Alex Rodriguez has been
suspended for the entirety
of the 2014 baseball season.
Nelson Cruz, Johnny Peralta
and Everth Cabrera were
suspended for 50 games
apiece. Ryan Braun was
suspended for 65 games.
These names were a part of
a 13 player suspension in the
MLB, the largest number
since the Black Sox scandal
almost 100 years ago. This
isn’t Rodriguez’s first tangle
with PEDs. He admitted to it
back in 2001 but has denied it
ever since.
I hate inserting my opinion
into anything, but these
gentlemen should be out of
baseball. You cheat, you lose
everything. If you disagree
with that, go have a word with
Hank Aaron or Ted Williams
or Lou Gehrig. Hank Aaron
changed the game, Ted
Williams lived for the game
and Lou Gehrig died for the
game. What have you done,
Mr. Rodriguez? I believe all of
your fans are asking you that
very question….
The truth about Alex
Roidriguez.
leading 48-37.
The Lady Lions stayed in
front down the stretch as well
though the Battling Bishops
lived up to the name of their
mascot forcing the home
team to fight for every point.
However, as Brianna Barrett
stepped to the free throw line
with 48 seconds to play and
a 4-point Piedmont lead, the
game was still in doubt before
she knocked down both late
tries to push Piedmont up 7569 under a minute to go.
When the buzzer rang,
Piedmont went to the locker
room victorious with a 80-70
well-played USA South win to
stay perfect in league play.
“I’m really happen we have
options as a team, and we can
work together and not have to
depend on one person to put
the team on their back. We
worked as a team and came
out with the win with help
from the top to the bottom of
the bench,” said sophomore
Le’Shaunda Jones.
Leading Lion
Men’s Basketball
Safari Smith
Sophomore, graphic design
major
High School: Luella High
School
Hometown: Hampton, Ga.
Experience: I have been
playing since I was two,
when I got my first basketball.
Why did you choose PC?
I chose Piedmont College because of the opportunities it provided me as both a student and an athlete.
What is your greatest personal achievement?
My greatest personal achievement is playing NCAA
basketball.
What are your plans after graduating Piedmont?
I want to play professionally overseas and also
hopefully work in the design world as far as clothing,
branding and logos for major companies.
What are your pregame rituals?
Before games I always listen to music. I have to
listen to at least one song by Kendrick Lamar. I also
have to have some type of candy. For home games,
I always shower before the game.
Smith has played in 13 games this season averaging
28 minutes a game. He averages 6.2 points and 3.3
rebounds per game.
Lions Sports Schedule
Baseball
Baseball
WBasketball
February 1
vs.
Guilford
College
Time: 4 p.m.
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January 21, 2014
The Piedmont College Navigator
What To Do About the Flu
A guide for students
By JANIE HARRIS
Staff Writer
A nurse at PrimeCare takes a patient’s blood pressure. PrimeCare is one option for students when they fall ill.
while coughing, sneezing or
talking.
They also say you may be
able to spread the flu before
you even know you are sick.
“Most healthy adults may be
able to infect others beginning
1 day before symptoms develop
and up to 5 to 7 days after
becoming sick,” said the CDC
on their website.
Swindle went to a doctor
near her home in Commerce,
but not all students have that
opportunity.
Piedmont does not have
an on-campus health care
facility, but the college does
recommend three health care
centers. In fact, PrimeCare, one
of the centers recommended
by Piedmont, allows Piedmont
full-time students living on
campus an office visit free of
charge.
PrimeCare is located just
up the road from Piedmont’s
campus inside the Habersham
Medical Center. They are open
Monday through Thursday
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Patients at PrimeCare are seen
by appointment only, so you
have to call ahead. They have
a limited number of same-day
appointments.
Piedmont also recommends
First Care of Habersham an
Immediate Care Center. This is
a clinic ideal for the uninsured
according to the Piedmont
College Student Handbook.
An office visit cost $40 with an
Photo by SUMMER LEWIS
additional cost if a diagnostic
test is run. Appointments are
not taken at First Care, and
insurance is not filed. First
Care is open Monday through
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. according to their
answering machine recording.
The third recommendation
Piedmont gives is Express
Care of Habersham located
inside
Tim’s
Pharmacy.
Here an office visit also
costs $40. However tests
and lab work varies in price
depending on what the test
is. A complete list of costs
can be found on their website
www.expresscarehabersham.
com. They are open Monday
through Friday from 9:30 a.m.
Medical services in Habersham
First Care of Habersham
Prime Care
(706) 949-0174
Tuesday-Saturday: 9:00-6:00
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.
No appointment necessary
85 Austin Drive, Demorest
(706) 754-2273
Monday-Thursday: 7:30-4:30
Friday: 8 p.m.-Noon
By appointment Only
Located inside Habersham Hospital
Visit: $40
1st visit free with PC ID
Express Care of Habersham
(706) 776-3070
Monday-Friday: 9:30-5:30
Saturday: 9:30-1:00
130B Magnolia Lane, Cornelia
Visit: $40
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BEING FEATURED IN THE PROFESSOR/
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CONTACT
SARAH SMAGUR AT
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Tuesday, Jan. 21
• The Current meeting 8 p.m., Jenkins Lobby
CLUB SPOTLIGHT
Campus Activity Board
By SARAH SMAGUR
Living/Athens Editor
The Piedmont College
Campus Activity Board (CAB)
is gearing up for another great
semester.
They recently held their
first meeting and cook-out,
welcoming anyone interested
in joining CAB to come and
get more information.
At their meeting, they
discussed
housekeeping
business, and moved on to
plan the semesters events.
The vote was decided to
focus on larger events that will
engage more students, rather
than many events throughout
the semester.
The group then transitioned
to spring formal, one of CABs
largest events of the year.
Many themes were discussed,
and CAB is currently seeking
suggestions from students
about a formal theme.
You can tweet them your
ideas at @PiedmontCAB,
or tell them on Facebook at
Piedmont College Campus
PIEDMONT
Trivia Question
Wednesday, Jan. 22
• Film Club meeting 6:45 p.m.,
Jenkins Auditorum
Thursday, Jan. 23
• BCM meeting 7 p.m., Jenkins Lobby
Friday, Jan. 24
• Last day to submit
applications for May
graduation
Saturday, Jan. 25
• School of Ed. Orientation 9 a.m.-1 p.m., L-130
campus CALENDAR
According to the Center for
Disease Control, Georgia was
one of 35 states that recently
reported to have widespread
influenza activity, meaning
more than half of the regions
in the state have reported
outbreaks of influenza.
According to the CDC,
influenza, also called the flu,
is “a contagious respiratory
illness caused by influenza
viruses that infect the nose,
throat, and lungs. It can cause
mild to severe illness, and at
times can lead to death.”
Don’t think that Piedmont
is exempt from this flu activity.
There has been at least one
case reported on Piedmont’s
campus.
Freshman undecided major
Courtney Swindle recently
recovered from the flu. Her
first symptoms were a stuffy
nose and a sore throat.
The CDC reports that early
symptoms can include fever,
cough, sore throat, runny or
stuffy nose, muscle or body
aches, fatigue and, in some
cases, vomiting.
“I couldn’t sleep because
I had a stuffy nose, and I just
felt awful,” said Swindle.
She said she thinks that
if she dressed for the cold
weather a bit better she might
have prevented the flu.
“If you think you might
have the flu, start taking
it easy and just remember
that teachers don’t want you
in class when you are sick
anymore than you want to be
there,” Swindle said. Experts from the CDC
say the flu is spread by those
infected who unknowingly
release droplets of moisture
to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. according to
the Piedmont College Student
Handbook.
Still the CDC recommends
to prevent yourself from
catching the flu, you should
get the flu vaccine.
The nearest place to
Piedmont to get the flu vaccine
according to the CDC’s
HealthMap Vaccine Finder
is the pharmacy in Kmart.
Appointments are not needed
here, but they do recommend
calling ahead to confirm the
availability of the vaccine.
Kmart’s pharmacy should
have the vaccine available until
March 31.
Other
than
getting
vaccinated, the CDC said other
ways to prevent the flu include
the following:
• Avoid close contact with
people who are sick.
• Stay home when you are
sick.
• Cover
your
mouth
and nose with a tissue
anytime you cough or
sneeze.
• Clean your hands.
•
Avoid touching your
eyes, nose or mouth.
• Clean and disinfect
frequently
touched
surfaces at home, work
or school, especially
when someone is ill.
• Get plenty of sleep,
be physically active,
manage your stress,
drink plenty of fluids,
and eat nutritious food.
Tuesday, Jan. 28
• The Current meeting 8 p.m., Jenkins Lobby
Thursday, Jan. 30
• BCM meeting 7 p.m., Jenkins Lobby
Freshman members, Holley Barry and Pearl Oppenheimer discuss formal ideas.
Activities Board.
CAB’s mission statement,
according to their Facebook
page, is to “striving to
provide an educational and
recreational
experience
Photo by JANIE HARRIS
outside the classroom through group are only accepted at the
programs
that
culturally beginning of each semester.
enlighten,
intellectually
simulate and entertain the
college community.”
Applications to join the
Sunday, Feb. 2
• Super Bowl PartyTime/location TBA
Want your event or club meeting
to be featured in the Campus
Calendar? Contact Living Editor
Sarah Smagur at
ssmagur0308@lions.piedmont.
edu.