March 4, 2011 | The Clarion
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New emergency notification
By Patrick Veilleux
Staff Writer
Anew notification system known as Emergency
Contact Now is being implemented at BC. The
program relays information via text and e-mail
messages in the event of a campus emergency.
While the campus security team directly
assists people of the BC community; plans
and procedures are laid out by Stan Jacobsen
and Jason Djuren. As Director of Community
Living, Djuren is in charge of campus security,
the RA selection process, and the concerns that
students bring to campus life.
During the Food Lion bomb threat; Djuren
and Security blocked off traffic from entering
campus to avoid the situation across from the
school.
“It was interesting because we were trying to
contact everyone and warn them. It’s good that
we have the Emergency Contact system we’re
Student yearbooks from Brevard College are
now available on DigitalNC.
The online collection includes a fewyearbooks
from two of the schools that preceded Brevard
College: Weaver College and Rutherford
College.
The Brevard yearbook has been called “The
Pertelote” since 1935, the name coming from
“The Nun's Priest's Tale,” one of the Canterbury
Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, and referring to
the relationship between Brevard and Duke
using now. It’s probably a good way to do that,”
said Djuren.
Stan Jacobsen is the Director of Safety and
Risk Management at Brevard. He is responsible
for notifying students around campus of events
like the Bomb Scare at Food Lion. He is also a
firm advocate of the ECN program.
“It’s a great idea, and 1 think it will help out a
lot. We just didn’t have very many people apply
for it last semester,” said Jacobsen.
Other campuses use similar systems to notify
students and staff of threats the moment they are
reported and verified.
“This isn’t used to let people know about
free food or a basketball game. This lets people
know about serious issues on campus,” said
Jacobsen.
Within minutes of security finding out
about imminent natural disasters, violent
intrusions, and other immediate threats to the BC
community; text messages would automatically
University.
The editors of the 1935 volume write, “The
name of this book signifies our relationship to
our big brother, Duke University. The title of
Duke's annual is ‘The Chanticleer’.
In Chaucer's old tale, Pertelote was the hen
most loved by the valiant Chanticleer So,
since we are in various ways connected with
Duke, and particularly of the same religious
denomination, we elected to call our annual
The Pertelote.”
system at BC
w
This isn’t used to let
people know about free
food or a basketball game.
This lets people know
about serious issues on
campus.
- Stan Jacobsen
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be sent to everyone listed in the ECN contact
hst.
To access the ECN program, click on the red
diamond in the bottom right comer of the BC
home page. The only requirements are contact
information and the current residence hall; a
process which takes five minutes in exchange
for an effective notification system.
Dorm preparations
for spring breal
By Sarah Bowers
Staff Writer
Spring Break is finally here, but before anyone
can put some miles between Brevard and their
Spring Break destination, there are some things
dorm residents need to take care of
“Clean your room, take out your trash, and
unplug things like your alarm clock,” says
Jason Djuren, Director of Security and Student
Housing at BC.
“We want the rooms to be secure, doors
locked, and widows latched. You don’t want
to come back from the break and have things
missing,” said Djuren. “The rooms don’t have
to be spic-and-span. We are just checking to see
that there are no fire hazards like space heaters,
candles, or toaster ovens. Those things are
banned for a reason.”
Two members of the housing staff will be
coming around the residence halls and checking
all rooms to see that they are livable, safe and
locked. Dorm residents should also make sure
that there is a clear path from their door to the
window and that dishes are washed.
Students need to have everything clean and
need to leave their rooms by Saturday, March
5 at 10 a.m. “If everything is not done, then it
is on you. If you didn’t take the trash out, then
you can come back to mice and bugs, which
isn’t good. We want to avoid things like that,”
said Djuren.
Residence halls will re-open on Sunday,
March 13 at 1 p.m.
The Sesquipedalian literary society presents;
of
Propinquity (n)
Definition:
Proximity or nearness; kinship; similarity in nature.
Etymology:
Middle English propinquite, from Latin propinquitat-, propinquitas
kinship, proximity, from propinquus near, akin, from prope near. First
known use, 14th century.
Usage:
Local housing prices, thanks to the propinquity of an especially
picturesque beach, are out of the reach of many would-be buyers.
BC yearbooks available online