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              The Maroon A LOYOLA TRADITION SINCE 1923 • "FOR A G REATER LOYOLA" —  Vol. 88, NO. 6 ONLINE EDITION AT LOYOLAMAROON.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010 Crisis plan created two years ago to ensure safety By SAM WINSTROM Assistant News Editor Tragedies such as the recent oncampus shooting at the University of Texas force campus communities to look at their own crisis plans, and learn from the successes and failures of other plans. Loyola's crisis communications plan is a guide that the university uses in times of crisis to find the best possible method of getting a warning message out to students. The plan received the Case Award of Excellence in 2010. Meredith Hartley, director of Public Affairs and creator of Loyola's crisis communications plan, is one of the first people notified in case of a crisis. "The police department is notified of the situation, they respond immediately to the incident to verify and assess the situation," Hartley said. "If they determine there is a threat to our campus, they're going to call the president and they're going to call me to let me know what's going on and then we're going to shoot out information." The university uses a multi-tiered system to send messages to students, staff and faculty. Messages are sent through text messages, phone calls sent to both cell phones and campus phones. Twitter, Facebook and the university website. "You don't put all of your eggs in one basket, you rely on several different communication methods," Hartley said. A test of the emergency response message system was performed Sept. 28. During the test, 4,156 students and 555 faculty members were sent messages and of those, 302 did not receive the warning. Hartley said the university is working to find out why the messages did not go through. Various reasons have been found including wrong phone numbers or home phone numbers given instead of cell phones. Bret Jacobs, vice provost for Information Technology and chief information officer, said that SGA looks to improve allocations process By SAM WINSTROM Assistant News Editor Changes have made process easier for students SGA's new budget allocation request forms are being processed for the first time. Student organizations seeking funding from SGA handed in the new request forms Thursday. Sept. 30. The SGA reshaped the paperwork required for organizations to receive funding, hoping to make them easier to understand according to Garrett Fontenot, history junior and SGA Senator-at-Large. "We're trying to do a much better job of letting people know exactly what were looking for and what we want done," Fontenot said. One of the new features meant to simplify the allocation process is the Forum addresses wages, unionizing By PRECIOUS ESIE Senior Staff Writer Major concerns of "A \bice for Everyone: Collective Bargaining Forum," held Oct. 5., were the lack of a union representative and the lack of employees' voices on the panel. Student Government Association, in conjunction with the Loyola Society of Civic Engagement, held the forum. Kate Gremillion, SGA president and mass communication junior, moderated. The purpose of the forum was to educate the Loyola community on the issues between Service Employees International Union, the union that has been trying to organize on campus, and Sodexo, Loyola's food vendor that is being petitioned for unionization. Panelists included Tom Mackall, vice president of employee relations Elle Maloney/Photo Editor Loyola Sodexo worker, Delisa Taylor, asks about employee wages on campus during a Sodexo forum Tuesday Oct. 5. Elle Maloney/Photo Editor Sodexo workers and supporters attend a Sodexo forum in Roussell Hall Tuesday night, Oct. 5. Physician, nurse practitioner among new additions to Student Health Services By DAVID SCHEUERMANN Staff Writer If you find yourself feeling sick anytime during your time at Loyola, don't fret. Student Health Services may • have just what you need. Due to student suggestions. Student Health Services, located at the basement level of the Danna Student Center, has made several additions to its staff this year in order to provide a more enhanced and streamlined service to students. Joining the staff this year are three new employees: a part-time physician, a full-time nurse practitioner, and a fulltime registered nurse. Returning to manage the clinic as full-time medical assistant is Pam Agregaard. The department is also conducting a search for a part-time nurse practitioner to add to the staff. Medical services will be provided primarily by Erin Frye, the full-time nurse practitioner. A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has an advanced degree with clinical training. She will have the ability to prescribe medications and provide clinical health services for the acute and chronically ill with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention and health education. "Erin is a caring and compassionate person by nature and has been a terrific fit to our Student Health Services," said Alicia Bourque, director of the Department of Counseling and Health Services. Alongside Frye, Amie Cardinal will be performing medical services as the staff's full-time registered nurse. In addition to the services provided by Frye and Cardinal, the new parttime physician, Dr. Richard McQueen, will be available to meet with students at Student Health Services Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. free of chaise or through paid appointments at the Ochsner Health Center from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. throughout the week. The new staff was hired as a way for the department to handle more students at one time reducing waiting times and to offer an expanded range of health services to the students. Santiago Caicedo/ Staff Photographer Amie Cardinal checks a chart Wednesday, Oct. 6 with Erin Frye at the Off ice of Student Health Services. see CRISIS, page 5 see SODEXO, page 5 see SGA, page 6 see HEALTH, page 5 WoHpack bounces back irom loss at Mobile, see page 7 MAROON DIRECTORY: CRIME WATCH, page 2 | SPORTS, page 7 | LIFE AND TIMES, page 10 | EDITORIAL, page 14 | NEWS TIPS: 865 3535