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O n Jan. 9, Norfolk State University held the

grand opening of its new Nursing and General Edu-cation Building to help cel-ebrate the university’s 80th anniversary.

The building is approxi-mately 140,000 square feet and features over 32 class-rooms, ten nursing and med-ical technology labs, five computer labs, 20 group study rooms, three confer-ence rooms, 68 faculty and

NSU’s new nursing building brings

massive opportunities

By Antonio Garland

The new Nursing and General Education Building is the first classroom building to be constructed since 1975. Photo by Tykhari Coles

staff offices, several loung-es, a café and IT help desk.Nursing labs contain 48 beds, 18 of which are used for simulations. Each sim-ulation bed is wired to a dedicated clinical skills ob-

servation control room. The building’s entire top floor is dedicated to nursing. The nursing faculty is also ex-pected to grow and bring in more jobs.

The Spartan Success

Center, formerly located in Bowser, will now be sta-tioned at the nursing build-ing. Several rooms, which are visible to the public from the outside, are known as ‘learning on display,’ which

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Latrell Scott named Spartans Head Football CoachKazahna Joyce

In late November, Pete Adrian announced his re-tirement from Norfolk State University’s football pro-gram after a 10-year run as head coach. Applications from coaches wanting to add their personal touch to NSU football were awaiting the approval of Athletic Director Marty Miller. After weighing options, Miller and Interim President Eddie Moore found a promising replacement for the job in Latrell Scott.

The press conference offi-cially announcing the hiring

of the Spartan’s 17th head coach was held on Dec. 16, on the campus of Norfolk State University (NSU).

Scott comes to NSU from longtime rival Virginia State University (VSU), where he served as head coach of a dominating football program for two years.

With Scott as their head coach, the Trojans maintained a 19-4 overall record, and earned two Central Intercol-legiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Northern Division regular-season titles.

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Former Virginia State University football coach, Latrell Scott, will bring his coaching prowess to NSU as the Spartan’s new head coach. Photo from nsuspartans.com

NSU aluma Shavonne Burke now works for ESPN

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are designed to energize common spaces within the facility and provide interac-tion of learning between stu-dents, instructors and faculty.

The building marks the third component in the ac-ademic quadrangle (quad), the replacement building for Brown Memorial Hall will be the fourth. The new 95-foot communications tow-er, which is scheduled to be complete in April, will com-plete the university quad.

“We are excited about the newest addition to the cam-

pus,” said Dr. Sandra J. De-Loatch, Provost and Vice President for Academic Af-fairs.

“I can’t begin to tell you how excited we are to be in this building,” said Thom-as N. Chewning, Rector of NSU’s Board of Visitors. “This space is fantastic, you will be blown away. There is no better space, probably on any college campus in America.”

“This facility provides the most innovative, versatile and flexible learning spaces

that you will find anywhere in the commonwealth of Virginia and in the country,” said Jeff Hyder, Vice Presi-dent of Moseley Architects.

The Nursing and General Education Building is the first new classroom build-ing on the campus in four decades. The last new class-room building built on cam-pus was Robinson Technol-ogy Building in 1975.

On Friday, January 9, Norfolk State University and guests from the Norfolk community held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the

grand opening of the new Nursing and General Education Build-ing. Photo by Antonio Garland

Brown Hall gets a reBootBy Antonio Garland

As times change, so do generations and the facili-ties where they are educat-ed. G.W.C. Brown Memori-al Hall, Norfolk State’s first building, has begun to under-go construction for the next generation of Spartans and to match 21st century standards.

The new Brown Hall will be around 154,000 square feet and will have three stories. It will provide learning and of-fice spaces for the College of Liberal Arts, School of Busi-ness and Honors College, as well as the departments of psychology, mass commu-nication, political science, journalism and the many de-partments of interdisciplinary and history departments.

More resources will be provided, including comput-er labs, study areas, student lounges, audio and video ed-iting suites, television studio, meeting rooms, observation classrooms and a thus-stage style theater. The new Brown Hall will also feature the original clock tower entry to honor the memory of the one

from the original.While construction is un-

derway, current departments will be placed in temporary place holders throughout oth-er buildings on campus. The building’s A wing, a portion of B wing and Brown theater will remain during construc-tion.

Originally known as “Tide-water Hall,” the building has been around for almost 60 years and has served as one of NSU’s most well-known teaching facilities. To keep up with modern demands, such as technology and up-grades for infrastructure, the building will be torn down and rebuilt with several new facilities and features to pro-vide for a new era.

Tidewater (Brown) Hall opened in Sept. 1955 and became one of the major fea-tures of NSU. When Dr. Carl Haywood wrote the alma mater in his junior year at NSU, he made sure to include Brown Hall, as it featured so many memories. The build-ing was also the site of every

undergraduate’s general edu-cation courses, from science to math.

Gwendolyn Pharr, an NSU alumna, taught at the univer-sity for 30 years.

Pharr said she is sad to see the original Brown Hall be torn down, as it carried so many memories of past facul-ty members and students, but due to its conditions, felt that it was time for it to go.

“As far as construction goes, I have no complaints,” said Geramiah Gardner, a freshman music education major. “I think the new build-ing is a great idea. Everything is about growth and expan-sion so unless we do some-thing new, how are we going to grow, expand or have the mindset for change?”

“Getting rid of one of our oldest buildings, I think it sucks,” said Shane Dawson, a senior mass communications major, “mainly because when you look at all these other schools like UVA and Wil-liam and Mary, they kept all their original and historical

buildings, they just renovated them.”

“I feel the building needs improvement because they do have all these newer build-ings around Brown,” said Chante Anders, a sophomore

psychology major. “And it’s kind of sad how it’s the old-est building on campus being torn down and has such his-toric value.”

Many are saddened by the construction, saying that the

old building has memories that can’t be replaced. How-ever, the new building will also to create new memories for Spartans to come. As the words of the NSU alma ma-ter says, “The walls of Brown

Hall will always give a call to all striving to succeed, forg-ing onward bound to lead.”

Construction for the new Brown Hall is scheduled to be completed by fall 2016.

Brown Hall’s new facility is set to improve upon the many issues of the original building. Photo by Tykhari Coles

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The Trojans also never lost to a CIAA team in two years under Scott’s direction, giv-ing them a 15-0 record in con-ference play.

Latrell Scott led Virgin-ia State football to their first CIAA championship since 1996, defeating conference rival Winston Salem State University (WSSU). It is safe to say Scott and his Trojans would have also been the 2013 CIAA champions, but due to a heated rivalry and troubled players, VSU was unable to compete in the 2013 championship game.

Scott’s last season with VSU was one for the record books. VSU recorded its first NCAA football playoff ap-pearance and advanced past the first round by defeating Long Island University. The Trojans season came to an end after falling to No.2 seed

Bloomsberg in the second round of the NCAA Division II Super Re gion One Tourna-ment. Although VSU didn’t achieve their ultimate goal, Scott was named the 2014 CIAA Coach of the Year for his impressive run with the Trojans.

In his 15 years of coaching experience, Scott has held a position at Fork Union Mili-tary Academy, Western Caro-lina University, Virginia Mil-itary Institute, University of Tennessee, University of Vir-ginia, James Madison Univer-sity and Richmond University where he also served as head coach in 2010.

Aside from his head coach-ing experience, Scott has also been a wide receivers coach. As a position coach, he has an exceptional reputation for grooming quality athletes including Kris Burd and De-

narius Moore, both of which were given the opportunity to play in the NFL.

Excitement was shown on the faces of everyone who at-tended the press conference, especially Marty Miller. He shared a few words with Nor-folk State’s Sports Informa-tion Department, expressing his excitement for the hiring of Coach Scott.

“We are excited to have Coach Scott to serve as the next head football coach at Norfolk State University,” Miller said. “He has a history of developing winning foot-ball programs and creating an environment of success for student athletes. We think that he will elevate the Spartan football program to the next level.”

Growing up, the Richmond native was a fan of Virgin-ia Union University foot-

ball and grew fond of the coaching style of Joe Taylor, who at the time coached the Panthers. Later on in his ca-reer, Coach Taylor moved on to coach cross-town rival Hampton University, where Latrell Scott would play tight end under his tutelage.

Being that Coach Scott grew up in Virginia, played college football in the Hamp-ton Roads area, and coached at various Virginia schools, NSU football is nothing new to him.

“My family and I are ex-cited to be here. We couldn’t have picked a better place. Being from Virginia, I know Norfolk State’s tradition and values and I’m thrilled to be a part of this family,” said Scott. This past season NSU proved that they were a force to be reckoned with on the defensive end; however, they

showed a weakness on the offensive end, averaging just 11.7 points-per-game (ppg). As for VSU, Scott’s team reg-istered 29.8 ppg, which was good for third in the CIAA.

“I think you just add some ingredients. These kids have played great on defense the past couple years. I think we have an offensive back-ground and if we can do some things to get some points on the board, I think we’ll have a product that everyone is ex-cited about,” said Scott.

After losing defensive star Lynden Trail, it is believed that coach Latrell Scott is the perfect addition to the Spartan family and will make posi-tive contributions in the areas where the Spartans have pre-viously lacked.

From NSU Athlete to ESPNBy Kazahna Joyce

Norfolk State has many former athletes who may have not made a profession-al career in sports, but have been professional standouts in other fields of study.

Alumna Shavonne Burke was a dominating guard for Norfolk State’s women’s basketball and still expresses her love for the sport from behind the scenes.

Burke earned her Bache-lor’s degree in Mass Com-munication and Journalism department in 2002, and later came back for her Masters in 2004.

During her senior year at NSU, Burke was a leader in the Spartan’s Women’s basketball 22-9 overall fin-ish. The MEAC Women’s All-Tournament First-Team player also helped lead NSU to an appearance in the 2002

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Unfortunately the No.16 seeded Norfolk State fell 95-48 to a dominat-ing Duke basketball team in the East Region opener.

Although the Spartans didn’t have the fairy tale ending, Burke found success of her own.“I have always enjoyed the atmosphere that sports cre-ate and I felt it would be a good transition because I was an athlete. It is in-teresting being on the oth-er side now,” said Burke. For nearly 10 years she has been working as an editorial graphic producer for ESPN. Some of Burke’s work has been featured on SportsCen-ter, First Take and Mike and Mike.

Burke’s job has given her the opportunity to work with

well-known analyst and an-chors such as Stephen A. Smith, Linda Cohn and Stu-art Scott.

She credits retired NSU professor and mentor Dr. Grady James for much of her success and the opportunity to work with ESPN.

“He was instrumental through my whole career there and on a deeper level than just basketball,” said Burke.

Dr. Grady James insist-ed that Shavonne apply for the job and offered his help by passing on her resume to connections he had made within ESPN’s company.

Today you can catch the former Spartan’s work on ESPN’s Sports Center’s 6pm “Breaking News” segment.Norfolk State alumna Shavonne Burke currently

works as a graphic editor for ESPN. Photo from Facebook.com/shavonneburke

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Spartan Spotlight

Kazahna Joyce

Malik Thomas is a sharp shooting force that joined the Spartans this year from Boston University (BU). During his time at BU Thomas managed to lead his team in rebounds, earn-ing a high of 10 rebounds on three separate occa-sions. As a redshirt senior at Norfolk State, he was named Player of the Week by the Mid-Eastern Athlet-ic Conference (MEAC) for his impressive play during the week of Nov. 17- 23. So far this season he averages 10.3 points-per-game, 5.3 rebounds-per-game and is 41 percent from the floor. In the 71-63 loss to his for-mer team, the Harlem na-tive went for 19 points and grabbed 12 boards. Malik Thomas is an essential part of the Spartan’s offense, and often serves as one of Norfolk State’s go-to play-ers in clutch situations. The Spartans are currently sec-ond in the MEAC with a 2-0 conference record.

Photo from nsuspartans.com

The Louisburg College (LC) transfer is one of the few new additions to the Norfolk State women’s bas-ketball roster this year. Be-fore becoming a Spartan, Brehanna Daniels averaged 10.5 points-per-game and helped LC win its confer-ence championship and the Region X title, earning them a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II national tourna-ment. Daniels adds speed in the point guard position for the Lady Spartans, and will undoubtedly be an import-ant key to the success of the Spartans in the future.

Photo from nsuspartans.com

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It’s ALL about fashion in 2015

By Malaun House

Fashion is a topic in which so many different people are able to express themselves through clothing, trends and individual creativity. Style is not necessarily based on the type of clothing that is being worn, but how a per-son wears the clothing.

“It takes me a long time to get dressed. Not as long as it used to, but I’ve notice that I put so much more ef-fort into making a statement rather than just throwing on something just to say I am dressed,” junior mathemat-ics major Brian Arnold said. Every season fashion shifts, styles change and shoppers

are trying to find the next big trend. This fall seems to be more about layering thick clothing and outerwear like blazers and trench coats.

“I love to do a lot of my winter shopping at local consignment shops or thrift stores because I can always find something that fits in with the vintage style that’s in right now,” freshman ed-ucation major Domonique Ramone said.

Many of the colors that are in this season seem to have remained the same like wearing dark colors such as gray, brown, or black, or simply wearing neutral col-

Another New Year brings another new beginning

Malaun House

Typically, many people begin their New Year trying to figure out a way to make it better than the previous one. Every year, many begin the month of Janu-ary creating a long list of goals and things that they want to do better as a part of their new be-ginning.

“I think New Year’s resolu-tions are just a good time for people to start doing things that they should have already been doing. I believe in resolu-tions, but I also believe if you want to work on something you shouldn’t have to wait for the New Year to do it,” senior jour-nalism major Jakoury Reyn-olds said.

Adjusting to the New Year can be very exciting for most people because it allows them to reevaluate their lives and what is most important to them. During the course of a hectic year, it may not always be easy to remember the small-er, short term goals that were set because they can be over-

shadowed by larger goals.“This year I want to focus

more on giving back to the community and making sure that I focus more on my fu-ture than I do on the present. I feel like our generation is so focused on the now and we have a tendency to forget that tomorrow is just as important as today,” sophomore English major Briana Arnold said.

It can be suggested that a new year should offer new op-portunities, but it should not be the only time that an individual challenges his or herself to do better.

“A resolution should be something that happens con-sistently, year around. I make resolutions as problems appear, just to continue to progress and work on the person I am becoming. This year I am im-proving my personal discipline toward everything, which will help me to reach my goals ef-fectively,” junior music major LoRenzo Mitchell said.

ors such as tan or taupe. “In the fall I love to wear

black, gray and white [be-cause the colors are] clean cut and easy to style. The outfits that I put together are definitely a reflection of me. My favorite fall pieces would have to be sweaters; I’ve found myself purchas-ing a lot of sweaters, main-ly black, but in different textures,” junior mass com-munications major Meleah Holmes said.

Regardless of brand name, it’s time to break out the coats, sweaters and long johns for the Winter rush. Photo by Tykhari Coles

For some, 2015 will bring about a new horizon or an entirely refreshing view on school, work, love and so many other wonders of life. Photo by Tykhari Coles

e d i t o r sJason GillEditor-in-Chief

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The beginning or the endBy Malaun House

Coming back to school after a long break knowing that it is the final semester before graduation must be an amazing feeling. Many students come back excited while others are nervous in preparation for what they will do after graduation.

with an advertising compa-ny and I thought it was go-ing to be so hands on and that I would be working with projects and leaders in the company. I ended up printing papers and folding envelopes for four weeks. The experience was not at all what I thought it would be,” senior music major An-dre Allen said.

Knowing that the final semester has finally begun may produce a feeling of ex-citement for some students while others may find that their college career coming to an end produces much anxiety. Many students are unaware, but there are many ways to prepare for life after college using the universi-ty’s career services.

“The career service cen-ter on campus helped me to find a lot of different op-portunities in the Norfolk community that I would have otherwise never found on my own. I am nervous to be graduating this May, but I am also very excited for what my future is going to hold,” senior psychology major Jasmine Fowler said.

A new year equals a new beginning for the NSU Spar-tans. Photo from Facebook.com

“I haven’t exact-ly figured out what I will be doing af-ter graduation just yet, but I am excit-ed to move forward in life because I know I have used all the resources that my university had available for me to be successful,”

senior journalism major Shanice Yowlen said.

Many students secured internships in their fields to help them learn what work-ing in their field will be like. Often internships can be very helpful; however, some force to students to realize that a job in their immediate field of study may or may not be what they wanted.

“My first internship was

A choice

between purpose and popularity

By Malaun House

It is not often that a young person chooses to seek pur-pose in their life or in many of the things that he or she does over doing what is popular or what their friends are doing. A lot of times, the younger gener-ation may find themselves in situations where think-ing before they act could save them a lot less trouble, grief and pain.

“I believe Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. said it best: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” I person-ally try to remain true to myself and not conform to the “in crowd” way of life,” junior sociology and crim-inal justice major Christo-pher Osullivan said.

Many students enter into the college environment from different settings not knowing exactly what to expect. Being that there is more freedom and less pa-rental supervision on cam-pus, it is not always as easy for a student to make more “mature” decisions, espe-cially when trying to fol-low what is popular.

“I wouldn’t say that I live above the influence, but the influences I put myself around are all positive. I try to surround myself with people who are about the same things that I am in-volved [with] which moti-vates me to do better,” se-nior mass communication major Jeremiah Regis said.Some believe that young men and women are on two different maturity lev-els, especially in regards to their decision making processes. Nevertheless, it has not been complete-ly proven that college stu-dents make better personal decisions for themselves financially, academically or even socially.

“As a female, people al-ways say that we pack up the classrooms and we run circles around males during our twenties; how-ever, I have experienced many young men that have demonstrated greater self control, dignity and integ-rity than many women in the college-aged bracket,” sophomore mathematics major Christiana Aiden said.

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‘Annie’ reboot fails

to uphold its predecessors

By Chantelle Polite

Maybe it was the cheeky children and dance num-bers, or maybe it was the red dress and proclamation of a “Hard Knock Life.” Whatever it was, you knew it was Annie and you knew it was an Annie re-make.

People of all ages after the 80’s have some kind of connection with little orphan Annie, whether you saw the 1982 version starring Aileen Quinn and Carol Burnett or the 1999 Disney ver-sion with Victor Garber and Kathy Bates. Today’s por-trayal of Annie starred the cast of Jamie Foxx as Will Stacks — what us older gen-erations know as our Daddy Warbucks — Cameron Diaz as the drunk, tyrannical Miss Hannigan and little Quven-zhane Wallis as orphan Annie who longs for parents and a life outside of the orphanage.

In no surprise, the attempt to modernize what was the Depression-era setting of Annie completely took over the film into a hussling, bus-sling New York City with cell phones, Twitter and skinny jeans. Although Annie was produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith, one would think the two would, for once, try and shy away from the 2014-es-que vibe of things and re-main completely true to the film’s first two successful portrayals of a little orphan in the big city based on the original Broadway play.

If not for young Wallis’s confidence and charisma keeping the film’s theme on track, Annie in its entire-ty may had been extremely painful to continue on watch-

ing. There was no Miss Grace to come and whisk Annie out of the orphan-age for Christmas as we’re familiar with previously, but rather a cringe-worthy meeting of Annie and Will Stacks in the middle of the city as Stacks saves Annie from a moving vehicle. Iconic songs like “It’s A Hard Knock Life” and “I Think I’m Going to Like It Here” were given new tunes and melodies in another sad attempt to modernize the film and remind us that we were indeed in the year 2014. Scenes and jokes were

often exaggerated and painfully pulled at the idea this was not the 1930s era of Annie that we were watching. For example, this film felt it was important to uncom-fortably throw in that our 2014 Annie cannot read.

Subpar performances by Foxx and Diaz, something highly unexpected from both, only further con-firmed that an Annie reboot was not only unnecessary, but told us that the story of Annie should no longer be touched or tampered with.

The modern-day version of the classic Broadway play ‘Annie’ was a hit for some viewers and a miss for othersv. Photo from www.facebook.com/Offici-alAnnieMovie/photos/

106 & Park comes to a closeBy Richelle Hammiel

After having been on air for 14 years, 106 & Park has seen its last day on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. According to AJ, the first male host of 106 & Park, the network had been fighting to keep the show on air for awhile now.

The show has faced a great deal of problems in-cluding the constant chal-lenge of new show hosts and incidents with a few celebrity guests and show hosts; however, audienc-es never suspected that the show would come to an end.

Despite the constant battle to continue on, the show lost its fight on Dec. 14, which would mark the end of not only a musical show, but a career-making checkpoint for aspiring art-ists and people with talent.

It is true to say that many guests to the show grew before the audi-ence’s very eyes, and that growth is not only by age, but career-wise as well.

Bow Wow, also known as “Mr. 106,” first appeared on the show rapping around the age of 13 and has moved on to do much bigger things, such as movies, and even became the last male host on 106 & Park.

Chris Brown, another tal-ented artist, started his sing-ing career at the early age of 16 on 106 & Park and has managed to sell mil-lions of records and has act-ed in a few movies as well.

106 & Park, as well as the BET network in general, has been a major innovator of change, nonviolence and overall awareness. Many cases of violence, including the death of Trayvon Martin, were topics on the show, ul-timately bringing the black community closer togeth-er and showing the pow-er of black entertainment.

On the final episode, the show stirred up many bitter-sweet feelings as all hosts were brought together one last time.

The first hosts, AJ and Free, were the primary hosts,

who fans loved seeing that their shoes had been hard to fill. Together, they re-capped exciting memo-ries and moments from the present, all the way back to the beginning in 2000.

The thrill of the show came too frequently, from Wild-Out Wednesdays to Freestyle Fridays to the hype and crazy performanc-es from some of the most famous, yet humble, media icons of yesterday and to-day. On the other hand, there were a few sad moments.

The deaths of Whitney Houston, Michael Jack-son, and many others were announced on the show, shocking the world. All of these things were recognized on the last show and will be major reminders for those who may forget about what 106 & Park was all about.

On November 14, 2014, BET cancelled the hit music video show 106 & Park, allowing the hosts and production team to air their final episode on December 19, 2014. Photo from www.facebook.com/BET106andPark/photos/

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