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Stadium will be
ready for action
By Issa Glivens
This season marks the official opening of the
George Williams Athletic Complex here on Saint
Augustine’s campus. Contruction crews are still fin
ishing up work, but five home games are scheduled for
the stadium, which has long been in the works and has
experienced substantial delays.
The first home game for the Falcons will be on
Sept. 12, against Virginia Union University. (For a full
schedule, as well as a season preview, see Page 4.)
An experiment
in dormitory life
By Johna Mitchell and Cianna Fisher
Saint Augustine’s University has begun an ex
perimental program that aims to make students’ ex
periences more enjoyable and more meaningful, and
to create tighter bonds among them. Ultimately, the
goal is to reduce the number of students who leave
the university before graduating.
LIVING, Page 2
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SAD alumna hopes to lead
library to new heights
By Charles Gilchrist
The PrezeU R. Robinson Library
is not an unfamiliar place for its new
director. Tiwanna S. Nevels is a Saint
Augustine’s University alumnus and
used the library often. In fact. She was
a reference librarian and a research as
sistant in library during her years here
as a student.
“I look at this job as an opportu
nity to come back to the school and
give back,” Nevels said. “I’m glad to be
back. It feels hke home for me. It feels
like this is where I need to be.”
Nevels attended Saint Augustine’s
from 2004 through 2007, graduating
in only three years. After leaving the
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Falcon’s Nest, Nevels worked in vari
ous library positions with increasing
LIBRARY, Page 2
A familiar face rises to the
top spot in campus police
By Johna Mitchell
There’s a new sheriff in town.
Interim Chief William H. Headen
will lead Saint Augustine’s University
staff of three campus police officers and
15 security guards this fall. He is replac- T
ing longtime Chief George Boykins, '
who is out on medical leave until Janu
ary.
Known as “Officer H” to many on
campus. Interim Chief Headen is well
known to many on campus. “We are
glad to see a promotion from within the
unit,” Officer Randy Nelson said. “To
have our very own moving up is great.”
“I am glad that’s Officer H was
picked,” said senior biology major Jus-
William H. Headen
Jaquan Leary
tin Jones. “It’s good to see someone that
knows the students and cares about us is
CHIEF, Page 2
Plan will transform neighborhoods near campus
By Charles Gilchrist
More jobs, new and
better housing, more
programs for youth and
seniors, a new chUd-care
facility - these are among
the improvements the
neighborhoods sur
rounding Saint Augus
tine’s University would
see under a plan the City
of Raleigh is putting to
gether.
“This is a holistic plan
for revitalization,” Larry
Jarvis, the city’s director
of housing and neigh
borhoods explained at a
neighborhood meeting
last month at the Tar-
boro Community Center.
Working with residents,
community leaders and
elected officials, the city
is developing a Neigh
borhood Revitaliza
tion Strategy Area Plan
(NRSA). The strategy,
which must be approved
by the City Council, al
lows city officials to be
flexible and creative in its
use of federal funds.
“These flexible funds
can transform economi
cally disadvantaged
neighborhoods into
sustainable communi
ties with mixed-income
housing, safe streets and
economic opportunities,”
according to city docu
ments.
At the meeting at the
Tarboro Community
Center,, residents said the
area needs such improve
ments as more supermar
kets, better transportation,
programs to fix up hous
ing, and recreational pro
grams to keep youth out
of trouble.
The plan targets two
neighborhoods on either
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So...did you learn anything over the summer?
By Adonica Stewart
EDITOR’S NOTE: Saint Augus
tine’s students had many experiences over
the summer. While some were fortunate to
participate in internships that gave them
a peak into their career fields, others had
jobs that werefun or paid well- or at least
helped them appreciate the value of get
ting a good education that prepares them
for a good job. Below, profile three students
whose experiences were representative of
how students spent their summers.
Gentel Blair, a senior at Saint Au
gustine’s University, participated in an
internship for the USA Track and Field
Entertainment Properties. Gentel trav
eled all the way to Indianapolis, Indi
ana, this summer to apply the skills she
has learned as a communications major
(with a concentration in broadcasting).
Blair’s job was to interview different
athletes after each meet; as well as shoot
and edit videos. In addition, she joined
athletes and traveled to different track
meets and events all around the world.
Her first meet was in Oregon, where
she spent seven days. “In Oregon, the
USA Entertainment Properties were
back-up for NBC Universal because
they had the live talent,” Blair explained.
After her experience in Oregon,
Blair went to her hometown, Lexington,
Kentucky, where she was able to spend
time with her family and friends before
she went off to her next adventure.
Her next adventure took place on the
campus of Benedictine University in in
Lisle, Illinois, where she covered the
USA Track & Field’s Hershey Youth
Outdoor Championships. Blair shot
SUMMER, Page 3
Gentel Blair, on the job