Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The Parthenon University Archives Fall 9-5-1996 The Parthenon, September 5, 1996 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Marshall University, "The Parthenon, September 5, 1996" (1996). The Parthenon. 3428. https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/3428 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. ".. ,, Thursday Sept. 5, 1996 Marshall University I ('1 Fall descends on campus, and so do the students. Check out the photos on pages 16 and 17 I Since you've been gone .,• 1, • Northcott Hall ~ J, • I 1 comes down ~ j • Herd gets new athletic director -·• ;R~moval of , .. asbestos eyed from staff reports First Northcott Hall came tumbling down, and today construction work begins on a new library and informa tion center on the campus' west end. Contractors from Dick Enterprises will begin fencing off and setting up their staging area today in the park ing lot beside Memorial Student Center in preparation for ground • breaking ceremonies Sept. 28 for the $21 million building. Northcott H:h}.Jormerly the second :I oldest structu~e ~mpus, was torn down June 3. It opened in 1915 along ! l side Old Main, and for 35 years was : j the science haU for Marshall College. t J The demolition of Northcott was the l I most dramatic change to campus dur r I ing the summer.