Payoff Season for Fifth- Year Seniors - Old Dominion University

From the Editor
Happy birthday, Ted! It
seems like only
yesterday that our Ted
Constant Convocation Center
opened. But, the truth is, it’s been with
us for 10 years. Elsewhere in this magazine you will
find information about the celebration throughout October of The Ted’s
10th anniversary. We should all take the time to visit the arena during
this month, and to pay homage to the iconic role that it has served in
ODU redevelopment.
About the time the gleaming Ted opened, I said to my wife something
like, “The ODU campus is suddenly majestic, a splendid sight for folks
traveling on Hampton Boulevard.” The convocation center made
everything around it look snazzier, but, of course, the snazzy redo was
just beginning.
In the past 10 years, the University Village – with its residential units,
restaurants, arts venues and research/office park – has sprung up just to
the east of The Ted. Across the street, the Batten Arts and Letters Building
has been renovated, with a façade that mimics the most memorable parts
of The Ted’s architecture. Just to the north there is a completely renovated
Health Sciences Building, which also contains the University Theatre, with
its tasteful marquee along the boulevard. Back across Hampton
Boulevard, the recently rededicated Dragas Hall (formerly Hughes Hall)
has been redone with a welcoming “front door to campus” atrium that
fits perfectly with the architectural scheme that The Ted inspired.
Across 49th Street is the old Foreman Field that is now the Ainslie
Sports Complex with S. B. Ballard Stadium. If any structural addition to
the campus can rival The Ted in impact it would be this beautiful
complex, where ODU’s precocious team has packed seats since the
university started its modern era of intercollegiate football in 2009. (The
phenomenally popular tailgate partying that has accompanied our return
to football is the subject of a story in this issue.)
There are many more campus building projects that have been
completed since The Ted opened, and all of them add to the “Have you
seen us lately?” boast of the ODU community.
Speaking of boasting, Monarch Magazine was launched only last
year, and we’ve already gotten an award. Judges in the 2012 Council
for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III competition
gave our first two issues a Special Merit Award in the magazine
improvement category.
–Jim Raper
2 MONARCH MAGAZINE FALL 2012
Staff
Editor
Jim Raper
Art Director
Karen Smallets
Copy Editor
Janet Molinaro
Contributing Writers
Steve Daniel
Diane Dougherty ’11
Janet Molinaro
Jim Morrison
Brendan O’Hallarn
Steve Yetiv
Contributing Photography
Ronald Atkinson
Steve Daniel
David Hollingsworth
Chuck Thomas
Roberto Westbrook
Administration
John R. Broderick
President
Alonzo Brandon ’85
Vice President for University
Advancement
Jennifer Mullen Collins (M.P.A. ’04)
Assistant Vice President for
Marketing and Communications
Victoria E. Burke (M.S.Ed. ’94)
Director of University Publications
Dana G. Allen
Assistant Vice President for
Alumni Relations
Debbie White
Senior Associate Athletic Director
Member, Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education
Vol. 2 No.2, Fall 2012
Published by the Office of
University Relations
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0018
On our Cover
Lorraine Eaton, staff epicure of The Virginian-
Pilot, has two degrees from ODU and a
professional interest in the tailgating festivities
that have accompanied the university’s return
to intercollegiate football.
Photo: Roberto Westbrook
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