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Kayla Tarrant
COMM231
Assignment #5 Rewrite
July 5, 2015

Knight Hall Shines Bright on Campus
Journalism school sets example educationally and environmentally

A group of prospective University students and families were getting their first look of
campus. They are stopped outside of Knight Hall; home to the journalism school. A tour
guide lets them know that the building sets the new standard for the university
environmentally and educationally.

Technology is pivotal to the success of a college. It is demonstrated at Knight Hall
through sustainable and environmentally friendly choices that are embodied throughout
the building as well as the newest cameras and computer software for students.

As families follow their tour guides, they chatter about how nice the building is and how
large the windows are. The large windows allow in a lot of sunlight, which lets 75
percent of the building be lit by natural light. The building received a LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold rating by the Green Building Certification
Institute. The school’s website reports that special plumbing fixtures reduce water usage
by up to 40 percent.

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While Knight Hall is only five years old it sums up where the university has been and
where it plans to go. It is the only academic building that prospective students see from
the inside. It is a representative of the schools sustainability efforts as well as beautiful
educational spaces and small classes. On a quick walk through of the first floor families
can see a café, library, media lab, and classroom. During the fall it is filled with students
finishing a story before class or lugging out a rented camera to record footage for a
broadcast class.

The building has over 53,000 square feet of high tech classrooms, a library, and media
labs. The building even contains rooms where students can conduct private interviews
for class assignments. The third floor of the building also includes offices and
professional centers such as the National Association of Black Journalists and the
Journalism Center on Children and Families.

Parent of a potential student, Julie Alexander said “the technology here is time saving and
can be lifesaving.”

The old building was built in 1957 and Knight Hall is about double the size of that. The
building is named after the Knight Brothers who founded Knight Newspapers and the
Knight Foundation. The $30 million dollar building was funded by $16 million state
dollars, and the rest came from private donors, foundations, and grants.

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The journalism school was founded in 1941 and is now named after the Philip Merill who
was the owner and publisher of several newspapers and magazines.
“Knight Hall enhances my educational experience because it has any and everything an
aspiring media professional would need,” said Lacey Herbert a junior Broadcast
Journalism major. She said a lot of her assignments require computers, camera
equipment and a variety of software and without the equipment rental she wouldn’t be
able to complete her projects. Herbert says, “When I tell my interviewer for potential
internships and jobs that I have real knowledge of how professional HDR cameras work,
I’m not lying or exaggerating.” Another
benefit of the building she says, it that it is set
up to make students feel comfortable, and that
she has gotten help from fellow students
because of the community the building
creates.
Students conversing before
class in the main lobby
Knowing how to use different forms of
technology and having access to that at such a young age is very beneficial. Danielle
Gillis a junior Journalism and English double major said “I learn skills that a lot of people
don’t learn until later in their career, and it gives me a head start for what I want to do”
Gillis said.

Lauryn Froneburger a junior broadcast journalism major said the news bubble is only
accessible to journalism students which has all of the software her teachers ask her to use.

“There is also free printing, having that free resource is amazing” and “if something is
wrong with my computer I can use one there.”

Parent of a touring student, Deborah Spector said, “ I think the technology in this
building is outstanding and will prepare children for work in the real world in a
journalism job.” Students will be able to prepare for their future careers and help to
solidify a future for the earth itself by helping to reduce the schools carbon footprint.
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