60.1 Spartan Echo

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9.5.12

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NSU Heart Walk 2012 builds hearts and lives By: Ashley Clarke Norfolk State will again be joining the American Heart Association in its effort to curb two of the leading causes of death in Virginia: cardiovascular disease and stroke. The American Heart Association’s annual Heart Walk will take place at noon, Sept. 22, 2012 at Mount Trashmore Park in Virginia Beach. Each annual Heart Walk is a community effort to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke and raise funds to help the American Heart Association as they carry out their mission: building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The AHA successfully completed its first 10 year goal: to reduce coronary heart disease, stroke and risk by 25% 2010. The Heart Association’s new goal for 2020 is to focus on helping U.S. citizens build stronger health and a better quality of life. Heart Walks are especially critical for impacting the African-American community in Virginia. According to the Virginia

So far, NSU has raised almost one third of its Heart Walk goal and hopes participants can help them increase it. (Courtesy of Norfolk State University)

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NSU’s Tenth Summer annual 2012 was a Women’s ScorchER Conference B : A C y

By: Ashley Clarke Norfolk State University will be holding its 10th Annual Women’s Conference at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center on Sept. 25. “Women are many things — mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, friends, partners, businesswomen, contributors to our community and so much more.The conference promises to help women recognize and identify their unique contributions to the world,” said Dr. Dennis L. Montgomery in the conference’s directors letter. This year’s conference theme is “The World Through a Woman’s Eyes.” It will place focus on health, finance and fashion.

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Plenty Americans were feeling a little warmer than usual this past summer as temperatures reached record highs. Nearly the entire United States experienced higher than average temperatures during the summer of 2012. The state of Virginia experienced its hottest July ever recorded. This summer’s average temperatures were a full 4 degrees above normal, according to the Washington Post. The Weather Channel labeled July 2012 as the hottest month overall and the hottest July on record. “It was so hot that as soon as I stepped outside it was like I was being hit with a concentrated wave of heat,” said junior sociology major Robert Jones.

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