the use of the area by students to sunbathe and play beach volleyball on its sand court during warm weather. In 2018 the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved spending $3.5 million to develop a plan to replace Slusher Hall. Due to its poor condition, Virginia Tech has determined that the 50-year-old high-rise structure should be replaced rather than renovated. The university plans to first build and occupy a new residence hall near the existing Slusher Hall, then demolish Slusher Hall, and construct a second residence hall on the site. The two new residence halls will have a total student occupancy that will equal or exceed the existing Slusher Hall. Other residence halls Whitehurst Hall – (1962) originally known as Barringer Hall named for Dr. Paul Brandon Barringer is an all-male residence hall. Located in the President's Quad and houses about 220 students. Barringer, a prominent physician who was chairman of the faculty at University of Virginia from 1895 to 1903 (then equivalent to president) and later served as the sixth president of Virginia Tech from 1907 to 1913 advocated eugenics and expressed white supremacist views in many of his early 20th century speeches and writings. In 2020 the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted to rename the building for alumnus, James Leslie Whitehurst, Jr. ’63, the first black student permitted to live on campus who was later appointed to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors in 1970. Brodie Hall – (1957-2015) In 1957 the Second Academic Building (1877) was razed to construct Brodie Hall, the new building incorporated a remodeled Barracks No. 3 (1900). Named for Col. William Mayo Brodie, professor from 1901 to 1932, Brodie Hall served as a barracks for the Corps of Cadets for 58 years. Brodie Hall was demolished in 2015 and replaced by New Cadet Hall, completed in August, 2017. Campbell Hall – (1930) The main building, originally known as the Stone Dormitory or the Civilian Dormitory and later as Barracks No. 8 was completed in 1930. It was the first Hokie Stone dormitory at Virginia Tech and is the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus still in use as a residence hall. The east wing, originally known as Barracks No. 9, was added in 1939 as a WPA project. In 1952 the building was named for, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, a former professor of modern languages, academic department head and dean of the