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Plans for an indoor practice facility for Marshall’s athletic program have risen from dormancy.Marshall University’s Board of Governors has included a $10 million building in its list of capital expenditures projects from 2008 to 2013. The move Tuesday does not signal imminent construction or even approval, but it does resurrect a stronger possibility.The school seemed to be heading toward building such a facility, tentatively to be named in honor of retired football coach Bob Pruett. But in 2005, MU president Stephen J. Kopp put the brakes on that and all projects, pending a broad a reassessment of campus needs. When he addressed the Charleston Quarterback Club last fall, the indoor facility didn’t seem to be among his priorities.Construction has begun on a softball field, with a new baseball field in the works, pending site selection and land acquisition.