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VOLUME 83, ISSUE 30

The East Carolinian is going
David Letterman style and
giving you the top reasons

to watch Sunday's Super
Bowl. Turns to the sports
section to find out why you
Should watch Super Bow! XLII
and predictions for the big
game

Drunk dialing is a
phenomenon that is prevalent
among college students and
could cause embarrassment
the day after a drunken night
with friends....PAGE A6

February marks the celebration
of Black History Month, and
ECUs Ledonia Wright Cultural
Center is sponsoring numerous
events to commemorate the
month....PAGE A6

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presented

KIMBERLY BELLAMY
NEWS EDITOR

Students received the oppor-

tunity to learn about multiple

volunteer opportunities at the
annual Service Information Fair
on Wednesday.

_ The event was held in the
lobby of the Bate Building between
12:30-2:30 p.m.

Over 20 non-profit organiza-
tions had tables setup with display
charts and pamphlets to attract
potential volunteers.

The fair is beneficial for stu-
dents who are trying to get around
the initial hump of getting involved.

The main reason why I started

doing the fair is for students who
find it hard to do the cold call to
the agencies,? said Shawn Moore,
community partner coordinator.
A new component of the fair
called the Faculty and Community
Partner Meet and Greet was added
last fall to aid in the effort of stu-
dents meeting community partners.
Thats when we invite faculty
whose students are going out to
servein thecommunity, Moore said.
I think its a good idea for
them to communicate together
because it creates a better relation-
ship between faculty, students and
community partners.?
Phe {air also prevides
a means for the representa-
tives of different non-profits
to interact with one another.
It is important for the commu-
nity partners to network with one

Service Information Fair.

another as grants dry-up and the
need to work together increases,
according to Moore.

Community partners were
there to meet needs of students
who wanted to work in all differ-
ent areas.

Service organizations
were present that work with
latch key children, children
with disabilities, family vio-
lence, and many other issues.

While some organizations
called for individuals with certain
skills, most welcomed those with
the willingness to help.

Were just looking for students
that want to volunteer. We would
love to have the education and math
majors but anyone that is dedicated

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No criminal charges filed for
the noose found on campus

Second investigation
completed

RIMBERLY BELLAMY
NEWS EDITOR

Another case has been closed
pertaining to a noose found on the
campus of ECU.

On January 25, ECU officials
concluded a two-week investiga-
tion about the details of a noose
found in a vehicle on campus.

The noose was linked to the
rear-view mirror of the vehicle and
was reported to the ECU Police
Department on Jan..11.

Within that time span, evidence
was examined and interviews
were conducted to gather definite
answers about the incident.

Despite the work of the indi-
viduals working on the investiga-
tion, not enough information was
collected to hold someone account-
able for the noose.

In consultation with the Pitt
County District Attorney's office,
it was determined that there was
insufficient evidence to bring crim-
inal charges in connection with
this incident,? said John Durham,
university spokesperson.

Following the reporting of the
noose, a forum was held on Jan. 15
to discuss ways to improve diver-
sity at the university.

Chancellor Steve Ballard
expressed strong feelings about
the type of climate not tolerated
at the university.

Hatred has no place on this
campus and in this community,?

| Ballard said.

Members of the faculty seem
to agree with Ballards stance
about the university's efforts to

increase diversity and eliminate

discrimination.

As Chancellor Ballard has
said, the university is committed
to a tolerant caring environment,?
Durham said.

This mission is being tackled
by offering training to faculty and
more forums relating to diversity
in the future, according to Durham.

The forum on Jan. 15 allowed
prominent community members,
faculty and students to voice their
thoughts about the issue (diversity).

I think it (the forums) is useful
in allowing people to express their

views and hearing a variety of uni--

versity people and people outside of
the university,? Durham said.

To aid in the process of increas-
ing diversity, the university is-also
looking for permanent staff mem-
bers to work on this goal.

The university is in the process
of concluding a national search to
fulfill the position of chief diversity
officer. The interim chief diversity.
officer is Virginia Hardy.

The first investigation relat-
ing to a noose began on Sept. 23
after an alleged noose was found
in the basement of Belk Hall on
Sept. 19.

The investigation relating to
the alleged noose found in the resi-
dence hall was concluded on Oct.
5 after the ECU Police completed
more than100 hours of work relat-
ing to the claim.

In the Sept. 19 incident, no deci-
sion could be made about whether
the object found was actually a
noose because the rope was untied
by the arrival of the police.

This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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Pirate Profiles now featured on ECUs home page

Part of ongoing web
site restoration project

DAVID WILDER
STAFF WRITER

Pirate Profiles is the
newest addition to ECUs Web
Features: the next step in a
continuing effort to redesign
ECUs web site.

Doing student profiles is
nothing new, every university
does them, but what we feel
makes Pirate Profiles unique is
the prominence the university

has given them on their home

page, said Brian Paris, office
of publications web editor.
One of the purposes of
a Web site is to introduce
people to East Carolina, and
we felt that the best way to
explain what we are all about
is with the people who make
us what we are"the students.?
Faculty members and
administrators nominated
students for the new section,
which went live Jan. 3.
_ While the feature is here to

stay, fresh faces will grace the
page as the idea lives on.

Pirate Profiles will be a
permanent feature. New pro-
files will replace the existing
profiles in the rotating banner
on the home page about twice
a semester, Paris said.

All profiles will be avail-
able on the Pirate Profile
archive page even after they
are no longer in rotation.?

The concept of introduc-
ing a few of the Pirates to the
on and off campus community
seems to be working.

Apparently the profiles
are quite popular because I
often run into people on and
off campus that I never met
before and they tell me they
recognize me from my profile,?

~said Patrick Dixon, senior com-

munication major. :

Same people have
even told me things about
myself trom my profile.?

A coordinator working for
Pirate Profiles sent Dixon a
letter, informing him that he
had been nominated for a spot
on the feature.

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| do think that the
Pirate Profiles is the best
addition to the web site
that has taken place since |
have been here,? Dixon said.

It 1s a great way for stu-
dents, and the community to
see the type of students that
are attending school.?

It is definitely an honor
to be chosen as one of the first
students selected to be included

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Sharon how human beings think. Find
out what she thinks about ECU and
why she loves being a Pirate.

in the Pirate Profiles,? Dixon
said.

Even though I am sure
they will feature hundreds of
students in years to come, it is
nothing like being part of the
first group."

Each profile features vari-
ous aspects of students lives,
including campus involvement,
best ECU memories and favor-
ite classes. Dixons favorite

memory of ECU is football
tailgating.

Tailgates are just some-
thing that I love todo,? Dixon said.

Itis a great time to just bond
with friends and | like taking
a break from being a leader.?

Students featured on Pirate
Profiles also enjoy having the
option of reading about fellow

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PIRATE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Statewide Campus Safety
Symposium

Thursday, Jan. 31

Friday, Feb. 1

9 a.m.-5 p.m./ 9 a.m.-noon
Greenville Hilton

ECUs Student Legal Services 7

is hosting its second Safety
Symposium Campus
Crisis Communication and
Intervention? to school

and university staff and
administrators across North
Carolina. Roy Cooper, NC
attorney general, will deliver
the key. Other speakers
include: Dave Rainer,
associate vice chancellor
Environmental Health and
Public Safety, NCSU; Kevin
Foust, FBI; Dr. Eugene
Zdziarski, assistant vice
president & dean of students
at the University of Florida;
David Robey, Secret Service
Threat Assessment Team.
Registration: $100.

Sustainable Tourism Lecture

Wednesday, Feb. 6

3:30 p.m.

Science and Technology
Building, C-307

Brian Mullis, co-founder and

president of Sustainable Travel

International, will present
a lecture about sustainable
tourism trends in business
practices, public policies and
personal travel.

Mullis is an outspoken:
supporter of responsible travel

and is working to facilitate the "

travel and tourism industrys
move toward sustainability.
Free. Open to the public.

Beating the Cold
Wednesday, Feb. 6
6-7:30 p.m.

Student Recreation Center
February 6, 6:00

Beating the Cold. This
seminar will cover cold
related conditions, dressing
_ for cold weather, sheltering.
and planning for a winter
adventure. Tom Burkiewicz,
Assistant Director of
Adventure will share some
experiences from high
altitude, and cold weather
paddling to demonstrate
how we get cold and how to
protect ourselves.

Soulful Exposition

A Celebration of the Arts
Monday, Feb. 11

6-8 p.m. |

LWCC Gallery

Calling all poets, musicians
(jazz, soul), comedians to join
~ the Ledonia Wright Cultural
Centers Soulful Exposition -
~as we celebrate the arts ina
comfortable, culture-infused
atmosphere! If you are
interested in becoming our

opening act, please send me a

message or stop by the LWCC.

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WEATHER REPORT

THURSDAY JAN. 31:
Hi: SOF
Beis Low: 29F
- Wind: NE 5-10 mph
Precipitation Probability: 10%
General Weather: cold morning
warming to mostly sunny

FRIDAY FEB. 1:
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Low: 52F
Wind: SW 15-20 mph

Precipitation Probability: 80% &

General Weather: rain early
with windy and cloudy
conditions throughout the day

SUPERBOWL Weekend Feb. 2-3:
-Hi: low to mid 60s
Low: upper 30s to low 40s
~ Wind: easterly 0-5 mph |
Precipitation Probability: 10%
General Weather: sunny and
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Deadline to submit abstracts quickly
approaching |

NIA RICHARDSON
STAFF WRITER

Beginning March 31, the Division of Research and

- Graduate Studies will celebrate Research and Creative
~ Achievement Week.

During the week, students are encouraged to show-
case their research before a forum of students, faculty,
and members of the local community.

Students may present research on any topic under
the categories of biomedical science, business, educa-
tion, technology, fine & performing arts, human health,

- humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Stu-

dents can present alone or in teams.

A selected panel of faculty members will judge the
research presentations with a monetary award given for
the best presentation.

Any creative method can be used to display their find-
ings including oral presentations, posters, and films.

The presentations will be evaluated on creativity as _

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well as proper method, and clarity of topic. .
The faculty judges will judge presentations that are
specific to their disciplines.

In order to submit research, participating students

must complete an abstract completion form.
The abstract must be an overview of the topic that

. the student wishes to highlight during presentation

time. It requires a minimum of 250 words and must be
submitted by Feb. 9.
The purpose of Research Week is to encourage stu-
dents to participate in the research and creative process.
Research is something that we all do in whatever
endeavors we may pursue,? said Ron Newton, associate
dean of graduate studies.

Two thousand eight marks the 2nd year that the

graduate school will host the event.
Last years event showcased over 100 presentations
from both individuals and teams. Along with student

. presentations, there will be special. presentations from

ECU faculty members and community experts on vari-
ous topics of research. All presentations will be held 1 in
Mendenhall Student Center.

Research week will also include the 2007-2008

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and Creativity Week

_ Scholar Teacher Awards Symposium in recognition

of distinguished BED SSeS who integrate scholarship
and teaching. :

This is good opportunity for faculty to communi-
cate with each other and meet potential collaborators
to get input on potential experiments they can do,?
said Rich Franklin, professor of microbiology in Brody
School of Medicine. | :

A committee of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate
students planned the activities for Research Week.

It is exciting to be an integral part of the planning
of this extraordinary week and as a graduate student Im
grateful to ECU to have this opportunity for leadership
development; it is very rewarding because it enhances
the value of my degree in my opinion,? said Bill Maton,
program co-chair.

Research Week begins March 31 ane ends April 3.
For More information on Research and Creative Achieve-

_ ment Week, email researchweek2008 @ecu.edu.

This writer may be contacted at
news @theeastcarolinian.com.

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students lives. .

I go on the Pirate Profiles to
read other peoples stories, said Joel
Banjo-Johnson, junior communica-
tion/German major.

The web site editors did an excel-
lent job. The concept behind Pirate

Profiles is an excellent idea and ECU
carries a diverse group of people.?
ECUs Office of Publications
is currently working on many new
features for ECUs web site, accord-
ing to Paris. .
Web features are just a part of

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to helping is fine,? said Necia
Boston, TRAC coordinator.
Individuals who know that
they are good at a specific
things or want to work in a
certain area should let the com-
munity partners know.
Sometimes, students call
and say Im good at ~such and

an overall, ongoing effort to optimize
the ECU web site to make it more
informative, interesting and easier

This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

such, so sometimes the needs
come from the students,? said
Cathy Ahlschlager, volunteer
coordinator for the Ronald
McDonald House of Eastern
North Carolina. |

The Service Fair has been
occurring for about three years,
according to Moore.

Danielle

Danielle has great things to
say about Fast Carolina
University. The fact that she's
@ marketing major is purely
coincitentat.

Katie

This proud Pirate may be

graduating in the spring, but

that doesn't mean she wants
B te leave. Find out how Katie

plans to stick around ECU.

Matthew

Matthew has two passions in
his lfe--the United States
military and ECU. Learn how
this future Army officer has
cedicated hirmself te both.

Patrick

This student leader aspires to
be the president of the United
States. If his ECU career is any
indication of what he can do,
hail to the chiefi

Sharon

Majoring in psychology has
taught Sharon how human
beings think. Find out what
she thinks about ECU and why
she loves being a Pirate.

steven

This Pirate's East Carolina
experience has a soundtrack all
its own. Learn how Steven
keens the Pirate Nation
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It is held in the fall and
spring semesters about two to
three weeks after the beginning
of classes.

This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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Student population
increase creates concern

Enrollment task force set
to ease questions

SARAH CAMPBELL
EDITOR IN CHIEF

Over the past five years, the population of stu-
dents attending ECU has increased substantially.
This increase poses the question of whether or not
the faculty as well as the facilities can sustain the
larger number of students. | a

Since 2002 ECUs enrollment has grown from
20,577 to 25,990 in the fall of 2007.

We have been the fastest-growing public uni-
versity in North Carolina for the last five years,?
said Chancellor Steve Ballard.

Clearly students and parents all across the
state are finding more and more to like about East
Carolina, and this is key to our success. Our growth
is also illustrative of our historical commitment
to access and opportunity,? Ballard continued.

In order to begin strategically planning for
the increased enrollment, a task force has been put
together as a method to develop goals and plans in
order to facilitate the growing student body.

The primary goal of the task force will be to
figure out means to accommodate the growing
student population, while still maintaining the
same level of excellence. 7

This is an appropriate time to take a close

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look and make sure that our growth is focused
in a way that ensures that we are maintaining
access and properly serving the people of North
Carolina,? Ballard said. |

As a way to maintain the level of higher educa-
tion that students expect a number of initiatives
have been taken. Tutorials, study skills and time
management sessions will be offered with the
addition of a student-learning center.

The task force must take the lead in helping
us decide such critical questions as how large our
student body should be and what are the proper
ratios of undergraduate to graduate students
and on-campus students to distance-education
students,? Ballard said.

Judi Bailey, former president of Western
Michigan University and Northern Michigan
University, will head up the task force.

Bailey is currently in charge of oversee-
ing enrollment management enterprise, which
includes the admissions, financial aid and
registrar's office.

The first meeting of the task force will be held
in February. Students are welcome to attend; the
meetings will include members from the Board
of Trustees and faculty.

This writer can be contacted at
editor@theeastcarolinian.com.

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JESSICA DUNLOW
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Remember when we were all in elemen-
tary school and everyone made large bags or
boxes for our classmates to put Valentines
in? We got one from everybody! Talk about a
self-esteem booster. It was not long after this,
however, that Valentines Day lost its sparkle.
I am not sure what happened exactly. Maybe
it was the fact that your worst enemy was
forced to give you a Disney Valentine. On
the other hand, maybe it was because you
were little and you hated the taste of those
stupid candy hearts with sayings on them.
Today, there are entire Web sites (www.antivday.
com) and products devoted to celebrating the
hopeful demise of a somewhat hated holiday.

Katie Woerdeman, a senior at ECU, shares
my sentiments: Happy Valentines Day, no one
loves you, youre single and life sucks!?

Exactly. Why must culture do this to us? I truly
dislike you Valentines fanatics because why love?

your significant other only one daya year? Hmmm?

We should celebrate the love we have for a person
every single day of the year, not just one random
day in the shortest month of the year, because
when you think about it, have you ever actually
had that perfect Valentines Day? I know many
men and women who are chronically let down
by not getting that ideal gift or not hearing the
romantic words.

I am Just convinced that if you truly love some- °

one, you would celebrate it every day. Little roman-
tic surprises and loving acts should be done every-
day. Yes, this seems like a lot to ask, but come on.
If you love someone enough, it would be worth it.
I firmly believe that the only people you can
truly rely on for Valentines are your parents.
They always have something up their sleeve
to make you feel loved when no one else takes
time to. Diamond necklaces, Reeses Cup
hearts and things of that nature, I love it.
Celebrate this most unholy day, if you must, and
at least try to do it right. When you think about
it? No flowers, please. Flowers wilt and die, and
yeah, most people are somewhat allergic to some
flower or another. |
~Chocolate just makes us fat, and as much

as we lrke it, please do not give us some-

thing that will just serve to give us cavities.
My boyfriend is convinced that Valentines Day is
a good excuse? to spoil me. While I love being
spoiled, I would like his reason to be because he
loves me and not because Hallmark tells him to.
So, if you celebrate it, do something creative
at least. Not your typical dinner date with
a movie and not those disgusting, confusing
chocolates that taste weird, and flowers that wilt
and die (Do you want our relationship to die?).
When you are all sitting at your boring dinners,
watching sappy movies, I will be stewing in my
disdain for the day and the fact that the ideal,
perfect Valentines Day will never come. So
Happy Single Awareness Day, Happy VD and
many more.

This writer can be reached at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com

~Time to enter
the real world

But are we ready?

MARGOT ROGERSON
OPINION WRITER

I have seen a number of people graduate that
had no idea what they were going to do afterward.
I never thought I was going to be one of those

people. For as long as I can remember, I always .
knew exactly what I wanted in life. Now as I enter |

my last few semesters in school, I am beginning
to question what I always thought I knew.

Do I want to go to graduate school? Do I want
to get a job? Am I even going to use my degree?
Where do I want to be in five years? These ques-
tions seem almost overwhelming in the moment
you are faced with them. I wonder how many col-

lege students get to this point and have no idea.

How do we examine these questions critically?

I thought talking to my parents and friends
would help, but they quickly pointed out that they
cannot answer the questions about what I want
for my life. So then I thought of my options. It
seems like the possibilities are endless. When I
think about how many options I do have, I cannot
help but be proud to be an American.

So what to do? I think the problem for most
of us is that we spend too much time thinking
about making sure we make the right choice.
Too many of us try to focus on what we want in
the long term instead of Just figuring out what
we want right now. The worst thing that hap-
pens if you start something and hate it is that
you change it.

With few exceptions, we have the ability to
modify what we want out of life. Once I concen-
trated on what I want right now, it seemed a lot
easier to make decisions about the next steps in

my life. I am still scared of getting myself into a

career or degree that I hate, but its almost time
to enter the real world, with both feet first.

This writer can be reached at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com

{ Let the Good Times Roll! }

THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 2008

PAGE A5
RANT OF THE DAY

| want to watch Muppet Treasure Island,
but my VCR is broken.

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.. AND ON JHE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY,
HILLARY SAID SHE
WOULD DEPATE ANY...





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regarding Rants can be directed to J.D. Lewis, Opinion Page Editor, at opinion@
theeastcarolinian.com. Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.

Hopefully one day I'll be a Blue
Devil.

Jacks Mannequin is like my new
favorite band.

| think people are reading my
thoughts.

| can't believe my college career is
almost over.

Yes, these Pirate Rants are about
you! |

Finally, an ECU Alert with white guys ©

.. and ten at that!

I'm the Scrooge of Valentines Day.
Bah, humbug!

No, | would love to go with you and
your significant other downtown on
V-Day; that wouldn't be awkward
at all.

Eye wondr how meny mizzpelled
Rants r submittd.

Getting a Pirate Rant published is
on my. Bucket List.?

The ECU toilet paper gave me a
butt period.

To the guy sitting right beside me

and my roommate at Todd on.

Tuesday: Dude, if she cheated on
you twice and then broke up with
you, shes not your type. Dont
make the same mistake a third
time. Please.

| love scuba guys!!! The dive master
in navy blue is hot!

We all know the reason why you
won't let students tape your lectures
is because you are mean as hell to
your students in class.

| am not going to lie, but for a man in
his 60s, David Bowie still somehow
remains ridiculously hot to me.

To the girl that sits to the left of me in
remedial math: You are so beautiful.
Why cant | get up the courage to
talk to you?

Everyone is a robot except you.
Able was | ere | saw Elba.

| enjoy reading the Pirate Rants
every Tuesday and Thursday with
you in Psychology. P.S. | like you
more.

| changed my Facebook picture to
me and a hot dude just to make
guys jealous.

Don't talk to me if you're stupid.

How come all of the campus dining
facilities always have on BET and
rap music?

Hey, go somewhere else to talk
on your phone, not behind ME
in a cubicle on the 2nd floor in
the LIBRARY! All | can hear is
you talking and clicking on your
computer, playing a game! Chris left
me amessage on Facebook...click..
click... OMG!? Shut up, PLEASE!!

To all those people who complain
about their boyfriend:and girlfriend

problems: SHUT UP!

Anyone who says that they are in
love with a stripper is an idiot! Trust
me! Maybe you are so wealthy that
you dont mind being robbed by
prostitutes that dance.

Is it just me.or is there something sexy
about beautiful women driving big trucks?
To the hazel-eyed girl | know: Why

is when you are single you treat
me like the coolest guy you know,

~but every three months, when you

get a new boyfriend, you act like |
don't exist?

Im so tees it was est as cold
today!

| am going to be hice to you just
because | am a much better person
than you can ever become.

| want to watch Muppet Treasure
Island, but my VCR is broken. "

To the girl who wants to marry rich
and pop out 4 kids: | want to marry an

- attractive rich man and have 8 kids,

so no | don't think thats bad at all. ;

If the people above me don't stop
stomping on the ceiling of my
apartment, Im going to go up there
and rip the freakin DDR out of the wall
and burn it in front of them! That crap
is annoying. I'd like to beat the person
who invented that stupid mess that
has absolutely no point! If you want
exercise go to a freakin gym!

~ For the girl in my CDFR class who
obviously NEVER takes a shower: |

Your smell gets worse everyday of
class! Apparently, Im going to have
to invest in a gas mask just to get
through the semester. Wouldn't it just
be easier for YOU to invest in some
soap and then actually use it?

Im about to remove Nip/Tuck
from my favorite TV shows on
Facebook.

To the girl sitting in front of me in
sociology on Wednesday: | hope
your cold is better because | don't
think | can stand sitting through
another two and a half hours

listening to you breathe through '

your mouth.

I'm a male feminist. | think women
should receive equal pay for equal
work. In fact, | think a woman should
be able to do anything a man can
do, and that includes standing up on
the bus. Quit your b---cing because
| dont give up my seat!

Love Animals. Love People. Love Life.
Thats what SOAR is all about. :)

Your away messages make me want
to vomit. | dont care how lovey-
dovey, peachy f-ing keen your love
life is. Keep it to yourself.

| am wracked with such hearty
guffaws that in addition to rolling to
and fro on the floor, my posterior
has separated from my body. "
ROFLMAO

Superbounce balls and guinea pigs
look nothing alike; but it was funny,
and for that | thank you.

| was once a treehouse.
Actually, same sex guests aren't

allowed to: stay on-weeknights,
ONEY on weekends; its in the

visitation policy. Weekends are |

Fridays and Saturdays, so if you
get caught on a weeknight with
a same sex guest, you're getting
written up.

| wish | was Optimus Prime.

| watch HGTV 24/7. | even know that
it goes off the air at 4 a.m., and new

programming doesn't start till 8 a.m. :

Is that a problem?

Sometimes | wish | could write in
hieroglyphics. »

| think its possible that maybe Im
falling for you. | guess theres a
chance that Ive fallen quite hard
over you. Ive seen the paths that
your eyes wander down; | wanna
come too...

When | say Hillshire you say Farm!
Hillshire! Farm! GO MEAT!

_ God really does rock. There must be

some things He doesnt wantto see,
yet Hes still omnipresent. Take, for
instance, your horrible driving. Im
sure He didnt want to see me flick

you off, but | did it anyways.

We haven't heard the last of them

And we never will

ALEX LAROCCA
OPINION WRITER

It makes me wake up screaming in the middle of
the night with tears in my eyes. It echoes in my mind
until I have to either think of ponies, or throw my
head into a rock. What could I possibly be describ-
ing? Stupid people ... and not just normal stupid
people, but stupid people in college.

These people? surrounded me my entire life, but for
some odd reason, God, or the gods, chose college as the
general meeting place for all stupid people of America. I
dont understand how they got here, or how they survive
"a diet of FOX and Hot Pockets most likely " but they
could comprise about half of this university.

Now I cannot write this entire article with just
my own stories, so | will provide for all of you some
of the stupidest things I have ever seen or heard.
Note: All of these events really happened, and they
all happened at ECU. Another note: Ifit takes some
soul-searching to discover why these events are clas-
sified as stupid,? then it may be that you yourself
have become stupid or temporarily distracted.

My first event deals with my worst experience,
which took place in my English class. My teacher
made everyone openly speak about their final paper's
topic in order to publicly critique it. My topic is irrel-
evant, but it lead to the teacher asking the class if
they knew what I wanted to write about, specifically
if anyone knew what Hezbollah? was. Seeing the no
one did, one girl in particular took up the struggle
and mentioned that she just didnt have enough time
to watch TV.? Slowly, she was informed that news

was printed in newspapers and played on the radio, .

but this only got her to mention to the class that she
was in fact ignorant, and that it just doesnt matter
if I am ignorant of everything.?

Another enthralling tale was told to me by a

friend, and it took place at a college Democrats table.
One of the college Democrats was discussing with
a student whether or not he had registered to vote.
It turned out that he had, but he was not going to
vote because, as he put it, What is the point? George
Bush is Just going to win again.? True patriots never
do vote anyway.

This not being the worst of it, my girlfriend was
speaking to a girl online about a project they had to
do for, what else, English class. They had to get a
historical document and write about it in some form.
Curious, she asked her what she was doing for her
project. The girl eloquently wrote back, It is a letter

from some war in 1942.? The American Revolution

or the Civil war? We may never know.
This tale isnt as much about ignorance or mis-

understanding as it is sheer and absolute stupidity.

In a communications class, the topic of stereotypes
was being discussed. The teacher asked the class,
What are some stereotypes for Asians?? A wonder-
ful lady raised her hand and proceeded to inform the
class that In Charlotte all the Chinese people sell
ecstasy. And elephants can be scientists. What drew
this girl to speak will probably never be known.
If anyone reading this believes some of these
stories are out of context, or are mere brain-farts,
then you are in denial. Stupid people make it beyond
college too, and even into the mainstream world.
The worst of which I saw was Sherri Sheppard, of
The View, clueless as to whether or not the world was
flat. I can only imagine the numbers of people at this

. school who must not know the answer to that, but

even 1 percent is worth a good cry. Fortunately the
urge to pour molten lead down my ear lessens with the
thought that one day I will be able to step out of this
university and have a diploma which separates me, on
paper at least, from the American status quo.

This writer can be reached at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com

Bratty
Brat Bratz

Or growing up too fast

LARA OLIVER
OPINION WRITER

Okay, I admit it. Ive never really been hip? or
cool? or anything like that in my life. In middle
school, I preferred riding horses to going shop-
ping or getting interested in boys (didnt even
date one till I was 16). In high school I hung out
mostly with the nerdy crowd or the overachievers
" the girls who didnt go out on Friday night
because they had an exam next Wednesday, or
the boys who could tell you what saving throw
to use against an Orc, but couldn't tell you when
the prom was to save their life.

In college I mostly turned all that around. I
started wearing clothes that weren't from Wal-
Mart and paid attention to music that was made
after the 1800s. Yet, I was still completely baffled

~by most trends that swept the campus. Ugg boots:
you mean like ugly?? Leggings for pants: doesnt
that make you cold? And of course ripping your
blue jeans right below your butt to show off that
under-butt cleavage: Congrats! I can see your
ripped-up underwear too.

_ So its no surprise that most trends among
the generation below us either scare me to death
or confuse me. It seems like the girls who'll be
the trophy wives to our generation of men are a
lot, well, sluttier than we were. I remember slap
bracelets, jelly shoes and wearing shorts that
matched our T-shirts being all the rage when
we were 10. Wearing a kitten sweater? Why not
pair it with kitten sweatpants? The height of
fashion! But now it seems like 10-year-olds care
more about how hot they look than if their outfit
is comfortable enough to play tag in. I babysat
two girls (one 9, the other 7) the other month,
and they both owned multiple pairs of shorts
with words like HOTTIE? or BRAT? printed
on the butt. What kinds of parents draw atten-
tion to that area? Why not buy them a T-shirt
with a witty slogan like Easily led into vans for
candy? instead?

It also seems that being trendy has finally
sunk its claws into the male youth as well. Most
of you remember that when girls were getting into
makeup and high-heels, boys still thought girls
were icky and wanted to play with Transformers
or GI Joes instead. Yet, this generation of tweens?
(oh, God, I cant even stand typing that word) has
convinced the boys to start caring about things
even adult men dont even care about, like fashion.
At my boyfriends parents house the other day, his
10-year-old brother told me that he knew a boy
in his class who dressed like I do, in skinny jeans,
tight shirts and chucks. Now, the way I dress
is great for my lifestyle of walking, sitting and
walking some more,.but I cant imagine trying
to run laps around a jungle gym or ne like
that without tearing the seams.

I guess a lot of people cant blame this whole .
new-age of fashionable? kids on things like
Disneys pop-idols like Lindsay Lohan, Hillary
Duff, or (guh) Hannah Montana, or the popu-
larity of Bratz dolls (which I affectionately call
Slutz dolls), but I think the real problem lies with
parents (doesn't it always?). It seems that parents,
beginning with our generation, care more about
their kids liking them than respecting them. It
began with latch-key kids like my friends and me
getting money thrown at them in replacement of
love, and now its morphed itself into becoming
your kids best friend rather than their parent.

Lets let kids be kids, not mini-adults. I cher-

ish the memories I have of not caring what boys
thought of me and thinking ponies were the best
things ever. I cant imagine replacing those with

worry about whether I was hot? at 8 years old.

Maybe more parents need to remember their
childhoods and try to encourage their kids to
stay kids as long as possible, too.

This writer can be reached at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com |

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Features:

Horoscopes

Aries

Focus on financial matters in total
privacy. Listen, but dont even offer
advice. The situation is rapidly changing.
Take care of your old obligations before
incurring more.

Taurus

You can be supportive, but keep control
of the checkbook. Dont allow your
partner to spend your money without
permission. There may be an attempt,
SO vigilance Is required.

Gemini

Wait just a little bit longer before
launching new projects. Don't launch
anything, actually. Do your pre-launch
checklists again.

Cancer

Busy yourself making sure you have
plenty of everything. Iftheres something
you need, let your partner know.
Together you can find it, or find a way
to do without.

Leo

Something that used to be hard
is almost becoming fun. Dont let
problems scare you; tame them. And
dont let them sense fear. It turns them
into monsters.

Virgo

Its still best to watch and listen, but don't

Say very much. Let people assume you

know more than you actually do. Then,

go and find the right answers, before
_ embarrassing questions.

Libra

As the day progresses, your attitude
will improve greatly. Don't just sit there,
helplessly; investigate. The more
research you do, the better you'll feel.

~Scorpio

Keep your ears open and you'll discover
a great bargain. You can get something
for your home at an awesome price. It
could be linens or food, but its more
likely electrical.

Sagittarius
You can find another way to achieve

Ask an old friend for a favor..

Capricorn
You still have-a-lot.of loose-odds and

annoying criticism by cleaning up
messes In private. peed

Aquarius

Keep quiet for a while longer, around
authority figures. You dont have to
agree, just don'tinstigate a confrontation.
There are other ways to prove your point,
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Finish up the task at hand, and con't
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Coca-Cola translated to Chinese means,
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with month.?
An ostrichs eye is bigger that its brain.

it is estimated that at any one time,
0.7 percent of the worlds population
are drunk.

More than half of women in the United
States will not leave their home without
makeup on.

Amold Schwarzenegger's famous line
in The Terminator I'll be back? was
originally scripted as I'll come back.?

Go.? isthe shortest complete sentence
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THURSDAY JANUARY 31,2008 Page A6

~Pick a Prof better than ~Rate my Professor

your objective. The old way is blocked, "
but don'twaste time worrying aboutthat.

ends that need to be tidied up. Avoid?

. Staff Photo

Photo by Natassia Negron

The LWCC will be commemorating Black History Month by sponsoring many events.

There are two credit cards for every

Pickaprof.com proves
more detailed than
other sites

ELISE PHILLIPS
FEATURES EDITOR

Most college students at
ECU and around the country are
familiar with ratemyprofessor.
com. Students can go on the site,
click on the class they.are taking
(or are going to take) and see
how other people rate a certain
professor. Some ratings may be
good, some may be bad and some

might be so-so, but they are all
just that...ratings. Opinions.
What if there was a site that gave
you some facts about the profes-
sor? Like what kind of grades
he or she gave last semester?
Would that sway students more
than ratemyprofessor.com if they
had those numbers? |
Now, college students all
over the country can find those
numbers about their profes-
sors. Pickaprof.com is a site

dedicated to giving students

at most universities across the
nation a chance to review their

professors grade history. They -

can see how many Ass, Bs, Cs,

Ds and Fs a professor gave to?

each class he or she has taught.

Pickaprof.com is a legitimate
Web site. It receives official
transcripts from the universi-
ties that it serves and uses this
information to give to students.
According to the site, they are
the only Web site that provides
this service to students.

When you go to pickaprof.

com, the site will have a clickable ©

map of the U.S. on its homep-
age that allows users to click on
the state they are interested in,
choose the school they attend

and then register for the site.

Registration is simple and
easy, Just plug in your e-mail
address, a password and user
name and youre good to go.
Once registered, students can
add a class they are taking or
plan to take.

A graph will show up tell-
ing you how many students the
professor had in their class and
the percentage of grades that
that professor gave to their
students. It also shows the aver-
age GPA the students earned in
that class.

Other services that the Web

site provides to students are
Facebook services, a sched-

ule planning feature, a book

exchange option and ratings
features.

With the Pickaprofs Face-
book service feature, students
can link their Pickaprof account
with their Facebook account and
invite friends to sign up for the
same Classes they are taking. It
also allows users to see which
classes their friends have signed
up for.

The schedule planning fea-

see PICKAPROF page A8

Dialing while intoxicated can lead to some embarassing moments the day after.

How drunk dialing can
allechyOlls ©
~ELISE PHILLIPS»

' FEATURES EDITOR

_ Waking up the morning after a
night out with friends at a downtown

_bar or club can produce a myriad of

feelings. A headache, sensitivity to

light, extreme hunger and thirst...can

all follow a drunken evening. But some
effects of these outings cant be solved
with a cup of coffee or an aspirin.
Ever looked through your phone
the night after youve had too much too
drink and realize that you called your
ex-boyfriend or that person you haven't

talked to in six months? Its called

drunk dialing, and its a phenomenon
that has plagued college students all
over the country.

According to urbandictionary.com,
drunk dialing is described as a very
bad, uncontrollable urge to call some-

one (usually the opposite sex or your

boss) on the phone after an evening
of heavy alcohol intake. Will usually
result in the loss of friends, job, your
reputation, and self respect.?

_.., Drunk dialing has become so popu- |
lar in recent years that phone companies

have picked up on the action and decided
to do something about it.

The mobile phone company LG
started selling their own breathalyzer?
phone in 2005 to its South Korean con-

~sumers. The Samsung LP4100 phone

worked like this: if a person blew a
small breath directly into the phone

_and had a blood alcohol content over the

legal limit, a picture of a car running
recklessly into cones would pop up. The

Alcohol and your cell dont mix

phone also had a program that would
block any outgoing calls to contacts
that that person wished to avoid (i.e.
ex-girlfriends, bosses, coworkers). In
addition, the LP4100 was programmed
to measure the amount of alcohol in a

,persons body in relation to where they

lived. Although LG has marketed to the
South Korean and U.K. markets, there
is no date set when it will be available
in the U.S.

LG wasnt the only mobile phone
company that picked up on the drunk
dialing craze. Verizon Australia started
their own version of trying to stop

drunk dialers; they gave their custom-

ers a service that allowed them to dial
333 followed by the number of any

_ person they did not want to drunk dial.

A block would be placed on the users
phone not allowing them to call those
numbers until 6 a.m. the next morning.
However, Verizon doesnt offer this
service to its U.S. consumers.
According to Renita Moore, Mental
Health Outreach Specialist and Out-

reach Coordinator for ECUs Center

for Counseling and Development says

that drunk dialing is not a habit that

students should develop.

Although seemingly fun, if your
level of intoxication is to the point
where you wont even remember making
calls, you run the risk of creating prob-
lems and misunderstandings with your
friends and family that you then have
no context for,? said Moore.

Its definitely not a habit that you
want to form, especially if you are
not coherent to tell who exactly you
are calling and what exactly you are

saying to them.?

According to a recent survey by the
National Health Center for Statistics,

see ALCOHOL page A7

Center will spon sor 9
month full of events _

The Ledonia Wright Cultural Center
celebrates Black History Month

ELISE PHILLIPS
FEATURES EDITOR _

ECUs Ledonia Wright Cultural Center
(LWCC) will be hosting programs and events
the month of February to celebrate Black

History Month.

We have a whole series of programs [that
we put on], and the celebration of Black History
Month is one of the focuses of the series,? said Rod

Bradley, director of the LWCC.

_ The topics [used for celebrating Black History
Month] range from history documentaries of the
Civil War to the opportunity to talk about cultural

expression with art, music and poetry. There will
also be a series on dispelling stereotypes.?

The Center will start off the month-long
celebration with a dinner and movie on Feb.
5 in the LWCC Gallery at 6 pm. The movie,
titled Unchained Memories: Readings from the
Slave Narratives, will be shown along with a
bring-your-own-dinner style meal and discus-
sion afterward. The movie depicts the lives of
dozens of slaves whose stories were kept in the
Library of Congress and found 70 years later.
Hollywood actors will read the memoirs of these
slaves, which according to the LWCC Web site
range from the brutal to the bittersweet.?

Another bring-your-own-dinner and a movie
will be sponsored by the LWCC on Feb. 26 at the

see LEDONIA page A9

THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 2008

More than a |
history lesson

Dr. Papalas teaches
Students about
cultures around the
world

BEN HARRIS
STAFF WRITER

It is hard to find a his-
tory student at ECU who has
not learned a great deal from
Anthony Papalas. Whether it
is about life, success or just
history, Papalas has taught
an innumerable amount of
students in his 37 years as a
professor at ECU.

Papalas, whose grandpar-
ents emigrated from Greece
to the U.S. in 1900, was born
in Detroit, M.I. in 1939. His
father was a successful busi-
nessman who had his own con-
struction business. He loved
growing up in Detroit.

Detroit was great,? said
Papalas. The city was well
regulated, had full-employment
and essentially no crime.?

Papalas enjoyed visiting
Canada, watching the Uni-
versity of Michigan at Ann
Arbor football games and
watching the Detroit Tigers
baseball games.

He enrolled at Wayne State
University where he considered
a career in medicine, but was
still not entirely sure about
what he wanted to do. The
answer came to him on a trip to
Greece he took in 1960.

T fell in love with Greece.

EQUAL HOUSING. -
OPPORTUNITY 2:

It was a great experience,
Papalas said.

Upon arrival back at
Wayne State, Papalas began
taking courses pertaining to
Greece and the classics. He
loved the study of history
because of his fascination with
human behavior. |

He also learned several lan-
guages including modern and
ancient Greek, French, Latin
and German. He graduated with
a degree in ancient history and
decided that he wanted to teach.
He got his Ph.D. at the Univer-
sity of Chicago where he wrote
his thesis on Roman Athens.

In 1970, Papalas came to
ECU because of an opening the
university had for a classical
history teacher. He wanted to

eventually teach in the Midwest

and originally only planned to
stay at ECU for a short period of
time. However, Papalas instantly
loved the university and the city.
Greenville has a nice climate,?
Papalas said. I like the rural
flavor and the people here are
also very nice.?

Papalas research consists of
Roman Athens, sea-power in the
ancient world and ancient sports.
In his spare time, Papalas enjoys
playing golf, although not as
much as he would like, reading
fiction and the classics and keep-
ing up with the Detroit Tigers.

Papalas still travels back to
Europe and likes to visit Michi-
gan where he still has family.

This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.

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SARAH CAMPBELL "
_ EDITOR IN CHIEF

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gstatistics

there is a link between wire-
less usage and alcohol con-
sumption in the U.S.

The prevalence of binge
drinking (i.e., having five
or more alcoholic drinks in
one day during the past year)
among wireless-only adults
was twice as high as the prev-
alence among adults living
in landline households,? the
survey said.

There may not be a special
phone or plan in the U.S. that
college students can use to
stop the prevalence of drunk
dialing, there are ways to
prevent embarrassment.

Making an x? list of any
person that would be a bad
idea to call after a long night

of heavy drinking could be one
possible solution. Place an x?
by that persons name in your
contact list so if you try to
call them, the x? pops up and
hopefully halts the subsequent
phone call. Another way to
stop drunk dialing is to give
your phone to a friend whos
not drinking for the night.
Remember to tell them not
to let you call certain people
while you are intoxicated.

The next time you and
your friends decide to go
out for a night on the town,
remember: alcohol and your
cell phone dont mix.

This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.

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Cokes health kick over

hydration won't hold water

MCT--Coca-Cola recently
teamed with the on-demand
cable fitness network Exerci-
seIT'V, an unusual partnership
that promises to solve what
apparently is Americas latest
health crisis: dehydration.

Say youre getting sweaty
during an abs workout. Before
you can reach for some tap
water, an image of Cokes Enviga
product pops up on the screen.
When the carbonated green
tea is poured, messages about
hydration, burning calories or
Coke brands spill out.

These handy reminders,
said fitness icon and Exerci-
sel V founder Jake Steinfeld,
are just one way the worlds
No. 1 soft-drink company
can bring more educational
information? to his networks
23 million viewers.

To say that Coke wants
to give us good information?
about fitness is to believe
that Virginia Slims wanted to
improve womens tennis.

Health sells. And Coke and
PepsiCo want a piece of the
wellness market by using illu-
sions of health to sell unneces-
sary beverages.

In this case, the programs on
Exercisel'V won't just be brought
to you by Coke. They will actu-
ally be co-created by Coke.

Under the unique sponsor-
ship arrangement, Coke will

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be dreaming up original pro- |

gramming to air on the fitness
network, which offers about
200 workout shows, including
pilates, yoga, abs, cardio and
kids fitness. The ads, which
feature several brands in the
Coke family, will be organi-
cally integrated? into the shows,
~ which means viewers won't have
to suffer through intrusive 15-
to 30-second spots.

Instead, Coke will use an
~~ integrated approach, including

product placement, signage
and messaging, said Stein-
feld, adding that ads could be
woven into? a pilates program.
Or a program's fitness instruc-
tors might casually suggest you
grab some of Cokes Vitamin
Water before moving on to
bicycle crunches.

Steinfeld, a pioneering celeb-
rity fitness trainer who created
the business and entertainment

conglomerate Body by Jake
Global, needs sponsors to keep
his network going. (Its a free
service on digital cable with
Comcast, Time Warner Cable,
Cox and Bresnan.)

_ He has the programming

and the audience that Coke
wants. Coke has the market-
ing reach and expertise that
he needs.

[Coke] has 100-some odd
years of history in the hydra-
tion business,? said Steinfeld,
who has no reservations about
promoting Coke products, even
though soft drinks are one
reason both children and adults
have trouble managing their
weight. He believes moderation
is a key, no one is forcing view-
ers to drink a six-pack. He said
the more he learned about Coke;
the more comfortable he was
being in business with them.

I dont believe someone
tells you to eat or drink too
much of something,? he said. I
believe you do it on your own,
or its put in front of you at a
dinner table.?

Cokes Enviga, meanwhile,
combining caffeine and an
antioxidant found in green
tea, has been controversially
promoted as an energy drink
that will help burn 60 to 100
calories for every three 12-
ounce cans consumed.

The theory is that your body
uses energy to digest the drink,

- which burns calories. But some

doctors say its marketing hype,
and the advocacy group the
Center for Science in the Public
Interest is suing Coke, charging
bogus Enviga claims.
Steinfeld said he feels con-
fident that Coke can back up
its statements.
My whole life is about
trust,? he said.

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Feb.19

7 p.m. in the LWCC Gallery

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Feb. 15

7 p.m. in Hendrix Theatre
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6 p.m. in the LWCC Gallery
Dinner and Movie: 4 Little
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Little Girls, a movie about the
bomb that blew through a Black
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shown. The bomb subsequently
killed four small girls in the
church, and gained national
recognition at the time.

On Feb. 8, the Center will
put on a Soulful Explosion,?
complete with poetry readings,
jazz music and comedy perfor-
mances. The program will take
place at the LWCC at 6 p.m.

We hope to provide oppor-
tunities for students, faculty
and staff to understand, become
involved and share in some of
the history"past, present and
future"of African- Americans
that have helped to shape soci-
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will be able to use this [expe-
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On Feb. 12 the LWCC will
present Dispelling the Myth:
Black Face, White Face,? which
will highlight and try to dispel
stereotypes related to the Afri-
can-American race and skin

color in America.

On Jan. 13 the center will
have a round of Black Jeop-
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will be spiced up with African-
American facts and figures.?
On Feb. 15-the NAACP
along with the LWCC will put
on the annual Apollo Night,? in
Hendrix Theatre at 7 p.m. The
night will be full of singing,

dancing, poetry and more.

The LWCCs celebration of

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where students can learn some
Swahili and other African
languages, African dances
and enjoy some food. The
event will start at 6 p.m. in the
LWCC Gallery.

Everybody can come to any
of these events,? Bradley said.

We do see a quite of a bit

of diversity [at our events] but
were always looking for more.
It is growing, [though].?

Other events that the center
will be sponsoring after Black
History Month are a mens
retreat on Mar. 1 and the LWCC
Day on April 11.

For more information about
these programs or the LWCC,
visit ecu.edu/lwcc.

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{ECU's Inside Source}

reasons to watch

the Super Bow]

Patriots look to make history

JARED JACKSON
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The New England Patriots, representing the AFC, and the New York Giants,
representing the NFC, square off this Sunday in one of the greatest sports
spectacles of the year, the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLII provides us with
numerous storylines. Here are the top 10 reasons to watch:

10. The Halftime Show

Of course the Halftime show is always one of the highlights of the Super Bowl.
In keeping with current tradition of older artists, the NFL choose Tom Petty and
the Heartbreakers to be the entertainment this year. I am delighted at the choice and
IT Won't Back Down,? Runnin
Down A Dream and hopefully Mary Janes Last Dance.? This will certainly be a
great stage for perhaps the most underrated band of all time to display their talents.

9. The commercials

Without a doubt, the reason why most people watch the Super Bowl"other
than for the game"is to watch the new commercials. Companies spend millions
every year for a 30 second spot and the viewers usually get great returns with
that investment. While there are always some flops, overall the ads are usually
great and add to the element surrounding the entire event.

8. The Giants defense

New Yorks defense ranked 17th in the regular season for points per game
allowed, and 7th for total yards per game allowed. While those numbers obviously
dont jump off the page, rest assured that the Giants defense is one of the most
entertaining to watch play. They lead the league in sacks with 53 and feature
arguably the best pass rushers seen in years.

7 The Patriots offense

Any fan of football, whether a New England fan or not, watched continuously
over the course of the regular season as the Patriots seemingly scored at will on
opponents. The stat lines at the end of the season was amazing: New England
averaged almost 37 points per game, Tom Brady threw 50 touchdowns on the
year and Randy Moss was the recipient of 23 of those touchdowns. Of the 411
yards per game that they averaged, 295 came through the air.

6. The road warriors

The Giants have made a living out of winning on the road this season. New
York is undefeated in their last 10 road games, after suffering their only road
loss of the season in week one to the Dallas Cowboys. Not only is that amazing,
but also the fact that they have held their opponents to only 148 points during
the 10-game streak. Also keep in mind that the Giants have won in the United

Kingdom as well. If they can win overseas I would think they could absolutely

win in Glendale this weekend.

Be Bill Belichick

Bill the hoodie? Belichick could become the second head coach to win four
Super Bowls on Sunday with a New England victory. The only other coach to "
accomplish this feat was former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll.
The season started rough for Belichick, in particular with the whole spygate?
scandal, but after going 16-0 and winning AP coach of the year, the season
can be considered a huge success. He will go down win or lose Sunday as one
of the best to ever coach the game of football.

~f, [Eli] Manning vs. Brady

For years it has been Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady, and their
respective teams for dominance of the AFC. In fact, in 2003, 2004 and 2006
Brady and Manning ended each other seasons. Now Peytons brother, Eli,
gets an opportunity to stop Bradys season just like his older brother did last
season. Eli will need to steal Peytons game plan as well, as he will need to
out-gun Brady in order to win. It defiantly could happen as Brady is coming
off a three-interception game against the Chargers, and is nursing an ailing
high ankle sprain.

, 3 A rematch of one of the seasons
® greatest games

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin didnt have to play his start-
ers in the week 17 contest against the Patriots, but boy I bet hes glad that
he did. The Giants lead 28-16 before ev entually losing 38-35. Even though
New York was unable to pull out a win, it realized it was capable of playing
with the very best. Many Giants players admitted they used the game as
motivation to make their miraculous playoff run. To reach the Super Bow],
New York beat ~Tampa Bay, Dallas and Green Bay"all on the road.

Le The Boston vs. New York rivalry

Its a known fact that Boston hates New York and vice-versa. With
all due respect to the great game of baseball, as well as the Red Sox and
Yankees; nothing can compare to the tension that will be shared between
the nations biggest cities come Sunday. With a Patriots victory, New York
fans will go into seclusion due to the fact that the Red Sox won the World
Series this past year while the Yankees barely made the playoffs. Also the
Boston Celtics are dominating while the Knicks are one of the worst teams
in the NBA. To say the least, Boston sports are alive and well.

1p The Patriots march towards perfection

With a win against the Giants Sunday, The Patriots will become the
second team to go undefeated; sharing the honor with the 1972 Miami
Dolphins. What many people fail to realize however is the Dolphins
finished the season 17-0 while the Patriots are a win Sunday from 19-0.
Also, Miami benefited from one of the easiest schedules in NFL history,
as its opponents combined win-loss record was 43-86-3, and only played
two games against teams that finished above .500. If the Patriots win on
Sunday then the nation Would be undoubtedly watching the best team to
ever step onto the gridiron.

Jim Mandich, a tight end on the 72 Dolphins recently told Fox Sports,

They [Patriots] would kick our Lente from one side of the field to the
other.?

So there you have it, 10 reasons to watch the Super Bowl. Whether your
team wins or loses come Sunday, just sit back and enjoy the game. It should
be a great contest.

This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com

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THE EAST CAROLINIAN ° SPORTS

PAGE Be

Hinnant regaining his hot hand

Junior leads ECUs potent
backcourt

SETH STRINGER
STAFF WRITER

The 2007-08 Pirates basketball team has fans
believing again, and Sam Hinnants return to the
starting lineup is a big reason why conference
opponents have cause to worry when spotting
ECU on the schedule.

At 6-foot-4, Hinnant is averaging 12 points
per game, hitting two and a half three-pointers
per contest and giving ECUs backcourt the depth
and range it lacked last season.

Hinnant, who was named to Conference USAs
All-Freshman team two years ago, is no stranger
to filling up the box score, and after last season's
leg injury sidelined the junior guard for half of
the season and all of conference play, Hinnant

is returning to form as ECUs go to man in the.

clutch this season.

I was down,? Hinnant said referring to last
seasons injury. But coach told me I was going
to rebound and get back to playing form, and I
did. We have a great strength and conditioning
coach (Mark Thompson) and after a long summer
of hard work, harder work-outs than Ive ever
had before, it feels great to return to the lineup
and compete.?

Highly touted out of Fork Union Military
Academy in Virginia, Hinnant lived up to the
hype freshman year, starting all 28 contests and
averaging 10.3 points per game, earning Con-
ference USA All-Freshman honors. Despite his
efforts freshman year, ECU finished 8-20. But this
years club has a revamped lineup that includes
senior leader Darrel Jenkins, freshman point

guard Brock Young, and 6-foot-9 sophomore John

Fields; all new fixtures in a lineup thats surpass-
ing preseason projections, placing the team on a
level that can compete with the best competition
in Conference USA.

Despite the projections (projected last in the
conference), we know our game and play within
ourselves,? said Hinnant. We have a lot of depth
on this years club and with Brock and Darrel
penetrating opposing defenses and creating for
us on the outside, we can compete with anyone
in the conference.?

Hinnant has started all 18 games this season
and in the past nine contests, hes become com-
fortable within ECUs offensive scheme, averag-
ing 16 points and three treys a game, and netting
a career-high 30 points in ECUs biggest victory

of the year against in-state rival, NC State.

And despite the recovery from his leg injury,
Hinnant has improved his.three-point percentage

from 33 percent his freshman year to a team-lead-

ing 41 percent beyond the arch this season.

Hinnant has prepared hard physically and
mentally to return to this level of play, but he still
recognizes that his game is still maturing and
though hard to see, he recognizes the weaknesses
that still need to be addressed.

I need to improve defensively and I know
coach expects me to develop on that end of the
floor,? he said. I have work to do, and if I can

~improve and contribute on both ends, Ill be

happy.?

Hinnant has secured his place in the starting
lineup and while opposing defenses are hesitant to
give hie an inch of space, Hinnant knows team-
mates Cory Farmer and James Legan will knock
down the open three-pointer without hesitating,

see HINNANT page B3

Photo by Jessi Braxton



Sam Hinnant (4) and Brock Young (10) have helped solidify one of C-USAs top backourts this season.

enior leadership reigns supreme

Nicole Days is providing the Lady Pirates with strong leadership and frontcourt play in 2008.

Photo by Robyn McLawhorn

Days controls ECUs
post play

SETH STRINGER
STAFF WRITER

As the only senior on this
years Lady Pirates basketball
team, Nicole Days is asserting
her veteran leadership on the
court and in practice.

Averaging over seven points
and seven boards a game, Days
stats dont tell the full story
of her contributions to a Lady
Pirates team stacked with
underclassmen.

Nicole plays like a veteran
and leads by example,? said ECU
coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener.
She has such a great feel for
the game and her influence and
work with the post players is
where shes most valuable and
where her leadership shines.?

Standing at 6-feet tall, Days
is known for her strength in
the post, and her trademark
goggles. Since she is com-
pletely blind in her left eye, she
is required by NCAA rules to
sport protective eye-wear.

A freak shop accident in
high school gave Days this
burden, but through adversity
shes become a fixture on an
ECU team thats fresh off a
Cinderelfa run to the NCAA
tournament.

And with wins against N.C.
State and Georgetown this year,
and coming off two straight
conference wins, Days is poised
to lead the Lady Pirates to
shades of last years success.

We can definitely make
a run similar to last years
team,? said Days. This group
is finally playing together and
we've all made adjustments to
better the team and perform
night in and night out.?

Performing night in and
night out has been a theme to
Days impressive collegiate play
at ECU; leading the conference
in field goal percentage fresh-
man year, earning the teams
best defensive player award
sophomore year and playing an
integral role in the teams string
of 10 straight conference wins
her junior year.

Days work ethic has been

the main reason why shes _

assumed the leadership role on
this Lady Pirate team stacked
with diaper dandies and junior
guards. Although tall com-
pared to most women on the
court, Days is undersized in the
post, but her numbers would tell
you different.

Listed as the fifth tallest
player on the team, Days is play-
ing far above her stature.

see SENIOR page B3

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proving the depth of ECUs
guards.

Hinnants success on the
hardwood this year has come
with the hiring of new Head
Coach Mack McCarthy, and
beyond Hinnants strong play,
the teams victories are indica-
tive of Jenkins impressive play
at the point, leading the confer-
ence in assists, and the consis-
tent efforts from big men John
Fields and Chad Wynn.

At 1-4 in the conference
and 7-11 on the year, the Pirates
will need Hinnants clutch
shooting against upcoming
conference opponents, and
ECUs big men will have to step
up their games to compliment
ECU's impressive, high-octane
backcourt.

ECU looks to end their
three-game losing streak in
conference play when they
face off against Southern Miss
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 in
Reed Green Coliseum.

This writer can be contacted at
Sports@theeastcarolinian.com

Photo by Robyn McLawhorn

SENIOR continued from B2



Days, ECUs lone

She leads ECU in rebounds,
blocks and field goal percent-
age, and her teammates are rec-
ognizing the effort she brings
to the court. |

Nicole works harder than
anyone in practice, and her
leadership shows in the low-
post, said 5-foot-10 freshman
Allison Spivey, who is averag-
ing ten points and a remarkable
7.2 rebounds in conference
play. She has such intensity
crashing the boards, and we
feed off her energy.?

ECU's overall record of 8-
11 and 2-4 in the conference is
not indicative of their talent or
efforts on. the court, coming off
heartbreaking overtime losses
to conference foes, UAB and
SMU, and letting late leads slip
away earlier in the year against

senior and leading rebounde



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Long Island and High Point.

But for now, ECUs pick-
ing up the pieces and playing
like a focused squad. Along
with Days success in the post,
ECU is feeding off the veteran
guard play from Lacoya Terry
and Jamine Young, and Spiveys
increased minutes are translat-
ing into big numbers for the
talented freshman.

The team and its fans are
banking on the perception that
this team has what it takes to
repeat as conference champions
and in order for that happen, the
club cannot alone rely on the
consistent play of Days, Terry
and Young. 6-foot-2 freshman
Kim Gay needs to assert her
size and talent in the post, and
Shuanda Ashford will have to
utilize her shooting ability by

bs a rebound against Presbyterian.

creating open outside shots.
ECU will also look to junior
guard, Gabriela Husarova for
size and quickness on the out-
side perimeter, showing oppo-
nents that their are multiple
weapons within ECUs lineup.

The Pirates are poised to
show that last years success
was no fluke, and that this
team has the talent and tenac-
ity to take Conference USA by
storm.

The Lady Pirates look to
follow up their two-game con-
ference winning streak Thurs-
day night at 7 p.m. against the
11-8 Southern Miss Golden
Eagles in Reed Green Coli-

seum.

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sports@theeastcarolinian.com

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RONNIE WOODWARD
SPORTS EDITOR

Key to the game:
The Patriots defense

With all the focus on how the Patriots

explosive offense will matchup with

the Giants fierce pass rush, the key to

the game will actually happen when

the Giants have the ball and the New

England is on defense.

Giants receiver Plaxico Burress predicted

that the Giants would win, 23-13, at Media Day this week.

Note to Plaxico: The Steelers and Chargers tried the prediction thing earlier this season. The
Patriots werent too fond of that"and the end result wasnt pretty.

Now that the Patriots defense has motivation to shut down Buress, Eli Manning and the Giants
offense, the key to Super Bow! XLII will be how the Patriots defense responds to Burress bold
mouth.

The prediction: The Patriots will be motivated. New England 31, New York 16.

JARED JACKSON
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Key to the game:
The Giants pass rush

New York collected an astonishing 53 sacks over the

course of the regular season due to one of the best pass

rushes seen in years. Couple that with the fact that NFL

MVP Tom Brady Is nursing a high ankle sprain and it Is a

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