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The East Carolinian VOLUME 82 ISSUE 48 February 1, 2007

Dance 2007 is

being performed in
McGinnis Theatre.
Check out the Pulse
section to read
more:about the
performance...Page A4

Grab some popcorn
and get ready for

a season of great
flicks and disastrous
disappointments. Find
out more........... Page A4

Super Bowl XLI is
fast approaching. Is

it Peyton ManningTs
time to shine, or are
the Chicago Bears
going to do the Super
Bowl Shuffle? For
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Grading appeals process g

Committee revises
the process

KIMBERLY BELLAMY
SENIOR WRITER

The grading appeals com-
mittee is working on revising the
way grades will be changed if a
student feels that the grade they
were given was unjust.

Jon Massachi, speaker of the
Congress and Grading Appeals
committee, said that the current
grading appeals process leaves
the decision of the grade up to the
professor.

According to section 5: Aca-
demic Regulations, in the 2006-
2007 Undergraduate Catalog, the
final decision shall rest with the
faculty member responsible for the
course grade.

The previous process involved
the departmental chairperson,
school director and dean of the
college reviewing the appeal made
by the student.

According to Massachi, one

of the changes that has been:

suggested is establishing a commit-
tee of three students and three pro-
fessors to make appeals decisions.

oIf thereTs a grade appeals
committee rather than an instruc-
tor or professor being the sole
determining person, I think the
student would feel that it is a more
equitable process,? said Marilyn
Sheerer, vice chancellor of stu-
dent life.

The committee of students
and professors would be one of the
later steps of appealing the grade
if the new process is approved.

oThe first option we would
want students to make is to talk
to the professor or the dean of the
college before it goes to the forum
of people,? said Massachi.

Other ideas for the revi-
sions include the students being
required to signa FERPA, a form
that discloses the studentTs atten-
dance and grades for the class.

To decide what changes should
be made to the process, students
on the committee brainstormed

ideas and looked at the grading
appeals process of other universi-
ties.)

Sheerer said the changes were
strongly needed.

oAt other universities where
ITve worked, there is a Grade
Appeals Committee,? she said.

Massachi believes that the
grade appeals process is vital.

oI think itTs greatly needed
because I feel like thereTs a lot of
students that feel like they were
unfairly treated by their profes-
sors,? Massachi said.

Sheerer said that this is a very
important issue that should be
addressed by students and com-
mends the student leaders who
have been working on the process.

oThe faculty needs to listen

closely to the studentsT con-

cerns, and students need to advo-
cate responsibly for a change
if it is needed,? Sheerer said.

According to Sheerer, the fac-
ulty may resist the new changes to
the process because it represents
avery different approach than the
previous process.

Sheerer proposed the idea to
change the grading appeals pro-
cess to Massachi in October. The
idea was quickly set into gear after
it was proposed.

Members of the commit-
tee have been working on these
changes since the fall semester
Zwhen the idea was first proposed
by Sheerer. The first commit-
tee meeting was held on the
first week of the spring
semester. The meetings are
held every Tuesday in
Mendenhall.

Members of the committee
voluntarily participate in this
process. Anyone is welcome to
become a member of the grading
appeals committee.

The committee still has to get
the new ideas approved on a few
levels before the current process
is terminated and the new process
takes effect.

According to Massachi, the
process has to be approved by
the SGA congress and then pre-
sented to the faculty senate for

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Massachi said.

The committee is also look-
ing for examples of students who
knew that their grades needed

ECU contributes to N.C. Encyclopedia

Several professors,
alumni provide essays



ZACK HILL
STAFF WRITER

The Encyclopedia of North
Carolina, amassive work containing
information about virtually
every aspect of North Carolina,
received several contributions
from professors and alumni here
at ECU.

oItTs just a tremendous asset for
the state,? said Maury York, head
of services for the North Carolina
Collection.

York contributed five articles
including pieces about the state
library, PTAs and clock making.

Lawrence Babits, director of
maritime studies, contributed
articles on a variety of
subjects ranging from boats to
Revolutionary War battles.

oItTs eclectic. ItTs a part of
North Carolina,? said Babits.
oEvery library should have it.?

Alex Albright, associate
professor of English, had essays
on collards, film production in the
state and the Literary Lantern.

to be appealed but weren't. The
examples will be used as.a refer-
ence to what happened in the past
so the committee can make the
appropriate changes.

ssaStudents who have exam-
ples like this should send their
examples to MassachiTs e-mail at
SGASpeaker@ecu.edu or call him

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oItTs fun. ItTs a neat book with
lots of detail and lots of variety,?
said Albright.

oPowell has done a lot of work
and he picked a lot of people who
grew up here for good reason,? said
Jerry Mills, visiting professor of
English, in reference to the bookTs
editor William Powell.

With articles on: Hippol
Castle, Chapel Hill, mules and
Catawba trees, Mills tallied nine
contributions.

Karin Zipf, Assistant Professor

A new encyclopedia about N.C. will feature articles by ECU professors.

at 328-4051.

_ To find out more about the
grading appeals process you can
also contact Massachi at 328-4742
or visit the SGA Web site at ecu.
edu/sga.

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

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of history, wrote pieces on granges
and sharecropping.

The encyclopedia is over a
thousand pages long with several
hundred writers providing essays.

Powell is one of North
CarolinaTs most prestigious
historians. He started the project
in the early 1990s and it is the first
consolidation of North Carolina
information into one volume.

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

Online courses offer great experience

New Horizons courses
available

ALYCIA WENDT
STAFF WRITER

More than 1,200 online com-

puter software training classes
are offered to students, faculty
and staff through Information
Technology and Computing Ser-
vices. ITCS started New Horizons
Online Training five years ago and
it has come a long way.
... New Horizons is an electronic
library system that makes learning
new computer skills interesting in
a self-paced and interactive way.

The courses available train
users to have a better knowl-
edge of computer software such
as Microsoft Word, Excel. and
PowerPoint. There is also a wide
variety of software available in
web design. According to ITCS,

*

the most often completed course
is Microsoft Excel.

oThere is training available
for all kinds of software programs
that students need to know how to
use while they are in school and
after they graduate. By taking
advantage of the New Horizons
instruction, I can tell my future
employers that I have training
certifications in a lot of relevant
and useful software programs,?
said fifth year senior Greg Harris,
who has a double major in anthro-
pology and religion, anda minor
in business.

The length of the courses
varies. The more in depth courses
can take several weeks to com-
plete, while a simpler course could
take as little as an hour.

Most of the courses are in
sections. The user can decide
how many sections they want to
complete, or how deep into the
program they want to explore.

This will determine how long
the courses take to complete.
Lab simulations in networking
and other operating systems. can
include complex training. .
oOne of the major benefits to
students is that online training
provides the convenience of learn=
ing at each individualTs own pace,
anytime and anywhere. Whether it
is in the library, their dorm room
or sitting in a building on campus
waiting for class to begin,? said
Jennifer Raby, training and com=
munications coordinator of ITCS:
Online training is available
24 hours a:day, seven days a week.
To start an online course, submit
an online New Horizons account
request form at ecu.edu/itcs/webt-
raining.cfm. It takes three working
days after an account request to
receive a user ID.

see ONLINE page A2

NEws

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tiny Art Show Submissions
Emerge Gallery & Art Center
11 a.m. " 6 p.m.

Emerge Gallery & Art Center
announces the sixth annual
Tiny Art Show!

Everything in the show is
5x7 or smaller. Works ofall
mediums are featured. All
artwork is priced $5, $10

or $25. Anyone can enter
and there is no entry fee. .
Everything has to be 5x7, or
smaller. For more information
or for an entry form e- -mail
heather@emergegallery.com
or call 551-6947. |

Dance 2007

McGinnis Theatre

Starts at 8 p.m. \
Dance 2007, the an- |
nual dance concert by
ECU's School of Theatre

and Dance, is the only place
you can find both Spanish _,
Flamenco dance and the
Russian ballet, The Firebird.
Known for its cornucopia of
dance styles from ballet and
jazz to modern and tap, this
event has become a peren-
nial favorite among dance
novices as well as devotees.
Dance 2007 will be present-
ed Feb. 1 " 6 in McGinnis
Theatre.

Friends of Sheppard
Memorial Library Book Sale
Feb. 1-4

Greenville Convention Center
303 SW Greenville Blvd.
Books, CDs and videos

of all kind will be available
for sale.

ECU-READS tutoring and
mentoring program
Wahl-Coates Elementary
Schodl 2.

ECU-READS 8 a tutor-
ing/mentoring program that
recruits, prepares and places
volunteer tutors with ap-
propriate community partner
_ agencies. As a campus-
based literacy program, ECU-
READS also aims to enrich
the educational and personal
experiences of ECU students
who volunteer by providing
them with meaningful ways
to apply what they learn in
the classroom and by encour-
aging an on-going commit-
ment to community service.
To become.a volunteer and
make a difference, contact
Mandy Dough ard0303@
ecu.edu or Courtney Camp-
bell cbcO506@ecu.edu.

Summer study abroad in
India

Austin 235

Applications are currently
being accepted for the 2007
Summer Study Abroad pro-
gram in India. The 25-day
program will visit a broad ar-
ray of religious sites, includ-
ing the Taj Mahal, the Gan-
ges River and Dharamsala,
the home of the Dalai Lama.
Participants will go on a trek
in the Himalayan Mountains.
The program provides six
credits that satisfy general
education Humanities re-
quirements.

For more information about
the program, including a
photo gallery, blog and media
coverage of the 2006 trip,
please see visit ecu.edu/reli-
gionprogram/india/

To apply, contact Dr. Maher,
maherd@ecu.edu.

Laptops available for check-
out

Joyner Library has 10 laptops
available for checkout and
use anywhere in the build-
ing. All laptops have wireless
access and Microsoft soft-
ware. Simply ask for one in
the Digital Learning Center,
which is the computer lab

in the back of the building.
Perfect for working on papers
and other assignments in

a quiet, cozy corner of the
Library.

Yearbook Portraits.
Location: Wright Auditorium.
Calling all Spring 2006 and
Fall 2007 graduates, grad
students and underclass-
men! Mark your calendar

to take portraits for the
Buccaneer yearbook. The
Buccaneer will capture ECU
centennial year. Go to our-
year.com; enter ECU code
453 and reserve a day and
time that works best for you.
Walk-ins Welcome

*Folkfriends Concert
Folk Arts Society of
Greenville

Tipsy Teapot/Parker-
Kennybrook Books,
Evans Street

7 p.m. edu.

Contest

Winner will be on Cam-
pus Wellness Web site.

WomenTs Basketball

Best Dressed in Red

Open to all students,
faculty and staff.

Send your digital pic-
ture to warrenk@ecu.

ECU Hosts Great Deci-
sions Seminars
Full-time students and
teachers can attend for
free and purchase the
program book for $20,
$15 if WAC members.
The cost for individual
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City Council Meeting
City Council Chambers,
third floor of City Hall,
200 Martin Luther King, «

Lackawanna Blues
Sponsored by Ledonia
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/ Wed

Chili Bowl Sale
ECUTs Ceramic GuildTs 11th
annual Chili Bowl Sale. You

Hendrix Theater can fill your purchased bowl
6 p.m. with free delicious chili. The

proceeds of the sale benefit
Wheelchair Basketball § the members of the guild
Drop-in game enabling students to go to

Individuals with or
without a disability are
welcome and encour-
aged to participate in
this exciting sport.
Campus Recreation &
Wellness Center Sports

Forum
8-9 p.m.

Sponsored by the Folk Arts Society of Greenville, free of charge.
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7 p.m.

educational seminars and/
or bring in visiting artists.
Jenkins Fine Art building
main entrance

8 a.m. "6 p.m.

MenTs Basketball

vs. UCF

Williams Arena at Minges
Coliseum

7 p.m.

Black History Month Bingo
Sponsored by Student
Union Cultural Awareness
& Spectrum Mendenhall
Multi Purpose Room

9 p.m.

Intramural Sports Official
Interest Meeting

Campus Recreation & Well-
ness Center, room 238
9pm.

N.C. capital punishment process on
hold, sort of f

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) " The odd
state of capital punishment in North
Carolina continued Tuesday, with a
clemency hearing going as planned
for a man whose execution was
one of three-blocked last week by a
judge.

The Department of Correction has
even stopped scheduling execu-
tions until state leaders deal with a
judgeTs order requiring them to ap-
prove changes in the execution pro-
cess. The procedure was recently
modified to limit the role of physi-
cians because of ethical concerns.
oNobody really knows what the next
steps will be,? said Rowan County
District Attorney Bill Kenerly, who
met with Gov. Mike Easley during
TuesdayTs clemency hearing for
James Adolph Campbell. Campbell
was scheduled to die Feb. 9 for the
1993 slaying of Katherine Price.
Wake County Superior Court Judge
Donald Stephens signed prelimi-
nary injunctions last week delaying
CampbellTs execution and two oth-
ers that were scheduled on succes-
sive Fridays beginning last week.
His ruling came in response to the
North Carolina Medical Board deci-
sion declaring that any participation
by a physician violated medical eth-
ics.. State law requires a doctorTs
presence at executions, so the state
decided that a doctor would be
present but that a nurse and medi-
cal technician would monitor con-
demned inmatesT vital signs.

If a problem arose requiring the doc-
tor to intervene, officials would stop

the execution and reschedule it, al-
lowing the physician to assist with-
out violating the medical boardTs
ethics policy.

Stephens, relying on a law written
in 1909, said such a change in the
stateTs process for imposing a death
sentence requires the approval of the
governor and the Council of State.
The 10-member Council of State,
comprised of the governor, lieuten-
ant governor and the elected heads
of eight state government agencies,
doesnTt hold its next regular meeting
until Feb. 6.

The agenda for that meeting, to
be released Friday, is not finished
and Easley spokeswoman Renee
Hoffman said she was uncertain if
the execution issue would be dis-
cussed.

No special meeting has been sched-
uled to deal with the ruling before
the regular meeting, she said.

A defense attorney said she believes
that even with action by the council,
the matter will have to be resolved
by a change in state law.

oThe Council of State cannot just
approve any protocol that is put be-
fore them because the protocol has
to comply with the United States
and North Carolina constitutions,
with the North Carolina statute, and
with Judge StephenTs Order,? said
Ann Groninger, an attorney repre-
senting James Edward Thomas, 51,
who was set to die this Friday. oThey
cannot do that without the partici-
pation of a doctor, which now can- °
not happen because of the medical
board policy.

oThe Legislature is going to have to
deal with the conflict.?

ONLINE continued from Al

The online accounts are moni-
tored every two weeks. If an
account is inactive for two weeks
or more, it will be deactivated.
As long as an account stays in
use, it will remain activated. If an
account is shut down, users can
easily re-apply at any time.

Every year new courses are
added and the extent of the pro-
gram is increased. This year
project management and time
management courses were some
of the new additions.

New Horizons Online Train-
ing has multiple benefits. The
more in-depth courses can help to
prepare students for certifications
exams offered by Microsoft, Cisco
and other corporations.

oT have taken some of the man-
agement courses. The program has
defiantly improved and the virtual
labs really help to give users expe-
rience. The content of the pro-

oBREAKFAST
ALL DAY
EVERYDAY

oo.

gram has gotten a lot better and
I am overall pleased with
it,? said Joe Norris, associ-
ate CIO and director of ITCS
Support Services.

There are approximately 425
active users enrolled in New
Horizon courses at the moment.
Last semester students and staff
completed over 1,200 courses.

oI think in this day and age,
when technology dominates business
and the way we live our lives, gain-
ing knowledge of computers is an
absolute must. Anytime somebody
is offered the chance to learn more -
about computers, they should take up
that offer because in todayTs business
world, employers are looking for
people that know there way around
a computer,? said Patrick Sebastian,
freshmen class president.

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

The state Attorney GeneralTs of-
fice has given the Department of
Correction clearance to set
execution dates for Allen Holman
and Archie Billings, but the depart-
ment doesnTt plan to do that until
the role of doctors is clarified, said
Keith Acree, a corrections depart-
ment spokesman.

Despite the uncertainty, Kenerly
said prosecutors will press on until
the issue can be resolved.

o| donTt think any of us are inclined
to wait for the Council of State be-
fore taking the next steps,? he said.
oIf itTs commuted, then so be it.?

Cherokee council approves $650
million expansion of casino

CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) " The tribal
council of the Eastern Band of Cher-
okees approved a $650 million plan
Tuesday to expand the tribeTs hotel
and casino in an attempt to make
the facility a destination resort.

The five-year project would add a
hotel tower, retail stores and more
room for gambling at its casino.
The plan also calls for a new spa,
a 3,000-seat showroom and new
restaurants near HarrahTs Cherokee
Casino and Hotel.

oYou have to rejuvenate yourself and
make your property better because
your customers are going other
places,? said Joyce Dugan, a casino
spokeswoman who previously served
as the tribeTs Principal Chief. oIf
we're going to compete with Atlantic
City, we have to stay up there.?

The existing casino features an
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and video blackjack games.
Dugan said the expansion will create
about 1,000 new jobs.
Principal Chief Michell Hicks will
sign the resolution Wednesday and

provide additional details of the plan .,

then, tribal officials said in a state-
ment.

The casino, located 50 miles west
of Asheville at the entrance of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, is owned by the Cherokees
and managed by HarrahTs. The facil-
ity employs 1,800 people and earns
about $155 million annually for the
tribe.

Half of that money pays for govern-
ment services and _ infrastructure,
while the other half is divided into
equal payments for each tribal
member. Each adult in the 13,500-
member tribe receives a biannual
check while payments to members
younger than 18 go into trust ac-
counts.

oWe're very excited about the op-
portunity that (the expansion) brings
to the tribe, but also to the region,?
Hicks said, adding that its the larg-
est investment the tribe has made in
its history. oWe've studied the mar-
ket very well and we feel that our

strategy is on line and will continue

to be online.?

The tribe has negotiated in the past
with Gov. Mike Easley to expand the
casinoTs offerings. The tribe wants

to offer live poker, roulette, craps

and other table games, saying the
change will add jobs and help the
stateTs economy.

A year of negotiations fell apart in
April. Hicks has previously said that

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$10 million in profits from the sec-
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in the state.

EasleyTs office said Tuesday nothing
has changed since talks broke off,
and the governor, through a spokes-
woman, declined to comment about
the expansion.

Dugan said she hopes the two sides

can come to a resolution to help the
casino maximize its potential.

oThat battle is still on the table,
though,? she said. oItTs in limbo.?

Gardner-Webb adopts tobacco-free
campus policy

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) "
Gardner-Webb University will no lon-
ger allow tobacco use on campus,
a major change for a school in the
nationTs largest tobacco-producing
state.

Gardner-Webb President Dr.. Frank -
Bonner said the school. banned
tobacco because of studies show-
ing that reducing tobacco use can
decrease the likelihood of cancer,
stroke, and heart and lung disease.
oBy implementing this tobacco-free
policy, Gardner-Webb University is
seeking to make our students, facul-
ty, staff and visitors healthier,? Bon-
ner said. oWe hope to set an exam-
ple for other universities nationwide
that are considering implementing a
similar initiative.?

The policy, which takes effect Aug.
7, will make Gardner-Webb the first
private co-educational university in
North Carolina to ban tobacco prod-

ucts.

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A rewarding solution to the post
graduation dilemma

KRYSTLE STRICKLIN
OPINION WRITER

Life is calling. How far will you go? Those words,
as simple as they are, have become a source of stir-
ring inspiration for many, including me. They can be
found on Peace Corps recruitment walls ail across
America and on my own wall.

Joining the Peace Corps involves 27 months of
service overseas, which is broken into three months
of training and two years of service. There are 139
host countries across the globe where Peace Corps
volunteers are sent to live and work. The jobs they
perform fall into a wide range of categories, such as
education, agriculture, youth development, HIV/
AIDS awareness, business development and infor-
mation technology.

Many people think joining the Peace Corps
means living in a grass hut with no electricity or
running water. For some volunteers this may be the
case, but not everyone is thrown into a grass hut with
no modern conveniences. Many volunteers live in
modest apartments and are given weekly allowances
to cover food and basic needs.

Joining will undoubtedly come with some sacri-
fices, but what can be gained far outweighs the bad.
Imagine being able to wake up every morning with
the knowledge that you are making a difference in
the world. Everyday you will be influencing lives
and gaining a deeper understanding of the world. It
requires you to give so much of yourself, but what
you get back is sure to be tenfold.

Even though a personTs reasons for joining the
Peace Corps should go beyond personal gain, the
benefits from joining can certainly be substantial.
The Peace Corps can be a great way to gain rela-
tive job experience, as well as important leadership
skills. In addition, many lending institutions will
allow students to defer their loans for the duration
of their service, which could be beneficial to students
without lucrative job offers.

All of this being said, do I think that the Peace
Corps is right for everyone? No. However, I do
believe that very few college graduates, still in their
early twenties, are ready to enter into the competitive
job market. Most graduates lack the experience many
companies are looking for in employees.

Not planning to pursue a career in the area of
non-profit? It does not matter. The Peace Corps will
equip you with skills that can be applied to any job.
At the very least, you will gain experience for the
future, and at the very most, it will change your life.
I encourage everyone to look into the programs the
Peace Corps offers, especially those who are unsure
about what to do after graduation. Soon we all must
decide how far we will go.

The future of Iraq

A historical perspective

JUSTIN SUMMERS
OPINION WRITER

According to the U.S. military, at least 25 US.
troops were-killed Jan. 20, making it the third-dead-
liest day for Americans in Iraq since we got into
this mess. in 2003. Seven more soldiers were killed
between Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, but we didnTt hear much
about this because people were still talking about
BushTs far from convincing plan for the future of
Iraq laid out in his State of the Union address. The
focal point of BushTs ostrategy? is a surge in troop
levels by 21,500 soldiers. Bush séems to think that
this moderate increase in troop levels will stabilize
Baghdad and give us some time to better prepare the
Iraqi security forces and eventually get out of there.

What do I think the real ostrategy? behind the
surge is? I think all his plan will do, effectively, is
take some of the spotlight off of Bush for a while
without having to set any real time line or strategy

"for an actual withdrawal of our troops. This type of

tactic has been used again and again in Iraq and is
only worsening the situation. A year ago Bush with-
drew the first large amount of soldiers in an attempt
to convince us we were somehow nearing the end of
this disastrous war. Needless to say these troops are
back in Iraq for the second or third time and will
stay there until a real effort is made to put a stop to
this war. Bush continues to avoid the suggestions of
his peers in congress and the senate and in doing so
is exacerbating a failing conflict in a failed country.

Years ago another president from Texas made
some of the same mistakes and for years extended our
occupation of a sovereign country. In return thousands
of lives on both side of the conflict were needlessly
lost and no outcome of success was ever achieved. The
president I am talking about is Lyndon B. Johnson and
the war was in Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War Johnson refused the
advise many intellectuals and military strategists
and by not pulling our troops out he extended his war
through two presidencies.

Thirty years ago we were afraid to pull out of
Vietnam because communism might spread to the rest
of the region, Just as in Iraq we are afraid radical fun-
damentalism will spread throughout the Middle East.
We stayed in Vietnam pumping more and more troops
in every year until finally congress cut off funding for
the war and thus forced us to pull out. Like I have said
in past articles, this is exactly what must happen if we
ever want to get out of Iraq and more importantly pre-
vent future conflicts in the region ie. Iran. During the
Vietnam War there was aman names George McGovy-
ern who proposed this plan very early in the conflict
and today he is proposing the exact same strategy
with backing from many democrats in Congress.

To me, the similarities between the two wars are
palpable. Two long occupations, civil war and no exit
strategy. Certainly increasing troop levels is was not
an exit strategy then and it is not the solution now.
I believe we must do just what we did in Vietnam,

MCT

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The East Carolinian does not endorse statements made in Pirate Rants. Questions regarding
Rants can be directed to Rachel King, Opinion Page Editor, at opinion@theeastcarolinian.
com. Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.

To the girl wondering where ITve been
all her life, I've been on the first floor
of Scott Hall all this time.

| thought I was the only one who got
up at 3 a.m. to watch live coverage of
the Australian Open.

Dear roommate: You seriously have
a huge blabbermouth and we don't
trust you anymore. Word of advice:
shut up

Thank God the oOC? is ending! That
show is just a soap opera for pre-
teens.

To the really mean, rude, ugly, nasty
girls who | live with in the Greene dorm.
You are the reason ITm not staying
on campus next year. Girls are evil
people.

To all the boys in my high school
graduating class who were super
skinny and now have nasty fat beer
guts: The rec. center is nearby. Please
use it.

| have no Friday classes. Be jealous.

Why is it that you can go just about
anywhere on campus and get your
food in only a few minutes, even
when there is a line, but when you
go to Destination 360 the line never
moves?

Terry Holland is cool because. heTs
from Clinton!

| canTt believe some girl's obedazzled
shirt? not only started a fight in
Mendenhall, but also made it onto the
front page. Hilarious.

It's funny to me how the people who
complain the most about *dramaT?
are always the ones who seem to be
causing it.

| love how the only form of
communication between me and my

. boyfriend is through Pirate Rants!

You weren't punked, you were stupid.
DonTt go to work drunk, even without
customers. ItTs still a job! _

To all the girls: Can we not agree that

there are not enough males at ECU?
| am pretty, smart and funny, and still
cannot find anyone. ITm lonely.

Sweetie, most of us were born with
othat banjo, back woods, out of the
cornfield accent.? |Tm from the Outer
Banks. and have one, so it doesnTt
matter where you come from.

My downstairs neighbor apparently got
a bongo drum for Christmas. Please
stop playing it randomly through out the
day and night. You're not that good.

Is it bad that | spent more money on
my boyfriend for ValentineTs Day than
for Christmas?

| hate when people knock on my door
and I.say come in, but they continue to
knock! Idiots!

To the person that says there is no
such thing as southern hospitality.
realize that youTre in a college town
and not everyone is from the South.
Second, itTs people like you that make
us rude.

Spring break 2007 is around the
corner, so do yourself a favor ladies,
and stop eating and drinking and hit
the gym. ITm sure all the teenagers on
my trip will be good to go.

It felt so good to introduce you as my
boyfriend the other night.

Fit For Life is determined to kill me.

Just because you recognize me
working at a club does not mean you
get in for free. If | donTt do it without
asking, then donTt ask or expect it.
Believe me, most likely ITm not your
friend just because you know my
name.

If you're going to walk on the rec. center
track, use the outside lanes. The inside
lane is for running, not for staring at
people down below.

Dude, this is like the third time this
year ITve woken up with some random
girl in my bed! Why does this keep
happening to me?

To the girl in my history class: The
solution for your split ends is a haircut,
not picking them throughout the class
period. If you pick it, it will never heal.

Reserving courts for racquetball is
ridiculous, I'll wait around for half an
hour for someone to leave and then
two minutes into our game someone
comes and knocks on the glass saying
they reserved it. First come first serve,
guys.

Sweetheart, ITm not pissed. ITm only
speaking the truth.

Hitting girls isnTt cool!

My friend figured out | wrote that Rant
about her. She stopped cls me.
Yessss!

My neighbor let me and my friend dye
her hair brown at 3 a.m. this morning...
and it looks great.

To the girl with the broken foot... we
see you everywhere, and it makes us
very upset!

Darn. | hate writing papers. | always

wait until the very last minute. | have a
paper due in 5...4...3...2..

To the eight different people at Wright
Plaza who just sat with their coffee
stared at those actually trying to find
somewhere to sit, you are so rude. Go
play with your hair somewhere else. |
only have 15 minutes between classes
| donTt have time for you.

When will this omessy? look finally go
away and the o! actually showered
today? look come back?

What ever happened to Pop-Up
Video?

Thank you to the cop who saw me
jump out of a window, caught me hiding
behind a car and looked at my under
age license and still let me off!

| lost my. 22 year old boyfriend to an 11
p.m. curfew (yes, he knows itTs stupid)
and AutoTrader...

ITve given up on the entire female
population. | think ITm going to live as a
monk in the Andes after | graduate.
Whoever tells the people on oAmerican
IdolT they can sing when they obviously
canTt needs to stop lying.

If | could wear a towel everywhere, |
definitely would.

You love my big boobs, donTt lie.
My landlord doesnTt know we have a cat.

Life Lesson #75: Never fall in love with
aU.S. Marine. He will break your heart.

If anyone ever mentions changing Pee
DeeTs name again, I'll go ninja on them.

Cartoons are life.

This message is in Spanish when
you're not looking.

When | submitted about seven Rants
the other day | was positive atleast
two would get in. My friends and | all
thought they were hilarious. So this
morning | rode the bus and couldn't
wait to get to campus just so | could
check TEC and see which ones had
made it in, and not one single one did.
It completely ruined my day.

Fools look, into tomorrow, wise men
look into tonight.

If you have to think twice prior to
speaking, you will never get into the
conversation.

A committee of three can get a lot of
things done if two of the people don't
show up.

About the only thing you can easily do
on a shoestring these days is trip.

Is it bad that | find all the relationship
advice | need in the Rants?

These political science girls, while -

unbelievably gorgeous, tend to be the
biggest airheads on the planet. ItTs
a toss up whether or not they even
know who North CarolinaTs two U. Ss.
senators are.

| thought Christians were supposed
to be good examples, stop being so
judgemental with the things | do, itTs
getting old.

| like how you told me | was everything
you were looking for in a girl, yet you
haven't called and now you're in a
relationship with someone else.

Why are stupid people allowed in
college?

We should exercise natural selection
in the dorms, and throw out whoever
was smart enough to light candles
on a birthday cake and set the fire
alarms off.

| say, do you bite your thumb at me,
sir?

| am the sharpest spoon in the
drawer.

You know, | never understood the
whole sexy accent thing, but some of

these international boys are driving

me crazy.

| wonder why ECU is the only school
that has such strict visitation policies
in the dorms. We are all adults, yet we
canTt have people over past 2 a.m.?

If you donTt support Hillary Clinton,
youTre probably a conservative
nimrod.

| have learned that people have
reasons for being the way are, accept
it and move on.

| love the feeling of an empty beach. |
feel like itTs all mine.

| won't ever show it, but | think the
world of you.

Sometimes |justcanTtbelieve thatpeople
don't have the same beliefs as mine.

ItTs true. | really do love my last name.
| love my Rubiks cube!

Why am | so sad that we are not
together when | was sad when we
were together?

ITm sorry you donTt like my Uggs. | am
positive that there is something in your
closet that! donTt like but you donTt see
me Ranting about it...

To the little one: Sorry for breaking
your slide.

Need advice? Want answers? Just ask Jane.

Dear Jane,

Dear Eyeing the Unemployment Line,

. Head Copy Editor

I have a new boss at work this semester and I
canTt stand her. Last semester I had the most won-
derful boss ever that just seemed to understand how
to effectively communicate with all of her workers
and so, we respected her authority, but admired her
caring and understanding persona. My new boss
however, can only be described one way... Nazi-ish.
I know that sounds harsh, but our nickname for her
is Hitler. SheTs a tyrant. ITve even thought about
leaving my job because of her, but there is still a

- part of me that loves it despite her behavior. So what

accept the loss and vow never to commit our country °

-to future wars of aggression.

should I do?

Signed,
Thoughtfully Eyeing the Unemployment Line

T First of all, have you spoken with her one on one
about why you have such a problem with her? She
may not even know how you and other staff members
may feel about her. If you know other people feel the
same way as you, talk to them if you believe that
your words alone won't change anything. An open
line of communication is necessary, and you have the

responsibility to improve your work life. Also, if she

tries to make amends and you canTt or won't accept
her and/or her demands on the job, you should quit.
ItTs not worth being miserable and you canTt make
your boss quit or change.

Good luck,
Jane

Flaws in
oun control
legislation

Will increasing legislation on
legal guns stop criminals from
using illegal ones?

JASON PATTY
OPINION WRITER

The second amendment of the United States
Constitution states that o...the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.?
It seems more and more that liberals are attack--
ing this freedom at every chance that they get. It
seems clear that the founders of our country were
not interested in gun control by the government.

With every media frenzied trag-
edy that involves a gun, many immediately
think oIf only this country had stricter gun
control, things like this wouldnTt happen.?

This is simply not true. How many people
go through the time to fill out all the neces-
sary paperwork, chase down all of the required
signatures and (in North Carolina) wait three
days to purchase a handgun, only to turn
around and murder someone with it? Not many= °

The vast majority of crimes are committed with
guns that were either stolen, purchased on the black

market or both. What good does limiting the amount ». --
of bullets that a new clip for my pistol will hold .~

except to make liberals think that they are doingT T
something about crime? Unless he has some serious
hand-eye coordination problems, what does a crim-
inal care if he only has nine bullets instead of 13?

I have no problem limiting access to guns to?
people that have proven themselves unfit. I think
that if you have made decisions that show that

you are not responsible enough to own a gun, .*.

then we should by all means not let you. However,
that does not mean that we should limit guns to
law-abiding citizens whether they want them for
hunting, recreation, collecting or just to have in
the night stand to help them sleep better at night. °
Lawmakers banning guns because they
olook inappropriate? is the height of foolishness...?
I dare say that the founders would have let me.*.
have any gun that I saw fit and could afford toT -*-

purchase. This is an area where the govern--_'

ment constantly tries to overstep itTs boundar-
ies. The first government that ordered forced
gun turn ins (as Speaker of the House Nancy
Palousi and Senator Hillary Clinton would have
us-do) was Nazi Germany under HitlerTs control. -
Why waste our time and money attempting to:
enforce laws that are foolish and donTt stop any crime?
Responsible gun owners donTt kill people and:
irresponsible gun owners donTt follow the law when
buying a gun anyway. Lowering the restrictions

on the legal market will limit the black market for *. °
guns. LetTs keep guns out of the hands of crimi-:*:

nals by increasing penalties for crimes committed - °

with guns and spending our money and, police

resourcesT on shutting down the black market.
Criminals donTt follow laws by very definition.

Punishing law abiding citizens for this makes no-~-

sense. This country was founded on freedom. TheT:
right to purchase, own, possess, ak) and gue
firearms was one of. these freedoms.

Sarah Bell
Editor in Chief

Jenelle Conner

News Editor

Greg Katski Ronnie Woodward
Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor? ~
Sarah Campbell Elise Phillips "
Pulse Editor Asst. Pulse Editor |
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Photo Editor

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Pulse

{Arts & Entertainment }

Horoscopes:

Aries
Start. in carrying out your
promises for the New Year.
«Projects now get farther than
expected.
T Taurus
- You've got a tough decision to
~.omake. ThereTs no need to hurry.
Information you get tomorrow
omakes a big difference,
oanyway.
~ Gemini
If you have a job you love, you're
having a fabulous time. If you
donTt, you're. miserable, gazing
out the windows. Put in the
correction.
oCancer
You can make a tidy profit if you
otake ona challenge. Call up those
folks who owe you, and remind
them itTs time to pay up.
Leo
Your assignment for today is to
try and get along. You also need
to make sure the other side plays
_by the rules. This is a challenge,
.~..but you can do it.
oVirgo
-- Consult with you co-workers
o«"as you're figuring out the job.
~~_Consider that something may
_~-have changed, over which you
» have no control:
7 Libra
o+ |n theory, your plan works perfectly.
o~The trouble seems to come when
~ oyou try to put itinto practice. More
~~ eeresearch is required.
Scorpio
~~ You're not doing any more work,
~~ but thereTs more money coming
«=~. in. Did you just get a promotion
«or raise? If not, ask for one.
».~ Sagittarius
~~ ~~ You have plenty of choices, thatTs
-* .-notthe problem. Well, on second
~» - thought, maybe it is. If you flip
*.~.a coin, make sure you get the
o~-coin back.
Capricorn
Resist the urge to buy off the
shelf, even if you'll have it sooner.
On a high-ticket item, you'll save
a lot if you can get it wholesale.
Keep shopping.
Aquarius
Your partner has lots of wonderful
ideas, well thought out and
thorough. Money is not the
primary consideration for this
person, so watch out, if heTs
spending yours.
Pisces
. You're doing lots of work, but-not
making a lot of money. It'll be a
while but donTt dismay. You're
gaining experience.

B

Local
-Entertainment

Jump In Jam Session with Vance
Moore and the Boys at the City
Hotel and Bistron on Feb. 1 from
9 p.m. to2 a.m.

Victor Hudson Band at the City
Hotel and Bistro on Feb. 2 from
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Drink Recipes:

Chocolate Dipped
Strawberry Coffee

«~,1/2 shot strawberry liqueur
o~1 shot chocolate liqueur
o(recommended: Godiva)
Coffee
Whipped topping, for garnish
Fresh strawberry, for garnish
Combine strawberry liqueur,
chocolate liqueur and coffee
in a coffee mug. Float whipped
topping on top. Garnish with a
fresh strawberry and serve.

Espresso Frappe
3 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 shots espresso, chilled (or 1/2
cup instant espresso)
1/2 cup simple syrup, recipe
- follows
Crumbled amaretti cookies (or
biscotti), for garnish
Mix the milk and cream in a 9
.*by 13-inch glass baking pan
oand put it in the freezer for two
to three hours. Every 30 minutes,
scrape the ice that forms with a
fork to create a soft, icy mixture.
The icy mixture can be made one
- «day ahead, stored in the freezer
* * ocovered with plastic wrap.
In a blender, combine the icy
milk-and-cream mixture with
the espresso. and simple syrup.
Blend until smooth. Spoon into
decorative serving glasses and
top with the crumbled cookies.
Simple syrup:
1/2 cup water
~ 1 cup sugar ©
In a saucepan, combine water
and sugar over medium heat.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and
simmer for five minutes, stirring
occasionally, until the sugar has
dissolved. Take pan off heat and
cool the syrup. Any extra cooled
syrup can be stored in an airtight

%

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container in the refrigerator for .

up one month.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Page A4

Feast for the senses awaits

Those attending Dance 2007 can expect a performance unlike any other.

Dance 2007 offers
something unique

LEIGH CARTER
STAFF WRITER

When someone mentions a
dance concert, what is the first
thing you think of? Seeing a per-
formance of The Nutcracker? One
of those long drawn out classical
pieces that is pretty to watch but
leaves you feeling somewhat sleepy?

After years of seeing these pro-
ductions elsewhere, the Greenville
community will experience a feast
for the senses as they attend ECUTs
School of Theatre and DanceTs
annual concert Dance 2007

performed Feb. 1"6 in McGinnis.

Theatre.

While this event is known for its
variety of dance styles: Ballet, jazz,
modern and tap each being repre-
sented in various numbers, this
yearTs production is expected to be
quite different from ones before it.

Created using both Spanish
Flamenco and Russian ballet,
this performance promises
something for everyone with
its combination of different
dance styles and fresh talent.

Selections to be expected
include Firebird, using freer move-
ments and less lengthy composi-

tions, Eve Speaks, a modern work

by Tommi Overcash Galaska and
several other numbers that will

leave audiences feeling like they
have stepped out of the ordinary
into a world of great rhythm and
expressive movement.

oThis show is really different
from other dance concerts, the Fla-

omenco is something we have never

done in my recent memory,? said
Jeff Woodruff, managing director.

Flamenco is a dance style
associated with the south of Spain
and features the use of flamenco

oguitar and singing, rhythmical

hand clapping, heelwork and vari-
ous dance movements that incor-
porate arm and hand movements.

Visiting guest for this year is
artist Andrea Del Conte who cre-
ated an original flamenco dance
during her residency entitled oA
Compas (In Rhythm).? This guest
is an internationally recognized
performer, choreographer and
teacher who began studying clas-
sical ballet at the age of four.

oI have been to ECUTs dance
productions before and each of
them was amazing,? said Arianne
Swanek, junior communications
major. oThis one is supposed to be
even better than those preceding
it so lam really excited to attend.?

o...In my own suite time,? is
a new tap piece to be performed
by Clarine Powell that creates
excitement through a variety of
sophisticated tap dance rhythms.
In this number, different char-
acters introduce themselves in a
series of musical vignettes.

Also lending talent to the
show is Patricia Weeks in her
piece oWatch Your Step,? with
music by composers Peter Jones
and Tigger Benford.

oMost people enjoy diver-

_sity of styles and techniques

when experiencing a show,?
Woodruff said. oThis one
is a little bit of everything.?
With a performance like this,
where it is likely that tickets will
sell out, it is no wonder that the
people behind the production are
excited for the show to begin.
Ticket prices for the show are
$8 "$12 in advance and $12 at the
door. Tickets may be purchased
by calling (252) 328-6829 or 1-
800-ECU-ARTS, and online at
ECUARTS.com. :

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

Photos.com

Instead of searching for movies to watch, read about the best and worst.

What to watch this Spring

The winners and losers
hitting the big screen

BEN HARRIS
STAFF WRITER

Spring is another quiet time
for the movie industry. Although
spring movies are considerably
better than the usual garbage that
comes out during January and
February, they still lag far behind
what is to come in the second half
of the year..Granted there are some
surprises, most springtime films
are easily forgotten only to show
up years later
as the Saturday
afternoon movie
on WGN. This
year sounds no
different as the
following films
represent the
majority of what
people are going
to be wasting their
money on come
March with very
few exceptions.

The Good:

The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford: (Exact date TBA)
" I wanted to start off with a film
I am very excited about. Brad Pitt

stars the outlaw Jesse James as

he plans his next big robbery and
deals with the betrayal of a close
friend. Casey Affleck, Sam Sheph-
ard, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam
Rockwell and Zooey Deschanel
also star. The movie promises to

deliver thanks to the great cast.

300: (March 9) " Here is
another film that is sure to be
big come March. When I first
saw the trailer I was completely
blown away by the visuals. The
story here surrounds the Battle
of Thermopylae as 300 Spartans
are all that stand between Ancient
Greece and the invading Persian
Army. It is the second film in three
years derived from Frank Miller's
(Sin City) work.

Hot Fuzz: (April 13) "TA new
action comedy from director Dave
Meyers (Shaun of the Dead) follows
: LondonTs top cop

(Simon Pegg)

who makes

everyone else
look bad and
_| is transferred
to the sleepy
hamlet of Sand-
ford, sleepy
until a series of:
accidents may
mean something
is rotten in the
town of Sandford.
Nick Frost, Jim
Broadbent, Paddy
Considine, Steve Coogan
and Timothy Dalton also star.
Pegg and Frost were excellent on
Shaun of the Dead and | do no think
anything bad could come out of
their pairing again.

The Bad:

Blades of Glory: (March 30)
" Once great figure skaters

see MOVIES page A5

Mark Mathis and company hope to rock Greenville

Public Radio: the
band, not the station

JOHN BOSCO
SENIOR WRITER

Reading the Charlotte-based
band Public RadioTs Sonicbids.
com description of their sound,
you might get the impression that
they are either hard to classify or
just showing off.

Relevant magazine claims
theyo... [rock] out, in a post-

' indie kind of way, recalling hints

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of Pavement, Pedro the Lion and
Tom Petty with an aftertaste
of early Springsteen. Throw in
a splash of folk Americana and
you've got this homegrown bou-
quet thatTs aged to perfection.?
While I donTt agree with that
completely after listening to their
four song demo, I also wouldnTt
say theyTre an act you should
simply look over. :
While front man Mark MathisT
voice has been described numer-

A Ae

The Shins shine again

JESSICA DUNLOW
STAFF WRITER

Jan. 23 marked the release

ous ways in various publications,
none of them quite hit the truth.

The bandTs Sonicbids.com
Web site describes Mathis as o...a
soul singer. Not, obviously, soul
in the style of seventies R&B, but
in that broader sense that includes
songsmiths like Bob Dylan, Tom
Petty and Bruce Springsteen.?

Certainly, the bandTs material
and lyrical themes are reminiscent
of SpringsteenTs working-class
rocking ballads.

However, vocally Mathis is

nothing like Dylan or Springsteen,
and maybe only slightly like Petty.

The more accurate description
of his voice would be something
along the delivery of WilcoTs Jeff
Tweedy, except that itTs deeper,
more southern and not, like many,
Just a cheap imitation.

Beyond comparisons, MathisT
voice is good for the reason that
it is not like the rock legends that
you've heard before. It retains
some sense of originality, and

see ROCK page AG

date of Indie-rock favorite The
Shins new album Wincing the Night
Away. After breaking through with
writer/director Zach BraffTs movie
Garden State, the groupTs previously
released albums, Chutes too Narrow

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and OA, Inverted World skyrocketed
with over 500,000 copies sold each.

Lead singer/songwriter James
Mercer returns with his staple
lyrics that baffle listeners but make
sense in the perfect way. Although
the stereotypical oemo? obscure-
ness is present, the music enthralls
listeners.

The lyrics to oPhantom Limb,?
the first single off of the new album,
echoes the thoughts of youth today
in, oFollow the lines and wonder
why/ThereTs no connection.?

The acid-rock intro to oSleep-
ing Dreams? brings a Pink Floyd-

From Garden StateT to gold

"ian twist and then the song breaks ©

into the ShinsT patented simple but
catchy sound.

oWincing the Night Away? is
definitely in lieu of the Beach BoysT
popular oPet Sounds,? with each
song bringing a new (but loved)
sound to the table.

Rolling Stone magazine claims
that this album sounds olabored,? due
to the three-year interval between

see SHINS page A6

a

Public Radio is coming to Greenville to perform this Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Spazzatorium Galleria.

Curious ideas, curious author

collection of pop culture essays

oSex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs,? I
was convinced that Klosterman
could write about any oddball
thing he wanted and it would be ,
hysterical. With his new book

A Decade of Curious People and

Dangerous Ideas, he proves that |
was right.
_ In this book Klosterman tack-

les three different categories:

oThings that are true, oThings
that might be true,T and oSome-
thing that isn't true at all.? The

@first is a collection of interviews
og » * . .

and music journalism compiled
$from his stints writing for Spz,

| = GQ and Esquire. This is obviously

=J®where Klosterman shines. He

_A decade of curious

people and dangerous

ideas

BRIDGET TODD
STAFF WRITER

~ You will like Chuck Klos-
terman. After reading his 2003

writes about celebrities like other
_people write about art.

His opening essay on Britney
Spears could have easily been a
fluff piece about her favorite foods
and TV. Instead Klosterman turns
it into a fascinatingly funny piece
of cultural criticism about her
seeming inability to recognize her

see BOOK REVIEW page A6

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(Will Ferrell and Jon Heder)
who were banned from the sport
for their no-holds-barred fight
at the World Championships
find a loophole that allows them
to skate again"in pairsT figure
skating. Will Arnett, Amy
Poehler, William Fichtner, Jenna
Fischer, Romany Malco, Rob
Corddry and Craig T. Nelson also
star. Ferrell is sure to be hilarious,
but the rest of the cast will not
support him.

Balls of Fury: (April 27)
" Acomedic look at the ounsanc-
tioned, underground and utterly
unhinged world of clandestine
Ping-Pong tournaments.? Sounds
like Dodgeball mixed with Beerfest
except with, you know, ping-pong
balls. Christopher Walken, who,
like Robert De Niro, has been
relegated from once near godlike
status in cinema to playing trite
comedic roles. George Lopez also
stars... enough said.

Zodiac: (March 2) " Direc-
tor David Fincher (Se7en) takes
on the real life unsolved Zodiac

murderers when a serial killer
terrified San Francisco and
taunted the police. Jake Gyl-
lenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert
Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards,
Brian Cox and Dermot Mulroney
star. I could see this movie doing
well although movies such as this
are nothing but thinly disguised
copies of Seven.

The Ugly:

Are We Done Yet?: (April 6)
" Sequel to Are We There Yet?
Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen
and Philip Daniel Bolden reprise
their roles. Why?

Lucky You: (March 16) "
Curtis Hanson (Wonderboys, L.A.
Confidential) examines the world
of high-stakes poker through the
eyes of a reckless all-or-noth-
ing player (Eric Bana) and the
obstacle standing in the way
of his victory at the table"his
father (Robert Duvall). Drew
Barrymore and Debra Messing
also star. Besides the great Robert
Duvall there is nothing, and I
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Barrymore can and will kill any
movie she steps into.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur-
tles: (March 23) " The heroes
in the half-shell are back as the
turtles, with the help of Master
Splinter, April and Casey Jones,
take on an industrialist, ancient
monsters and the Foot Clan.
Gone are the animatronic suits
in favor of an entire film created
by ostate-of-the-art CG anima-
tion.? The film includes the voice
talents of Mako, Sarah Michelle
Gellar, Patrick Stewart and Kevin
Smith. Growing up I was a huge
fan of the original series and
the original movies. TMNT are
meant to be either hand drawn or
with the suits. CG animation will
do nothing but destroy the movie
by making it unoriginal and just
plain ugly. The film will no doubt
ruin the franchise and kill a piece
of my childhood.

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ROCK continued from A4

thatTs refreshing.

MathisT voice rings deep and
hard, especially on the track oOh
King,? where he is backed with
brilliantly crafted slide guitars
that really evoke .an alt-country
feel, yet manage to capture indie-
rock spirit too.

His lyrics arenTt dismissible,
by,any means. On the track
oWasteland,? Mathis sings, oWel-
comm to the graveyard where the
hoflow people are/whose bodies
smell of the earth/I can see the
toothless grins of them skel-
¢tons/that haunt you in the dark.?
o= -dMfathisT timing and rhythm
are also great, and it helps elevate
his lyrics to more of a poetic,
yaar status.

The demo track that stands
outmost in my mind is oWaste-
jan be but that just may be
_becmise of the excellent produc-
tion Value.

With all this talk about
Mathis, it'd be unfair to say heTs

bd tee a

the only talent in the group.

Members Jason Guthrie
(drums), Jeremey Smith (bass),
Luke Ramos (guitar) and Jessie
Mathis (piano, vocals) all
pull their weight to create a
cohesive sound.

Front man Mark Mathis
also has a solo album due out in
February. The album, oWe Both
Was Young,? is currently avail-
able on iTunes, and according
to publicist Mark Ramos, itTs
a folk album.

The band willbe playing at the
Spazzatorium Galleria this Satur-
day, Feb. 3, along with Dignan,
Ours the Alibi and Brody Soil.

The band has songs posted
on their Myspace Web site,
myspace.com/publicradiomusic.
To check out Mark MathisT solo
tunes, visit myspace.com/mark-
mathis.

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

SHINS continued from A4

ne aah hit CD, and this revival.
Hewever, the wait was worth it.

Many of these songs ensue

mountains of emotions, for instance

the stinging star reaching of oSplit-
lig. Needles? when Mercer pro-
nourices the double-standard of
being an indie-rock superstar;
oWell set you up with some odd
conyietions/ Because you are finally
gdlden, boy.?

oThis is due to the idea that if
~you-are ounderground? and you
obegin to rise above that scene, you

are selling out or putting the fame
over the music.

oA Comet Appears? remains

soft and reverent, and proclaims

that, oStill to come/the worst part
and you know it/there is numbness/
in your heart and itTs growing.?

Shins fans rejoice because the
new album is worth the money,
oKissing the Lipless? and oCaring
is Creepy? are now the classics,
with this new album erupting with
obseure power.

The closest The Shins are
coming to North Carolina is Illi-
nois, so it is time to hit up their
Myspace Web site, myspace.com/
thesliins with requests to come
down south.

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

BOOK REVIEW continued from A4

own sexuality.

In this section he writes about
Billy Joel, Wilco, Radiohead,
Metallica and Morrissey. Each
essay isnTt just about the artist, itTs
about what the artists represents.
With each sprawling, fast paced
piece Klosterman tells us some-
thing: we didnTt know.

For instance, did you know
that{in Los Angeles, Morrissey
has a& enormous Latino fan base?
Klostérman writes that Morrissey,
oSings about loneliness. He sings
about solitude. Those are things
any minority group can relate

o.? Did you know that every
year heaps of goth kids migrate
tq:disneyland? Which inspires
Kiesterman to concoct the list
o£hings to do in Disneyland
ifeyou're goth? 1. Carry a Cure
lunchbox as a purse, 2. Make devil
horns whenever photographed, 3.
Insist you're not really goth.?

Whenhe writes about musicheis
writing about the larger and unusual
aspects of popular culture at play.

oThe second section, oThings
that could be true? are Kolster-
manTs thoughts on hypothetical

topics. In this section he ponders
the difference between an arch-
enemy and a nemesis deciding
that if you meet someone with the
same name as your nemesis you
instantly dislike them. He asks
hilarious, albeit pointless ques-
tions, like if there was a pill that
made you 10 percent smarter but
made people perceive you as 20
percent dumber, would you take
it? This section is witty and cap-
tivating, but pales in comparison
to the first.

The last section oSomething

othat isn't true at all? is a piece of

fiction. ItTs written in the same
sprawling pop-culture laced style
as the bookTs previous sections.
ItTs interesting and passable, but
noticeably the weakest part of
the book.

I found myself yearning for
KlostermanTs chatty conversa-
tional essays on music and pop
culture. It is this mix of great and
not as great aspects that make this
book overall a really good read.

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Miles between Indianapolis,
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quarterback Rex Grossman
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Super Bowl wins for the NFC
since 1998; the Tampa Bay

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Total rushing yards allowed
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Manning has chance to
validate career

JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER

The Indianapolis Colts are
headed to the Super Bow! for
the first time since relocating
from Baltimore in 1984. ITm not
shocked at the fact they are in
the Super Bowl, but rather how
they got there. If someone would
have told me the Colts would be
down 21-8 against the almighty

-New England Patriots and come

back to win 38-34, I would have
called them crazy.

While in recent years the
Colts have flirted with the Super
Bowl, there always seemed to be
heartbreak around the corner
in the playoffs. Whether it
was Mike VanderjagtTs field
goal miss to send the game
to overtime against the
Steelers last year,
or the losses to
their nemesis,
the New
England
Patriots,
in years
past, the
Golits
couldn't
seem to get
over the hump
until the AFC Championship
about a week and a half ago.

What more can be said about
Peyton Manning? The future hall
of fame quarterback (with a rocket
laser arm) has had it all in his first
nine. years in the NFL. He has
been selected to the Pro Bowl an
amazing seven times and has been
named league MVP twice. He
also broke Dan MarinoTs illustri-
ous record of touchdown passes in

a season by throwing 49. All that ~

is missing from this once-in-a-
generation quarterbackTs resume
is a little thing that football fans
like to call the Super Bowl and
with the chance to add that title
on Sunday, Manning hopes to
validate his career.

After starting out 9-0 this
season, the Colts looked poise to
make a run at the 1972 Miami
Dolphins for becoming the
second team in NFL history to
go undefeated, but after a 21-14
loss to the Dallas Cowboys the
season went into a complete
freefall. The Colts would go 3-3
to complete the regular season
after the Dallas loss by losing to
teams such as the lowly Houston
Texans; Tennessee Titans and an
absolute dismantling at the hands
of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

While offense is the Colts best
weapon, it seems like every time
you turn on ESPN the NFL ana-
lysts quote the age old odefense
wins championships? slogan. The
Colts. played horrible down the
stretch on the defensive side of
the ball allowing an NFL worst
173 yards rushing a game.

The Colts entered the playoffs
looking worn down and like a
team that would be one and done.
When the wild card game against

Pirates seek revenge against Owls this weekend

Hockey team loses to
Kennesaw State, beats
Georgia

JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER

The ECU club ice hockey
team entered this past weekend
hoping to upset one of the best
division III teams in the nation, and
even though it held a 5-4 advan-
tage going into. the third period,
ECU (13-4) would eventually
fall to Kennesaw State University
(20-4), 10-6.

The next day the hockey team
bounced back in a big way as it
defeated the University of Georgia
(6-10) by a margin of 6-4.

. Pirate Head Coach Wayne Cox
thought his team learned a lot by
playing the Kennesaw State Owls,
who were ranked third in the south,
this past weekend. The Pirates will
try to use that experience as they
prepare to play the Owls again this
weekend in the South Regional
Tournament.

oWe learned a lot with respect
to Kennesaw this weekend,? Cox
said. oWe learned what we're going
to have to do if we are going to
be successful against Kennesaw.
I thought we put a pretty good
beating on Georgia. We were one
period away from taking Kennesaw
down; we were up 5-4 going into
the third and had a flat portion in
our game against Kennesaw. That
happens sometimes when you are

MCT

SUPER BOWL XLI

the Kansas City Chiefs began |
thought oHere we go again,? but
then something happened. The
horrid, so called owork on defense?
of the Colts stood up to the chal-
lenge and only allowed the mag-
nificent Larry Johnson to 32 yards
on 18 carries in the 23-8 victory.
The next week the defense stepped
up again to allow Jamal Lewis to
only 53 yards on 13 carries in a 15-
6 Colts win. It was like the defense
had been sand-bagging all year.
Fans hoped the Patriots were
going to come into the RCA Dome

on the road, We learned from the
game the adjustments we are going
to have to make to beat Kennesaw.?
Cox is hoping the Pirates will
play with more discipline in the
South Regional Tournament.
oI think the kids are going to
have to play a more discipline brand
of hockey against Kennesaw,? said

- Cox. oDiscipline with the way we

fore check; discipline withrthe way
we take penalties. Kennesaw will
burn us if we take penalties.?

ECU goalie Connor Brearley,
who suffered his first loss since
taking over for the injured Brent
Falcon, played solid against Ken-
nesaw State and Georgia despite
what the stat sheet read.

oT think we definitely could have
played a little bit better Friday night,?
said Brearley. oWe were able to
bounce back and get.a big win on Sat-
urday night. We didn't let the loss get
to our heads so thatTs pretty good.?

With a rematch looming this
weekend against Kennesaw State
and Falcon not able to return to
the starting goalie position just yet,
Brearley hopes to prepare himself
better mentally and keep his team
in the best position to win.

oTake some more time to men-
tally prepare for the game and try
not to lose my head,? Brearley said
on what he could do to prepare for
the upcoming tournament.

oI'm not expecting not to get
scored on, but if I can just keep

see HOCKEY page AQ

Photo by Zach Sirkin

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

for the AFC Championship game
and give up a much better fight after
beating the powerful San Diego
Chargers. The Patriots shot up 21-3,
however, and by halftime the Colts
were facing a 21-6 deficit. After a
wild third quarter, with the Patri-
ots up late 34-31 the Colts defense
stepped up and made a play to get
the ball back one final time.
Manning was 27-of-47 for
349 yards with one touchdown
and interception to his name in

see COLTS page A8

The Pirates enter the South Regional Tournament as the sixth seed.

DOLPHIN STADIUM e MIAMI

Ring bling

The NFL pays for up to 150 rings "
up to $5,000 each " for the winner
and for up to 150 pieces of jewelry
for the runner-up. The runners-up
jewelry must cost no more than
half of the winnerTs.

Jewelry costs per team:

EMEA $375,000.

Note: The league
also pays for any
increases in gold
and diamond .
Prices.

The 2005
Patriots ring

SOURCE: NFL

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Two of a kind

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears head

coach Lovie Smith will be the first African-American head coaches to:

coach in a Super Bowl. Former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams was

the firstAfrican-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl. Williams ted

a the Washington Redskins to a 42-10 victory over the Denver aokek in
Super Bowl XxXiIl.

Pigskin drivers

The ColtsT offense starts and revolves around Peyton Manning, who has
not been outstanding in the playoffs. Rex Grossman has been inconsistent
for the Bears, but he wins.

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ECU fails to recover:
from double-digit-first
half deficit Pe

(AP) " Markel Humphrey
scored 17 points and grabbed
seven rebounds to lead Marshall
to a 56-52 win over ECU ina
defensive struggle Wednesday:

Mark Dorris was the conly
other Marshall player i in ~double
figures with 12 points.

Courtney Captain led. the
Pirates with 18 points while Dar-
rell Jenkins added 13 and- cary
Farmer scored 10.

It was ECUTs 14th loss in 15
games, including seven straight
Conference USA contests:

Marshall senior point puerd
Chris Ross, who missed the
Thundering HerdTs loss to Hous-
ton on Saturday, hit a $-pointer

put Marshall (8-13, 3-4 C-USA)
up 51-44 with 48 seconds left.
ECU did not threaten again: . *
One key in MarshallTs- win
was the ability to contain Cap-
tain down the stretch. Captdin
scored all but one field goal. f for
the Pirates during a 22- minute

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the AFC Championship game.
The 6-foot, 5-inch quarterback
from New Orleans also added a
rushing touchdown to break out
of his mini-slump the last couple
weeks.

The Super Bowl now awaits
these two storied franchises. Fans
of the Colts and oDa? Bears are

_ on edge, and rightfully so. In one

corner sits the future hall of fame
quarterback who until recently
couldnTt win the big one. In the
other corner sits the quarterback
who is best reminiscent of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

For the Colts to pull out a win
in the biggest sporting event in
the world, the.defense must once
again step up. Their task is simple.
Stop the run. The Bears enter
with a pair of running backs in
Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson
that can be considered othunder?
and more othunder.? Jones enters
with a lofty average of 4.7 yards

& per carry in the postseason while

oBenson enters the Super Bowl
with a 2.9 yards per carry average

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AMI 2

in the post season.

The ColtsT best defense most of
the time seems to be their offense.
They enter the game averaging an
astonishing 379 yards of offense
a game. While the Colts rely on
their receivers a lot, Manning has
seemed to learn in the postseason
that he can win without throwing
the ball 40 times a game. Joseph
Addai and Dominic Rhodes will
have to have decent games run-
ning the ball against a Chicago
Bears defense that only allows 99
years rushing a game. Running
the ball often and early will be
critical to opening up the passing
lanes for Manning to throw to
Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison
and even tight end Dallas Clark
who has emerged as a great check
down option for Manning.

The Super Bowl is only a few
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HOCKE Yoontinued from A7 .

my team in a position to win
the games, and not let any goals
get me down, then that will be a
success in my mind. ITm just going
to try and keep my team in the
best position to win and hopefully
they will capitalize on some areas
that we weren't able to last game.

The Pirates return to action
this weekend in the South Regional
Tournament, in which the top eight
teams are invited to play based on
the American Collegiate Hockey
Association rankings by region.
ECU is seeking revenge for the
loss suffered last weekend against
Kennesaw State. The Pirates and
Owls are set for a 7 p.m. start
time on Friday in Alpharetta, Ga.

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The South Regional Tournament,
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be competing in, will be held this
weekend in Alpharetta, GA. :

The University of Tennessee enters as.
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University of Georgia, who enters as the: | ~ - «
fumber eight seed, Friday at 7 p.m. 7 -? ~
| The winner of that game will face the; ~~
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The losers will also face each other.T ~~~
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_Like the top bracket, the victor will | --
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The winner of each half of the bracket: |
will face off for the tournament |
championship. A third place final |
will also be held, as each team is | -
Suaranteed to play at least two games.
_The two host teams, Kennesaw
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invitations. The last six seeds were |
determined by American Collegiate ;
Hockey Association rankings in the

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stretch, but was held scoreless
over the final 12 minutes.

ECU (5-15, 0-7 Conference
USA) put together an 11-4
run that tied the score at 40
with 4:09 left. However, Dorris
grabbed an offensive rebound
off a Humphrey miss and nailed
a 3-pointer to give Marshall the
lead for good.

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BASKETBALL continued from A7

basket for a dunk plus a foul toes
put Marshall up 46-40. eae.

ECU shot just 29 percent,
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advantage over the Thundering -:-

Herd. Twenty-three of ECU's - 3
rebounds were offensive. :

Marshall led 23-17 at the ~~

break as ECU could not find a

its range in the first half. The -~-
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Football fan or not, hereTs
a.game everyone can play

three adjacent clues that look kind of like a
six-pack if you viewed it from the top (this
can occur anywhere on the card). Or you
can insist that all of the clues be checked
off for a game card to win.

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1. Read your game cards and voice
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the game starts. No whining allowed after
the kickoff.

_ 2. Playing multiple cards is allowed.
You.decide what people opay? for extra
chances to win.












4. When you see one of your clues on-
screen, you have to call it out. If various
people have the same clue on their card,
you can either play nice and say that
everyone gets to mark off the clue whether
they saw it or not OR you can insist that
only the first person(s) to shout out gets to
mark off the clue and the others will have
to wait for another shot of the redheaded
cheerleader or what have you.

3. Winning doesnTt have to conform to
a straight line with five squares in a verti-
cal, horizontal or diagonal row. Maybe in
honor of football-viewing tradition, you
might want to have a six-pack version.
This means you have two adjacent rows of

5. Keep going until one player com-
pletes the designated bingo pattern and
wins the prize.

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